Results from Titan Machinery Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway

 

 

 

By: Tony Paris

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 27, 2012) – With temperatures soaring to near 100 degrees it was a nice hot night for racing at the historic Southern Iowa Speedway sponsored by Titan Machinery of Oskaloosa and Pajama Night at the Speedway. The big red machines meet race fans when they arrived and also paced the feature events. Any fan that came in their pajamas got a free hot dog for their efforts. Action started a little later than expected but the show run just as smooth as every other week finishing a little after ten o’clock. A breif intermission had the top 2 drivers in points in each class would race little RC Cars from the Leighton area around a little make shift track on the front stretch and it was Cayden Carter taking the win over Curtis Vanderwal.

First feature of the night was the Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts 8 lap feature. John Whalen would take the early lead but it was racing veteran Merv Chandler taking the lead on lap 4. Chandler would go on and take his 6th win in the last 7 weeks and 7th of the season at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Bill Whalen Jr would pass his brother John for 2nd. Tim Bevins and Anthony Cassat would round out the top 5.

Next up was the Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods feature and it was Bill Gibson leading from start to finish in the green-to-checkered caution free feature. Ryan Fullenkamp would cross the line in 2nd but be disqualified in post race tech because his MSD ignition box and chip wasn’t working. Curtis Vanderwal would be promoted to 2nd, Eric Flander to 3rd, Jesse Sobbing to 4th and Carter Vandenberg to 5th.

In the Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks feature before 1 lap was completed Jarred Gann would come to a stop in turn 2 to bring out the caution. On the restart, Jamie Songer would start right where he left off 1 week ago and that was take the lead but just after the completion of 2 laps the caution would come out when Mike Hughes would go off the backstretch entering turn 3. Songer would get passed by Dustin Griffiths on the restart and Griffiths would hold the lead until lap 5 when the caution would come out for Shannon Anderson coming to a stop in turn 1 and then again on the restart when Richard Puhlka would hit a tractor tire on the bottom side of turn 4. Griffiths would not let that bother him as he would go on and take the win despite another caution on lap 7. Songer would end 2nd, Mike Hughes would come back up and finish 3rd, Kevin Fee was 4th and Kris Walker driving Scott Shull’s car was 5th.

Carter’s Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars feature would see Leroy Groenendyk lead the first lap before Grinnell’s Todd Reitzler would take the top spot away when Groenendyk would slip up in turns 1 and 2. Reitzler would continue to lead until the first caution came out on lap 5 for Todd Phillips in turn 3 and then again on lap 12 for Corey Stout in turn 2. Reitzler would go on to the win with Alan Van Gorp in 2nd, Damon Murty in 3rd, Matt Greiner in 4th and Nathan Wood in 5th.

Final feature of the night was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds feature. Bill Davis Jr was making his 3rd appearance of the season and he made it worth the trip as he would lead all 15 laps. There would be 3 mid race cautions on laps 8 and 9, the first 2 on lap 8 for Jacob Murray in turn 4 and then Todd Shute in turn 2. The caution on lap 9 for Scott Dickey going off the backstretch. None of those cautions would bother Davis as he would take the win with Andrew Schroeder in 2nd. Jake Durbin making his 1st appearance was 3rd, Jacob Murray was 4th and Beau Kaplan was 5th.

Next Week the Southern Iowa Speedway will host the 18th Annual Budweiser World Products Stock Car Shootout with Fireworks after the Races. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Modifieds and IMCA SportMods will all race for a $1,000 to win, IMCA Hobby Stocks $700 to win, 2nd place gets $500 and $200 to win IMCA Sport Compacts, all classes will be draw/redraw. Grandstand admission prices will be Adults $12, Students $5 and Kids (6 and Under) Free. Pits will be $25 for 14 and Over, Students (7-13) $15, Kids (6 and Under) $10 and there will also be a Party Pit Pass available for $15.

Also reminder the pits gates will be open all day, Grandstands Open at 4 pm, Hot Laps will be at 5:30 pm and Racing will be scheduled to start at 6 pm. For Information be sure to check out Sis Osky on Facebook or http://www.oskyspeedway.com/

IMCA Stock Car – feature

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 22R Todd Reitzler Grinnell , Ia 40.00
2 3 19A Alan Vangorp Des Moines, Ia 39.00
3 9 99D Damon Murty Chelsea , Ia 38.00
4 7 29 Matt Greiner Washington , Ia 37.00
5 8 52 Nathan Wood Sigourney , Ia 36.00
6 5 30J Alex Buffington Wapello , Ia 35.00
7 12 44 Todd Fisher Banderant , Ia 34.00
8 14 73C Carl Yaw Pleasant Hill, Ia 33.00
9 13 11 Scott Seaman Altoona , Ia 32.00
10 6 8 Colt Mather Webster , Ia 31.00 DNF
11 11 62 Brad Pinkerton New Sharon, Ia 30.00 DNF
12 4 94 Corey Stout Oskaloosa , Ia 29.00 DNF
13 10 27J Jason Cook Mt. Pleasant, Ia 28.00 DNF
14 15 7 Todd Phillips Packwood , Ia 27.00 DNF
15 1 49G Leroy Groenendyk Oskaloosa , Ia 26.00 DNF

IMCA Sport Modified – feature

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 38 Bill Gibson Knoxville , Ia 40.00
2 8 1 Curtis Vanderwal Oskaloosa , Ia 39.00
3 3 12 Eric Flander Barnes City, Ia 38.00
4 9 99 Jesse Sobbing Glenwood , Ia 37.00
5 7 7 Carter Vandenberg Oskaloosa , Ia 36.00
6 4 8T Tony Johnson Oskaloosa , Ia 35.00
7 6 85 Jason Mcdaniel Eldon , Ia 34.00
8 5 72 Brett Lowry Montezuma , Ia 33.00
9 10 198 Sam Wieben Dysart , Ia 32.00
10 12 64 Casey Greubel Lacona , Ia 31.00
11 11 8 Tom Lathrop Ottumwa , Ia 30.00
12 13 01 Brayton Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00 DNS
13 1 10R Ryan Fullenkamp Bloomfield , Ia 0.00 DQ

IMCA Hobby Stock – feature

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 10G Dustin Griffiths Ottumwa , Ia 40.00
2 2 96R Jamie Songer Ankeny , Ia 39.00
3 8 18H Mike Hughes Oskaloosa , Ia 38.00
4 7 52 Kevin Fee Knoxville , Ia 37.00
5 13 57W Kris Walker Oskaloosa , Ia 36.00
6 3 32T Bobby Greene Eddyville , Ia 35.00
7 5 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven Sully , Ia 34.00
8 4 84 Danny Thrasher Agency , Ia 33.00
9 14 20 Andrew Hustead Rutledge , Mo 32.00
10 10 77 Derek Hodges Des Moines, Ia 31.00
11 1 33 Justin Hook Oskaloosa , Ia 30.00
12 15 76 Richard Puhlka, Jr Des Moines, Ia 29.00
13 9 78 Shannon Anderson Urbandale , Ia 28.00 DNF
14 12 73 Aaron Martin Sigourney , Ia 27.00 DNF
15 11 6 Jarred Gann Sigourney , Ia 26.00 DNF

IMCA Sport Compact – feature

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 2 Merv Chandler Vinton , Ia 36.00
2 2 OOW Bill Whalen Jr Riverside , Ia 35.00
3 1 77 John Whalen Ainsworth , Ia 34.00
4 6 95 Tim Bevins Eldon , Ia 33.00
5 4 15A Anthony Cassat Bloomfield , Ia 32.00
6 5 04 Trent Orwig Blakesburg , Ia 31.00

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