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VER BEEK, WOOD, GIBSON THRASHER TOP BENNETT RACING
SUPPLIES NIGHT AT SOUTHERN IOWA SPEEDWAY
by Tony Paris
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 18) - After a crazy week of flooding
and Mother Nature forcing cancellation of action last
week, the racing action was exciting Wednesday night at
the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Bennett Racing Supplies of Bloomfield sponsored the night
of USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series action
at the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster.
The first feature of the night went green to checkered
with Ron Ver Beek of Oskaloosa taking the lead from
polesitter Steven Blattler, also from Oskaloosa, to win
his second straight Musco Lighting USRA Modified main
event. Blattler took the second spot with Washington
driver Brandon Banks third and Steve Stewart, also from
Washington, in fourth.
In the USRA Hobby Stock feature, Danny Thrasher of Agency
has come close but just couldn't find victory lane. That
all came to the end Wednesday when Thrasher led all 16
laps for the win. Shannon Sherwood of Oskaloosa took a
close second after catching the leader on the final lap,
but just couldn't get the run on Thrasher. Ottumwa driver
Dustin Griffiths finished third and last week's winner,
Jason McDaniel, grabbed the fourth spot.
The third feature was the Carter's Manufacturing USRA
B-Mods, which saw an awesome battle for the lead between
Mike Wanders of Oskaloosa and Bill Gibson of Knoxville.
The pair brought the crowd to their feet during the final
six laps as Wanders was looking for the first win of his
career, but Gibson took the lead with four laps remaining
and took his second win at Osky with Wanders in second,
followed by last week's winner Brian Edel, who raced his
way from the eighth starting spot. Mike Shelton of
Bloomfield nabbed fourth.
The USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division capped off the
night with Nathan Wood taking the win over local driver
Brian Mitrisin, whose right rear tire went flat on the
white flag lap and ended his run to victory lane. He
finished in the seventh spot. Matt Greiner of Washington
raced his sliver #29 machine from the back after being
involved in a first-lap crash with Mike VanGenderen of
Newton in turn 3. Greiner took the second spot with last
week's winner, A.J. Johnson, taking third and Kurt
Krauskopf of Decorah in fourth.
Next week will feature the USRA Casey's General Stores
Weekly Racing Series with all four of the classes in
action, with the night's sponsor being Eric Palmer for
State Representative. Pit gates will open at 5 p.m. while
spectator gates open at 5:30. Hot laps will start around
7:15 and the first green flag is slated to wave at 7:30
sharp.
General admission adult tickets are just $7 while kids
ages 6-13 are $3 and children 5 and under get in for FREE.
Pit passes are $20.
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.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat #1: 1. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 2. Dustin Griffiths,
Ottumwa; 3. Shannon Sherwood, Rose Hill; 4. Don
Nunnikhoven, Kellogg; 5. Shawn Coleman, Packwood; 6. Mark
Moore, Ottumwa; 7. Andy Coleman, Packwood; 8. Dave
Breuklander, Oskaloosa; 9. Casey Greubel, Lacona; 10.
Justin Hook, Oskaloosa.
Heat #2: 1. Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 2. Steve Allen,
Oskaloosa; 3. Dale Porter Pulaski; 4. Bobby Greene,
Eddyville; 5. T.J. Henderson, Douds; 6. Wes Almond,
Oskaloosa; 7. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield; 8. Keye Wallace,
Pleasantville; 9. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville.
Feature: 1. Thrasher; 2. Sherwood; 3. Griffiths; 4.
McDaniel; 5. Porter; 6. Hook; 7. Nunnikhoven; 8. Greene;
9. Allen; 10. A. Coleman; 11. Greiner; 12. Breuklander;
13. Almond; 14. Henderson; 15. Moore; 16. Bonnett; 17.
Wallace; 18. Greubel; 19. S. Coleman.
CARTER'S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS
Heat #1: 1. Bill Gibson, Knoxville; 2. Brad Iverson,
Grinnell; 3. Mike Shelton, Bloomfield; 4. Mike Wanders,
Oskaloosa; 5. Bill Young, Ottumwa; 6. Rick Krueger,
Sigourney; 7. Liz Harwood, Oskaloosa.
Heat #2: 1. Brian Edel, Oskaloosa; 2. Paul Underwood,
Ottumwa; 3. Rick Landgrebe, Sigourney; 4. Mike Grooms,
Bloomfield; 5. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 6. Jayme
Duinink, Pella; 7. Jared Miller, Des Moines.
Feature: 1. Gibson; 2. Wanders; 3. Edel; 4. Shelton; 5.
Schroeder; 6. Landgrebe; 7. Iverson; 8. Underwood; 9.
Young; 10. Krueger; 11. Harwood; 12. Grooms; 13. Miller;
14. Duinink.
USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS
Heat #1: 1. Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 2. Matt Greiner,
Washington; 3. Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah; 4. Bobby Greene,
Eddyville; 5. Terry Rachels, Knoxville; 6. A.J. Johnson,
Oskaloosa; 7. Howard Gordon Jr., Oskaloosa.
Heat #2: 1. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 2. Mike VanGenderen,
Newton; 3. Dave Bennett, Bloomfield; 4. Kyle Anderson,
Oskaloosa; 5. Rick Todd, Des Moines; 6. Clayton Garden,
Oskaloosa; 7. Toby Smith, Oskaloosa; 8. Brian Jackson,
Moravia; 9. Brock Welch, Oskaloosa.
Feature: 1. Wood; 2. Greiner; 3. Johnson; 4. Krauskopf; 5.
Greene; 6. Rachels; 7. Mitrisin; 8. Gordon; 9. Anderson;
10. Garden; 11. Smith; 12. Bennett; 13. Welch; 14.
VanGenderen; 15. Todd; 16. Jackson.
MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat: 1. Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa; 2. Colt Mather, Webster;
3. Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa; 4. Steve Stewart,
Washington; 5. Ken Bryant, Ottumwa; 6. Brandon Banks,
Washington; 7. Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa.
Feature: 1. Ver Beek; 2. Blattler; 3. Banks; 4. Stewart;
5. Mather; 6. Bryant; 7. Harwood.
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