The Southern Iowa Speedway has provided some close finishes this season, and last night, those photo finishes continued. There were three new winners for the year and one driver snagged his first ever win.
The first feature was the 12-lap main for the IMCA Sport Compact. Jon Girdley was out of the gate first and would lead every lap on his way to the win.....his first in his career. John and Bill Whalen finished second and third, chasing the leader from a distance the entire time. Fourth went to Curt Myers and late arrival Troy Wonders was fifth. William Michel did not start the feature.
Jason See led the opening laps of the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature, only to have it snatched away by Zack VanderBeek at lap four. Last week's winner, Nathan Wood who had started ninth, made it to the runner up spot by lap twelve. Hot on his heels was twelfth place starter Cayden Carter and Damon Murty was fourth after starting seventeenth due suffering a flat tire in his heat. Carter was able to sneak past Wood by lap fifteen, but time would run out for any chance at catching VanderBeek who was gone. VanderBeek took the win, his third of the season, Carter had to settle for second. Murty tussled with Wood on the white flag lap and was able to get around him and finish third, Wood going fourth. Rounding out the top five was pole sitter Todd Phillips. The race went caution free.
The 15-lap Hobby Stock feature was up next. The first lap was called off when pole sitter Jared Stephens went spinning in corner one. Mike Kincaid would then inherit the point spot as the race began. He had his hands full fending off Aaron Martin and then it was Craig Brown taking over the runner up spot on lap five and giving chase to Kincaid. The rest of the race was a battle between Kincaid and Brown as they swapped the lead back and forth. This one would end with one of those photo finishes as they crossed the finish line in nearly a dead heat. Kincaid was scored the winner and Brown had to be content with the runner up spot. Martin held on to finish in third, fourth was Danny Thrasher and Steve Allen was fifth. This was Kincaid's first win at the track this year, and I believe his first ever at the Monster Half Mile.
The IMCA Modifieds had all thirteen cars start their feature event. Scott Dickey jumped to the lead immediately but was quickly having to hold off Carter VandenBerg. VandenBerg, who had started sixth had gotten to Dickey's bumper by lap one. He wasted no time in making the pass for the lead, snapping it up at lap five. From there on, he stretched the lead as the race went caution free, taking the win by a comfortable margin. Andrew Schroeder got around Scott Dickey in the closing laps as they went second and third respectively. Eleventh place starter Cayden Carter finished in fourth and David Brown rounded out the top five. This was VandenBerg's first win in the Modified division at Osky and marked his second win this season, having a win under his belt at another track earlier.
The IMCA Northern SportMod 16-lap feature ended the night's racing. Cory Van Zante avoided near disaster when he did a 360 degree spin in corner two as the race went green. Somehow, everyone missed him, he gathered it in, and continued on without a caution being thrown. Jason McDaniel took command of the race by lap two and would keep it to the win. Brett Lowry and Curtis VanDerWal duked it out for second much of the race, VanDerWal finally establishing the runner up spot with a lap to go. He was never able to catch leader McDaniel though and finished in second. Lowry fought off Brayton Carter in the waning moments as they went third and fourth respectively. Logan Anderson was fifth and Cory Van Zante recovered from his scary spin as the race began, and finished in sixth. McDaniel took his second win of the season at Osky.
Remember that next Wednesday, there will not be racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway, but the track will be back in action on THURSDAY, June 11. That will be when the long anticipated Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models come to town. Also racing that night will be the IMCA Late Models, the Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds, plus the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods and the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 and racing is to begin at 7:15. Don't miss this show! Check www.oskyspeedway.com for more information or check their Facebook page under Southern Iowa Speedway every Wednesday night.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Osky - 6-3-15
Unofficial results:
Modified
1. 7V Carter VandenBerg - 1st win at Osky, 2nd career win
2. 02 Andrew Schroeder
3. 40 Scott Dickey
4. 10C Cayden Carter
5. 21 David Brown
6. 9X Tyler Groenendyk
7. 21K Kyle Brown
8. 3B Brad Tyler
9. 22 Brad Banks
10. 162 Greg Cox
DNF: 8J AJ Johnson
11T Thye
49J Jason Murray
Stock Car
1. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
2. 10cc Cayden Carter
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 52 Nathan Wood
5. 7 Todd Phillips
6. 11 Mike Hughes
7. 18 Kris Walker
8. 12 Doug Sylvester
9. 19 Donnie Pearson
10. 17 Brock Welch
11. 73C Carl Yaw
12. 87 Les Blakely
14. 54 Mike Brown
DNF: 22R Todd Reitzler
3D Daniel Gordon
79S Jason See
SportMod
1. 85 Jason McDaniel
2. 1V Curtis VanDerWal
3. 72 Brett Lowry
4. 01 Brayton Carter
5. 9A Logan Anderson
6. 34Z Cory Van Zante
7. 29 Colton Livezey
8. 33 Derek Liles
9. A5 Austin Paul
10. 25 Scott VanBuskirk
11. 4G Michael Guthrie
Hobby Stock
1. 12 Mike Kincaid - Photo finish
2. 69 Craig Brown
3. 73 Aaron Martin
4. 84 Danny Thrasher
5. 3S Steve Allen
6. 19 Bill Bonnett
7. 10G Dustin Griffiths
8. 5B Dane Blozovich
9. 3 Travis Bunnell
10. 9 Terry Clayton
11. 32T Bobby Greene
12. 19D Daniel Dyer
DNF: 14 Christian Huffman
15W Clayton Webster
DNF: 77 Derek Hodges
Sport Compact
1. 33 Jon Girdley - 1st career win
2. 77 John Whalen
3. 07 Bill Whalen
4. 22M Curt Myers
5. 81 Troy Wonders
DNS: 69 William Michel
Modified
1. 7V Carter VandenBerg - 1st win at Osky, 2nd career win
2. 02 Andrew Schroeder
3. 40 Scott Dickey
4. 10C Cayden Carter
5. 21 David Brown
6. 9X Tyler Groenendyk
7. 21K Kyle Brown
8. 3B Brad Tyler
9. 22 Brad Banks
10. 162 Greg Cox
DNF: 8J AJ Johnson
11T Thye
49J Jason Murray
Stock Car
1. 33Z Zack VanderBeek
2. 10cc Cayden Carter
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 52 Nathan Wood
5. 7 Todd Phillips
6. 11 Mike Hughes
7. 18 Kris Walker
8. 12 Doug Sylvester
9. 19 Donnie Pearson
10. 17 Brock Welch
11. 73C Carl Yaw
12. 87 Les Blakely
14. 54 Mike Brown
DNF: 22R Todd Reitzler
3D Daniel Gordon
79S Jason See
SportMod
1. 85 Jason McDaniel
2. 1V Curtis VanDerWal
3. 72 Brett Lowry
4. 01 Brayton Carter
5. 9A Logan Anderson
6. 34Z Cory Van Zante
7. 29 Colton Livezey
8. 33 Derek Liles
9. A5 Austin Paul
10. 25 Scott VanBuskirk
11. 4G Michael Guthrie
Hobby Stock
1. 12 Mike Kincaid - Photo finish
2. 69 Craig Brown
3. 73 Aaron Martin
4. 84 Danny Thrasher
5. 3S Steve Allen
6. 19 Bill Bonnett
7. 10G Dustin Griffiths
8. 5B Dane Blozovich
9. 3 Travis Bunnell
10. 9 Terry Clayton
11. 32T Bobby Greene
12. 19D Daniel Dyer
DNF: 14 Christian Huffman
15W Clayton Webster
DNF: 77 Derek Hodges
Sport Compact
1. 33 Jon Girdley - 1st career win
2. 77 John Whalen
3. 07 Bill Whalen
4. 22M Curt Myers
5. 81 Troy Wonders
DNS: 69 William Michel
Rauen posts first ever Deery win at the Marshalltown Speedway
The IMCA Deery Brothers made their annual appearance at the Marshalltown Speedway on Tuesday night. Thirty one of the "boys of summer" came to play on the high banks. Joining them for the night's racing were the IMCA Northern SportMods, Mod Lites, and for the first time ever, the INEX Legend cars.
Josh May made his mid-week trip to the track pay off, taking the win in the Mod Lite 20-lap feature. However, stamping his name in the winner's column was only decided at the last moment. Pole sitter Tim Hennigar led nineteen of the twenty laps, only to have his victory disappear on the last lap run to the checkers. The caution plagued race ended under a green-white-checkered dash to the finish, and May's swing to the outside paid off as they came out of corner four looking at the waving checkered flag. Third place went to Randy Bryan, fourth was the winner's father Jimmy May and marking the first time at the track this year in the car #20, was Jeff Stensland who was fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods were racing for a $1,000 win last night. Twenty-six cars were on hand and all ran the 20-lap feature event. At least ten of those did not finish the race in what also became a marathon of yellow flags flying.
Brayton Carter, brother to Modified/Stock Car/Late Model racer Cayden Carter, led the opening lap, only to have the race slowed for a caution after that first lap was scored. By the time the sixth yellow had waved at lap seven, Carter was still holding down the top spot. He had not been able to shake off Sam Wieben however, who had been challenging him the entire time to that point. Also on the move was visiting racer from Oskaloosa, Iowa, Curtis VanDerWal, who had moved from starting seventeenth, up to the fourth spot, right behind Brandon Williams in third. VanDerWal shot to the topside of the track as the racing resumed, passed Wieben by lap eleven, and flew by Carter by lap twelve. The final caution flew at lap seventeen and it was a fight to the finish between VanDerWal and Sam Wieben. Wieben had gotten around Carter and challenged VanDerWal by dipping low. VanDerWal was able to stand his ground on his preferred top side, and took the checkers first. Wieben took the runner up spot, Carter held third place, fourth went to Jared VanDeest who had started in the eighth row, Clint Luellen was fifth and Doug Smith finished sixth after having to recover from an earlier caution he was involved in, tag the field and come through the pack.
The INEX Legends visited the high banks for the first time ever. They are a league of cars the size of the Mod Lites, but full fendered. These cars came from all over the United States, and they were vying for a $1,000 in a "Race for the Cause". Each car carried the name of a fallen police officer from their respective state. They ran a 25-lap feature and receiving the accolades in this one was the #38 of Joplin, Missouri racer, Justin Comer. He took the comfortable win over the #13 of Timothy Brockhouse from Illinois, third was Dave Comer from Missouri, fourth went to the 6B of Vince Bartolotta from Wisconsin, and fifth went to Nelson Stewart from Indiana. Stewart is the 74 year old father of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.
The 50-lap Deery Brothers race had their starting field whittled down via two B mains. Winning those were Ray Guss, Jr. and Joel Callahan. Earlier there had been the "pick the pizza box" for the top 12-qualifiers from the heats to determine their starting spots in the feature. The lucky recipients were Scott Fitzpatrick with the #1 and young Tyler Droste with the #2.
The ONLY yellow of this 50-lapper came at lap four. Tyler Droste had established the point spot by lap two by putting his ride to the top side. When things picked back up, he quickly took back to the top shelf, and pulled away from his competition. He masterfully worked his line and through lap traffic. Jason Rauen had taken over the second spot, and as the race wore on, he began reeling in the leader. At lap forty, Rauen attempted a slide job out of corner four, but wasn't able to pull it off. However, the following lap, Rauen got the job done, taking over the top spot. From there on, Rauen pulled away, and took the checkers. Droste finished in the runner up spot, third went to last year's winner Jeff Aikey, Fitzpatrick held on to fourth place and Justin Kay completed the top five. It was a happy Jason Rauen in victory lane after the race, finally able to get his first ever Deery Brothers Summer Series win.
Earlier in the evening, the top 2 finishers of the four heats drew for starting positions for an Australian Pursuit race. In this unique contest, if you are passed, you are out. Second place starter Jeff Aikey quickly eliminated pole sitter Tyler Droste and easily took the 10-lap contest, going home with an extra $500.
Marshalltown Speedway will be back in action this coming Friday night for their regular season racing. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:50 and racing at 7:30.
Josh May made his mid-week trip to the track pay off, taking the win in the Mod Lite 20-lap feature. However, stamping his name in the winner's column was only decided at the last moment. Pole sitter Tim Hennigar led nineteen of the twenty laps, only to have his victory disappear on the last lap run to the checkers. The caution plagued race ended under a green-white-checkered dash to the finish, and May's swing to the outside paid off as they came out of corner four looking at the waving checkered flag. Third place went to Randy Bryan, fourth was the winner's father Jimmy May and marking the first time at the track this year in the car #20, was Jeff Stensland who was fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods were racing for a $1,000 win last night. Twenty-six cars were on hand and all ran the 20-lap feature event. At least ten of those did not finish the race in what also became a marathon of yellow flags flying.
Brayton Carter, brother to Modified/Stock Car/Late Model racer Cayden Carter, led the opening lap, only to have the race slowed for a caution after that first lap was scored. By the time the sixth yellow had waved at lap seven, Carter was still holding down the top spot. He had not been able to shake off Sam Wieben however, who had been challenging him the entire time to that point. Also on the move was visiting racer from Oskaloosa, Iowa, Curtis VanDerWal, who had moved from starting seventeenth, up to the fourth spot, right behind Brandon Williams in third. VanDerWal shot to the topside of the track as the racing resumed, passed Wieben by lap eleven, and flew by Carter by lap twelve. The final caution flew at lap seventeen and it was a fight to the finish between VanDerWal and Sam Wieben. Wieben had gotten around Carter and challenged VanDerWal by dipping low. VanDerWal was able to stand his ground on his preferred top side, and took the checkers first. Wieben took the runner up spot, Carter held third place, fourth went to Jared VanDeest who had started in the eighth row, Clint Luellen was fifth and Doug Smith finished sixth after having to recover from an earlier caution he was involved in, tag the field and come through the pack.
The INEX Legends visited the high banks for the first time ever. They are a league of cars the size of the Mod Lites, but full fendered. These cars came from all over the United States, and they were vying for a $1,000 in a "Race for the Cause". Each car carried the name of a fallen police officer from their respective state. They ran a 25-lap feature and receiving the accolades in this one was the #38 of Joplin, Missouri racer, Justin Comer. He took the comfortable win over the #13 of Timothy Brockhouse from Illinois, third was Dave Comer from Missouri, fourth went to the 6B of Vince Bartolotta from Wisconsin, and fifth went to Nelson Stewart from Indiana. Stewart is the 74 year old father of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.
The 50-lap Deery Brothers race had their starting field whittled down via two B mains. Winning those were Ray Guss, Jr. and Joel Callahan. Earlier there had been the "pick the pizza box" for the top 12-qualifiers from the heats to determine their starting spots in the feature. The lucky recipients were Scott Fitzpatrick with the #1 and young Tyler Droste with the #2.
The ONLY yellow of this 50-lapper came at lap four. Tyler Droste had established the point spot by lap two by putting his ride to the top side. When things picked back up, he quickly took back to the top shelf, and pulled away from his competition. He masterfully worked his line and through lap traffic. Jason Rauen had taken over the second spot, and as the race wore on, he began reeling in the leader. At lap forty, Rauen attempted a slide job out of corner four, but wasn't able to pull it off. However, the following lap, Rauen got the job done, taking over the top spot. From there on, Rauen pulled away, and took the checkers. Droste finished in the runner up spot, third went to last year's winner Jeff Aikey, Fitzpatrick held on to fourth place and Justin Kay completed the top five. It was a happy Jason Rauen in victory lane after the race, finally able to get his first ever Deery Brothers Summer Series win.
Earlier in the evening, the top 2 finishers of the four heats drew for starting positions for an Australian Pursuit race. In this unique contest, if you are passed, you are out. Second place starter Jeff Aikey quickly eliminated pole sitter Tyler Droste and easily took the 10-lap contest, going home with an extra $500.
Marshalltown Speedway will be back in action this coming Friday night for their regular season racing. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:50 and racing at 7:30.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
McBirnie goes back to back at Boone
It sure didn't feel like a late May Saturday night at the Boone Speedway. It was overcast with a stiff north wind blowing right at the grandstand, and coat and blanket weather. The temperature hovered at 60 degrees when the gates opened, and fell lower as the night wore on. At least 15 new cars checked into the pits, several from western Iowa and Missouri that brought the car count to 139.
Ed Zehm took his first Mod Lite feature win in the 15-lap feature. He had a sizable lead when a yellow flew at lap thirteen, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. He was able to avoid the threats behind him and snap up his first win of the season at Boone. David Schmalzried, who had chased Zehm in the latter portion of the race, held off Josh May at the line as they finished second and third. Fourth was James May and Randy Bryan finished fifth.
Jake McBirnie won for the second week in a row, taking the 18-lap SportMod A main victory. He took the helm from rookie Dusty Masolini with eight laps in the books, and was then content at the front of the herd, while Masolini and Ben Wilson battled for the runner up spot. McBirnie took the win by a comfortable margin but it was a close one for second, Masolini just winning out over Wilson who finished third. Jerry Hinton ran at the front of the pack for most of the race, and had a fourth place finish and Chad Ryerson claimed fifth. The race went flag-to-flag.....the only feature of the night to do so.
There was an exciting finish in the 12-lap Hobby Stock feature. Solomon Bennett, who had scored a win at Boone back on April 25, was looking to be headed to Victory Lane again. However, there were two cars moving through the pack quickly from starting back in rows four and five. Andrew Burg had caught up with the leader, and Eric Stanton was running third. A yellow at lap four, drew the three even closer for the restart. Bennett however, kept his lead, pedaling for all his worth to keep them at bay. As the white flag flew, Burg tried a move to the outside of Bennett, scraping the front stretch wall. Bennett held his ground but Burg wasn't quite done yet. As they came out of turn four looking at the checkers, Burg surged around him on the outside in one last push, this time making it work and beating him to the finish line. Burg got the win, and Bennett finished what had to be a disappointing second. Third went to Eric Stanton, fourth was Daniel Haggen and rounding out the top five was Cody Gustoff who had started thirteenth on the grid. This was Burg's second Saturday night season win of the year and also was coming off of a Memorial Day win at the speedway.
The IMCA Modifieds had to endure five cautions before they completed their 20-lap feature. Devin Havlik led most of the race, hoping to repeat his victory from May 23rd. Meanwhile behind him the familiar #19 was on the move as Jimmy Gustin began his quest to reel in the leader. He did just that and was no doubt happy to see the final yellow of the session fly at lap eleven....drawing him to restart right behind Havlik. Havlik didn't get rattled though, keeping hold of the top spot, and fending off Gustin's attempts. Gustin was persistent though, and finally was successful when Havlik made the slightest of bobbles as they raced to the flagstand as lap seventeen was scored. Gustin took over and took command of the race the rest of the way to the checkers flying. Havlik had to be content with second on this night. Veteran John Logue finished in third, fourth went to the Flying Dutchman, Mike VanGenderen who had started tenth, and completing the top five was nineteenth place starter, hometown boy, Scott Davis. Gustin, who is leading points, started in twelfth spot, and took his third win of the regular season, plus also snatching the Frostbuster special back on April 4.
The IMCA Stock Cars ended the night's racing with their 18-lap feature event. Trent Murphy got to the top spot by lap eight, shooting through the pack from starting tenth. Jay Schmidt came from fourteenth spot to chase the leader, and Donavon Smith threw his hat in the ring, riding in third. However, there would be no change in the running order even with a late caution flag....as Murphy took the win, followed by Schmidt in second and Smith in third. Fourth place finisher was "Hot Rod" Richards and Chris Pruitt made it to fifth from his twelfth starting place. This was Murphy's first win of the track's point season, but also won the Frostbuster special.
Racing continues next Saturday night at the speedway. Hot laps are 6:45 and racing at 7:30. Check out the racing calendar at www.postivelyracing.com and find a race somewhere to attend. We all need to keep supporting the dirt track scene in our area. Next up on our agenda will be the Deery Brothers Late Model series at the Marshalltown Speedway on Tuesday, June 2. It's always fun to see the late models on the high banks. We will be hoping that the weather is more comfortable and DRY for the upcoming busy race schedule.
Ed Zehm took his first Mod Lite feature win in the 15-lap feature. He had a sizable lead when a yellow flew at lap thirteen, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. He was able to avoid the threats behind him and snap up his first win of the season at Boone. David Schmalzried, who had chased Zehm in the latter portion of the race, held off Josh May at the line as they finished second and third. Fourth was James May and Randy Bryan finished fifth.
Jake McBirnie won for the second week in a row, taking the 18-lap SportMod A main victory. He took the helm from rookie Dusty Masolini with eight laps in the books, and was then content at the front of the herd, while Masolini and Ben Wilson battled for the runner up spot. McBirnie took the win by a comfortable margin but it was a close one for second, Masolini just winning out over Wilson who finished third. Jerry Hinton ran at the front of the pack for most of the race, and had a fourth place finish and Chad Ryerson claimed fifth. The race went flag-to-flag.....the only feature of the night to do so.
There was an exciting finish in the 12-lap Hobby Stock feature. Solomon Bennett, who had scored a win at Boone back on April 25, was looking to be headed to Victory Lane again. However, there were two cars moving through the pack quickly from starting back in rows four and five. Andrew Burg had caught up with the leader, and Eric Stanton was running third. A yellow at lap four, drew the three even closer for the restart. Bennett however, kept his lead, pedaling for all his worth to keep them at bay. As the white flag flew, Burg tried a move to the outside of Bennett, scraping the front stretch wall. Bennett held his ground but Burg wasn't quite done yet. As they came out of turn four looking at the checkers, Burg surged around him on the outside in one last push, this time making it work and beating him to the finish line. Burg got the win, and Bennett finished what had to be a disappointing second. Third went to Eric Stanton, fourth was Daniel Haggen and rounding out the top five was Cody Gustoff who had started thirteenth on the grid. This was Burg's second Saturday night season win of the year and also was coming off of a Memorial Day win at the speedway.
The IMCA Modifieds had to endure five cautions before they completed their 20-lap feature. Devin Havlik led most of the race, hoping to repeat his victory from May 23rd. Meanwhile behind him the familiar #19 was on the move as Jimmy Gustin began his quest to reel in the leader. He did just that and was no doubt happy to see the final yellow of the session fly at lap eleven....drawing him to restart right behind Havlik. Havlik didn't get rattled though, keeping hold of the top spot, and fending off Gustin's attempts. Gustin was persistent though, and finally was successful when Havlik made the slightest of bobbles as they raced to the flagstand as lap seventeen was scored. Gustin took over and took command of the race the rest of the way to the checkers flying. Havlik had to be content with second on this night. Veteran John Logue finished in third, fourth went to the Flying Dutchman, Mike VanGenderen who had started tenth, and completing the top five was nineteenth place starter, hometown boy, Scott Davis. Gustin, who is leading points, started in twelfth spot, and took his third win of the regular season, plus also snatching the Frostbuster special back on April 4.
The IMCA Stock Cars ended the night's racing with their 18-lap feature event. Trent Murphy got to the top spot by lap eight, shooting through the pack from starting tenth. Jay Schmidt came from fourteenth spot to chase the leader, and Donavon Smith threw his hat in the ring, riding in third. However, there would be no change in the running order even with a late caution flag....as Murphy took the win, followed by Schmidt in second and Smith in third. Fourth place finisher was "Hot Rod" Richards and Chris Pruitt made it to fifth from his twelfth starting place. This was Murphy's first win of the track's point season, but also won the Frostbuster special.
Racing continues next Saturday night at the speedway. Hot laps are 6:45 and racing at 7:30. Check out the racing calendar at www.postivelyracing.com and find a race somewhere to attend. We all need to keep supporting the dirt track scene in our area. Next up on our agenda will be the Deery Brothers Late Model series at the Marshalltown Speedway on Tuesday, June 2. It's always fun to see the late models on the high banks. We will be hoping that the weather is more comfortable and DRY for the upcoming busy race schedule.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Luellen brothers match wins at Marshalltown
The races at Marshalltown Speedway got one up on Mother Nature on Friday night. We watched the billowing clouds roll to the north and during the final features, the lightning was flashing. The program was hurried along, the features following right on the heels of the heats, and the victory lane interviews and pictures were eliminated. One driver continues his domination at the track, and his brother matched a win in another class. A first time winner saw victory lane in the stock car class while two other drivers, got wins number two for the year.
The Mod Lites ran their 15-lap main event first. Jimmy May wasted little time in taking the lead at lap four after starting in row four. From then on, he began distancing himself from the rest of the field, and took the win in comfortable fashion. Mike Morrill took the runner up spot, third went to Cory Sauerman, fourth was early leader Justin Whitehead, and Randy Bryan finished fifth. This was Jimmy May's second win of the season.
The Hobby Stocks did not get a lap in of their 15-lapper as several cars piled up in turn two just after the race went green. When the track was cleared and the race did get underway, it was Gary Pfantz leading the pack the first few laps, but by lap four, the familiar blue #3A of Austin Luellen had taken command. Luellen had no trouble in weathering two more yellows on his way to the checkers, taking the win by a comfortable margin. Finishing second was Eric Stanton who was involved in the opening lap mess....retired to the pits and tagged the field with his car looking like it had been opened on the right rear with a can opener. Third place was Travis Overton, fourth was early leader Gary Pfantz, and Dustin Lynch was fifth. This was Luellen's fifth win of the regular season, and only he and Eric Stanton claim wins in the Hobby Stock class at Marshalltown this year.
Things never seem to work out when you are trying to hurry things along. It took the IMCA Northern SportMods three tries to get past lap one. The early race found Scott Williams holding back Sam Wieben, but by lap four, Wieben had taken command, and by lap five, it was a three-car race between Wieben, Clint Luellen and Colby Heishman. Luellen swung to the outside and made the pass for the lead by lap ten and was happy to let Wieben and Heishman hash it out for the runner up spot. Luellen kept command of the ship the rest of the way to the checkers, scoring his second win of the season, and matching his brother Austin's earlier win in the Hobby Stock division. It was a real fight to the finish for second and third, but in the end it was Wieben holding back Heishman. Fourth was Brandon Williams and Jared VanDeest completed the top five.
The 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature only got one lap in the books until they had a yellow fly...but it would be the only caution of their race. David Brandies from Wilton, Iowa, who had returned to the track after his first appearance two weeks ago, started on the pole and led the entire race and taking the win. He had some cars furiously contending behind him for much of the race though. Donavon Smith and Trent Murphy were neck and neck for the last handful of laps, each trying to establish the runner up position, and throwing his hat in the ring as well was Michael Jaennette. The final run to the finish line saw Trent Murphy just squeaking out second place over Smith in third. Jaennette finished a close fourth and Robert Stofer made his first trip to Marshalltown of the regular season, and took fifth place.
The IMCA Modifieds kept the "one lap in, and a yellow" going for the night too. Kyle Brown ended up in spin mode in corner one just after lap one was scored, and had to tag the field for the restart. Kyle Krampe started on the pole and led early, but Jake Strayer had other ideas. He quickly moved to the point position, would have to endure a couple more yellow flag restarts, but never got rattled. He kept hold of the top spot the entire way to the win. Jimmy Gustin battled by Adam Larson in the final laps, made a run at Strayer, but had to settle for second. Larson finished third, fourth went to Ronn Lauritzen and Josh "Happy" Gilman came from row five to finish in fifth. This was Strayer's second win at Marshalltown this year.
The Quads also had a turn on the track tonight, running heat races and a feature, but we headed out before the feature was completed. We have an early call for a special occasion tomorrow morning....our grandson's preschool graduation.
Don't forget that the next race at the Marshalltown Speedway will be this coming Tuesday, June 2, when the Boy's of Summer will be coming to town. The IMCA Deery Brothers Late Models will be making their annual appearance. Also on the docket are the IMCA Northern SportMods and Legend cars. Grandstands open at 5, hot laps are 7 with racing to follow.
The Mod Lites ran their 15-lap main event first. Jimmy May wasted little time in taking the lead at lap four after starting in row four. From then on, he began distancing himself from the rest of the field, and took the win in comfortable fashion. Mike Morrill took the runner up spot, third went to Cory Sauerman, fourth was early leader Justin Whitehead, and Randy Bryan finished fifth. This was Jimmy May's second win of the season.
The Hobby Stocks did not get a lap in of their 15-lapper as several cars piled up in turn two just after the race went green. When the track was cleared and the race did get underway, it was Gary Pfantz leading the pack the first few laps, but by lap four, the familiar blue #3A of Austin Luellen had taken command. Luellen had no trouble in weathering two more yellows on his way to the checkers, taking the win by a comfortable margin. Finishing second was Eric Stanton who was involved in the opening lap mess....retired to the pits and tagged the field with his car looking like it had been opened on the right rear with a can opener. Third place was Travis Overton, fourth was early leader Gary Pfantz, and Dustin Lynch was fifth. This was Luellen's fifth win of the regular season, and only he and Eric Stanton claim wins in the Hobby Stock class at Marshalltown this year.
Things never seem to work out when you are trying to hurry things along. It took the IMCA Northern SportMods three tries to get past lap one. The early race found Scott Williams holding back Sam Wieben, but by lap four, Wieben had taken command, and by lap five, it was a three-car race between Wieben, Clint Luellen and Colby Heishman. Luellen swung to the outside and made the pass for the lead by lap ten and was happy to let Wieben and Heishman hash it out for the runner up spot. Luellen kept command of the ship the rest of the way to the checkers, scoring his second win of the season, and matching his brother Austin's earlier win in the Hobby Stock division. It was a real fight to the finish for second and third, but in the end it was Wieben holding back Heishman. Fourth was Brandon Williams and Jared VanDeest completed the top five.
The 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature only got one lap in the books until they had a yellow fly...but it would be the only caution of their race. David Brandies from Wilton, Iowa, who had returned to the track after his first appearance two weeks ago, started on the pole and led the entire race and taking the win. He had some cars furiously contending behind him for much of the race though. Donavon Smith and Trent Murphy were neck and neck for the last handful of laps, each trying to establish the runner up position, and throwing his hat in the ring as well was Michael Jaennette. The final run to the finish line saw Trent Murphy just squeaking out second place over Smith in third. Jaennette finished a close fourth and Robert Stofer made his first trip to Marshalltown of the regular season, and took fifth place.
The IMCA Modifieds kept the "one lap in, and a yellow" going for the night too. Kyle Brown ended up in spin mode in corner one just after lap one was scored, and had to tag the field for the restart. Kyle Krampe started on the pole and led early, but Jake Strayer had other ideas. He quickly moved to the point position, would have to endure a couple more yellow flag restarts, but never got rattled. He kept hold of the top spot the entire way to the win. Jimmy Gustin battled by Adam Larson in the final laps, made a run at Strayer, but had to settle for second. Larson finished third, fourth went to Ronn Lauritzen and Josh "Happy" Gilman came from row five to finish in fifth. This was Strayer's second win at Marshalltown this year.
The Quads also had a turn on the track tonight, running heat races and a feature, but we headed out before the feature was completed. We have an early call for a special occasion tomorrow morning....our grandson's preschool graduation.
Don't forget that the next race at the Marshalltown Speedway will be this coming Tuesday, June 2, when the Boy's of Summer will be coming to town. The IMCA Deery Brothers Late Models will be making their annual appearance. Also on the docket are the IMCA Northern SportMods and Legend cars. Grandstands open at 5, hot laps are 7 with racing to follow.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Wood takes Stock Car win in mad dash to the checkers
Is was a beautiful Wednesday night for racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway. After last Wednesday's show was weathered out, it was good to get back to racing on the big old half-mile. Extra money was on the line in all classes thanks to sponsor of the night, Bill and Ray's Truck Repair and Wrecker Service. The Iowa Sportsmen Series cars were also in the house; rescheduled from their original appearance last week.
There were seven IMCA Sport Compacts vying for the win last night. The initial start was called back, but after that, the race continued caution free the full 12-laps. William Michel led lap one but it was a scramble behind him. By lap two, first time visitor, Michael Grossman took the helm and never gave it up. John Whalen chased Grossman, closed in on him, and took peeks for a way around, but had to settle for second place. Third was Jon Girdley piloting the #33 car last night, and Bill Whalen, Jr. finished fourth in a borrowed car, after destroying his at another track recently. Trent Orwig rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 18 IMCA Northern SportMods were in competition. They ran their 16-lap feature next. When a yellow flew with just two laps in the books, Jason McDaniel had gotten around Dan Drury for the lead and riding in third was the familiar #1V of Curtis VanDerWal. VanDerWal had started ninth and quickly moved his ride forward and was no doubt anticipating the restart. VanDerWal wasted no time, taking the lead before lap three was scored. He was never challenged from there on, scoring the win easily. Finishing a distant second was Jason McDaniel, third went to Brayton Carter who had started eighth, fourth was Logan Anderson who came from seventh starting spot, and Brett Lowry raced his hot rod from eleventh starting place, to a top five finish. This was VanDerWal's fourth win of the season at Osky.
Then came the IMCA Stock Car 18-lap A main...and once again, it had a spectacular finish! The start was tightly bunched packs of cars by the time they reached turn one which saw Derrick Agee claiming the lead at lap one. By lap two, Daniel Hilsabeck had taken command and he soon had Cayden Carter, Damon Murty and Nathan Wood to hold at bay. A yellow flew at lap eleven which found Hilsabeck still holding the lead, but Damon Murty had made it to second by taking his 99D to the topside. Lurking close at hand in third and fourth were Carter and Wood. When things picked back up, the following laps were a jousting back and forth for leads. First Carter took over, followed two laps later by Murty and when yet another yellow flew at lap sixteen, Wood was up to second place and had just been peeking under Murty for the lead when things were halted. Everyone was buzzing in anticipation of the final shoot out to the checkers. Murty was holding on to the lead when lap seventeen went in the books, but Wood stuck his ride under the 99D in corner two, made it stick and shot to the lead. When the cars came out of turn four looking at the checkers, it was almost another spectatular photo finish with four closely clumped this time. Wood snagged the win on this night, while second went to Hilsabeck who shot past Murty in third and Carter took fourth. Not far behind was fifth place Mike Hughes. The Stock Cars never fail to impress at Osky and often worth the price of admission in themselves! In Victory Lane, Wood told announcer Tony Paris that it had been over a year since he had stood in that spot and after checking back at some of my records, I show it may have been back on June 12 of 2013 that he was last in the winner's circle at SIS....the year he was track champion. Forgive me Nathan, if I have that wrong.
Dustin Griffiths took his second win of the year in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Griffiths started ninth, and was running third by lap three....chasing leader Bill Bonnett. He was able to work around Bonnett by lap eight, keeping his top spot the rest of the way to the checkers and the win. Veteran Bill Bonnett took the runner up spot, third was Travis Bunnell who had started eighth, fourth went to Danny Thrasher, and Bobby Greene was fifth.
Though there were only eight IMCA Modifieds last night for $450 to win, the action was excellent. Scott Dickey beat Tyler Groenendyk to the corner as the race went green, and was looking to be on his way to the win, pulling out to a nice lead in the early laps. By lap nine however, Groenendyk was reeling in the leader and right before a caution came out at lap fourteen, he had closed in. This set up a green-white-checkered finish. When the race restarted, Groenendyk got under the leader, taking over the top spot as the white flag flew. He kept that lead to the checkered flag, scoring the win, his first at the track in 2015. Carter VandenBerg had been racing hard and put his ride in the number two finishing position after starting sixth. Third went to his cousin, Cayden Carter, fourth was visiting driver from Burlington, Dugan Thye, and Steve Streeter was fifth. Scott Dickey fell back in the closing laps to finish sixth.
The Iowa Sportman's Series also ran last night. They ran a 15-lap heat race earlier, which was won by #47 Darren DeZwarte. They finished the evening's racing off with a 25-lap feature event, which we did not see. We have heard that it was also won by DeZwarte. They had a dozen cars in competition.
For those of you who may not have Facebook or see that the Southern Iowa Speedway has posted their list of candidates for this year's ballot for the Hall of Fame, here are those on the illustrious list.
Bill Bone, Jim Brown, Merv Chandler, Engel DeKock, Jim and Joe Durian, Dave Farren, Dan Feree, Troy Folkerts, Wendell Folkerts, Jeff Haines, Curt Hansen, Bob "Gabby" Hayes, Don Hoffman, Dean Hughes, Bob Maschmann, Mel Morris, Ed Sanger, Terry Schroeder, Gary Storey, Pat Surfus, Dean Sylvester, Paul VanZee, Danny Wallace, "Pokey" West, and Bill Zwanziger. Voting will take place on THURSDAY, June 11 when the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models join the weekly show. Note....there will not be the usual WEDNESDAY night show that week. Each pit pass and grandstand admission will be able to vote for THREE candidates only. Who will join last year's inaugural Hall of Fame inductees? Those were Denny Banks, the late Aaron Brown, Bill Davis, Sr., Bobby Greiner, Jr., and Randy Schroeder.
Weekly racing resumes next week at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Hot laps at 7 and racing at 7 :30. Join us for another night of great racing action.
There were seven IMCA Sport Compacts vying for the win last night. The initial start was called back, but after that, the race continued caution free the full 12-laps. William Michel led lap one but it was a scramble behind him. By lap two, first time visitor, Michael Grossman took the helm and never gave it up. John Whalen chased Grossman, closed in on him, and took peeks for a way around, but had to settle for second place. Third was Jon Girdley piloting the #33 car last night, and Bill Whalen, Jr. finished fourth in a borrowed car, after destroying his at another track recently. Trent Orwig rounded out the top five.
A nice field of 18 IMCA Northern SportMods were in competition. They ran their 16-lap feature next. When a yellow flew with just two laps in the books, Jason McDaniel had gotten around Dan Drury for the lead and riding in third was the familiar #1V of Curtis VanDerWal. VanDerWal had started ninth and quickly moved his ride forward and was no doubt anticipating the restart. VanDerWal wasted no time, taking the lead before lap three was scored. He was never challenged from there on, scoring the win easily. Finishing a distant second was Jason McDaniel, third went to Brayton Carter who had started eighth, fourth was Logan Anderson who came from seventh starting spot, and Brett Lowry raced his hot rod from eleventh starting place, to a top five finish. This was VanDerWal's fourth win of the season at Osky.
Then came the IMCA Stock Car 18-lap A main...and once again, it had a spectacular finish! The start was tightly bunched packs of cars by the time they reached turn one which saw Derrick Agee claiming the lead at lap one. By lap two, Daniel Hilsabeck had taken command and he soon had Cayden Carter, Damon Murty and Nathan Wood to hold at bay. A yellow flew at lap eleven which found Hilsabeck still holding the lead, but Damon Murty had made it to second by taking his 99D to the topside. Lurking close at hand in third and fourth were Carter and Wood. When things picked back up, the following laps were a jousting back and forth for leads. First Carter took over, followed two laps later by Murty and when yet another yellow flew at lap sixteen, Wood was up to second place and had just been peeking under Murty for the lead when things were halted. Everyone was buzzing in anticipation of the final shoot out to the checkers. Murty was holding on to the lead when lap seventeen went in the books, but Wood stuck his ride under the 99D in corner two, made it stick and shot to the lead. When the cars came out of turn four looking at the checkers, it was almost another spectatular photo finish with four closely clumped this time. Wood snagged the win on this night, while second went to Hilsabeck who shot past Murty in third and Carter took fourth. Not far behind was fifth place Mike Hughes. The Stock Cars never fail to impress at Osky and often worth the price of admission in themselves! In Victory Lane, Wood told announcer Tony Paris that it had been over a year since he had stood in that spot and after checking back at some of my records, I show it may have been back on June 12 of 2013 that he was last in the winner's circle at SIS....the year he was track champion. Forgive me Nathan, if I have that wrong.
Dustin Griffiths took his second win of the year in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Griffiths started ninth, and was running third by lap three....chasing leader Bill Bonnett. He was able to work around Bonnett by lap eight, keeping his top spot the rest of the way to the checkers and the win. Veteran Bill Bonnett took the runner up spot, third was Travis Bunnell who had started eighth, fourth went to Danny Thrasher, and Bobby Greene was fifth.
Though there were only eight IMCA Modifieds last night for $450 to win, the action was excellent. Scott Dickey beat Tyler Groenendyk to the corner as the race went green, and was looking to be on his way to the win, pulling out to a nice lead in the early laps. By lap nine however, Groenendyk was reeling in the leader and right before a caution came out at lap fourteen, he had closed in. This set up a green-white-checkered finish. When the race restarted, Groenendyk got under the leader, taking over the top spot as the white flag flew. He kept that lead to the checkered flag, scoring the win, his first at the track in 2015. Carter VandenBerg had been racing hard and put his ride in the number two finishing position after starting sixth. Third went to his cousin, Cayden Carter, fourth was visiting driver from Burlington, Dugan Thye, and Steve Streeter was fifth. Scott Dickey fell back in the closing laps to finish sixth.
The Iowa Sportman's Series also ran last night. They ran a 15-lap heat race earlier, which was won by #47 Darren DeZwarte. They finished the evening's racing off with a 25-lap feature event, which we did not see. We have heard that it was also won by DeZwarte. They had a dozen cars in competition.
For those of you who may not have Facebook or see that the Southern Iowa Speedway has posted their list of candidates for this year's ballot for the Hall of Fame, here are those on the illustrious list.
Bill Bone, Jim Brown, Merv Chandler, Engel DeKock, Jim and Joe Durian, Dave Farren, Dan Feree, Troy Folkerts, Wendell Folkerts, Jeff Haines, Curt Hansen, Bob "Gabby" Hayes, Don Hoffman, Dean Hughes, Bob Maschmann, Mel Morris, Ed Sanger, Terry Schroeder, Gary Storey, Pat Surfus, Dean Sylvester, Paul VanZee, Danny Wallace, "Pokey" West, and Bill Zwanziger. Voting will take place on THURSDAY, June 11 when the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models join the weekly show. Note....there will not be the usual WEDNESDAY night show that week. Each pit pass and grandstand admission will be able to vote for THREE candidates only. Who will join last year's inaugural Hall of Fame inductees? Those were Denny Banks, the late Aaron Brown, Bill Davis, Sr., Bobby Greiner, Jr., and Randy Schroeder.
Weekly racing resumes next week at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Hot laps at 7 and racing at 7 :30. Join us for another night of great racing action.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Osky- 5-27-15
Unofficial results:
Modified:
1. 9X Tyler Groenendyke
2. 7V Carter VandenBerg
3. 10C Cayden Carter
4. 11T Dugan Thye
5. 40 Scott Dickey
6. 1X Steve Streeter
DNF: 02 Andrew Schroeder
8J AJ Johnson
Stock Car - another exciting finish at the checkers!
1. 52 Nathan Wood
2. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 10C Cayden Carter
5. 11 Mike Hughes
6. 18 Kris Walker
7. 12 Doug Sylvester
8. 87 Les Blakely
9. 14 Derek Agee
10. 17 Brock Welcj
11. 73c Carl Yaw
12. 54 Michael Brown
DNF: 72 Jerry Pilcher
19 Donnie Pearson
10R Ryan Fullenkamp
79S Jason See
22R Todd Reitzler
3D Daniel Gordon
7 Todd Phillips
33Z Zack VanderBeek
19B Brandon Bach
DNS: 57F Bill Fox
SportMod
1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal
2. 85 Jason McDaniel
3. 01 Brayton Carter
4. 9A Logan Anderson
5. 72 Brett Lowry
6. 34Z Cory VanZante
7. 84B Trent Brink
8. 33 Derek Liles
9. 29 Colton Livezey
DNF: A5 Austin Paul
33R DJ Robinson
7A Aaron Osweiler
49G LeRoy Groenendyk
352 Charlie Weber
21D Dan Drury
26 Scott Brau
DNS: 20 Danny Brau
16 Matthew VanGelder
Hobby Stock
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths
2. 19 Bill Bonnett
3. 3 Travis Bunnell
4. 84 Danny Thrasher
5. 32T Bobby Greene
6. l96R Jamie Songer
7. 77 Derek Hodges
8. 73 Aaron Martin
9. 21 Nick Ulin
10. 69 Craig Brown
11. 2 Brandon Potts
12. 14 Christian Huffman
13. 9 Jared Stephens
DNF: 55 Brad Stephens
8 Robert Fite
DNS: 57 Lee Fite
3S Steve Allen
Sport Compact
1. 2 Michael Grossman
2. 77 John Whalen
3. 33 Jon Girdley
4. 07 (00W) Bill Whalen
5. 04 Trent Orwig
6. 22M Curt Myers
DNF: 69 William Michel
The Iowa Sportsmen Series also ran but did not stay for the 25 lap feature
Earlier, the #47 of Darren DeZwarte won the 15-lap heat
Modified:
1. 9X Tyler Groenendyke
2. 7V Carter VandenBerg
3. 10C Cayden Carter
4. 11T Dugan Thye
5. 40 Scott Dickey
6. 1X Steve Streeter
DNF: 02 Andrew Schroeder
8J AJ Johnson
Stock Car - another exciting finish at the checkers!
1. 52 Nathan Wood
2. 77N Daniel Hilsabeck
3. 99D Damon Murty
4. 10C Cayden Carter
5. 11 Mike Hughes
6. 18 Kris Walker
7. 12 Doug Sylvester
8. 87 Les Blakely
9. 14 Derek Agee
10. 17 Brock Welcj
11. 73c Carl Yaw
12. 54 Michael Brown
DNF: 72 Jerry Pilcher
19 Donnie Pearson
10R Ryan Fullenkamp
79S Jason See
22R Todd Reitzler
3D Daniel Gordon
7 Todd Phillips
33Z Zack VanderBeek
19B Brandon Bach
DNS: 57F Bill Fox
SportMod
1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal
2. 85 Jason McDaniel
3. 01 Brayton Carter
4. 9A Logan Anderson
5. 72 Brett Lowry
6. 34Z Cory VanZante
7. 84B Trent Brink
8. 33 Derek Liles
9. 29 Colton Livezey
DNF: A5 Austin Paul
33R DJ Robinson
7A Aaron Osweiler
49G LeRoy Groenendyk
352 Charlie Weber
21D Dan Drury
26 Scott Brau
DNS: 20 Danny Brau
16 Matthew VanGelder
Hobby Stock
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths
2. 19 Bill Bonnett
3. 3 Travis Bunnell
4. 84 Danny Thrasher
5. 32T Bobby Greene
6. l96R Jamie Songer
7. 77 Derek Hodges
8. 73 Aaron Martin
9. 21 Nick Ulin
10. 69 Craig Brown
11. 2 Brandon Potts
12. 14 Christian Huffman
13. 9 Jared Stephens
DNF: 55 Brad Stephens
8 Robert Fite
DNS: 57 Lee Fite
3S Steve Allen
Sport Compact
1. 2 Michael Grossman
2. 77 John Whalen
3. 33 Jon Girdley
4. 07 (00W) Bill Whalen
5. 04 Trent Orwig
6. 22M Curt Myers
DNF: 69 William Michel
The Iowa Sportsmen Series also ran but did not stay for the 25 lap feature
Earlier, the #47 of Darren DeZwarte won the 15-lap heat
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