PINKERTON, WOOD REPEAT WINNERS; VANDERBEEK TAKES STOCK CAR CHECKERS AT SOUTHERN IOWA SPEEDWAY
By Tony Paris

OSKALOOSA, IA (Aug. 23, 2006) - The USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series was in action for another Wild, Wild Wednesday on Kids Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. All kids 11 and under were admitted free and had a chance to pick up some candy and cold, hard cash on the front stretch.

The racing season is quickly coming to an end with next week being the final night with the Coca-Cola Season Championships. All three classes with the high-powered Late Models added to Tuesday night's action. Late Model drivers will be gunning for $2,000 to win. The moving to Tuesday night, Aug. 29, was announced by promoter Todd Staley to allow drivers to run Tuesday night at Osky and Wednesday night at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson.

In the first feature of the night, Brad Pinkerton of New Sharon topped the Musco Lighting USRA Modified feature, coming from the 10th starting spot and working the high side of the racing surface to make his passes. Veteran driver Bruce Hanford of Davenport led the first seven laps before Pinkerton took the lead and cruised to victory lane. The runner-up spot went to Hanford, who battled hard with Zack VanderBeek. VanderBeek had trouble in his heat race and damaged the right side of the car, forcing him to start 16th. But VanderBeek raced his way to second before mechanical problems ended his run. Mike Hughes of Rose Hill made his return to the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster a good one by taking the third spot, while Barry Sandeman of Creston raced his way from the 11th starting spot to finish fourth.

The USRA Hobby Stock feature went to Nathan Wood of Sigourney, who raced his way from the tenth starting spot to the front, taking the lead from Jared Sanders of New Sharon. Sanders led the first eight laps of the 15-lap main event. The battle for the second was very exciting with Bobby Greene and Dustin Griffiths going wheel-to-wheel for several laps before Greene took the runner-up spot. Greene, however, was disqualified after the event for an illegal carburetor. This gave Bill Gibson the second spot with Mike Shelton of Ottumwa in third and Rick Landgrebe of Sigourney taking the fourth spot. The red flag stopped the action on the second lap after Kirk Brown of Knoxville rolled in turn 2. He was not hurt.

In the USRA Stock Car feature, Zack VanderBeek worked his way from the sixth starting spot to take the win. The battle for second was a thriller with Brad Pinkerton and Brian Mitrisin of Oskaloosa going wheel-to-wheel and door-to-door for the final seven laps with Pinkerton making the pass with only one lap remaining. Mitrisin took third and rookie driver Nathan Wood snared the fourth spot.

Next week's racing action will be on Tuesday night, Aug. 29, with the Coca-Cola Season Championships for the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series along with the big-bodied dirt Late Models invading the big half-mile oval with their earth-pounding horsepower gunning for the $2,000 top prize.

The Southern Iowa Speedway is located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on N. I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information call the track hotline at (641) 673-7004 or visit www.sispeedway.com  online.


OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, August 23, 2006



USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1: 1. Jill Tull, Redding; 2. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 3. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa; 4. Bill Gibson, Knoxville; 5. Chad Dehne, Ottumwa; 6. Travis Sherwood, Ottumwa; 7. Scott Alderson, Gibson; 8. Chase Mitrisin, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Jared Sanders, New Sharon; 2. Shannon Sherwood, Oskaloosa; 3. Kirk Brown, Knoxville; 4. David Vass, Ottumwa; 5. Jason VanZomeren, Oskaloosa; 6. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield; 7. Mike Yaw, Des Moines.

Heat #3: 1. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 2. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa; 3. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 4. Rick Landgrebe, Sigourney; 5. Richard Yaw, Pleasant Hill; 6. Dave Breuklander, Oskaloosa; 7. Danny Thrasher, Eldon.

A-Feature (15 laps): 1. Wood; 2. Gibson; 3. Shelton; 4. Landgrebe; 5. S. Sherwood; 6. Johnson; 7. Tull; 8. Vass; 9. VanZomeren; 10. Greiner; 11. Mitrisin; 12. Dehne; 13. R. Yaw; 14. T. Sherwood; 15. Sanders; 16. Griffiths; 17. Brown; 18. M. Yaw; 19. Alderson; 20. Breuklander; 21. Thrasher.



USRA STOCK CARS



Heat #1: 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 3. Steve Landgrebe, Oskaloosa; 4. Josh Newell, Oskaloosa; 5. Trent Vrchotichy, Columbus Junction; 6. Jeff Wollam, Marshalltown; 7. Mark Steinke, Gibson; 8. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 9. Chris Leathers, Macon, Mo.

Heat #2: 1. Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 2. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 3. Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa; 4. Jim Brown, Fremont; 5. Carl Yaw, Des Moines; 6. Colt Mather, Webster; 7. Keith Kuder, Rose Hill; 8. Toby Johnson, Eldon; 9. Matt Greiner, Washington.

A-Feature (18 laps): 1. VanderBeek; 2. Pinkerton; 3. Mitrisin; 4. Wood; 5. Mather; 6. Brown; 7. Greene; 8. Steinke; 9. Leathers; 10. Landgrebe; 11. Vrchotichy; 12. Harwood; 13. Wollam; 14. Yaw; 15. Newell; 16. Kuder; 17. Johnson; 18. Greiner.



MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS



Heat #1: 1. Mike Hughes, Rose Hill; 2. Brad Bakken, Garner; 3. Bruce Hanford, Davenport; 4. Brad Stephens, Bussey; 5. Brandon Banks, Washington; 6. Barry Sandeman, Creston; 7. Keith Haislip, Davenport; 8. Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa.

Heat #2: 1. Terry Walker, Riverside; 2. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 3. Scott Dickey, Packwood; 4. David Ott, Ankeny; 5. Steve Stewart, Washington; 6. Jack Housley, Des Moines; 7. Dustin Clark, Eldon; 8. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon.

A-Feature (18 laps): 1. Pinkerton; 2. Hanford; 3. Hughes; 4. Sandeman; 5. Walker; 6. Dickey; 7. Stephens; 8. Ott; 9. Banks; 10. Lathrop; 11. VanderBeek; 12. Bakken; 13. Housley; 14. Stewart; 15. Haislip; 16. Clark.