Results from Opening night at the Southern Iowa Speedway for April 24
By Jeremy Fox
OSKALOOSA, IA (April 24, 2013) – Oskaloosa, Iowa (April 24th, 2013) – Finally after getting rained out the first three weeks, the Southern Iowa Speedway would dodge mother nature to get Edel Lawn Care Night.
The First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts and this feature would be exciting. John Whalen grabbed the early lead but his brother Bill Whalen Jr. was right there battling out. Merv Chandler would join the fun and Chandler got by both the Whalen’s to grab the lead. Bill Whalen wouldn’t give up as he and Chandler battled out the last four laps and it was Whalen that would take the win over Chandler. John Whalen finished third, Matt Moore was fourth and Alex Sampson was fifth.
Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks feature saw Dustin Griffiths lead from start to finish and the two things that slowed him down was a caution on lap 3 for debris and lap traffic. Griffiths would take the win over Bill Bonnett, Dale Porter, Danny Thrasher and Craig Brown.
Ryan Fullenkamp would lead the first three laps in the Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA Sport Mod feature but on the fourth lap, Fullenkamp would spin in turn 3 bringing out the yellow and handing the lead over to Curtis VanDerWal. VanDerWal wouldn’t give up that lead as he cruised on to the easy win after the caution on lap 6. Brett Lowry would work his way up to finish in the runner up spot. Kansas Driver Ben Kates was third, Carter VanDenBerg was fourth and Jason Hall was fifth.
In the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars it was Nathan Wood grabbing the early lead but a caution on lap two for Rich Vogt, Corey Stout, Todd Reitzler, Brad Pinkerton and Randy Killen all getting together on the backstretch. Once that was cleared up the race would resume and Woods had to deal with Damon Murty. Murty would make the pass on lap 4 to take the lead and not look back, Murty would take his 8th win of the season according to his post race interview. Wood finished 2nd, Stout worked his way back up to a 3rd place finish, Alan Van Gorp was 4th and Tom Killen was 5th.
Jesse Dennis would lead the first lap in the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified before it would be “The Gasman” Cayden Carter grabbing the lead. Carter appeared to be heading to the easy win until lap traffic would slow him down which would allow Todd Shute and Jesse Sobbing chase him down infortunately Carter would hold them off to take the win. Shute was 2nd, Sobbing was 3rd with Kyle Wahlert and Jacob Murray rounding out the top 5.
Final feature of the night would be the Iowa Sportsman Series feature and it was Gene Tish taking the lead early. Kris Walker would grab the lead away on lap four but Walker’s lead would be short lived as he would experience some troubles giving the lead back to Tish. Tish would take the win over Darin VanDee, Denny Binns, Roger Dickerson and Chad Reynolds.
Next Wednesday night will be the first of five nights featuring the KBOE Radio IMCA Late Models as it will be Watters Autoland Night. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30 pm every Wednesday.
IMCA Modified – feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 10C Cayden Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 40.00
2 6 5 Todd Shute Des Moines, Ia 39.00
3 5 99 Jesse Sobbing Glenwood , Ia 38.00
4 13 149 Kyle Wahlert Pleasant Hill, Ia 37.00
5 17 48J Jacob Murray Hartford , Ia 36.00
6 2 70 Jesse Dennis Prescott , Ia 35.00
7 11 17 Tyler Groenendyk Oskaloosa , Ia 34.00
8 7 02 Andrew Schroeder Keswick , Ia 33.00
9 15 99M Tim Murty Tama , Ia 32.00
10 14 8 Colt Mather Webster , Ia 31.00
11 9 1+ Bill Davis, Jr. Des Moines, Ia 30.00
12 12 38 Bill Gibson Knoxville , Ia 29.00
13 16 51 Tyler Vandekamp Ankeny , Ia 28.00
14 8 64 Casey Greubel Lacona , Ia 27.00
15 10 71W Jeff Waterman Quincy , Il 26.00
16 1 17X Steve Pumphrey Fairfield , Ia 25.00
17 18 40 Scott Dickey Packwood , Ia 24.00
18 3 22 Brandon Banks Washington , Ia 23.00 DNS
IMCA Modified – heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 5 Todd Shute Des Moines, Ia 0.00
2 4 10C Cayden Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
3 2 71W Jeff Waterman Quincy , Il 0.00
4 3 17 Tyler Groenendyk Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
5 6 99M Tim Murty Tama , Ia 0.00
6 5 40 Scott Dickey Packwood , Ia 0.00
IMCA Modified – heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 99 Jesse Sobbing Glenwood , Ia 0.00
2 5 02 Andrew Schroeder Keswick , Ia 0.00
3 4 1+ Bill Davis, Jr. Des Moines, Ia 0.00
4 2 70 Jesse Dennis Prescott , Ia 0.00
5 6 8 Colt Mather Webster , Ia 0.00
6 1 48J Jacob Murray Hartford , Ia 0.00
IMCA Modified – heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 38 Bill Gibson Knoxville , Ia 0.00
2 4 22 Brandon Banks Washington , Ia 0.00
3 3 17X Steve Pumphrey Fairfield , Ia 0.00
4 6 64 Casey Greubel Lacona , Ia 0.00
5 5 149 Kyle Wahlert Pleasant Hill, Ia 0.00
6 1 51 Tyler Vandekamp Ankeny , Ia 0.00
IMCA Stock Car – feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 99D Damon Murty Chelsea , Ia 40.00
2 2 52 Nathan Wood Sigourney , Ia 39.00
3 10 94 Corey Stout Oskaloosa , Ia 38.00
4 4 19A Alan Vangorp Des Moines, Ia 37.00
5 3 1K Tom Killen Des Moines, Ia 36.00
6 6 81X Randy Killen Des Moines, Ia 35.00
7 11 73C Carl Yaw Pleasant Hill, Ia 34.00
8 8 7S Jason Minnehan Churdan , Ia 33.00
9 5 62 Brad Pinkerton New Sharon, Ia 32.00
10 7 22R Todd Reitzler Grinnell , Ia 31.00
11 9 38 Rich Vogt Fairfield , Ia 30.00
12 13 19 Donnie Pearson Oskaloosa , Ia 29.00 DNS
13 12 7 Todd Phillips Packwood , Ia 0.00 DNS
IMCA Stock Car – heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 52 Nathan Wood Sigourney , Ia 0.00
2 2 81X Randy Killen Des Moines, Ia 0.00
3 6 94 Corey Stout Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
4 1 38 Rich Vogt Fairfield , Ia 0.00
5 3 1K Tom Killen Des Moines, Ia 0.00
6 5 7 Todd Phillips Packwood , Ia 0.00 DNS
IMCA Stock Car – heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 7S Jason Minnehan Churdan , Ia 0.00
2 5 99D Damon Murty Chelsea , Ia 0.00
3 1 62 Brad Pinkerton New Sharon, Ia 0.00
4 3 22R Todd Reitzler Grinnell , Ia 0.00
5 6 19A Alan Vangorp Des Moines, Ia 0.00
6 2 73C Carl Yaw Pleasant Hill, Ia 0.00
7 7 19 Donnie Pearson Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
IMCA Sport Modified – feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 1V Curtis Vanderwal Oskaloosa , Ia 40.00
2 9 72 Brett Lowry Montezuma , Ia 39.00
3 4 23K Ben Kates Tonganoxie , Ks 38.00
4 10 7 Carter Vandenberg Oskaloosa , Ia 37.00
5 1 95J Jason Hall Grinnell , Ia 36.00
6 7 12 Eric Flander Barnes City, Ia 35.00
7 2 10R Ryan Fullenkamp Bloomfield , Ia 34.00
8 11 8J Aj Johnson New Sharon, Ia 33.00
9 16 57 Tyler Gross Bondurant , Ia 32.00
10 12 42 Tyler Heckart Ottumwa , Ia 31.00
11 14 9A Logan Anderson Oskaloosa , Ia 30.00
12 5 85 Jason Mcdaniel Eldon , Ia 29.00
13 8 8T Tony Johnson Oskaloosa , Ia 28.00
14 3 10 Brayton Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 27.00
15 13 1 Rob Wilsey Keokuk , Ia 26.00
16 15 34Z Cory Van Zante Sully , Ia 25.00
17 17 29 Bill Livery New Sharon, Ia 0.00 DNS
IMCA Sport Modified – heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 10 Brayton Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
2 3 12 Eric Flander Barnes City, Ia 0.00
3 5 1V Curtis Vanderwal Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
4 6 7 Carter Vandenberg Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
5 4 95J Jason Hall Grinnell , Ia 0.00
6 2 42 Tyler Heckart Ottumwa , Ia 0.00
7 7 9A Logan Anderson Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
8 8 57 Tyler Gross Bondurant , Ia 0.00
IMCA Sport Modified – heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 5 23K Ben Kates Tonganoxie , Ks 0.00
2 4 10R Ryan Fullenkamp Bloomfield , Ia 0.00
3 2 85 Jason Mcdaniel Eldon , Ia 0.00
4 7 72 Brett Lowry Montezuma , Ia 0.00
5 1 8T Tony Johnson Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
6 8 8J Aj Johnson New Sharon, Ia 0.00
7 9 1 Rob Wilsey Keokuk , Ia 0.00
8 6 34Z Cory Van Zante Sully , Ia 0.00
9 3 29 Bill Livery New Sharon, Ia 0.00 DNS
IMCA Hobby Stock – feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 10G Dustin Griffiths Ottumwa , Ia 40.00
2 4 19 Bill Bonnett Knoxville , Ia 39.00
3 1 10 Dale Porter Bloomfield , Ia 38.00
4 3 84 Danny Thrasher Agency , Ia 37.00
5 8 69 Craig Brown Eldon , Ia 36.00
6 11 2013 Jeff Greubel Lacona , Ia 35.00
7 10 57 Scott Shull Eldon , Ia 34.00
8 9 96R Jamie Songer Ankeny , Ia 33.00
9 12 33 Justin Hook Oskaloosa , Ia 32.00
10 13 7A Aaron Osweiler South English, Ia 31.00
11 6 79S Jason See Albia , Ia 30.00
12 14 32T Bobby Greene Eddyville , Ia 29.00
13 15 3 Travis Bunnell Hedrick , Ia 28.00
14 7 12 Mike Kincaid Cincinnati , Ia 27.00
15 5 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven Sully , Ia 26.00
16 16 27C Cory Adams Des Moines, Ia 25.00
IMCA Hobby Stock – heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 19 Bill Bonnett Knoxville , Ia 0.00
2 2 10G Dustin Griffiths Ottumwa , Ia 0.00
3 4 10 Dale Porter Bloomfield , Ia 0.00
4 3 12 Mike Kincaid Cincinnati , Ia 0.00
5 8 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven Sully , Ia 0.00
6 6 33 Justin Hook Oskaloosa , Ia 0.00
7 5 32T Bobby Greene Eddyville , Ia 0.00
8 7 27C Cory Adams Des Moines, Ia 0.00
IMCA Hobby Stock – heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 69 Craig Brown Eldon , Ia 0.00
2 2 96R Jamie Songer Ankeny , Ia 0.00
3 8 84 Danny Thrasher Agency , Ia 0.00
4 1 57 Scott Shull Eldon , Ia 0.00
5 3 79S Jason See Albia , Ia 0.00
6 5 2013 Jeff Greubel Lacona , Ia 0.00
7 6 7A Aaron Osweiler South English, Ia 0.00
8 7 3 Travis Bunnell Hedrick , Ia 0.00
IMCA Sport Compact – feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 OOW Bill Whalen Jr Riverside , Ia 37.00
2 5 2 Merv Chandler Vinton , Ia 36.00
3 1 77 John Whalen Ainsworth , Ia 35.00
4 7 2M Matt Moore Ottumwa , Ia 34.00
5 3 13 Alex Sampson Iowa City, Ia 33.00
6 4 04 Trent Orwig Blakesburg , Ia 32.00
7 6 30 Shawn Cooney Des Moines, Ia 31.00
IMCA Sport Compact – heat
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 OOW Bill Whalen Jr Riverside , Ia 0.00
2 3 2 Merv Chandler Vinton , Ia 0.00
3 1 13 Alex Sampson Iowa City, Ia 0.00
4 5 77 John Whalen Ainsworth , Ia 0.00
5 6 04 Trent Orwig Blakesburg , Ia 0.00
6 7 30 Shawn Cooney Des Moines, Ia 0.00
7 2 2M Matt Moore Ottumwa , Ia 0.00 DNS
Category: Iowa, Southern Iowa Speedway