Oskaloosa, IA (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) - After two straight weeks of rain outs, the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa was able to get a Wednesday night of racing in. The Sprint Invaders would join the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and IMCA Sport Compacts on the card for the night.
The first feature to take to the track was the 10 lap IMCA Sport Compacts, with James Roose and Levi Heath leading the field to the drop of the green flag. But it was sixth place starter Jake Benischek who used the top of the track to grab the lead on lap 1 over Heath and John Gill. While Benischek set the pace out front, Cody Van Dusen, who started 9th, was working his way towards the front. Coming to take the white flag Van Dusen was able to get under Benischek going into turn 1, as the two raced the final lap side-by-side. Coming out of turn four for the checkered flag, Van Dusen was able to edge out front at the line to pick up the win. But after post race tech Van Dusen was disqualified for an illegal throttle body, which handed the win over to Benischek. Heath was moved to 2nd, Shane Evans, who started 7th, was moved up to 3rd, Brad Havel, who came from 8th, was move up to 4th, with Lukas Yoder credited with 5th after starting in 10th.
Up next was the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, with Bobby Greene and Brad Stephens making up the front row. Stephens would take advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Greene and Dustin Griffiths, who started 6th. Griffiths would try to get under Stephens for the top spot on lap 3 and again on lap 7, with Stephens holding him off both times. Then over the next 4 laps Griffiths looked to the outside of Stephens coming off the corners for the lead. And again Stephens was able to hold him off. The first and only caution of the race appeared on lap 11 to slow the action up front. Jamie Songer would spin in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Griffiths was able to get up beside Stephens for the lead, as they raced side-by-side for one lap. Griffiths would clear Stephens to take over the top spot on lap 13 and then held on to claim the win. Stephens was 2nd, Danny Thrasher started 7th and finished 3rd, Nick Ulin came from 8th to finish in 4th, with Craig Brown finishing 5th after starting in 10th.
Nathan Wood and Jason See led the field to the green flag in the 18 lap IMCA Stock Car feature, with Wood grabbing the lead on lap 1 over See and Derrick Agee. Agee, who was working the bottom, was able to get under Wood on lap 2, as the two raced side-by-side for 2 laps. On lap 4 Agee was able to clear Wood to take over the top spot. But Wood didn't give up, as he was able to get under Agee on lap 8 to get the lead back. Two laps later, lap 10, Agee got under Wood to take the top spot back. Only to loose it back to Wood on lap 11, as Cayden Carter, who started 8th, moved in to make it a three car battle for the lead. On lap 12, Agee got under Wood going into turn 1 and then held him off to grab the lead back on lap 13. Going into turn 1 on lap 15, Wood went high to try and get around Agee, with Carter getting under Agee to make it three wide battle for the top spot coming off turn 2. Carter would grab the lead on lap 16 and then held on over the final two laps to pick up his second win in a row at the track. Wood over took Agee off turn four on the final lap to finish 2nd, Agee was 3rd, Mike Hughes was 4th, with See rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 16 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Matthew VanGelder and Trent Brink making up the front row. But when Brink elected to tag the tail of the field for the start, this would move Austin Paul to the outside of the front row. In which Paul took advantage of to take the lead on lap 1 over VanGelder and Jason McDaniel. While Paul set the pace out front, Curtis Van Der Wal, who started 10th, was working his way towards the front. Van Der Wal moved into the runner up spot on lap 5, and then went to work on Paul for the lead. Coming off turn 4 to complete lap 9, Van Der Wal slipped under Paul to take the top spot. Van Der Wal then pulled away over the final 7 laps of a caution free race to pick up his second win in a row at the track.
The 25 lap Sprint Invaders feature was next to take to the track, with John Schulz and Jamie Ball set to take the green flag from the front row. But when Schulz, who came to a stop in turn 1 before the start, elected to go to the tail with motor troubles this would move Terry McCarl to the pole. That is all McCarl needed, as he shot out into the lead on lap 1 over Ball and Wayne Johnson, who started 6th. The only thing to slow McCarl down was a red on lap 12, when Ricky Montgomery got into the turn 1 guardrail and rolled hard. He climbed from his machine okay. On the restart McCarl moved back out front, with Ball and Johnson behind. A caution on lap 17 brought the field back to McCarl's back bumper for the final time. This time Chris Martin, who was running 4th, blew a left rear tire going into turn 3 to bring out the yellow. McCarl again grabbed the lead on the restart, and then pulled away to pick up the win. Johnson was able to slip past Ball on the final lap to claim 2nd, Ball was 3rd, Jarrod Schneiderman was 4th, with two time defending series champion Jon Agan coming from 9th to round out the top 5.
Cayden Carter and Kelly Shyrock led the field to the green in the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature. But just as the green flag was waved the caution light would come on. Dennis LaVeine cut a left front tire went he got into Tyler Groenendyk going into turn 1 and collected Ricky Thorton Jr. to bring out the yellow. On the restart Carter moved out front to lead lap 1 over Shyrock and Andrew Schroeder. Just after the completion of lap 1, another caution appeared. Tom Berry from Medford, Oregon went head on into the guardrail just past the flag stand to bring out the yellow. Carter moved back out front on the restart, with Shyrock and Colt Mather, who started 7th, close behind. Shyrock tried to work under Carter over the next 4 laps, only to have Carter hold him off. That was until lap 6, when Shyrock slipped under Carter coming off turn 4 to grab the lead. But Carter would slip back by Shyrock one lap later to take the top spot back. While all eyes were on Carter and Shyrock for the lead, Richie Gustin Jr., who was driving Shawn Ritter's brand new Harris Modified and started 9th, and Thorton Jr., who went to the rear after the caution on the start, were working their way towards the front. When Jason Hall spun in turn 4 on lap 11 to bring out the caution, this would help Gustin Jr. and Thorton Jr. to catch up to the lead duo. On the restart Gustin Jr. used the bottom of the track to slip past Shyrock and Carter for the lead. From then on Gustin Jr. pulled away to claim the win. Carter settled for 2nd, Shyrock was 3rd, Mather was 4th, with Thornton Jr. come back to finish 5th.
Notes from Osky: 21 Sprint Cars, 20 Hobby Stocks, 17 Modifieds, 14 SportMods, 13 Sport Compacts, and 12 Stock Cars made up the 97 cars signed in on the night....Lincoln Schrock had troubles in his Sport Compact heat that forced him to scratch from the feature......John Watson started the Hobby Stock feature in 12th and passed 5 cars to finish 7th....Scott Shull recovered from a roll over in hot laps to finish 11th in the feature....Jamie Songer recovered from his lap 11 spin to come back up to finish 14th....Doug McCollough dropped a driveshaft on the start of his heat race, and was forced to scratch from the feature......Brothers Danny Brau and Scott Brau had troubles in hot laps that forced both of them to scratch from the night in their SportMods......Nate Van Haaften started the Sprint feature in 12th and passed 6 cars to finish 6th....Josh Schneiderman fought motor troubles in hot laps and his heat race that forced him to start 21st in the feature. He then passed 13 cars to come home in 8th to claim the hard charger award....Ryan Jamsion started 13th and finished 9th....Harold Pohren came from 17th to finish 11th....John Greenwood started 20th and finished 14th......Zack VanderBeek started the Modified feature in 12th and passed 5 cars to come home in 7th....Brandon Banks came from 14th to finish 9th....Jason Hall recovered from his spin on lap 11 to come back up to finish 11th.
If your looking for some racing action tonight, the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa is playing host to the MLRA Late Models. With many of the this area's open Late Models looking to claim the $3,000 top prize. Also in action on the night is the Lee County Late Models going for a top prize of $1,000. The IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, and IMCA Sport Compacts are also on the card. The action is set to get started with hot laps at 6:45 PM, and racing at 7:15 PM. Hope to see you there!
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