For Immediate Release:
Shute Cashes First in Night #1 of Southern Iowa Grand Week at the Southern Iowa Speedway
By Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 16th 2013) –
Hot Temperatures and the Southern Iowa Fair always seem to go together
pretty well and along with that is some great racing action. Tuesday
Night was the first of two nights of racing at the Southern Iowa Fair
sponsored by Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling Company and KBOE Radio, the
fans in attendance saw some great racing.
First feature of the
night was the Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA Sport Mods feature and it
was a driver nickamed “Spud” Eric Flander grabbing the lead and really
not being challenged even though Carter VanDenBerg wasn’t too far
behind. VanDenBerg tried to give a shot when lap traffic started to slow
your leaders but Flander was not to be denied his first career Sport
Mod win. VanDenBerg finish second, Track Point Leader Curtis VanDerWal
was third, Brett Lowry in fourth and Tony Johnson in fifth.
Mike
Morrill grabbed the early lead in the Stars Heartland West Tour Race but
it was Josh May grabbing the lead away on lap four. May went on to take
the win meanwhile Andy Hennigar grabbed second from Morrill on lap six.
Morrill settled for third, Todd Shute, driving the DC5 came home fourth
and Dusty Masolini was fifth.
“Chelsea Charger" Damon Murty
redrew the pole and took full advantage of the in the Budweiser IMCA
Stock Cars feature. However “Big Daddy” Jason Cook stayed in tow with
Murty just never able to complete the pass as Murty took the win and
Cook finish in the runner up position. Corey Stout, Brad Pinkerton and
Kris Walker rounded out the top five.
Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby
Stocks feature saw Nick Murty grabbing the early lead but Dale Porter
snuck by on lap three. Porter held on to the lead until caution waved on
lap eight for Brandon Potts on the backstretch. On the restart, Porter
experienced troubles sending him to pit side that handed the lead over
to Bill Bonnett. Bonnett and the field saw the caution wave on lap nine
for Derek Hodges in turn one. Bonnett fought off challenges from Dustin
Griffiths on the restart before going on to take the win the second time
in six days at SIS. Griffiths, Eric Stanton, Nick Murty and Justin Hook
rounded out the top five.
Up next was the main attraction of the
night, the 25 lap Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds
feature. “The Iceman” Scott Hogan grabbed the lead on lap one and
shortly after the caution waved twice. First caution was for Jacob
Murray, Zach Less and Hunter Marriott getting together in turn two. On
the restart, Casey Greubel lost handle collecting Richie Gustin, Jimmy
Gustin, Tyler Groenendyk, Cayden Carter and Ronn Lauritzen in turn two.
Hogan continued to lead until “Toddzilla” Todd Shute snuck by on lap
nine despite a caution on lap six when Brandon Banks experience
troubles. Shute pulled away and went on to grab the win over Hogan,
Track Promoter Mike Van Genderen, Dylan Smith and Steve Stewart.
The
final feature of the night was the KBOE Radio IMCA Late Models feature
and it was Nick Marolf leading from start to finish in the twenty lap
feature. Tommy Elston ran second the entire way, Justin Kay was third,
Todd Cooney was fourth and Chad Holladay was fifth.
Racing
continues Wednesday Night with night #2 of the Southern Iowa Fair
sponsored by Pepsi Mahaska Bottling Company and KBOE Radio. IMCA
Modifieds ($1,000 to win), IMCA Stock Cars ($450 to win), Sport Mods
($400 to win), Hobby Stocks ($300 to win) and Sport Compacts ($150 to
win). Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks drivers will be
eligible for these higher payouts providing they competed Tuesday
Night. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
Southern Iowa Speedway Results
Southern Iowa Fair sponsored by Pepsi Cola and KBOE Radio Night #1
July 16th, 2013
KBOE Radio IMCA Late Models
Feature:
1. 33 Nick Marolf (Moscow); 2. 45 Tommy Elston (Keokuk); 3. 15K Justin
Kay (Wheatland); 4. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 5. 32C Chad Holladay
(Muscatine); 6. 33G Paul Glendenning (Mount Ayr); 7. 5 Jeremy Grady
(Story City); 8. B00K Dylan Book (Adel); 9. 62 Greg Cox (Altoona); 10.
31F Scott Fitzpatrick (Urbandale)
Heat: 1. Elston; 2. Marolf; 3. Cooney; 4. Kay; 5. Holladay; 6. Book; 7. Grady; 8. Glendenning; DNS: Cox; DNS: Fitzpatrick
Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour for Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature:
1. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 2. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 3. 57V Mike
Van Genderen (Newton); 4. 95X Dylan Smith (Osceola, NE); 5. 17T Steve
Stewart (Burlington); 6. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 15 Mark
Elliott (Webster City); 8. 27M Mark Schulte (Delhi); 9. 8C Nate Caruth
(Ames); 10. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 11. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup);
12. 62X Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 13. 62 Greg Cox (Altoona); 14.
22B Brandon Banks (Washington); 15. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 16.
4X Kevin Larkins (Greenwood, NE); 17. 64G Casey Greubel (Lacona); 18. 40
Scott Dickey (Packwood); 19. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 20. 19
Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 21. 8M Colt Mather (Webster); 22. 17G Tyler
Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 23. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 24. 20L Zach
Less (Hopkinton)
B-Feature (top 6 transfer):
1. Carter; 2. Stewart; 3. Banks; 4. Schulte; 5. Caruth; 6. Cox; 7. Bill
Gibson (Knoxville); 8. 77L Jim Lynch (Bloomfield); 9. 1BC Tony Cox
(Boone); 10. Marriott; 11. Brown; DNS: Matt Waugh (Altoona); DQ Kyle
Strickler (Mooresville, NC)
Heat 1: 1. Shute; 2. Smith; 3. Greubel; 4. Schroeder; 5. Cox; 6. Carter; 7. Lynch; 8. Gibson
Heat 2: 1. J. Gustin; 2. Murray; 3. Van Genderen; 4. Elliott; 5. Banks; 6. Cox; 7. Strickler
Heat 3: 1. Groenendyk; 2. Larkins; 3. Hogan; 4. Less; 5. Stewart; 6. Brown; 7. Waugh
Heat 4: 1. Dickey; 2. R. Gustin; 3. Mather; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Schulte; 6. Caruth; 7. Marriott
Series Provisionals - Brown and Marriott
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature:
1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 27J Jason Cook (Mt. Pleasant); 3. 94
Corey Stout (Oskaloosa); 4. 62 Brad Pinkerton (New Sharon); 5. 18 Kris
Walker (Oskaloosa); 6. 19A Alan Van Gorp (Knoxville); 7. 52 Nathan Wood
(Sigourney); 8. 66 Jeff Joldersma (McClelland); 9. 22R Todd Reitzler
(Grinnell); 10. 38 Rich Vogt (Fairfield); 11. 19 Donnie Pearson
(Oskaloosa)
Heat 1: 1. Stout; 2. Pinkerton; 3. Walker ; 4. Wood; 5. Joldersma; 6. Vogt
Heat 2: 1. Murty; 2. Van Gorp; 3. Pearson; 4. Cook; 5. Retizler
Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods
Feature:
1. 12 Eric Flander (Barnes City); 2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa);
3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 4. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 5. 8T
Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 6. 8J A.J. Johnson (New Sharon); 7. 30X Josh
Modde (Des Moines); 8. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 9. 9A Logan Anderson
(Oskaloosa); 10. 10 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 11. 13T Taylor Musselman
(Norwalk); 12. 29 Bill Livezey (New Sharon); 13. 77 Jack Myer (Ankeny);
14. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); DNS: 99 Damon Murty (Chelsea)
Heat 1: 1. Lowry; 2. Modde; 3. T. Johnson; 4. VanDenBerg; 5. Livezey; 6. Musselman; 7. Myer; 8. Murty
Heat 2: 1. VanDerWal; 2. Flander; 3. A.J. Johnson; 4. Anderson; 5. Carter; 6. McDaniel; 7. Hall;
Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature:
1. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 3.
7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 4. 99JR Nick Murty (Chelsea); 5. 33 Justin
Hook (Oskaloosa); 6. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 7. 32T Bobby Greene
(Eddyville); 8. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 9. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick);
10. 7A Aaron Osweiler (South English); 11. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona);
12. 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines); 13. 57 Brandon Potts (Eldon); 14. 3S
Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 15. 10 Dale Porter (Bloomfield); 16. 05 Jason
Cox (Maxwell); 17. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa)
Heat 1: 1. Porter; 2. Griffiths; 3. Bunnell; 4. Bonnett; 5. Osweiler; 6. Ulin; 7. Allen; 8. Cox; 9. Potts
Heat 2: 1. Thrasher; 2. Murty; 3. Stanton; 4. Greene; 5. Hodges; 6. Hook; 7. Greubel; 8. Hughes
Stars Heartland West Mod Lites
Feature:
1. 99 Josh May (DeSoto); 2. 15 Andy Hennigar (Ankeny); 3. 6 Mike
Morrill (Altoona); 4. DC5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 5. 8 Dusty Masolini
(Des Moines); 6. 5J Jimmy May (DeSoto); 7. 4 Travis Brandt (Des Moines);
8. 27D Daniel Keltner (Wapello)
Heat: 1. Josh May; 2. Hennigar; 3. Shute; 4. Masolini; 5. Morrill; 6. Jimmy May; 7. Keltner; 8. Brandt
