Taft, Thrasher, McDaniel and Hughes Take Final Checkers at Bloomfield in 2016
by Jeremy Fox
Bloomfield, Iowa (September 24th, 2016) - Saturday Night was the end of limited 2016 racing schedule at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway, that it shared with the Eldon Raceway, as 62 cars signed in to tame the 3/8 mile dirt oval on the Davis County Fairgrounds.
First feature of the night was the Sport Compacts/4 Cylinders 12 lap feature event and it was Brandon Reu and Kyle Boyd leading the field to the green. Reu led the opening lap but shortly after the first lap was scored the caution came out for Nathan Moody in turn one. Reu had Boyd and Barry Taft, who picked up the feature Friday Night in Eldon on his back bumper. Taft got the best restart out of all them as he took the top spot away from Reu. Taft held on to sweep the weekend by taking the win ahead of Reu. Chuck Fullenkamp finished third, Boyd was fourth and Kimberly Abbott was fifth.
Next Up was the Hobby Stocks 14 lap feature event and it was Birthday Boy Danny Thrasher taking advantage of the pole as he grabbed the top sport early but fellow Agency driver Nick Ulin was in tow. Ulin edged out Thrasher on lap four and continued to hold off Thrasher until lap eight when Trasher took the lead back. Thrasher held off Ulin to take the win. Aaron Martin was third, Blake Hultz came across in fourth but was disqualifed in post race tech inspection for illegal carburetor that moved Cody Wirt from Otho to fourth and Jon Irwin to fifth.
Dakota Simmons and Jim Walker led the field to the green in the 16 lap SportMods feature event and it was Mystic's Jim Walker grabbing the top spot early and Walker pulled away and was out for a saturday night cruise until the caution came out on lap seven for David Snyder in turn four. Walker had Simmons and Jason McDaniel to contend with on the restart and it Walker saw McDaniel grab the top spot away. McDaniel held off Walker to take the win. Simmons, Brandon Dale and Austen Beccerra rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 18 lap Stock Cars feature event and it was a pair of four cars that led the field to the green, Jake Wenig and Corey Strothman. Wenig grabbed the top spot right away but Strothman tried to get by and just before the third circuit was scored the caution came out when Strothman spun in turn four collecting Riley Newton and Jason Cook in turn four. Strothman and Newton was tow back pit side meanwhile Cook was able to continue when the race went back to the green. Wenig continued to lead until Mike Hughes, winner Friday Night at Eldon, worked his way up from his sixth place starting spot. Hughes held on to sweep the weekend but admitted in victory lane that his power stearing was going out the last five laps and the radiator hose popped off in victory lane shortly after too. Wenig finished second ahead of Jason See, Todd Reitzler and Derrick Agee, driving brother Cody's car.
Keep an eye on the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway Facebook page this Fall and Winter for information about 2017 Racing events in Bloomfield and Do Not forget to check out the sister track's Eldon Raceway.......Home of the Super 1/2 mile Facebook page for their events next year.
Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway
Season Finale
September 24th, 2016
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 2. 4 Jake Wenig, Burlington; 3. 79S Jason See, Albia; 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 5. 25 Derrick Agee, Moberly, Missouri; 6. 27J Jason Cook, Mount Pleasant; 7. 3M Phil McClure, Floris; 8. 72E Brad Egbert, Bloomfield; 9. 47 Darin Dezwarte, Knoxville; 10. 3D Daniel Gordon, Oskaloosa; 11. 89 Randy Exline, Mystic; 12. 5A Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 13. C4 Corey Strothman, Mount Union; 14. 07 Riley Newton, Bloomfield; DNS/15. 77 Dalton Lynch, Bloomfield.
Heat 1 - 1. Hughes; 2. See; 3. Wenig; 4. Cook; 5. Newton; 6. Gordon; 7. Pickett; 8. Dezwarte.
Heat 2 - 1. Reitzler; 2. Strothman; 3. Agee; 4. McClure; 5. Egbert; 6. Exline; 7. Lynch.
SportMods
Feature - 1. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 2. 80 Jim Walker, Mystic; 3. 40 Dakota Simmons, Douds; 4. 12D Brandon Dale, Arbela, Missouri; 5. 22 Austen Beccerra, Carthage, Illinois; 6. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 7. 26 Scott Brau, Brooklyn; 8. 27L Casey Lancaster, Glenwood, Missouri; 9. 4G Michael Guthrie, Ottumwa; 10. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 11. 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa; 12. 20 Dany Brau, Brooklyn; 13. 1 David Snyder, Greentop, Missouri; 14. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 15. 22B Aaron Bridgeman, Bloomfield; DNS/16. 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1.Walker; 2. Simmons; 3. Scott Brau; 4. Dale; 5. Lathrop; 6. Snyder; 7. Danny Brau; 8. VanDenBerg.
Heat 2 - 1. McDaniel; 2. Lancaster; 3. Anderson; 4. Paul; 5. Beccerra; 6. Guthrie; 7. Berry; 8. Bridgeman.
Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 2. 21 Nick Ulin, Agency; 3. 73 Aaron Martin, Ottumwa; 4. 57C Cody Wirt, Otho; 5. 43J Jon Irwin, Hedrick; 6. 27 Clint Nelson, Baxter; 7. 42Z Brandon Pitts, Ames; 8. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 9. 19 Curtis Oliver, Danville; 10. 717 Garrett Alexander, Milo; 11. 57 Scott Shull, Agency; 12. 26 Chris Archer, Lancaster, Missouri; 13. 77K Kyle Hamelton, Keokuk; DQ/14. 61 Blake Hultz, Madison, Missouri.
Heat 1 - 1. Ulin; 2. Wirt; 3. Shull; 4. Irwin; 5. Pitts; 6. Nelson; 7. Oliver.
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Hultz; 3. Martin; 4. Kincaid; 5. Alexander; 6. Archer; 7. Hamelton.
Sport Compacts / 4 Cylinders
Feature - 1. 57 Barry Taft, Argyle; 2. 27 Brandon Reu, Donnellson; 3. 48 Chuck Fullenkamp, West Point; 4. 99 Kyle Boyd, Ottumwa; 5. 71 Kimberly Abbott, Camp Point, Illinois; 6. 27X Darin Smith, Wapello; 7. 2M Brandon Housley, Ottumwa; 8. 04 Trent Orwig, Eldon; 9. 94 Kirk Hopkins, Ottumwa; 10. 26 Jim Garrett, Ottumwa; 11. 29 Kevin Garrett, Bloomfield; 12. 14L Brandon Lambert, Carthage, Illinois; 13. 52 Billy Cain, Floris; 14. 13B Jake Dietrich, Keokuk; 15. 33 Nicholas Van Hemert, Reinbeck; 16. 18 Renny McCarty, Cantril; 17. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Taft; 2. Reu; 3. Dietrich; 4. Hopkins; 5. Housley; 6. Van Hemert; 7. Jim Garrett; 8. Orwig.
Heat 2 - 1. Boyd; 2. Fullenkamp; 3. Abbott; 4. Smith; 6. Kevin Garrett; 7. Moody; 8. McCarty; DNS/9. Lambert.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Murray Takes His Second $10,000 World Nationals
Murray Takes His Second $10,000 World Nationals
by Jeremy Fox
For the first time since Marshalltown Speedway began holding the World Nationals / Havoc on the High banks ten years ago, the only night I was able to attend was the Saturday Night portion of the show but nobody was disappointed with the racing action that occur. 56 IMCA Modifieds checked in to see if they could put there name in the history books and cash in $10,000 payday that would go on along with that.
Also racing was 43 IMCA Northern SportMods and 27 IMCA Stock Cars to try to win $1,000 and 17 IMCA Hobby Stocks for $500 to win.
Top ten in points from the heat races on Friday Night in the Modifieds locked themselves in the Main Event, those drivers was Terry Phillips, Richie Gustin, Jordan Grabouski, Kelly Shryock, Ethan Dotson, Kyle Strickler, Kyle Brown, Jesse Dennis, Jimmy Gustin and Joel Rust. The rest would compete in Last Chance Qualifers. First was the last chance heats and the top two qualified from each of them with the next three going to the "Final Four" aka Last Chance B-Main. Last Chance Heats winners were Cody Laney, Kurt Kile, Andrew Schroeder, Mike Mullen and Ronn Lauritzen. Final Four race would go to Wisconsin's Jerry Wilinski.
After the field was set in stone for the 50 lap World Nationals Feature event for the Modifieds, it was out of car introductions on the front stretch and the four wide parade lap. Terry Phillips and Richie Gustin led the field to the green flag and it was Gustin grabbing the top spot but Phillips tried to make attempts to get by Gustin but was unsuccessful and then the caution came out on lap 12 for Jon Snyder and Benji LaCrosse getting together in turn four. Richie Gustin saw his brother Jimmy Gustin and Phillips on his back bumper on the restart but held them off until lap 17 when it was Jimmy Gustin taking the leading away from his brother. The caution came out on lap 18 when Joel Rust spun in turn four and then again on the restart when Cody Laney spun on the frontstretch. Jimmy Gustin saw Terry Phillips take the lead away on lap 21 just befor the caution came out for Mike Mullen sliding off the top of turn three. Phillips lead was short lived as 2013 World Nationals Winner Jacob Murray worked his way from 17th to the lead on lap 24.
Murray looked comfortable out front and appeared to be heading on to the easy win when the caution flag was displayed on lap 42 for Ronn Lauritzen spinning in turn four forcing an eight lap shootout. Murray held off 22nd place starter Marcus Yarie and 14th place starter Mike Mullen, both from Wisconsin to claim his second World Nationals Modified $10,000 win in a race car, that he and his family builds at Jake Murray Race Cars. Mullen got by Yarie for second at the line. Phillips slipped back to fourth and 2014 winner Benji LaCrosse started 24th and found his way to 5th. Rounding out the top ten was Tim Ward, Jordan Grabouski, Jimmy Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen and Kyle Strickler.
The IMCA Stock Cars never seem to disappoint as they lived up to the "Class to Tough to Tame" as Mike Schmidt and Damon Murty redrew the front row. Schmidt led the first lap before Murty was able to take the top spot on lap two. Shortly after the caution came out when Donavon Smith, Harley Simon and Andrew Knode got together in turn four. On the restart, Kyle Vanover, Kevin Hebbe, Chris Wiltse, Randy Brands and Jeff Wollam was all deemed stopped in turn two bringing at the caution and Schmidt was sent to the tail for questionable driving resulting in the incident, however on my point of view when the caution came out a few of the cars were still moving but u cannot change the call now. Murty knew that put the "Soon-to-be" National Champion Mike Nichols on his back bumper in which he was able to hold him off to take his second consecutive World Nationals Stock Car feature win as he also claimed Friday's checker. Nichols finished second ahead of Mike Mueller and Joe White. Kyle Vanover and Jeff Wollam both moved through the field to finish in fifth and sixth respectively.
After the initial start was called back in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event it was Brandon Pitts grabbing the top spot. Pitts was holding off Shannon Anderson until the caution came out on lap three for debris in turn four. That allowed Anderson to sneak by on the restart and pull away until the cautions came out on lap 12 for Carl Ellis in turn two and then on lap 13 for Justin Wacha and Keith Burg in turn one. Anderson had to contend with Eric Stanton and it was Stanton taking the lead on lap 16 but Anderson took it right back on lap 17 before a pair of cautions, first for Clint Nelson going off turn three and then on the restart for Chanse Hollatz on the run off road. Anderson and Statnon got in to a heated battle for the top spot and both wanting the win as the came out of turn four for the checkered flag, they got together allowing third place Dustin Graham to sneak by to claim the win. Stanton was credited with a second place finish, and Anderson was credited with last place. Wacha, Calvin Dhondt and Gary Pfantz rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods was a caution filled 25 lap feature event as by my count a total of eight caution flags was displayed. Jason Ebert from Clintonville, Wisconsin grabbed the lead early but just after lap two was scored the caution came out for Cody Olsen and Travis Peterson in turn two. That was not fazing Ebert as he held until the next caution came out on lap seven for Brandon Schmitt, Curtis Veber, Josh Appel and Lynn Brockett got together in turn one. Jared Boumeester from Waseca, Minnesota got by Ebert for the race lead and the only thing slowing Boumeester was the cautions, two on lap 17, one on lap 18 and two on lap 24 forcing a green/white-Checkered finish. Boumeester held off Clint Luellen who made several attempts on the outside but was unsuccessful and had to settle for second. Eric Flander finished third, Curtis VanDerWal was fourth and Adam Armstrong was fifth.
That wraps up the season at the Marshalltown Speedway so keep your eye on marshalltownspeedway.com or Marshalltown Speedway's Facebook page for information about next season.
There is still some racing action to take in across the state of Iowa or just cross the state line over the next month in a half before the season is completed and we all hiberate for the winter so get out to one of the fall specials.
by Jeremy Fox
For the first time since Marshalltown Speedway began holding the World Nationals / Havoc on the High banks ten years ago, the only night I was able to attend was the Saturday Night portion of the show but nobody was disappointed with the racing action that occur. 56 IMCA Modifieds checked in to see if they could put there name in the history books and cash in $10,000 payday that would go on along with that.
Also racing was 43 IMCA Northern SportMods and 27 IMCA Stock Cars to try to win $1,000 and 17 IMCA Hobby Stocks for $500 to win.
Top ten in points from the heat races on Friday Night in the Modifieds locked themselves in the Main Event, those drivers was Terry Phillips, Richie Gustin, Jordan Grabouski, Kelly Shryock, Ethan Dotson, Kyle Strickler, Kyle Brown, Jesse Dennis, Jimmy Gustin and Joel Rust. The rest would compete in Last Chance Qualifers. First was the last chance heats and the top two qualified from each of them with the next three going to the "Final Four" aka Last Chance B-Main. Last Chance Heats winners were Cody Laney, Kurt Kile, Andrew Schroeder, Mike Mullen and Ronn Lauritzen. Final Four race would go to Wisconsin's Jerry Wilinski.
After the field was set in stone for the 50 lap World Nationals Feature event for the Modifieds, it was out of car introductions on the front stretch and the four wide parade lap. Terry Phillips and Richie Gustin led the field to the green flag and it was Gustin grabbing the top spot but Phillips tried to make attempts to get by Gustin but was unsuccessful and then the caution came out on lap 12 for Jon Snyder and Benji LaCrosse getting together in turn four. Richie Gustin saw his brother Jimmy Gustin and Phillips on his back bumper on the restart but held them off until lap 17 when it was Jimmy Gustin taking the leading away from his brother. The caution came out on lap 18 when Joel Rust spun in turn four and then again on the restart when Cody Laney spun on the frontstretch. Jimmy Gustin saw Terry Phillips take the lead away on lap 21 just befor the caution came out for Mike Mullen sliding off the top of turn three. Phillips lead was short lived as 2013 World Nationals Winner Jacob Murray worked his way from 17th to the lead on lap 24.
Murray looked comfortable out front and appeared to be heading on to the easy win when the caution flag was displayed on lap 42 for Ronn Lauritzen spinning in turn four forcing an eight lap shootout. Murray held off 22nd place starter Marcus Yarie and 14th place starter Mike Mullen, both from Wisconsin to claim his second World Nationals Modified $10,000 win in a race car, that he and his family builds at Jake Murray Race Cars. Mullen got by Yarie for second at the line. Phillips slipped back to fourth and 2014 winner Benji LaCrosse started 24th and found his way to 5th. Rounding out the top ten was Tim Ward, Jordan Grabouski, Jimmy Gustin, Ronn Lauritzen and Kyle Strickler.
The IMCA Stock Cars never seem to disappoint as they lived up to the "Class to Tough to Tame" as Mike Schmidt and Damon Murty redrew the front row. Schmidt led the first lap before Murty was able to take the top spot on lap two. Shortly after the caution came out when Donavon Smith, Harley Simon and Andrew Knode got together in turn four. On the restart, Kyle Vanover, Kevin Hebbe, Chris Wiltse, Randy Brands and Jeff Wollam was all deemed stopped in turn two bringing at the caution and Schmidt was sent to the tail for questionable driving resulting in the incident, however on my point of view when the caution came out a few of the cars were still moving but u cannot change the call now. Murty knew that put the "Soon-to-be" National Champion Mike Nichols on his back bumper in which he was able to hold him off to take his second consecutive World Nationals Stock Car feature win as he also claimed Friday's checker. Nichols finished second ahead of Mike Mueller and Joe White. Kyle Vanover and Jeff Wollam both moved through the field to finish in fifth and sixth respectively.
After the initial start was called back in the IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event it was Brandon Pitts grabbing the top spot. Pitts was holding off Shannon Anderson until the caution came out on lap three for debris in turn four. That allowed Anderson to sneak by on the restart and pull away until the cautions came out on lap 12 for Carl Ellis in turn two and then on lap 13 for Justin Wacha and Keith Burg in turn one. Anderson had to contend with Eric Stanton and it was Stanton taking the lead on lap 16 but Anderson took it right back on lap 17 before a pair of cautions, first for Clint Nelson going off turn three and then on the restart for Chanse Hollatz on the run off road. Anderson and Statnon got in to a heated battle for the top spot and both wanting the win as the came out of turn four for the checkered flag, they got together allowing third place Dustin Graham to sneak by to claim the win. Stanton was credited with a second place finish, and Anderson was credited with last place. Wacha, Calvin Dhondt and Gary Pfantz rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods was a caution filled 25 lap feature event as by my count a total of eight caution flags was displayed. Jason Ebert from Clintonville, Wisconsin grabbed the lead early but just after lap two was scored the caution came out for Cody Olsen and Travis Peterson in turn two. That was not fazing Ebert as he held until the next caution came out on lap seven for Brandon Schmitt, Curtis Veber, Josh Appel and Lynn Brockett got together in turn one. Jared Boumeester from Waseca, Minnesota got by Ebert for the race lead and the only thing slowing Boumeester was the cautions, two on lap 17, one on lap 18 and two on lap 24 forcing a green/white-Checkered finish. Boumeester held off Clint Luellen who made several attempts on the outside but was unsuccessful and had to settle for second. Eric Flander finished third, Curtis VanDerWal was fourth and Adam Armstrong was fifth.
That wraps up the season at the Marshalltown Speedway so keep your eye on marshalltownspeedway.com or Marshalltown Speedway's Facebook page for information about next season.
There is still some racing action to take in across the state of Iowa or just cross the state line over the next month in a half before the season is completed and we all hiberate for the winter so get out to one of the fall specials.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Track Championships Settled on Season Championship Night at Southern Iowa Speedway
Track Championships Settled on Season Championship Night at Southern Iowa Speedway
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 31st, 2016) - Mother Nature has not been friendly this season at the Southern Iowa Speedway but Wednesday Night, she was and let the regular season end with a bang as two points championships were settled at the checkered flag on KBOE Radio, Mahaska Bottling and Yaw's Auto Salvage Season Championship Night. Fans were treated to out of the car introductions on the front stretch before each feature and also Zack Vanderbeek hot lapped his USMTS Car and Cayden Carter hot lapped his IMCA Late Model.
60 cars signed in to tame the monster half mile at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds and thanks to Yaw's Auto Salvage, $500 extra was thrown to the purse. $100 extra to the feature winner in the Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks and $50 extra to the Sport Compact feature winner. $50 extra went to the 2nd place finisher in the class with the highest car count and that would go to the SportMods.
Feature winners on the night was Andrew Schroeder (IMCA Modifieds), Nathan Wood (IMCA Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (IMCA SportMods), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Brad Havel (IMCA Sport Compacts). Track Champions were crowned Colt Mather in Modifieds, Louis Lynch in Stock Cars, VanDerWal in SportMods, Griffiths in Hobby Stocks and Shane Evans in Sport Compacts.
Also announced was the 2016 Class of the Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame, and the inductees are Dean Hughes, Terry Schroeder and Pokie West. Those three will be officially inducted Saturday October 8th during the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.
First feature of the night was the 15 lap KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods feature event. Dakota Simmons and Colton Livezey led the field to green, and it was Simmons grabbing the top spot but just after one lap was completed the caution came out when Shawn Cooney exited off turn three. On the restart, Livezey took the lead away from Simmons and began to pull away from the field until Curtis VanDerWal worked his way to second. VanDerWal began to reel in Livezey and on lap 14, VanDerWal would take the lead away from Livezey. Livezey could not get back by VanDerWal, as VanDerWal went on to take his seventh win in Osky and third IMCA SportMod track championship. Livezey finished second ahead of Cory Van Zante, Austin Paul and Matthew VanGelder.
Up next was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature and going into the night, Louis Lynch had a three point advantage over Mike Hughes so you knew even though only eight stock cars checked in (seven race as one experienced troubles in hot laps) it was going to be a great battle until the checkered flag. Nathan Wood and Todd Reitzler led the field to the green but Mike Hughes was determined to win the track championship as he wrestled the lead away from Wood and Reitzler. Hughes held off every attempt from Nathan Wood until the final lap when Wood pulled the crossover move getting under Hughes coming to the checkered flag. Wood edged out Hughes at the finish line to take his second win at Osky and that meant Hughes lost the track championship by a nose. Todd Reitzler was third, Louis Lynch finished fourth and Mike Brown was fifth. Lynch beat Hughes by one point for the track championship.
Andrew Schroeder lead from start to finish in the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature to claim his second win of the season at Osky. Cayden Carter ran second the entire distance with Dakota Hayden, Scott Dickey and Gordon Head rounding out the top five. Colt Mather had the track championship clinched and after having mechanical issues in the heat race so sidelined him for the feature.
Normally the IMCA Sport Compacts ten lap feature, is the first feature but tonight it would be next to last feature and going in to the night Shane Evans had a nine point advantage over Bill Whalen Jr so again just like the Stock Cars the track championship would be decided at the checkered flag. Brad Havel started outside row two and by the end of lap one, he found himself in position one. Havel knew that hard chargers had to be coming but he remained perfect every lap going on to take his first win. Josh Barnes started tenth and finished second. James Roose, Levi Heath and Bill Whalen Jr rounded out the top five. Shane Evans experienced issues and finished in 13th position but that was just enough as he beat Whalen by one pt for his first ever track championship.
Final feature of the night was the 14 lap Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event. Bradley Graham led lap one but Danny Thrasher took the lead away on lap two. Graham was not going to give up as he wrestled the lead away on lap three. Graham and Thrasher now saw Dustin Griffiths race his way up from his seventh place starting spot to take the top spot away on lap four. On thing slowing Griffiths was the caution on lap six when Kelsie Spilman spun in turn four. Griffiths held off late race challenges from Nick Ulin and Thrasher to claim his seventh win of the season and his third Hobby Stock track championship. Ulin finished second, Thrasher was third, Scott Shull was fourth and Graham fell back to fifth.
Weekly Racing may be over at the Southern Iowa Speedway but racing action is not over yet as the speedway will return to action with the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th. Dean Hughes, Terry Schroeder and Pokie West will have their official Hall of Fame induction on the Saturday show of the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.
For more information check out http://www.oskyspeedway.com/ or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook Page.
Southern Iowa Speedway
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling / Yaw's Auto Salvage Season Championships
August 31st, 2016
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 2. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 3. 12H Dakota Hayden, Wilton; 4. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 5. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines; 6. 163 David Snyder, Greentop, Missouri; DNS/7. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick.
Heat - 1. Schroeder; 2. Carter; 3. Hayden; 4. Head; 5. Mather; DQ Dickey; DQ Snyder.
2016 Track Champion - 8 Colt Mather, Keswick
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 3. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 4. 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Missouri; 5. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 6. 17 Brock Welch, Oskaloosa; 7. 79S Jason See, Albia; DNS/8. 57C Cody Thompson, Ainsworth.
Heat - 1. Wood; 2. Lynch; 3. Hughes; 4. Reitzler; 5. See; 6. Brown; 7. Welch; DNS Thompson.
2016 Track Champion - 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Missouri.
KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 3. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 4. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 5. 16 Matthew VanGelder, Pella; 6. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 7. 40 Dakota Simmons, Douds; 8. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 9. 80 Jim Walker, Mystic; 10. 26 Scott Brau, Brooklyn; 11. 30 Shawn Cooney, Des Moines; 12. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 13. 41 Stevie Smith, Des Moines; 14. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 15. 12 Eric Flander, Pella; 16. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 17. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey.
Heat 1 - 1. Livezey; 2. Anderson; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Van Zante; 5. Paul; 6. McDaniel; 7. Brau; 8. Berry; 9. Smith.
Heat 2 - 1. Flander; 2. VanGelder; 3. Simmons; 4. Walker; 5. Cooney; 6. Brink; 7. Johnson; 8. Carter.
2016 Track Champion - 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa.
Pespi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 2. 21 Nick Ulin, Agency; 3. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. 57 Scott Shull, Agency; 5. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 6. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 7. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 8. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 9. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 10. 32TX PJ Veenstra, Oskaloosa; 11. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 12. 7 Kirk Puttmann, Keota; 13. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey; 14. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; DNS/15. 69 Craig Brown, Eldon.
Heat 1 - 1. Griffiths; 2. Greene; 3. Graham; 4. Ulin; 5. Kincaid; 6. Veenstra; 7. Spilman; DNS Brown.
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Shull; 3. Huffman; 4. Jared Stephens; 5. Brad Stephens; 6. Puttmann; 7. Seddon.
2016 Track Champion - 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick.
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 11H Brad Havel, Iowa City; 2. 13B Josh Barnes, Keokuk; 3. 86R James Roose, Grandview; 4. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 5. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 6. 99B Kyle Boyd, Ottumwa; 7. 04 Trent Orwig, Eldon; 8. 23B Jason Breuklander, Oskaloosa; 9. 52 Billy Cain, Floris; 10. 25K Brandon Allison, Oskaloosa; 11. 8 Austin Reuman, Hills; 12. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 13. 92E Shane Evans, Iowa City; DNS/14. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown.
Heat 1 - 1. Heath; 2. Barnes; 3. Breuklander; 4. Cain; 5. Moody; 6. Gill; 7. Allison.
Heat 2 - 1. Evans; 2. Havel; 3. Boyd; 4. Roose; 5. Whalen; 6. Reuman; 7. Orwig.
2016 Track Champion - 92E Shane Evans, Iowa City.
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 31st, 2016) - Mother Nature has not been friendly this season at the Southern Iowa Speedway but Wednesday Night, she was and let the regular season end with a bang as two points championships were settled at the checkered flag on KBOE Radio, Mahaska Bottling and Yaw's Auto Salvage Season Championship Night. Fans were treated to out of the car introductions on the front stretch before each feature and also Zack Vanderbeek hot lapped his USMTS Car and Cayden Carter hot lapped his IMCA Late Model.
60 cars signed in to tame the monster half mile at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds and thanks to Yaw's Auto Salvage, $500 extra was thrown to the purse. $100 extra to the feature winner in the Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks and $50 extra to the Sport Compact feature winner. $50 extra went to the 2nd place finisher in the class with the highest car count and that would go to the SportMods.
Feature winners on the night was Andrew Schroeder (IMCA Modifieds), Nathan Wood (IMCA Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (IMCA SportMods), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Brad Havel (IMCA Sport Compacts). Track Champions were crowned Colt Mather in Modifieds, Louis Lynch in Stock Cars, VanDerWal in SportMods, Griffiths in Hobby Stocks and Shane Evans in Sport Compacts.
Also announced was the 2016 Class of the Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame, and the inductees are Dean Hughes, Terry Schroeder and Pokie West. Those three will be officially inducted Saturday October 8th during the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.
First feature of the night was the 15 lap KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods feature event. Dakota Simmons and Colton Livezey led the field to green, and it was Simmons grabbing the top spot but just after one lap was completed the caution came out when Shawn Cooney exited off turn three. On the restart, Livezey took the lead away from Simmons and began to pull away from the field until Curtis VanDerWal worked his way to second. VanDerWal began to reel in Livezey and on lap 14, VanDerWal would take the lead away from Livezey. Livezey could not get back by VanDerWal, as VanDerWal went on to take his seventh win in Osky and third IMCA SportMod track championship. Livezey finished second ahead of Cory Van Zante, Austin Paul and Matthew VanGelder.
Up next was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature and going into the night, Louis Lynch had a three point advantage over Mike Hughes so you knew even though only eight stock cars checked in (seven race as one experienced troubles in hot laps) it was going to be a great battle until the checkered flag. Nathan Wood and Todd Reitzler led the field to the green but Mike Hughes was determined to win the track championship as he wrestled the lead away from Wood and Reitzler. Hughes held off every attempt from Nathan Wood until the final lap when Wood pulled the crossover move getting under Hughes coming to the checkered flag. Wood edged out Hughes at the finish line to take his second win at Osky and that meant Hughes lost the track championship by a nose. Todd Reitzler was third, Louis Lynch finished fourth and Mike Brown was fifth. Lynch beat Hughes by one point for the track championship.
Andrew Schroeder lead from start to finish in the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature to claim his second win of the season at Osky. Cayden Carter ran second the entire distance with Dakota Hayden, Scott Dickey and Gordon Head rounding out the top five. Colt Mather had the track championship clinched and after having mechanical issues in the heat race so sidelined him for the feature.
Normally the IMCA Sport Compacts ten lap feature, is the first feature but tonight it would be next to last feature and going in to the night Shane Evans had a nine point advantage over Bill Whalen Jr so again just like the Stock Cars the track championship would be decided at the checkered flag. Brad Havel started outside row two and by the end of lap one, he found himself in position one. Havel knew that hard chargers had to be coming but he remained perfect every lap going on to take his first win. Josh Barnes started tenth and finished second. James Roose, Levi Heath and Bill Whalen Jr rounded out the top five. Shane Evans experienced issues and finished in 13th position but that was just enough as he beat Whalen by one pt for his first ever track championship.
Final feature of the night was the 14 lap Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks feature event. Bradley Graham led lap one but Danny Thrasher took the lead away on lap two. Graham was not going to give up as he wrestled the lead away on lap three. Graham and Thrasher now saw Dustin Griffiths race his way up from his seventh place starting spot to take the top spot away on lap four. On thing slowing Griffiths was the caution on lap six when Kelsie Spilman spun in turn four. Griffiths held off late race challenges from Nick Ulin and Thrasher to claim his seventh win of the season and his third Hobby Stock track championship. Ulin finished second, Thrasher was third, Scott Shull was fourth and Graham fell back to fifth.
Weekly Racing may be over at the Southern Iowa Speedway but racing action is not over yet as the speedway will return to action with the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th. Dean Hughes, Terry Schroeder and Pokie West will have their official Hall of Fame induction on the Saturday show of the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge.
For more information check out http://www.oskyspeedway.com/ or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night Facebook Page.
Southern Iowa Speedway
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling / Yaw's Auto Salvage Season Championships
August 31st, 2016
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 02 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 2. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 3. 12H Dakota Hayden, Wilton; 4. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 5. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines; 6. 163 David Snyder, Greentop, Missouri; DNS/7. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick.
Heat - 1. Schroeder; 2. Carter; 3. Hayden; 4. Head; 5. Mather; DQ Dickey; DQ Snyder.
2016 Track Champion - 8 Colt Mather, Keswick
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 3. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 4. 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Missouri; 5. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 6. 17 Brock Welch, Oskaloosa; 7. 79S Jason See, Albia; DNS/8. 57C Cody Thompson, Ainsworth.
Heat - 1. Wood; 2. Lynch; 3. Hughes; 4. Reitzler; 5. See; 6. Brown; 7. Welch; DNS Thompson.
2016 Track Champion - 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Missouri.
KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 3. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 4. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 5. 16 Matthew VanGelder, Pella; 6. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 7. 40 Dakota Simmons, Douds; 8. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 9. 80 Jim Walker, Mystic; 10. 26 Scott Brau, Brooklyn; 11. 30 Shawn Cooney, Des Moines; 12. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 13. 41 Stevie Smith, Des Moines; 14. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 15. 12 Eric Flander, Pella; 16. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 17. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey.
Heat 1 - 1. Livezey; 2. Anderson; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Van Zante; 5. Paul; 6. McDaniel; 7. Brau; 8. Berry; 9. Smith.
Heat 2 - 1. Flander; 2. VanGelder; 3. Simmons; 4. Walker; 5. Cooney; 6. Brink; 7. Johnson; 8. Carter.
2016 Track Champion - 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa.
Pespi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 2. 21 Nick Ulin, Agency; 3. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. 57 Scott Shull, Agency; 5. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 6. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 7. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 8. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 9. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 10. 32TX PJ Veenstra, Oskaloosa; 11. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 12. 7 Kirk Puttmann, Keota; 13. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey; 14. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; DNS/15. 69 Craig Brown, Eldon.
Heat 1 - 1. Griffiths; 2. Greene; 3. Graham; 4. Ulin; 5. Kincaid; 6. Veenstra; 7. Spilman; DNS Brown.
Heat 2 - 1. Thrasher; 2. Shull; 3. Huffman; 4. Jared Stephens; 5. Brad Stephens; 6. Puttmann; 7. Seddon.
2016 Track Champion - 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick.
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 11H Brad Havel, Iowa City; 2. 13B Josh Barnes, Keokuk; 3. 86R James Roose, Grandview; 4. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 5. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 6. 99B Kyle Boyd, Ottumwa; 7. 04 Trent Orwig, Eldon; 8. 23B Jason Breuklander, Oskaloosa; 9. 52 Billy Cain, Floris; 10. 25K Brandon Allison, Oskaloosa; 11. 8 Austin Reuman, Hills; 12. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 13. 92E Shane Evans, Iowa City; DNS/14. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown.
Heat 1 - 1. Heath; 2. Barnes; 3. Breuklander; 4. Cain; 5. Moody; 6. Gill; 7. Allison.
Heat 2 - 1. Evans; 2. Havel; 3. Boyd; 4. Roose; 5. Whalen; 6. Reuman; 7. Orwig.
2016 Track Champion - 92E Shane Evans, Iowa City.
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