It was an overcast night at the Southern Iowa Speedway but on this night, it would just be cloud cover and no rain. The B Mods would be running for $700 which brought a full field of 24 cars to the speedway, which was nice to see.
In the hobby stock feature, it took several restarts to get the race going. This must be frustrating to many of the drivers as well as us fans. Kris Walker and Steve Allen - who was making his first appearance of the year at the track - would battle up front early. It didn't take long until the 52 car of Nathan Wood would put his car in the mix and soon made the low side work for him and charge into the lead. Also making good headway would be Donavan Nunnikhoven in the 2N car who was able to pass Walker and Dale Porter. In the end, it would be Wood maintaining his position for the win, Nunnikhoven taking second, Porter in third, Walker in fourth and Steve Allen rounded out the top five.
The modifieds had their 15-lap main up next. The "Z-Man", Zack VanderBeek didn't waste time in putting his car up front and in the lead with just a few laps down and another familiar car, the 17P of Brad Pinkerton, running in second. Both of these competitors have had much success at the Southern Iowa Speedway, which we would think they consider their "home" track. Tonight they would finish one-two with VanderBeek taking the top spot, Pinkerton following him across the line for second, Colt Mather came home in third, the 4R of Ron VerBeek in fourth, and Scott Dickey in fifth. Earlier, hard contact with the turn one wall would put last week's winner, Steve Stewart on the hook when it appeared something broke on the car.
All eleven stock cars on hand started their feature. Jumping to the lead at the green flag, was the 20W(Dub) car of Shane Weller. He had shown his muscle in winning his heat race, and that continued on in the main event as he was never seriously challenged. Most of the race was run on the high groove, though "The Flying Dutchman" of Mike VanGenderen was trying his hand by going low. After he made one successful pass, a yellow flag flew. On the restart, the 12M of Brian Mitrisin would have his machine "give up the ghost" with VanGenderen getting caught up in the liquid he laid down and ending his night after he rode the outside guard rail. After even more attrition, only five cars would be running at the end. Shane Weller came home to the checkers first, Matt Greiner second, Zack VanderBeek in third, Corey Stout fourth, and visitor Matt Fox from Paton, Iowa and a competitior at the Mineral City Speedway in Ft. Dodge, cross in fifth. We were told later that Fox would be dq'd for running an illegal carb at the Southern Iowa Speedway.
The B-Mod featured event of the evening was last on the program. They were running for $700 to win - their class being picked for the extra pay for the night. Leading the race early from his pole position, was the D1 of Drew Lawson with Kevin Fee and young Cayden Carter chasing him. Lawson would have his car slow on lap 9 while leading, and he had to exit to the pits ending his chance for a first ever win. This would put the 10 of Carter in the top position, and he would continue on to the win. Following him across the line would be Kevin Fee for second, Tyler Groenendyk in third, the 7 of Carter VandenBerg in fourth, and Andrew Schroeder finished in fifth. This is the second time we have seen the 14 year old Cayden Carter take a win for extra money and he and Grandpa Jimmy Carter always seem to be ready for those races. We recall seeing the youngster sitting in the grandstands not all those many years ago, and now he is out on the track winning races. Always nice to see those fans from a few years ago, now out on the track racing.
The show was completed shortly after 10:30 p.m. Complete results are listed below. Happy racing!
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