OSKALOOSA — The first night of the Southern Iowa Fair sponsored by KBOE 104.9FM and Pepsi-Cola Mahaska Bottling the action was as hot as the temperatures got to around 100 degrees.

The featured headliners were the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds plus the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. The night saw  a great field of 83 cars sign in with 27 Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds checked into the pit area.

First feature of the night was the Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods feature saw Sam Wieben lead the first lap before Curtis VanDerWal would take over the lead. VanDerWal would remain out front until the first race caution came out for a filter cover in turn 1 from VanDerWal car and Cory Van Zante in turn 3. On the restart it was Vanderwal getting a great restart, Jesse Sobbing would get by Sam Wieben for second and set his sights on VanDerWal but this time Vanderwal would not be denied the win. Sobbing finished second, Brett Lowry would finish third, Wieben was fourth and Chris Larson was fifth.

In the Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, it was Dustin Griffiths leading all 15 laps in route to take the second win of the season at Oskaloosa. Mike Hughes would end up second, Craig Brown was third, Bobby Greene was fourth and Nick Ulin was fifth.

The Carter Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars saw Zack VanderBeek finish right were he left off last week, and that is a return trip back to Victory Lane after leading all 16 laps. Damon Murty was second, Corey Stout came across the line in third, but was disqualifed in post-race tech inspection. Jay Schmidt was moved to third, Alex Buffington moved to fourth and Matt Greiner was fifth.

The Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts would see Dallas Chandler lead all eigh laps in route to take his second consecutive win at Oskaloosa in normally Bill Whalen Jr’s car. Whalen Jr. would finish second in a different car, Tyler Whalen was third, Merv Chandler was fourth and Tyler Whalen was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds feature and it was Michael Long jumping to the early lead. Just after the completion of two laps, the caution would wave three times, first for Jeremy Freiner in turn 2 and Darin Duffy would head pit side after making heavy contact with a tractor tire.

On the restart, the caution would fly again, this time for Tyler Cale going around on the backstretch and then third time for a Ray Cox Jr and Kyle Strickler in turn 2. Long would continue to lead but then the caution would fly again on lap 5 for Wade Francis spinning out on the backstretch. Long didn’t let that bother him but then the final two race cautions came out on lap 8 and 9 both because Jacob Murray having trouble. Long would pull away and win by a full straightaway over Luke Wanninger, Richie Gustin was half a straightwaway behind in third, Jay Noteboom was fourth and Mike Van Genderen was fifth.



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Tuesday’s Results

Pyramid Graphics and Sports IMCA SportMods

Feature — 1. Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood); 3. Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 4. Sam Wieben (Dysart); 5. Carter Vandenberg (Oskaloosa); 6. Chris Larson (Keokuk); 7. Ryan Fullenkamp (Bloomfield); 8. Ty Luellen (Minburn); 9. Eric Flander (Barnes City); 10. Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 11. Joe McBirnie (Boone); 12. Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 13. Cory Van Zante (Sully); 14. Jason Mallicoat (Jefferson). DNS — Jason McDaniel (Eldon); Bill Gibson (Knoxville).

Heat 1 — VanDerWal, Fullenkamp, Wieben, Luellen, Lowry, Schmidt, McDaniel, Gibson.

Heat 2 — McBirnie, Larson, Flander, Sobbing, Mallicoat, Johnson, Van Zante, Vandenberg.



Tracy Elevator IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature — 1. Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 2. Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. Craig Brown (Eldon); 4. Bobby Greene (Eddyville); 5. Nick Ulin (Agency); 6. Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 7. Danny Thrasher (Agency); 8. Shannon Anderson (Urbandale); 9. Donavon Nunnikhoven (Sully); 10. Justin Hook (Oskaloosa); 11. Jarred Gann (Sigourney); 12. August Bach (Newton,); 13. 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines); 14. Derek Hodges (Des Moines).

Heat 1 — Hughes, Hook, Griffiths, Greene, Brown, Bach, Hodges.

Heat 2 — Fee, Thrasher, Ulin, Anderson, Nunnikhoven, Gann, Adams.



Carter’s Manufacturing IMCA Stock Cars

Feature — 1. Zack VanderBeek (New Sharon); 2. Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. Alex Buffington (Wapello); 5. Matt Greiner (Washington); 6. Don Killen (Des Moines); 7. Brad Pinkerton (New Sharon); 8. Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 9. Carl Yaw Jr. (Des Moines); 10. Todd Phillips (Packwood); 11. Nathan Wood; 12. Alan Van Gorp (Des Moines); 13. Mike Goldsberry (Runnells). DQ — Corey Stout (Oskaloosa).

Heat 1 — Murty, VanderBeek, Buffington, Reitzler, Schmidt, Phillips, Pinkerton.

Heat 2 — Killen, Wood, Van Gorp, Stout, Yaw Jr., Pinkerton, Greiner.



Autocrafters/Whalen Racing IMCA Sport Compacts

Feature — 1. Dallas Chandler (Norway); 2. Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside); 3. Tyler Whalen (Cedar Rapids); 4. Merv Chandler (Vinton); 5. John Whalen (Ainsworth); 6. Duayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 7. Ronald McCish (Union); 8. Trent Orwig (Blakesburg).

Heat — D. Chandler, T. Whalen, M. Chandler, J. Whalen, B. Whalen, Herb, McCish, Orwig.



JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds

Feature — 1. Michael Long (Quincy, Ill.); 2. Luke Wanninger (Jefferson) 3. Richie Gustin (Gilman); 4. Jay Noteboom (Hinton): 5. Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 6. Jeremy Mills (Garner); 7. David Murray Jr. (Oberlin, Kan.); 8. Mark Schulte (Delhi); 9. Mark Elliott (Webster City); 10. Kyle Strickler (Moorsville, N.C.): 11. Ryan Dolan (Lisbon); 12. Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 13. Rich Smith (Davenport, IA); 14. Jeff Waterman (Quincy, Ill.); 15. Jeff Conner (Panora); 16. Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 17. Jason Schoenberger (Russell, Kan.); 18. Dakota Hayden (Wilton); 19. Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 20. Jacob Murray (Hartford); 21. Greg Cox (Altoona); 22. Ray Cox Jr. (Maquoketa): 23. Scott Dickey (Packwood); 24. Wade Francis (Oskaloosa): 25. Tyler Cale (Donnellson); 26. Darin Duffy (Hazleton); 27. Jeremy Freiner (Fort Morgan, Colo.).

Heat 1 — Long, Duffy, Hayden, G. Cox, Lauritzen, Freiner, Dolan, Francis, J. Murray.

Heat 2 — Schulte, Dickey, Schroeder, Smith, Conner, R. Cox, Strickler, Waterman.

Heat 3 — Gustin, Carter, Elliott, Van Genderen, Noteboom, D. Murray, Cale, Mills, Schoenberger.