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
