FOUR NEW FACES IN VICTORY LANE ON FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT AT SOUTHERN IOWA SPEEDWAY
By Tony Paris

USRA Stock Cars Colt Mather, Webster Photo by Dave Hill	Jason McDaniel of Eldon Photo by Dave Hill
USCO Lighting USRA Modified feature, Ron Ver Beek of Oskaloosa Photo by Dave Hill	13 year old Nate Caruth of Ames B-Mod Feature winner. Photo by Dave Hill

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (May 9) - With a packed house for Fan Appreciation Night presented by Wal-Mart, Doug’s Four-Wheelers and the Southern Iowa Fair Board, spectators were treated to some of the most exciting action of the year with side-by-side action and close finishes in both the USRA Stock Car and USRA Hobby Stock features. All four classes for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series saw new winners in victory lane.

In the USRA B-Mod feature, Paul Underwood of Ottumwa and Nate Caruth of Ames battled for the checkered flag, with 13-year-old Caruth out-classing the field for the win. Underwood took the second spot with Bugs Vincent of Nevada in third and Ronnie Pumphrey of Altoona in fourth.

In the MUSCO Lighting USRA Modified feature, Ron Ver Beek of Oskaloosa made his second night out with his new Skyrocket Chassis pay off with a feature win. The second spot went to Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon with Jon Snyder of Ames taking third and fourth going to Josh Truman of Indianola, who bounced back after getting his No. 47 machine upside down last week.

The third main event of the night featured the USRA Hobby Stocks with Rick Landgrebe of Sigourney and Dustin Griffiths of Ottumwa battling for the lead. Landgrebe took the lead on lap 2 but had to battle three-wide on lap 5 with Bill Gibson of Knoxville and Jason McDaniel of Eldon. Gibson and McDaniel thrilled the crowd with the two drivers swapping the lead eight different times before McDaniel secured the win. Gibson took second after starting 10th with Landgrebe and Griffiths taking third and fourth, respectively.

The final feature of the night saw the USRA Stock Cars take to the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster, and they did not disappoint the crowd. With three- and sometimes four-wide racing for the lead, it was a thriller. Bobby Greiner Jr. of Ottumwa and Matt Greiner of Washington brought the cars to the green flag for 18 exciting laps. The two unrelated Greiners battled for the lead with Rick Gustin of Marshalltown taking the lead on lap 5. Gustin looked to have his No. 62 machine headed to victory lane but traded a little paint with Bobby Greiner and Colt Mather in turns 1-2. Mather made the pass on lap 16 and led the final two laps for the win. Zack VanderBeek garnered his second runner-up finish of the evening, with Bobby Greiner in third and defending USRA Stock Car track champion Brad Pinkerton taking fourth.

Next Wednesday it's the first of three appearances this season for the high-powered, full-bodied, lightning-fast USRA Late Models battling for a $3,000 top prize. Also on the card will be a complete program for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring MUSCO Lighting USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks. Gates open at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 7:15 and racing to follow.

The Southern Iowa Speedway is located one half-mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then four blocks north on N. I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For day-of-race information, call the track hotline at (507) 634-4281 or visit www.rlpromotions.com/oskaloosa  online.


OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Fan Appreciation Night presented by Wal-Mart, Doug’s Four-Wheelers and the Southern Iowa Fair Board
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, May 9, 2007



MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. Brandon Banks, Washington; 2. Steve Stewart, Washington; 3. Allison Quick, Redding; 4. Jon Snyder, Ames; 5. Greg Cox, Altoona; 6. Jeremy Hodapp, Corning; 7. David Ott, Ankeny; 8. Scott Dickey, Packwood.

Heat #2: 1. Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa; 2. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 3. Josh Truman, Indianola; 4. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 5. Randy Killen, Des Moines; 6. Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa; 7. Gordon Head, Des Moines; 8. Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Ver Beek; 2. VanderBeek; 3. Snyder; 4. Truman; 5. Blattler; 6. Banks; 7. Hodapp; 8. Cox; 9. Ott; 10. Pinkerton; 11. Quick; 12. Stewart; 13. Killen; 14. Lathrop; 15. Head; 16. Dickey.



USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1: 1. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 2. Bobby Greiner Jr., Ottumwa; 3. Bert McDaniel Jr., Eldon; 4. Matt Greiner, Washington; 5. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 6. Pat Rachels, Knoxville; 7. Paul Nagle, Nevada; 8. Rich Reed, Des Moines.

Heat #2: 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Rick Gustin, Marshalltown; 3. Colt Mather, Webster; 4. Josh Newell, Oskaloosa; 5. Pete Hutzel, State Center; 6. Corey Stout, Oskaloosa; 7. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 8. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Mather; 2. VanderBeek; 3. B. Greiner; 4. Pinkerton; 5. Gustin; 6. M. Greiner; 7. Newell; 8. McDaniel; 9. Rachels; 10. Johnson; 11. Hutzel; 12. Nagle; 13. Reed; 14. Wood; 15. Stout; 16. Greene.



USRA B-MODS

Heat: 1. Paul Underwood, Ottumwa; 2. Nate Caruth, Ames; 3. Bugs Vincent, Nevada; 4. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 5. Ronnie Pumphrey, Altoona; 6. Brett Moffitt, Grimes.

Feature: 1. Caruth; 2. Underwood; 3. Vincent; 4. Pumphrey; 5. Moffitt; 6. Schroeder.



USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1: 1. Bill Gibson, Knoxville; 2. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 3. Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 4. Randy Veldhuizen, Eddyville; 5. Ricky Wilson, Ottumwa; 6. Dave Breuklander, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 2. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa; 3. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 4. Rick Landgrebe, Sigourney; 5. Shannon Sherwood, Rose Hill; 6. Jesse Garrett, Batavia.

Heat #3: 1. Tyler Ford, Lovilia; 2. Don Nunnikhoven, Sully; 3. Jason VanZomeren, Oskaloosa; 4. Chase Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 5. Cory Adams, Des Moines; 6. Scott Alderson. Gibson; 7. Wade Francis, Eddyville.


Feature: 1. McDaniel; 2. Gibson; 3. Landgrebe; 4. Griffiths; 5. Shelton; 6. Thrasher; 7. Veldhuizen; 8. Ford; 9. Allen; 10. Sherwood; 11. VanZomeren; 12. Wilson; 13. Breuklander; 14. Adams; 15. Nunnikhoven; 16. Alderson; 17. Mitrisin; 18. Francis; 19. Garrett.