The first feature to take to the track on the night was the 20 lap Stock Cars, with Nathan Wood and Todd Reitzler drawing the front row for the event. Reitzler would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Wood and Dan Mackenthun. The action was slowed for the first time on lap 2, when Donnie Pearson and Mike Brown spun in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Kevin Latour, John Hemsted, Dane Fenton and Brandon Hill collided in turn 1 to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Reitzler move back out front, with Wood and Mike Hughes, who started 8th, close behind. Coming off turn 4 to complete lap 6 Wood was able to slip under Reitzler to take over the top spot, while Cayden Carter, who started 6th, moved in to make it a three car battle for second. At the half way point of the race, lap 10, Carter worked his way into second and then went to work on Wood for the top spot.
A caution on lap 12 would slow the action down, as Pearson spun in turn 4 and collected Fenton to bring out the yellow. Wood once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Carter, Hughes and John Oliver Jr., who started 9th, glued to his back bumper. Another caution on lap 14 for debris in turn 2 would slow the action down. On the restart Wood moved back out front, with Carter, Hughes and Oliver Jr. once again glued to his back bumper. But one lap later, lap 15, the caution light appeared, as Derrick Agee, who was running 7th, spun in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. Hill would spin off turn 4 on the restart to bring the yellow light back on. The following restart saw Carter slip under Wood coming off turn 4 to grab the lead away, with Hughes working to hold off Oliver Jr. for third. A two lap shootout was set up when Hemsted and Steve Byers spun in turn 1 on lap 18 to bring out the final caution. On the restart Carter jumped back out front, with Wood, Hughes and Oliver Jr. close behind. Wood tried to get under Carter on the final lap, but Carter was able to hold him off to pick up the win. Wood settled for 2nd, Hughes was 3rd, Oliver Jr. was 4th, with Reitzler rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 16 lap SportMod feature, with Robert Moore and Brett Lowry leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Lowry used his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Brayton Carter and Moore. Just after the completion of lap 1, Cody Agee would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Lowry jumped back out front, with Carter and Curtis Van Der Wal, who started 10th, close behind. Van Der Wal would work the bottom of the track to slip under Lowry for the top spot on lap 4, and then started to pull away from the field. While all eyes were on Van Der Wal out front, Carter VanDenBerg, who started 13th, was working his way towards the front. On lap 7 VanDenBerg worked his way into second and then went to work on chasing down Van Der Wal for the top spot. Van Der Wal started working lapped traffic on lap 12, which allowed VanDenBerg to quickly close in on him. The second and final caution of the race appeared on lap 14, as Dusty Masolini spun in turn 4 to set up a 2 lap shootout. On the restart Van Der Wal jumped back out front, with Tim Plummer, who started 7th, finding something on the top of the track to over take VanDenBerg for second. But Van Der Wal would hold on over the final laps to claim the win. Plummer was 2nd, VanDenBerg was 3rd, Logan Anderson started 8th and finished 4th, with Carter holding on for 5th.
Scott Shull and Dustin Griffiths drew the front row for the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Griffiths grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Shull and Danny Thrasher. While Griffiths set the pace out front the battle was for second, as Damon Murty, who started 9th in Bill Bonnett's #19, and Mike Hughes, who started 11th, worked the bottom of the track to challenge Thrasher and Shull , who were running up top, for the runner up spot. But without a caution there was no catching Griffiths, who pulled away to pick up the win on his birthday. Murty won the battle for 2nd, Hughes was 3rd, Thrasher was 4th, with Shull coming home 5th.
Up next was the 20 lap Modified feature, with Jason Murray and Jenae Gustin leading the field to the green. Jenae Gustin would take advantage of her starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Murray and Jimmy Gustin. The first caution of the race appeared on lap 3, when Shawn Ritter spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Jenae Gustin moved back out front, with Murray and Jimmy Gustin following. Jenae Gustin set a torrid pace out front and was pulling away from the field. At the same time Cayden Carter, who started 10th, was working his way towards the front. At the half way point of the race Carter would slip into the runner up spot and then went to work on cutting into Jenae's lead. But it didn't appear like Carter was going to catch Janae, until the second and final caution of the race came out on lap 12 to bring her back to his front bumper. Derrick Stewart, who was running 8th, slowed off turn 4 with a right rear flat to bring out the yellow.
Once again Jenae Gustin moved back out front on the restart, with Carter and Jimmy Gustin close behind. Jenae, who was working the top of the track, was able to hold off Carter, who was working the bottom, for the lead. That was until they took the white flag. Jenae went high going into turn one and got into the guardrail with her right rear, which slowed her momentum enough to allow Carter to get up beside her coming off turn 2. The two raced into turn three side-by-side, with Carter slipping under her coming off turn 4 to claim his second win on the night. Jenae Gustin was 2nd, Jimmy Gustin was 3rd, Colt Mather started 12th and finished 4th, with Nick Roberts passing 12 cars from his 17th place starting spot to come home in 5th.
The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 10 lap Sport Compacts, with John Gill and Jason Breuklander drawing the front row for the event. But it was ninth place starter Brad Havel who quickly moved to the front to lead lap 1 over Trent Orwig, who started 5th, and Breuklander. Orwig tried to get under Havel over the next 8 laps, but Havel was able to hold him off each lap. Then going into turn 1 on the final lap Orwig was able to slip under Havel for the top spot. But going into turn 3 Havel worked under Orwig and then pushed him up the track coming off turn 4 to cross under the checkered flag first. But Havel was docked one spot for questionable driving, which gave the win to Orwig. Havel was scored 2nd, Darin Smith started 6th and finished 3rd. Jake Benischek, who ran a make-up feature in Tipton, Iowa earlier in the night, arrived at the track just in time to tag the back of the feature. He started 14th and then passed 10 cars to come home in 4th, with Breuklander rounding out the top 5.
Notes from Osky: 32 SportMods, 31 Modifieds, 26 Stock Cars, 22 Hobby Stocks, and 14 Sport Compacts made up the 125 cars signed in for night one......Johnny Spaw started the Stock Car feature in 16th and passed 10 cars to come home in 6th....Jay Schmidt finished 9th after starting in 15th....Michael Bilyeu started 18th and finished 12th....Kevin Latour receovered from the lap 2 crash to come back up to finish in 13th....Randy Bryan started 21st and finished 14th....Derrick Agee recovered from his spin on lap 15 to come back up to finish 15th....Steve Byers passed 10 cars from his 26th place starting spot to come home in 16th....Carl Yaw started 24th and finished 17th......Jason McDaniel started the SportMod feature in 12th and finished 7th....Jarrett Brown finished 10th after starting in 18th....Dakota Simmons passed 11 cars from his 22nd place starting spot to come home in 11th....Cody Agee, who started 21st, recovered from his spin on lap 4 to come back up to finish 13th....Creston Williams started 24th and passed 10 cars to come home in 14th....Ed Hamilton finished 18th after starting in 23rd......Adam Bonnett started the Hobby Stock feature in 16th and finished 12th....Jared Stephens passed 7 cars from his 20th place starting spot to come home in 13th....Richard Yaw II finished 14th after starting in 22nd......Bruce Hanford passed 11 cars from his 19th place starting spot in the Modified feature to finish 8th....Tyler Prochaska started 16th and finished 10th....Dan Brockert finished 13th after starting in 21st....John Fellman started 20th and finished 15th....Shawn Ritter recovered from his spin on lap 3 to come back up to finish 16th....Cody Albers came from 23rd to finish in 17th....Colby Heischman started 24th and finished 18th......Matt Girdley drove Kenneth Smith #24k Sport Compact, and started 11th and finished 7th....Kyle Boyd, who was suppose to start 3, had troubles in the heat that forced him to scratch from the feature.
Night two of the 30th Annual MUSCO Lighting Fall Challenge" concludes tonight. The Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks are again racing for $1,000 to win, while the Sport Compacts are racing for $250 to win. Hot laps are set to get underway at 6 PM.
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