Girdley, Schroeder, Brown, Phillips and VanDerWal Victorious on Season Championship Night
By Jeremy Fox
Oskaloosa, Iowa (September 17, 2014) –Wednesday night track points wrapped up at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling and KBOE Radio Season Championships. Fans were able to see the stars driving the hot rods because there was out of the car introductions before the features. Track Champions determined and one driver had a special surprise for somebody in victory lane.
First feature of the night was the IMCA Sport Compacts ten lap feature and Matt Girdley jumped into the lead. Girdley would pull away and take his first win at Osky. Track Champion Bill Whalen Jr came home in the runner up spot. John Whalen finished third, Matt Moore was fourth and Nick Van Hamert was fifth.
Racing Veteran Jerry Pilcher grabbed the early lead in the 16 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds feature. Rookie AJ Johnson and Tyler Groenendyk each tried to get by Pilcher but was unsuccesful meanwhile Track Champion Andrew Schroeder was working his way through the field. Schroeder took second away on lap 11 and when Pilcher left the door open on lap 12 it was Schroeder taking the lead. Schroeder went on to take the win over Pilcher, Johnson, Groenendyk and Brandon Banks.
In the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, Mike Kincaid grabbed the lead early but shortly after lap two was scored the caution came out for Mike Hughes and Adam Bonnett getting together in turn two. Kincaid continued to lead until he slipped up on lap nine allowing Craig Brown to sneak on by. Brown lead the remaining laps despite a hard charging Mike Hughes to take his third win of the season at Osky. Hughes finished second, Brad Stephens was third, Kincaid fell back to fourth and Track Champion Dustin Griffiths came across in fifth.
Todd Phillips started on the pole in the 18 lap Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars feature and he took advantage grabbing the lead. Phillips had his handsful the entire distance battling with Louis Lynch for the seven laps. Lynch experienced troubles on lap eight resulting in the only caution. Phillips then saw Corey Stout behind him but still manage to hold off the challenges and held off late race challenges from Gary Harward to take the win. For Phillips it was not the only victory of the night as after his victory lane interview he proposed to his girlfriend Krystal and she accepted. Harward, Nathan Wood, Shane Weller and Stout rounded out the top five. Track Champion was Cayden Carter.
Final Feature of the night was 16 lap KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods feature and it was Colton Livezey grabbing the early lead which he held on to until Curtis VanDerWal worked his way up to take the lead away on lap six. VanDerWal lead the remaining laps despite a caution on lap eight to take his six win at Osky in 2014. Corey Van Zante was second, Tony Johnson was third, Charlie Weber was fourth and Livezey was fifth.
Track points may have come to and end but racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway is not done yet as the speedway will host the 28th Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge on Friday and Saturday October 3rd and 4th.
Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and SportMods all race for a top prize of $1,000 both Friday and Saturday. Sport Compacts are $250 to win both nights and the Iowa Sportsman Series is on the card as well. Friday October 3rd, Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing to Follow meanwhile on Saturday October 4th, Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing to Follow.
For More information check out oskyspeedway.com or call Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.
Southern Iowa Speedway Results
Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling & KBOE Radio Season Championships
September 17th, 2014
Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature
1. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 2. 7W Jerry Pilcher (Bloomfield); 3. 8J AJ Johnson (New Sharon); 4. 9 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 5. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 6. 71 Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 7. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood); 8. 71W Jeff Waterman (Quincy, IL); 9. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 10. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 11. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona)
Heat 1 – 1. Schroeder; 2. Dickey; 3. Waterman; 4. Johnson; 5. Maitland; 6. Greubel
Heat 2 – 1. Groenendyk; 2. Cordes; 3. Pilcher; 4. Banks; DNS/5. Carter
Track Champion – 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick)
Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature
1. 7 Todd Phillips (Packwood); 2. 23 Gary Harward (Floris); 3. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 4. 20DUB Shane Weller (Agency); 5. 94 Corey Stout (Oskaloosa); 6. 62 Brad Pinkerton (New Sharon); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 72 Jerry Pilcher (Bloomfield); 9. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 10. 1X Michael Peterson (Montezuma); 11. 87 Les Blakley (Fairfield); 12. 77T Trent Jeanes (Chariton); 13. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 14. 31 Jason See (Albia); 15. 71 Louis Lynch (Glenwood, MO); 16. 4M Mike McClure (Bloomfield); 17. 27K Tim Kraber (Ottumwa); 18. 7K Kelsie Spilman (Hedrick); 19. 18 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa); 20. 85 Doug Sylvester (Ottumwa); 21. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa)
Heat 1 – 1. Carter; 2. Phillips; 3. Wood; 4. Pilcher; 5. Sylvester; 6. Kraber; 7. Welch
Heat 2 – 1. Lynch; 2. Stout; 3. Harward; 4. Pearson; 5. Jeanes; 6. Pinkerton; 7. Spilman
Heat 3 – 1. Weller; 2. Peterson; 3. Reitzler; 4. Walker; 5. See; 6. Blakley; 7. McClure
Track Champion – 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa)
KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods
Feature
1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 34Z Corey Van Zante (Sully); 3. 8T Tony Johnson (Oskaloosa); 4. 352 Charlie Weber (Sigourney); 5. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); 6. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 7. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 8. 40 Dakota Simmons (Libertyville); 9. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 10. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 11. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 12. 9A Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa); 13. 53 Greg Strohman (Webster); 14. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 15. 03 Mike Mundell (Ottumwa)
Heat 1 – 1. Weber; 2. Simmons; 3. VanDerWal; 4. Lowry; 5. Strohman; 6. Brau; 7. VanDenBerg; 8. McBirnie
Heat 2 – 1. Livezey; 2. Johnson; 3. Van Zante; 4. Carter; 5. McDaniel; 6. Mundell; 7. Anderson
Track Champion – 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma)
Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature
1. 69 Craig Brown (Eldon); 2. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 3. 55 Brad Stephens (Cincinnati); 4. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 5. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 6. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 7. 6S Shannon Sherwood (Rose Hill); 8. 66 Brandon Cox (West Des Moines); 9. 31 Adam Bonnett (Martensdale); 10. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 11. 73 Aaron Martin (Ottumwa); 12. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville); 13. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa): 14. 19D Daniel Dyer (Ottumwa); 15. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona); 16. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency)
Heat 1 – 1. Thrasher; 2. Bunnell; 3. Sherwood; 4. Griffiths; 5. Cox; 6. Allen; 7. Dyer; 8. Greubel
Heat 2 – 1. Hughes; 2. Stephens; 3. Brown; 4. Kincaid; 5. Bonnett; 6. Ulin; 7. Martin; 8. Greene
Track Champion – 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa)
IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature
1. 33 Matt Girdley (Wayland); 2. 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside); 3. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 4. 2M Matt Moore (Ottumwa); 5. 33X Nick Van Hammert (Reinbeck); 6. 118 Trent Orwig (Blakesburg); 7. 5X Tyler Haring (Oskaloosa)
Heat – 1. Moore; 2. Girdley; 3. Bill Whalen; 4. Van Hammert; 5. John Whalen; 6. Orwig; 7. Haring
Track Champion – 00W Bill Whalen Jr. (Riverside)
Category: Iowa, Southern Iowa Speedway
