Dawson, VanDerWal, Hughes x2, Havel and Carter All Winners on Night One of Fall Challenge
By Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (October 2nd, 2015) – Friday Night fell like Fall as the Southern Iowa Speedway hosted Night one of the 29th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge. 139 cars signed in to take to the monster half mile in six classes.
Travis Dawson (Iowa Sportsman Series), Curtis VanDerWal (SportMods), Mike Hughes (Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks), Ryan Havel (Sport Compacts) and Cayden Carter (Modifieds) all took victories on Night one.
First feature of the night was the 30 lap Iowa Sportsman Series and it was Matt Deaton grabbing the top spot. Deaton look to be confortable out front and it was until a caution came out on lap 23 allowing Travis Dawson and Gene Tish to restart behind him. Deaton pulled in though with mechanical issues giving the lead to Dawson. Dawson held off several challenges from Gene Tish to take the win. Darin Dezwarte, Paul Meiners and Wayne Webert rounded out the top five.
Tim Plummer and Logan Anderson led the field to the green in the 18 lap SportMod feature. Anderson wrestled the lead away and pulled away from Plummer until lap eight when both cars encounter lap traffic. Lap traffic got so heavy that on lap ten it forced Plummer to run out of room on the bottom side of the speedway forcing a yellow flag. Plummer headed to the pits meanwhile Anderson now saw Jason McDaniel and Curtis VanDerWal restart right behind him. VanDerWal took second away from McDaniel and set his sights on getting by Anderson for the lead. It appeared though Anderson was not going to give up the lead but on lap 17 it was VanDerWal took the top spot away from Anderson. Anderson tried to use a lap car as a pick but it VanDerWal holding on to the win. Anderson finished second with McDaniel third, Brayton Carter in fourth and Glenn Gladson Jr in fifth.
Mike Hughes started outside row one but by the end of lap one in the Stock Cars 22 lap feature, Hughes found himself in the lead. Zack Vanderbeek ran second with Blaine Dopler in third. By lap eight, 9th place starter Cayden Carter had worked his way up to the third position. Hughes went on to take the win in the feature that went green-to-checkered. Vanderbeek held on to second ahead of Carter. Elijah Zevenbergen was fourth and John Oliver Jr in fifth.
Before a single lap was completed in the Sport Compacts feature, the caution came out when William Michel experience troubles in up against the front stretch wall. Brandon Lambert grabbed the lead on the restart but the red flag came out for Ryan Walker, John Girdley and Kenneth Stogdell got together in turn three and four. This forced the feature to be shorten from 12 laps to ten laps . Ryan Havel took the lead away on lap three and went on to take the win ahead of Josh Barnes, Bill Whalen Jr, Lambert and Darin Smith.
Carter VanDenBerg and Andrew Schroeder was the front row in the Modifieds 22 lap feature and it was Carter VanDenBerg leading the opening two laps before a caution was displayed for Nick Nevins in turn two. VanDenBerg saw Richie Gustin take the lead away on the restart and it was Gustin looking to be heading to victory but Cayden Carter found the race track to his liking on the bottom side and took the lead away on lap 17. Carter saw lap traffic but was not to be denied the victory. Kyle Brown came home second, Gustin fell back to third, VanDenBerg to fourth and Schroeder was fifth.
Final feture of the night was the 16 lap Hobby Stocks feature event and it was Mike Hughes grabbing the lead from his outside front row starting spot. Hughes and the field saw the only race caution come out on lap 12 for Clint Nelson spinning in turn three. Hughes went on to take the win ahead of Nathan Ballard, Dustin Griffiths, Nick Ulin and Shannon Anderson.
Back at it on Saturday Night for the second and final night of the 29th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge. $1,000 to win in Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks with $250 to win Sport Compacts again on Saturday. Iowa Sportsman Series will be racing. Hot Laps at 6pm, Racing to follow.
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Southern Iowa Speedway Results
29th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge Night #1
October 2nd, 2015
Modifieds
Feature – 1. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 3. 19G Richie Gustin Jr (Gilman); 4. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 5. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 6. 9X Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 7. 94 Steven Blattler (Oskaloosa); 8. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 9. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 10. 25X Derek Walker (Riverside); 11. 45X Tommy Elston (Keokuk); 12. 29 Ron VerBeek (Oskaloosa); 13. 1 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids); 14. 25 Tyler VandeKamp (Ankeny); 15. 7W Jerry Pilcher (Bloomfield); 16. 222 Nick Nevins (Lisbon); 17. 87 Blake Woodruff (Galesburg, IL); 18. 11T Dugan Thye (Burlington); 19. 7C Ben Chukuske (Sherburn, MN); 20. 20 John Fellman (Blue Grass); 21. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 22. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 23. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 24. 28R Jim Redmann (Lockridge)
B-Feature (top 4 advance) – 1. Nevins; 2. Thye; 3. Fellman; 4. Chukuske; 5. 131 Bryan Wonic (Iowa City); 6. 7WX Mark Winkel (Letts); 7. 45 Levi Nielsen (Clear Lake); 8. 66 Gordon Head (Des Moines); 9. 28 James Reichart (Lorimor)
Heat 1 – 1. Carter; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Elston; 4. Spaw; 5. Walker; 6. Winkel; 7. Nevins; 8. Reichart
Heat 2 – 1. Pilcher; 2. Jimmy Gustin; 3. Blattler; 4. David Brown; 5. Spaw; 6. Chukuske; 7. Wonic
Heat 3 – 1. Schroeder; 2. Richie Gustin; 3. Groenendyk; 4. Dickey; 5. Woodruff; 6. Nielsen; 7. Head
Heat 4 – 1. Kyle Brown; 2. Vanderbeek; 3. Redmann; 4. VerBeek; 5. VandeKamp; 6. Fellman; 7. Thye
Stock Cars
Feature – 1. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 2. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); 3. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 66Z Elijah Zevenbergen (Ocheyedan); 5. 05 John Oliver Jr (Danville); 6. 57X Blaine Dopler (Wapello); 7. 21K Kyle Brown (State Center); 8. 17C Shane Paris (Muscatine); 9. 14 Derrick Agee (Moberly, MO); 10. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 11. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 12. 2M Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 13. 92 Darrin Adamy (David City, NE); 14. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); 15. 93 Doug Adamy (Columbus, NE); 16. 34 John Hemsted (Kalona); 17. 3 Joe Zadina (Corning); 18. 12 Doug Sylvester (Ottumwa); 19. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 20. 44 Todd Fisher (Norwalk); 21. 73C Carl Yaw Jr (Pleasant Hill); 22. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 23. 18 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa); 24. 00 Johnny Spaw (Cedar Rapids)
B-Feature (top 4 advance) – 1. Fisher; 2. Brown; 3. Yaw; 4. Welch; 5. 72 Jerry Pilcher (Bloomfield); 6. 4T Trevor Harris (Memphis, MO); DNS/7. 15A Anthony Cassat (Bloomfield); DNS/8. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); DNS/9. 3D Daniel Gordon (Oskaloosa)
Heat 1 – 1. Agee; 2. Hughes; 3. Peterson; 4. Walker; 5. Kyle Brown; 6. Cassat; 7. Welch; 8. Gordon
Heat 2 – 1. Reitzler; 2. Nunnikhoven; 3. Zevenbergen; 4. Darrin Adamy; 5. Spaw; 6. Mike Brown; 7. Harris
Heat 3 – 1. Paris; 2. Carter; 3. Oliver; 4. Zadina; 5. Sylvester; 6. Fisher; 7. Pilcher
Heat 4 – 1. Vanderbeek; 2. Wood; 3. Dopler; 4. Doug Adamy; 5. Hemsted; 6. Yaw; 7. Pearson
SportMods
Feature – 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 9A Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa); 3. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 4. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 71 Glenn Galdson Jr (Des Moines); 6. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 7. 25 Scott VanBusKirk (Hedrick); 8. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 9. 84B Trent Brink (Bussey); 10. 12 Brandon Dale (Memphis, MO); 11. 40X Dakota Simmons (Libertyville); 12. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 13. 71X Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 14. 8CR Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 15. 57 Lynn Brockett (Ogden); 16. 11 Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 17. 98X Thomas Egenberger (Des Moines); 18. 87R Jeff Robers (Bevier, MO): 19. 8X Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 20. 53 Greg Strohman (Webster); 21. 272 Ed Hamilton (Atlantic); 22. 88 Jarrett Brown (Ainsworth); 23. 66 Tim Plummer (Norway); 24. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn)
B-Feature (top 4 advance) – 1. Brown; 2. Hamilton; 3. Danny Brau; 4. Johnson; 5. 11R Brandon Ruffcorn (Donnellson); 6. 20J Jeremy Grantham (Allison); 7. 4G Michael Guthrie (Ottumwa); 8. 56X Kyle Webb (Des Moines); 9. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 10. 40 George Gilliland (Lehigh); 11. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 12. 1 Paul Underwood (Ottumwa); 13. 7N Nathan Chukuske (Sherburn, MN)
Heat 1 – 1. VanDerWal; 2. Carter; 3. McDaniel; 4. Braaksma; 5. Robers; 6. Brown; 7. Webb; 8. Guthrie; 9. Underwood
Heat 2 – 1. Anderson; 2. VanBusKirk; 3. Gladson; 4. Paul; 5. Strohman; 6. Danny Brau; 7. Gilliland; 8. Chukuske
Heat 3 – 1. Plummer; 2. Rudolf; 3. Simmons; 4. Lynch; 5. Egenberger; 6. Hamilton; 7. Ruffcorn; 8. Scott Brau
Heat 4 – 1. Livezey; 2. Dale; 3. Brink; 4. Brockett; 5. Masolini; 6. Johnson; 7. Grantham; 8. Lathrop
Hobby Stocks
Feature – 1. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 2. 29 Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 3. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 4. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 5. 78 Shannon Anderson (Urbandale); 6. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 7. 78A Jeff Andrerson (Atlantic); 8. 224 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 9. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 10. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 11. 73 Aaron Martin (Ottumwa); 12. 10 Dale Porter (Bloomfield); 13. 83 Eugene Nicklas (Grinnell); 14. 66 Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 15. 69 Craig Brown (Eldon); 16. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 17. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 18. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 19. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 20. 27 Clint Nelson (Newton); 21. 74T Chad Taylor (Welcome, MN); 22. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville)
Heat 1 – 1. Shannon Anderson; 2. Bonnett; 3. Griffiths; 4. Greene; 5. Huffman; 6. Nicklas; 7. Hollatz; 8. Nelson
Heat 2 – 1. Ballard; 2. Ulin; 3. Cox; 4. Greubel; 5. Porter; 6. Allen; 7. Taylor
Heat 3 – 1. Hughes; 2. Jeff Anderson; 3. Bunnell; 4. Thrasher; 5. Brown; 6. Martin; 7. Peck
Sport Compacts
Feature – 1. 0 Ryan Havel (Iowa City); 2. 13B Josh Barnes (Keokuk); 3. 77 Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 4. 14L Brandon Lambert (Carthage, IL); 5. 27 Darin Smith (Wapello); 6. 07 Tyler Whalen (Bellevue, NE); 7. 30X Jacob Reiter (Des Moines); 8. 29 Kevin Garrett (Bloomfield); 9. 21ZC Cody Cleghorn (Des Moines); 10. 9W Ryan Walker (Wilton); 11. 33G John Girdley (Wayland); 12. 35 Kenneth Stogdell (East Moline, IL); 13. 2M Matt Moore (Ottumwa); 14. 00 Shaun Slaughter (Iowa City); 15. 69 William Michel (Muscatine)
Heat 1 – 1. Lambert; 2. Havel; 3. Michel; 4. Barnes; 5. Girdley; 6. Cleghorn; 7. Tyler Whalen; 8. Slaughter
Heat 2 – 1. Walker; 2. Reiter; 3. Bill Whalen; 4. Garrett; 5. Stogdell; 6. Moore; 7. Smith
Iowa Sportsman Series
Feature – 1. 77 Travis Dawson; 2. 54 Gene Tish; 3. 47 Darin Dezwarte; 4. 8 Paul Meiners; 5. 13X Wayne Webert; 6. 10S Derrick Seddon; 7. 71S Dave Seddon; 8. 45 Matt Deaton; 9. 31 Jason Everly; 10. 21 Jason Dezell; 11. 88 Bruce Kline
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