New winners emerge at Southern Iowa Speedway
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (July 6) – New faces visited victory lane Wednesday night as the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series returned to the spotlight at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Looking for his fourth victory in a row Wednesday, Oskaloosa’s Cayden Carter started tenth in the Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mod main event, but could muster only a third-place finish as Andrew Schroeder of Keswick took the checkered flag first to end the youngster’s streak at three wins.
Polesitter Leroy Groenendyk of Oskaloosa held on for a third-place showing while Bill Gibson of Knoxville was fourth and Carter VanDenBerg of Oskaloosa fifth after starting 18th.
A tight points race in the division has shaped up with just six points separating the top four in the standings. Gibson leads the charge by just one point over Carter while VanDenBerg is just four points behind the leader and Schroeder just six markers from the top.
In the Musco USRA Modified main event, former Modified and Stock Car track champion Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon checked out to score his first win of the year at the Mahaska County Monster.
Oskaloosa’s Ron Ver Beek and Steven Blattler started and finished second and third, respectively, while Ryan Dolan of Lisbon was fourth and Ryan Schaffer of Corning rounded out the top 5 finishers.
With Scott Dickey unable to take the green flag in the nightcap, Blattler narrowed the margin between the points leader and himself to a mere nine points, while Ver Beek is now just 28 points out of the top spot.
Next Monday and Tuesday, July 11-12, the Southern Iowa Speedway will host the 15th Annual Musco Great American Stock Car Shootout with the region’s fastest and most talented Modified, Stock Car, B-Mod and Hobby Stock drivers trekking to the Osky half-mile oval in search of this year’s title and big cash payouts.
Fans and drivers alike will get a complete show each day with a full slate of heat races, last chance qualifiers and main events in all four classes.
Monday’s will be regular USRA Modified rules while Tuesday will be under the USRA’s “alternative” Modified rules package. Except for drivers utilizing the CT525 crate engine, the alternative rules stipulate that only flat tappet 23-degree steel-headed engines are permitted (no raised runner heads and no rollers) and spoilers will not be allowed.
Hobby Stocks will pay $400 to win Monday and $600 to win Tuesday. B-Mods will pay $500 to win Monday and $1,000 to win Tuesday. Stock Cars will pay $700 to win Monday and $1,500 to win Tuesday. Modifieds will pay $700 to win Monday and $1,000 to win Tuesday for the “alternative” rules competitors.
The event is sanctioned by the United States Racing Association and will award national points both days in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series. The track will award 100 track points to each driver each day, except for the Modifieds on Tuesday.
The Southern Iowa Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call 515-832-6000 or visit www.raceosky.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004.
For rules or other information about the United States Racing Association, check out the USRA website at www.usraracing.com.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.
CARTER’S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS
Heat #1:
1. (1) 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa
2. (3) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville
3. (2) 8J A.J. Johnson, New Sharon
4. (6) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa
5. (4) 27 Bryon Weyer, Des Moines
6. (5) 17 Brandon Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
Heat #2:
1. (1) 3K John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
2. (4) 1 Curtis Van Der Wahl, Oskaloosa
3. (3) 7T Jared Timmerman, Norwalk
4. (5) 3 Mark Mundell, Ottumwa
5. (6) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa
6. (2) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
Heat #3:
1. (3) 2 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick
2. (5) 49G Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
3. (1) 72 Brett Lowry, Montezuma
4. (4) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona
5. (2) KO Ken Kositzky, Cedar Rapids
6. (6) 50X James Krier, Ollie
Feature:
1. (4) 2 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick
2. (1) 49G Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
3. (10) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa
4. (3) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville
5. (18) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
6. (5) 3K John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
7. (15) KO Ken Kositzky, Cedar Rapids
8. (7) 7T Jared Timmerman, Norwalk
9. (12) 72 Brett Lowry, Montezuma
10. (2) 3 Mark Mundell, Ottumwa
11. (8) 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa
12. (14) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa
13. (13) 27 Bryon Weyer, Des Moines
14. (9) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona
15. (11) 1 Curtis Van Der Wahl, Oskaloosa
16. (17) 50X James Krier, Ollie
17. (16) 17 Brandon Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
18. (6) 8J A.J. Johnson, New Sharon
MUSCO USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat:
1. (2) R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa
2. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
3. (1) 11D Ryan Dolan, Lisbon
4. (7) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa
5. (6) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning
6. (4) 15K Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa
7. (5) 7S Wade Francis, Oskaloosa
8. (8) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood (DNS)
Feature:
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
2. (2) R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa
3. (3) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa
4. (6) 11D Ryan Dolan, Lisbon
5. (4) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning
6. (5) 15K Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa
7. (7) 7S Wade Francis, Oskaloosa (DNS)
8. (8) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood (DNS)
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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
RL Promotions, LLC
Box 905
Webster City, Iowa 50595
tel: 515-832-6000 (office)
track: 641-673-7004 (raceday)
email: media@rlpromotions.com
web: www.rlpromotions.com
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