Mills Wins Frostbuster at Iowa State Fair Speedway

By Jeremy Fox

Des Moines, Iowa (April 4th, 2013) – On Thursday Night the Iowa State Fair Speedway in Des Moines opened its 2013 season with their frostbuster special, which was suppose to be night two of the frostbusters but because of the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa not able to go this made for the opening night of the frostbusters.

A total of one hundred and five cars signed in to do battle on the 1/2 mile in the capital city including twenty-seven IMCA Modifieds. Forcing officials to start all twenty-seven cars for the 20 lap Frostbuster Feature.

Todd Shute would jump to the early race lead in the 20 lap IMCA Modified frostbuster feature. The caution would fly on lap two for Kyle Wahlert in turn 2 on the restart before they could complete another lap a handful of cars would get together in turn 3 forcing the yellow to come back out.

On the restart, Shute would again take control but this time not for long as on lap four there would be some heavy smoke coming from that machine that forced an early exit and that would hand the lead over to Jeremy Mills. A lead Mills would not give up. Cayden Carter and Kyle Strickler from North Carolina would battle it out for second, it would be Carter taking second and Strickler was 3rd. Jake Durbin and Jay Noteboom rounded out the top 5.

In the IMCA Stock Cars it was Mike Johnston leading the first 10 laps that was caution filled. On the final race restart, “Chelsea Charger” Damon Murty would take the lead away and go on to take the win. Jeff Anderson from Atlantic would start 19th and race his way up to finish 2nd. Nathan Wood, Johnston and Gary Bass rounded out the top 5.

IMCA Sport Mod feature would have a couple of early race cautions but that would not bother Rick Gladson as he would lead the entire 15 lap feature. Carter Vandenberg, Blain Peterson, Glenn Gladson and Tracy Wassenberg finish second through fifth respectively.

Karl Cheverolet Dirt Trucks saw Carl Moyer lead the first 3 laps before best friend Tony Moro would grab the lead on lap 4. A lead that Moro wouldn’t give up in root to the first feature win of the season. Ed Nelson would get by Moyer for second, meanwhile Carl Moyer would have to hold off his son Bret Moyer for third. Lou Siplot supporting a new number this year finished fifth.

Shannon Anderson would take full advantage of his pole position in the IMCA Hobby Stocks feature as he would lead the entire feature despite a couple of early race cautions and one late race caution. Dustin Griffiths would slip by Danny Watson for second with a couple of laps to go. Eric Stanton was fourth and Ben Bruck was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Sport Compacts, Jim Britton would lead 7 laps in the 8 lap feature but coming to the white flag his car would shut off and that would allow Jake Coughennower get by and take the win. Kyle Bird, Garrit McKee, Shawn Cooney and Josh Cleghorn would round out the top 5.

Next Up on Frostbuster Week is the high-banked quarter mile located at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds better known as the Marshalltown Speedway. Pit Gates Open at 4 pm, Grandstands at 5pm, Hot Laps at 6:15 pm and Racing at 7pm.

The Iowa State Fair Speedway will get underway with weekly track points next Friday Night April 12th.

Frostbuster #1
Iowa State Fair Speedway
April 4th, 2013

IMCA Modifieds
Feature: 1. 10M Jeremy Mills (Garner); 2. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 3. 8 Kyle Strickler (Mooresville, NC); 4. 18 Jake Durbin (Perry); 5. 7N Jay Noteboom (Hinton); 6. 25 Ricky Stephan (S. Sioux City, Neb.); 7. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 8. 3Z Randy Havlik (Boone); 9. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 10. 08 Johnny Whitman (DePere, WI); 11. 75 Lance Arneson (Krakow, WI); 12. 17 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 13. 66 Bob Heffer (Swift Current, WI); 14. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 15. 33X Dan Reddell; 16. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 17. 74 Eric Arneson (Oconto Falls, WI); 18. 2 Rusty Kollman (Carrington, ND); 19. 36 Russ Gladson (Des Moines); 20. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 21. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Clive); 22. 37 Bill Pittaway (Corpus Christi, Texas); 23. 149 Kyle Wahlert (Pleasant Hill); 24. 99X Jeremy Christans (Horicon, WI); 25. 5R Matt Reech; 26. 13 Scott Pain (Canada); 27. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford)

IMCA Stock Cars
Feature: 1. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 78 Jeff Anderson (Atlantic); 3. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 4. 14J Mike Johnston (Des Moines); 5. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines); 6. 20V DustinVis (LeGrand); 7. 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines); 8. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 9. 44 Todd Fisher (Des Moines); 10. 38 Rich Vogt (Fairfield); 11. 77T Trent Jeanes (Chartion); 12. 58P Larry Pahshen (Shawno, WI); 13. 97 Jamie Suchocki (Denmark, WI); 14. 57X Justin Jacobson (Black Creek, WI); 15. 86 Tracy Shrun (Green Bay, WI); 16. 57 John Heinz (Green Bay, WI); 17. 1K Tommy KIllen (Des Moines); 18. 8X Tyler Smith (Luxemburg, WI); 19. 00 Luke Lemmens (Kewaunee, WI); 20. 55 Steve Hill (Des Moines); 21. 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 22. 10 Matt Junio (Wisconsin); 23. 01 Alvin Dooley

IMCA Sport Mods
Feature: 1. 77 Rick Gladson (Des Moines); 2. 7 Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa); 3. 68+1 Blain Peterson (Essex); 4. 71 Glenn Gladson Jr. (Des Moines); 5. 30 Tracy Wassenberg (Shawno, WI); 6. 10H Jack Housley (Des Moines); 7. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 8. 51X Matt Webb (Des Moines); 9. 7P Jordan Peters (Des Moines); 10. 11H Mike Hay (Grimes); 11. 44X John Sieg (Williston, ND); 12. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 13. 626 Shad May (Williston, ND); 14. 10R Ryan Fullenkamp (Bloomfield); 15. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 16. 03 Cody Hudson (Shawno, WI): 17. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 18. 53 Brady Moss (Des Moines); 19. 59 Tara Longnecker (Woodward)

IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature: 1. 78 Shannon Anderson (Urbandale); 2. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 3. 99 Danny Watson (Des Moines); 4. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 5. 20B Ben Bruck (Pleasant Hill); 6. 18A Brandon Murphy (Bigelow, MN); 7. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona); 8. 74 Matt Smith (Des Moines); 9. 68+1 Blain Peterson (Essex); 10. 47 Raymond Fees (Des Moines); 11. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 12. J46 Jim Walker (Des Moines); 13. 77G Ryan Grochala (Des Moines); 14. 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines); 15. 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines); 16. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 17. 89 John Housley (Des Moines); 18. 10D Brian Derry (Boone): 19. 2N Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully)

Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Feature: 1. 2M Tony Moro (Polk City); 2. 28 Ed Nelson (Van Meter); 3. 3 Carl Moyer (Ankeny); 4. 98 Bret Moyer (Polk City); 5. 9 Lou Siplot (Altoona): 6. 15 Allen Goving (Madrid); 7. 23 Carl Knight (Des Moines); 8. 21 Brad Moyer (Alleman); 9. 1 Bryan Nevins Jr. (Des Moines)

Sport Compacts
Feature: 1. 90 Jake Coughennower (Indianola); 2. 21 Kyle Bird (Indianola); 3. 88 Garrit McKee (Indianola); 4. 30 Shawn Cooney (Des Moines); 5. 43H Josh Cleghorn (Des Moines); 6. 51B Jim Britton (Indianola); 7. 18 Mark McCoy (Des Moines); 8. U81 Christina Powell (Norwalk)