WILMOT, Wis. — Ryan Marshall scored his second 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprints Powered By Gandrud Performance Products Feature victory of the season at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday night.
Marshall took the lead from first-year driver Tyler Kuxhouse with three laps to go following a restart with the only caution of the feature with five laps remaining.
Kuxhouse finished a career best second after leading the first 17 laps until Marshall worked his way in front down the front straightaway. Eric Wilke was third. Jimmy Sivia took fourth on the final lap in a tight side-by-side finish with fifth place Tim Cox.
“Once I worked my way into second using the high side, I could see Tyler was losing a little of his grip on the inside where he had been strong earlier,” said Marshall. “When the yellow came out, I decided to go for it and it stuck. Tyler has come a long way in his first year, and it’s fun to run with the young guns.”
“This win means a lot because we trashed a car last week, so we started over with a bare frame chassis and worked like crazy all week,” said Marshall, joined by his car owners Eddie and Debbie Boyd, and crew chief John Curcio, in victory lane. “They didn’t give up on me and neither did my great sponsors. My girlfriend Jennifer is here, too, and has a lot of friends in the stands, so that makes this even more special.”
Nick Simons scored his second 20-lap modified feature win of the season while Craig Kreuser became the third different victor this season in a hotly contested 20-lap street stock feature.
Feature Finish (20 Laps)
1. 7X-Ryan Marshall[6]; 2. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse[1]; 3. 24-Eric Wilke[2]; 4. 91-Jimmy Sivia[11]; 5. 40-Tim Cox[5]; 6. 11D-Zach Raidart[10]; 7. 38-Allen Hafford[7]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko[9]; 9. 09-Clayton Rossmann[8]; 10. 22-Greg Alt[4]; 11. 0-John Fahl[13]; 12. 50-Rusty Egan[19]; 13. 13-CJ Malueg[15]; 14. 14Z-Ryan Zielski[16]; 15. 29J-Ralph Johnson[14]; 16. 57F- Tristan Furseth[21]; 17. 12-Shawn Swim[17]; 18. 7L-Ellie Hensley[24]; 19. 20-Natalie Klemko[18]; 20. 11-Austin Hansen[22]; 21. 7D-Josh Davidson[20]; 22. 70H-Tate Hensley[12]; 23. 17-Bryce Andrews[25]; 24. 99J-Seth Johnson[3]; 25. (DNS) 41-Dennis Spitz