VanDenBerg, Whalen, Cooney, and Shute Hughes, Vanderbeek Take Victories on Kelderman’s Hobby Shack Night

Southern Iowa Speedway (file photo)

By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 14th, 2014) – Exciting racing along with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees cooler welcomed fans on Farmer’s Support American and Kelderman’s Hobby Shack Night at the races.

First feature of the night was the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods feature and it was Jenae Gustin grabbing the early lead. Gustin lost the lead to Carter VanDenBerg on lap three. VanDenBerg look to be pulling away only to see the caution come out on lap six when Tyler Gross got into the tractor tire in the bottom of turn 2. VanDenBerg again began to pull away meanwhile Curtis VanDerWal moved in to the second spot. The caution came out one more time on lap 12 when Ryan Fullenkamp and Corey Van Zante got together in turn two. VanDenBerg went on to take the win becoming the third different weekly winner this season. Brayton Carter finish second, Jason McDaniel was third, VanDerWal fell back to fourth and Gustin came across in fifth.

Next Up was the IMCA Sport Compacts feature, which saw Trent Orwig take the early lead but just after one lap was completed the caution came out for debris in turn one. Orwig and Bill Whalen began to battle for the top spot and it was Whalen getting by. Whalen went on to take his 2nd consective win over Orwig, Larry Hopkins, Matt Moore and John Whalen.

The IMCA Late Models 20 lapper was out next and they were lead to the green by Defending Track Champion Todd Cooney and Tommy Elston. Cooney took advantage and began to pull away. Cooney looked to be taking the easy win but then the caution came out on lap nine when Spencer Diercks took a sharp right turn in to the monster in turns one and two. Cooney had to contend with Colby Springsteen and Nick Marolf the rest of the way but held on to take the win over Springsteen, Marolf, Elston and Kevin Kile.

Only eight Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds were in attendance and it was AJ Johnson taking the early lead. Johnson saw Cayden Carter and Todd Shute sneak by on lap three. Carter and Shute battled it out side by side the next handful of laps before Shute took the lead away on lap nine. Shute picked up his third feature in as many nights at SIS. Carter, Andrew Schroeder, Johnson and Kurt Kile rounded out the top five.

In the Pepsi IMCA Hobby Stocks feature, it was Brandon Cox taking the early lead. Cox’s lead was short lived because just after the completion of lap three the red flag came out when Gina Greubel had the left rear axle break and rolled two times in turn one. Gruebel was okay but her night ended meanwhile on the restart, Cox saw Mike Hughes and Brad Stephens on his back bumper. Hughes grabbed the lead away from Cox and Dustin Griffiths moved his way to second spot. Hughes held off challenges from Griffiths even after a caution on lap 12. Hughes took his second win of the season and Griffiths finish 2nd. Nick Ulin, Craig Brown and Cox finished 3rd through 5th respectively.

Saved the best for last because the final feature of the night was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars feature. This feature was full of two, three and four wide excitement the entire way. Damon Murty started on the front row and took advantage by taking the lead meanwhile the battles behind him had fans on the edge of their seats. The first caution came out on lap 13 when Corey Stout and Donavon Nunnikhoven got together in turn one. Zack Vanderbeek worked his way into second and set his sights on getting by Murty which he would do when on the restart after a caution on lap 14. Vanderbeek led the remaining four laps to take the win over Murty, Justin Temeyer, Cayden Carter and Kris Walker.

All Six IMCA Divisions including IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts will be taking to the half mile next Wednesday Night on Supreme Lawn and Landscaping Night. Hot Laps at 7:00 p.m. and Racing at 7:30 p.m.

Southern Iowa Speedway Results
Farmer’s Support America/Kelderman’s Hobby Shack Night
May 14th, 2014

IMCA Late Models
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 30 Todd Cooney Des Moines, Ia 40.00
2 6 38 Colby Springsteen Wapello , Ia 39.00
3 10 33 Nick Marolf Moscow , Ia 38.00
4 2 45 Tommy Elston Keokuk , Ia 37.00
5 9 88 Kevin Kile West Liberty, Ia 36.00
6 8 43 Joe Ferguson Oskaloosa , Ia 35.00
7 7 99D Darrell Defrance Marshalltown , Ia 34.00
8 3 15C Curt Schroeder Ames , Ia 33.00
9 5 32 Curtis Glover Des Moines, Ia 32.00
10 11 19G Richie Gustin Gilman , Ia 31.00 (DNF)
11 4 29 Spencer Diercks Davenport , Ia 30.00 (DNF)

Heat 1 – 1. Springsteen; 2. Kile; 3. Schroeder; 4. DeFrance; 5. Glover; 6. Gustin
Heat 2 – 1. Diercks; 2. Elston; 3. Cooney; 4. Marolf; 5. Grady

Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 5 5 Todd Shute Des Moines, Ia 38.00
2 4 10C Cayden Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 37.00
3 3 02 Andrew Schroeder Keswick , Ia 36.00
4 2 8J Aj Johnson New Sharon, Ia 35.00
5 7 77 Kurt Kile Nichols , Ia 34.00
6 8 40 Scott Dickey Packwood , Ia 33.00
7 1 12H Dakota Hayden Wilton , Ia 32.00 (DNF)
8 6 64 Casey Greubel Lacona , Ia 31.00 (DNF)

Heat – 1. Hayden; 2. Schroeder; 3. Shute; 4. Carter; 5. Johnson; 6. Greubel; 7. Kile; 8. Dickey

Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 7 33Z Zack Vanderbeek New Sharon, Ia 40.00
2 1 99D Damon Murty Chelsea , Ia 39.00
3 10 56T Justin Temeyer Independence , Ia 38.00
4 15 10C Cayden Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 37.00
5 2 18 Kris Walker Oskaloosa , Ia 36.00
6 8 52 Nathan Wood Sigourney , Ia 35.00
7 6 22R Todd Reitzler Grinnell , Ia 34.00
8 9 62 Brad Pinkerton New Sharon, Ia 33.00
9 12 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven Sully , Ia 32.00
10 3 19 Donnie Pearson Oskaloosa , Ia 31.00
11 13 7S Jason Minnehan Churdan , Ia 30.00
12 5 85 Doug Sylvester Ottumwa , Ia 29.00
13 4 94 Corey Stout Oskaloosa , Ia 28.00 (DNF)
14 14 87 Les Blakley Fairfield , Ia 27.00 (DNF)
15 11 17 Brock Welch Oskaloosa , Ia 26.00 (DNS)

Heat 1 – 1. Temeyer; 2. Slyvester; 3. Wood; 4. Reitzler; 5. Pearson; 6. Welch; DQ Minnehan; DQ Carter
Heat 2 – 1. Vanderbeek; 2. Walker; 3. Murty; 4. Stout; 5. Pinkerton; 6. Nunnikhoven; 7. Blakley

KBOE Radio IMCA SportMods
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 7 Carter VanDenBerg Oskaloosa , Ia 40.00
2 5 01 Brayton Carter Oskaloosa , Ia 39.00
3 8 85 Jason Mcdaniel Eldon , Ia 38.00
4 7 1V Curtis VanDerWal Oskaloosa , Ia 37.00
5 1 19J Jenae Gustin Marshalltown , Ia 36.00
6 10 72 Brett Lowry Montezuma , Ia 35.00
7 2 8T Tony Johnson Oskaloosa , Ia 34.00
8 12 57 Tyler Gross Bondurant , Ia 33.00
9 3 10R Ryan Fullenkamp Bloomfield , Ia 32.00
10 15 29 Colton Livezey New Sharon, Ia 31.00
11 14 30 Shawn Cooney Des Moines, Ia 30.00
12 11 95J Jason Hall Grinnell , Ia 29.00 (DNF)
13 9 34Z Cory Van Zante Sully , Ia 28.00 (DNF)
14 6 9A Logan Anderson Oskaloosa , Ia 27.00 (DNF)
15 13 352 Charlie Weber Sigourney , Ia 26.00 (DNF)

Heat 1 – 1. VanDerWal; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Van Zante; 4. Gustin; 5. Carter; 6. Hall; 7. Weber; 8. Livezey
Heat 2 – 1. Lowry; 2. Fullenkamp; 3. McDaniel; 4. Anderson; 5. Johnson; 6. Gross; 7. Cooney

Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 6 11 Mike Hughes Oskaloosa , Ia 40.00
2 10 10G Dustin Griffiths Ottumwa , Ia 39.00
3 7 21 Nick Ulin Agency , Ia 38.00
4 4 69 Craig Brown Eldon , Ia 37.00
5 2 66 Brandon Cox Earlham , Ia 36.00
6 8 84 Danny Thrasher Agency , Ia 35.00
7 11 33 Justin Hook Oskaloosa , Ia 34.00
8 14 32T Bobby Greene Eddyville , Ia 33.00
9 5 3 Travis Bunnell Hedrick , Ia 32.00
10 3 9 Jared Stephens Bussey , Ia 31.00
11 16 79S Jason See Albia , Ia 30.00
12 9 19 Bill Bonnett Knoxville , Ia 29.00
13 1 55 Brad Stephens – 28.00
14 12 7A Aaron Osweiler South English, Ia 27.00
15 13 6S Shannon Sherwood Rose Hill, Ia 26.00 (DNF)
16 15 224 Gina Greubel Lacona , Ia 25.00 (DNF)

Heat 1 – 1. Brad Stephens; 2. Griffiths; 3. Jared Stephens; 4. Hughes; 5. Bonnett; 6. Hook; 7. Sherwood; 8. Greubel
Heat 2 – 1. Cox; 2. Thrasher; 3. Brown; 4. Ulin; 5. Bunnell; 6. Osweiler; 7. Greene; 8. See

IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 OOW Bill Whalen Jr Riverside , Ia 39.00
2 3 04 Trent Orwig Blakesburg , Ia 38.00
3 5 4 Larry Hopkins Ottumwa , Ia 37.00
4 2 2M Matt Moore Ottumwa , Ia 36.00
5 1 77 John Whalen Ainsworth , Ia 35.00
6 6 95 Tim Bevins Eldon , Ia 34.00
7 8 5X Tyler Haring Oskaloosa , Ia 33.00
8 7 5 Matt Beal Oskaloosa , Ia 32.00
9 9 55 Jason Breuklander Oskaloosa , Ia 31.00 (DNS)

Heat – 1. Bill Whalen; 2. Hopkins; 3. John Whalen; 4. Orwig; 5. Moore; 6. Bevins; 7. Beal; 8. Haring; 9. 55 Breuklander