OSKALOOSA, Iowa - After a crazy week of flooding and Mother Nature forcing cancellation of action last week, the racing action was exciting Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Bennett Racing Supplies of Bloomfield sponsored the night of USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series action at the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster.

The first feature of the night went green to checkered with Ron Ver Beek of Oskaloosa taking the lead from polesitter Steven Blattler, also from Oskaloosa, to win his second straight Musco Lighting USRA Modified main event. Blattler took the second spot with Washington driver Brandon Banks third and Steve Stewart, also from Washington, in fourth.

In the USRA Hobby Stock feature, Danny Thrasher of Agency has come close but just couldn't find victory lane. That all came to the end Wednesday when Thrasher led all 16 laps for the win. Shannon Sherwood of Oskaloosa took a close second after catching the leader on the final lap, but just couldn't get the run on Thrasher. Ottumwa driver Dustin Griffiths finished third and last week's winner, Jason McDaniel, grabbed the fourth spot.

The third feature was the USRA Karl Chevrolet B-Mods, which saw an awesome battle for the lead between Mike Wanders of Oskaloosa and Bill Gibson of Knoxville. The pair brought the crowd to their feet during the final six laps as Wanders was looking for the first win of his career, but Gibson took the lead with four laps remaining and took his second win at Osky with Wanders in second, followed by last week's winner Brian Edel, who raced his way from the eighth starting spot. Mike Shelton of Bloomfield nabbed fourth.

The USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division capped off the night with Nathan Wood taking the win over local driver Brian Mitrisin, whose right rear tire went flat on the white flag lap and ended his run to victory lane. He finished in the seventh spot. Matt Greiner of Washington raced his sliver #29 machine from the back after being involved in a first-lap crash with Mike VanGenderen of Newton in turn 3. Greiner took the second spot with last week's winner, A.J. Johnson, taking third and Kurt Krauskopf of Decorah in fourth.

Next week will feature the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series with all four of the classes in action, with the night's sponsor being Eric Palmer for State Representative. Pit gates will open at 5 p.m. while spectator gates open at 5:30. Hot laps will start around 7:15 and the first green flag is slated to wave at 7:30 sharp.

General admission adult tickets are just $7 while kids ages 6-13 are $3 and children 5 and under get in for FREE. Pit passes are $20.

For more information call the Southern Iowa Speedway office at 515-832-6000. The Southern Iowa Speedway is located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92 (“A” Ave. W), then four blocks north on N. I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For day-of-race information, call the track hotline at (507) 634-4281 or visit www.rlpromotions.com/oskaloosa online. For more information about the USRA, visit www.usraracing.com.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1: 1. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 2. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 3. Shannon Sherwood, Rose Hill; 4. Don Nunnikhoven, Kellogg; 5. Shawn Coleman, Packwood; 6. Mark Moore, Ottumwa; 7. Andy Coleman, Packwood; 8. Dave Breuklander, Oskaloosa; 9. Casey Greubel, Lacona; 10. Justin Hook, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 2. Steve Allen, Oskaloosa; 3. Dale Porter Pulaski; 4. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 5. T.J. Henderson, Douds; 6. Wes Almond, Oskaloosa; 7. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield; 8. Keye Wallace, Pleasantville; 9. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville.

Feature: 1. Thrasher; 2. Sherwood; 3. Griffiths; 4. McDaniel; 5. Porter; 6. Hook; 7. Nunnikhoven; 8. Greene; 9. Allen; 10. A. Coleman; 11. Greiner; 12. Breuklander; 13. Almond; 14. Henderson; 15. Moore; 16. Bonnett; 17. Wallace; 18. Greubel; 19. S. Coleman.

USRA KARL CHEVROLET B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. Bill Gibson, Knoxville; 2. Brad Iverson, Grinnell; 3. Mike Shelton, Bloomfield; 4. Mike Wanders, Oskaloosa; 5. Bill Young, Ottumwa; 6. Rick Krueger, Sigourney; 7. Liz Harwood, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Brian Edel, Oskaloosa; 2. Paul Underwood, Ottumwa; 3. Rick Landgrebe, Sigourney; 4. Mike Grooms, Bloomfield; 5. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 6. Jayme Duinink, Pella; 7. Jared Miller, Des Moines.

Feature: 1. Gibson; 2. Wanders; 3. Edel; 4. Shelton; 5. Schroeder; 6. Landgrebe; 7. Iverson; 8. Underwood; 9. Young; 10. Krueger; 11. Harwood; 12. Grooms; 13. Miller; 14. Duinink.

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS

Heat #1: 1. Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 2. Matt Greiner, Washington; 3. Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah; 4. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 5. Terry Rachels, Knoxville; 6. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa; 7. Howard Gordon Jr., Oskaloosa.

Heat #2: 1. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 2. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 3. Dave Bennett, Bloomfield; 4. Kyle Anderson, Oskaloosa; 5. Rick Todd, Des Moines; 6. Clayton Garden, Oskaloosa; 7. Toby Smith, Oskaloosa; 8. Brian Jackson, Moravia; 9. Brock Welch, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Wood; 2. Greiner; 3. Johnson; 4. Krauskopf; 5. Greene; 6. Rachels; 7. Mitrisin; 8. Gordon; 9. Anderson; 10. Garden; 11. Smith; 12. Bennett; 13. Welch; 14. VanGenderen; 15. Todd; 16. Jackson.

MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat: 1. Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa; 2. Colt Mather, Webster; 3. Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa; 4. Steve Stewart, Washington; 5. Ken Bryant, Ottumwa; 6. Brandon Banks, Washington; 7. Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Ver Beek; 2. Blattler; 3. Banks; 4. Stewart; 5. Mather; 6. Bryant; 7. Harwood.