By Joyce Eisele
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Sept. 14-15) – Richie Gustin took the lead at the drop of the green and 50 laps later took home the biggest share of green from Marshalltown Speedway’s 12th annual World Nationals.
Gustin outran Jordan Grabouski for Saturday’s $10,000 IMCA Modified payday.
The outside pole starter was fast from the onset, getting the lead back after Grabouski enjoyed a brief stay at the front of the field, and then pulling away after the final restart with two laps to go.
Already on the ballot for the 2019 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, Gustin got the victory ahead of Grabouski, Cayden Carter, Tim Ward and former World Nationals winner Benji LaCrosse.
Terry Phillips, who’d won ahead of Gustin at last year’s World Nationals, was sixth.
Friday night feature winners at Marshalltown were Jeff Mueller in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Chanse Hollatz in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Austin Luellen in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods.
On Saturday, Damon Murty topped the Stock Car main, Dylan Nelson paced the Hobby Stocks and Jared VanDeest led the way to the Northern SportMod checkers.
Sept. 14 Feature Results
Stock Cars – 1. Jeff Mueller; 2. Kyle Brown; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Todd Reitzler; 5. Dave Atcher; 6. Shawn Havel; 7. Steve Meyer; 8. Aaron Stolp; 9. Tyler Pickett; 10. Jason See; 11. Curt Hook; 12. Jeff Wollam; 13. Travis Van Straten; 14. Cody Frerichs; 15. Kyle Pfeifer; 16. Kyle Frederick; 17. Dustin Griffiths; 18. Nate Michonski; 19. Tom Cannon; 20. Kyle Everts; 21. Scott Rice; 22. Kellie Drury; 23. Jesse Ely; 24. Mitchell Stankowski.
Hobby Stocks – 1. Chanse Hollatz; 2. Dylan Nelson; 3. Eugene Nicklas; 4. Kyle Parizek; 5. Leah Wroten; 6, Garrett Eilander; 7. Aaron Rudolph; 8. Ryan Wells; 9. Rowan Mason; 10. Jack Phillips; 11. Bryce Sommerfeld; 12. Max Leonard; 13. Kenzie Ritter; 14. Jacob Floyd; 15. Jamie Coady; 16. Josh Saunders; 17. Mike Kimm; 18. William Klosterman; 19. Seth Janssen; 20. Eric Knutsen; 21. Brady Bencken; 22. Chad Krug; 23. Jim Ball; 24. Ben Newhouse
Northern SportMods – 1. Austin Luellen; 2. Jared VanDeest; 3. Curtis Van Der Wal; 4. Lance Borgman; 5. Ethan Braaksma; 6. Jake McBirnie; 7. Blaine Webster; 8. Johnathon Logue; 9. Travis Hansen; 10. Kyle Olson; 11. Jordan Bartz; 12. Gage Neal; 13. Dusty Masolini; 14. Chase Rudolf; 15. Kevin Goben; 16. Jason Doyle; 17. Garrett Nelson; 18. Ryan King; 19. Tom Lathrop; 20. Duane Peterson; 21. Thomas Egenberger; 22. Cory Rose; 23. Jason Hall; 24. Colton Nelson.
Sept. 15 Feature Results
Modifieds – 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Jordan Grabouski; 3. Cayden Carter; 4. Tim Ward; 5. Benji LaCrosse; 6. Terry Phillips; 7. Cody Laney; 8. Mike Mullen; 9. Kelly Shryock 10. Chris Abelson; 11. Tom Berry Jr.; 12. Darin Duffy; 13. Ronn Lauritzen; 14. Ethan Dotson; 15. Shawn Strand; 16. Kenny Wallace; 17. Aaron Benson; 18. D.J. Shannon; 19. Joel Rust; 20. Kyle Strickler; 21. Brian Mullen; 22. Kurt Kile; 23. Jacob Murray; 24. Johnny Whitman.
Stock Cars – 1. Murty; 2. Brown; 3. Pfeifer; 4. Mueller; 5. Van Straten; 6. Havel; 7. Frederick; 8. Meyer; 9. Atcher; 10. Pickett; 11. Andrew Borchardt; 12. John Oliver Jr.; 13. Mike Schmidt; 14. Harley Simon; 15. See; 16. Kodiak Wirtz; 17. Cannon; 18. Frerichs; 19. Stankowski; 20. Hook; 21. Eric Zwirschitz; 22. Stolp; 23. Reitzler; 24. Rice.
Hobby Stocks – 1. Nelson; 2. Knutsen; 3. Hollatz; 4. Andrew Burg; 5. Rudolph; 6. Parizek; 7. Wells; 8. Daniel Ayers; 9. Coady; 10. Mike Kincaid; 11. Mason; 12. Krug; 13. Kevin Derry; 14. Nicklas; 15. Bryan Keeney; 16. Klosterman; 17. Jeremiah Andrews; 18. Andy Peck; 19. Austin Jahnz; 20. Phillips; 21. Zack Smidt; 22. Saunders; 23. Leonard; 24. Sommerfeld.
Northern SportMods – 1. VanDeest; 2. Braaksma; 3. McBirnie; 4. Logue; 5. Jason Ebert; 6. Bartz; 7. Rose; 8. Borgman; 9. Travis Peterson; 10. Masolini; 11. Nelson; 12. Cody Schroeder; 13. Nate Whitehurst; 14. Austin Howes; 15. Egenberger; 16. Rudolf; 17. Robert Moore; 18. Hansen; 19. Ryan Lemieux; 20. Dustin Lynch; 21. Lathrop; 22. Brandon Tharp; 23. Hall; 24. Cory Van Zante.