Short field, quick show at Osky

The Monster 1/2 Mile at the Southern Iowa Speedway was light on car count Wednesday night, as we had anticipated---only 39 total cars; 4 modifieds. The heat hasn't helped the car or crowd count lately, nor has the economy, plus there were several other races going on in the area. One of those being the big race up at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota--the World Modified Dirt Track Championship--a 4-day show paying $20,000 to win the Saturday feature race. That being said, it still only drew a couple of modified drivers away from the Osky track on Wednesday evening.

Josh Truman came away with the win in the USRA modified feature--the first we can recall for him at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Ron VerBeek finished as runner up, Steven Blattler was third, and Scott Dickey was fourth.

The USRA stock car feature had Shane Weller leading the pack for the first nine laps. On the backstretch on lap nine, Kyle Harwood made the pass to take over the lead and would go home to the win. Weller had to settle for second, Steve Jackson was third, fourth went to Brian Mitrisin, and Corey Stout--"from just over by turn one" as announcer Tony Paris always says, finished in fifth.

The USRA hobby stocks ran next. Jason McDaniel took off to the lead from his outside front row starting spot. After winning four-in-a-row, Dustin Griffiths was trying to make it number five. Griffiths, after starting 8th on the grid, was into the second spot by lap two and it was looking like that might just come true. It didn't happen, as McDaniels pulled away to seal the win. Griffiths had to settle for the runner up position, Kris Walker trailed him for third, fourth went to Steve Allen, and Donovan Nunnikhoven rounded out the top five.

The USRA B modifieds polished off the night's racing. Cayden Carter flew to his sixth win at the track this season, leading all 15 laps. Carter pulled away after a restart at nine laps down. Andrew Schroeder finished a distant second, Carter VanDenBerg took third place, Bill Gibson was fourth and Brett Lowry was fifth.

The races were done by 9:23 p.m., being run in less than two hours. Full official results and information on the Southern Iowa Speedway can be found at www.raceosky.com. There is still a lot of racing left in the season. Check out the calendar at Positively Racing for a race you may wish to catch in the area...support the sport of dirt track racing. Happy racing!