Thursday, April 28, 2016

Until We Meet Again!

Its been awhile since i wrote a blog but i have been busy announcing races at Iowa State Fair Speedway, attending/Announcing races at the Hamilton County Speedway and attending/working races at the Benton County Speedway which means my notes have not been that great but i plan to get things rolling beginning this week if mother nature cooperates just a bit.

One reason I write this blog is because its been a very sad week for everybody in the racing community specially in central Iowa as longtime announcer Tim Trier lost his battle to cancer this week. Tim got his start at Eddyville Raceway Park and Cedar Falls Dragstrip before announcing at Knoxville Raceway in 1979 as infield reporter, the next year Ralph Capitani moved him into the announcers booth, a place he was until 1992. Tim also announced several years at the Iowa State Fair Speedway and Stuart Speedway for his brother Mick, who promotes races currently at the Benton County Speedway. Tim also helped out operating the scoreboard for a few years at Knoxville and was the Voice of Newton Cardinal Football. Tim returned to the booth in 1999 for one year and the last time he filled in at Knoxville was on June 30th, 2012 when he got a call from Toby Kruse, promoter at the time to come fill in.

Tim was always a fun person to talk to and fun guy to work with. I experience the opportunity to work him several times for the last few years his brother Mick was promoter at the Iowa State Fair Speedway and will remember those times every time i step into the Announcer stand at the Iowa State Fair Speedway this year.

Tim worked at Maytag then when Maytag closed down he began working at Iowa Telecom but his true passion was helping kids and so he attended Drake University and got his Master's Degree in Psychology. Tim coached basketball for 30 years during this whole time at Newton and spent the last several years as a Counselor at Aurora Heights Elementary In Newton.

Tim has no idea the number of people he has inspired from young to old. Students through Newton Schools or at the race tracks. Many Announcers that learned some things from Tim include Blake Anderson, Tony Bokhoven, Jerry Van Sickel, Toby Kruse, Scott Watson and myself just to name a few.

Thanks for everything Tim you will be remembered by many and will never be forgotten. When I step in the announcer stand in Des Moines or Stuart, I know you will be looking down and telling me  if I am doing something wrong.

My Condolences to the entire Trier Family during this hard time. Visitation is Friday from 5 to 7 pm  and Funeral is Saturday at 10 am , both will be at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. More info at http://www.wallacefamilyfuneralhome.com/notices/RTim-Trier

Until We Meet again Tim!

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Evans, Carter, VanDerWal, Ulin and Thornton Take Opening Night Wins at Southern Iowa Speedway

Evans, Carter, VanDerWal, Ulin and Thornton Take Opening Night Wins at Southern Iowa Speedway
By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (April 13th, 2016) - Wednesday Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway, drivers were treated to a get in free night and 64 cars checked in to tame the monster half mile for the first track points night. The sky was beautiful and clear skies compared to the cloudy skies the frostbuster two weeks ago.

Feature winners on Opening Night was Shane Evans (IMCA Sport Compacts), Cayden Carter (IMCA Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (IMCA SportMods), Nick Ulin (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Ricky Thornton Jr (IMCA Modifieds).

First feature of the night was the ten lap IMCA Sport Compacts feature and it was Shane Evans grabbing the top spot from his outside front row starting position. Evans led all ten laps to take the opening night win ahead of John Whalen, who held off a late challenge from Jake Benischek. Jason Beruklander and John Gill round out the top five.

Derrick Agee and Greg Gill led the field to the green in the IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature but by the end of the lap one it was Cayden Carter in a familiar spot, the lead. Behind Carter they were slicing and dicing for position but it was Carter taking the win ahead of Todd Reitzler, Todd Inman, Mike Hughes and Agee.

In the IMCA SportMods 16 lap feature, Jason McDaniel took the early lead ahead of Austin Paul and Brayton Carter but Curtis VanDerWal worked his way around Carter on lap three and Paul on lap five. McDaniel had VanDerWal chasing him down and just after the completion of lap eight, the caution came out for Trent Brink in turn four. VanDerWal wrestled the lead away from McDaniel on the restart and never looked back. VanDerWal took the win, Jake McBirnie worked his way up to finish second. Carter VanDenBerg finished third, Logan Anderson was fourth and McDaniel fell back to fifth.

Cayden Carter and Josh Foster started the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds feature event on the front row and by lap one it was Foster grabbing the top spot. Foster was out to a commanding lead meanwhile behind him there was battle for second through fifth positions. On lap 12, the caution came out for Stephen Streeter in turn two that forced a restart and Foster saw Kelly Shryock and Ricky Thornton Jr right behind him. Foster held them off but just after the completion of lap 16, the caution came out for Shyrock in turn four. Thornton got a great restart and managed to grab the lead away from Foster. Thornton went on to take the win, Colt Mather finished 2nd, Zack Vanderbeek was 3rd, Foster was 4th and Tyler Groenendyk was fifth.

Final Feature of the night was the IMCA Hobby Stocks 16 lap feature event and before a single lap was completed the caution was displayed for Christian Huffman spinning on the backstretch. After forcing a complete restart, Nick Ulin grabbed the top spot and went on to take his the feature win ahead of Danny Thrasher, Dustin Griffiths, August Bach and Jared Stephens.

Racing continues Next Wednesday Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway for all five IMCA Classes. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

Southern Iowa Speedway
April 13th, 2016

IMCA Modifieds


Feature - 1. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr (Chandler, AZ / Harcourt); 2. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 3. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 4. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 5. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 6. 71 Dennis LaVeine (West Burlington); 7. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 8. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 9. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 10. 3 Kelly Shryock (Fertile); 11. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 12. 1X Stephen Streeter (Vinton); 13. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell)

Heat 1 - 1. Foster; 2. Schroeder; 3. Vanderbeek; 4. Dickey; 5. Streeter; 6. LaVeine; 7. Hall
Heat 2 - 1. Thornton; 2. Shryock; 3. Groenendyk; 4. Mather; 5. Carter; 6. Banks

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 10CC Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 3. 5T Todd Inman (Altoona); 4. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 5. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, MO); 6. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 7. 28 Greg Gill (Muscatine); 8. 79S Jason See (Albia); 9. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 10. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney)

Heat - 1. Wood; 2. Lynch; 3. Carter; 4. Gill; 5. Agee; 6. Reitzler; 7. Brown; 8. Inman; 9. See; 10. Hughes

IMCA Northern Sport Mods

Feature
- 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 3. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 9A Logan Anderson (Eddyville); 5. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 6. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 8. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 9. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland); 10. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 11. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 12. 84B Trent Brink (Bussey); 13. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella); 14. 55R Steven Berry (Ottumwa); 15. 98 Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 16. 25 Scott Vanbuskirk (Hedrick)

Heat 1 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Anderson; 3. Carter; 4. Livezey; 5. VanGelder; 6. Egenberger; 7. Berry; 8. Vanbuskirk
Heat 2
- 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Paul; 3. Van Deest; 4. McBirnie; 5. McDaniel; 6. Brink; 7. Lowry; 8. Johnson

IMCA Hobby Stocks


Feature
- 1. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 2. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 3. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 4. 19X August Bach (Newton); 5. 9 Jared Stephens (Bussey); 6. 57X Scott Shull (Agency); 7. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 8. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 9. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 10. 55 Brad Stephens (Bussey); 11. 57 Greg Franklin (Oskaloosa); 12. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy)

Heat 1 - 1. Ulin; 2. Griffiths; 3. Huffman; 4. Bach; 5. Jared Stephens; 6. Greene
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Allen; 3. Shull; 4. Kincaid; 5. Franklin; 6. Brad Stephens

IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature
- 1. 92E Shane Evans (Iowa City); 2. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 3. 3 Jake Benischek (Durant); 4. 23B Jason Breuklander (Oskaloosa); 5. 02 John Gill (Marshalltown); 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 7. 9H Levi Heath (Wilton); 8. 86R James Roose (Grandview); 9. 3D Dustin Hook (Oskaloosa); 10. 52 Billy Cain (Floris); 11. 24A Ashton Blain (Burlington); 12. 5 Tyler Harring (Oskaloosa); 13. 57 Robert Fite (What Cheer)


Heat 1 - 1. Benischek; 2. Whalen; 3.Breuklander; 4. Heath; 5.Roose; 6. Harring; 7. Fite
Heat 2
- 1. Whalen; 2. Evans; 3. Gill; 4. Gordon; 5. Cain; 6. Blain


Monday, April 11, 2016

2016 Frostbuster Points

Here is the Unofficial Standings........this is just by my calcuations based on the finish at all Four Frostbuster Races!
 
2016 Frostbuster Series Points
(Osky-Marshalltown-Boone-Vinton)

Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa (March 30th), Marshalltown Speedway (April 8th), Boone Speedway (April 9th) and Benton County Speedway in Vinton (April 10th)

IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds
Car #Driver NameHometown
Points
21KKyle BrownState Center
155
4TW Tim WardGilbert, Arizona
136
21DDavid BrownKellogg
124
20RTRicky Thornton JrChandler, Arizona
112
33DScott HoganVinton
95
3MMike MuellerRosendale, Wisconsin
85
3Kelly ShyrockFertile
76
23JRNick RobertsDes Moines
74
10CCayden CarterOskaloosa
71
24BBrandon BrintonNevada
63
83GJosh GilmanEarlham
60
7SRRichie GustinGilman
60
64Vern JacksonWaterloo
59
11XTom Berry JrMedford, Oregon
58
10KRonn LauritzenJesup
57
81DScott DavisMadrid
56
CH19Colby HeishmanBrooklyn
55
26JJoel RustGrundy Center
52
71CTroy CordesDunkerton
51
48JJacob MurrayHartford
50
43SScott SimatovichState Center
45
02ACoty AlbersWellsburg
45
5GGatlin LeythamAmes
43
57VMike Van GenderenNewton
39
19Jimmy GustinMarshalltown
38
00JJ.D. AuringerWaterloo
38
96RCR.C. WhitwellTucson, Arizona
37
8SKyle StricklerMooresville, North Carolina
37
5RTad ReutzelBurt
35
28RRuss DickersonBoone
35
27WJason WollaRay, North Dakota
34
87Joel BushoreBoone
34
70Jesse DennisPrescott
33
77Kurt KileNichols
32
58Dennis PittmanJamaica
32
4Ryan MaitlandWaterloo
32
21Brennen ChippWaterloo
31
9Ken SchraderConcord, North Carolina
30
12Trenton JacksonMarshalltown
30
2Brandon MaitlandWaterloo
30
3GBryce GarnhartShannon, Illinois
29
80Jerry DedrickVinton
29
007Luke LemmensGreen Bay, Wisconsin
28
3WChris WebbMcCallsburg
28
F7Patrick FlannaganCedar Rapids
28
20WA.J. WardIonia, Michigan
27
71Dennis LaVeineWest Burlington
27
75MJustin MedlerMinot, North Dakota
26
9XTyler GroenendykOskaloosa
25

T.J. SmithMenasha, Wisconsin
25
95Brian JoskiGreen Bay, Wisconsin
24
1JRBen ChapmanClarence
24
70Mitch MorrisBlue Grass
23
1HJeremy SorensonWilliston, North Dakota
22
505Racer HulinLaurel
22
02Andrew SchroederKeswick
21
77Josh FosterNewton
20
98Jason SnyderDunkerton
19
757Tony WedelstadtNew London, Wisconsin
18
5MLance MariNapiero, California
18
5RBill RobertsBurlington
18
36TJeff WigginsGreenfield
17
40Scott DickeyPackwood
17
66Gordon HeadDes Moines
17
237Zach RawlinsNewton
17
5MMatt MeineckeWoodward
17
17RDerek ReimerSt Anthony
16
12CKent CroskeyPolk City
15
40RCRod ClementRhodes
14
4Tony HilgenbergWaukee
13
9EEric ElliottBoone
12
74Tim PessekHutchinson, Minnesota
12
49JJason MurrayHartford
11
64ZCBrandon LeemanRoland
11
14Cody MorganMcCallsburg
11
1BCTony CoxBoone
11

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars
Car #Driver NameHometown
Points
99DDamon MurtyChelsea
150
19JJay SchmidtTama
144
35Donavon SmithLake City
77
15Norman ChesmoreRowley
75
5ATyler PickettBoxholm
70
22DJared DaggettMarshalltown
70
2NDonavon NunnikhovenSully
68
3Scooter DulinCedar Rapids
66
25Trent MurphyScranton
61
22RTodd ReitzlerGrinnell
53
50XKevin BalmerGarwin
53
52Ben WaldingDes Moines
53
46Cody FrerichsHoward Lake, Minnesota
46
9EAustin EvensIndependence
43
14Derrick AgeeMoberly, Missouri
40
10CCCayden CarterOskaloosa
39
94Steve MeyerGrundy Center
38
11Mike HughesOskaloosa
36
02Adam KlockeCarroll
36
35JWCasey WokenNorton, Kansas
35
6XBob AhrendsenCedar Rapids
35
97Nathan BurkeMinot, North Dakota
34
5ITodd InmanRunnells
34
8EMitchell EvensIndependence
34
10Rod SnellenbergerPulaski, Wisconsin
32
22Wayne GiffordBoone
32
97Lynn PanosCalmar
32
28Greg GillMuscatine
31
4JRRussell Damme JrWaterloo
31
77CCraig CarlsonMadrid
31
23LCurt BalmerGreen Mountain
30
23HRRod RichardsMadrid
30
51Eric ZwirschitzAntigo, Wisconsin
29
7KAndrew KnodeAdel
29
68Jeremy SwansonWestby, Montana
28
3WJeff WollamMarshalltown
28
28MKeith MattoxRay, North Dakota
27
98BMichael BilyeuIndianola
27
31WMatt WestKellerton
27
2MAngel MunozLemar, Colorado
26
89JJerry SchipperDike
26

Randy CasnerOsceola
26
52Nathan WoodSigourney
25
525Chase ParkerHortonville, Wisconsin
25
12Rob StenboldMinot, North Dakota
24
04Don VisMarshalltown
24
27DBrad DuttonDes Moines
24
F50Kyle FrederickOconto Falls, Wisconsin
23

Jeremy KinsleyAurora, Nebraska
23
79Charles BelewGranger
22
22XTyler BrauckmanCarroll
20
76Norman BelewGranger
19
82Joel TiggesCarroll
18

Keith SimmonsSt Charles
17
7NHoward NorrisGrimes
17
56Lonnie HodgesBoone
17

IMCA Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods
Car #Driver NameHometown
Points
82Jake McBirnieBoone
153
19XXBrandon SpanjerCrete, Nebraska
131
69JRJonathan LogueBoone
119
6AAdam ArmstrongBeatrice, Nebraska
113
64Zach McKinnonWausau, Wisconsin
109
198Sam WiebenDysart
97
57RRyan KingMontour
78
3RRandy RobertsBoone
76
7Carter VanDenBergOskaloosa
76
K3Kyle OlsonCedar Rapids
66
T23Tony OlsonCedar Rapids
66
86Cory RoseBoone
63
8RChase RudolfNorwalk
62
30Shawn CooneyDes Moines
61
3LClint LuellenMinburn
59
13TTaylor MusselmanUrbandale
54
3AAustin LuellenMinburn
49
62Cory PestotnikBoone
48
22HCurt HilmerDysart
48
8Dusty MasoliniDes Moines
43
11Ethan BraaksmaNewton
42
5KKyle PraunerNorfolk, Nebraska
40
12Doug SmithLake City
39
3TTyler SoppeSherrill
38
2Joey SchaeferWaterloo
38
2BRobert MooreMaxwell
37
0Lucas LamberiesClintonville, Wisconsin
36
94JJ AndersenPulaski, Wisconsin
35
777Cody OlsenOmaha, Nebraska
35
B21Brandon TharpCenter Point
35
72Brett LowryMontezuma
34
67XBrandon WilliamsBoone
33
A5Austin PaulMonroe
33
8TTony JohnsonOskaloosa
32
1MMitch ManternachEarlville
32
321Andy TiernanWoodward
31
189Brian EfkampAnkeny
31
2JRWyatt BlockTigerton, Wisconsin
31
1VCurtis VanDerWalOskaloosa
30
01Brayton CarterOskaloosa
29
5JRJami RitterKeystone
29
24Kelly HendersonMinot, North Dakota
28
11MMike MitchellCedar Rapids
28
98Thomas EgenbergerDes Moines
27
81Dan MeltonRhinelander, Wisconsin
27
95Sawyer HaeseGreen Bay, Wisconsin
27
25RChad RyersonWellsburg
26
18CRyan MoserEnglewood, Colorado
26
99Erick KnutsenCedar Rapids
26
9Nick DuncanIowa Falls
25
3RDanny DvorakVinton
25
99Rocky CaudleEllsworth
24
0PHunter ParsonsGreen Bay, Wisconsin
24
25MMichael MurphyJefferson
24
29Colton LivezeyNew Sharon
22
49Nate WhitehurstMason City
22
7DDakoda SellersWaverly
22
65JJosh AppelMason City
21
10Lee RouseAtkins
21
32NNeil FollettConrad
20
21DDan DruryEldora
20
85Jason McDanielEldon
19
41Thor AndersonDoon
18
09BKevin BethkeNeenah, Wisconsin
18
80JJared Van DeestHolland
18
20Brandon SchmittBeaver Dam, Wisconsin
17
93Hunter LongneckerWoodward
16
103Brekken KleinschmidtFond Du Lac, Wisconsin
15
66Levi ChippLatimer
15
13MMatthew MunyonKellerton
12
99REArie SchoutenBlair, Nebraska
12
13VCurtis VeberPolk City
11
86Jacob MorrisEldridge
11
34ZCory Van ZanteSully
11

Brant LemerAmes
11

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Car #Driver NameHometown
Points
4WJohn WatsonDes Moines
145
27Clint NelsonBaxter
126
79Benji IrvineStanley
110
7BEric StantonCarlisle
104
45Justin WachaVinton
104
29Nathan BallardMarengo
95
42ZBrandon PittsAmes
78
14CLeah WrotenIndependence
70
42TTyson OvertonCarlisle
69
19XAugust BachNewton
64
7XDustin GrahamBoone
62
35BShawn KuennenHazelton
57
717Zach SwansonWaterloo
54
7David SimpsonAnkeny
49
77Derek HodgesDes Moines
48
71AKyle DulinBrandon
46
T56Tim BarberStory City
45
z00mJack PhillipsMitchellville
44
58BRandy ByerlyTipton
42
21Nick UlinAgency
40
19DDustin ElliottMarshalltown
40
78Shannon AndersonDes Moines
40
18DKevin DerryIndianola
39
32TBobby GreeneTracy
38
11BSolomon BennettPerry
38
48Matt PetrzelkaNorway
37
10DBrian DerryBoone
36
9DDana BrandtMinot, North Dakota
35
500Garrett EilanderNewton
35
23GGreg GilbertOsceola
34
5Dustin LynchBoone
34
166Justin LichtyWaterloo
33
9HKenny HayDes Moines
32
83Eugene NicklasGrinnell
32
09Daniel WautersIowa City
32
10GDustin GriffithsHedrick
31
12Mike KincaidCincinnati
30
4XGary PfantzState Center
30
18Jordan PetersAnkeny
30
51DDustin FilloonToledo
29
7CChad LeGereAnkeny
29
73Aaron MartinOttumwa
28
17Nathan ForeyWaterloo
28
84Danny ThrasherAgency
27
37Shane ButlerScranton
27
707Derek ThranGrundy Center
27
66Brandon CoxNorwalk
26
89RRyan WellsRunnells
25
74HTim HartherAtkins
25
3SSteve AllenOskaloosa
24
75DDale KiteKeystone
24
78XXDavid RieksEldora
23
81MTravis MericalMarshalltown
21
23Cody GustoffScranton
21
38RAaron RudolphGrand Junction
20
22CCraig LovigMarshalltown
19
23JRJustin HansonHawkeye
17
17Andy PeckNewton
17
57MDavid McQuistonVan Meter
15
47WShaun WirtzBoone
13
7BJim Ball Jr.Independence
12