The Southern Iowa Speedway returned to racing Wednesday night, getting in week #2 of their season. Two drivers repeated their wins from last week, and two drivers were missing in action.
Just five Non-Wing Sprint cars were on hand last evening and there was a new winner! Doug Sylvester led all ten laps of the feature event and went home with his first win since the class started in 2019. Kelly Graham chased him the entire distance and finished a close second. Lance Silvers was a distant third. Two cars did not finish.....Robert Bell, and AJ Johnson. One driver missing in the pits last evening, was usual winner Jonathan Hughes.
Sport Compacts were up next for their 10-lap main event and this class also saw a first time winner at the track. Jared DeLonjay made the haul over from Quincy, Illinois along with his brother Jeffrey, who also raced, and made it pay off.
It was three-wide across the finish line as the first lap was scored, and Jared DeLonjay took the lead over Lewie Winkelman and Clayton Webster. DeLonjay would then go on to lead all the remaining laps and score his first ever win at the track easily. Clayton Webster took second over Lewie Winkelman in third. Seth Meinders and Nathan Moody completed the top five.
It was a nip and tuck race in the Hobby Stocks. Their 14 lap feature was a three car break away and they ran nose to tail most of the race. Rick VanDusseldorp got the early lead with Dustin Griffiths and Aaron Martin tucking in right behind. Griffiths ran on VanDusseldorp's bumper and took peeks for a way around, with Martin just waiting for the two to make a mistake as the laps wore down. Lap thirteen, and VanDusseldorp and Griffiths went side-by-side, but VanDusseldrop's 1R was too much for the competition this night, and he took the win for the second week in a row. Griffiths was a very close second, Martin went third, and Rick Goldsberry and Tyler Graves were fourth and fifth.
It was no contest in the 16 lap SportMod event as young Maguire DeJong started from the pole and no one could catch him as he swept to the easy win. Blaine Webster came from row three to finish as the runner up. Logan Anderson started in row five and took third place. Casey Lancaster made the haul up from Glenwood, Missouri and took home fourth, and Tyler Heckert was fifth.
DeJong has had a whirlwind 2021 already. He just turned sixteen in March and already has an Iowa High School basketball team championship (Montezuma) and also won the SportMod division of the Bristol Dirt Nationals at the famed track. His quote in Victory Lane was, "this track feels faster than Bristol".
It was another close finish in the 16 lap Stock Car feature as Derrick Agee held off the challenges of Dustin Griffiths and secured his second win in as many weeks.
Agee, Griffiths, and Nathan Woods (dubbed "The Racing Educator" by announcer Jerry Mackey) broke away from the pack, racing in that order for most of the feature. That would be the way they would finish....one-two-three as the checkers fell. Donnie Pearson took fourth, and Jason McDaniel was fifth.
Racing was completed by 9:22 p.m. allowing fans to get on their way home for early morning work calls. Next Wednesday night, May 12, at the Monster Half-Mile will be kids night presented by Mahaska Bottling Company. Hot Laps are scheduled for 7:15, with racing to follow.
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