Opening night at Southern Iowa Speedway

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Mather, Weller, Carter, Walker score opening night victories at Southern Iowa Speedway

 

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (May 19) – After harsh spring weather delayed last week’s long-anticipated 2010 season opener, American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series action returned to the historic Southern Iowa Speedway Wednesday evening. Comfortable weather and prime track conditions greeted the anxious fans and eager competitors at the half-mile Mahaska County Monster, and the on-track action proved to be worth the wait.

 

The first feature to hit the track was the Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods. Oskaloosa’s Cayden Carter, who celebrated his 14th birthday on Tuesday, battled polesitter Jason McDaniel of Eldon and Joe Gibb Racing developmental driver Brett Moffett of Grimes before leading the 21 starters to the checkered flag for his first victory of the season. McDaniel and Moffitt followed, with defending track champion Tyler Groenendyk and Bloomfield’s Mike Shelton rounding out the top five in the 15-lapper.

 

Shane Weller of Agency dominated the opening night of the USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division, winning both the heat race and the 15-lap feature event. Mike VanGenderen of Newton finished second, followed by seventh-place starter Nathan Wood of Keswick. Rich Vogt of Fairfield, who started on the outside pole, held on for fourth with Oskaloosa’s Toby Smith fifth.

 

Kris Walker of Oskaloosa triumphed in the caution-plagued USRA Hobby Stock feature. Craig Brown of Eldon and Derek Kirkland Centerville managed to post podium finishes. Kellogg’s Donavon Nunnikhoven made an exciting charge from the 19th starting position for a fourth-place finish ahead of Tony Tenity of Eldon.

 

The final feature of the evening belonged to the Musco USRA Modifieds. Packwood’s Scott Dickey led the field to the green flag, but it was outside polesitter Colt Mather of Webster who paced the first and, ultimately, last circuit of the 20-lap feature. Mather found himself dominating the field early on before a caution flew on lap 6 for an incident involving the Ryan Schaffer of Corning in turns 1-2.

 

On the restart, Mather jumped to a big lead again as the field stacked up three- and four-wide behind him. It appeared that Mather, who was primarily using the high line to work his way around the half-mile clay oval, would go unchallenged until Oskaloosa’s Ron Ver Beek closed in on Mather’s bumper with five laps to go and began searching for a line to battle for the lead. Ver Beek was able to battle side by side in the turns, but Mather’s high side momentum brought the two machines nose to tail in the straight-aways.

 

With two circuits remaining, fans were brought to their feet when the lead duo caught the lapped machine of David Ott. When Mather attempted to overtake Ott in the first turn, Ver Beek powered to the bottom of the speedway, leaving Ott helplessly wedged between the two leaders. Mather and Ver Beek exited the corner virtually equal, but it was Mather who regained the lead. Ver Beek’s last-lap bid was unsuccessful as he followed Mather across the finish line. Nine-time USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Champion Kelly Shryock earned a third-place finish after starting on the outside of the fourth row. Zack Vanderbeek advanced six positions to finish fifth behind Josh Truman of Indianola.

 

Next Wednesday, May 26, the mud-slinging Modifieds of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invade Oskaloosa for the 9th Annual Spring Challenge. The event will be the first of five straight shows throughout Iowa and Minnesota during the Memorial Day Weekend, so race fans can expect to witness the best of the best in dirt Modified racing for the first points race in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Central States Region presented by Arnold Motor Supply.

 

Giving race fans even more bang for their buck, next Wednesday’s blockbuster event will also be the inaugural event for the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Stock Cars. Rounding out the program will be the Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks.

 

Pits will open at 5 p.m., grandstands open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 7:15 and the first heat race starts at 7:30. General admission grandstand tickets are just $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and children ages 5 and under are always admitted free of charge. Pit passes are $30.

 

The Southern Iowa Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call 515-832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004.

 

For rules or other information about the United States Racing Association, check out the USRA website at www.usraracing.com.

 

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series

Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

 

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

 

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

 

Heat #1 (6 laps):

1. (3) 69 Craig Brown, Eldon

2. (1) 78 Andy Coleman, Packwood

3. (7) 61 Tony Tenity, Eldon

4. (8) 2k Derek Kirkland, Centerville

5. (2) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona

6. (6) 67 Tyler Ruepke, Chariton

7. (4) 29 Wes Almond, Oskaloosa

8. (5) 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency

 

Heat #2 (6 laps):

1. (2) 18 Kris Walker, Oskaloosa

2. (7) 33 Justin Hook, Oskaloosa

3. (5) 3s Steve Allen, Oskaloosa

4. (3) 64r Ross McCombs, Oskaloosa

5. (1) 66r Richie Arnold, Ottumwa

6. (4) 20 Andrew Hustead, Rutledge, Mo.

7. (6) 2n Donavon Nunnikhoven, Kellogg

 

Heat #3 (6 laps):

1. (2) 558 Jim Hughes, Beacon

2. (1) 32t Bobby Greene, Eddyville

3. (6) 31 Dale Porter, Bloomfield

4. (4) 57 Scott Shull, Eldon

5. (5) 62 T.J. Henderson, Douds

6. (7) 911 Shawn Coleman, Packwood

7. (3) 33m Matt Messmaker, Centerville

 

Feature (15 laps):

1. (3) 18 Kris Walker, Oskaloosa

2. (6) 69 Craig Brown, Eldon

3. (7) 2k Derek Kirkland, Centerville

4. (19) 2n Donavon Nunnikhoven, Kellogg

5. (8) 61 Tony Tenity, Eldon

6. (2) 3s Steve Allen, Oskaloosa

7. (20) 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency

8. (10) 33 Justin Hook, Oskaloosa

9. (1) 32t Bobby Greene, Eddyville

10. (12) 57 Scott Shull, Eldon

11. (15) 62 T.J. Henderson, Douds

12. (13) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona

13. (17) 20 Andrew Hustead, Rutledge, Mo.

14. (14) 66r Richie Arnold, Ottumwa

15. (4) 78 Andy Coleman, Packwood

16. (9) 31 Dale Porter, Bloomfield

17. (11) 64r Ross McCombs, Oskaloosa

18. (18) 911 Shawn Coleman, Packwood

19. (5) 558 Jim Hughes, Beacon

20. (16) 67 Tyler Ruepke, Chariton

DNS - 29 Wes Almond, Oskaloosa

DNS - 33m Matt Messmaker, Centerville

 

CARTER’S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS

 

Heat #1 (6 laps):

1. (1) 16 Mike Shelton, Bloomfield

2. (4) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville

3. (2) 41 Bob Lynch, Ottumwa

4. (5) 12 Erik Flander, Barnes City

5. (8) 8t Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa

6. (7) 54 Bobby Greene, Eddyville

7. (3) 3 Chris Ammenhauser, Ottumwa

8. (6) 8j A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa

 

Heat #2 (6 laps):

1. (7) 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon

2. (6) 0 Mike Wanders, Keswick

3. (5) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa

4. (4) 8x Brad Iverson, Grinnell

5. (3) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa

6. (2) 1 Curtis Van Der Wahl, Oskaloosa

7. (1) 12x Matt Moore, Ottumwa

 

Heat #3 (6 laps):

1. (1) 17t Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa

2. (3) 13 Brett Moffett, Grimes

3. (7) D1 Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa

4. (5) 1x Paul Underwood, Ottumwa

5. (6) 21b B.J. Boender, Oskaloosa

6. (2) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa

7. (4) 49 Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa

 

Feature (15 laps):

1. (3) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa

2. (1) 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon

3. (6) 13 Brett Moffett, Grimes

4. (7) 17t Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa

5. (2) 16 Mike Shelton, Bloomfield

6. (11) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville

7. (10) 0 Mike Wanders, Keswick

8. (17) 1 Curtis Van Der Wahl, Oskaloosa

9. (8) 1x Paul Underwood, Ottumwa

10. (4) 12 Erik Flander, Barnes City

11. (9) D1 Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa

12. (15) 21b B.J. Boender, Oskaloosa

13. (18) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa

14. (14) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa

15. (12) 41 Bob Lynch, Ottumwa

16. (20) 49 Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa

17. (13) 8t Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa

18. (5) 8x Brad Iverson, Grinnell

19. (21) 8j A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa

20. (16) 54 Bobby Greene, Eddyville

21. (19) 12x Matt Moore, Ottumwa

DNS - 3 Chris Ammenhauser, Ottumwa

 

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS

 

Heat (6 laps):

1. (2) 20dub Shane Weller, Agency

2. (3) 57v Mike VanGenderen, Newton

3. (7) 60k Clayton Deppe, Kellogg

4. (1) 38 Rich Vogt, Fairfield

5. (6) 22s Toby Smith, Oskaloosa

6. (4) 15k Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa

7. (5) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick

 

Feature (15 laps):

1. (1) 20dub Shane Weller, Agency

2. (4) 57v Mike VanGenderen, Newton

3. (7) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick

4. (2) 38 Rich Vogt, Fairfield

5. (5) 22s Toby Smith, Oskaloosa

6. (6) 15k Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa

7. (3) 60k Clayton Deppe, Kellogg

 

MUSCO USRA MODIFIEDS

 

Heat #1 (8 laps):

1. (1) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.

2. (8) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile

3. (7) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood

4. (2) 4r Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa

5. (9) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon

6. (5) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning

7. (4) 1k Patrick Graham, Ames

8. (3) 17p Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon

9. (6) 0 David Ott, Ankeny

 

Heat #2 (8 laps):

1. (2) 7 Ryan Dolan, Lisbon

2. (1) 8 Colt Mather, Webster

3. (5) 47 Josh Truman, Indianola

4. (7) 11 Ryan Peckham, Corning

5. (6) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa

6. (8) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena

7. (4) 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo.

8. (3) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington

 

Feature (20 laps):

1. (2) 8 Colt Mather, Webster

2. (3) 4r Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa

3. (8) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile

4. (9) 47 Josh Truman, Indianola

5. (11) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon

6. (10) 7 Ryan Dolan, Lisbon

7. (1) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood

8. (7) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa

9. (15) 17p Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon

10. (5) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.

11. (13) 1k Patrick Graham, Ames

12. (16) 0 David Ott, Ankeny

13. (14) 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo.

14. (12) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena

15. (4) 11 Ryan Peckham, Corning

16. (6) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning

DNS - 22 Brandon Banks, Washington

 

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