Repeat Winners Filled the Night on Yaw's Auto Salvage Night

Repeat Winners Filled the Night on Yaw's Auto Salvage Night

by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 21st, 2017) - Another beautiful night of racing action at the Southern Iowa Speedway for Yaw's Auto Salvage Night, 51 cars signed in the pit area. The Kids got to have some fun at Intermission as they got to take a little field trip through the pit area to see the drivers and crews putting the finishing touches on the race cars for the features. Hobby Stocks still had the $300 bounty on the line, if they can beat Shannon Anderson, thanks to Edel Lawn Service, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto of Marshalltown.

Trent Orwig was the only first time winner by grabbing the IMCA Sport Compacts. Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods), Cayden Carter (Stock Cars), Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks) and Scott Dickey (Modifieds).

First feature of the night was the 12 lap Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Levi Heath and Nathan Moody led the field to the green flag and it was Moody grabbing the top spot on lap one. Moody saw Trent Orwig wrestle the lead away on lap two. Orwig went on to take his first win of the season at the monster. Moody finished second ahead of Austin Reuman, Bryan Claussen and Ashley Reuman.

Austin Paul started inside row two but by the end of lap one in the Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods 16 lap feature event, Paul was the leader. Paul slipped a bit allowing Curtis VanDerWal, who started fifth, to take the top spot away on lap three. VanDerWal began to pull until cautions came out on lap six for Tony Johnson in turn two and then again on lap 12 for Steven Berry. VanDerWal was not going to let the cautions faze him as he headed on to take his fifth win at his hometown track. Paul held of Logan Anderson for second. Jason McDaniel was fourth and Blaine Webster was fifth.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 16 lap feature event was next up on the speedway. Danny Thrasher and Derrick Agee led the field to the green and it was the Agee wrestling the top spot away. Thrasher did not give up as he was able to grab the top spot away from Agee on lap four. Thrasher started to look comfortable but Cayden Carter worked his way from the fifth place starting spot to second. Carter grabbed the top spot away from Thrasher on lap eight and cruised on to take his second win in the Stock Cars at Osky. Thrasher finished second, Nathan Wood was third, Dustin Griffiths passed Mike Hughes on the last lap to claim fourth with Hughes in fifth.

Bradley Graham took advantage of the pole postition starting spot of the KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature by grabbing the early lead. Graham and the field saw the caution out just after lap two scored in the books when Dave Seddon spun exiting turn four collecting Nick Ulin and Matt Smith. Graham appeared he was not going to let that both him as he got a great restart but so did ninth place starter Shannon Anderson, who was working his way through the field. Anderson grabbed the top spot away from Graham on lap seven. Anderson led the remaining laps taking the win keeping him perfect, seven for seven in Osky. Anderson now has 21 wins on the season and 303 IMCA wins in his career. Graham settled for second, Veteran Bill Bonnett came home third, Jamie Songer was fourth and Steve Allen was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature event. Just like he did one week before, Scott Dickey led from start to finish. Dickey saw several challenges by Cayden Carter early but every attempt failed as Dickey went on take his second win of the season in Osky. Carter, Colt Mather, Jesse Dennis and Zack Rawlins finished second through fifth.

Next Wednesday Night started a busy seven days at the Southern Iowa Speedway, Wednesday will be Community 1st Credit Union Night at the Races. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts are all taking to the monster half mile. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

Then on Monday July 3rd and Tuesday July 4th, the speedway hosts 22nd Annual IMCA Budweiser Stock Car Shootout presented by Budweiser and Musco Lighting. Stock Cars will have qualifying, two sets of heat races on Monday Night with the top eight locked in on Tuesday. Tuesday Night the Stock Cars will have Heats, Last Chance Races and feature for $2,500 to win. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Hobby Stocks $1,000 to win and IMCA Sport Compacts $500 to win on Monday and Tuesday with a complete show each night. Hot Laps will be at 6pm and Racing at 6:30pm.

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

Southern Iowa Speedway
Yaw’s Auto Salvage Night
June 21st, 2017

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 2. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 3. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick; 4. 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott; 5. 237 Zack Rawlins, Newton; 6. 3W Garrett Wilson, Carlisle; 7. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines.

Heat - 1. Dickey; 2. Carter; 3. Mather; 4. Dennis; 5. Rawlins; 6. Wilson; 7. Head.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 2. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 3. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 4. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 5. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 6. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.; 7. 79S Jason See, Albia; 8. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon; 9. 3 Travis Bunnell, Hedrick; 10. 73C Carl Yaw Jr., Pleasant Hill.

Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Agee; 3. Hughes; 4. Carter; 5. Wood; 6. See; 7. Bunnell; 8. Brown; 9. Yaw; 10. Griffiths.

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods

Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 3. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 4. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 5. 07 Blaine Webster, Ottumwa; 6. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey; 7. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 8. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 9. 10H Jack Housley, Runnells; 10. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon.

Heat - 1. VanDerWal; 2. Brink; 3. Anderson; 4. McDaniel; 5. Paul; 6. Livezey; 7. Berry; 8. Housley; 9. Johnson; 10. Webster.

KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 3. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 4. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 5. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 6. 09 Daniel Wauters, Iowa City; 7. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 8. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 9. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 10. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 11. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 12. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; 13. 13M Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa; 14. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 15. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 16. 21 Nick Ulin, Agency; 17. 74 Matt Smith, Des Moines.

Heat 1 - 1. Graham, 2 Allen; 3. Kincaid; 4. Wauters; 5. Seddon; 6. Martin; 7. Meinders; 8. Stevens; 9. Stephens.

Heat 2 - 1. Anderson; 2. Huffman; 3. Ulin; 4. Bonnett; 5. Songer; 6. Smith; 7. Wells; 8. Grafke.

Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature - 1. 04 Trent Orwig, Ottumwa; 2. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; 3. 8R Austin Reuman, Hills; 4. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville; 5. 4R Ashley Reuman, Hills; 6. 15 Clayton Webster, Ottumwa; 7. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton.

Heat - 1. Orwig; 2. Heath; 3. Austin Reuman; 4. Moody; 5. Ashley Reuman; 6. Webster; 7. Claussen.

Anderson Denied the Bounty Again to Claim 300th IMCA win on Kraig Ford Night

Anderson Denied the Bounty Again to Claim 300th IMCA win on Kraig Ford Night 
by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 14th, 2017) - Wednesday Night was Kraig Ford Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway and 45 cars signed in to tame the monster half mile. The Kids got to get up close to the drivers as there was a Driver's Autograph session at intermission for the youngsters behind the flag stand. Meanwhile in the Hobby Stocks the $300 bounty on Shannon Anderson was again up for grabs thanks to Edel Lawn Service, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto of Marshalltown.

Shannon Anderson would get a milestone win in the Hobby Stocks keeping him perfect on the season. Bryan Claussen (Sport Compacts), Nathan Wood (Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (SportMods) and Scott Dickey (Modifieds).

First feature of the night was the 8 lap Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Five cars signed in to race and after the intial start called back, they tried to get a lap completed. Before lap one was in the books, the caution came out when Levi Heath and Brandon Housley, both came to a stop in turn one. On the restart, Daniel Fellows grabbed the lead away and never looked back. However Fellows didn't report to tech so that gave Bryan Claussen the win ahead of Clayton Webster. Fellows was given third ahead of Heath and Housley.

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods 14 lap feature was next to roll on the speedway and it was Brayton Carter that grabbed the top spot early. Carter looked comfortable out front until the caution came out on lap four for Logan Anderson in turn two and Carter VanDenBerg on the back stretch. On the restart, Curtis VanDerWal made the right move and got by Jason Hall, Colton Livezey and Carter to take the lead. VanDerWal led the remaining laps to take his fourth win of the season at Osky. Jason McDaniel wrestled second away, Brayton Carter was third, Colton Livezey was fourth and Austin Paul was fifth.

Scott Dickey led all 14 laps of the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds feature event to take his first win in 2017 at the monster half mile. Colt Mather tried to chase him down but ran out of time and settled with a second place finish. Todd Cooney was third, Cayden Carter was fourth and Jason Murray was fifth.

In the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 14 lap feature event, it was Danny Thrasher leading lap one but on lap two, it was Nathan Wood taking the top spot away. Wood saw several challenges from Derrick Agee but it was Wood hanging on to take his third win at Osky ahead of Agee. Mike Hughes, Todd Reitzler and Thrasher rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks 14 lap feature. Jared Stephens and Ryan Wells led the field to the green and it was Stephens taking the early race lead. Meanwhile Mike Kincaid, started sixth, and Shannon Anderson, started ninth, worked their way through the field. Kincaid took the spot away on lap six edging out Anderson to the line but it was Anderson taking the lead away on lap seven. Anderson began to pull away and not even lap traffic would slow him down. Anderson went on to take his sixth win at Osky, 18th win of the season and 300th IMCA Hobby Stock feature win. Mike Kincaid fell short and finished second, Steve Allen was third. Stephens fell back to fourth and Bill Bonnett was fifth.

Next Wednesday Night is Yaw's Auto Salvage Night. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts are all taking to the monster half mile. 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
Kraig Ford Night
June 14th, 2017

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood; 2. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick; 3. 30 Todd Cooney, Des Moines; 4. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 5. 49J Jason Murray, Hartford; 6. 3W Garrett Wilson, Carlisle; 7. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines.

Heat - 1. Dickey; 2. Cooney; 3. Mather; 4. Carter; 5. Murray; 6. Wilson; 7. Head.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.; 3. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 5. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 6. 05 John Oliver Jr., Danville; 7. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa; 8. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon.
Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Reitzler; 3. Hughes; 4. Wood; 5. Agee; 6. Oliver; 7. Pearson; 8. Brown.

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods

Feature - 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 2. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 3. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; 4. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 5. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 6. 53 Eric Flander, Pella; 7. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 8. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 9. 57R Ryan King, Montour; 10. 20 Danny Brau, Brooklyn; 11. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 12. 95J Jason Hall, Grinnell; 13. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa.

Heat 1 - 1. Carter; 2. Hall; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Paul; 5. McDaniel; 6. Berry; 7. King.
Heat 2 - 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Flander; 3. Livezey; 4. Johnson; 5. Anderson; 6. Brau.

KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 3. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 4. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; 5. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 6. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 7. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 8. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guernsey; 9. 74 Matt Smith, Des Moines; 10. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells; 11. 13M Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa; 12. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa.
Heat 1 - 1. Allen; 2. Songer; 3. Anderson; 4. Bonnett; 5. Stephens; 6. Meinders.

Heat 2 - 1. Martin; 2. Kincaid; 3. Stevens; 4. Smith; 5. Wells; 6. Grafke.

Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature - 1. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville; 2. 15 Clayton Webster, Ottumwa; 3. 11F Daniel Fellows, Keokuk; 4. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 5. 42 Brandon Housley, Ottumwa.
Heat - 1. Housley; 2. Heath; 3. Fellows; 4. Claussen; 5. Webster.

Bounty Denied as Anderson Wins Again on Supreme Lawn & Landscape Night

Bounty Denied as Anderson Wins Again on Supreme Lawn & Landscape Night
by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 7th, 2017) - Lately the question at the Southern Iowa Speedway has been can anybody beat Shannon Anderson in the Hobby Stocks. Edel Lawn Care, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto, each put up a $100 making it a $300 bounty to beat Anderson. A total of 63 cars signed in to tame the monster half mile on Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night at the races.

Feature winners on the night was Daniel Fellows (Sport Compacts), Nathan Wood (Stock Cars), Ethan Braaksma (Sport Mods), Cayden Carter (Modifieds) and Shannon Anderson (Hobby Stocks).

First feature of the night was the 10 lap Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Nine cars had signed in to race but four experienced issues early in the night meaning only five cars made the call. Daniel Fellows, missed last week after winning the first three nights, grabbed the top spot early and never looked back going on to take his fourth win at Osky ahead of Belleview, Nebraska's Denny Berghahn Jr. Levi Heath finished third, last week's winner Brandon Housley was fourth and Brad Havel was fifth.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature was next to roll on to the speedway and it was a pair of former Hobby Stock drivers Danny Thrasher and Dustin Griffiths leading the field to the green. Griffiths took the lead on lap one on the outside but Thrasher did not go away meanwhile Nathan Wood, Derrick Agee, Todd Reitzler and Mike Hughes are battling right behind your leaders. Griffiths saw Agee and Thrasher make it a three car battle for the lead coming to the line to complete lap two. Agee had his night come to an end shortly after as he found himself against the wall in turn one. Griffiths held on to the top spot until Nathan Wood worked his way up to take the top spot on lap six, Griffiths took it back on lap seven. Wood was not determined to take the top spot back from Griffiths and he did exactly that on lap eight. Wood becomes the first repeat winner in the Stock Cars at Southern Iowa Speedway. Mike Hughes finished in the number two spot ahead of Griffiths. Todd Reitzler gets another top five finish coming home in fourth and Greg Gill was fifth.

Before a single lap scored in the Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods 16 lap feature, the caution came out when Jason McDaniel spun in turn four after contact from Curtis VanDerWal sending both cars to the tail. Ethan Braaksma, youngster from Newton, started on the pole and he took advantage by grabbing the top spot and not looking back. Braaksma goes on to take the win become the third different winner. Brett Lowry, making his first appearance of the season, moved up eight spots to finish second. Curtis VanDerWal worked his back up to finish third. Carter VanDenBerg and Logan Anderson finish fourth and fifth.

The Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds 16 lap feature saw a pair of Keswick drivers, Andrew Schroeder and points leader Colt Mather leading the field to the green flag. Mather jumped out to the lead but Cayden Carter, who missed the heat race forcing him to start at the tail, was working his way through the field. Carter caught Mather and began battling for the lead on lap three, Carter slipped on by shortly after and went on take his third win in a row in the Modifieds. Mather, Derrick Stewart, Andrew Schroeder and Josh Starr rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Steve Allen and Bradley Graham led the field but it was Jamie Songer that grabbed the top spot. Songer and Aaron Martin strated battling for the top spot on lap three but on lap four, Martin took the lead away. Martin looked comfortable out front but Shannon Anderson was clawing his way through the field from his tenth place starting spot. Martin saw Anderson sneak on the inside after he left the door open in turn three on lap ten. Anderson cruised on to remain perfect, five for five in Osky. Martin held on for second ahead of Songer, Nathan Ballard and Mike Kincaid.

Next Wednesday Night is Kraig Ford Night at the races with all five IMCA divisions, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, 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
Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night
June 7th, 2017

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds

Feature - 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa: 2. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick; 3. 43 Derrick Stewart, Ainsworth; 4. 02 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 5. 8s Josh Starr, Tipton; 6. 21 Jeremy Chambers, Parsons, Kan.; 7. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone; DNS/8. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines; DNS/9. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood.

Heat - 1. Stewart; 2. Mather; 3. Schroeder; 4. Chambers; 5. Starr; 6. Head; 7. Ritter; DNS/8. Dickey; DNS/9. Carter.

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars

Feature - 1. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 2. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa; 3. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick; 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell; 5. 28 Greg Gill, Muscatine; 6. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency; 7. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa; 8. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo.; DNS/9. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon.

Heat - 1. Thrasher; 2. Hughes; 3. Agee; 4. Wood; 5. Griffiths; 6. Reitzler; 7. Pearson; 8. Gill; 9. Brown.

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods

Feature - 1. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton; 2. 72 Brett Lowry, Montezuma; 3. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa; 4. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; 5. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville; 6. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 7. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 8. 10H Jack Housley, Runnells; 9. 07 Blaine Webster, Ottumwa; 10. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon; 11. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully; 12. 95J Jason Hall, Grinnell; 13. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa; 14. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa; 15. 01 Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa; DNS/16. 84B Trent Brink, Bussey.

Heat 1 - 1. Braaksma; 2. VanDerWal; 3. Anderson; 4. McDaniel; 5. Paul; 6. Johnson; 7. Berry; 8. Brink.

Heat 2 - 1. Livezey; 2. Van Zante; 3. VanDenBerg; 4. Lowry; 5. Housley; 6. Webster; 7. Hall; 8. Carter.

KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature - 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland; 3. 96R Jamie Songer, Ankeny; 4. 29 Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 5. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati; 6. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 7. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 8. 21 Nick Ulin, Agency; 9. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn; 10. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 11. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn, Des Moines; 12. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guersney; 13. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville; 14. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick; 15. 3K Garrett Alexander, Russell; 16. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon; 17. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa; 18. 9 Jared Stephens, Bussey; DNS/19. 13M Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa; DNS/20. 55 Brad Stephens, Bussey.

Heat 1 - 1. Ballard; 2. Huffman; 3. Bonnett; 4. Meinders; 5. Grafke; 6. Stevens; 7. Alexander.

Heat 2 - 1. Graham; 2. Kincaid; 3. Hollatz; 4. Jared Stephens; 5. Ulin; 6. Seddon; 7. Spilman.

Heat 3 - 1. Anderson; 2. Allen; 3. Martin; 4. Songer; 5. Cleghorn; 6. Brad Stephens.

Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature - 1. 11F Daniel Fellows, Keokuk; 2. 6JR Denny Berghahn Jr., Belleview, Neb.; 3. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton; 4. 42 Brandon Housley, Ottumwa; 5. 11H Brad Havel, Iowa City; DNS/6. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville; DNS/7. 1* Renny McCarty, Farmington; DND/8. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa; DNS/9. 5 Tyler Harring, Oskaloosa.

Heat - 1. Fellows; 2. Berghahn; 3. Housley; 4. Havel; 5. Claussen; 6. McCarty; 7. Moody; 8. Harring; 9. Heath.

Anderson Remains Perfect on Musco Lighting Night

Anderson Remains Perfect on Musco Lighting Night
by Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 31st, 2017) - Wednesday Night was a picture perfect night for racing and the action on the track was just as exciting from the first green flag to the final checkered flag. Racing action finished up in 1 hour and 45 minutes with 63 cars signed in to compete in the five IMCA divisions on Musco Lighting Night.

Shannon Anderson remains perfect after picking up the Hobby Stocks feature. Curtis VanDerWal (Sport Mods) and Cayden Carter (Modifieds), each repeated from last week. New Feature Winners was Brandon Housley (Sport Compacts) and Derrick Agee (Stock Cars).

First feature was the 12 lap Kelli Steli State farm IMCA Sport Compacts feature. Billy Cain and Bryan Claussen lead the field to the green flag but it was second row starter Brandon Housley jumping to the top spot early meanwhile Cain, Claussen and Cody Van Dusen battled for the number two spot. Housley pulled away and never looked back going on to take the win ahead if Levi Heath, Nathan Moody, Cody Van Dusen and Claussen.

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods 16 lap feature was next to roll on to the speedway and it was Danny Brau and Jason Hall leading the field. Hall took advantage and took the top spot and appeared comfortable out front until Points Leader Curtis VanDerWal worked his way through the field from his tenth starting spot to take the lead away on lap nine. VanDerWal pulled away and had a full straight way lead to take his third straight win at his hometown track. Fellow Oskaloosa Native Carter VanDenBerg grabbed second away from Jason Hall, who settled for third. Cory Van Zante finished fourth and Jack Housley was fifth.

The feature that always seem to have the fans on the edge of the seats is the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event. Once again they proved the nickname of Class To Tough To Tame despite only ten cars signed in. Danny Thrasher and Dustin Griffiths started on the front row but by lap one it was Todd Reitzler taking the top spot. Reitzler and the field saw the caution come out just after lap one for Cody McClure in turn four. Reitzler knew his hands was full on the restart with Griffiths, Derrick Agee and Nathan Wood behind him but he held them off by choosing the fastest lane around the speedway. However another caution came out on lap eight and that forced another restart. This time, Reitzler was not able to off Derrick Agee as Agee grabbed the spot away. Agee held on to become the fourth different feature winner at the Southern Iowa Speedway this season. Reitzler came home second, Nathan Wood finished third, Mike Hughes was fourth and Dustin Griffiths slipped back to finish fifth.

Bradley Graham took advantage of his front row starting spot by grabbing the lead early in the KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature. Just after one lap scored the caution came out for Cody Cleghorn and Kurtis Oliver in turn four. Graham and Aaron Martin batteld for the top spot on the restart with Graham holding on to the top spot, meanwhile Shannon Anderson, started eighth was chipping his way through the field. On Lap six, Anderson would grab the lead away from Graham and began to pull away only to see the caution come out on lap 11 for Cleghorn in turn four. Anderson held on to stay perfect in Hobby Stocks at Osky. Aaron Martin, Chanse Hollatz, Bill Bonnett and Thomas Stevens rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the 18 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds feature. Shawn Ritter, Andrew Schroeder and Cayden Carter battled for the race lead early and it was Carter that took the top spot forcing the other two to battle it out early. Carter cruised on take his second win at Osky in his VanderBuilt Chassis Modified. Colt Mather finished in the number two spot, Scott Dickey came across in third but got disqualified in post-race tech moving up Andrew Schroeder to the third spot. Shawn Ritter and Todd Cooney, finished in fourth and fifth.

Next Wednesday Night is Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night and will feature, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. The Hobby Stocks will see extra $300 available to grab because of a bounty placed on Shannon Anderson in the Hobby Stocks, thanks to Edel Lawn Care, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto. 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
Musco Lighting Night
May 31st, 2017

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
 
Feature (started): 1. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa (3); 2. 8 Colt Mather, Keswick (4); 3. 02 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick (2); 4. 7SR Shawn Ritter, Keystone (1); 5. 30 Todd Cooney, Des Moines (7); 6. 49J Jason Murray, Hartford (9); 7. 40X Dakota Simmons, Douds (8); 8. 7 Clay Money, Penoke, Kan. (5); DNS/9. 66 Gordon Head, Des Moines (10); DQ/10. 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood (6).

Heat (started) - 1. Cayden Carter (7); 2. Shawn Ritter (3); 3. Andrew Schroeder (5); 4. Colt Mather (8); 5. Clay Money (9); 6. Scott Dickey (4); 7. Todd Cooney (10); 8. Dakota Simmons (6); 9. Jason Murray (2); 10. Gordon Head (1).

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
 
Feature (started): 1. 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville, Mo. (3); 2. 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell (4); 3. 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney (5); 4. 11 Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa (10); 5. 10G Dustin Griffiths, Hedrick (2); 6. 19 Donnie Pearson, Oskaloosa (9); 7. 54 Mike Brown, New Sharon (6); 8. 73C Carl Yaw, Pleasant Hill (7); 9. 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency (1); 10. 5M Cody McClure, Bloomfield (8)

Heat (started) - 1. Dustin Griffiths (4); 2. Derrick Agee (5); 3. Todd Reitzler (6); 4. Danny Thrasher (3); 5. Nathan Wood (7); 6. Mike Brown (1); 7. Carl Yaw (9); 8. Cody McClure (10); 9. Donnie Pearson (2); 10. Mike Hughes (8).

Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Sport Mods
 
Feature (started): 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, Oskaloosa (10); 2. 7V Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa (9); 3. 95J Jason Hall, Grinnell (2); 4. 34Z Cory Van Zante, Sully (8); 5. 10H Jack Housley, Runnells (4); 6. 29 Colton Livezey, New Sharon (6); 7. A5 Austin Paul, Monroe; 8. 11 Ethan Braaksma, Newton (13); 9. 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa (3); 10. 26 Scott Brau, Brooklyn (5); 11. 07 Blaine Webster, Ottumwa (12); 12. 30 Shawn Cooney, Des Moines (14); 13. 20 Danny Brau, Brooklyn (1); 14. 55R Steven Berry, Ottumwa (11); 15. 9A Logan Anderson, Eddyville (16); 16. 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon (15).

Heat 1 (started) - 1. Carter VanDenBerg (7); 2. Danny Brau (1); 3. Scott Brau (4); 4. Colton Livezey (5); 5. Jack Housley (3); 6. Steven Berry (2); 7. Ethan Braaksma (8); 8. Jason McDaniel (6).

Heat 2 (started) - 1. Cory Van Zante (5); 2. Curtis VanDerWal (7); 3. Jason Hall (1); 4. Tony Johnson (2); 5. Austin Paul (4); 6. Blaine Webster (3); 7. Shawn Cooney (8); 8. Logan Anderson (6).

KBOE Radio / Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature (started): 1. 78 Shannon Anderson, Des Moines (8); 2. 73 Aaron Martin, Richland (6); 3. 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake (9); 4. 19 Bill Bonnett, Knoxville (19); 5. 81B Thomas Stevens, Guersney (11); 6. 12 Mike Kincaid, Cincinnati (5); 7. 14 Christian Huffman, New Sharon (2); 8. 47 Raymond Fees, Des Moines (15); 9. 71S Dave Seddon, Knoxville (14); 10. 7K Kelsie Spilman, Hedrick (16); 11. 53D Ron Downing Jr., Ottumwa (18); 12. 19K Kurtis Oliver, Moberly, Mo. (12); 13. 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa (3); 14. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn, Des Moines (10); 15. 4 Bradley Graham, Brooklyn (1); 16. 13M Riley Meinders, Oskaloosa (17); 17. 65 Saif Grafke, Oskaloosa (19); DNS/18. 89R Ryan Wells, Runnells (4); DNS/19. 7 Kirk Puttmann, Keota (13).

Heat 1 (started) - 1. Chanse Hollatz (8); 2. Steve Allen (4); 3. Mike Kincaid (10); 4. Bill Bonnett (6); 5. Cody Cleghorn (9); 6. Thomas Stevens (5); 7. Kirk Puttmann (3); 8. Raymond Fees (7); 9. Riley Meinders (1); 10. Saif Grafke (2).

Heat 2 (started) - 1. Christian Huffman (3); 2. Shannon Anderson (6); 3. Bradley Graham (1); 4. Aaron Martin (5); 5. Ryan Wells (4); 6. Kurtis Oliver (8); 7. 71S Dave Seddon (7); 8. Kelsie Spilman (2); 9. Ron Downing Jr. (9).

Kelli Steil State Farm IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature (started): 1. 42 Brandon Housley, Ottumwa (4); 2. 9H Levi Heath, Wilton (9); 3. 41 Nathan Moody, Oskaloosa (3); 4. 53 Cody VanDusen, Atalissa (5); 5. 01C Bryan Claussen, Eddyville (2); 6. 13 Lukas Yoder, Kalona (7); 7. 15 Clayton Webster, Ottumwa (8); 8. 52 Billy Cain, Bloomfield (1); 9. 1* Renny McCarty, Farmington (6).

Heat (started) - 1. Brandon Housley (7); 2. Billy Cain (2); 3. Bryan Claussen (3); 4. Nathan Moody (5); 5. Cody VanDusen (8); 6. Renny McCarty (6); 7. Lukas Yoder (9); 8. Clayton Webster (4); 9. Levi Heath (1).