Friday, August 31, 2012

Season Championships at Osky

The final regular season night of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway sponsored by KBOE 104.9FM & Pepsi-Cola to ended on a great season with Mike VanGendren & the Southern Iowa Fairboard promoting races under the IMCA sanctioning. With many added things with prizes, contests and even new classes coming to run that had never run at the Mahaska County Monster. An added attraction for the night was the MADCRA Mod Lite division which ran for the first time ever on the Monster Half-Mile.

All of the IMCA classes, ran heats and started via the invert system as they do each week. Some tracks choose to start the features “straight up” by points on Season Championship night, but that was not the case at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Each class was brought to the front stretch for driver introductions prior to their feature event. That is always a feature that we really appreciate. Not only for us as fans, but that the drivers get a little extra recognition.

The Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods feature was up first and it was Brayton Carter taking force and leading the first 13 laps before he would be chased down and passed by Curtis Vanderwal from Oskaloosa Vanderwal would take the lead on lap 14 and go on and take his 2nd win of the season at Osky but fall short in the track championship. Carter would end up 2nd, Track Champion Jesse Sobbing was 3rd, Carter Vandenberg was 4th and Eric Flander was 5th.

In the Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts it was a Whalen Show as Bill Whalen Jr would lead the first 4 laps and his brother John Whalen leading the last 4 laps. John Whalen would take his first win of the year at Osky meanwhile Bill Whalen would get passed by Track Champion Merv Chandler for 2nd on the last lap. Anthony Cassat was 4th and Cory Howk was 5th.

 Eight IMCA Modifieds were on hand for the final night of points racing, but two cars “gave up the ghost” before they could even compete and the drivers falling victim were Jeff Waterman and Jason Reigel. In the feature though it would be Dakota Hayden leading from start to finish in the 12 lap feature to take his first career IMCA Modified win. Brandon Banks was 2nd, Jacob Murray was 3rd, Andrew Schroeder was 4th and Mark Widmar was 5th. Cayden Carter experience some issues before taking the green but would claim the track championship in his rookie season.

MADCRA Mod Lites would make a special visit to the big 1/2 mile and it was a show between Mike Morrill and Josh May. Morrill would lead the first 10 laps before it was Josh May taking the lead on lap 11. May would pull away and take the win with Morrill in 2nd. Andy Hennigar, Randy Bryan and Dusty Masolini would round out top 5.

Todd Phillips would take the early lead in the Carter Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars feature and would see the yellow fly once on lap 4 for Michael Bilyeu stopping on the back stretch and then again on lap 11 when Rich Vogt would experience some troubles, Shane Weller would spin and get hit by Michael Bilyeu all of their nights. Phillips would now have to deal with Damon Murty and Corey Stout, Murty would grab the lead away from Phillips coming to the white flag and going on to take the win. Phillips was 2nd, Stout was 3rd, Nathan Wood was 4th and Todd Reitzler was 5th. Matt Greiner would finish 6th and claim the track championship.

The final feature of the night was the Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and it was Justin Hook taking the early lead. The first caution would come out when Track Champion Shannon Anderson would spin in turn 2 in front of the field Hook would have to deal with Mike Hughes and it would be Hughes grabbing the lead on lap 6. Hughes would lead until Dustin Griffiths would work his way up to grab the lead on lap 13. Griffiths would take the win with Hughes in 2nd, Hook in 3rd, Bobby Greene in 4th and Kevin Fee in 5th. Shannon Anderson would clinch the track championship and finish 7th.

Mechanics and Powder Puff Races would also finish out the night and it was AJ Johnson winning the Modifieds/SportMods Mechanic Races, Russ Fullenkamp in the 4 Cylinders Mechanic Races, Cody Cleghorn in the Hobby Stocks/Stock Cars Mechanic Races and there was only one Powder Puff and that was Ashley Randall so she won that despite she was the only one in that and she raced against the hobby stocks/stock cars mechanics.

The track will fall silent until October 5-6 when the 26th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge will once again bring the track back to action. Make plans to attend this always excellent racing show. More information would be out soon.

Mod Lites - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    4    99       Josh May        Desoto , Ia    0.00   
2    2    6       Mike Morrill        Pleasant Hill, Ia    0.00   
3    7    15       Andy Hennigar        Ankeny , Ia    0.00   
4    3    64       Randy Bryan        Ames , Ia    0.00   
5    5    8       Dusty Massolini        Des Moines, Ia    0.00   
6    1    20       Jeff Stensland        Nevada , Ia    0.00   
7    9    11R       Jason Whitehead        Nevada , Ia    0.00   
8    8    87       Blake Woodruff        Galesburg , Il    0.00   
9    10    23       Michael Parcel        Des Moines, Ia    0.00   
10    11    09       Joel Keenan        Des Moines, Ia    0.00   
11    6    X50       Joel Huggins        Pleasant Hill, Ia    0.00   
12    13    DC5       Dalton Dingman        Des Moines, Ia    0.00   
13    12    19JR       Danny Foster        Slater , Ia    0.00   

IMCA Modified - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    1    12H       Dakota Hayden        Wilton , Ia    38.00   
2    2    22       Brandon Banks        Washington , Ia    37.00   
3    4    48J       Jacob Murray        Hartford , Ia    36.00   
4    6    02       Andrew Schroeder        Keswick , Ia    35.00   
5    3    7W       Mark Widmar        Ottumwa , Ia    34.00   
6    5    10C       Cayden Carter        Oskaloosa , Ia    33.00   
7    7    71W       Jeff Waterman        Quincy , Il    32.00    DNS
8    8    19       Jason Riegel        Burmingham , Ia    31.00    DNS

IMCA Stock Car - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    8    99D       Damon Murty        Chelsea , Ia    40.00   
2    1    7       Todd Phillips        Packwood , Ia    39.00   
3    5    94       Corey Stout        Oskaloosa , Ia    38.00   
4    9    52       Nathan Wood        Sigourney , Ia    37.00   
5    3    22R       Todd Reitzler        Grinnell , Ia    36.00   
6    10    29       Matt Greiner        Washington , Ia    35.00   
7    4    19A       Alan Vangorp        Des Moines, Ia    34.00   
8    14    25C       Shane Paris        Muscatine , Ia    33.00   
9    11    73C       Carl Yaw        Pleasant Hill, Ia    32.00   
10    17    77T       Trent Jeans        Chariton , Ia    31.00   
11    6    38       Rich Vogt        Fairfield , Ia    30.00   
12    12    4       Shane Weller        Agency , Ia    29.00   
13    13    46B       Michael Bilyeu        Indianola , Ia    28.00   
14    16    30J       Alex Buffington        Wapello , Ia    27.00   
15    7    62       Brad Pinkerton        New Sharon, Ia    26.00   
16    15    1       Chad Scandrett        Pleasantville , Ia    25.00   
17    2    15K       Kyle Harwood        Oskaloosa , Ia    24.00   


IMCA Sport Modified - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    8    1       Curtis Vanderwal        Oskaloosa , Ia    40.00   
2    1    01       Brayton Carter        Oskaloosa , Ia    39.00   
3    9    99       Jesse Sobbing        Glenwood , Ia    38.00   
4    7    7       Carter Vandenberg        Oskaloosa , Ia    37.00   
5    5    12       Eric Flander        Barnes City, Ia    36.00   
6    11    38       Bill Gibson        Knoxville , Ia    35.00   
7    2    198       Sam Wieben        Dysart , Ia    34.00   
8    3    10R       Ryan Fullenkamp        Bloomfield , Ia    33.00   
9    4    8T       Tony Johnson        Oskaloosa , Ia    32.00   
10    12    53       Greg Strohman        Webster , Ia    31.00   
11    13    34Z       Cory Van Zante       Sully , Ia    30.00   
12    10    43       Jeremiah Jones        Eldon , Ia    29.00   
13    14    42       Tyler Heckart        Ottumwa , Ia    28.00   
14    6    72       Brett Lowry        Montezuma , Ia    27.00    DNS

IMCA Hobby Stock - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    6    10G       Dustin Griffiths        Ottumwa , Ia    40.00   
2    8    18H       Mike Hughes        Oskaloosa , Ia    39.00   
3    1    33       Justin Hook        Oskaloosa , Ia    38.00   
4    2    32T       Bobby Greene        Eddyville , Ia    37.00   
5    5    52       Kevin Fee        Knoxville , Ia    36.00   
6    4    69       Craig Brown        Eldon , Ia    35.00   
7    7    78       Shannon Anderson        Urbandale , Ia    34.00   
8    10    224       Casey Greubel        Lacona , Ia    33.00   
9    14    73       Aaron Martin        Sigourney , Ia    32.00   
10    13    6       Jarred Gann        Sigourney , Ia    31.00   
11    3    84       Danny Thrasher        Agency , Ia    30.00   
12    12    2N       Donovan Nunnikhoven        Sully , Ia    29.00   
13    9    53D       Ron Downing, Jr.       Ottumwa , Ia    28.00   
14    11    18       Kris Walker        Oskaloosa , Ia    27.00   

IMCA Sport Compact - feature
Finish    Start    Car    Driver    Hometown    Points
1    1    77       John Whalen        Ainsworth , Ia    36.00   
2    3    2       Merv Chandler        Vinton , Ia    35.00   
3    2    OOW       Bill Whalen Jr       Riverside , Ia    34.00   
4    4    15A       Anthony Cassat        Bloomfield , Ia    33.00   
5    5    48       Cory Howk        Drakesville , Ia    32.00   
6    6    71       Kimberly Abbott        Camp Point, Il    31.00

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Marshalltown Speedway Stats and Season Championships Scenarios

As another regular season winds down at the Marshalltown Speedway it hard to believe the season is almost over and feels like we just started but time always flys when your having fun and the Marshalltown Speedway has trully lived up to "What Friday Nights are Made For" this season.

There is still a few nights to go but Track Points end this friday night at Marshalltown with the Larry Wollam Season Championship and then we will return in 3 weeks on September 21st and 22nd for the 6th Annual Havoc on the High Banks which is always exciting just like the Frostbuster that we start the season out with but we are going to take a look at some Points Clinching Scenarios for this week, stats from this year  and then i will give you some stats dating back to 2002.

Points Clinching Scenarios
Keep in mind the top 12 in points will be locked in to the feature and the rest will run heat races to see were they will start.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Mike Morrill: Has 9 pts lead over Josh May going into Friday Night meaning all he has to do is finish 9th or better in the feature on friday night.....If Morrill wins the Championship it would be his first at Marshalltown since 2009 after finishing runner-up in the standings in 2010 and 2011.
Josh May: If May wants to win back-to-back track championships he will have to win and have Morrill finish 10th or worst or the second one is May has to finish 10 spots ahead of Morrill.....If May wins and Morrill 10th, they are tied and have to go to tiebreakers and it would be May having the advantage when they go to the 2nd tiebreaker otherwise Morrill has the advantage.
Randy Bryan: has clinched a top 4 finish in points and if he starts the feature he will clinch 3rd.
Joel Huggins: has clinched a top 4 finish in points as well and can get third if Bryan is unable to start the a-main or if he finishes 16 spots ahead of Bryan.
Dusty Masolini: can clinched a 5th place finish in points by starting the a-feature as he holds a 19 pts advantage over Jason Whitehead.

Toby K's Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Scott Pippert: Has clinched the 2012 Track Championship as he holds a 60 pts lead over Eric Larson.
Eric Larson: will clinch a 2nd place finish in points by just starting the feature since he has a 26 pt advantage over Gary Pfantz.
Gary Pfantz: Can finish 3rd place in points if he finishes 7th or better in the feature and can get 2nd if Larson doesn't show up on Friday.
Josh Saunders: Can clinch 4th place in points if he finishes 3rd or better and can get 3rd place in points if he wins and Pfantz finishes 8th or he finishes 7 spots ahead of Pfantz.
Kevin Fee: Can clinch 5th place in points if he finishes 18th or better.....can finish 4th if he wins and Saunders finishes 4th or if he finishes 3 spots ahead of Saunders........can finish 3rd in points if he wins, Saunders 4th and Pfantz 11th  or finishes 3 spots ahead of Saunders and 10 spots ahead of Pfantz

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Jimmy Gustin: Will clinch the 2012 Track Championship by starting the feature on Friday as has a 34 pt lead over Luke Wanninger and 38 pts over Ronn Lauritzen in points so it appears that Gustin will win his 5th championship in 6 years at Marshalltown (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012).
Luke Wanninger: Is currently 2nd in points and holds a 4 pt margin over Ronn Lauritzen so that means that regardless were Lauritzen finishes if Wanninger finishes 5th or better he takes 2nd in points.
Ronn Lauritzen: will clinch at least 3rd in points by starting the feature and has a shot at taking 2nd in points if he can win and Wanninger finishes 6th or Lauritzen finishes at least 5 spots ahead of Wanninger because Wanninger holds the tiebreaker
Kyle Brown: Has had a remarkable rookie season in the modifieds and it appears he is going to be re award with a top 5 finish in pts.....he holds on a 2 pt advantage over Scott Simatovich in the battle for 4th so if Brown finishes 2nd or better he clinches 4th in pts or has to finish 2 spots behind Simatovich to take 4th.
Scott Simatovich: Will clinch a top 5 spot in points by starting the feature which would be his first top 5 finish in pts since 2009 but can get 4th in pts if he wins and Brown finishes 3rd or if he finishes 3 spots ahead of Brown no matter where.
David Brown and Jon Snyder are within 35 and 38 pts respectively behind Simatovich so if he doesn't start the feature they have a shot at 5th place in points.

IMCA Sport Compacts
Merv Chandler: Has Clinched the 2012 Track Championship and had the championship locked up going into the month of August.
John Gill: Can clinch 2nd in pts if he starts the feature on Friday
Duayne Herb: Has Clinched at least 3rd in pts but if Gill doesn't make the call for the feature then he will have shot at taking 2nd.
David Moorman: Has clinched a 4th place finish in points.
Justin Thrap: Is currently in 5th in points but has attend an event since May 8th.
Neil Nabholz: If he starts the feature and Tharp doesn't attend, Nabholz will take a 5th place in points.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods
Racer Hulin: Is the current points leader and holds a 6 pt advantage over Joel Rust and 9 pt advantage over Jake Strayer so he can take his first track championship by finishing 7th or better on Friday because if there is a tie between Hulin and Rust or Strayer or all of them, Hulin holds the tiebreaker........Hulin could also fall to 4th if several things go wrong.
Joel Rust: Can win the track championship if he wins and Hulin finish 8th or if he finishes 7 spots ahead of Hulin
Jake Strayer: Can win the track championship if he wins and Hulin finish 11th and Rust finishes 4th or if he finishes 10 spots ahead of Hulin and 3 spots ahead of Rust.
Scott Davis: Is fourth in points and can get 2nd if he finishes 17 spots ahead of Rust, can get 3rd in points if he finishes 11 spots ahead of Strayer and can clinch 4th if he finishes 9th or better in the feature.
Nick Roberts: Fresh off winning the Stuart International Speedway Track Championship it appears he is going to end up with a top 5 finish at Marshalltown....Can get 2nd in pts if he finishes 23 spots ahead of Rust, Can get 3rd in pt if he finishes 20 spots ahead of Strayer, Can get 4th in pts if he finishes 10 spots ahead of Davis.
Jenae Gustin: Many believe she would be in the top 5 and contending for the title and maybe as point leader if she didn't miss a week earlier in the year and the its very much true as she is currently 42 pts behind Hulin.....has realistic shot at finishing 4th or 5th but that shot is very slim.

Mike's Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Steve Meyer: Is looking for his first track championship and can clinch the track championship with an 12th or better finish.
Tracy Gienger: Can take the track championship if he wins and Meyer finish 13th or worst or if he he finishes 12 spots ahead of Meyer because of the tiebreakers...if Gienger is able to get it done it would be his first track championship since 2006.
Michael Murphy: In his rookie season a top 3 placing in the Stock Cars after taking the 2011 championship in the hobby stocks. Murphy can do that but needs a little help as he needs to finish 21 spots ahead of Meyer....Can get 2nd in points if he finishes 10 spots ahead of Gienger....Can clinch 3rd in pts if he finishes 2nd or better.
Damon Murty: Lead the points earlier in the season before having troubles so dropped in the standings after a few bad weeks.....Can get 2nd in points if he finishes 10 spots ahead of Gienger and 2 spots ahead of Murphy......Can get 3rd in points if he finishes 2 spots ahead of Murphy....can clinch 4th in pts if he finishes 14th or better.
Jay Schmidt: had his fair share of issues this year but for a top 5 finish in points it would a great way to finish to the year.....Can finish 3rd in points if he finish 16 spots ahead of Murphy.....Can finish 4th in points if he finishes 14 spots ahead of Murty
Trent Murphy: has been up and down but could end up with a top 5 in points if he can finish 10 spots ahead of Schmidt
Jeff Wollam: Streak of top 5 finishes in points will come to and end, Wollam had finished top 5 in points for 9 straight years (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) but i believe his streak of top 10 in points is still intact i am not sure on those numbers.

Now thats an end to all of the Points Championship Scenarios going into the Larry Wollam Season Championships and a special thanks to Wolf Seeds coming on board as the Chase for the Championship Sponsor in 2012. If you want to keep reading there will be stats from this season.

Car Count
Division - High - Low -Average
Modifieds - 23 - 14 - 17.86 (because July 20th was not for track points)
Mod Lites - 16 - 9 - 12.8
Sport Compacts - 9 - 3 - 5.27
Hobby Stocks - 24 - 16 - 20.13
SportMods - 36 - 23 - 28.86 (July 20th was not for track points either)
Stock Cars - 22 - 14 - 17.2

Total - 116 - 84 - 102.53

Top 10 Finishes in Features (Number in ( ) is the number of top 10 finishes)
Modifieds: Jimmy Gustin (14), Ronn Lauritzen (13), Luke Wanninger (12), Kyle Brown (11), Scott Simatovich (11), Adam Larson (9), Jon Snyder (9), David Brown (7), Josh Truman (7), Kyle Krampe (6), Pat Graham (5), Richie Gustin Jr. (5), Zack Rawlins (4), Cayden Carter (4), Todd Conrad (3), Chris Snyder (3), Rick Speck (3), Joe Docekal (2), Andrew Kinser (2), Chris Webb (2), Mike Wedelstadt (1), Tim Murty (1), Joel Bushore (1), Duane Peterson (1), Mark Elliott (1), Ricky Stephan (1), Scott Hogan (1)

Mod Lites: Mike Morrill (15), Dusty Masolini (15), Josh May (14), Randy Bryan (14), Joel Huggins (13), Jason Whitehead (12), Mike Kennedy (12), Andy Hennigar (9), Eric Hendrickson (7), Joe Wood (5), Danny Foster (5), Cory Sonner (4), Larry Sorenson (4), Kevin Grisham (3), Travis Stensland (3), Tim Hennigar (3), Jeff Stensland (2), Travis Brandt (2), Adam Davis (1), David Schmalzried (1), Rick Taylor (1), Adam Larson (1), Michael Parcel (1)

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (15), John Gill (11), Duayne Herb (10), David Moorman (8), Justin Tharp (6), Neil Nabholz (6), Josh Keller (5), Jordan Peters (3), John Walker (3), Travis Losenicky (3), Jer Pederson (2), Jacob McVay (1), John Patterson (1), Josh Keller (5), Toby Denning (1), Craig Stepanek (1), Travis Ross (1), Trent Orwig (1)

Hobby Stocks: Scott Pippert (14), Eric Knutson (11), Eric Larson (11), Gary Pfantz (11), Kevin Fee (10), Josh Saunders (9), Donavon Nunnikhoven (8), Brandon Brinton (7), Austin Luellen (7), Garrett Eilander (7), Brice Udelhoven (7), Jennifer Hulin (6), Aaron Rudolph (5), Scott Durlin (5), Eric Stanton (3), Nic Shearer (3), Randy Embrey (3), Austin Wolfgram (2), Eugene Nicklas (2), Matt Hudspeth (2), Tyler Pickett (2), Brandon Pruitt (1), Calvin Dhondt (1), Bill Atcheson (1), Vince Buchholz (1), Bill Bonnett (1), Dustin Filloon (1), Benji Irvine (1), Dustin Lynch (1), Ben Lucas (1), Mark Fee (1), Tom Brumlee (1), Kyle Dirks (1), Rod Grother (1), Jacob Keiser (1), John Watson (1)

SportMods: Joel Rust (14), Scott Davis (13), Jake Strayer (12), Racer Hulin (11), Nick Roberts (11), Jenae Gustin (10), Carter VanDenBerg (9), Jared Van Deest (8), Jayme Duinink (8), Sam Weiben (7), Tom Rawlins (5),  Gatlin Leytham (4), Ty Luellen (3), Clint Luellen (2), Eric Elliott (2), Ryan Ashton (2), Brett Lowry (2), Shawn Albers (2), Brad Iverson (2), Travis Peterson (2), Cory Rose (2), Creston Williams (1), Shawn Simatovich (1), Randy Krampe (1), Eric Flander (1), Randy Roberts (1), DJ Robinson (1), Tyler Droste (1), Curtis VanDerWal (1)

Stock Cars: Michael Murphy (14), Steve Meyer (14), Tracy Gienger (14), Damon Murty (12), Jay Schmidt (12), Trent Murphy (11), Jeff Wollam (10), Derek Reimer (9), Brian Irvine (5), Trevor Titus (5), Michael Jaennette (4), Dave Mehmen (4), Kevin Balmer (4), Scooter Dulin (3), Shawn Anderson (3), Kevin Rose (3), Robbie Merkle (2), Andy Bryant (2), Todd Reitzler (2), Justin Temeyer (2), Sean Johnson (1), Matt Greiner (1), Stacy Clark (1), Dave Stricker (1), Paul Shepherd (1), Dave Atcher (1), Eric Brown (1), Mike Goldsberry (1), Travis Prochaska (1), Scott Anderson (1), Donavon Smith (1), John Emerson (1)

Top 5 Finishes in Features (Number in ( ) is the number of top 5 finishes) Modifieds: Jimmy Gustin (12), Luke Wanninger (9), Jon Snyder (8), Ronn Lauritzen (8), Adam Larson (6), Kyle Brown (5), Josh Truman (5), Richie Gustin Jr. (3), Cayden Carter (3), Scott Simatovich (3), Kyle Krampe (2), David Brown (2), Mike Wedelstadt (1), Tim Murty (1), Pat Graham (1), Mark Elliott (1) 

Mod Lites: Mike Morrill (15), Josh May (14), Randy Bryan (12), Mike Kennedy (8), Joel Huggins (8), Andy Hennigar (7), Dusty Masolini (4), Jason Whitehead (3), Tim Hennigar (2), Eric Hendrickson (1), Adam Larson (1), Jeff Stensland (1) 

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (15),  Duayne Herb (10), John Gill (9), David Moorman (8), Justin Tharp (5), Josh Keller (4), Neil Nabholz (4), Travis Losenicky (3), Jer Pederson (2), Jordan Peters (2), Toby Denning (1), John Walker (1), Craig Stepanek (1), Travis Ross (1), Trent Orwig (1) 

Hobby Stocks: Scott Pippert (14), Eric Larson (9), Eric Knutson (8), Kevin Fee (8), Brice Udelhoven (5), Donavon Nunnikhoven (4), Gary Pfantz (4), Brandon Brinton (3), Austin Luellen (3), Randy Embrey (3), Eric Stanton (2), Garrett Eilander (2), Matt Hudspeth (2), Brandon Pruitt (1), Eugene Nicklas (1), Tyler Pickett (1), John Watson (1), Jennifer Hulin (1) 

SportMods: Racer Hulin (10), Joel Rust (8), Jenae Gustin (8), Scott Davis (8), Jake Strayer (7), Nick Roberts (5), Sam Weiben (4), Carter VanDenBerg (3), Gatlin Leytham (3), Eric Elliott (2), Jared Van Deest (2), Ty Luellen (2), Clint Luellen (1), Brett Lowry (1), Tom Rawlins (1), Eric Flander (1), Jayme Duinink (1), Tyler Droste (1), Travis Peterson (1), Curtis VanDerWal (1) 

Stock Cars: Steve Meyer (12), Tracy Gienger (9), Trent Murphy (9), Damon Murty (8), Michael Murphy (7), Jay Schmidt (6), Brian Irvine (5), Derek Reimer (4), Michael Jaennette (2), Trevor Titus (2), Sean Johnson (1), Matt Greiner (1), Andy Bryant (1), Jeff Wollam (1), Scooter Dulin (1), Justin Temeyer (1), Todd Reitzler (1), Kevin Rose (1), Donavon Smith (1), John Emerson (1)

Top 3 Finishes in Features (Number in ( ) is the number of top 3 finishes) Modifieds: Jimmy Gustin (10), Luke Wanninger (8), Jon Snyder (7), Adam Larson (4), Ronn Lauritzen (4), Richie Gustin Jr. (3), Josh Truman (3), Mike Wedelstadt (1), Cayden Carter (1), Kyle Brown (1), Zack Rawlins (1) 

Mod Lites: Mike Morrill (14), Josh May (13), Randy Bryan (4), Andy Hennigar (4), Mike Kennedy (4), Joel Huggins (2), Tim Hennigar (2), Dusty Masolini (1), Adam Larson (1) 

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (15), David Moorman (8), Duayne Herb (8), John Gill (6), Travis Losenicky (3), Jer Pederson (1), Jordan Peters (1), Craig Stepanek (1), Neil Nabholz (1), Josh Keller (1) 

Hobby Stocks: Scott Pippert (12), Eric Knutson (5), Eric Larson (5), Kevin Fee (3), Austin Luellen (3), Brice Udelhoven (3), Brandon Brinton (2), Eric Stanton (2), Gary Pfantz (2), Garrett Eilander (2), Donavon Nunnikhoven (1), Matt Hudspeth (1), Josh Saunders (1), Tyler Pickett (1), Jennifer Hulin (1) 

SportMods: Racer Hulin (9), Jenae Gustin (8), Jake Strayer (5), Sam Weiben (4), Nick Roberts (3), Gatlin Leytham (3), Scott Davis (2), Ty Luellen (2), Clint Luellen (1), Brett Lowry (1), Jared Van Deest (1), Joel Rust (1), Travis Peterson (1) 

Stock Cars: Trent Murphy (9), Damon Murty (5), Michael Murphy (5), Brian Irvine (5), Steve Meyer (5), Tracy Gienger (4), Jay Schmidt (4), Derek Reimer (2), Sean Johnson (1), Andy Bryant (1), Jeff Wollam (1), Todd Reitzler (1), Kevin Rose (1), Donavon Smith (1)

Feature Winners (Number in ( ) is the number of Feature Wins)
*July 20th was a non-points night for the Modifieds and SportMods so there feature winners are not recorded. In the Modifieds you will see the number of wins add up to more than 14 because there was a few weeks there was 2 winners because of IMCA's test of the 604 crate engine. 

Modifieds: Jimmy Gustin (7), Luke Wanninger (5), Jon Snyder (3), Ronn Lauritzen (1), Adam Larson (1), Josh Truman (1), Richie Gustin Jr. (1) 

Mod Lites: Mike Morrill (8), Josh May (7) 

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (13), Duayne Herb (1), David Moorman (1) 

Hobby Stocks: Scott Pippert (7), Kevin Fee (2), Eric Larson (1), Eric Knutson (1), Donavon Nunnikhoven (1), Austin Luellen (1), Brandon Brinton (1), Eric Stanton (1)  

SportMods: Jenae Gustin (5), Racer Hulin (3), Gatlin Leytham (2), Jake Strayer (1), Scott Davis (1), Sam Weiben (1), Clint Luellen (1) 

Stock Cars: Trent Murphy (4), Damon Murty (2), Jay Schmidt (2), Brian Irvine (2), Steve Meyer (1), Tracy Gienger (1), Michael Murphy (1), Derek Reimer (1), Sean Johnson (1)

Heat Race Winners (Number in ( ) is the number of Heat Race Wins) 
*July 20th was a non-points night for the Modifieds and SportMods so there feature winners are not recorded. 

Modifieds: Luke Wanninger (6), Kyle Brown (5), Jon Snyder (4), Ronn Lauritzen (4), Joel Bushore (4), Richie Gustin Jr. (3), Kyle Krampe (3), Scott Simatovich (2), Josh Truman (2), Zack Rawlins (2), Jimmy Gustin (2), Tim Murty (1), Randy Havlik (1) 

Mod Lites: Josh May (9), Mike Morrill (9), Andy Hennigar (4), Mike Kennedy (2), Joel Huggins (2), Randy Bryan (1), Cory Sonner (1), Adam Larson (1) 

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (5), John Gill (4), Duayne Herb (3), David Moorman (2), Travis Losenicky (1) 

Hobby Stocks: Eric Larson (6), Eric Knutson (4), Scott Pippert (4), Kevin Fee (4), Brice Udelhoven (3), Donavon Nunnikhoven (3), Brandon Brinton (3), Gary Pfantz (2), Austin Luellen (2), Bill Bonnett (2), Jennifer Hulin (2), Eric Stanton (1), Benji Irvine (1), Garrett Eilander (1), Aaron Rudolph (1), Matt Hudspeth (1), Josh Saunders (1), Tyler Pickett (1) 

SportMods: Jenae Gustin (7), Sam Weiben (6), Nick Roberts (5), Carter VanDenBerg (5), Gatlin Leytham (5), Racer Hulin (5), Jared Van Deest (4), Jake Strayer (4), Eric Elliott (3), Joel Rust (3), Shawn Simatovich (2), Tom Rawlins (1), Jayme Duinink (1), Travis Peterson (1) 

Stock Cars: Tracy Gienger (8), Trent Murphy (6), Damon Murty (5), Jay Schmidt (4), Steve Meyer (3), Trevor Titus (3), Michael Murphy (2), Michael Jaennette (2), Sean Johnson (1), Shawn Anderson (1), Derek Reimer (1), Kevin Balmer (1)

Laps Led in Features (Number in ( ) is the number of Laps Led in Features)
*July 20th was a non-points night for the Modifieds and SportMods so there feature winners are not recorded. 

Modifieds: Jimmy Gustin (63), Luke Wanninger (61), Zack Rawlins (35), Jon Snyder (34), Richie Gustin Jr. (23), Josh Truman (18), Ronn Lauritzen (17), Adam Larson (10), Kyle Brown (7), Randy Havlik (4), Cayden Carter (3), Scott Simatovich (2), Tim Stevens (1), Duane Peterson (1), David Brown (1) 

Mod Lites: Mike Morrill (80), Josh May (62), Joel Huggins (36), Adam Larson (18), Joe Wood (8), Mike Kennedy (7), Tim Hennigar (4), Dusty Masolini (2), Eric Hendrickson (1), Travis Stensland (1) 

Sport Compacts: Merv Chandler (73), Duayne Herb (16), David Moorman (15), Josh Keller (1) 

Hobby Stocks: Brice Udelhoben (30), Scott Pippert (22), Austin Luellen (19), Eric Larson (17), Eric Stanton (16), Garrett Eilander (15), Brandon Brinton (12), Matt Hudspeth (11), Kevin Fee (8), Eric Knutson (7), Josh Saunders (6), Jennifer Hulin (5), Gary Pfantz (4), Tyler Pickett (3), Donavon Nunnikhoven (2), Dustin Lynch (1) 

SportMods: Jenae Gustin (52), Gatlin Leytham (45), Racer Hulin (43), Travis Peterson (17), Jake Strayer (16), Sam Wieben (16), Clint Luellen (12), Nick Roberts (12), Brett Lowry (11), Jared Van Deest (9), Jayme Duinink (6), Tom Rawlins (3) 

Stock Cars: Trent Murphy (85), Damon Murty (35), Michael Murphy (21), Trevor Titus (20), Steve Meyer (19), Jay Schmidt (17), Tracy Gienger (13), Brian Irvine (13), Andy Bryant (13), Derek Reimer (11), Kevin Rose (8), Sean Johnson (7), Michael Jaennette (4), Jeff Wollam (2), Kevin Balmer (1)

That is all your season stats that have been kept going to Friday Night at Marshalltown and now below you will get  the All Time Wins List from 2002-2012 going into Friday Night.

All Time Winners List for 2002-2012
IMCA Modifieds
*2012 season the IMCA Modifieds were testing crate engines so a few weeks there was 2 winners one of them a crate and the other one the top open engine.

Jimmy Gustin 31
Jeff Schroyer 23
Joey Schaefer 18
Vern Jackson 17
Jon Snyder 14 (1 of them Topless)
Richie Gustin Jr. 14
Adam Larson 12 (1 of them with a Crate)
Mike O'Lear 11
Luke Wanninger 8 (4 of them with a Crate)
David Brown 8
Brett Ladehoff 7
Danny Fetters 6
Troy Cordes 5
Tim Murty 4
Ed Anderson 4
Todd Shute 3
Scott Simatovich 3
Todd Conrad 3
Darin Duffy 3
Pete Hutzel 3
John Logue 3
Josh Truman 2
Adam Bolin 2
J.D. Auringer 2
Scott Hogan 2
Jon Tesch 2 (Both of them USMTS)
Ronn Lauritzen 1
Chris Abelson 1
Jeff Stephens 1
Jay Noteboom 1
Rick Speck 1
Todd Luther 1
Tim Stevens 1
Pat Graham 1
Marv Halverson 1
Bill Davis Jr. 1
Jason Murray 1
Brian Mullen 1
Jordan Grabouski 1
Jacob Murray 1

IMCA Stock Cars
Dustin Smith 26
Damon Murty 25
Rick Brown 21
Luke Veren 18
Trent Murphy 17
Dusty Vis 15
Jay Schmidt 11
Brian Irvine 11
Dave Atcher 10
Jeff Wollam 10
Tracy Gienger 9
Steve Meyer 8
Shawn Hoskins 7
Donavon Smith 5
Sean Johnson 4
David Murty 3
Clay Deppe 3
Cliff Gray 2
Shawn Anderson 2
Brian Blessington 2
Travis Shipman 1
Nathan Wood 1
Trevor Titus 1
Todd Reitzler 1
Michael Murphy 1
Derek Reimer 1
Todd Kearney 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Nick Murty 1
Don Vis 1
Jeff Schroyer 1
Kyle Krampe 1
Jason Cook 1
Mike VanGenderen 1
Ryan Gustin 1
Rob Schneider 1
Kurt Krauskopf 1 (Topless)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Donavon Smith 27
Devin Smith 17
Orville Gilbert 12
Dustin Smith 12
Nick Murty 10
Scott Pippert 9
Steve Meyer 9
Chad Koch 9
Luke Wanninger 9
Kevin Fee 8
Todd Reitzler 8
Andy Bryant 7
Terry Shaffar 7
Dustin Elliott 7
Trent Murphy 7
Chris Luloff 7
Randy Embrey 6
Eric Knutson 6
Michael Murphy 6
Michael Smith 6
Kenny Bidwell 5
Gene Nicklas 5
Bill Bonnett 4
Scott Rice 4
Doug Smith (Lake City) 4
Brandon Brinton 3
Donavon Nunnikhoven 3
Ben Hoesing 3
Neil Follett 3
Kevin Sather 3
Calvin Dhondt 2
Brandon Pruitt 2
Doug Smith (Marshalltown) 2
Travis Weuve 2
JR Kahler 2
Travis Peters 2
Scott Durlin 2
Brian Irvine 2
Jamie Schirm 2
Josh Irvine 1
Tyler Pickett 1
Jeff Gunderson 1
Aaron Rudolph 1
Clint Nelson 1
Brice Udelhoven 1
Eric Stanton 1
Austin Luellen 1
Eric Larson 1
Jason Collins 1
Aaron Vann 1
Jared Vote 1
Mark Stephens 1
Cory Upah 1
Rick Speck 1
Damien Bown 1
Paul Shepherd 1
Joe Bown 1
Stoney Leonard 1
Rod Grother 1
Jared Miller 1
Mark Lamer 1
Mike Zeman 1
Bo Hunter 1
Beau Kaplan 1
Andy Boeckman 1
Justin Maschke 1
Adam Gebel 1
Kenny Hansen 1
Chris Hovden 1 (Topless)

IMCA SportMods
Kevin Sather 24
Cayden Carter 17
Jason Mallicoat 13
Scott Davis 12
Jenae Gustin 10
Luke Wanninger 9
Brett Ladehoff 8
Brett Moffitt 6
Jake Strayer 4
Brett Meyer 4
Gatlin Leytham 3
Racer Hulin 3
Austin Kaplan 3
Danny Dvorak 3
Kyle Brown 3
Carter Vandenberg 2
Brad Iverson 2
Fred Leytham 2
Scott Durlin 2
Austin Lucas 2
Sam Wieben 1
Tony Dunker 1
Clint Luellen 1
Tyler Droste 1
Dane Larson 1
Doug Smith 1
Josh Sherbon 1
Nick Roberts 1
Dylan Book 1
Eric Elliott 1
Geoff Olson 1
Mark McNeece 1
Keith Williamson 1
Kyle Wahlert 1
Nate Chodur 1
Bryan Rodman 1

Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites
Mike Morrill 36
Tim Hennigar 23
Josh May 21
Troy Hudson 10
Joel Huggins 9
Andy Hennigar 5
Mike Kennedy 5
Randy Bryan 3
Dusty Masolini 2
Colby Oberembt 2
Ivan Guerra 1
Charlie Brown 1
Ed Zehm 1
Eric Hendrickson 1
Johnny Mordock 1

IMCA Sport Compacts

*2002 through 2004 the Speedway had 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive division and that class was unsanctioned, No FWD from 2005-2010, 2011 was Specials only and 2012 became a weekly division again this time IMCA Sanctioned.

Gary Moorman 20 (all non-sanctioned)
Merv Chandler 15 (all IMCA)
David Moorman 15 (1 IMCA, 14 non-sanctioned)
Olivia Crawford 10 (all non-sanctioned)
Jeff Biehm 4 (all non-sanctioned)
Aaron Winburn 3 (all non-sanctioned)
Travis Hatch 3 (all non-sanctioned)
Nathan Chandler 2 (all IMCA)
Duayne Herb 1 (IMCA)
Jeff Arment 1 (non-sanctioned)

Deery Brothers Summer Series IMCA Late Models (all races held at Marshalltown since 1987)
Curt Martin 5
Jeff Aikey 3
Jay Johnson 2
Ray Guss Jr. 2
Terry Neal 2
Andy Eckrich 2
Denny Eckrich 2
Dave Fischlein 1
Ron Jackson 1
Gary Crawford 1
Gary Webb 1
Rick Wendling 1
Billy Tuckwell 1

Nostalgia Stock Car Club of Iowa
John Schroyer 2
Josh Zeiman 1
Ben Holt 1
Brad Huff 1
Jim Clayton 1

Vintage Cars
Wade Russell 3
Austin Russell 1
Dave Farren 1
Ted Rozinski 1

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Bret Moyer 3
Ed Nelson 1
Pat Fagan 1
Steve Churchill 1

Iowa Micro Sprints
Brad Comegys 1
Ben Woods 1
Bruce Drottz 1


Hope you enjoy all the fantastic Stats for the Marshalltown Speedway and if your just as wore reading this as i am after writing this i don't blame you but hope too see you at Marshalltown on Friday or on September 21st and 22nd!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Season Championship Night at Osky and the Points Clinching Scenarios

This was the first season of the Southern Iowa Speedway back under the IMCA (International Motor Contest Association) sanction after spending the previous 8 years under the USRA (United States Racing Association) sanction. The previous 8 years saw the car counts start to decline and this year the Southern Iowa Fairboard was dedicated to bring back some life to the speedway and they did by bring in fellow IMCA and USRA Driver Mike VanGenderen, who has had experience in the past of racing and promoting as many people might not have realized this but along with racing his own Modifieds or Stock Cars, Mike has promoted Figure 8 Races before.

Mike VanGenderen had so many ideas to get people out to the races but having town nights, special events for adults, drivers engaging in some fun in front of the crowd, many kids ideas and i can honestly say i have enjoying attending every night this year and think i attended more racing this year at Osky than the previous 8 years combined, now you can think its because i have something against USRA and the truth is no i don't but truthfully IMCA racing is great sure some may not like the rules but every week there has been some great racing.

The Track has been in great shape week after week and i can only imagine the plans for 2013 but with that being said there is still 3 nights of racing left in 2012 at Osky. The first of those events is this Wednesday Night with Pepsi Cola/KBOE Radio Season Championship Night with a special appearance by the Mod Lites. Also residents from Newton and Grinnell can get in for $5 on Wednesday and just recently added mechanics and powder puff races.  Then Friday and Saturday October 5th and 6th the Speedway will host the 26th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.

But it being Season Championship Night this week that means points battles are on the line so lets take a look at the scenarios and some other notes.

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
*The Modifieds would take one night off on June 20th because of the Deery Brothers Summer Series. Average Car Count for the Modifieds is 12.875, Highest Car Count was 27 during the Hawkeye Dirt Tour on July 17th, the Lowest Car Count was 7 on May 16th.
*Car Counts by Race Nights: 11-8-13-11-7-8-18-18-14-DNR-12-12-13-27-18-8-8
*Modifieds were orginally IMCA Sanctioned from 1984-2003 before becoming USRA from 2004-2011 and now back to IMCA.

Cayden Carter: Would make the jump from the SportMods, where he was 2011 Track Champion, into the Modifieds well worth it as he would take the track champion in his rookie season. Carter leads by 91 pts over 2nd place Brandon Banks and picked up 3 feature wins
Brandon Banks: Will finish 2nd in points despite having some issues through out the year. Banks holds a 50 pt lead over Jacob Murray, Banks best finish is 2nd.
Jacob Murray: This is where begin a battle as Murray holds an 11 pt gap over Dakota Hayden, 16 pt gap over Scott Dickey and Andrew Schroeder. Its quite possible if Murray hadn't missed any weeks that he would be contending Cayden Carter for the title as he has been in victory lane 5 times this year at Osky.........the scenario for clinching 3rd is this for Murray if he finishes 12th or better on Wednesday he cliniches 3rd in pts
Dakota Hayden: Had a string if bad luck this season with motor issues and you name it but a top 5 in points would a great way to end the season for Hayden as his best finish is a 2nd place finish..........can clinch 4th in pts if he finishes 5th or better, can grab 3rd palce in pts if he finishes 13 spots ahead of Murray.
Scott Dickey: One of the Drivers having to make the switch over from USRA to IMCA had some good nights for the most part the nights he has been at the track and came away with 1 feature win on May 30th.......Dickey can take 5th in pts with a win and Schroeder finishing 2nd, can take 4th in pts if he finishes 5 spots ahead of Hayden and 1 spot ahead of Schroeder.

Carter's Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars
* The Stock Cars have seen some fantastic finishes to most of their feature events this year and have proved why they are usually the last class to run their feature on race nights. Average car count for the Stock Cars is 15.882, Highest car count was 28 during the Stock Car Shootout on July 4th and the lowest car count was 13 that occur twice this year.
 *Car Counts by Race Nights: 15-16-13-13-16-18-17-20-16-16-15-28-13-14-14-12-14
*Stock Cars also were IMCA Sanctioned from 1984-2003 before being USRA 2004-2011 and returned back to IMCA in 2012.

Matt Greiner: Looking to take his 2nd track championship for 2012 as he most recently picked up the track championship at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson by the 2nd tiebreaker........the simple scenario for Greiner is this: if he finishes 7th or better he will clinch the track championship
Nathan Wood: Has had some strong runs this year early in the year before experiencing some issues in the mid-way part of the season and believes they have gotten it back to were it was at the beginning of the year but he comes in 7 pts behind Greiner in the pts.........the scenario for Wood to win the title is this win and Greiner finishes 8th as the tiebreaker would go to Wood on Wins (if that happen) or Wood must finish 7 spots ahead of Greiner to force a tie, going into the night they each have 2 wins so the 2nd tiebreaker is 2nd place finishes and that would go to Wood with 3 2nd place finishes to Greiner's 2 2nd place finishes.
Corey Stout: Can finish as high as 3rd and as low as 5th for the Driver from Across The Street......Stout holds 8 pts over Todd Reitzler and 30 pts over Damon Murty so barring some issues he will finish 3rd or 4th........the scenario for Stout is too finish 8th or better to clinch 3rd.
Todd Reitzler: Moved up to the Stock Cars in 2011 and his Sophmore season has been pretty good as he has 2 feature wins at Osky and has a shot at finishing 3rd in points.....Reitzler must finish 8 spots better than Stout to grab 3rd because of the tiebreaker on wins.
Damon Murty: can grab 3rd if Stout doesn't show up otherwise he can only grab 4th but that is slim as he must finish 22 spots higher than Reitzler so that almost seems impossible to complete.

Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods
*The SportMods have seen won guy win 9 times this year and that is Jesse Sobbing from Glenwood, Iowa, which is 3.5 hours away. The average car count for the SportMods is 17.176, highest car count was 27 on April 18th and the lowest was 10 on August 1st.
 *Car Counts by Race Nights: 17-27-24-19-23-15-15-17-20-18-13-19-14-16-11-10-14
*SportMods were added in 2003 as weekly class but known as b-mods from 2004-2011 under USRA before becoming IMCA Sanctioned this year for the first time.

Jesse Sobbing: despite the 9 wins, Jesse only has a 10 pt lead over 2nd place Curtis Vanderwal going into season championship now that means if Sobbing finishes 11th or better he will take the championship
Curtis Vanderwal: has ha a very consistent season as he is the only driver to have finished in the top 10 every week but is currently 10 pts out of the lead meaning he needs to win and Sobbing finish 12th or worst to take the title or finish 11 spots ahead of Sobbing to take the title as any tiebreaker would go to Sobbing.
Carter Vandenberg: has cliniched 3rd place in pts and can grab if for some reason Vanderwal is unable to make the call for the heat race or feature on wednesday.
Eric Flander: Is looking at a 4th place finish in points because all he has to do is finish 14th or better to clinch 4th.
Tony Johnson: Is currently 5th in pts and can clinch it by finishing 2nd or better or finish 1 spots ahead or behind of Brett Lowry.....Johnson could get 4th if he finishes 15 spots ahead of Flander.
Brett Lowry: Is 6th in pts but can grab 5th if he wins and Johnson finishes 3rd or worst or finishes 2 spots ahead of Johnson because of tiebreakers........Lowry can also grab 4th if he finishes 17 spots ahead of Flander.

Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks
*The Hobby Stocks have seen 6 different feature winners this year with Points Leader and Former National Champions Shannon Anderson leading the way. The average car count for the Hobby Stocks is 15.353 with the highest of 23 on April 25th and the lowest of 11 happening twice.
 *Car Counts by Weeks: 18-18-23-21-13-14-18-18-15-13-15-16-11-14-11-11-12
*Hobby Stocks were IMCA Sanctioned 2001-2003 before going USRA from 2004-2011 before returning back to IMCA Sanctioned this year.

Shannon Anderson: Appears to have the track championship locked up as all we will have to do is start the feature on Wednesday as he holds a 25 pt advantage over Kevin Fee.
Kevin Fee: It looks to have a 2nd place finish in pts if he is able to start the feature as he is 23 pts ahead of Dustin Griffiths.
Dustin Griffiths: Has been on a tear as of late as he has won 3 of the last 4 features to put himself in 3rd in pts and that appears where he will finish in pts barring something doesn't break because he has only a 1 pt gap over Donavon Nunnikhoven and 2 pt gap over Danny Thrasher.........so if Griffiths finishes 2nd or better he cliniches 3rd in pts or if he finishes 1 spot behind Nunnikhoven and 2 spots behind Thrasher he will take 3rd.
Donavon Nunnikhoven: can grab 3rd place in pts if he wins and finishes 2 spots ahead of Griffiths....Can Clinch 4th in points if he finishes 2nd or better.
Danny Thrasher: can also grab 3rd place in pts if he wins and finishes 3 spots ahead of Griffiths, 2 spots ahead of Nunnikhoven.....can get 4th place in pts if he finishes 2 spots ahead of Nunnikhoven....Can clinch 5th just by starting the feature.

Autocrafter/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts 
*The Sport Compacts are the newest of the division at Southern Iowa Speedway. The average car count for the Sport Compacts is 6.118, highest is 8 which had happened 4 times this year and the lowest is 4 which could set some interesting scenarios for the top 2 guys in pts. 
*Car Counts by Weeks: 6-5-5-8-5-5-5-7-5-8-6-7-6-8-6-8-4
*Sport Compacts were orginally announced unsanctioned but after drivers and track crew talked sanctioning them was the thing to do so they become the first newly sanctioned division at Osky.

Merv Chandler: Holds an 8 pt lead over Bill Whalen Jr. so it appears that all Chandler has to do is start the feature on Wednesday however if there is more than 8 cars, Chandler can finish 9th or better to clinch the title.
Bill Whalen Jr.: Is sitting 2nd and has clinched 2nd place in pts at least and can get 1st if Chandler is unable to start or he finishes 9 spots ahead of Chandler.
John Whalen: Has clinched 3rd place in pts and barring the top 2 guys in points don't show up that is where he will finish.
Larry Hopkins: Will finish 4th place in pts despite missing most of the 2nd half of the season at Osky.
Trent Orwig: Will finish 5th place in pts by just starting the heat or feature on Wednesday.

That is a  look at the points clinching scenarios along with some other notes incase you are wondering what to expect going into tomorrow night at Osky.....Hope to see you all there and for the ones that are waiting for the scenarios for Marshalltown they are coming soon i promise along with some other crazy stats!

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Reimer Gets First Career Win on Custom Concrete Night at Motown

The night was action packed and exciting night of racing on Custom Concrete Night at the Marshalltown Speedway. The fans would not only get to see the weekly classes races but when the features were all finish there would be a Tough Truck Tug of War that every fan in attendance enjoyed.

David Moorman would jump to the lead right away in the IMCA Sport Compacts 8 lap feature from his 2nd row outside starting spot and appeared he was going to cruise to the easy win until the caution came out on lap 3 for debris and then again on lap 5 when Neil Nabholz would experience some troubles. Moorman wouldn’t let that bother him as he would hold off challenges from Merv Chandler to take the win, which was Moorman’s 1st since he last won a non-sanctioned FWD feature back on September 3rd, 2004. Chandler, John Gill, Duayne Herb and Jer Pedersen would round out the top 5.

Travis Stensland would lead the first lap in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites feature before Joel Huggins would sneak by for the lead. Huggins would have to deal with Mike Morrill and it was Morrill grabbing the lead on lap 4 and begin pulling away. Morrill would go on take his 8th win of the season at Marshalltown. Josh May would finish 2nd, Tim Hennigar was 3rd, Andy Hennigar was 4th and Joel Huggins was 5th.

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods feature would see Gatlin Leytham take the early lead but just after 2 laps was complete the caution would fly 3 times in the next 2 laps. The first 2 cautions were for sole spins and the final caution was for 6 cars getting together in the bottom side of turn 2. Once it was cleaned up, Leytham would continue to lead it until Jenae Gustin would make her way up to battle for the lead. Gustin would make the right move on the last lap and take the win over Leytham. Ty Luellen was 3rd, Racer Hulin started 22nd and finished 4th. Jake Strayer would come home in the 5th spot to round out the top 5.

In the Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature it was Tyler Pickett taking the early lead but Brice Udelhoven would take over the lead on lap 4. Shortly after the yellow came out for the first time but Udelhoven wouldn’t let that bother him. However the caution would fly again on lap 9 when Nic Shearer would have something break and going into the wall. This would put Scott Pippert on Udelhoven’s back bumper and it would be Udelhoven holding him off on lap 10 but Pippert would make the move and take the win away. Udelhoven settled for 2nd with Eric Knutson, Kevin Fee and Randy Embrey rounding out the top 5.

The Mike’s Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars feature saw Kevin Rose lead the first 8 lap before Derek Reimer would make the move on the outside and grab the lead away. The only caution would come out on lap 12 but that didn’t seem to slow Reimer down as he would hold off late race challenges from Rose, Donavon Smith and Tracy Gienger to take his first career win.  Rose, Smith, Gienger and John Emerson finished 2nd through 5th.

The final feature of the night was Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds feature and it was Randy Havlik leading the first 4 laps before Jon Snyder would grab the lead on lap 5. Snyder would only be slowed down by the cautions that came out on lap 7 and 10. Snyder would take the win over Ronn Lauritzen, Luke Wanninger, Jimmy Gustin and Scott Simatovich

Next Friday Night will be Dairy Queen Larry Wollam Season Championship, where the top 12 in points will be locked in, heats be run for any over that to set the feature field. Speedway features IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Mod Lites and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7 pm and Racing to Follow at 7:30 pm.

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Marshalltown Speedway Results
August 24, 2012

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid)
Heat 2: 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown)

Feature: 1. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 2. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 3. 20 Luke Wanninger (Jefferson); 4. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 6. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 7. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 8. 3W Chris Webb (McCallsburg); 9. 32X Rick Speck (Garwin); 10. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 11. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 12. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 13. 3Z Randy Havlik (Madrid); 14. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter); 15. 25X Corey Dripps (Cedar Falls); 16. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); DNS: 8G Greg Dinsmore (Kerrville, TX)

Mikes Hard Lemonade IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea)
Heat 2: 50 Kevin Balmer (Garwin)
Heat 3: 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama)

Feature: 1. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 2. 22K Kevin Rose (Waterloo); 3. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 4. 59 Tracy Gienger (Newton); 5. 287 John Emerson (Waterloo); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 8. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson); 9. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 10. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson); 11. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 12. 36 Trevor Titus (Newton); 13. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 14. 55 Dave Mehmen (Baxter); 15. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 16. 52 Robert Engelkes (Dike); 17. K17 Rick Kriegel (Brooklyn); 18. 52E Mitchell Engelkes (Dike); 19. 50 Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 20. 60 Clay Deppe (Kellogg); 21. 042 Doug Russell (Conrad)

Big 8 Tyre Center IMCA SportMods
Heat 1: 80 Jared VanDeest (Grundy Center)
Heat 2: 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart)
Heat 3: 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown)
Heat 4: 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa)

B-Feature 1 (Top 2 advance): 1. 33R D.J. Robinson (Ankeny); 2. 15A Carl Albee (Grand Junction); 3. 22A Shawn Albers (Wellsburg); 4. 77 Larry Beeghly (Conrad); 5. 7V Jesse Vander Wal (McCallsburg); 6. 63R Rick Fasse (Urbandale); 7. 937 Cody Moore (Marshalltown); DNS: 7D Nick Giannetto (Tama)
B-Feature 2 (Top 2 advance): 1. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 2. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 3. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 4. 7DS Dakota Sellers (Vinton); 5. 00 Shawn Weatherly (Eldora); 6. 49 Brandon Smith (Waterloo); 7. 57R Ryan King (Marshalltown); 8. K1 Randy Krampe (Baxter)

Feature: 1. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 2. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 3. 32L Ty Luellen (Minburn); 4. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 5. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 6. 80 Jared VanDeest (Grundy Center); 7. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 8. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 9. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 10. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 11. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 12. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 13. 33R D.J. Robinson (Ankeny); 14. 02A Coty Albers (Wellsburg); 15. J2 David Schulz (Keystone); 16. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 17. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 18. 777 Jayme Duinink (Pella); 19. 40S Shawn Simatovich (Marshalltown); 20. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 21. 1E Ryan Engelkes (Dike); 22. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 23. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); DNS: 15A Carl Albee (Grand Junction)

Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton)
Heat 2: 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm)

Feature: 1. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 2. 26 Brice Udelhoven (Newton); 3. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 4. 52X Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 5. 40 Randy Embrey (Grimes); 6. 3X Scott Durlin (State Center); 7. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 8. 82 Jennifer Hulin (Marshalltown); 9. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 10. 52 Josh Saunders (Newton); 11. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 12. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 13. 500 Garrett Eilander (Newton); 14. 31 Benjamin Truetken (Knoxville); 15. 2 Nick Welch (Cedar Falls); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 17. 43 Nic Shearer (Des Moines); 18. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); DNS: 75D Dale Kite (Keystone)

O’Reilly Auto Parts Mod Lites
Heat 1: 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny)
Heat 2: 99 Josh May (De Soto)

Feature: 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. 99 Josh May (De Soto); 3. 57 Tim Hennigar (Clarion); 4. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 5. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 6. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 7. T20 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 8. 11R Jason Whitehead (Nevada); 9. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 10. 66F Eric Hendrickson (Ankeny); 11. 47 Cory Sonner (Huxley); 12. 23 Michael Parcel (Des Moines); 13. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 14. 19JR Danny Foster (Slater)

IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat: 02 John Gill (Marshalltown)

Feature: 1. 6M David Moorman (Beaman); 2. 12 Merv Chandler (Vinton); 3. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 4. 57C Duayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 5. 11 Jer Pederson (Dana); 6. 03 Neil Nabholz (Waterloo)

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Walker, Chandler, Hughes, Schroeder, Sobbing and Reitzler Winners on McDonalds Night

After taking 2 weeks off because of Southern Iowa Sprint Week and the drivers voting to take a week off, the Southern Iowa Speedway return back to action on McDonald's and Mahaska Bowl Night. There would be a Candy Dash and Car Rides for the youngers that were in attendance despite many kids going back to school. Also on hand would be Ronald McDonald himself.

First feature of the night was Iowa Sportsman Series 20 lap feature. Dave Scrandrett took the early race lead but he would expierence some troubles and give the lead over to Dave Rodda. Rodda would lead until lap traffic would start to get in the way and that would allow Kris Walker from Oskaloosa to sneak by to take the lead. Walker would go on and take the win with Rodda in 2nd. Gene Tish was 3rd, Aaron Martin was 4th amd Travis Dawson was 5th.

Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts feature was up next and it would be a great start as John Whalen would take the lead on lap 1 but coming by to finish the 2nd lap Whalen would blow up and give the lead over to Brad Chandler, who would get by his dad Merv Chandler the lap before for 2nd. Brad Chandler would hold on to take the win over his father Merv Chandler and Bill Whalen Jr.

In the Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stock feature it was Justin Hook leading the first 2 laps before Craig Brown would take over. Brown would lose the lead to Mike Hughes on lap 5. Hughes would lead the remaining laps to take the win. Shannon Anderson would work his way up and end up finishing 2nd, Brown was 3rd, Hook was 4th and Adam Bonnett was 5th.

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds would be short handed on cars so the feature was cut down in laps too. Andrew Schroeder took full adavantage as he would lead all the laps to take the win. Dakota Hayden has his best finish at Osky by finishing 2nd. Mark Widmar was 3rd, Brandon Banks was 4th and Scott Dickey was 5th.

Bill Gibson would lead the first lap in the Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods feature but it was Eric Flander taking the lead on lap 2. Flander appeared to be cruising away when the yellow came out on lap 12 for debris in turn 3 and that would put Jesse Sobbing on Flander's bumper. Flander would hold Sobbing off for a couple of laps but finally Sobbing was able to get by and then the yellow would come out for oil on the track. Sobbing would hold on to take the win, Curtis VanDerWal was 2nd, Bill Gibson was 3rd, Flander was 4th and Carter Vandenberg was 5th.

Final feature of the night was the Carter's Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars feature and it was Todd Reitzler leading from start-to-finish in the feature that would go green-to-checkered. Zack Vanderbeek worked his way up and finishing 2nd right behind Reitzler, Matt Griener was 3rd, Brad Pinkerton was 4th and Corey Stout was 5th.

Next Wednesday Night will be KBOE Radio/Pepsi Cola Season Championship night with all 5 regular classes runninng plus the Mod Lites join the program. All feature winners in the top 4 classes will receive extra money courtesy of Edel Lawncare. Also any resident of Newton or Grinnell with the proof of residence they can get in for $5. That won't be the final race of the year though as the 26th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on October 5th and 6th.

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Southern Iowa Speedway Results
August 22, 2012

Iowa Sportsman Series
Heat 1: 45 Matt Deaton
Heat 2: 54 Gene Tish

Feature: 1. 18 Kris Walker; 2. 12 Dave Rodda; 3. 54 Gene Tish; 4. 73 Aaron Martin; 5. 77 Travis Dawson; 6. 17 Andy Peck; 7. 88JR Denny Binns; 8. 4 Chad Reynolds; 9. 4J Jack VanDyke; 10. 1 Chad Scrandrett; 11. 151 Wes Alexander; 12. 4CSM Caleb Seibert; 13. 45 Matt Deaton; DNS: 8 Paul Meiners, 47 Darin Dewartze, 88H Randy Hemsley

Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts
Heat : 26 Brad Chandler

Feature: 1. 26 Brad Chandler; 2. 2 Merv Chandler (Vinton); 3. 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside); 4. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth)

Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa)
Heat 2: 18H Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa)

Feature: 1. 18H Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 2. 78 Shannon Anderson (Urbandale); 3. 69 Craig Brown (Eldon); 4. 33 Justin Hook (Oskaloosa); 5. 19 Adam Bonnett (Martensdale); 6. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency): 7. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 8. 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 9. 73 Aaron Martin (Sigourney); 10. 6 Jared Gann (Sigourney); 11. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 12. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville)

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Heat : 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick)

Feature: 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 2. 12H Dakota Hayden (Wilton); 3. 7W Mark Widmar (Ottumwa); 4. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 5. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 6. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); DNS: 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7S Wade Francis (Oskaloosa)

Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods
Heat 1: 38 Bill Gibson (Knoxville)
Heat 2: 10R Ryan Fullenkamp (Bloomfield)

Feature: 1. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood); 2. 1 Curtis Vanderwal (Oskaloosa); 3. 38 Bill Gibson (Knoxville); 4. 12 Eric Flander (Barnes City); 5. 7 Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa); 6. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 7. 10R Ryan Fullenkamp (Bloomfield); 8. 30X Josh Modde (Des Moines); 9. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Montezuma); 10. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 11. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 12. 53 Greg Strohman (Webster); 13. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 14. 8 Tom Lathrop (Oskaloosa)

Carter's Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 19A Alan Van Gorp (Des Moines)
Heat 2: 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell)

Feature: 1. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 2. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 3. 29 Matt Greiner (Washington); 4. 62 Brad Pinkerton (New Sharon); 5. 94 Corey Stout (Oskaloosa); 6. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 7. 19A Alan Van Gorp (Des Moines); 8. 38 Rich Vogt (Fairfield); 9. 7 Todd Phillips (Packwood); 10. 8X Nick Batterson (Eddyville); 11. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 12. 73C Carl Yaw Jr. (Des Moines); 13. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); DNS: 15K Kyle Harwood (Oskaloosa)

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Season Championship Scenarios for Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway

This Saturday Night may be Season Championships at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway it doesn't mean the end of the season as there will be a 305 Sprint Special on September 1st and then the Fall Special the final weekend in September. Lets take a look at the Season Championship Scenarios for this Saturday Night.

Lets Break down the tiebreakers order, they go by finishes so that means: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and so on.

Kirkland Auto of Centerville Hobby Stocks
Rocky Fosdyck: Clinched the 2012 Track Champinship because he holds a 56 points lead over Danny Thrasher

Danny Thrasher: Will finish 2nd in points just by starting the heat or features as he holds a 30 pts lead over Eric Glass who is 3rd.

Eric Glass: Is 3rd in points and can finish 2nd if Thrasher is unable to start the heat or feature, however Glass will clinich 3rd just taking the green flag in heat or feature.

Tim Pettibone: Can finish 3rd if Glass doesn't accept the green in heat or feature. Will end up 4th if Glass takes the green and finishes 5th or better.

Dustin Griffiths: Can finish as high as 4th in pints by taking the win and Pettibone finishing 6th because Griffiths has the tiebreaker.

Brian Schafer clinches 6th by taking the green, Mike Kincaid can take 6th if Schafer is unable too.
The real battle is in spots 8th through 12th as they are separated by 24 pts or less.
Downing has to finish 1 spot behind Tim Dawson to take 8th, Dawson can take 8th if he finishes 2 spots ahead of Downing, Shull can take 8th if he finishes 6 spots ahead of Downing and 7 spots ahead of Dawson. VanBusKirk is 11th and 16 spots behind Shull. Nick Ulin trails VanBusKirk by 2 pts.

Mike's Tire & Alignment of Ottumwa SportMods
Mike Shelton: Can take the 2012 Championship by finishing 3rd or better or at least 2 spots behind Dale

Brandon Dale: Can take the championship by winning and Shelton is 4th or if Shelton finishes 4 spots behid him.

Jason McDaniel: Can take the championships by winning, Dale finishing 11th and Shelton finishing 14th (McDaniel would have the tiebreaker if their is a tie) or McDaniel can take 2nd if he finishes 10 spots better than Dale and will clinch at least 3rd just by starting the heat or feature

Tyler Heckart: Can finish 3rd if McDaniel is unable to start and will clinch at least 4th if he finishes 13th or better.

Carter VanDenBerg: Can finish as finish 4th in points if Heckart is unable to start the heat or feature or if he finishes 14 spots better than Heckart.

Karr Collision Center of Bloomfield Modifieds
Tyler Vandekamp: Can take the 2012 track championship by finishing 6th or better.

Brandon Banks: Can win the championship by winning and Vandekamp finishes 7th or worst (Banks holds the tiebreaker) or if Banks finishes 7 spots ahead of Vandekamp.

Tyler Cale: Can finish 3rd by finishing 19 spots behind Beau Taylor but it appears that is a lock to finish 3rd.

Beau Taylor: Will finish 4th inless Calse is unable to start heat or feature.

Steve Pumphrey: Will finish 5th by starting the heat or feature

Hugh Eddy: Can grab 5th if Pumphrey is unable to start and he does.

Cayden Carter: Can grab 5th if he finishes 2 spots ahead of Eddy and Pumphry is unable to start.

Taylor Automotive of Floris Stock Cars
Mike Harward: Can clinch the track championship if he finishes 6th or better

Louis Lynch: Can grab the title if he finishes 7 spots ahead of Harward because Harward would have the tiebreaker.

Gary Harward: Can grab the championshio if both his dad Mike and Louis Lynch are unable to make the start in the heat or feature. Harward can also grab 2nd if Lnch is unable to start or finish 21 spots ahead of Lynch.

Tyler McClure: Can finish 4th if he finishes 17th or better

Derek Kirkland: Can finish 4th if McClure is unable to start or if hed finishes 18 spots ahead of McClure.

Kollision Korner of Bloomfield Sport Compacts
Kevin Kirkpatrick: Can clinch the championship if he finishes 18th or better

Kassidy Kirkpatrick: Can take the title if he wins and Kevin finishes 19th or worst or finishes 18 spots ahead of Kevin.

Tim Bevins: Can grab the title if Kevin or Kassidy are unable to take the green but can clinch 3rd by starting the heat or feature.

Brandon Housley: Can finish 3rd if Bevins is unable to start

Kevin Garrett: Can finish 4th if he finishes 10 spots ahead of Housley or If Housley is unable to start.

Trent Orwig: Can finish 4th if he finishes 14 spots ahead of Housley and 5 spots ahead of Garrett
Kelly Osborne is 13 pts behind Orwig and Jim Garrett is 16 pts behind Orwig so the could make a race for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th.


Thats a look at the season championship scenarios at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway, next week you will have season Championship scenarios for Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa and the Marshalltown Speedway in Marshalltown!