Banks, Carter, VanDerWal, Griffiths and Whalen Take Wins on Yaw’s Auto Salvage Night

Southern Iowa Speedway racing action on June 18, 2015

By Jeremy Fox

Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 17th, 2015) – Wednesday Night the Southern Iowa Speedway returned to action on Yaw’s Auto Salvage and Midwest One Bank Night at the races. Right at 70 cars was signed into tame the monster half mile on the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds.

Cayden Carter (IMCA Stock Cars), Curtis VanDerWal (IMCA Northern SportMods), Dustin Griffiths (IMCA Hobby Stocks) and Bill Whalen (IMCA Sport Compacts) all make a return visit to victory lane meanwhile Brandon Banks (IMCA Modifieds) makes his 1st at SIS in 2015. VanDerWal won the Australian Pursuit for the SportMods and Nathan Wood won the Stock Car King of the Hill.

After all the qualifying heat races was completed there was two special races and the first one was the Sport Mod Australian Pursuit. The format for the Australian Pursuit was simple once passed you were done, to be eligible u had to finish top four in your heat race. Curtis VanDerWal started dead last and passed every car by lap three to claim the win and $100 plus a trophy.

The Stock Car King of the Hill was next and the final three was Damon Murty, Shane Weller and Nathan Wood. They started the three lap dash three wide and it was Nathan Wood grabbing the lead. Wood took the win along with $150 and a trophy. Murty took $50 home for finishing second and Weller was third.

First feature of the night was the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods 16 lapper and it was Leroy Groenendyk taking the lead on lap one. Groenenedyk’s lead was short lived because Charlie Weber took the lead away on lap two. Weber led but Cory Van Zante grabbed the top spot away on lap five. Van Zante looked to be heading on to the win however lap traffic slowed him down and that allowed Track Point Leader Curtis VanDerWal to chase him down. VanDerWal made the move and completed the pass on the final lap to take his 5th win of the season at SIS. VanDerWal had his engine claimed by Brett Lowry and he sold. Van Zante finished second, Brayton Carter was third, Logan Anderson was fourth and Brett Lowry was fifth.

William Michel and John Girdley started on the front row of the 12 lap IMCA Sport Compact and it was Girdley grabbing the opening lap lead. Bill Whalen Jr started outside row two and he would grab the top lead away on lap two and held off a late race charge from his brother John Whalen to take his second win at Osky. Girdley, Michel and Trent Orwig rounded out the top five.

Just like he did two weeks ago, Jason See grabbed the early lead in the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event but it was short lived because Cayden Carter took the top spot away on lap two. Carter saw the yellow come out on lap five when Taylor Inman spun in turn one. The caution came out two laps later for Mike Brown, Terry Clayton and Donnie Pearson in turn four. Carter held off challenges from Nathan Wood, Brad Pinkerton and Damon Murty for his second win. Pinkerton finished second, Murty was third, Wood was fourth and Mike Hughes was fifth.

In the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature, it was Steve Allen leading the opening lap shortly after the caution came out for Dale Porter in turn one. Allen continued to lead include through a caution on lap four for debris but on lap six, Bill Bonnett grabbed the top spot away. Bonnett saw the caution come out on lap nine for Allen on the back-stretch and then just as they were going green, Danny Thrasher slowed in turn three. Bonnett held on to the lead until lap 11 when Dustin Griffiths took the lead away. Griffiths and Bonnett battled the final four laps but it was Griffiths taking his third win of the season. Craig Brown, Nick Ulin and Jamie Songer finished third through fifth respectively.

Final feature of the night was the 18 lap Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds feature and it was Greg Cox and Brandon Banks leading the field to the green. Banks jumped out to the lead and never looked back to take his first win at SIS by a full straight-away over Colt Mather, make his first appearance at SIS. Carter VanDenBerg finished third, Cayden Carter was fourth and Tyler Groenendyk was fifth.

Next Wednesday Night will be Musco Lighting Night at the Races plus the IMCA Late Models ($1,000 to win) show rescheduled from last week’s rain out. It will also be Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame Voting Night. Also racing will be IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. Hot Laps at 7pm and Racing at 7:30pm.

Kids do not forget about the pre-race activities and games from 6:15pm to 7pm every Wednesday, thanks to the Kid’s Club sponsor Community 1st Credit Union.

For more information, Like Southern Iowa Speedway Every Wednesday Night on facebook, check out oskyspeedway.com or call Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330.

Southern Iowa Speedway Results
Yaw’s Auto Salvage / Midwest One Bank Night
June 17th, 2015

Musco Lighting IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds
Feature
1. 22 Brandon Banks (Washington); 2. 8 Colt Mather (Keswick); 3. 7V Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 5. 9X Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 6. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Keswick); 7. 62 Greg Cox (Kellogg); 8. 40 Scott Dickey (Packwood)

Heat – 1. Banks: 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Cox; 4. Schroeder; 5. Groenendyk; 6. Mather; 7. Carter; 8. Dickey

Budweiser IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars
Feature
1. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 2. 17P Brad Pinkerton (New Sharon); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 5. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 6. 20DUB Shane Weller(Agency); 7. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 8. 12 Doug Sylvester (Ottumwa); 9. 7 Todd Phillips (Packwood); 10. 79S Jason See (Albia); 11. 19 Donnie Pearson (Oskaloosa); 12. 73C Carl Yaw (Pleasant Hill); 13. 87 Les Blakley (Fairfield); 14. 17 Brock Welch (Oskaloosa); 15. 5T Taylor Inman (Altoona); 16. 54 Mike Brown (New Sharon); 17. 46B Michael Bilyeu (Indianola); 18. 9 Terry Clayton (Brooklyn); DNS/19. 33Z Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon); DNS/20. 3D Daniel Gordon (Oskaloosa)

King of the Hill – 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney)

Heat 1 – 1. Murty; 2. See; 3. Hughes; 4. Bilyeu; 5. Blakley; 6. Clayton; 7. Yaw
Heat 2 – 1. Reitzler; 2. Pinkerton; 3. Carter; 4. Gordon; 5. Sylvester; 6. Welch; 7. Inman
Heat 3 – 1. Wood; 2. Vanderbeek; 3. Weller; 4. Brown; 5. Phillips; 6. Pearson

KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature
1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 2. 34Z Cory Van Zante (Sully); 3. 01 Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 4. 9A Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa); 5. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 6. 352 Charlie Weber (Sigourney); 7. 16 Matthew VanGelder (Pella); 8. 84B Trent Brink (Bussey); 9. 85 Jason McDaniel (Eldon); 10. 00 Shaun Slaughter (Iowa City); 11. 49G Leroy Groenendyk (Oskaloosa); 12. 26 Scott Brau (Brooklyn); 13. 20 Danny Brau (Brooklyn); 14. 29 Colton Livezey (New Sharon); DNS/15. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe)

Australian Pursuit – Curtis VanDerWal

Heat 1 – 1. VanDerWal; 2. Van Zante; 3. McDaniel; 4. Groenendyk; 5. Lowry; 6. Slaughter; 7. Danny Brau; DNS Paul
Heat 2 – 1. Anderson; 2. Carter; 3. Weber; 4. VanGelder; 5. Brink; 6. Scott Brau; 7. Livezey

Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks
Feature
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths (Ottumwa); 2. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 3. 69 Craig Brown (Eldon); 4. 21 Nick Ulin (Agency); 5. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 6. 3 Travis Bunnell (Hedrick); 7. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville); 8. 10 Dale Porter (Bloomfield); 9. 3S Steve Allen (Oskaloosa); 10. 14 Christian Huffman (New Sharon); 11. 12 Mike Kincaid (Cincinnati); 12. 15W Clayton Webster (Ottumwa); 13. 8 Robert Fite (What Cheer); 14. 84 Danny Thrasher (Agency); 15. 53D Ron Downing Jr (Ottumwa); 16. 73 Aaron Martin (Ottumwa); 17. 2 Brandon Potts (Eldon); 18. 9 Jared Stephens (Bussey); 19. 57 Lee Fite (Oskaloosa)

Heat 1 – 1. Songer; 2. Bunnell; 3. Thrasher; 4. Kincaid; 5. Robert Fite; 6. Stephens; 7. Porter
Heat 2 – 1. Brown; 2. Ulin; 3. Potts; 4. Allen; 5. Huffman; 6. Downing
Heat 3 – 1. Bonnett; 2. Griffiths; 3. Greene; 4. Martin; 5. Webster; 6. Lee Fite

IMCA Sport Compacts
Feature
1. 00W Bill Whalen Jr (Riverside); 2. 77 John Whalen (Ainsworth); 3. 33 John Girdley (Wayland); 4. 69 William Michel (Muscatine); 5. 04 Trent Orwig (Blakesburg); 6. 22M Curt Myers (Sigourney); 7. 0 Ryan Havel (Iowa City); DNS/8. 22L Jordan Leeper (Tama)

Heat – 1. Orwig; 2. Michel; 3. John Whalen; 4. Bill Whalen; 5. Girdley; 6. Myers; 7. Havel; 8. Leeper