By Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (March 30th, 2016) - With the unpredictability of mother nature many wondered if the Southern Iowa Speedway was going to open the Frostbuster Series. Mother Nature never dropped any liquid sunshine at the race track so racing was ran and there was excitement and wild races.
The official car count was 93 cars signed in from 11 different states. States represented was Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, Montana, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
After a caution forced a restart, Tim Ward led the opening lap of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Kyle Brown grabbed the top spot away from Ward and started to pull away however Kelly Shyrock worked his way from fourth place starting position around Cayden Carter and Ward, Shyrock set his sights on Brown. Brown encounter lap traffic on lap 12 but the lap traffic got so heavy that Shyrock tried to get by Brown. Brown held off Shyrock to take the win. Carter, Arizona's RC Whitwell and Arizona's Tim Ward rounded out the top five.
Jay Schmidt and Derrick Agee led the field to the green in the IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature, Schmidt grabbed the lead on lap one but Agee worked his way to the top spot on lap two. Agee and Schmidt seemed confortable in those positons when the only race caution came out when Jeremy Swanson spun on the back stretch. This allowed Cayden Carter the opportunity to move to the second position and begin to challenge Agee for the lead. Carter grabbed the lead away from Agee coming to the white flag but Agee was not to be denied as he out dueled Carter the last lap to take the win. Damon Murty moved up nine spots to finish third, Schmidt fell back to fourth and Mike Hughes was fifth.
The IMCA SportMods feature was slowed by a pile up on the front stretch forcing a restart. Kyle Prauner from Nebraska grabbed the top spot and never looked back taking the easy victory ahead Carter VanDenBerg, Brandon Spanjer, Jake McBirnie and Lucas Lamberies.
Nick Ulin took the lead on lap one of the IMCA Hobby Stocks feature however shortly after several cars got together in turn three including Eric Stanton, who took a wild ride, Stanton was able to walk away. Ulin checked out and took the easy win ahead of John Watson, Bobby Greene, Nathan Ballard and Benji Irvine.
The Frostbuster Series moves to the Home of IMCA and the Benton County Speedway for Night two. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:15pm. Marshalltown Speedway hosts Friday's and Boone Speedway has Saturday's.
Next Up for the Southern Iowa Speedway is the Season Opener for Track Points with all five weekly classes, Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts all taking to the monster half mile. Hot Laps at 7pm, Racing at 7:30pm.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Musco Lighting Frostbuster
March 30th, 2016
Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 2. 3 Kelly Shyrock (Fertile); 3. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 96RC RC Whitwell (Tucuson, Arizona); 5. 4TW Tim Ward (Gilbert, Arizona); 6. 7SR Richie Gustin (Gilman); 7. 27W Jason Wolla (Ray, North Dakota); 8. 70 Jesse Dennis (Prescott); 9. 77 Kurt Kile (Nichols); 10. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 11. 9 Ken Schrader (Concord, North Carolina); 12. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 13. 007 Luke Lemmens (Green Bay, Wisconsin); 14. 20W AJ Ward (Ionia, Michigan); 15. 75M Justin Medler (Minot, North Dakota); 16. 9X Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 17. 95 Brian Joski (Green Bay, Wisconsin); 18. 3M Mike Mueller (Rosendale, Wisconsin); 19. 1H Jeremy Sorenson (Williston, North Dakota); 20. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 21. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 22. 21D David Brown (Kellogg); 23. 757 Tony Wedelstadt (New London, Wisconsin); 24. 36T Jeff Wiggins (Greenfield); 25. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 26. 66 Gordon Head (Des Moines)
Heat 1 - 1. Carter; 2. Kile; 3. Gustin; 4. Lemmens; 5. Medler; 6. AJ Ward; 7. Dickey; 8. Wiggins; 9. Mueller
Heat 2 - 1. Kyle Brown; 2. Wolla; 3. Joski; 4. Tim Ward; 5. Wedelstadt; 6. Groenendyk; 7. Schroeder; 8. David Brown; 9. Hogan
Heat 3 - 1. Whitewell; 2. Shyrock; 3. Dennis; 4. Sorenson; 5. Schrader; 6. Brinton; 7. Murray; 8. Head
IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, Missouri); 2. 10CC Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 5. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 6. 35JW Casey Woken (Norton, Kansas); 7. 97 Nathan Burke (Minot, North Dakota); 8. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 9. 10 Rod Snellenberger (Pulaski, Wisconsin); 10. 28 Greg Gill (Muscatine); 11. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 12. 51 Eric Zwirschitz (Antigo, Wisconsin); 13. 68 Jeremy Swanson (Westby, Montana); 14. 28M Keith Mattox (Ray, North Dakota); 15. 2M Angel Munoz (Lemar, Colorado); 16. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 17. 12 Rob Stenbold (Minot, North Dakota); 18. F50 Kyle Frederick (Oconto Falls, Wisconsin); 19. 9E Austin Evens (Independence)
Heat 1 - 1. Munoz; 2. Swanson; 3. Burke; 4. Murty; 5. Reitzler; 6. Wood; 7. Mattox
Heat 2 - 1. Hughes; 2. Carter; 3. Nunnikhoven; 4. Schmidt; 5. Woken; 6. Frederick
Heat 3 - 1. Agee; 2. Gill; 3. Stenbold; 4. Snellenberger; 5. Zwirschitz; 6. Evens
Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 5K Kyle Prauner (Norfolk, Nebraska); 2. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 3. 19XX Brandon Spanjer (Crete, Nebraska); 4. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 5. 0 Lucas Lamberies (Clintonville, Wisconsin); 6. 777 Cody Olsen (Omaha, Nebraska); 7. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 8. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 9. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 10. 2JR Wyatt Block (Tigerton, Wisconsin); 11. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 12. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 13. 24 Kelly Henderson (Minot, North Dakota); 14. 95 Sawyer Haese (Green Bay, Wisconsin); 15. 18C Ryan Moser (Englewood, Colorado); 16. 13T Taylor Musselman (Urbandale); 17. 0P Hunter Parsons (Green Bay, Wisconsin); 18. 64 Zach McKinnon (Wausau, Wisconsin); 19. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 20. 198 Sam Wieben (Dyart); 21. 69JR Jonathan Logue (Boone); 22. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 23. 09B Kevin Bethke (Neenah, Wisconsin); 24. 20 Brandon Schmitt (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin)
B-Feature (top 4 advance) - 1. Haese; 2. Moser; 3. Henderson; 4. Johnson; 5. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 6. 103 Brekken Kleinschmidt (Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin); 7. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 8. 6A Adam Armstrong (Beatrice, Nebraska); 9. 99RE Arie Schouten (Blair, Nebraska); 10. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 11. 57R Ryan King (Montour)
Heat 1 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. McKinnon; 3. Prauner; 4. Livezey; 5. Bethke; 6. Cooney; 7. Henderson; 8. Kleinschmidt
Heat 2 - 1. Lowry; 2. Wieben; 3. Schmitt; 4. Block; 5. Olsen; 6. Armstrong; 7. Haese; 8. Moser
Heat 3 - 1. Musselman; 2. Logue; 3. Spanjer; 4. Parsons; 5. Carter; 6. Johnson; 7. Braaksma; 8. King
Heat 4 - 1. VanDenBerg; 2. McBirnie; 3. McDaniel; 4. Lamberies; 5. Paul; 6. Schouten; 7. Van Zante
IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 2. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 3. 32T Bobby Greene (Tracy); 4. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 5. 79 Benji Irvine (Oelwein); 6. 9D Dana Brandt (Minot, North Dakota); 7. 42T Tyson Overton (Carlisle); 8. 27 Clint Nelson (Baxter); 9. 9H Kenny Hay (Des Moines); 10. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Hedrick); 11. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 12. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 13. 73 Aaron Martin (Ottumwa); 14. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 15. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 16. 19X August Bach (Newton); 17. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa)
Heat 1 - 1. Thrasher; 2, Ulin; 3. Overton; 4. Kincaid; 5. Greene; 6. Brandt; 7. Nelson; 8. Hay; 9. Ballard
Heat 2 - 1. Watson; 2. Stanton; 3. Irvine; 4. Martin; 5. Griffiths; 6. Cox; 7. Bach; 8. Allen
