Porter Wins Osky Hobby Stock Special!

Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway was a cold one. With temperatures in the low 50’s and steady wind out of the north-west we saw a lot of jackets, blankets, gloves, hats, and hot chocolate.  The low attendance on this night was a shame as the racing on the track was the best we have seen all year.  The Hobby Stocks were racing for $500 to win on this night and four-time Winston Cup Series race winner Ken Schrader was in attendance with this Modified.

The Sport Compacts kicked the night off with a great battle between Trent Orwig and John Whalen Jr. as they were bumper to bumper the whole distance with Orwig claiming the close win.

The Stock Car feature was phenomenal with Daniel Hilsabeck leading the first half of the race. As the race unfolded Damon Murty charged towards the front and while racing with Todd Reitzler they made contact coming down the front stretch, which sent Reitzler into the outside guard rail. Nathan Wood would get by Reitzler and Murty to take second, while Mike Hughes clawed his way into the lead group from his fourth row starting position.  The race saw Hilsabeck, Wood, Murty, and Reitzler all over each other. A caution came out and Reitzler pulled up next to Murty and let his feelings be known of the aggressive racing.  The race track was holding up great with a heavy cushion to lean on. On the restart Murty was able to get by Hilsabeck to take the lead while Mike Hughes used the high line to climb to second as Wood and Reitzler raced for third and Hilsabeck would fall to sixth. Hughes was on Murty’s tail the last three laps but wasn’t able to make the pass and Murty would get the hard fought win.   

The SportMod feature saw Curt VanDerWal start in the fourth row and he picked off cars lap after lap as he worked through the field. As he passed the flag stand on lap seven VanDerWal was our front in clean air. From there it was all VanDerWal who would win for the second week in a row.

Ten Modofied’s entered on this night and Scott Dickey is tough to beat when he gets out front. Dickey would lead most of the race, but Todd Shute came roaring past Andrew Schroeder and set his sights on Dickey. With a few laps to go Shute was able to pass Dickey for the lead and get the win.

The $500 to win 20-lap Hobby Stock feature was the last event on this night and Dale Porter of Bloomfield drove his way to victory after passing Justin Ulin early in the race. Porter would drive away and win easily.  The race for second was between Ulin and Dustin Griffiths.  Lap after lap Griffiths worked on Ulin but wasn’t able to make the pass and came up just short. Craig Brown was gaining on Ulin and Griffiths as they raced each other and was on Griffiths bumper at the finish.  Brad Stephens had a good run to finish in the top five.

For a cold, sunny, windy day the race track was in superb shape with a tacky bottom and cushion.  Kudos to Mike Van Genderen on the track prep this week.

Terry McCarl and Lynton Jeffrey brought their sprint cars to hot lap on two occasions. I clocked McCarl with a stop watch at a lap at 14.9, which would be a one-lap track record I believe.  These two cars were hauling the mail with the cool conditions and tacky surface.

Next Wednesday April 29 is KBOE Radio Night and the following week May 6 is the 2^nd annual Sprint Invaders sprint cars event.

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Modifieds
Heat Race: Scott Dickey
Feature: 1. Todd Shute, 2. Scott Dickey, 3. 02 Andrew Schroeder, 4. Carter VanDenBerg, 5. Cayden Carter, 6. Brandon Banks, 7. Tyler Groenendyk, 8. Ken Schrader, 9. Jake Murray, 10.Kyle Brown.

Stock Cars
Heat 1: Damon Murty
Heat 2: Doug Sylvester
Heat 3: Zack VanderBeek
Feature: 1. 99D Damon Murty, 2. 11 Mike Hughes, 3. 52 Nathan Wood, 4. 22R Todd Reitzler, 5. 79s Jason See, 6. 77n Daniel Hilsbeck, 7. 18 Kris Walker, 8. 17P Brad Pinkerton

Sport Mod
Heat 1: Brayton Carter
Heat 2: Colton Livezey
Feature: 1. 1V Curtis VanDerWal, 2. 29 Colton Livezy, 3. 01 Brayton Carter, 4. 72 Brett Lowry, 5. 9A Logan Anderson, 6. 34Z Cory VanZante, 7. 352 Charlie Weber, 8. 7A Aaron Osweiler, 9. 16 Matthew VanGeldner, 10. 80 Jim Walker

Hobby Stock
Heat 1: Kincaid
Heat 2: Brad Stephens
Heat 3: Justin Ulin
Feature: 1. 10 Dale Porter, 2. 21 Justin Ulin, 3. 10G Dustin Griffiths, 4. 69 Craig Brown, 5. 55 Brad Stephens, 6. 3B Justin Bunnell, 7. 77 Derek Hodges, 8. 84 Danny Thrasher, 9. 96R Jamie Songer, 10. 9 Jared Stephens.

Sport Compact 4-Cyl
Heat: Trent Orwig
Feature: 1. 33 Trent Orwig, 2. 00w Bill Whalen Jr., 3. 77 John Whalen, 4. 118 Jon Girdley, 5. 95 Tim Beavins, 6. 22m Curt Myers, 7. 52 Billy Cain, 8. 2m Matt Moore