Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Schroeder Takes HDT Win at the Southern Iowa Fair

Schroeder Takes HDT Win at the Southern Iowa Fair
By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 15th, 2014) – Tuesday Night was the first of two nights of IMCA's Weekly Racing Series racing during the 2014 Southern Iowa Fair. The headliner on the night sponsored by KBOE Radio and Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling was the XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds which saw 32 check in from several states. Also on the card was IMCA Late Models, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods and IMCA Hobby Stocks.

First feature of the night was the "Class to Tough To Tame" the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap event. Cayden Carter redrew the outside front row and he took full advantage jumping out to the race lead. Behind Carter is where it was heating up and it included Todd Reitzler, Damon Murty, Brad Pinkerton and Justin Temeyer. Pinkerton and Murty were battling for the second spot on lap six and made contact sending Pinkerton into the wall in turn one,  Kris Walker tried to avoid but got into the fence in turn one. Carter lead the remaining 12 lap to take his fourth win in the Stock Cars. Scott Drake driving Perry Misner's car worked his way to the runner up spot on lap 12 and settled for second. Temeyer finished third, Murty was fourth and Reitzler was fifth.

Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling Company IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature was out next on to the speedway. Dustin Griffiths grabbed the lead from his outside front row starting spot  but never able to pull away as Randy Embrey and Mike Hughes stay close. When the only race caution came out for Gina Greubel getting into a tractor tire in the bottom of turn four. Griffiths lost the lead to Embrey on lap eight and Hughes took second away. Embrey and Hughes battled it out for the lead and Hughes grabbed the lead on lap 10. Hughes went on to take his eighth win at Osky and his fourth consecutive win. Embrey, Griffiths, Derek Hodges and Thrasher rounded out the top five.

In the KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods 16 lap feature, it was Brett Lowry leading the opening lap. Lowry and Brayton Carter battled it out with Carter edging out Lowry on lap two. Carter lead until lap six when Lowry grabbed the lead back on lap six. Shortly after the caution came out for Daniel Gottschalk in turn four. Lowry held on to take his third win meanwhile Curtis VanDerWal worked his way up to finish second. Clint Luellen started third and finish third, Carter fell back to fourth and Ryan Fullenkamp finished fifth.

XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature went green-to-checkered. Todd Shute and Luke Wanninger started on the front row and it was "Toddzilla" grabbing the lead. Shute continued to lead meanwhile behind him Andrew Schroeder and Mike Van Genderen battled it out. Schroeder finally settled in to the second spot on lap 11 and set his sights on Shute. Shute encountered lap traffic on lap 18 and that allow Schroeder to reel him down. Schroeder made the move and took the lead away from Shute on lap 22. Schroeder took the win over Shute, Van Genderen, Wanninger and Jacob Murray.

Final Feature of the night was 20 lap IMCA Late Models event. Only nine Late Models signed into do battle on night one at the Southern Iowa Fair. Nick Marolf lead the first 14 laps in the feature before Todd Cooney worked his way up to take the lead away on lap 15. Only race caution came out on lap 16 for Spencer Diercks experiencing mechanical issues. Cooney held off several challenges to take the feature win on his birthday. Marolf, Tommy Elston, Kevin Kile and Colby Springsteen.

No time to rest because the Southern Iowa Speedway will be right back in action on Wednesday Night during the Southern Iowa Fair. Night again will be sponsored by KBOE Radio and Pepsi Cola Mahsaka Bottling. The Inaugural Class of the Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame that includes Bobby Greiner Jr, Aaron Brown, Randy Schroeder, Bill Davis Sr and Dennis Banks meanwhile The IMCA Modifieds will run for a top prize of $1,000. Also Racing is the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

For More information check out oskyspeedway.com or call Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.

Southern Iowa Speedway Results
Southern Iowa Fair sponsored by KBOE Radio / Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling
July 15th, 2014

XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds

Feature
: 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 2. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 3. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 4. 20X Luke Wanninger (Minburn); 5. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 6. 10M Jeremy Mills (Garner); 7. 44 Colt Mather (Webster); 8. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood); 9. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 10. 21 Aaron Turnbull (Estevan, Sask., Canada); 11. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 12. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 13. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 14. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 15. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 16. 66 Jeff Joldersma (McClelland); 17. 37 Mike Jergens (Plover); 18. 71W Jeff Waterman (Quincy, IL); 19. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 20. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 21. 6X Jason Schoenberger (Russell, KS); 22. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, AZ); 23. 12D Scott Drake (Joplin, MO); 24. 60 William Gould (Calera, OK)

Heat 1 - 1. Murray; 2. Mather; 3. Elliott; 4. 65D Dustin Brown (Thornton); 5. Schoenberger; 6. Jergens; 7. Carter; 8. Roberts

Heat 2 - 1. Van Genderen; 2. Drake; 3. Turnbull; 4. Sobbing; 5. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 6. 77L Jim Lynch (Bloomfield); 7. Joldersma; 8. Waterman

Heat 3 - 1. Schroeder; 2. Mills; 3. Gould; 4. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 5. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 6. 14 Joey Franklin (Las Vegas, NV); 7. 40 Dickey; 8. 3R Ray Bunnell (Martinsburg)

Heat 4 - 1. Kile; 2. Wanninger; 3. Shute; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Richie Gustin; 6. Ward; 7. Marriott; 8. 137 Bill Pittaway (Corpus Christi, TX)

B Feature 1 (top 5 transfer)- 1. Dickey; 2. Jergens; 3. Carter; 4. Schoenberger; 5. Roberts; 6. Dustin Brown; 7. Jimmy Gustin; 8. Kyle Brown; DNS Franklin; DNS Bunnell

B Feature 2 - 1. Richie Gustin; 2. Sobbing; 3. Marriott; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Ward; 6. Joldersma; 7. Waterman; 8. Noteboom; 9. Lynch; 10. Pittaway

Provisionals - Jeff Joldersma , Jeff Waterman

IMCA Late Models
Feature

Finish    Start        Car        Driver            Hometown        Points
1    5    30       Todd Cooney        Des Moines, Ia    39.00   
2    2    33       Nick Marolf        Moscow , Ia    38.00   
3    3    45       Tommy Elston        Keokuk , Ia    37.00   
4    9    88       Kevin Kile        West Liberty, Ia    36.00   
5    4    38       Colby Springsteen        Wapello , Ia    35.00   
6    6    5       Jeremy Grady        Oskaloosa , Ia    34.00   
7    8    32       Curtis Glover        Des Moines, Ia    33.00   
8    7    91       Gabe Umbarger        Garner , Ia    32.00   
9    1    29       Spencer Diercks        Davenport , Ia    31.00

Heat - 1. Springsteen; 2. Elston; 3. Cooney; 4. Marolf; 5. Diercks; 6. Grady; 7. Umbarger; 8. Glover; 9. Kile

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature

Finish    Start        Car        Driver            Hometown        Points
1    2    10C       Cayden Carter        Oskaloosa , Ia    40.00   
2    10    20M       Scott Drake         -    39.00   
3    11    56T       Justin Temeyer        Independence , Ia    38.00   
4    9    99D       Damon Murty        Chelsea , Ia    37.00   
5    3    22R       Todd Reitzler        Grinnell , Ia    36.00   
6    8    52       Nathan Wood        Sigourney , Ia    35.00   
7    1    87       Les Blakley        Fairfield , Ia    34.00   
8    14    19       Donnie Pearson        Oskaloosa , Ia    33.00   
9    13    7       Todd Phillips        Packwood , Ia    32.00   
10    17    85       Doug Sylvester        Ottumwa , Ia    31.00   
11    16    17       Brock Welch        Oskaloosa , Ia    30.00   
12    15    12       Adam Hagen        Des Moines, Ia    29.00   
13    6    62       Brad Pinkerton        New Sharon, Ia    28.00   
14    4    18       Kris Walker        Oskaloosa , Ia    27.00   
15    7    77T       Trent Jeanes        Chariton , Ia    26.00   
16    12    68       Cole Simmons        Morning Sun, Ia    25.00   
17    5    94       Corey Stout        Oskaloosa , Ia    24.00   

Heat 1 - 1. Reitzler; 2. Murty; 3. Walker; 4. Stout; 5. Wood; 6. Temeyer; 7. Phillips; 8. Hagen; 9. Sylvester
Heat 2 - 1. Drake; 2. Pinkerton; 3. Carter; 4. Jeanes; 5. Blakley; 6. Simmons; 7. Pearson; 8. Welch

KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods
Feature

Finish    Start        Car        Driver            Hometown        Points
1    7    72       Brett Lowry        Montezuma , Ia    40.00   
2    8    1V       Curtis VanDerWal        Oskaloosa , Ia    39.00   
3    10    3L       Clint Luellen        Minburn , Ia    38.00   
4    6    01       Brayton Carter        Oskaloosa , Ia    37.00   
5    5    10R       Ryan Fullenkamp        Bloomfield , Ia    36.00   
6    14    85       Jason Mcdaniel        Eldon , Ia    35.00   
7    4    8T       Tony Johnson        Oskaloosa , Ia    34.00   
8    9    198       Sam Wieben        Dysart , Ia    33.00   
9    3    13T       Taylor Musselman        Nowarlk , Ia    32.00   
10    11    7+       Jared Timmerman        Norwalk , Ia    31.00   
11    13    352       Charlie Weber        Sigourney , Ia    30.00   
12    1    30       Shawn Cooney        Des Moines, Ia    29.00   
13    17    3D       Daniel Gottschalk        Ellis , Ks    28.00   
14    2    29       Colton Livezey        New Sharon, Ia    27.00   
15    16    7       Carter Vandenberg        Oskaloosa , Ia    26.00   
16    15    9A       Logan Anderson        Oskaloosa , Ia    25.00   
17    12    19       Damon Murty        Chelsea , Ia    24.00    DNS

Heat 1 - 1. Fullenkamp; 2. Lowry; 3. Livezey; 4. Musselman; 5. Wieben; 6. Timmerman; 7. Weber; 8. Anderson; 9. Gottschalk
Heat 2 - 1. Carter; 2. Luellen; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Johnson; 5. Cooney; 6. Murty; 7. McDaniel; 8. Vandenberg

Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature

Finish    Start        Car        Driver            Hometown        Points
1    8    11       Mike Hughes        Oskaloosa , Ia    40.00   
2    4    40       Randy Embrey        Granger , Ia    39.00   
3    2    10G       Dustin Griffiths        Ottumwa , Ia    38.00   
4    5    77       Derek Hodges        Des Moines, Ia    37.00   
5    3    84       Danny Thrasher        Agency , Ia    36.00   
6    7    69       Craig Brown        Eldon , Ia    35.00   
7    6    21       Nick Ulin        Agency , Ia    34.00   
8    1    3       Travis Bunnell        Hedrick , Ia    33.00   
9    10    19       Bill Bonnett        Knoxville , Ia    32.00   
10    13    6S       Shannon Sherwood        Rose Hill, Ia    31.00   
11    11    7A       Aaron Osweiler        South English, Ia    30.00   
12    17    01       Brandon Potts        Eldon , Ia    29.00   
13    15    3S       Steve Allen        Oskaloosa , Ia    28.00   
14    14    9H       Kenny Hay        Des Moines, Ia    27.00   
15    9    31       Rex Bonnett        Pleasant Hill, Ia    26.00   
16    12    224       Gina Greubel        Lacona , Ia    25.00   
17    16    32T       Bobby Greene        Eddyville , Ia    24.00

Heat 1 - 1. Brown; 2. Bill Bonnett; 3. Thrasher; 4. Griffiths; 5. Hodges; 6. Osweiler; 7. Sherwood; 8. Allen; 9. Potts
Heat 2 - 1. Embrey; 2. Hughes; 3. Ulin; 4. Rex Bonnett; 5. Bunnell; 6. Greubel; 7. Hay; 8. Greene