Shryock Memorial checkers give Marriott another Hancock County special event win

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Hunter Marriott added another trophy from Hancock County Speedway to his collection on Satur­day by winning the Bob Shryock Memorial All-Star 40-lap feature for IMCA Modifieds. (Photo by Chad Meyer)

BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 11) – Following his latest visit to victory lane at Hancock County Speedway, Hunter Marriott could lay claim to a singular achievement.

Marriott topped Saturday’s Bob Shryock Memorial All Star event, a fast-paced IMCA Modified 40-lapper that ran green to checkered and paid $3,000 to win.

Marriott has now won all three of the traditional August specials at Britt … the Night of 1,000 Stars on Thursday, the Night of 10,000 Stars in 2016 and 2017, and now the Shryock

“We seem to get around that place pretty good,” acknowledged Marriott, who passed Jeremy Mills for the lead near midway and outran ‘B’ qualifier Ricky Thornton Jr. for his latest Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory. “The racing is always pretty good there.”

While the fourth starting Marriott ran the lower line most of the way, he did go to the high side to get around Mills.

The sailing was mostly smooth from that point, although Thornton was cutting into Marriott’s lead the last 10 circuits while the leader worked through lapped cars.

Thornton, winner of Friday’s Night of 10,000 Stars, started 13th on Saturday.

Mills, 14th starting Richie Gustin and Mike Mullen rounded out the top five.

Ryan Ruter earned $500 for winning the Kody King Motorsports All-Star Dash.

Tenth starting Curt Lund took advantage of a late restart in winning the rescheduled Curt Palmer Memorial feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and $1,400. Elijah Zevenbergen was runner-up in that race and also took the $500 checkers in the Palmer Memorial King of the Hill.

Chanse Hollatz and Colby Fett each earned $500 for their IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victories, respectively.

Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Hunter Marriott; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr.; 3. Jeremy Mills; 4. Richie Gustin; 5. Mike Mullen; 6. Kyle Strickler; 7. Benji LaCrosse; 8. Cayden Carter; 9. Jimmy Gustin; 10. Tim Ward; 11. Ethan Dotson; 12. Tom Berry Jr.; 13. Brian Mullen; 14. Clay Money; 15. Ricky Stephan; 16. Randy Foote; 17. Troy Swearingen; 18. Todd Van Eaton; 19. Jeff Feaster; 20. Ryan Ruter; 21. Jesse Hoeft; 22. Nick Meyer; 23. Kelly Shryock; 24. Jeff James; 25. Kody Scholpp

Stock Cars – 1. Curt Lund; 2. Elijah Zevenbergen; 3. Jake Masters; 4. Derek Green; 5. Buck Schafroth; 6. Kelly Shryock; 7. Kody Scholpp; 8. Chad Palmer; 9. Jeff Dolphin; 10. Andrew Borchardt; 11. Pete Alexander; 12. Derek Moede; 13. Christopher Toot; 14. Taylor Nelson; 15. Kyle Ricke; 16. Scott Yale; 17. Devin Smith; 18. Randy Brands; 19. Kevin Opheim.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Chanse Hollatz; 2. Cody Nielsen; 3. Drew Barglof; 4. Scott Dobel; 5. Blaine Hanson; 6. Brandon Nielsen; 7. Chad Krug; 8. Austin Jahnz; 9. Josh Sidles; 10. Bryce Sommerfeld; 11. Tony Smidt; 12. Zack Smidt; 13. Chris Krug; 14. Corey Schreiber; 15. Jay Sidles; 16. Travis Johnson; 17. Gary Pesicka; 18. Kenzie Ritter.

Northern SportMods – 1. Colby Fett; 2. George Nordman; 3. Ethan Braaksma; 4. Ryan Hiscocks; 5. Gerald Curry; 6. Alec Fett; 7. Nate Whitehurst; 8. Tyler Bragg; 9. Jeff Carter; 10. Austin Schrage; 11. Mathew Hanson; 12. Andrew Inman; 13. Alex Smith; 14. Autumn Anderson; 15. Drew Fett; 16. Nate VanSchapen; 17. Brady Joynt.

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