The first feature, or as one of Positively Racing columnist Jeff Borg would say a exhibition race, up on the night was the 8 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature. Trent Orwig and Bill Whalen Jr. made up the front row for the event, with Whalen Jr. jumping out front on lap 1. Merv Chandler followed Whalen Jr. in his tire tracks the entire 8 laps but was unable to make a pass for the lead, leaving Whalen Jr. to lead all 8 laps to pick up the win. Chandler settled for 2nd, with Orwig coming home in 3rd.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, with Travis Bunnell and Aaron Osweiler leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Osweiler took advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Bunnell and Steve Allen. While Osweiler was working to hold back Bunnell and Allen, Mike Hughes, who started 9th, Danny Thrasher who started 6th, and Bill Bonnett, who started 7th, was working there way towards the front. Hughes used the bottom of the speedway to grab the lead on lap 8, but just after he crossed the line the red flag would come out to put a stop in the action. Bunnell got sideways off turn 4 and then tried to collect it, but ended up getting into the guardrail hard and collecting the car of Jason See. He would climb form his heavily damaged car ok. On the restart Hughes moved back out front, with Thrasher challenging him for the lead. But Hughes was able to hold him off over the final 7 laps to claim the win. Thrasher settled for 2nd, Bonnett was 3rd, Osweiler held on for 4th, with Justin Hook rounding out the top 5.
Logan Anderson and AJ Johnson made up the front row for the 16 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Johnson grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Anderson. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 3, as Bill Livezey, who was running 3rd, slowed to a stop in turn 2 with the left rear end broken. Johnson would jump back out front on the restart, with Anderson working to hold back Brett Lowry, who started 9th. The second and final caution of the event appeared on lap 4, as Tony Johnson went for a spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Once again AJ Johnson jumped out front on the restart, with Anderson and Lowry still battling for the second spot. While Johnson, Anderson and Lowry battled up front, Carter VanDenBerg, who started 8th, was working the bottom of the speedway to get to the front. VanDenBerg would use that groove to edge out Johnson at the line by inches to grab the top spot on lap 8. VanDenBerg then pulled away over the final 8 laps to pick up the win. Johnson held on to finish in 2nd, Lowry was 3rd, Anderson settled for 4th, with Eric Flander coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 18 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Rich Vogt and Brad Pinkerton making up the front row. But just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on, as Corey Stout spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Pinkerton grabbed the lead on lap 1 over Vogt and Kris Walker. While Pinkerton started to pull away from second, Zack VanderBeek, who started 10th, and Damon Murty, who started 9th, was working there way towards the front. Both VanderBeek and Murty would slip past Vogt on lap 8 to move into 2nd and 3rd. VanderBeek the went to work on chasing down Pinkerton for the lead. Going into turns 1 and 2 on the white flag lap, VanderBeek would jump to the bottom of the track to come out of turn 2 with the lead. VanderBeek then held off Pinkerton coming out of turn 4 to claim the win. Pinkerton settled for 2nd, Murty coasted across the line in 3rd with an expiring engine, Todd Reitzler came from 7th to finish in 4th, with Bill Osbar coming from 13th to round out the top 5.
Paul Glendenning and Darrel Defrance led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Late Model feature, with DeFrance grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Nick Marolf and Todd Cooney. Glendenning's run of front was very brief, as he spun down the front stretch on the completion of lap 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart DeFrance jumped back out front, with Marolf working to hold back Cooney in the battle for second. Marolf tried several times over the next 12 laps to get past DeFrance for the top spot, with Defrance holding him off each lap. But the action up front was slowed for the second and final time on lap 13, as Spencer Diercks spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. DeFrance once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Cooney over taking Marolf for second. DeFrance would hold on over the final 7 laps to pick up the win. Cooney held off a last lap challenge from Marolf to finish in 2nd, Marolf settled for 3rd, Diercks recovered from his lap 13 spin to come back up to 4th, with Glendenning coming back to finish 5th after his lap 1 spin.
The final feature up on the night was the 20 lap IMCA Modifieds, with Brandon Banks and Andrew Schroeder leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Schroeder would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Banks and Bill Davis Jr. The action up front was slowed on the completion of lap 1, as Jesse Sobbing slowed to a stop in turn 1 with a right front flat. On the restart Schroeder jumped back out front, with Tyler Groenendyk over taking Banks for second. But a second caution of the event on lap 2 would slow the action up front. This time Steve Pumphrey went for a spin in turn 1 after loosing an engine, with Jim Lynch slowing to a stop in turn 2 with troubles to bring out the yellow. On the restart Groenendyk was able to slip past Schroeder to grab the lead on lap 3, with Colt Mather, who started 8th, following him into second. Groenendyk only held the top spot for 1 lap, as Mather slipped past him on lap 4 to take over the lead. Just after the completion of lap 4 the final caution of the event would appear, as Jacob Murray got sideways coming off turn 4 and collected the car of Bill Gibson to bring out the yellow. Mather once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Groenendyk working to hold back Cayden Carter in the battle for second. While Mather blasted away from the field, Sobbing, who stopped in turn 1 on lap 1 with a right front flat and had to restart 17th, was working his way back towards the front. He would move into 4th on lap 10, and then over took Carter for 3rd on lap 13. But Groenendyk was up to the challenge, as they battle for the second spot over the final 7 laps. Meanwhile Mather cruised to the win. Groenendyk won the battle for 2nd, Sobbing settled for 3rd, Carter was 4th, with Nick Deal coming from 11th to round out the top 5.
Notes from Osky: Wednesday nights action brought some of the top drivers in the IMCA National Points to the Southern Iowa Speedway, as the season is winding down and the chance to earn points is getting very limited. Todd Cooney, who up until last weekend, leads the IMCA Late Model National points. While Nick Marolf sits 5th and Darrel DeFrance is 6th. One and two in the IMCA Modified National points showed up at the track, as William Gould made the pull up from Calera, OK to battle Jesse Sobbing, who is currently 2nd in his first full year in the Modified division. Damon Murty, who sits 4th in the IMCA Stock Car National points, looked to gain some points. As well as Jason Cook, who it tied for 10th. Carter VanDenBerg, who is 7th in the IMCA SportMod National points, got the chance to battle Brett Lowry, who is 8th in the nation. While Bill Whalen Jr., who is currently 2nd in the IMCA Sport Compact National points, and Merv Chandler, who is currently 6th, looked to earn some points......Dustin Griffiths came from the rear after having to pit on lap 8 when he caught the tail end of the Travis Bunnell spin off turn 4, to come back up to finish in 6th....Bobby Greene started 12th and finished 7th......Tony Johnson recovered from his lap 4 spin in the SportMod feature to come back up to finish in 7th....Cory Van Zante finished 8th after starting in 11th....Curtis VanDerWal, who started 10th, had worked his way into 2nd on lap 11, when he spun in 1 and 2 on that same lap. But he stayed on the gas and kept the car going only to fall back to finish in 10th......Nathan Wood came from 11th in the Stock Car feature to finish in 8th....Donnie Pearson passed 6 cars from his 15th place starting spot to finish in 9th....Corey Stout recovered from his spin on the start to come back up to finish in 10th....Jason Cook, who picked up a heat race win, was suppose to start the feature in 8th. But after finding a broken valve, he elected to start at the tail and made 1 lap to finish in 14th....Donovan Nunnikhoven was suppose to start 6th, but was a scratch from the event......Jeremy Grady made hard contact into the 1 and 2 guardrail in the Late Model heat, and was forced to scratch from the feature with to much damage......Jeff Joldersma started the Modified feature in 9th and finished in 6th....Dakota Hayden passed 7 cars from his 14th place starting spot to finish in 7th....William Gould came from 12th to finish in 8th....Casey Greubel passed 7 cars from his 17th place starting spot to come home in 10th....Brandon Banks, was running 6th, when he pulled off on lap 9 with troubles to end his night in 12th....Andrew Schroeder, who was running 3rd, slowed on the lap 4 restart with troubles to end his night in 13th.
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