The Sport Compacts kicked off the night's feature racing. They were pulled to the front stretch for driver introduction, as were all of the classes, allowing the fans to show their appreciation.
It was a draw/redraw show, as it has been all season long at Osky. A newcomer for the night, Spencer Roggentein from South English was the polesitter with Codey Phillips to his outside. When the race went green, Phillips quickly faded with Kyle Boyd who had started third, taking the lead immediately. Boyd never gave up that top spot, leading all ten laps on the way to his first win of the year at the speedway. Brandon Housely started tenth on the field, and fell just shy of capturing his seventh feature of the year, and had to be content with the runner up spot. Third went to Codey Phillips, fourth was first time visitor to the track, Dallas Chandler, and Nathan Moody completed the top five. Brandon Housley is the 2018 track champion in the Sport Compact division, winning by three points over Boyd. Housley won an impressive six out of the eight races this year.
Christian Huffman led the opening laps of the Hobby Stock 15-lap feature, being chased relentlessly by Dustin Griffiths. Griffith finally took command at lap six, and from there on kept the top spot to the checkers and the win. In the closing laps Jamie Songer challenged Griffiths, but fell short and finished in second after starting seventeenth. Christian Huffman finished a distant third place, fourth was Craig Brown and Aaron Martin was fifth. The track champion for 2018 is Dustin Griffiths.
The SportMod 16-lap feature appeared to be a runaway for polesitter Blain Webster, as he had a huge lead through the halfway mark. Then, a caution flew at lap nine, bunching up the field for the restart. By this time, ninth place starter Brayton Carter had worked his way to third, trailing second place Danny Brau and he was eager for the restart. Another yellow came at lap ten, and Carter was now in second place and looking for more. He made his move quickly, took over first place at lap eleven, never to relinquish it and sealing the win. Webster held the runner up spot, Curtis VanDerWal came from ninth starting spot to finish third, and Logan Anderson and Greg Cox were fourth and fifth. Carter captured his second win at Osky this season...the third for his hot rod as brother Cayden had won in it earlier in the year. Curtis VanDerWal is the track champion for the fourth year in a row.
The finale of the night was the Stock Car feature....and what a way to end the evening! The Stock Cars, who have always been known for great racing at the Monster Half Mile, and with a three point difference between Nathan Wood, Derrick Agee, and Mike Hughes for the track championship, you knew it was going to get good! And get good, it did! With the draw/redraw format, and not the straight-up start by points, it was going to be interesting to see just where the top three would be starting. As it turned out, the pole draw car of Josh Gordon, (son of regular driver Howard Gordon, Jr.) piloting the car for the first time, chose to go to the rear for the start, moving Brett Lowry to the pole starting spot. Mike Hughes was on the outside front row and Wood moved up to start third, and Agee began in seventh position. Going into the night, Wood held a one point advantage over Agee, and Hughes sat two points out of first.
Hughes immediately took the top spot when the race went green, and Wood tucked in right behind him. The two ran in that formation through lap seven when Todd Reitzler threw his hat into the ring, making his way past Wood, and into the runner up spot. A few laps later, Cayden Carter in the "Orange Crush" ride came calling and getting into the tight mix. What a race it was those final laps, as those four cars ran nearly four-wide as they crossed the flagstand at the white flag! The charge to the checkers had the crowd on its feet....with Hughes being the victor. Wood got by Reitzler in the closing moments to finish second, Carter went third and Reitzler, fourth. Trailing in fifth spot, it was Derrick Agee. As it turned out, Wood's second place finish was just enough to give him the track championship....ONE point ahead of Hughes in second place.
It was quite a way to cap off the regular season at the Southern Iowa Speedway for 2018. However, it was announced last evening that there WILL be a Fall Challenge this year. Keep checking Southern Iowa Speedway - Osky on Facebook for the upcoming announced dates. We look forward to it.
Our plan is to head back to the Southern Iowa Speedway this evening for Todd Staley's USMTS Modified touring series, with the USRA B Mods, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks also in action. Hope to see some of you there!
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