Thursday, August 24, 2017
Delonjay, Thrasher and Stephens Take First Wins at Osky on Season Championship Night
Delonjay, Thrasher and Stephens Take First Wins at Osky on Season Championship Night
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 23rd, 2017) - Weekly Racing came to a close at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Season Championship Night sponsored by KBOE 104.9 FM "Your Station for Local Racing" and Mahaska Bottling. 51 cars signed in to put the regular season to a close at the monster half mile.
Jeffrey Delonjay (Sport Compacts), Danny Thrasher (Stock Cars) and Brad Stephens (Hobby Stocks) all take first wins of the season at Osky meanwhile Scott Dickey (Modifieds) and Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods) make a return visit to victory lane.
Levi Heath and Nathan Moody led the field to the green in the Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature but by the end of lap one, it was Brandon Housley jumping out to the early lead. Housley looked comfortable out front meanwhile Heath exited pit side early after some expired on his hot rod and Moody slipped back to about fifth. Jeffrey Delonjay, making his first visit to Osky, took the lead over when Housley experience issues forcing him to his night. Shortly after the only caution came on lap nine when Moody hit the tires on the bottom side of turn four knocking it out on the track. That forced a green-white-checkered finish but Delonjay was not fazed as he went on to take his first win at Osky ahead of "Happy Feet" Bill Whalen Jr., John Gill and Dalton Winkleman. Levi Heath was the 2017 Track Champion.
Next up on the speedway was the 14 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modified feature event. Brandon Banks started outside the front row and he took advantage of that by grabbing the early lead however Banks exited pit side on lap four when experienced mechanical issues. That gave the lead to Scott Dickey after Andrew Schroeder also exited pit side. Dickey cruised on to take his third win of the season in Osky ahead of Carlisle's Garrett Wilson. Andrew Schroder was third, Gordon Head was fourth and Banks was fifth. Cayden Carter, not in attendance last night was the 2017 Track Champion.
In the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars feature, it was Michael Peterson taking the early lead but on lap four Peterson experienced issues and headed pit side that gave the lead over to Dustin Griffiths. The caution came out on lap six when Cody McClure spun in turn two. Griffiths knew it was not going to be easy as he had Danny Thrasher and Nathan Wood on his back bumper on the restart, those three would battle it out for the race lead with Griffiths holding on it until the final lap. Thrasher made the right move and edged out Wood and Griffiths at the line to take his first win in the Stock Cars. Wood was second, Griffiths was third, Mike Brown was fourth and McClure was fifth. Wood by simply starting the feature event clinched the 2017 Track Championship.
Danny Brau and Trent Brink battled for the top spot in the 14 lap Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods feature. Brink would officially be scored the leader at the line and led the first three laps before Logan Anderson took the top spot away on lap four. Anderson as the leader was short as Curtis VanDerWal took the lead away on lap five. VanDerWal cruised on to take his 11th win of the season in Osky. Anderson, Brink, Tony Johnson and Danny Brau rounded out the top five. VanDerWal also claimed the 2017 Track Championship.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Brad Stephens wrestled the lead away from fellow front starter Ryan Wells. Stephens slipped up just a bit allowing Jeff Anderson to take the top spot away on lap four. Shortly after the caution came out for Riley Meinders in turn one. Anderson and the field saw the caution again just after lap five scored when his son Shannon Anderson spun on the back stretch. Jeff Anderson had Brad and Jared Stephens on his back bumper but neither of them could by Anderson for the lead. The caution came out again on lap 10 for Meinders in turn two, on the restart Anderson had Brad Stephens and Aaron Martin behind him but again neither could take the lead. Anderson continued to lead until lap 13 when Mike Hughes made contact with Anderson in turn four sending Anderson spinning in front of the field. The caution came out immediately. Anderson would be able to continue and go to the tail, Hughes penalized for questionable driving. However under the caution, Shannon Anderson did not like what happened to his dad so he spun Hughes, Hughes then flipped upside down in turn two. As a result, Hughes and Shannon Anderson, both disqualified and received no points and no pay. Aaron Martin was to inherit the lead as he was running third at the time but he made contact in turn four and that gave the lead over to Stephens. Brad Stephens led the final two laps to take his first win ahead of Christian Huffman, Jared Stephens, Thomas Stevens and Ryan Wells. Shannon Anderson still went on to claim the 2017 Track Championship.
Weekly Racing has come to a close at the Southern Iowa Speedway but racing action has not as the Musco Lighting Fall Challenge takes place in October. Details will be on the website and Facebook in the next few weeks.
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Southern Iowa Speedway
Season Championships sponsored by KBOE Radio / Mahaska
August 23rd, 2017
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 2. 3W Garrett Wilson, Carlisle; 3. 02 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 4. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines; 5. 22 Brandon Banks, Washington; 6. D27 Dave Pries, Medaryville, Ind.
Heat - 1. Dickey; 2. Schroeder; 3. Wilson; 4. Banks; 5. Pries; 6. Head.
2017 Track Champion - 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa.
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 2. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 3. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 4. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 5. 5M Cody McClure, Bloomfield; 6. 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Griffiths; 3. Peterson; 4. Wood; 5. Brown; 6. McClure.
2017 Track Champion - 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 3. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey; 4. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskalosoa; 5. 20 Danny Brau, Brooklyn; 6. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 7. 10H Jack Housley, Runnells; 8. 26 Scott Brau, Brooklyn; 9. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 10. 49g Cole Pettyjohn, Leighton.
Heat - 1. Brink; 2. VanDerWal; 3. Danny Brau; 4. Anderson; 5. Johnson; 6. Paul; 7. Berry; 8. Housley; 9. Scott Brau; 10. Pettyjohn.
2017 Track Champion - 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey; 2. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 3. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 4. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 5. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 6. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 7. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 8. 3T Tonia Stevens, Guernsey; 9. 8R Jeff Anderson, Atlantic; 10. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 11. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 12. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 13. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 14. 3 Travis Bunnell, Hedrick; 15. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 16. 13M Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa; 17. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; DQ 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; DQ 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; DNS 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny.
Heat 1 - 1. Huffman; 2. Shannon Anderson; 3. Kincaid; 4. Jared Stephens; 5. Bunnell; 6. Tonia Stevens; 7. Seddon.
Heat 2 - 1. Hughes; 2. Graham; 3. Allen; 4. Wells; 5. Brown; 6. Meinders; DNS Songer.
Heat 3 - 1. Jeff Anderson; 2. Martin; 3. Brad Stephens; 4. Thomas Stevens; 5. Spilman; 6. Grafke.
2017 Track Champion - 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 32 Jeffrey Delonjay, Quincy, Ill.; 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr, Riverside; 3. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 4. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon; 5. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 6. 42 Brandon Housley, Ottumwa; 7. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; DNS/8. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa; DNS 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville.
Heat - 1. Housley; 2. Delonjay; 3. Heath; 4. Moody; 5. Gill; 6. Whalen; 7.Winkleman; 8. Orwig; DNS Claussen.
2017 Track Champion - 9H Levi Heath, Wilton.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Repeat Winners Race to Cure on Juvenile Diabetes Night
Repeat Winners Race to Cure on Juvenile Diabetes Night
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 2nd, 2017) - Wednesday Night at Southern Iowa Speedway was Juvenile Diabetes Awareness Night sponsored by Middlekoop Seed Corn of Packwood, Iowa. The youngsters got to have some fun at intermission with a Nickel and Toy Scramble thanks to Middlekoop and State Bank of Bussey, five lucky youngsters would also get the opportunity to present the trophy to the feature winners and take one home for themselves. To learn more about the Type 1 Diabetes check out jdrf.org.
The night saw returning visitors to victory lane, Cayden Carter (Modifieds), Nathan Wood (Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods), Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Trent Orwig (Sport Compacts).
As you usual, the first feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Levi Heath and John Gill led the field to the green but it was Trent Orwig starting outside row two jumping out to the race lead. Orwig after getting by Heath and Gill, he pulled away and never looked back going on take his second win of the season in Osky. Heath held on to second meanwhile Brad Havel passed John Gill for third. Gill held off Ryan Havel for fourth as Havel settled for fifth.
Up next was the 14 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modified feature. Cayden Carter took advantage of his front row starting spot as he grabbed the lead and pulled away and cruising on to take his fifth win of the season at Osky, this would also mean Carter has clinched the 2017 track title in the Modifieds. Brandon Banks ran second the entire feature, Dakota Simmons finish in the number three spot and Gordon Head was fourth.
In the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature, there was three different leaders in the first three laps. Danny Thrasher started on the pole and led lap one but he was in a battle with Dustin Griffiths, Derrick Agee, Nathan Wood, Mike Hughes and Todd Reitzler. Agee took the lead on lap two but it was Nathan Wood taking the lead on lap three. Once Wood was able to get to the top spot, he began to pull away meanwhile the battle behind continued. At the end of the feature, Wood crossed the start and finish line to take his fourth feature win at Osky. Dustin Griffiths was second, Mike Hughes was third, Todd Reitzler was fourth and Danny Thrasher was fifth.
Ethan Braaksma started on the outside front row of the 15 lap Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods feature event, Braaksma took full advantage of that by grabbing the lead on lap one. Braaksma's lead was short as Curtis VanDerWal, worked his way from the fifth place starting spot to take the lead away on lap two. Shortly after lap two scored in the books, the caution came out for debris in turn three. VanDerWal got a great restart and pulled away and went on to take his 10th win of the season at Osky and 7th in a row. Braaksma held on to second meanwhile Cory Van Zante, Austin Paul and Jason McDaniel rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Jared Stephens wrestled the lead away from Christian Huffman on lap one. Stephens tried to pull away until a pair of cautions came out on lap two for debris on the racing surface. Stephens got a great restart but he knew he need to as Shannon Anderson was making his way through the field. Anderson took the top spot away from Stephens on lap seven and pulled away. Anderson remains perfect as he took his 12th feature win of the season at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Stephens finished second, Jamie Songer was third, Aaron Martin was fourth and Thomas Stevens was fifth.
Weekly Racing is on hiatus until Wednesday August 23rd because of Southern Iowa Sprint Week including the 22nd Annual Front Row Challenge on Monday Night August 7th. When weekly racing returns on the 23rd it will be Season Championship Night presented by KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling for the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
For more information check out oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Juvenile Diabetes Awareness / Middlekoop Seed Corn
August 2nd, 2017
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 2. 22 Brandon Banks, Washington; 3. 40 Dakota Simmons, Douds; 4. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines.
Heat - 1. Carter; 2. Banks; 3. Simmons; 4. Head.
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 3. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 5. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 6. 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Mo.; 7. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 8. 4M Mike McClure, Bloomfield; 9. 64 Trent Jeanes, Chariton; 10. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Griffiths; 3. Hughes; 4. Wood; 5. Agee; 6. Reitzler; 7. Brown; 8. Lynch; 9. McClure; 10. Jeanes.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton; 3. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 4. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 5. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 6. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey; 7. 352 Charlie Weber, Sigourney; 8. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 9. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 10. 20 Danny Brau, Brooklyn; 11. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville.
Heat 1 - 1. Braaksma; 2. Brink; 3. McDaniel; 4. Weber; 5. Brau; 6. Johnson.
Heat 2- 1. VanDerWal; 2. Paul; 3. Anderson; 4. Van Zante; 5. Berry.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 3. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 4. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 5. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guersney; 6. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 7. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 8. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 9. 02 Mike Goldsberry, Runnells; 10. 69 Craig Brown, Eldon; 11. 3 Travis Bunnell, Hedrick; 12. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey; 13. 83 Gene Nicklas, Grinnell; 14. 47x Scott Pippert, Elberon; 15. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 16. 18 Anthony Goldsberry, Runnells; 17. 54 Jesse Williams, New Sharon; 18. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 19. 3T Tonia Stevens, Guersney; 20. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 21. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 22. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 23. PJ1 PJ Veenstra, Oskaloosa; 24. 47 Raymond Fees, Des Moines; 25. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Anderson; 2. Jared Stephens; 3. Brown; 4. Kincaid; 5. Bunnell; 6. Williams; 7. Veenstra; 8. Fees; 9. Grafke.
Heat 2 - 1. Songer; 2. Martin; 3. Allen; 4. Nicklas; 5. Wells; 6. Seddon; 7. Anthony Goldsberry; 8. Tonia Stevens.
Heat 3 - 1. Huffman; 2. Hollatz; 3. Thomas Stevens; 4. Pippert; 5. Mike Goldsberry; 6. Greene; 7. Spilman; 8. Brad Stephens.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa; 2. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 3. 11H Brad Havel, Iowa City; 4. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 5. 0 Ryan Havel, Iowa City; 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 7. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 8. 8R Austin Reuman, Hills; 9. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon.
Heat - 1. Orwig; 2. Heath; 3. Ryan Havel; 4. Gill; 5. Whalen; 6. Brad Havel; 7. Moody; 8. Reuman; 9. Winkleman.
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (August 2nd, 2017) - Wednesday Night at Southern Iowa Speedway was Juvenile Diabetes Awareness Night sponsored by Middlekoop Seed Corn of Packwood, Iowa. The youngsters got to have some fun at intermission with a Nickel and Toy Scramble thanks to Middlekoop and State Bank of Bussey, five lucky youngsters would also get the opportunity to present the trophy to the feature winners and take one home for themselves. To learn more about the Type 1 Diabetes check out jdrf.org.
The night saw returning visitors to victory lane, Cayden Carter (Modifieds), Nathan Wood (Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods), Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Trent Orwig (Sport Compacts).
As you usual, the first feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Levi Heath and John Gill led the field to the green but it was Trent Orwig starting outside row two jumping out to the race lead. Orwig after getting by Heath and Gill, he pulled away and never looked back going on take his second win of the season in Osky. Heath held on to second meanwhile Brad Havel passed John Gill for third. Gill held off Ryan Havel for fourth as Havel settled for fifth.
Up next was the 14 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modified feature. Cayden Carter took advantage of his front row starting spot as he grabbed the lead and pulled away and cruising on to take his fifth win of the season at Osky, this would also mean Carter has clinched the 2017 track title in the Modifieds. Brandon Banks ran second the entire feature, Dakota Simmons finish in the number three spot and Gordon Head was fourth.
In the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature, there was three different leaders in the first three laps. Danny Thrasher started on the pole and led lap one but he was in a battle with Dustin Griffiths, Derrick Agee, Nathan Wood, Mike Hughes and Todd Reitzler. Agee took the lead on lap two but it was Nathan Wood taking the lead on lap three. Once Wood was able to get to the top spot, he began to pull away meanwhile the battle behind continued. At the end of the feature, Wood crossed the start and finish line to take his fourth feature win at Osky. Dustin Griffiths was second, Mike Hughes was third, Todd Reitzler was fourth and Danny Thrasher was fifth.
Ethan Braaksma started on the outside front row of the 15 lap Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods feature event, Braaksma took full advantage of that by grabbing the lead on lap one. Braaksma's lead was short as Curtis VanDerWal, worked his way from the fifth place starting spot to take the lead away on lap two. Shortly after lap two scored in the books, the caution came out for debris in turn three. VanDerWal got a great restart and pulled away and went on to take his 10th win of the season at Osky and 7th in a row. Braaksma held on to second meanwhile Cory Van Zante, Austin Paul and Jason McDaniel rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Jared Stephens wrestled the lead away from Christian Huffman on lap one. Stephens tried to pull away until a pair of cautions came out on lap two for debris on the racing surface. Stephens got a great restart but he knew he need to as Shannon Anderson was making his way through the field. Anderson took the top spot away from Stephens on lap seven and pulled away. Anderson remains perfect as he took his 12th feature win of the season at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Stephens finished second, Jamie Songer was third, Aaron Martin was fourth and Thomas Stevens was fifth.
Weekly Racing is on hiatus until Wednesday August 23rd because of Southern Iowa Sprint Week including the 22nd Annual Front Row Challenge on Monday Night August 7th. When weekly racing returns on the 23rd it will be Season Championship Night presented by KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling for the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
For more information check out oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Juvenile Diabetes Awareness / Middlekoop Seed Corn
August 2nd, 2017
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 2. 22 Brandon Banks, Washington; 3. 40 Dakota Simmons, Douds; 4. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines.
Heat - 1. Carter; 2. Banks; 3. Simmons; 4. Head.
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 3. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 5. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 6. 71 Louis Lynch, Glenwood, Mo.; 7. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 8. 4M Mike McClure, Bloomfield; 9. 64 Trent Jeanes, Chariton; 10. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Griffiths; 3. Hughes; 4. Wood; 5. Agee; 6. Reitzler; 7. Brown; 8. Lynch; 9. McClure; 10. Jeanes.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton; 3. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 4. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 5. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 6. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey; 7. 352 Charlie Weber, Sigourney; 8. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 9. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 10. 20 Danny Brau, Brooklyn; 11. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville.
Heat 1 - 1. Braaksma; 2. Brink; 3. McDaniel; 4. Weber; 5. Brau; 6. Johnson.
Heat 2- 1. VanDerWal; 2. Paul; 3. Anderson; 4. Van Zante; 5. Berry.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 3. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 4. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 5. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guersney; 6. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 7. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 8. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 9. 02 Mike Goldsberry, Runnells; 10. 69 Craig Brown, Eldon; 11. 3 Travis Bunnell, Hedrick; 12. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey; 13. 83 Gene Nicklas, Grinnell; 14. 47x Scott Pippert, Elberon; 15. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 16. 18 Anthony Goldsberry, Runnells; 17. 54 Jesse Williams, New Sharon; 18. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 19. 3T Tonia Stevens, Guersney; 20. 32T Bobby Greene, Tracy; 21. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 22. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 23. PJ1 PJ Veenstra, Oskaloosa; 24. 47 Raymond Fees, Des Moines; 25. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Anderson; 2. Jared Stephens; 3. Brown; 4. Kincaid; 5. Bunnell; 6. Williams; 7. Veenstra; 8. Fees; 9. Grafke.
Heat 2 - 1. Songer; 2. Martin; 3. Allen; 4. Nicklas; 5. Wells; 6. Seddon; 7. Anthony Goldsberry; 8. Tonia Stevens.
Heat 3 - 1. Huffman; 2. Hollatz; 3. Thomas Stevens; 4. Pippert; 5. Mike Goldsberry; 6. Greene; 7. Spilman; 8. Brad Stephens.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa; 2. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 3. 11H Brad Havel, Iowa City; 4. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 5. 0 Ryan Havel, Iowa City; 6. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 7. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 8. 8R Austin Reuman, Hills; 9. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon.
Heat - 1. Orwig; 2. Heath; 3. Ryan Havel; 4. Gill; 5. Whalen; 6. Brad Havel; 7. Moody; 8. Reuman; 9. Winkleman.
Monday, July 24, 2017
First Visit to Sports Park Raceway
First Visit to Sports Park Raceway
by Jeremy Fox
When The Benton County Speedway in Vinton released their schedule, it scheduled a week off on Sunday Night (July 23rd) so that meant I was free to go to the races somewhere else so the decision was to head to the Sports Park Raceway in Fort Dodge. This was my first visit to the race track and I was very pleased with all the work Jason Vansickel, Dave Doughty and Marty Pringle have done to the facility to make it a hit in 2017. 78 cars signed into tame the 1/2 mile dirt oval on their next too last weekly points night.
First feature of the night was the Sport Compacts 10 lap feature event. Mick Evans and James Peterson led the field to the green and it was Evans that wrestled the top spot early. Evans out front comfortably until the caution came out on lap five for Caine Mahlberg in turn two. Evans began to try to hold off every challenge but Riley Paysen made the right move and took the top spot away on lap seven. Paysen went on to take his 8th win at Sports Park meanwhile Mahlberg worked his way back threw to finish in second, Bryan Vannausdle in third, John Gill was fourth and Scott Ellis was fifth.
Dillon Magnussen took advantage of the pole position in the Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event by grabbing the lead. Magnussen and the field saw the caution come out on lap three when Danny Sassman Jr. spun in turns three and four. Magnussen held off the challenges until Chanse Hollatz took the top spot away on lap nine. Hollatz went on to take his first win on his first visit to Sports Park in 2017. Magnussen held off Matt Mundt for second, Mundt came across in third. Jeff Fink and Myles Michehl rounded out the top five.
In the 16 lap Sport Mod feature event, it was Brandon Toftee jumping out to the race lead front his outside second row starting spot. Toftee saw the caution come out on lap two for Ty Griffith stopped in turn one. Toftee had Rocky Caudle and Brett Meyer on his back bumper but he held them off until the next caution. The second caution came out on lap eight for Justin Patterson and Kendall Zuetlau in turn four. Toftee was not fazed but the caution came out again four laps later on lap 12 when Taylor Elliott experience trouble and came to a stop at the top of turn four. Toftee would go on take his second win at Sports Park as the caution was coming when Brett Meyer and Jeff Deal spun in turn four. Jason Bass came across the line in second ahead of Caudle, David Calmer and Ty Griffith.
Cody Gustoff led the field six laps of the Stock Cars 18 lap feature event. Calvin Lange took the top spot away on lap seven began to look comfortable in the top spot until the caution came out on lap 12 for Jesse Ely in turn three. Lange and the field saw the caution come again on lap 13 for Reid Keller and Cory Roe spinning on the back stretch after contact from Jeff Lyon, Keller and Roe was given their spot back and Lyon sent to the tail for questionable driving. Lange held off Keller and Roe to take his third win in a row at Sports Park. Roe finished second, Keller was third, Tyler Pickett was fourth and Greg Gill was fifth.
Next up was the Modifieds 18 lap feature event. Tyler Prochaska took the top spot early but the caution came out on lap six for Nick Roberts in turn four after contact with Bill Crimmins, Crimmins penalized for questionable driving but did not like the call so went to the pits. Prochaska held on to the lead until the halfway point when Kelly Shryock took the lead away. Shryock pulled away and went on to take his third win at Sports Park. Jeff James, Prochaska, Shane DeMey and Roberts finished second through fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap Late Models feature. Doug McCollough lead lap one but it was "Chargin" Charlie McKenna wrestling the lead away on lap two. McKenna pulled away but Ryan Griffith began to chase him down on lap 12, McKenna was on the bottom and Griffith on the highside. Griffith was unable to get by McKenna, so McKenna would go on to take his fifth Sports Park win in 2017. Griffith was second, McCollough was third, Todd Johnson was fourth and Don Beckstrom was fifth.
Racing action finished at 9:26pm meaning I was back on the road around 9:30pm for 1.5 hour drive back to Marshalltown. I was very pleased how the show was ran and if I get another opportunity to visit I will make the trip back up way to go Sports Park Raceway!
Sports Park Raceway
July 23rd, 2017
Late Models
Feature - 1. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 2. 15X Ryan Griffith, Webster City; 3. 1 Doug McCollough, Webster City; 4. 66 Todd Johnson, Mitchellville; 5. 33 Don Beckstrom, Carroll; 6. 7 Jenna Johnson, Mitchellville.
Heat - 1. Griffith; 2. McCollough; 3. Beckstrom; 4. McKenna; 5. Todd Johnson; 6. Jenna Johnson.
Modifieds
Feature - 1. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile; 2. 71 Jeff James, Stanton; 3. 68 Tyler Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 4. 15M Shane DeMey, Denison; 5. 23JR Nick Roberts, Des Moines; 6. 41 Nate Hughes, Humboldt; 7. 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo; 8. 64 Scott Williams, Steamboat Rock; 9. 35 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
Heat - 1. DeMey; 2. Prochaska; 3. Roberts; 4. Shryock; 5. Crimmins; 6. James; 7. Hughes; 8. Pittman; 9. Williams.
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 43 Calvin Lange, Humboldt; 2. 8R Cory Roe, Webster City; 3. 19 Reid Keller, Webster City; 4. 5A Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 5. 28 Greg Gill, Muscatine; 6. 23 Cody Gustoff, Scranton; 7. 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City; 8. 10 Mike Stapleton, Denison; 9. 02 Tony Ritterbush, Dunlap; 10. Y5 Matt Byrne, Webster City; 11. 59X Matt Pinegar, Des Moines; 12. 55 Jordan Riesberg, Madrid; 13. 59 Jeff Lyon, Duncombe; 14. 211 Jesse Ely, Webster City; 15. 47 Parker Slagle, Eagle Grove.
Heat 1 - 1. Stapleton; 2. Gill; 3. Pickett; 4. Lange; 5. Gustoff; 6. Pinegar; 7. Riesberg; 8. Ely.
Heat 2 - 1. Roe; 2. Keller; 3. Lyon; 4. Wiltse; 5. Ritterbush; 6. Bryne; 7. Slagle.
Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 85T Brandon Toftee, Webster City; 2. 4 Jason Bass, Fort Dodge; 3. 99 Rocky Caudle, Ellsworth; 4. 21D David Calmer, Manson; 5. 56 Ty Griffith, Webster City; 6. 77AU Frank Packer, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia; 7. 62 Cory Pestotnik, Boone; 8. 138 Jon Peed, Webster City; 9. 25X Justin Patterson, Fort Dodge; 10. 98 Kendall Zeutlau; 11. 40 George Gilliland, Lehigh; 12. 17X Jason Beckman, Fort Dodge; 13. 22D Jeff Deal, Fort Dodge; 14. 1M Brett Meyer, Lytton; 15. T16 Taylor Elliott, Webster City; 16. 26 Jason Carney, Boone; 17. 28 Autum Anderson, Mason City.
Heat 1 - 1. Caudle; 2. Packer; 3. Toftee; 4. Gilliland; 5. Beckman; 6. Anderson.
Heat 2 - 1. Bass; 2. Pestotnik; 3. Elliott; 4. Peed; 5. Calmer; 6. Zeutlau.
Heat 3 - 1. Meyer; 2. Griffith; 3. Patterson; 4. Carney; 5. Deal.
Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 2. 28 Dillon Magnussen, Newell; 3. 25M Matt Mundt, Gowire; 4. 01F Jeff Fink, Denison; 5. 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge; 6. 18 Ryan Boland, Fort Dodge; 7. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld, Fort Dodge; 8. 31 Kevin Berger, Otho; 9. 3T Tommy Beekman, Otho; 10. 57C Cody Wirt, Fort Dodge; 11. 55X David Gilliland, Lehigh; 12. Y5 Jayden Glenn, Webster City; 13. 51D Dalton Tripp; 14. 8 Nathan Simpson; 15. 21W Wade Gilliland, Callender; 16. 37 Dustin O'Brien, Glidden; 17. 20 Danny Sassman Jr., Fort Dodge; 18. 89 Dakota Feickert, Webster City; 19. 77 Conner Hildreth, Rockwell City.
Heat 1 - 1. Magnussen; 2. Feickert; 3. Hollatz; 4. Wirt; 5. Fink; 6. Wade Gilliland; 7. Glenn.
Heat 2 - 1. Beekman; 2. Michehl; 3. Berger; 4. Mundt; 5. Sommerfeld; 6. Tripp.
Heat 3 - 1. Hildreth; 2. Boland; 3. David Gilliland; 4. O'Brien; 5. Simpson; 6. Sassman.
Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 65 Riley Paysen, Wall Lake; 2. 14M AJ Myott, Fort Dodge; 3. 15V Bryan Vannausdle, Villisca; 4. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 5. 00 Scott Ellis, Marshalltown; 6. 99 Mick Evans, Fort Dodge; 7. 79 James Peterson, Webster City; 8. 66 Nate Evans, Fort Dodge; 9. 13J Justin Nielson, Luverne; 10. 41 Matt Oberhelman, Fort Dodge; 11. 24M Caine Mahlberg, Dunlap; 12. 13 Lucas Jones, Fort Dodge.
Heat 1 - 1. Mick Evans; 2. Jones; 3. Gill; 4. Ellis; 5. Peterson; 6. Nate Evans.
Heat 2 - 1. Mahlberg; 2. Paysen; 3. Oberhelman; 4. Myott; 5. Vannausdle; 6. Nielson.
by Jeremy Fox
When The Benton County Speedway in Vinton released their schedule, it scheduled a week off on Sunday Night (July 23rd) so that meant I was free to go to the races somewhere else so the decision was to head to the Sports Park Raceway in Fort Dodge. This was my first visit to the race track and I was very pleased with all the work Jason Vansickel, Dave Doughty and Marty Pringle have done to the facility to make it a hit in 2017. 78 cars signed into tame the 1/2 mile dirt oval on their next too last weekly points night.
First feature of the night was the Sport Compacts 10 lap feature event. Mick Evans and James Peterson led the field to the green and it was Evans that wrestled the top spot early. Evans out front comfortably until the caution came out on lap five for Caine Mahlberg in turn two. Evans began to try to hold off every challenge but Riley Paysen made the right move and took the top spot away on lap seven. Paysen went on to take his 8th win at Sports Park meanwhile Mahlberg worked his way back threw to finish in second, Bryan Vannausdle in third, John Gill was fourth and Scott Ellis was fifth.
Dillon Magnussen took advantage of the pole position in the Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event by grabbing the lead. Magnussen and the field saw the caution come out on lap three when Danny Sassman Jr. spun in turns three and four. Magnussen held off the challenges until Chanse Hollatz took the top spot away on lap nine. Hollatz went on to take his first win on his first visit to Sports Park in 2017. Magnussen held off Matt Mundt for second, Mundt came across in third. Jeff Fink and Myles Michehl rounded out the top five.
In the 16 lap Sport Mod feature event, it was Brandon Toftee jumping out to the race lead front his outside second row starting spot. Toftee saw the caution come out on lap two for Ty Griffith stopped in turn one. Toftee had Rocky Caudle and Brett Meyer on his back bumper but he held them off until the next caution. The second caution came out on lap eight for Justin Patterson and Kendall Zuetlau in turn four. Toftee was not fazed but the caution came out again four laps later on lap 12 when Taylor Elliott experience trouble and came to a stop at the top of turn four. Toftee would go on take his second win at Sports Park as the caution was coming when Brett Meyer and Jeff Deal spun in turn four. Jason Bass came across the line in second ahead of Caudle, David Calmer and Ty Griffith.
Cody Gustoff led the field six laps of the Stock Cars 18 lap feature event. Calvin Lange took the top spot away on lap seven began to look comfortable in the top spot until the caution came out on lap 12 for Jesse Ely in turn three. Lange and the field saw the caution come again on lap 13 for Reid Keller and Cory Roe spinning on the back stretch after contact from Jeff Lyon, Keller and Roe was given their spot back and Lyon sent to the tail for questionable driving. Lange held off Keller and Roe to take his third win in a row at Sports Park. Roe finished second, Keller was third, Tyler Pickett was fourth and Greg Gill was fifth.
Next up was the Modifieds 18 lap feature event. Tyler Prochaska took the top spot early but the caution came out on lap six for Nick Roberts in turn four after contact with Bill Crimmins, Crimmins penalized for questionable driving but did not like the call so went to the pits. Prochaska held on to the lead until the halfway point when Kelly Shryock took the lead away. Shryock pulled away and went on to take his third win at Sports Park. Jeff James, Prochaska, Shane DeMey and Roberts finished second through fifth respectively.
Final feature of the night was the 15 lap Late Models feature. Doug McCollough lead lap one but it was "Chargin" Charlie McKenna wrestling the lead away on lap two. McKenna pulled away but Ryan Griffith began to chase him down on lap 12, McKenna was on the bottom and Griffith on the highside. Griffith was unable to get by McKenna, so McKenna would go on to take his fifth Sports Park win in 2017. Griffith was second, McCollough was third, Todd Johnson was fourth and Don Beckstrom was fifth.
Racing action finished at 9:26pm meaning I was back on the road around 9:30pm for 1.5 hour drive back to Marshalltown. I was very pleased how the show was ran and if I get another opportunity to visit I will make the trip back up way to go Sports Park Raceway!
Sports Park Raceway
July 23rd, 2017
Late Models
Feature - 1. 22 Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake; 2. 15X Ryan Griffith, Webster City; 3. 1 Doug McCollough, Webster City; 4. 66 Todd Johnson, Mitchellville; 5. 33 Don Beckstrom, Carroll; 6. 7 Jenna Johnson, Mitchellville.
Heat - 1. Griffith; 2. McCollough; 3. Beckstrom; 4. McKenna; 5. Todd Johnson; 6. Jenna Johnson.
Modifieds
Feature - 1. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile; 2. 71 Jeff James, Stanton; 3. 68 Tyler Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 4. 15M Shane DeMey, Denison; 5. 23JR Nick Roberts, Des Moines; 6. 41 Nate Hughes, Humboldt; 7. 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo; 8. 64 Scott Williams, Steamboat Rock; 9. 35 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
Heat - 1. DeMey; 2. Prochaska; 3. Roberts; 4. Shryock; 5. Crimmins; 6. James; 7. Hughes; 8. Pittman; 9. Williams.
Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 43 Calvin Lange, Humboldt; 2. 8R Cory Roe, Webster City; 3. 19 Reid Keller, Webster City; 4. 5A Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 5. 28 Greg Gill, Muscatine; 6. 23 Cody Gustoff, Scranton; 7. 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City; 8. 10 Mike Stapleton, Denison; 9. 02 Tony Ritterbush, Dunlap; 10. Y5 Matt Byrne, Webster City; 11. 59X Matt Pinegar, Des Moines; 12. 55 Jordan Riesberg, Madrid; 13. 59 Jeff Lyon, Duncombe; 14. 211 Jesse Ely, Webster City; 15. 47 Parker Slagle, Eagle Grove.
Heat 1 - 1. Stapleton; 2. Gill; 3. Pickett; 4. Lange; 5. Gustoff; 6. Pinegar; 7. Riesberg; 8. Ely.
Heat 2 - 1. Roe; 2. Keller; 3. Lyon; 4. Wiltse; 5. Ritterbush; 6. Bryne; 7. Slagle.
Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 85T Brandon Toftee, Webster City; 2. 4 Jason Bass, Fort Dodge; 3. 99 Rocky Caudle, Ellsworth; 4. 21D David Calmer, Manson; 5. 56 Ty Griffith, Webster City; 6. 77AU Frank Packer, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia; 7. 62 Cory Pestotnik, Boone; 8. 138 Jon Peed, Webster City; 9. 25X Justin Patterson, Fort Dodge; 10. 98 Kendall Zeutlau; 11. 40 George Gilliland, Lehigh; 12. 17X Jason Beckman, Fort Dodge; 13. 22D Jeff Deal, Fort Dodge; 14. 1M Brett Meyer, Lytton; 15. T16 Taylor Elliott, Webster City; 16. 26 Jason Carney, Boone; 17. 28 Autum Anderson, Mason City.
Heat 1 - 1. Caudle; 2. Packer; 3. Toftee; 4. Gilliland; 5. Beckman; 6. Anderson.
Heat 2 - 1. Bass; 2. Pestotnik; 3. Elliott; 4. Peed; 5. Calmer; 6. Zeutlau.
Heat 3 - 1. Meyer; 2. Griffith; 3. Patterson; 4. Carney; 5. Deal.
Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 2. 28 Dillon Magnussen, Newell; 3. 25M Matt Mundt, Gowire; 4. 01F Jeff Fink, Denison; 5. 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge; 6. 18 Ryan Boland, Fort Dodge; 7. 50 Bryce Sommerfeld, Fort Dodge; 8. 31 Kevin Berger, Otho; 9. 3T Tommy Beekman, Otho; 10. 57C Cody Wirt, Fort Dodge; 11. 55X David Gilliland, Lehigh; 12. Y5 Jayden Glenn, Webster City; 13. 51D Dalton Tripp; 14. 8 Nathan Simpson; 15. 21W Wade Gilliland, Callender; 16. 37 Dustin O'Brien, Glidden; 17. 20 Danny Sassman Jr., Fort Dodge; 18. 89 Dakota Feickert, Webster City; 19. 77 Conner Hildreth, Rockwell City.
Heat 1 - 1. Magnussen; 2. Feickert; 3. Hollatz; 4. Wirt; 5. Fink; 6. Wade Gilliland; 7. Glenn.
Heat 2 - 1. Beekman; 2. Michehl; 3. Berger; 4. Mundt; 5. Sommerfeld; 6. Tripp.
Heat 3 - 1. Hildreth; 2. Boland; 3. David Gilliland; 4. O'Brien; 5. Simpson; 6. Sassman.
Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 65 Riley Paysen, Wall Lake; 2. 14M AJ Myott, Fort Dodge; 3. 15V Bryan Vannausdle, Villisca; 4. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 5. 00 Scott Ellis, Marshalltown; 6. 99 Mick Evans, Fort Dodge; 7. 79 James Peterson, Webster City; 8. 66 Nate Evans, Fort Dodge; 9. 13J Justin Nielson, Luverne; 10. 41 Matt Oberhelman, Fort Dodge; 11. 24M Caine Mahlberg, Dunlap; 12. 13 Lucas Jones, Fort Dodge.
Heat 1 - 1. Mick Evans; 2. Jones; 3. Gill; 4. Ellis; 5. Peterson; 6. Nate Evans.
Heat 2 - 1. Mahlberg; 2. Paysen; 3. Oberhelman; 4. Myott; 5. Vannausdle; 6. Nielson.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Carter Takes Hawkeye Dirt Tour Race at the Southern Iowa Fair
Carter Takes Hawkeye Dirt Tour Race at the Southern Iowa Fair
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 19th, 2017) - Hot and steamy night filled with action packed racing during night number two of the Southern Iowa Fair Races. The Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifeds made their yearly visit to the monster half mile. 64 cars signed in to compete during the 5th Annual Dave Lowry Memorial presented by Monte Motor Parts, Nutz Graphics, KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling.
Cayden Carter (Hawkeye Dirt Tour Modifieds), Dustin Griffiths (Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods), Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Ryan Havel (Sport Compacts), all took feature wins on Wednesday Night.
First feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Tyler Harring and Levi Heath led the field to the green flag and it was Heath grabbing the top spot early. Heath was chase down by Ryan Havel on lap four and that allowed Havel to make the pass on lap five. Havel held on to take the checkers and the win meanwhile Heath experience issues and exited pit side. Bill Whalen Jr., driver nicknamed Happy Feet, came home in second with Marshalltown's John Gill in third. Nathan Moody and Dalton Winkleman finished fourth and fifth.
Christian Huffman started on the pole of the 14 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature event, Huffman took full advantage of that by grabbing the top spot early. Huffman knew that Shannon Anderson was coming and by lap four, Anderson was in second. The caution came out just after lap four when Jeff Anderson hit the front stretch wall exiting turn four, it ended his night. Huffman got a great restarted but it was Shannon Anderson getting a better restart as Shannon Anderson took the lead away. Shannon Anderson went on to take his 11th win of the season in Osky and his 29th win of the season. Chanse Hollatz, Mike Kincaid, Steve Allen and Huffman rounded the top five.
In the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 25 Lap feature, Hunter Marriott and Kyle Brown led the field to the green flag. Marriott jumped out to the lead and began to pull away until lap traffic slowed him down allowing Cayden Carter, who worked his way up from his sixth place starting spot. Marriott and Carter began to challenge for the race lead but the red flag came out on lap 16 when Dan Brockert got upside down in turn two. Marriott along with a few other cars head to the pits, that handed the lead over to the track points leader Cayden Carter. Carter took advantage of the opportunity as he headed on take the win. Ricky Thornton Jr., driving a borrowed race car, finished second. Joel Rust, Kyle Brown and Kelly Shryock rounded out the top five. Rust and Shryock leave Osky tied at the top of the points standing for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods 14 lap feature event was next up on the speedway. Austin Paul and Carter VanDenBerg led the field to the green and it was VanDenBerg wrestling the top spot away early. VanDenBerg looked comfortable out front but Brayton Carter was trying to chase him down, Carter did exactly that on lap seven but so did Curtis VanDerWal. VanDenBerg, Carter and VanDerWal was three wide battling for the race in turn three on lap 7. VanDerWal took the lead away on lap eight and went on to take his ninth win at his hometown track and fifth consecutive win. Carter wrestled second away from VanDenBerg, who came home third. Dan Drury was fourth and Tony Johnson was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 14 lap feature event. Just like he did on Tuesday, Dustin Griffiths grabbed the race lead early. Griffiths held off several challenges from Nathan Wood until the caution came out on lap seven. Griffiths was not going to let that mid race caution deny him his second win at the monster half mile in 2017 as he would hold off Wood for the win. Mike Hughes worked his way up to finish third ahead of Derrick Agee and Danny Thrasher.
Next Wednesday Night will be Kiss 101.5 Night at the Races. Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks make their third and final appearance along with the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts.
Hobby Stocks will still have the $300 bounty on the line, if they can beat Shannon Anderson, thanks to Edel Lawn Service, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto of Marshalltown next week. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
For more information check out oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
Southern Iowa Speedway
July 19th, 2017
Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds
Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 2. 30RT Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.; 3. 26J Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 4. 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid; 5. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile; 6. 5 Todd Shute, Des Moines; 7. 15K Justin Kay, Wheatland; 8. 77 Kurt Kile, Nichols; 9. 48J Jacob Murray, Hartford; 10. 4TW Tim Ward, Hartcourt; 11. 88 Jarrett Brown, Ainsworth; 12. 1X Chris Abelson, Sioux City; 13. 15M Shane DeMey, Denison; 14. 62 Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo.; 15. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 16. 44 Josh Foster, Newton; 17. 30 Dan Brockert, Grandview; 18. 21M Tyler Madigan, Dubuque; 19. 21D David Brown, Kellogg; 20. 1R Doug Rivera, Yuma, Ariz.; 21. 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo.
Heat 1 - 1. Shryock; 2. Rust; 3. Shute; 4. Dickey; 5. Murray; 6. Dripps; 7. Madigan.
Heat 2 - 1. Carter; 2. Thornton; 3. Jarrett Brown; 4. Kay; 5. Brockert; 6. Rivera; 7. DeMey.
Heat 3 - 1. Marriott; 2. Ward; 3. Foster; 4. Kyle Brown; 5. Abelson; 6. Foster; 7. David Brown.
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 2. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 3. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 4. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.; 5. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 6. 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma; 7. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa; 8. 3 Travis Bunnell, Hedrick; 9. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 10. 59 Matt Pinegar, Des Moines.
Heat - 1. Peterson; 2. Agee; 3. Griffiths; 4. Hughes; 5. Wood; 6. Thrasher; 7. Bunnell; 8. Brown; 9. Pearson; 10. Pinegar.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 3. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; 4. 21D Dan Drury, Eldora; 5. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 6. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 7. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 8. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 9. 5 Matt Beal, Oskaloosa; 10. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton.
Heat - 1. Carter; 2. VanDerWal; 3. Paul; 4. McDaniel; 5. VanDenBerg; 6. Drury; 7. Braaksma; 8. Livezey; 9. Johnson.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 3. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 4. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 5. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 6. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 7. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 8. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 9. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 10. 11 David Castellano, Des Moines; 11. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 12. 54 Jesse Williams, New Sharon; 13. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; 14. 8R Jeff Anderson, Atlantic.
Heat 1 - 1. Jeff Anderson; 2. Martin; 3. Kincaid; 4. Wells; 5. Allen; 6. Castellano; 7. Stevens.
Heat 2 - 1. Hollatz; 2. Shannon Anderson; 3. Huffman; 4. Stephens; 5. Spilman; 6. Grafke; 7. Williams.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 0 Ryan Havel, Iowa City; 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 3. 02 John Gill, Marshalltown; 4. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 5. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon; 6. 5 Tyler Harring, Oskaloosa; 7. 14 Jason Peterson, Oskaloosa; 8. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; DNS/9. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville.
Heat - 1. Whalen; 2. Gill; 3. Havel; 4. Harring; 5. Heath; 6. Moody; 7. Winkleman; 8. Peterson; 9. Claussen.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Anderson, VanDerWal, Moody and Griffiths Win on Tuesday Night at the Southern Iowa Fair
Anderson, VanDerWal, Moody and Griffiths Win on Tuesday Night at the Southern Iowa Fair
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 18th, 2017) - Racing action returned to the Southern Iowa Speedway on Tuesday Night for the 1st of two nights of racing featuring the IMCA divisions at the Southern Iowa Fair. The night sponsored by Community 1st Credit Union, KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling. A couple of visitors where in the house as Brett Simala from Yuma, Arizona was in the house to hot lap his new Harris Modified and IMCA's Western Region Director Paul Vetter made his first of couple of visits to the Hawkeye State from California.
Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Curtis VanDerWal (SportMods) continue their winning ways meanwhile Nathan Moody (Sport Compacts) and Dustin Griffiths (Stock Cars), each get their first wins at the Monster Half Mile.
First feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Levi Heath and Nathan Moody led the field to the green flag and it was Heath jumping out to the lead. Moody stayed close and the when the caution for debris in turn three. Heath and Moody battled it out for the lead with Heath hanging on until Moody took advantage of the door opening up on lap eight. Moody took the lead away and went on to take his first career feature win with Heath finishing second. Bill Whalen Jr came home in third, Bryan Claussen was fourth and Dalton Winkleman was fifth.
Up next was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 14 lap feature event. Dustin Griffiths took advantage with his outside front row starting spot by grabbing the top spot early and look comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap eight for debris in turn one. Griffiths, Nathan Wood and Danny Thrasher battled it out for the top spot but it was Griffiths that prevailed and went on to take his first win at the monster half mile. Wood and Thrasher finished second and third. Donnie Pearson was fourth and Mike Hughes was fifth exiting early, experiencing right front damage after contact with the front stretch wall.
Blaine Webster and Tom Lathrop led the field to the green in the 14 lap Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods feature. It was Webster taking the early race lead before AJ Johnson took the top spot away on lap four. Shortly after the caution came out on lap four for debris in turn two. Johnson had Webster and Curtis VanDerWal on the back bumper and it was VanDerWal that took the lead away, however the caution came out again on lap five for debris in turn two and VanDerWal put back in second after being penalized one spot for aggressive contact on the restart. Johnson held on to that top spot until VanDerWal made the right move and took the lead away on lap seven. VanDerWal and the field saw the caution come out on lap nine for debris in turn one but it was VanDerWal that would go on to take his eighth win in nine races and fifth win in a row. Colton Livezey took the second spot, Jason McDaniel was third, Johnson was fourth and Blaine Webster was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 14 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and before a single lap in the books the caution came out for Jeff Anderson in turn three forcing a complete restart. On the restart, Bradley Graham from Brooklyn took the top spot but on lap two, Graham had to compete with Chanse Hollatz and Shannon Anderson for the race lead. Anderson came across the line in first on lap two just before the caution came out for debris on the race track. Anderson had Hollatz and Graham on his back side on the restart but held them off and began to pull away until encountering lap traffic before the caution came out on lap 12. Graham slowed in turn one and two bring out the caution on lap 12 forcing a green-white-checkered flag finish. Shannon Anderson went on to take win number 10 at the monster half mile, Jeff Anderson worked his way back up to finish second. Hollatz, Steve Allen and Christan Huffman rounded out the top five.
Since Anderson remained perfect the bounty will continue to Wednesday Night's Fair Race. Bounty of $300 sponsored by Edel Lawn Service, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto of Marshalltown for the Hobby Stocks.
Night number two of the Southern Iowa Fair will feature the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds. Also racing will be the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. It will also be the 5th Annual Dave Lowry Memorial sponsored by Monte Motor Parts, Nutz Graphics, KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
For more information check out oskyspeedway.com or Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on Facebook.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Community 1st Credit Union / KBOE / Mahaska Bottling Night
Southern Iowa Fair
July 18th, 2017
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 2. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 3. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa; 5. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Griffiths; 3. Hughes; 4. Wood; 5. Pearson.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 3. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 4. 27 AJ Johnson, New Sharon; 5. 07 Blaine Webster, Ottumwa; 6. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 7. 8T Tony Johnson, New Sharon; 8. 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa; 9. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 10. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; DNS/11. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully.
Heat 1 - 1. Carter; 2. Van Zante; 3. Paul; 4. Lathrop; 5. AJ Johnson; DNS/6. Tony Johnson.
Heat 2 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Webster; 3. Livezey; 4. McDaniel; 5. VanDenBerg.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 8R Jeff Anderson, Atlantic; 3. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 4. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 5. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 6. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 7. 57 Scott Shull, Agency; 8. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 9. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 10. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 11. 54 Jesse Williams, New Sharon; 12. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; 13. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 14. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn, Des Moines; 15. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 16. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 17. 13m Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Martin; 2. Graham; 3. Jeff Anderson; 4. Cleghorn; 5. Spilman; 6. Stevens; 7. Kincaid; 8. Meinders; 9. Williams.
Heat 2 - 1. Allen; 2. Shannon Anderson; 3. Huffman; 4. Hollatz; 5. Shull; 6. Wells; 7. Grafke; 8. Seddon.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 2. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 3. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 4. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville; 5. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon; 6. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa.
Heat - 1. Heath; 2. Claussen; 3. Moody; 4. Whalen; 5. Winkleman; 6. Orwig.
by Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 18th, 2017) - Racing action returned to the Southern Iowa Speedway on Tuesday Night for the 1st of two nights of racing featuring the IMCA divisions at the Southern Iowa Fair. The night sponsored by Community 1st Credit Union, KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling. A couple of visitors where in the house as Brett Simala from Yuma, Arizona was in the house to hot lap his new Harris Modified and IMCA's Western Region Director Paul Vetter made his first of couple of visits to the Hawkeye State from California.
Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Curtis VanDerWal (SportMods) continue their winning ways meanwhile Nathan Moody (Sport Compacts) and Dustin Griffiths (Stock Cars), each get their first wins at the Monster Half Mile.
First feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Levi Heath and Nathan Moody led the field to the green flag and it was Heath jumping out to the lead. Moody stayed close and the when the caution for debris in turn three. Heath and Moody battled it out for the lead with Heath hanging on until Moody took advantage of the door opening up on lap eight. Moody took the lead away and went on to take his first career feature win with Heath finishing second. Bill Whalen Jr came home in third, Bryan Claussen was fourth and Dalton Winkleman was fifth.
Up next was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 14 lap feature event. Dustin Griffiths took advantage with his outside front row starting spot by grabbing the top spot early and look comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap eight for debris in turn one. Griffiths, Nathan Wood and Danny Thrasher battled it out for the top spot but it was Griffiths that prevailed and went on to take his first win at the monster half mile. Wood and Thrasher finished second and third. Donnie Pearson was fourth and Mike Hughes was fifth exiting early, experiencing right front damage after contact with the front stretch wall.
Blaine Webster and Tom Lathrop led the field to the green in the 14 lap Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods feature. It was Webster taking the early race lead before AJ Johnson took the top spot away on lap four. Shortly after the caution came out on lap four for debris in turn two. Johnson had Webster and Curtis VanDerWal on the back bumper and it was VanDerWal that took the lead away, however the caution came out again on lap five for debris in turn two and VanDerWal put back in second after being penalized one spot for aggressive contact on the restart. Johnson held on to that top spot until VanDerWal made the right move and took the lead away on lap seven. VanDerWal and the field saw the caution come out on lap nine for debris in turn one but it was VanDerWal that would go on to take his eighth win in nine races and fifth win in a row. Colton Livezey took the second spot, Jason McDaniel was third, Johnson was fourth and Blaine Webster was fifth.
Final feature of the night was the 14 lap KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks feature and before a single lap in the books the caution came out for Jeff Anderson in turn three forcing a complete restart. On the restart, Bradley Graham from Brooklyn took the top spot but on lap two, Graham had to compete with Chanse Hollatz and Shannon Anderson for the race lead. Anderson came across the line in first on lap two just before the caution came out for debris on the race track. Anderson had Hollatz and Graham on his back side on the restart but held them off and began to pull away until encountering lap traffic before the caution came out on lap 12. Graham slowed in turn one and two bring out the caution on lap 12 forcing a green-white-checkered flag finish. Shannon Anderson went on to take win number 10 at the monster half mile, Jeff Anderson worked his way back up to finish second. Hollatz, Steve Allen and Christan Huffman rounded out the top five.
Since Anderson remained perfect the bounty will continue to Wednesday Night's Fair Race. Bounty of $300 sponsored by Edel Lawn Service, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto of Marshalltown for the Hobby Stocks.
Night number two of the Southern Iowa Fair will feature the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds. Also racing will be the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. It will also be the 5th Annual Dave Lowry Memorial sponsored by Monte Motor Parts, Nutz Graphics, KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
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Southern Iowa Speedway
Community 1st Credit Union / KBOE / Mahaska Bottling Night
Southern Iowa Fair
July 18th, 2017
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature - 1. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 2. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 3. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa; 5. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Griffiths; 3. Hughes; 4. Wood; 5. Pearson.
Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 3. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 4. 27 AJ Johnson, New Sharon; 5. 07 Blaine Webster, Ottumwa; 6. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 7. 8T Tony Johnson, New Sharon; 8. 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa; 9. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 10. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; DNS/11. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully.
Heat 1 - 1. Carter; 2. Van Zante; 3. Paul; 4. Lathrop; 5. AJ Johnson; DNS/6. Tony Johnson.
Heat 2 - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Webster; 3. Livezey; 4. McDaniel; 5. VanDenBerg.
KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 8R Jeff Anderson, Atlantic; 3. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 4. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 5. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 6. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 7. 57 Scott Shull, Agency; 8. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 9. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 10. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 11. 54 Jesse Williams, New Sharon; 12. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; 13. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 14. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn, Des Moines; 15. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 16. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 17. 13m Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Martin; 2. Graham; 3. Jeff Anderson; 4. Cleghorn; 5. Spilman; 6. Stevens; 7. Kincaid; 8. Meinders; 9. Williams.
Heat 2 - 1. Allen; 2. Shannon Anderson; 3. Huffman; 4. Hollatz; 5. Shull; 6. Wells; 7. Grafke; 8. Seddon.
Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature - 1. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 2. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 3. 00W Bill Whalen Jr., Riverside; 4. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville; 5. 62 Dalton Winkleman, Beacon; 6. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa.
Heat - 1. Heath; 2. Claussen; 3. Moody; 4. Whalen; 5. Winkleman; 6. Orwig.
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