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.

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.