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Gustin, Dhondt, and May go back-to-back on Midwest Liquid Systems Night at the Marshalltown Speedway

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (June 16, 2023)

It was Midwest Liquid Systems Night at the Karl Auto Group Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night and a beautiful night of racing it was. The IMCA Modifieds were going for $1,000 to win, and Jake McBirnie would pocket that money. Austin Kaplan walked away with the IMCA Stock Car win, and Jenae Gustin won the IMCA Northern SportMod feature in a borrowed car for the second week in a row. Calvin Dhondt also went back-to-back when he won the IMCA Hobby Stock feature, and Josh May also equaled his win from last week in the IMCA STARS Mod Lite class. The Outlaw Cruisers were on tap for the first time this year, and it was the duo of Corey VanDerwilt and Brett Maasdam taking that win.

The IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMods presented by Rugged Radios was on tap first for feature racing.

Veteran racer Duane Peterson held down the top spot in the early going of the 20 lap event, holding off Brady Hilmer and last week's winner, Jenae Gustin. Gustin, who started tenth, took to the topside of the track and by lap four, was in the lead. She was challenged at times by Travis Peterson, and then by Sam Wieben, but it was to no avail. Gustin would withstand any of those challenges and take home the win for the second week in a row piloting the rent a ride of Jason Pansegrau. Sam Wieben finished as the runner up, Kyle Olson raced from twelfth starting position to finish in third, Travis Peterson was fourth, and Tony Olson rounded out the top five.

The IMCA STARS Mod Lites, presented by Knight Sanitation ran 15 laps for their main event, and it was Josh May taking the checkers for the second consecutive week. May started ninth, and had the lead at lap five. Jon Padilla ran the leader down and was giving a hard challenge to May when misfortune bit him when he lost grip in turn two and spun with just three laps remaining. May would have no trouble on the restart when the race returned to green and would go home to the flying checkers, matching his win from last Friday night. Jason Masengarb, Colona, Illinois finished second, third went to Cory Sonner, Mike Zemo, Jr., Davenport, Iowa, came from fourteenth to finish fourth, and Randy Bryan was fifth after starting thirteenth.

The IMCA Friesen Performance Modifieds, presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap came to the track next for their 20 lap feature. They were running for $1,000 on the "Night after the Creek" at 141 Speedway in Wisconsin.

Jake McBirnie started on the outside front row, and leaped to the immediate lead when the race went green. He would then go on to lead every lap on his way to the checkers to capture his first win at the speedway this season. Joel Rust and Maguire DeJong had a good battle going on behind McBirnie, with Rust winning out for the second place position....DeJong taking third. Lakewood, Colorado's Tripp Gaylord started fourteenth, and finished fourth, and Paul Nagle completed the top five.

The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, presented by Drury Automotive went non-stop in their 20 lap feature event.

Early leader Garrett Corn, Merced, California, but who is now calling Marshalltown home, led the opening laps, but it was Michael Jaennette that came calling on lap three, and took command. Jaennette continued his run at the front as Austin Kaplan was slowly beginning to reel him in. On lap fourteen, Kaplan took over the lead, swinging to the topside. He would then keep that lead the rest of the way to the checkers and the win. Jaennette finished as the runner up, and trailing a distance behind in third place was Steve Meyer. Scott Rice and Jeff Wollam rounded out the top five. Kaplan also won the season opener back on April 28.

It was another 20 lap feature in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, presented by Big 8 Tyre Center.

Much of this race was Eric Knutson fending off the likes of Dustin Filloon and Calvin Dhondt. Knutson had taken the lead at lap three and was throwing off challenges by them both as the laps wound down. Dhondt was finally able to establish the second spot and then with just two laps left in the race, was able to sneak under the leader coming out of turn two. Dhondt then held the top spot to the flying checkers and the win....his second in a row. Knutson had to settle for second place, third went to Dustin Filloon, fourth was Corey VanDerwilt, and Sam West came from twelfth, to finish fifth. Dhondt raced his way from eleventh, to take the victory.

Next Friday night, June 24, is RBF Electric Night at the races. The IMCA Hobby Stocks will be racing for $500 to win. Also on tap are the IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods, Mod Lites, and Sport Compacts. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:55 with racing at 7:30.

IMCA SPORTMOD PRESENTED BY RUGGED RADIOS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19J-Jenae Gustin[10]; 2. 198-Sam Wieben[8]; 3. K3-Kyle Olson[12]; 4. 25-Travis Peterson[7]; 5. T23-Tony Olson[9]; 6. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[3]; 7. 57K-Ryan King[6]; 8. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[1]; 9. 28B-Curt Smeins[17]; 10. 74-Camdan Vincent[19]; 11. 193-Jessiah Taylor[20]; 12. 11K-William Klosterman[16]; 13. 30-Kenser Ellis[13]; 14. (DNF) 125-Duane Peterson[2]; 15. (DNF) MR31-Mike Rutherford[18]; 16. (DNF) 17-Christopher Frisbie[11]; 17. (DNF) 31-Jason York[14]; 18. (DNF) 105-Taylor Bass[4]; 19. (DNF) 2X-Matt Avila[5]; 20. (DNF) 8-Tom Lathrop[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 198-Sam Wieben[8]; 2. 57K-Ryan King[7]; 3. 125-Duane Peterson[3]; 4. 19J-Jenae Gustin[9]; 5. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[2]; 6. 17-Christopher Frisbie[10]; 7. 30-Kenser Ellis[4]; 8. 8-Tom Lathrop[6]; 9. 28B-Curt Smeins[1]; 10. 74-Camdan Vincent[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Travis Peterson[7]; 2. 2X-Matt Avila[6]; 3. 22JR-Brady Hilmer[3]; 4. T23-Tony Olson[8]; 5. 105-Taylor Bass[5]; 6. K3-Kyle Olson[9]; 7. 31-Jason York[10]; 8. 11K-William Klosterman[1]; 9. MR31-Mike Rutherford[4]; 10. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[2]

15 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR PRESENTED BY DRURY AUTOMOTIVE
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. A1A-Austin Kaplan[10]; 2. 93-Michael Jaennette[5]; 3. 94-Steve Meyer[8]; 4. 4-Scott Rice[7]; 5. 3W-Jeff Wollam[6]; 6. C29-Garrett Corn[3]; 7. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 8. 19J-Jay Schmidt[9]; 9. 31-Micheal Smith[13]; 10. 3T-Terry Dulin[12]; 11. 77-Tobie Talk[14]; 12. (DNF) 28-Rhett Ehmen[11]; 13. (DNF) 16-Jeff Byers Jr[15]; 14. (DNF) 1-Kaden Reynolds[2]; 15. (DNS) 57-Jamie Anderson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 2. A1A-Austin Kaplan[7]; 3. 94-Steve Meyer[6]; 4. 3W-Jeff Wollam[5]; 5. 57-Jamie Anderson[1]; 6. 28-Rhett Ehmen[8]; 7. 31-Micheal Smith[3]; 8. (DNS) 16-Jeff Byers Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Kaden Reynolds[1]; 2. C29-Garrett Corn[2]; 3. 19J-Jay Schmidt[6]; 4. 93-Michael Jaennette[4]; 5. 4-Scott Rice[5]; 6. 3T-Terry Dulin[3]; 7. 77-Tobie Talk[7]

21 entries
IMCA MODIFIED PRESENTED BY TIRE DEMON BY LOVE TAP
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[2]; 2. 26J-Joel Rust[9]; 3. 30M-Maguire DeJong[6]; 4. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[14]; 5. 05-Paul Nagle[3]; 6. 11-Izac Mallicoat[8]; 7. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[7]; 8. 111-Ethan Braaksma[16]; 9. 32-Chris Simpson[12]; 10. 69JR-Johnathon Logue[5]; 11. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[10]; 12. 50-Denny Eckrich[13]; 13. 5G-Gat Leytham[19]; 14. 19S-Chase Weimer[1]; 15. 12-Bret Ramsey[17]; 16. 5J-Jason Morehouse[18]; 17. 43-Creston Williams[21]; 18. 40RC-Rod Clement[20]; 19. (DNF) 13-Jerry Flippo[15]; 20. (DNF) 48J-Jacob Murray[4]; 21. (DNS) 5-Todd Shute

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[2]; 2. 30M-Maguire DeJong[4]; 3. 26J-Joel Rust[5]; 4. 19S-Chase Weimer[1]; 5. 50-Denny Eckrich[7]; 6. 111-Ethan Braaksma[6]; 7. 5G-Gat Leytham[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69JR-Johnathon Logue[3]; 2. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[4]; 3. 05-Paul Nagle[2]; 4. 2Z-Zack Rawlins[5]; 5. 77T-Tripp Gaylord[6]; 6. 12-Bret Ramsey[7]; 7. (DNF) 40RC-Rod Clement[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Izac Mallicoat[4]; 2. 5-Todd Shute[5]; 3. 48J-Jacob Murray[2]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[6]; 5. 13-Jerry Flippo[3]; 6. 5J-Jason Morehouse[7]; 7. (DNF) 43-Creston Williams[1]

24 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK PRESENTED BY BIG 8 TYRE CENTER
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 69-Calvin Dhondt[11]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[7]; 3. 51X-Dustin Filloon[4]; 4. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[8]; 5. 47W-Sam West[12]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[10]; 7. 29-Jake Nelson[6]; 8. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[13]; 9. 55-Brett Maasdam[15]; 10. 4W-John Watson[9]; 11. 47-Darin DeZwarte[5]; 12. 40SE-Scott Ellis[20]; 13. 14T-Mitchell Thomas[21]; 14. 17X-Ben Newhouse `[1]; 15. 8-Adam Tiernan[22]; 16. 37G-Jeremiah Andrews[23]; 17. 23Z-Zach McNeese[17]; 18. 4X-Gary Pfantz[14]; 19. 17-Andy Peck[16]; 20. (DNF) 3-Dalton Weepie[18]; 21. (DNF) 14-Mike House[2]; 22. (DNF) 17K-Briar Kriegel[3]; 23. (DNS) 48-Derrick McNeece; 24. (DNS) 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47W-Sam West[8]; 2. 4W-John Watson[7]; 3. 17K-Briar Kriegel[4]; 4. 47-Darin DeZwarte[5]; 5. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[6]; 6. 17-Andy Peck[2]; 7. (DNF) 48-Derrick McNeece[3]; 8. (DNS) 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[6]; 2. 11B-Solomon Bennett[7]; 3. 29-Jake Nelson[5]; 4. 17X-Ben Newhouse `[3]; 5. 4X-Gary Pfantz[2]; 6. 23Z-Zach McNeese[8]; 7. 40SE-Scott Ellis[4]; 8. (DNF) 8-Adam Tiernan[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 51X-Dustin Filloon[4]; 2. 55X-Corey VanDerwilt[6]; 3. 69-Calvin Dhondt[7]; 4. 14-Mike House[3]; 5. 55-Brett Maasdam[5]; 6. 3-Dalton Weepie[8]; 7. 14T-Mitchell Thomas[2]; 8. (DNF) 37G-Jeremiah Andrews[1]

14 entries
IMCA MOD LITE PRESENTED BY KNIGHT SANITATION
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[9]; 2. 41-Jason Masengarb[8]; 3. 47-Cory Sonner[7]; 4. Z-Mike Zemo Jr[14]; 5. 64-Randy Bryan[13]; 6. 11P-Jon Padilla[10]; 7. 21-Scott Bailey[3]; 8. 70-Alex Eischeid[6]; 9. 4G-Ben George[12]; 10. 3-Austin Glick[1]; 11. 11-Dana Olson[11]; 12. (DNF) 3G-Joe Glick[4]; 13. (DNF) 8N-William Nobles[5]; 14. (DNF) 48G-Austin Gray[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[6]; 2. 47-Cory Sonner[5]; 3. 21-Scott Bailey[2]; 4. 70-Alex Eischeid[4]; 5. 3-Austin Glick[1]; 6. 11-Dana Olson[7]; 7. (DQ) 64-Randy Bryan[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 48G-Austin Gray[1]; 2. 41-Jason Masengarb[5]; 3. 11P-Jon Padilla[6]; 4. 8N-William Nobles[3]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[2]; 6. (DNF) 4G-Ben George[4]; 7. (DNS) Z-Mike Zemo

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