Monday, May 30, 2016

"Crowd Pleaser" Craig Dollansky Takes NSL and Johnston Takes RaceSaver Sprints at ISF

"Crowd Pleaser" Craig Dollansky Takes NSL and Johnston Takes RaceSaver Sprints at ISF

So when i created my scheduled back in April the original plan was to work the Ron Little Memorial at Stuart but after being let go from Stuart, the week before I was able to pick up the National Sprint League and RaceSaver IMCA Sprints Special. I thought I was only going to announce the RaceSaver Sprints portion but i was granted the rights to all announcing duties on Sunday which meant i got to announce the National Sprint League portion and it was so much fun words can describe it.

I hope i made a good friend of the Iowa State Fair Speedway, who we lost a few weeks ago really proud of me last night announcing the 410 Sprint Cars. The National Sprint League and Knoxville Raceway Staff was fun to work with all night along with the crew from the Iowa State Fair Speedway.

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints

Heat Winners was Jason Martin of Lincoln, Nebraska; Tyler Thompson and Mike Moore, both from Des Moines.

In the 18 lap feature event, it was Tyler Drueke taking advantage of the pole postion and appeared to be pulling away just before the caution came out on lap five for Blain Petersen in turn four. Drueke continued to set the pace but a caution came out again just after the completion of lap eight for Mike Dapra coming to a stop on the backstretch. Drueke experience mechanical issues and came to a stop in turn four that handed the lead over to Michael Johnston. Johnston led the remaining laps to take his first win of the season at ISF. Mike Moore came home second, Tyler Thompson was third, Mike Houseman was fourth and Clint Benson was fifth.

National Sprint League 410 Sprints

Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Quick Timer was "The Crowd Pleaser" Craig Dollansky from Elk River, Minnesota with a time of 19.138. Ian Madsen, "Dude" Danny Lasoski, Brooke Tatnell and "Blackjack" Brian Brown rounded out the top five in time trials.

"Mad Man" Kerry Madsen won the Walker Performance Filtration Heat one and "Taz" Tasker Phillips won the Kaeding Performance Heat two.

Top eight in points took part of the Nehring Construction Pole Scramble and in the final round it was Dollansky beating out Lasoski for $1,000 and the right to choose inside or outside front row for the 20 lap feature.

Dollansky chose the outside lane and led from start to finish in the 20 lap feature event. Only thing slowing Dollansky was lap traffic which allowed Lasoski to try to make the move but Dollansky was like Superman as he went on take the win ahead of Lasoski. "Slammin" Sammy Swindell was third, Kerry Madsen was fourth and Ian Madsen was fifth.

Next up for the National Sprint League 410 Sprints is a doubleheader at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minnesota on Friday Night and Knoxville Raceway on Saturday Night.

Racing action contines at the Iowa State Fair Speedway Friday Night with a weekly Points Night for all seven classes : IMCA RaceSaver Sprints, IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks. Hot Laps around 6pm and Racing to Follow. For more information check out http://www.isfspeedway.com/

Iowa State Fair Speedway Results
May 29th, 2016

National Sprint League 410 Sprints

Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Time Trials: 1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 19.138; 2. 18-Ian Madsen 19.211; 3. 2-Danny Lasoski 19.258; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell 19.340; 5. 21-Brian Brown 19.367; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell 19.384; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen 19.432; 8. 56n-Davey Heskin 19.810; 9. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 19.894; 10. 96-Bronson Maeschen 19.980; 11. 71a-R.J. Johnson 19.926; 12. 7w-Tasker Phillips 20.037; 13. 19-Bob Weuve 20.754; 14. 75-Glen Saville 21.040.

Walker Performance Filtration Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Kerry Madsen (3); 2. 71a-R.J. Johnson (1); 3. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (6); 4. 2-Danny Lasoski (5); 5. 21-Brian Brown (4); 6. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (2); 7. 19-Bob Weuve (7).

Kaeding Performance Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 7w-Tasker Phillips (1); 2. 56n-Davey Heskin (3); 3. 1-Sammy Swindell (4); 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell (5); 5. 18-Ian Madsen (6); 6. 96-Bronson Maeschen (2); 7. 75-Glen Saville (7).

Nehring Construction Pole Shootout (2 Laps Per Round)
:
Round 1: 56n-Davey Heskin (7 seed) defeated 7w-Tasker Phillips (8 seed)
Round 2: 1-Sammy Swindell (6 seed) defeated 56n-Davey Heskin (7 seed)
Round 3: 1-Sammy Swindell (6 seed) defeated 55-Brooke Tatnell (5 seed)
Round 4: 1-Sammy Swindell (6 seed) defeated 18-Ian Madsen (4 seed)
Round 5: 2-Danny Lasoski (3 seed) defeated 1-Sammy Swindell (6 seed)
Round 6: 2-Danny Lasoski (3 seed) defeated 29-Kerry Madsen (2 seed)
Round 7: 2ks-Craig Dollansky (1 seed) defeated 2-Danny Lasoski (3 seed).

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (1); 2. 2-Danny Lasoski (2); 3. 1-Sammy Swindell (4); 4. 29-Kerry Madsen (3); 5. 18-Ian Madsen (5); 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell (6); 7. 7w-Tasker Phillips (8); 8. 21-Brian Brown (9); 9. 56n-Davey Heskin (7); 10. 71a-R.J. Johnson (10); 11. 96-Bronson Maeschen (12); 12. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (11); 13. 75-Glen Saville (14); 14. 19-Bob Weuve (13). Laps led: Craig Dollansky 1-20

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints

Feature (15 laps) : 1. 14J Michael Johnston (Des Moines); 2. 69 Mike Moore (Des Moines); 3. 48 Tyler Thompson (Des Moines); 4. 4L Mike Houseman (Des Moines); 5. 100 Clint Benson (Papillion, NE); 6. 4X Jason Danley (Lincoln, NE); 7. 14 Joey Danley (Lincoln, NE); 8. 5X Jason Martin (Lincoln, NE); 9. 71X Cliff Jones (Pleasant Hill); 10. 11B Ben Woods (Newton); 11. 71 Brandon Worthington (Indianola); 12. 81E Eric Bridger (Winterset); 13. 24N Nathan Mills (Bondurant); 14. 55KC Robert Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 15. 68+1 Blain Petersen (Essex); 16. 18 Terry Richards (Denton, NE); 17. 16 Brad Fopma (Sully); 18. 3TJ Joel Thorpe (Urbandale); 19. 12K Koddy Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 20. 12 Tyler Drueke (Eagle, NE); 21. 38 Mike Dapra (Knoxville); DNS/22. 12P Ryan Navratil (Des Moines). Laps led: Tyler Drueke 1-8, Michael Johnston 8-15.

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Martin; 2. Joey Danley; 3. Johnston; 4. Robert Hildreth; 5. Bridger; 6. Jones; 7. Worthington; 8. Thorpe
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Thompson; 2. Petersen; 3. Jason Danley; 4. Woods; 5. Fopma; 6. Dapra; 7. Navratil
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Moore; 2. Drueke; 3. Houseman; 4. Benson; 5. Richards; 6. Mills; 7. Koddy Hildreth

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Stanton Remains Perfect at Marshalltown

Mother Nature has played many games this week, which lead to the Iowa State Fair Speedway to fall victim to early morning rain on Friday. So after Des Moines cancelled the decision was made to make a five minute trip across town to the Marshalltown Speedway for Minute Man Printing Night. Six classes including the Outlaw Quads and the official car count was 108 cars checked in to tame the high banked quarter mile.

Eric Stanton remains perfect at Marshalltown in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Other feature winners included Mike Morrill (Mod Lites), Jared Van Deest (IMCA SportMods), Donavon Smith (IMCA Stock Cars), Eric Elliott (IMCA Modifieds) and Dan Needels (Outlaw Quads).

Before the features the scary incident of the night was in the 1st heat race of the night when Joe Luethje, piloting Jason Whitehead's Mod Lite would roll the car hard of the top of turns one and two. Luethje was taken to Central Healthcare Medical Center in Marshalltown and was treated and released with a broken collarbone. Hope for a speedy recovery.

First feature of the night was the Mod Lites feature minus Luethje so the 12 lap feature rolled to the speedway. "Huggie Bear" Joel Huggins grabbed the early lead but that was short lived because on lap two, Huggins ran the bottom and Mike Morrill ran the top and it was Morrill taking the top spot away. A lap later, the only caution came out for Angelo Montgomery spinning in turn two. Morrill would cruise on to take his first win at Marshalltown in 2016 ahead of Travis Stensland, Randy Bryan, Huggins and Joe Glick.

Travis Peterson started on the pole in the IMCA SportMods 15 lap feature event and he took advantage by grabbing the lead on lap one just before a caution came out when Taylor Musselman and Scott Williams got together on the frontstretch.  Dakota Sellers and Curt Hilmer in tow but Peterson remained out front until the caution came out again on lap three for Blair Simmons in turn four. Peterson now saw Hilmer and Cory Rose trying to take the lead away, and Rose was successful on lap five. Rose, Jared Van Deest and Peterson began a three car battle then for the top spot with Rose remaining out front event after a lap ten caution. Van Deest was able to make the pass on Rose for the top spot with two laps to go, would go on to take his third win of the season at Motown. Peterson came home second, Johnathan Logue worked his way up to finish third, Carter VanDenBerg was fourth and Jake McBirnie was fifth.

David Simpson lead the opening lap of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature but it was Kevin Derry grabbing the lead on lap two but then the caution came out when Derry and Simpson got together on the backstretch. On the restart, Derry saw Jamie Songer go on by before a trio of cautions came out on lap three. Songer maintained the lead until Eric Stanton worked his way on by and took the top spot away on lap six. Stanton led the remaining laps and the only thing slowing him to take his fifth win in as many point nights was a caution on lap 11 for Allen Fleener in turn two. Songer finished second ahead of Gary Pfantz, Doug McCollough and Leah Wroten.

The IMCA Stock Cars lived up to the name of class to tough to tame as on lap one, they were three and four wide racing and by the end of lap one it was Jerry Schipper leading. Matt Deaton wrestled the lead away on lap two but Kyle Everts grabbed the top spot on lap four just before caution when Schipper spun in turn one. Everts saw Donavon Smith work his way to the lead on lap seven just before Curt Balmer spun in turn two. Donavon Smith would go on and take his first win at Marshalltown in 2016. Damon Murty, Michael Jaennette, Donavon Nunnikhoven and Trent Murphy rounded out the top five.

Eric Elliott grabbed the top spot early in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature event that was caution filled. The race caution came out on lap for Aaron Benz in turn two. Elliott held off several challenges by Trent Jackson and Joel Rust on the restart but the caution came out again on lap seven for Adam Larson and Scott Simatovich getting together in turn one. Elliott remained out front but the caution came out on lap nine collecting Simatovich, Rod Clement, Colby Heishman, Jenae Gustin, Tyler Gross, Kyle Brown, David Brown and Andrew Kinser in turn four. Elliott ramained out front but the caution came out again on lap 13 for Joel Rust going off turn three and then on lap 17 for Adam Larson doing the same. Elliott held off challenges from Jimmy Gustin and Jacob Murray to take home the win. Gustin edged out Murray for second. Racer Hulin was fourth and Ronn Lauritzen with a fifth place finish.

The final feature of the night was the Outlaw Quads and it was Dan Needels getting the wholeshot victory leading from start to finish. Tyler Owens, George Hood, Adam Streeter and David Petithory completed the top five.

Racing action continues next Friday Night as the speedway with State Center Night / Salute to Marshalltown Firemen. Then the following Tuesday Night the speedway hosts the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models, Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds and $500 to win IMCA Stock Cars. On Friday June 10th, the first weekly points night appearance for the IMCA Late Models.

For more information about the Marshalltown Speeedway check out http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/ or like the Marshalltown Speedway Facebook page

Results

IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 2. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 3. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 4. 505 Racer Hulin (Laurel); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 6. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 7. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Harcourt); 8. 12X Trent Jackson (Marshalltown); 9. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 10. 64ZC Brandon Leeman (Roland); 11. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 12. 17R Derek Reimer (St. Anthony); 13. 26 Brian Irvine (Oelwein); 14. 12 Andrew Kinser (State Center); 15. 45H Jason Hickingbottom (Ogden); 16. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 17. 2L Adam Larson (Ames); 18. X4 Jason Purvis (Boone); 19. 57 Tyler Gross (Bondurant); 20. 11X Tom Berry (Medford, Oregon); 21. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 22. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 23. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 24. 43S Scott Simatovich (State Center); 25. 27B Aaron Benz (Humboldt); 26. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid)

IMCA Stock Cars 

Feature - 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 93 Michael Jaennette (Newton); 4. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 5. 25 Trent Murphy (Scranton); 6. 2X Kyle Everts (Holland); 7. 25M Michael Murphy (Jefferson); 8. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 9. 45 Matt Deaton (Newton); 10. 96 Chris Wilse (Huxley); 11. 04 Don Vis (Marshalltown); 12. 23L Curt Balmer (Green Mountain); 13. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 14. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 15. 2 Dave Atcher (Laurel); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 17. 89J Jerry Schipper (Dike); 18. 7K Andrew Knode (Adel); 19. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona)

IMCA Northern SportMods

Feature - 1. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 2. 25T Travis Peterson (Gladbrook); 3. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 4. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 5. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 6. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 7. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 8. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 9. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 10. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 11. 99 Erick Knutsen (Center Point); 12. 33R DJ Robinson (Ankeny); 13. 63 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 14. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel); 15. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 16. 20E Eric Larson (Holland); 17. 25 Kevin Yearington (Des Moines); 18. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 19. T17 Tom Rawlins (Kellogg); 20. 7D Dakota Sellers (Vinton); 21. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 22. 9 Scott Williams (Atkins); 23. 6A Adam Armstrong (Carlisle); 24. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 25. 8ED Lee Becker (Belle Plaine); 26. 5JR Jami Ritter (Keystone); DNS/27. 21D Dan Drury (Eldora)

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 2. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 3. 4X Gary Pfantz (State Center); 4. 1 Doug McCollough (Webster City); 5. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 6. 81M Travis Merical (Marshalltown); 7. 42Z Brandon Pitts (Ames); 8. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 9. 75M Preston Merical (Collins); 10. 55F Allen Fleener (Altoona); 11. 12K Eric Knutson (Grimes); 12. 18D Kevin Derry (Indianola); 13. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 14. 7X Dustin Graham (Boone); 15. 14T Mitchell Thomas (Marshalltown); 16. 7 David Simpson (Ankeny)

Mod Lites

Feature - 1. 6 Mike Morrill (Altoona); 2. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 3. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 4. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Des Moines); 6. 7 Erin Turner (Newton); 7. 3GT Tim Gannon (Des Moines); 8. 4L Larry Sorenson (Ames); 9. 16 Angelo Montgomery (Goldfield); DNS/10. 11RX Joe Luethje (Nevada)

Outlaw Quads

Feature - 1. 222 Dan Needels; 2. 54 Tyler Owens; 3. 79 George Hood; 4. 14 Adam Streeter; 5. 20 David Petithory; 6. 96 Brian Scott; 7. 6 Rich Hesseltine; 8. 61 Chuck Wilson; 9. 19 Jamie Gilbert

Additional Notes to make note :

My Normal Friday Night race track will be back in action tomorrow as the National Sprint League 410 Sprints invade the Iowa State Fair Speedway along with the IMCA RaceSaver Sprints. I will be behind the microphone for the RaceSaver Sprints tomorrow so come out and enjoy the Fastest Show on Dirt!

Weekly Racing returns at ISF Speedway on Friday Night next week with all seven weekly divisions competing, reminder though the Iowa State Fair Speedway is taking off Friday Night June 10th because the USMTS Modifieds will be making an appearance on Tuesday June 14th. 

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Thornton, Carter, Griffiths and Benischek Wins Again on Bill & Ray's Night

Thornton, Carter, Griffiths and Benischek Wins Again on Bill & Ray’s Night
By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 25th, 2016) - For the first time this season, the Southern Iowa Speedway was able to get two consecutive nights in as mother nature cooperated for Bill and Ray's Truck Repair & Wrecker Service. Extra money was add to the purse in all the classes and a Kid's Candy Dash. 56 cars signed in to compete on Wednesday night.

Feature winners included Ricky Thornton Jr (IMCA Modifieds), Cayden Carter (IMCA Stock Cars), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks), Brett Lowry (IMCA SportMods) and Jake Benischek (IMCA Sport Compacts).

First feature of the night was the ten lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature. John Whalen wrestled the lead from Lincoln Schrock on lap one. Whalen continued to lead until lap four when Shane Evans grabbed the top spot. Evans time out front was short lived as he would experience troubles in turn one, that handed the lead over Jake Benischek. Benischek went on to take his second win of the season in Osky. Bill Whalen got by John Whalen for second. John Gill came home fourth and Lukas Yoder was fifth.

Colton Livezey led the opening lap in the 16 lap IMCA SportMods feature event but Brett Lowry worked his way on the outside and took the top spot away on lap two. Lowry and Livezey battled it out until the caution came out on lap six for Logan Anderson going on a spin cycle in turn two. Lowry and the field saw the caution come out on lap nine when Curtis VanDerWal spun exiting turn four and collecting Austin Paul, both would continue. Lowry was not going to be denied the win though as he went on to take his first win of the season at Osky. Last Week's Winner Colton Livezey finished second, Jason McDaniel was third, Logan Anderson was fourth and Carter VanDenBerg was fifth.

Nathan Wood started outside row two in the 18 lap Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars feature event but by lap one he was in the top spot. Shortly after the completion of lap one, the caution came out when Todd Reitzler, Daniel Hilsabeck and Mike Brown got together in turn two. Wood continued to lead until Cayden Carter worked his way through the field to take the top sot on lap four. Carter now leading with Wood, Mike Hughes and Todd Inman battling for second through fourth before the caution came out on lap seven for Keith Kuder in turn three. Carter went on to take his fourth consecutive win of the season at Osky, only night he has not won this season was Frostbuster Night, a non-track point night. Hughes, Inman, Reitzler and Louis Lynch rounded out the top five.

Travis Bunnell and Bobby Greene started the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event on the front row and by the end of lap one, Bunnell was the leader. Bunnell pulled away from the field but the caution came out on lap five for a wheel. Bunnell now had to contend with August Bach and Brad Stephens but Dustin Griffiths made it a three car battle behind Bunnell. Griffiths would grab the lead away from Bunnell and go on to take his third consecutive win at Osky. Bunnell came home a close second ahead of Bill Bonnett, Bach and Brad Stephens.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Dennis LaVeine grabbed the lead early with Andrew Schroeder running second but Zack Vanderbeek and Ricky Thornton Jr was working their way through the field. Vanderbeek grabbed the lead way just before a caution on lap seven for Casey Skyberg in turn three. On the restart, Vanderbeek saw Thornton sneak by and grab the top spot. Thornton went on to take the win ahead of Vanderbeek, Todd Shute, Cayden Carter and Colt Mather.

Reminder there is no racing next Wednesday Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway because we will be racing on Thursday Night next week. On Thursday, the speedway will be hosting the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models. The night is sponsored by Shawn's Hay Grinding, Supreme Lawn & Landscape, KBOE 104.9 FM, Pepsi Mahaska Bottling, Vander Beek Truck Accessories and Ullrich Ford. It will also be a Weekly Points Night for all five IMCA Classes. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:15pm.

For more information check out Oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook.

Southern Iowa Speedway
Bill & Ray’s Truck Repair & Wrecker Service
May 25th, 2016


IMCA Modifieds

Feature
- 1. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Harcourt); 2. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 3. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 4. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 6. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 7. 71 Dennis LaVeine (West Burlington); 8. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 9. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 10. 90 Casey Skyberg (Rapid City, South Dakota); 11. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA)

Heat 1 - 1. Carter; 2. Mather; 3. Groenendyk; 4. LaVeine; 5. Streeter; DNS Skyberg
Heat 2 - 1. Vanderbeek; 2. Shute; 3. Thornton; 4. Schroeder; 5. Banks

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature
- 1. 10CC Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 5T Todd Inman (Altoona); 4. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, Missouri); 6. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 7. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 8. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 9. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 10. 57 Keith Kuder (Oskaloosa); 11. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck (Adel); 12. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, Missouri)

Heat 1 - 1. Reitzler; 2. Carter; 3. Inman; 4. Brown; 5. Welch; 6. Kuder
Heat 2 - 1. Hilsabeck; 2. Lynch; 3. Wood; 4. Agee; 5. Hughes; 6. Pearson

IMCA Northern Sport Mods

Feature - 1. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 2. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 3. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 4. 9A Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 8. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 9. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 10. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 11. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa); 12. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella)

Heat 1 - 1. McDaniel; 2. Anderson; 3. Livezey; 4. Van Zante; 5. VanDenBerg; 6. Berry
Heat 2 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Lowry; 3. Paul; 4. Brau; 5. Carter; DQ VanGelder

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature
- 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 2. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 3. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 4. 19X August Bach (Newton); 5. 55 Brad Stephens (Bussey); 6. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 7. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 8. 9 Jared Stephens (Bussey); 9. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 10. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 11. 57 Greg Franklin (Oskaloosa); 12. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick)

Heat 1 - 1. Brad Stephens; 2. Bunnell; 3. Greene; 4. Ulin; 5. Bach; 6. Kuder
Heat 2 - 1. Bonnett; 2. Griffiths; 3. Allen; 4. Thrasher; 5. Spilman; 6. Jared Stephens

IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature
- 1. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant); 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 3. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 4. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 5. 13 Lukas Yoder (Kalona); 6. 99 Lincoln Schrock (Wellman); 7. 86R James Roose (Grandview); 8. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City); 9. 57 Robert Fite (What Cheer)

Heat - 1. John Whalen; 2. Schrock; 3. Bill Whalen; 4. Benischek; 5. Evans; 6. Gill; 7. Yoder; 8. Roose; 9. Fite

Monday, May 23, 2016

Ackerman Takes Late Model Checkers in Vinton

Well after learning that I would not be returning to the Stuart International Speedway to announce races the rest of the year on Sunday morning, it did not dampen my spirits as i decided to make a slightly shorter trip over to the Benton County Speedway in Vinton for a weekly Points Night.

Sunday Night in Vinton featured the IMCA Late Models for their second of five appearance to the Benton County Speedway. Officially 95 cars checked in to race including 12 IMCA Late Models.

After having the initial start called back twice for Russ Olson jumping the start, Olson was sent to the tail with a complete restart in the BCS Micro Mods feature. On the restart, it was Don Erger grabbing the top spot and never looking back taking his third win in Vinton this season. Cole McNeal came home second, Josh Havlik was third, Scott Beatty was fourth and Carson Less was Fifth.

Ryan King led the first three laps of the IMCA SportMods feature event but Joey Schaefer took the top spot away on lap four just before a caution came out for Mitch Manternach sitting in turn two. Schaefer continued to set the pace out front but Tony Olson was working his way through the field and would grab the top spot just before another caution on lap 12 for Manternach again in turn two. Olson saw the caution come out two more times on lap 13 but it was Tony Olson completing his weekend sweep (Davenport Friday, Indee Saturday and Vinton Tonight) with the win ahead of hard charging Sam Wieben, Schaefer, Danny Dvorak and Curt Hilmer.

Shane Ebaugh led the first nine laps of the IMCA Stock Cars feature but Damon Murty managed to grab the top spot away on lap ten. Murty would go on take his 199th career IMCA Stock Car feature win over Ebaugh, Justin Stander, Jared Daggett and Scott Pippert.

A Caution for Josh Barta and Chris Snyder in turn four would force a complete restart in the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature. When the race final got started, it was Mike Burbrudge grabbing the top spot but he had to fend of several challenges until Patrick Flannagan was able to take the top spot on lap seven. Another caution came out on lap eight for Burbridge in turn two, a lap later it was Dennis Betzer in turn two as well. Meanwhile JD Auringer took the top spot away on lap nine and went on to take the feature win ahead of Flannagan, Tony Snyder, Zach Less and Troy Cordes.

Daniel Wauters led lap one of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature but it was August Bach taking it away on lap two. Bach and the field saw the only race caution come out on lap five when Nathan Ballard broke an axle in turn four. Bach went on to the win, Justin Wacha came home second, Brett Vanous in third, Leah Wroten in fourth and Zach Swanson in fifth.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Late Models and it would go green-to-checkered. Ben Seeman led the first eight laps meanwhile Darren Ackerman would take the lead away on lap nine and never look back. Joe Zrostlik took second away from Seeman. Jerry King came home fourth and John Emerson got by Bobby Hansen late for fifth.

Next Week two nights of racing action will occur. First on Sunday Night it will be Cancer Awareness/Frank O'Meara Night at the races featuring $1,000 to win/$100 to start draw/redraw IMCA Modifieds. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and BCS Micro Mods will all be racing but will be lineup based on point average like normal. Hot Laps at 6pm, Racing to Follow!

Then on Monday Night aka Memorial Day, The Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds will be competing along with IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and BCS Micro Mods. All classes will be draw/redraw and race for track points except for the Modifieds. Hot Laps at 5:45pm, Racing at 6pm!

For more information about the Benton County Speedway check out http://www.jjamracing.net/

Benton County Speedway
May 22nd, 2016

IMCA Late Models
Feature - 1. 53 Darren Ackerman (Readlyn); 2. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove); 3. 60 Ben Seeman (Waterloo); 4. 70 Jerry King (Waterloo); 5. 87 John Emerson (Waterloo); 6. 9 Bobby Hansen (Center Point); 7. 30 Todd Cooney (Des Moines); 8. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 9. 32 Curtis Glover (Des Moines); 10. S16 Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 11. 8R Sean Johnson (Independence); DNS 5W Scotty Welsh (Cedar Rapids)

Heat 1 - 1. Johnson; 2. Cooney; 3. Ackerman; 4. Seeman; 5. Hansen; 6. Pestka
Heat 2 - 1. Zrostlik; 2. Siems; 3. King; 4. Glover; 5. Emerson; DNS Welsh

IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 2. F7 Patrick Flannagan (Cedar Rapids); 3. 8 Tony Snyder (Readlyn); 4. 20L Zach Less (Manchester); 5. 71C Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 6. 5R Bill Roberts (Burlington); 7. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 8. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 9. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 10. 12H Dakota Hayden (Wilton); 11. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 12. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 13. 1JR Ben Chapman (Clarence); 14. 2 Brandon Maitland (Waterloo); 15. 80 Jerry Dedrick (Vinton); 16. 5 Jason Morehouse (Evansdale); 17. 32 Chris Snyder (Raymond); 18. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera, CA); 19. 57B Dennis Betzer (Central City); 20. 18J Jake Strayer (Newton); 21. 11B Mike Burbridge (Delhi); 22. 9 Leon Wilson (Hopkinton); 23. 415 Josh Brta (Cedar Falls); 24. 68C Austin Emry (Kellogg)

IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 14 Shane Ebaugh (Waterloo); 3. 67 Justin Stander (Vinton); 4. 22D Jared Daggett (Marshalltown); 5. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 6. 15 Norman Chesmore (Rowley); 7. 3T Scooter Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 8. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 9. 6X Bob Ahrendsen (Cedar Rapids); 10. 76 Mike Galli (Urbana); 11. 8B Scott Beauregard (Brandon); 12. 8 Curtis Roster (Vinton); 13. 42 Lonnie Mercer (Urbana)

IMCA SportMods
Feature - 1. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 2X Joey Schaefer (Waterloo); 4. 3R Danny Dvorak (Vinton); 5. 22H Curt Hilmer (Dysart); 6. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 7. 7D Dakoda Sellers (Waverly); 8. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 9. 8ED Lee Becker (Belle Plaine); 10. 99 Erick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 11. 05 Aaron Mitchell (Palo); 12. 11M Michael Mitchell (Cedar Rapids); 13. 71 Scott Meyers (Newhall); 14. 93 Josh Burrell (Dysart); 15. 22 Matt Petrezelka (Norway); 16. K3 Kyle Olson (Cedar Rapids); 17. 1M Mitch Manternach (Earlville); 18. 87J Christian Laudin

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 19X August Bach (Newton); 2. 45 Justin Wacha (Vinton); 3. 357 Brett Vanous (Quasqueton); 4. 14C Leah Wroten (Independence); 5. 4P Matt Pohlman (Keystone); 6. 717 Zach Swanson (Waterloo); 7. 48 Adam Petrzelka (Norway); 8. 14J Jacob Floyd (Cedar Rapids); 9. 09 Daniel Wauters (Iowa City); 10. 1 Scott Siems (Cedar Falls); 11. 51 Michael Kimm (Cedar Rapids); 12. 74H  Tim Harther (Atkins); 13. 71A Kyle Dulin (Brandon); 14. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 15. 78 Matt Brown (Dysart); 16. 17 Nathan Forey (Waterloo); 17. 5 Toby Denning (Vinton)

BCS Micro Mods
Feature - 1. 6 Donald Erger (Brandon); 2. 51 Cole McNeal (Dysart); 3. 419 Josh Havlik; 4. 13 Scott Beaty (Urbana); 5. 48L Carson Less (Manchester); 6. 64 Matt Post (Walker); 7. 17W Matthew West (Waterloo); 8. 4 Russ Olson (Cedar Rapids); 9. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 10. 17 Brady Kohrs (Independence); DNS/11. 99D Dallon Murty (Chelsea)

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Inman Doubles Down and Anderson Remains Perfect at ISF

Inman Doubles Down and Anderson Remains Perfect at ISF
by Jeremy Fox

Des Moines, IA (May 20th, 2016) - For the second time in three days the Iowa State Fair Speedway roared to life with some horsepower racing action. 113 cars signed in to race on the half mile oval.

Todd Inman grabbed two features (IMCA Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks). Other feature winners were Glenn Gladson Jr (IMCA SportMods), Josh Foster (IMCA Modifieds), Shannon Anderson (IMCA Hobby Stocks), Clint Benson (IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars) and Ben Nading (IMCA Late Models).

First feature of the night was the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks 12 lap feature event. Matt Moro grabbed the lead aright away from his outside front row starting spot but the caution came out on lap two first for Larry Webb in turn two, then on the restart when Bryan Spangler and Pat Gordin got together on the backstretch and once more on the restart for Anthony Moro came to a stop in turn two. The time limit had expired so the field was told the next caution or checkered would finish the race. Moro saw Todd Inman sneak to the inside and took the lead away coming out of turn four to complete lap three. Inman went on to take his fourth win ahead of Brad Comegys, Lou Siplot, Rick Clark and John Davis.

Before a single lap was completed in the IMCA SportMods feature event the caution came out for debris in turn one, DJ Robinson Hood flew off and then on the restart Ty Griffith experienced trouble. Robert Moore grabbed the lead early when the feature finally did get started but Glenn Gladson Jr worked his way up to take the top spot away on lap six. Gladson went on take his second consecutive win ahead of Robinson, Brandon Williams, Jack Housley and Taylor Musselman.

A multi car incident happen in turn three before a single lap was completed in the IMCA Modifieds feature but once the race got going it was Nick Roberts taking the lead. Roberts look comfortable out front in the lead despite Josh Foster chasing him down but a caution came out on lap 11 for Matt Waugh in turn four. That allowed Foster to compete for the lead, Foster grabbed the lead away on lap 13 meanwhile Roberts experienced mechanical issues. Foster went on take the win, ninth placer starter Mark Elliott was second. Todd Shute race his way back up to finish third, Andrew Schroeder was fourth and Greg Cox was fifth.

Ray Stock Jr led lap one of the IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature event but shortly after the caution came out for debris on the fronstretch. That allowed racing veteran Bill Bonnett to take the lead away on the restart. Bonnett and August Bach battled for the top spot with Bonnett holding on to the lead until Bach took it away on lap nine. Bach time out front was short lived as Shannon Anderson grabbed second from Bonnett and the lead from Bach on lap 11. Anderson remains perfect he would take his fourth feature win of the season at ISF. Bonnett, Bach, John Watson and Brandon Cox rounded out the top five.

Todd Fisher led the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Cars 15 lap feature but Randy Killen grabbed the lead on lap two. Damon Murty started seventh but found his way through the field to take the lead from Killen on lap three. Murty was out front in pursuit of the win to put him one shy of 200 career stock car wins but Todd Inman, started 10th, worked his way through and began to battle with Murty and grabbing the lead away on lap six. Inman went on to take his second Stock Car feature win at ISF. Murty came home in second ahead of Fisher, Gary Bass and Donavon Nunnikhoven.

Craig Jacobs and Ben Nading led the field to the green in the Larry Fleck & Sons Trucking IMCA Late Models 18 lap feature event and they would battle for the lead most of the way. Nading lead the first three laps but a caution came out when Charlie McKenna got slideways stacking up the field resulting in Jeremy Grady and Allan Hopp getting together in turn four. Jacobs took the lead away on the restart but Nading took the lead back on lap seven. Jacobs grabbed the top spot one more time on lap ten. The final caution came out on lap 12 for Paul Glendenning in turn two and Jason Hahne on the backstretch. Nading took the lead back on the restart and had to hold off late race challenges from Darrel DeFrance to take the win. Jacobs fell back to third, McKenna was fourth and Ryan Griffith was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA RaceSaver Sprints 18 lapper but before a lap was completed the red flag came out when Austin Johnson flipped in turn four. On the restart, it was Papillion, Nebraska's Clint Benson grabbing the lead and never looking back despite the cautions on lap seven for Ben Woods in turn two and then on lap eight for Joel Thorpe in turn four. Benson was not going to be denied as he took the feature win ahead of Matt Moro, Mike Houseman, Michael Johnston and Robet Hildreth.

Racing action continues Next Friday Night at the Iowa State Fair Speedway with all seven weekly divisions (IMCA Late Models, IMCA RaceSaver Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks). Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing at 6:30pm.

Then on sunday come see National Sprint League Point Leader Danny Lasoski and the warriors of the National Sprint League 410 Sprints take to the half mile oval. Also racing will be the IMCA RaceSaver Sprints (305 Sprints). Hot Laps at 6pm with Time Trials and Racing to follow!

For more information check out http://www.isfspeedway.com/

Iowa State Fair Speedway
May 20th, 2016

IMCA Late Models

Feature
- 1. 21 Ben Nading (Ankeny); 2. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 3. 95 Craig Jacobs (Urbandale); 4. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake); 5. 15X Ryan Griffith (Webster City); 6. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 7. 77 Jeff Aikey (Waterloo); 8. 66 Todd Johnson (Mitchellville); 9. 33 Paul Glendenning (Mount Ayr); 10. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 11. 7 Jenna Johnson (Mitchellville); 12. 15C Curt Schroeder (Newton); 13. 80 Allan Hopp (Harlan); 14. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 15. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); DNS 8D Daulton Maassen (Avoca)

Heat 1- 1. McKenna, 2. Gustin; 3. Jacobs; 4. Grady; 5. Griffith; 6. Hahne; 7. Schroeder; 8. Todd Johnson
Heat 2 - 1. Nading. 2. Glendenning; 3. Hopp; 4. DeFrance; 5. Aikey; 6. Havlik; DNS Maassen; DNS Jenna Johnson

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints

Feature
- 1. 100 Clint Benson (Papillion, Nebraska); 2. 2M Matt Moro (Polk City); 3. 4L Mike Houseman (Des Moines); 4. 14J Michael Johnston (Des Moines); 5. 55KC Robert Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 6. 81E Eric Bridger (Winterset); 7. 11B Ben Woods (Newton); 8. 12K Koddy Hildreth (Iowa Falls); 9. 71 Brandon Worthington (Indianola); 10. 3TJ Joel Thorpe (Urbandale); 11. 53 Greg Black (Des Moines); 12. 81 Austin Johnson (Pleasant Hill); 13. 48 Tyler Thompson (Des Moines); DNS/14. 24N Nathan Mills (Bondurant)

IMCA Modifieds

Feature
- 1. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 2. 12 Mark Elliott (Webster City); 3. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 4. 02 John Davis (Altoona); 5. 62 Greg Cox (Kellogg); 6. 36 Russ Gladson (Des Moines); 7. 2E Kevin Hollingsworth (Des Moines); 8. 51X Matt Webb (Des Moines); 9. 28 James Reichart (Des Moines); 10. 66 Gordy Head (Des Moines); 11. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 12. 29 Ron Verbeek (Oskaloosa); 13. 13 Matt Waugh (Altoona); 14. 1X Stephen Streeter (Madera. California)

IMCA Stock Cars
 

Feature - 1. 5T Todd Inman (Altoona); 2. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 44 Todd Fisher (Norwalk); 4. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines); 5. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 6. 26K Butch Bass (Winterset); 7. 11 Scott Seaman (Des Moines); 8. 47 Darin Dezwarte (Knoxville); 9. 28W Don Wear (Des Moines); 10. 55 Steve Hill (Des Moines); 11. 15 Chris Mitchell (Osceola); 12. 97 Steve Clair (Carlisle); 13. 18 Ronald Bougher (Des Moines); 14. 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines); 15. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona)

IMCA SportMods
 

Feature - 1. 71 Glenn Gladson Jr (Des Moines); 2. 33R DJ Robinson (Des Moines); 3. 67X Brandon Williams (Des Moines); 4. 10H Jack Housley (Runnells); 5. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 6. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 7. 34 Jerry Hinton (Adel); 8. 69JR Johnathan Logue (Boone); 9. 8R Chase Rudolf (Prole); 10. 56X Kyle Webb (Des Moines); 11. 61 Brandon Patava (Des Moines); 12. 98M Morris Schuler (Albion); 13. 224 Dan Swank (Pella); 14. 98 Bill Hildreth (Rhodes); 15. 77 Mike Myer (Norwalk); 16. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell): 17. 35P Brian Palmer (Grimes); 18. 37 Bailey Gladson (Des Moines); 19. 2 Jerid Ratzke (Williams); 20. 56 Ty Griffith (Webster City); 21. 21H Brett Hopp (Harlan)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
 

Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson (Des Moines); 2. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 3. 19X August Bach (Newton); 4. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 5. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 6. 1K Tommy Killen Jr (Des Moines); 7. 10S Ray Stock Jr (Ankeny); 8. 13Z Todd Bass (Des Moines); 9. 77G Ryan Grochala (Pleasant Hill); 10. 9H Kenny Hay (Des Moines); 11. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 12. 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines); 13. 20A Steven Crees (Des Moines); 14. 47 Raymond Fees (Des Moines); 15. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona); 16. 26 Shane Palmer (Huxley); 17. 81X Sabrina Killen (Des Moines); 18. 77 Derek Hodges (Des Moines)

Dirt Trucks
 

Feature - 1. 5T Todd Inman (Altoona); 2. 23 Brad Comegys (Bondurant); 3. 9 Lou Siplot Jr (Altoona); 4. 7X Rick Clark (Des Moines); 5. 03 John Davis (Altoona); 6. 98 Larry Webb (Ankeny); 7. 7XJR Andrew Clark (Des Moines); 8. 2M Matt Moro (Polk City); 9. 28 Anthony Moro (Polk City); 10. 17 Bryan Spangler (Coon Rapids); 11. 19 Pat Gordin (Oskaloosa); 12. 40E Eric Schroeder (Coon Rapids); 13. 2 Del Enos (Des Moines)

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Whalen, Livezey, Carter, Griffiths, Shryock Take Feature Wins on KISS 101.5 Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway

Whalen, Livezey, Carter, Griffiths and Shryock Take Feature Wins on KISS 101.5 Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway
By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 18th, 2016) - After taking last week off because of mother nature not cooperating it was back to racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway for KISS 101.5 FM of Ottumwa Night. 64 cars checked in to tame the monster half mile to even the total of races as rain outs at four.

Feature winners included Bill Whalen (IMCA Sport Compacts), Colton Livezey (IMCA SportMods), Cayden Carter (IMCA Stock Cars), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Kelly Shryock (IMCA Modifieds).

First feature of the night was the ten lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Lincoln Schrock and Bill Whalen led the field to green and the driver nicknamed "Happy Feet" grabbed the top spot. Whalen pulled out to a commanding lead and never looked back in route to taking his first win of the season at Osky. Tenth place starter Cody VanDusen worked his way up to second by lap eight but came up short chasing down Whalen. Steven Struck moved up from ninth to third, Lukas Yoder was fourth and Jake Benischek was fifth.

Colton Livezey and Matthew VanGelder started on the front row in the 16 lap IMCA SportMods feature event. Livezey grabbed the lead and Brayton Carter grabbed second. Livezey looked to be comfortable out front until lap traffic on lap ten, Livezey did not let that deny him his first win at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Carter held off Curtis VanDerWal for second, Jason McDaniel and Carter VanDenBerg rounded out the top five.

In the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature, Louis Lynch took the early lead ahead of Nathan Wood and Donnie Pearson. Lynch had to hold off several early race challenges from Wood but then Wood opened the door on lap seven for Derrick Agee and Todd Inman to get by for second and third. Just after the completion of that lap the caution came out for debris in turn one. Lynch now had to hold off Agee and Inman, that was short lived as Agee grabbed the top spot on lap 11. Cayden Carter, started seventh and worked his way to fourth on lap 11 and then third on lap 12. Agee saw the Carter work his way to second by lap 14 and knew he would have to hangout for the remaining distance. Carter took the lead away coming to the white flag and went on to take his third feature win in a row at Osky. Agee, Lynch, Damon Murty and Inman finished second through fifth respectively.

Bradley Graham and Mike Kincaid started the 16 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event on the front row and by lap one it was Kincaid grabbing the top spot. Steve Allen took the lead on lap three but Dustin Griffiths worked his way from tenth to lead by lap five. Griffiths went on to take his second win of the season in Osky ahead of Bill Bonnett, Allen, Danny Thrasher and Brad Stephens.

Final feature of the night was the IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event and it was Jason Hall grabbing the lead ahead of Dennis LaVeine. With Hall out front and LaVeine knocking on his back side, Josh Foster was charging up to make it a three car battle for the top spot but on lap seven the caution came out for Foster in turn one. Hall had LaVeine and Shryock right behind him on the restart, Shryock took second away and then took the lead away from Hall on lap nine. Cayden Carter worked his way up to take second from Hall on lap ten. Shryock and Carter ran one and two but then a caution came out just after the completion of lap 18 forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Shryock held off Carter to take the feature win. Colt Mather edged Zack Vanderbeek out for third and LaVeine came home fifth.

Next Wednesday Night, there will be extra money on the line in all five IMCA Classes thanks to the night's sponsor Bill and Ray's Truck Repair & Wrecker Service. There will also be a Candy Toss at Intermission for the youngsters, thanks to Bill and Ray's. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

The following week, there will be no racing on Wednesday as the Speedway will be hosting the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models on Thursday June 2nd. That night is sponsored by Shawn's Hay Grinding, Supreme Lawn & Landscape, KBOE 104.9 FM, Pepsi Mahaska Bottling, Vander Beek Truck Accessories and Ullrich Ford. It will also be a Weekly Points Night for all five IMCA Classes. On June 2nd, Hot Laps and Racing will be start 15 minutes earlier.

For more information check out Oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook.

Southern Iowa Speedway
May 18th, 2016

IMCA Modifieds


Feature
- 1. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 2. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 4. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 5. 71 Dennis LaVeine (West Burlington); 6. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 7. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 8. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 9. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 10. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 11. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); DNS 11 Jerry Pilcher (Bloomfield)

Heat 1 - 1. Dickey; 2. Carter; 3. Hall; 4. Mather; 5. Groenendyk; DNS Banks
Heat 2 - 1. Foster; 2. Shryock; 3. Schroeder; 4. Vanderbeek; 5. LaVeine; DNS Pilcher

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature
- 1. 10CC Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, MO); 3. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 4. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 5. 5T Todd Inman (Des Moines); 6. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 7. 76 Trent Partridge (Elk Horn); 8. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 9. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 10. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 11. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck (Adel); 12. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 13. 57 Keith Kuder (Oskaloosa); 14. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa)

Heat 1- 1. Wood; 2. Inman; 3. Agee; 4. Partridge; 5. Welch; 6. Kuder
Heat 2- 1. Reitzler; 2. Hilsabeck; 3. Lynch; 4. Carter; 5. Murty; 6. Hughes

IMCA Northern Sport Mods

Feature
- 1. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 2. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 4. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 7. 9A Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 8. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella); 9. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 10. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 11. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 12. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 13. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa)

Heat 1 - 1. McDaniel; 2. VanGelder; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Paul; 5. Anderson; 6. Scott Brau; 7. Berry
Heat 2 - 1. Carter; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Livezey; 4. Lowry; 5. Van Zante; 6. Danny Brau

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 2. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 3. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 4. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 5. 55 Brad Stephens (Bussey); 6. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 7. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville); 8. 19X August Bach (Newton); 9. 43J John Irwin (Hedrick); 10. 4 Bradley Graham (Brooklyn); 11. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 12. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 13. 9 Jared Stephens (Bussey)

Heat 1 - 1. Bunnell; 2. Bonnett; 3. Brad Stephens; 4. Griffiths; 5. Kincaid; 6. Irwin; 7. Jared Stephens
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Greene; 3. Allen; 4. Bach; 5. Graham; 6. Huffman

IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature
- 1. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 2. 53 Cody VanDusen (Atalissa); 3. 24 Steven Struck (Atalissa); 4. 13 Lukas Yoder (Kalona); 5. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant); 6. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City); 7. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 8. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 9. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 10. 11H Brad Havel (Iowa City); 11. 99 Lincoln Schrock (Wellman); 12. 03 Cameron Rogers (Washington)

Heat 1 - 1. Breuklander; 2. VanDusen; 3. Benischek; 4. Schrock; 5. Heath; 6. Evans
Heat 2 - 1. Struck; 2. Bill Whalen; 3. Havel; 4. Yoder; 5. John Whalen; 6. Rogers

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Carter and Watson Cash in Big at the Central Iowa Stock Car Showdown

On Tuesday Night decided to make the trek up to the big half mile, the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City for the first ever Central Iowa Stock Car Showdown. 42 Stock Cars, 26 Hobby Stocks and seven Mod Lites signed in.

Cayden Carter won the IMCA Stock Cars, John Watson took the IMCA Hobby Stocks and Randy Bryan won the Mod Lites feature event. Both the IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Hobby Stocks saw a halfway pit stop.

First feature of the night was the Mod Lites ten lap feature event and it was Randy Bryan taking the early lead and looked to be heading on to the easy win but then the only race caution came out for Dennis Graffunder in turn two. Bryan was not going to let that bother him and held off late race challenges from Josh May. Bryan edged out May at the line by a slim margin for the win. Justin Rankin, Kevin Grisham and Erin Turner rounded out the top five.

Matt Mundt and John Watson started on the front row of the 30 lap IMCA Hobby Stocks feature. Watson grabbed the lead early meanwhile behind him Mundt, Andrew Borchardt and Jamie Songer battled it out for position. The first caution came out on lap six for Tommy Beekman in turn four. Watson held off every challenge in the first half of the race and would lead at the halfway point ahead of Songer, Borchardt, Sommerfeld and Seth Janssen.

Watson continued to lead but the second half of the race struggled to get momentum going as the caution came out just after lap 17 and 18. Watson and the field saw one more caution come out on lap 22 for Ron Downing and Dustin Tapp getting together in turn four. Watson went on to take the win and take home $1,000 for his efforts. Borchardt, Songer, Sommerfeld and Myles Michehl rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the 36 lap IMCA Stock Cars feature event and it was Derek Green and Matt Ring leading the field to the green flag. Green grabbed the lead from the pole and the only thing slowing him down was the caution on lap 12 for Randy Killen in turn three. Green maintained the lead until lap 16 when Cayden Carter, started 12th, took the lead away. Carter lead at the half-way point ahead of Todd Inman, Green, Dan Mackenthun and Steve Meyer.

Carter was only slowed by a caution on lap 25 for Donavon Smith in turn four. Carter would go on and take the car nicknamed "Orange Crush" to the win ahead of Inman, Kevin Opheim, Mackenthun and Jay Schmidt.

Racing Continues Every Saturday Night through July at the Hamilton County Speedway plus Specials throughout the season. For more information check out hamiltoncospeedway.com or like the Hamilton County Speedway Facebook page.

MOD LITES
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 64    Randy Bryan     Ames , Ia 0.00
2 6 99    Josh May     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
3 2 88    Justin Rankin     Madrid , Ia 0.00
4 5 46    Kevin Grisham     Ogden , Ia 0.00
5 7 7    Erin Turner     Van Meter, Ia 0.00
6 1 0K    Dennis Graffunder     Somers , Ia 0.00
7 4 18    Dylan Koester     Webster City, Ia 0.00 DNS

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 4W    John Watson     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
2 3 21X    Andrew Borchardt     Plymouth , Ia 0.00
3 4 96R    Jamie Songer     Ankeny , Ia 0.00
4 10 50    Bryce Sommerfeld     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
5 11 21    Myles Michehl     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
6 5 19X    August Bach     Cedar Rapids, Ia 0.00
7 8 52    Weston Koop     Rockwell , Ia 0.00
8 17 07    Chris Houden     Cresco , Ia 0.00
9 18 Y5    Matt Byrne     Webster City, Ia 0.00
10 19 18D    Kevin Derry     Collins , Ia 0.00
11 21 3T    Tommy Beekman     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
12 14 6H    Chanse Hollatz     Clear Lake, Ia 0.00
13 13 18Z    Zac Smith     Mason City, Ia 0.00
14 23 89    Dakota Feickert     Webster , Ia 0.00
15 6 85    Seth Janssen     Ogden , Ia 0.00
16 16 23G    Dustin Tapp     Ames , Ia 0.00
17 9 13G    Craig Graham     Webster City, Ia 0.00
18 22 53D    Ron Downing     Ottumwa , Ia 0.00
19 12 4D    Danny Ayers     Webster City, Ia 0.00
20 1 25M    Matt Mundt     Callender , Ia 0.00
21 15 18    Ryan Boland     Fort Dodge, Ia 0.00
22 7 23    Cody Gustoff     Scranton , Ia 0.00
23 20 47W    Shawn Wirtz     Boone , Ia 0.00
24 24 42Z    Brandon Pitts     Ames , Ia 0.00 DNS
25 25 66P    Troy Phillips     Prole , Ia 0.00 DNS
26 26 8R    Corey Roe     Webster City, Ia 0.00 DNS

IMCA STOCK CARS
A-MAIN
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 12 10CC    Cayden Carter     Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
2 3 5T    Todd Inman     Altoona , Ia 0.00
3 20 44K    Kevin Opheim     Mason City, Ia 0.00
4 9 92    Dan Mackethan     Hambarg , Mn 0.00
5 11 19J    Jay Schmidt     Tama , Ia 0.00
6 8 5L    Dustin Larson     Worthington , Mn 0.00
7 14 11    Jake Masters     Graettinger , Ia 0.00
8 13 93    Michael Jaennette      , Ia 0.00
9 1 32    Derek Green     Granada , Ia 0.00
10 23 97    Lynn Panos     Calmar , Ia 0.00
11 6 7    Jason Minnehan     Churdan , Ia 0.00
12 2 58    Matt Ring     Dows , Ia 0.00
13 7 52    Nathan Wood     Sigourney , Ia 0.00
14 17 02JR    Chris Mills     Sioux City, Ia 0.00
15 19 44    Todd Fisher     Norwalk , Ia 0.00
16 10 38C    Kellie Schmit     Britt , Ia 0.00
17 24 7J    John Campbell     Belmond , Ia 0.00
18 25 7K    Andrew Knode     Adel , Ia 0.00
19 16 00    Johnny Spaw     Cedar Rapids, Ia 0.00
20 18 35    Donavan Smith     Lake City, Ia 0.00
21 4 99D    Damon Murty     Chelsey , Ia 0.00
22 5 94    Steve Meyer     Grundy Center, Ia 0.00
23 21 46    Cody Frerichs     Howard Lake, Mn 0.00
24 26 J7B    Jon Braathun     Story City, Ia 0.00
25 22 81X    Randy Killen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
26 15 81    Devin Smith     Lake City, Ia 0.00 DNS

B-MAIN 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 44    Todd Fisher     Norwalk , Ia 0.00
2 1 46    Cody Frerichs     Howard Lake, Mn 0.00
3 6 97    Lynn Panos     Calmar , Ia 0.00
4 12 7K    Andrew Knode     Adel , Ia 0.00
5 7 59L    Vince Loewen     Hubbard , Ia 0.00
6 9 5A    Tyler Pickett     Boxholm , Ia 0.00
7 10 556    Terry Cornelison     Boone , Ia 0.00
8 8 25M    Michael Murphy     Jefferson , Ia 0.00
9 11 66Z    Elijah Zevenberger     Ocheyedan , Ia 0.00
10 2 79S    Jason See     Albia , Ia 0.00
11 3 00X    Andrew Alteneurg     Tama , Mn 0.00
12 5 30C    Abe Huls     Carthage , Il 0.00

B-MAIN 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 44K    Kevin Opheim     Mason City, Ia 0.00
2 2 81X    Randy Killen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
3 5 7J    John Campbell     Belmond , Ia 0.00
4 7 J7B    Jon Braathun     Story City, Ia 0.00
5 4 31    Jason York     Boone , Ia 0.00
6 6 93X    Doug Ackmy     Columbas , Ne 0.00
7 8 25    Trent Murphy     Jefferson , Ia 0.00
8 10 98    Derrick Rohe     Audubon , Ia 0.00
9 9 18C    Ron Boughen     Des Moines, Ia 0.00
10 11 11X    Shay Curtin     Cresco , Ia 0.00
11 1 66    Mike Vandrak     Galva , Ia 0.00
12 12 11L    Scott Seaman     Des Moines, Ia 0.00