Shannon Anderson was attempting to hang on to his perfect record at the Southern Iowa Speedway last night. A full field of Hobby Stocks came to try and stop that record, plus grab the extra $300 of bounty money. The Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Sport Compacts were also on the docket.
Trent Orwig won for the second time this season in the IMCA Sport Compact division. Orwig started in the second row, and had the lead before lap one was scored. Orwig led the entire 10 laps in the caution free race, finishing comfortably ahead of second place Levi Heath. Brad Havel started sixth, and finished third, John Gill was fourth and Ryan Havel was fifth. In Orwig's post-race interview, he said the car is for sale, and perhaps a Hobby Stock is in his future.
It was a short field of IMCA Modifieds last evening with only four cars showing. Cayden Carter put his #10C to the lead immediately, and led the caution free race all the way to the checkers and the win. Brandon Banks finished a distant second, followed by Dakota Simmons in third, and Gordy Head was fourth, but did not finish.
The IMCA Stock Cars ran their 16 lap feature next and they followed up with another flag to flag race. Danny Thrasher led lap one, by lap two it was Derrick Agee leading the pack, and lap three found Nathan Wood as leader of the pack. The competition behind him was fierce as Agee, Thrasher, Dustin Griffiths, Todd Reitzler, and Mike Hughes jockeyed for positions two through six. Agee was suddenly out of the game with a broken tie rod, leaving the others to duke it out. There was no catching Wood on this night, as he ran off and hid from the rest of the field and took win number four for the season. Dustin Griffiths took the runner up spot, and Mike Hughes just nipped Todd Reitzler at the finish line as they went third and fourth. Thrasher rounded out the top five.
The familiar "Orange Crush" stock car piloted by Cayden Carter was MIA last evening and we understood that it has been sold. However, Carter hinted that he may still be piloting one of the full-bodied cars in the future.
It took just one lap before Curtis VanDerWal grabbed the lead in the 15 lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. He then pulled away to more than a straight away lead as he took the checkers and another win. Ethan Braaksma, who won earlier in the year, finished as the runner up. Third went to Cory VanZante, Austin Paul took fourth and Jason McDaniel was fifth. VanDerWal won for the tenth time this year...his only losses coming from Braaksma, and McDaniel.
A full field of 24 IMCA Hobby Stocks came for a chance to dethrone Shannon Anderson, as well as a chance at an extra $300 in bounty money. Several new drivers were present....Mike and Anthony Goldsberry, Gene Nicklas and Scott Pippert come to mind.
Anderson started tenth, the odds of another win not in his favor. Jared Stephens led the first six laps of the feature, but steadily, it was the #78 of Anderson working toward the front, to reach Stephens' bumper. A peek to the low side on the back stretch, and then a pass out of turn four, put Anderson to the front. It was all over but the shouting from there on, as Anderson pulled away to take his twelfth win....and perfect on the season. Jared Stephens was runner up, Jamie Songer took third at the line over Aaron Martin in fourth, and Thomas Stevens was fifth, just nipping Steve Allen in sixth at the line.
Regular Wednesday night racing at the Speedway will now have some time off, the next race being on August 23 for season championship night. In the meantime, if you are looking for a little sprint car action, the $20,000 to win Front Row Challenge for the 410 sprint cars will be on Monday, August 7 at the Southern Iowa Speedway.
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