Pospisil Dominates for 50th SLMR Series Win at Southern Iowa
By Anthony Ainslie
6/24/26
Tad Pospisil returned to victory lane in a big way in Wednesday’s Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series’ return to the Southern Iowa Speedway.
The half-mile oval at the Mahaska County Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa, Iowa played host to the East Series for the fourth round of the tour. Drivers from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota made their way to try and conquer the track known as the “Mahaska County Monster” for a shot at a $3,000 payday.
Fort the third consecutive SLMR Series race, Jason Hahne was the top driver in Keyser Manufacturing Qualifying when he set the fastest lap at 18.519 seconds in group 2. The first group saw Reigning East Series Champion Dylan Thornton at the top of the order with a lap of 18.522 seconds, just 3 one thousandths of a second off of Hahne’s time. The third and final group was topped by Tad Pospisil with his lap of 18.759 seconds.
The three heat races for the night were won by three former modified drivers. Troy Morris III, Jacob Hobscheidt and Dylan Sillman all led every lap in route to their heat race victories.
After the points from qualifying and the heats were tallied, Tad Pospisil was the top point driver for the second race in a row, which gave the first opportunity to try for a $750 bonus from the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place Starter Challenge. Pospisil declined the offer, and the 6th spot would be given to Chad Simpson who won the challenge already this season after his win at the Bloomfield Speedway, the last race for the East Series.
A field of 21 cars took to the speedway to finish the night with their 25-lap Malvern Bank Main Event with Jake Neal sitting on pole position and Tad Pospisil on the outside of the front row. From the get-go, Pospisil capitalized on his starting position using the clean air to take the race lead and proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field.
As the race progressed, lapped traffic posed a challenge for the leader. Pospisil used the middle to high lanes to make the moves around slower cars while Jason Hahne and Jake Neal tried everything to close the gap. Chad Simpson utilized the middle lane to carry momentum to the bottom lane in order to slip by Neal and Blair Nothdurft to get into the third position.
The main event went 25 laps without a single caution lap ran, and it would be Tad Pospisil to take every lap for himself as he secured his 50th career win with the SLMR Series, which is second on the all-time win list. The victory was Pospisil’s first of the 2026 season and his first at Southern Iowa Speedway making him the third different winner in 3 races with the series at the track.
Jason Hahne took second while Chad Simpson came in third. Jake Neal was fourth, and Blair Nothdurft rounded out the top five.
Wood Tops Stock Car Thriller
By: Jerry Mackey
In addition to the High powered SLMR Late Models on Wednesday night the five weekly SIS classes were in action in front of the great crowd on a beautiful night sponsored by our friends at Outer Limits Truck Repair of Oskaloosa.
The Mid States Machine Stock Cars took advantage of the super fast track on Wednesday night and put on a classic thriller. The majority of the feature was led by Fairfield driver Brock Haines but a late race caution put several of the hot shoes on Haine’s tail. The final two laps saw three different drivers lead the race. At the checkers it was Nathan Wood nipping Dustin Griffiths for the win with Andrew Schroeder and Haines rounding out the top four.
The Oskaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmods feature win went to home towner Brayton Carter on Wednesday night. Carter started fourth and chased down early leader Colton Livezey setting up a side battle for the lead. Carter went on to race under the checkers ahead of Livezey and Curtis VanDerwal, who advanced from the 10th starting position.
Dustin Griffiths shot into the race lead from his outside front row start and went on to record another feature win in the Stout Trucking Hobby Stock main event. Griffiths continues to be the man to beat in the Hobby Stock class in 2026. Keaton Gordon had a strong run in taking second ahead of Brad Stephens.
Brandon Allison broke Seth Meinders strong hold on the Sport Compact division in 26 with an impressive win on Wednesday night. Allison drove his 69er to the win in the main event ahead of Meinders and Dalton Sowers.
Doug’s Four Wheelers Crown Vics continue to delight the fans with another entertaining night of racing. Wade Francis broke out of a three wide battle at the white flag to score the win ahead of Cole Hughes and Trent Kerr.
Wednesday, July 1st will be a very special night at the Southern Iowa Speedway with Hall of Fame Induction Night being held sponsored by Middlekoop Seed and Dickey Transport. In addition, 10G Racing and Scharkey Frame will be providing prizes for the kids plus it will be Bicycle Give Away Night. The Vintage Late Models will make their second appearance at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Hot laps will get underway at 7:15 with racing to follow.
Wednesday, June 24
Outer Limits Truck Repair Night
Southern Iowa Speedway
Feature Results
SLMR Late Models
1. 04 Tad Pospisil-Norfolk, NE
2. 76 Jason Hahne-Webster City
3. 25 Chad Simpson-Mt Vernon
4. 6 Jake Neal-Omaha, NE
5. 76X Blair Nothdurft-Renner, SD
6. 38T Dylan Thornton-Orcutt, CA
7. 35D Dylan Sillman-Alvo, NE
8. 07X Troy Mills III-Bakersfield, CA
9. 10T Jeff Tharp-Dubuque
10. Charlie McKenna-Ames
Weekly Classes (Top Five)
Mid States Machine Stock Cars
1. 52 Nathan Wood-Sigourney
2. 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
3. 02 Andrew Schroeder-Fremont
4. 74 Brock Haines-Fairfield
5. 14 Derrick Agee-Huntsville, MO
Oskaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmods
1. 01 Brayton Carter-Oskaloosa
2. 29 Colton Livezey-New Sharon
3. 1V Curtis VanDerwal-Oskaloosa
4. 15K Kyle Harwood- New Sharon
5. 01V Career VanDenberg-Oskaloosa
Stout Trucking Hobby Stocks
1. 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
2. 7 Keaton Gordon-Ottumwa
3. 55 Brad Stephens-Bussey
4. 42T Tyson Overton-Carlisle
5. 18 Kris Walker-Oskaloosa
Sport Compacts
1. 69er Brandon Allison-Oskaloosa
2. 65 Seth Meinders-Ottumwa
3. 22D Dalton Sowers-Oskaloosa
4. 11 Caleb Hildebrand-Oskaloosa
5. 2K Katelyn Watts-Oskaloosa
Doug’s Four Wheelers Crown Vics
1. 67 Wade Francis-Eddyville
2. 11 Cole Hughes-What Cheer
3. 5K Trent Kerr-Oskaloosa
4. 88N Brendan Nantz-Oskaloosa
5. 51 Russell Bauer-Centerville
