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CHECKERS FLY FOR VER BEEK, WOOD, EDEL, MCDANIEL AT SOUTHERN IOWA SPEEDWAY PEPSI SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Tony Paris

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Aug. 27) - The final checkered flag of the regular season flew Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway with the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series and four track champions crowned during the Pepsi Season Championships.

In the USRA Hobby Stock feature, Jason McDaniel of Eldon took the win and the his second straight track title.

McDaniel had to battle Danny Thrasher of Agency for the win.

In the Carter's Manufacturing USRA B-Mod main event, Bill Gibson of Knoxville and Oskaloosa's Brain Edel come into the night with only one point separating the two. Edel took the win and track championship, but had to battle young Carter VanDenBerg, who led all but the final four laps in his second time ever in a B-Mod after graduating from go-karts. Edel became the first driver under the USRA banner to win a track championship using the GM Performance Parts Crate Engine.

USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division saw Matt Greiner of Washington take his second track championship over Oskaloosa driver A.J. Johnson, but it was former USRA Hobby Stock national champion Nathan Wood of Keswick who took the feature race checkers over Shane Weller of Agency.

In the MUSCO Lighting USRA Modified division, Ron Ver Beek nabbed the checkers in front of his hometown crowd while Colt Mather of Webster garnered the track championship in his rookie season driving Modifieds. Ver Beek, who missed a week of competition due to racing in the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship, finished second in the points chase.

The Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster will be idle until Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11 when the 22nd Annual MUSCO Lighting Fall Challenge is held. The race will feature all four USRA-sanctioned classes—Modifieds, Stock Cars, B-Mods and Hobby Stocks— with a twist on the payoff: all four classes will race for $1,000 to win on Friday and all four classes will race for $1,500 to win on Saturday!

For more information call the Southern Iowa Speedway office at 515-832-6000. The Southern Iowa Speedway is located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92 (“A” Ave. W), 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. For more information about the USRA, visit www.usraracing.com .


OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series Pepsi Season Championships Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

 

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1: 1. Kris Walker, Oskaloosa; 2. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 3. Craig Brown, Eldon; 4. Shannon Sherwood, Rose Hill; 5. Justin Hook, Oskaloosa; 6. Dan Dyer, Ottumwa; 7. Dave Breuklander, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Don Nunnikhoven, Kellogg; 2. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 3. Shawn Coleman, Packwood; 4. Casey Greubel, Lacona; 5. Keye Wallace, Pleasantville; 6. Brad Prado, Ottumwa; 7. Andy Coleman, Packwood.

Heat #3: 1. Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 2. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 3. Dale Porter, Pulaski; 4. Mike Goff, Lacona; 5. Wes Almond, Oskaloosa; 6. T.J. Henderson, Douds; 7. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield.

Feature: 1. McDaniel; 2. Walker; 3. Sherwood; 4. Hook; 5. S. Coleman; 6. Greiner; 7. Breuklander; 8. Henderson; 9. Thrasher; 10. Nunnikhoven; 11. Wallace; 12. Porter; 13. Brown; 14. Greene; 15. Griffiths; 16. Prado; 17. Greubel; 18. Almond; 19. A. Coleman; 20. Goff; 21. Dyer.

Track Champion: McDaniel.

 

CARTER'S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. Brian Edel, Oskaloosa; 2. Mike Shelton, Ottumwa; 3. Cory Brown, Ottumwa; 4. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 5. Jayme Duinik, Pella; 6. Liz Harwood, Oskaloosa; 7. Bill Gibson, Knoxville.

Heat #2: 1. Mike Wanders, Oskaloosa; 2. Tyler Groendyke, Oskaloosa; 3. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 4. Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; 5. Rick Kruger, Sigourney; 6. Bryon Weyer, Des Moines; 7. B.J. Boender, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Edel; 2. VanDeBerg; 3. Gibson; 4. Brown; 5. Schroeder; 6. Shelton; 7. Wanders; 8. Duinik; 9. Groendyke; 10. Boender; 11. Carter; 12. Harwood; 13. Weyer; 14. Krueger.

Track Champion: Edel.

 

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS

Heat #1: 1. Colt Mather, Keswick; 2. Shane Weller, Agency; 3. Corey Stout, Oskaloosa; 4. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa; 5.
Kyle Anderson, Oskaloosa; 6. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 7. Brock Welch, Oskaloosa; 8. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 9. Ken Even, Waterloo.

Heat #2: 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Matt Greiner, Washington; 3. Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah; 4. Brain Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 5. Howard Gordon Jr., Oskaloosa; 6. Terry Rachels, Knoxville; 7. Rick Todd, Des Moines; 8. Clayton Garden, Oskaloosa; 9. Carl Yaw, Des Moines.

Feature: 1. Wood; 2. Weller; 3. Mitrisin; 4. VanderBeek; 5. Krauskopf; 6. Mather; 7. Johnson; 8. Gordon; 9. Stout; 10. Todd; 11. Rachels; 12. Greene; 13. Anderson; 14. Welch; 15. Greiner; 16. Yaw; 17. Garden; 18. Even.

Track Champion: Greiner.

 

MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa; 2. Chris Spieker, Massena; 3. Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa; 4. Josh Truman, Indianola; 5. Scott Dickey, Packwood; 6. Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon; 7. Steve Stewart, Washington.

Heat #2: 1. Colt Mather, Webster; 2. Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa; 3. Brandon Banks, Washington; 4. David Ott, Ankeny; 5. John Fellman, Blue Grass; 6. Jesse Dennis, Prescott.

Feature: 1. Ver Beek; 2. Mather; 3. Truman; 4. Spieker; 5. Pinkerton; 6. Harwood; 7. Stewart; 8. Dickey; 9. Dennis; 10. Fellman; 11. Ott; 12. Blattler; 13. Banks.

Track Champion: Mather.