By TONY PARIS
OSKALOOSA — Wednesday night’s racing action at Southern Iowa Speedway was held with the young race fans getting a chance to ride around the speedway along with prizes, candy, money and even a chance to win a bicycle.
The Carter Manufacturing USRA B-Mods saw Jason McDaniel and Cayden Carter battle for the win. Carter tried several times to get a run or do a slide job on McDaniel, but McDaniel was just too strong and took his eighth win of the year. Carter took a strong second with Tyler Groenendyk taking the third spot with Mike Shelton in fourth.
The second feature of the night was the thriller with License to Thrill Night for the Ottumwa area and fans got everything they expected and much more.
The USRA stock car feature is always a exciting race no matter how many cars they have, it’s always a thriller. Three drivers all wanted the top spot with Mike VanGenderen of Newton taking the early lead, but shortly after the third lap VanGenderen had to try to hold off the silver 29 of Matt Greiner of Washington, who made a two-car battle but action would heat up with Shane Weller of Agency, who won last week starting eighth and make it a three-car battle.
The three would swap the lead with nobody knowing who was going to win. The crowd came to their feet on the final lap with all three side-by-side and Greiner taking the win by less than six inches with VanGenderen in second and Weller in a close third and Brian Mitrisin in fourth.
The USRA hobby stock feature went to Kris Walker of Oskaloosa who lead all 15 laps. This was Walker’s 101st feature win of his career. Bobby Greene of Eddyville tried several times to pressure Walker, but took a close second place finish with Danny Thrasher of Agency in third and Nathan Wood of Keswick taking fourth.
The MUSCO Lighting USRA A-Mods saw Zack Vanderbeek use this week as a tune-up for the USMTS and Nascar Night, leading all 15 laps and taking the win. This ended Brad Pinkerton’s win streak with Pinkerton taking second and Colt Mather of Webster in third. The battle for fourth was a good one with Steven Blattler of Oskaloosa and Indianola driver Josh Truman going wheel-to-wheel with Blattler in fourth.
Next week’s NASCAR Night will feature Kenny Wallace in the Jegs 36 modified and Michael Waltrip, who races the NAPA 55 Toyota and is the team owner and driver. Action will kickoff at 7:15 p.m. and racing action to follow.
Southern Iowa Speedway
Wednesday’s Results
USRA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1 — Jason McDaniel, Eldon.
Heat 2 — Steve Allen, Oskaloosa.
Feature — 1. Kris Walker, Oskaloosa; 2. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 3. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 5. Justin Hook, Oskaloosa; 6. McDaniel; 7. Chase Breid, Madison, Mo.; 8. Andy Coleman, Packwood; 9. Shawn Coleman, Packwood; 10. Casey Greubel, Lacona; 11. TJ Henderson, Douds; 12. Wes Almond, Oskaloosa; 13. Allen; 14. Paul Wheeler, Des Moines; 15. Dan Dyer, Ottumwa.
Carter Manufacturing USRA B-Mods
Heat 1 — Jason McDaniel, Eldon.
Heat 2 — Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa.
Feature — 1. McDaniel; 2. Carter; 3. Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa; 4. Mike Shelton, Bloomfield; 5. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 6. Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa; 7. Carter VandenBerg, Oskaloosa; 8. Brian Edel, Oskaloosa; 9. AJ Johnson, Oskaloosa; 10. Cory Brown, Ottumwa; 11. Mike Wanders, Oskaloosa; 12. LeRoy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa; 13. James Krier, Ollie; 14. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 15. Aaron Osweiler, South English; 16. Josh Modde, Des Moines; 17. Rick Krueger, Sigourney.
USRA Stock Cars
Heat 1 — Matt Greiner, Washington.
Feature — 1. Greiner; 2. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 3. Shane Weller, Agency; 4. Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 5. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 6. Chase Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 7. Bert McDaniel, Eldon; 8. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 9. Carl Yaw, Jr., Des Moines; 10. Kyle Anderson, Oskaloosa; 11. Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah.
MUSCO Lighting USRA A-Mods
Heat 1 — Josh Truman, Indianola.
Heat 2 — Colt Mather, Webster.
Feature — 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 3. Mather; 4. Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa; 5. Truman; 6. Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa; 7. Kevin Blackburn, Fulton, Mo.; 8. Brandon Banks, Washington; 9. Brad Moriarty, Des Moines; 10. David Ott, Ankeny; 11. Clayton Jensen, Iowa City; 12. Scott Dickey, Packwood.
