Marshalltown’s $10,000 World Nationals Recap [Video]

A $10,000 payday awaited one driver during Marshalltown Speedway's World Nationals. Several Cedar Valley drivers tried their luck at the cash on September 19, 2015.

Ricky Thornton Jr and Todd Shute lead the modifieds to the green flag for the 50-lap main event. Thornton took the early lead. The field went three and four wide right at the start of the race behind front row.

Just after the completion of lap two, the only race caution came out for Brandon Rothzen who smacked the wall hard on the front stretch.

Thornton was not going to let that bother him. On lap 30, Thorton began to battle through lap traffic on lap. The defending event champion Benji LaCrosse worked his way from 17th to second, and found himself in a positino to steal the lead away from Thornton.

Thornton sliced his way through the lap traffic, and he was able to hold off a hard charging LaCrosse to take $10,000 back to Arizona. Terry Phillips came from 13th to 3rd. Kyle Strickler finish 4th and Shute was fifth.

2015 WORLD NATIONALS
MODIFIED RESULTS
MARSHALLTOWN SPEEDWAY
MARSHALLTOWN, IA
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Feature - 1. 20 Ricky Thornton Jr. (Chandler, AZ); 2. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 3. 75 Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO); 4. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC): 5. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 6. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 7. 3 Kelly Shyrock (Lake Mills); 8. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour); 9. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 10. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 11. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning); 12. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 13. 05 Jake Hartung (Elmwood, WI); 14. 77X Kurt Kile (Nichols); 15. 00J JD Auringer (Waterloo); 16. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 17. 4K Kyle Kudick (Two Rivers, WI); 18. 9 Jerry Wilinski (Seymour, WI); 19. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 20. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL): 21. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 22. 3XXX Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown); 23. 33 Brandon Rothzen (Gladstone, IL); 24. 31 Corey Dripps (Waterloo).

Dash - 1. Thornton; 2. Shute; 3. Rothzen; 4. Mullen; 5. Marriott; 6. Strickler; 7. Kile; 8. Dripps; 9. Snyder; 10. Kudick.

Final Four - 1. Grabouski; 2. Jacob Murray; 3. Hartung; 4. Jerry Wilinski; 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, AZ); 6. 60 William Gould (Calera, OK); 7. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 8. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 9. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 10. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 11. 81K Pat Graham (Ames); 12. 13 Eddie Lemay (Milwaukee, WI); 13. 25 Tyler Vandekamp (Ankeny); 14. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 15. 00 RM Van Pay (Denmark, WI); 16. 7CX Josh Most (Red Oak); 17. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 18. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 19. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 20. 6 Konnor Wilinski (Seymour, WI).

Last Chance Heat 1 - 1. Werner; 2. Shyrock; 3. Grabouski; 4. Elliott; 5. Van Pay; 6. Lauritzen; 7. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 8. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 9. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 10. 237 Zach Rawlins (Newton); 11. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown).

Last Chance Heat 2 - 1. Ryan Gustin; 2. LaCrosse; 3. Konnor Wilinski; 4. Snyder; 5. Gould; 6. Graham; 7. 02Z John Davis (Altoona); 8. 545 Levi Nielsen (Evansdale); 9. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 10. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 11. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes).

Last Chance Heat 3 - 1. Phillips; 2. Schroeder; 3. Most; 4. Mashl; 5. Larson; 6. Lemay; 7. 40 Brian Crapser (Brookfield, WI); 8. 92 JD Gresham (Strasburg, CO); 9. 49J Jason Murray (Hartford).

Last Chance Heat 4 - 1. Auringer; 2. Dennis; 3. Murray; 4. Ward; 5. Hartung; 6. Davis; 7. 121 Andy Kleczka (Suamico, WI); 8. 37X Michael Wytaske (Lansing, MN); 9. 43B Tommy Belmer (Denver); 10. 90 Andrew Miller (Carson); 11. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 12. 77 Mike Wedelstadt (Fremont, WI).

Last Chance Heat 5 - 1. Abelson; 2. Simatovich; 3. Jerry Wilinski; 4. Woods; 5. Carter; 6. VandeKamp; 7. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Medford, OR); 8. 57B Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 9. 68 Mark Joski (Denmark, WI); 10. 95 Brian Koski (Abrams, WI).

Round 1 Heats:

Heat 1 - 1. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 2. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 3. 33 Brandon Rothzen (Gladstone, IL); 4. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 5. 68 Mark Joski (Denmark, WI); 6. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 7. 90 Andrew Miller (Carson); 8. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 9. 9 Jerry Wilinski (Seymour, WI).

Heat 2 - 1. 72M Brian Mullen (Seymour); 2. 00 RM Van Pay (Denmark, WI); 3. 70 Jesse Dennis (Corning); 4. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 5. 93 Matt Werner (Colona, IL); 6. 05 Mike Mashl (DePere, WI); 7. 25 Tyler VandeKamp (Ankeny); 8. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 9. 237 Zach Rawlins (Newton).

Heat 3 - 1. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 2. 77X Kurt Kile (Nichols); 3. 95 Brian Joski (Abrams, WI); 4. 49J Jason Murray (Hartford); 5. 75 Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO); 6. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 7. 13 Eddie Lemay (Milwaukee, WI); 8. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Medford, OR); 9. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes).

Heat 4 - 1. 2L Adam Larson (Ankeny); 2. 77 Mike Wedelstadt (Fremont, WI); 3. 6 Konnor Wilinski (Seymour, WI); 4. 3XXX Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 20 Ricky Thornton Jr (Chandler, AZ); 6. 05X Jake Hartung (Elmwood, WI); 7. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 8. 121 Andy Kleczka (Suamico, WI); 9. 545 Levi Nielsen (Evansdale).

Heat 5 - 1. 31 Corey Dripps (Waterloo); 2. 1X Chris Abelson (Sioux City); 3. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 4. 4K Kyle Kudick (Two Rivers, WI); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, AZ); 6. 92 JD Gresham (Strasburg, CO); 7. 02Z John Davis (Altoona); 8. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 9. 57B Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids).

Heat 6 - 1. 3 Kelly Shyrock (Lake Mills); 2. 98 Jason Snyder (Dunkerton); 3. 20W Shay Woods (Humeston); 4. 54 Benji LaCrosse (Green Bay, WI); 5. 00J JD Auringer (Waterloo); 6. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 12 Andrew Kinser (Marshalltown); 8. 40 Brian Crapser (Brookfield, WI); 9. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE).

Heat 7 - 1. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 2. 7CX Josh Most (Red Oak); 3. 81K Pat Graham (Ames); 4. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 5. 60 William Gould (Calera, OK); 6. 17R Derek Reimer (St Anthony); 7. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 8. 37X Michael Wytaske (Lansing, MN).

Round 2 Heats:

Heat 1 - 1. Jerry Wilinski; 2. Miller; 3. Rothzen; 4. Leeman; 5. Shute; 6. Mark Joski; 7. Elliott; 8. Snyder; 9. Jackson

Heat 2 - 1. Werner; 2. VandeKamp; 3. Schroeder; 4. Mashl; 5. Mullen; 6. Van Pay; 7. Dennis; 8. Cox; 9. Rawlins

Heat 3 - 1. Strickler; 2. Jimmy Gustin; 3. Jason Murray; 4. Kile; 5. Lemay; 6. Brian Joski; 7. Phillips; 8. Berry; 9. Clement

Heat 4 - 1. Thornton; 2. Ryan Gustin; 3. Nielsen; 4. Konnor Wilinski; 5. Laurtizen; 6. Kleczka; 7. Larson; 8. Hartung; 9. Wedelstadt

Heat 5 - 1. Kudick; 2. Jenae Gustin; 3. Dripps; 4. Simatovich; 5. Abelson; 6. Ward; 7. Gresham; 8. Davis; 9. Flannagan

Heat 6 - 1. Grabouski; 2. Auringer; 3. Kinser; 4. Snyder; 5. Woods; 6. Shyrock; 7. LaCrossse; 8. Carter; 9. Crapser

Heat 7 - 1. Marriott; 2. Davis; 3. Gould; 4. Graham; 5. Jacob Murray; 6. Most; 7. Reimer; 8. 43B Tommy Belmer (Denver); 9. Wytaske

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