Racing action at the Southern Iowa Speedway was held on Tuesday night with three American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series classes in action with the USMTS Modifieds making their first stop of the season at Osky.

The first feature was the Carter's Manufacturing USRA B-Mods in action with Tyler Groenendyk of Oskaloosa showing his father how to get the job done and powering his new machine to victory lane. Father Leroy finished second with but was later disqualified for an improper carburetor. This moved rookie Drew Lawson of Oskaloosa up to the second spot and Cory Brown of Ottumwa into third. The battle for fourth went to Andrew Schroeder of Keswick who passed Bryon Weyer of Des Moines in the closing laps.

The USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division thrilled the crowd with three-wide racing action for the top spots with Nathan Wood of Keswick, along with Kyle Harwood of Oskaloosa and Brian Mitrisin of Oskaloosa mixing it up for the win. Harwood led the first five laps before Wood made the pass on the bottom of the track. Wood held off a late challenge from Mitrisin, who closed in on the rear bumper of Wood but came up short by two car-lengths. Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon finished third after starting eighth.

In the USRA Hobby Stock feature, 20 drivers tried their luck on the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster, going 15 laps with only one caution and Nathan Wood taking his second win of the night. Wood held off last week’s winner Bobby Greene of Eddyville who raced his way from the tenth starting spot to be the bridesmaid. The third place paycheck went to Chris Hovden of Cresco, who made the three-hour pull from Northeast Iowa. Kris Walker of Oskaloosa wound up fourth after making the pass on Dale Porter of Pulaski late in the contest.

To read about the USMTS Modifieds, click here.

Next Wednesday, May 27, the Southern Iowa Speedway will host Kids Night presented by Greiner Post Buildings with free candy and a nickel toss for the kids. On tap will be the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring MUSCO Lighting USRA Modifieds, USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars, Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks.

This will also be the first of many "Licensed to Thrill" specials during the 2009 season. This week, the residents of Oskaloosa are the guests of honor ... just show your driver's license or i.d. card from the town of Oskaloosa and get in for free!

Pits open at 5:00, grandstand gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 7:15 and the racing action starts at 7:30.

The Southern Iowa Speedway a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on N. I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, contact the RL Promotions offices at (515) 832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at (641) 673-7004.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1: 1. Danny Thrasher, Agency; 2. T.J. Henderson, Douds; 3. Pete Hutzel, Marshalltown; 4. Dan Dyer, Ottumwa; 5. Wes Almond, Oskaloosa.

Heat #2 : 1. Dale Porter, Pulaski; 2. Chris Hovden, Cresco; 3. Tony Teninty, Eldon; 4. Kris Walker, Oskaloosa; 5. Shawn Coleman, Packwood.

Heat #3: 1. Bobby Greene, Eddyville; 2. Andy Coleman, Packwood; 3. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 4. Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield; 5. Michael Yaw, Des Moines.

Feature: 1. Wood; 2. Greene; 3. Hovden; 4. Walker; 5. Porter; 6. A. Coleman; 7. Teninty; 8. Dyer; 9. Thrasher; 10. Almond; 11. Hook; 12. Greiner; 13. Hutzel; 14. Shawn Coleman; 15. Fry; 16. Keye Wallace; 17. Henderson; 18. Tyler Brooks; 19. Michael Yaw; 20 Casey Gruebel.

CARTER'S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa; 2. Bryon Weyer, Des Moines; 3. Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa; 4. Mike Shelton, Bloomfield; 5. Rick Krueger, Sigourney.

Heat #2: 1. Cory Brown, Ottumwa; 2. Josh Modde, Des Moines; 3. Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa; 4. Kyle Webb, Des Moines; 5. Mike Wanders, Oskaloosa.

Heat #3 : 1. Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa; 2. 2. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa; 3. Kevin Fee, Knoxville; 4. Andrew Schroeder, Keswick; 5. Bobby Greene, Eddyville.

Feature: 1. T. Groenendyk; 2. Lawson; 3. Brown; 4. Schroeder; 5. Weyer; 6. Shelton; 7. VanDenBerg; 8. Carter; 9. Wanders; 10. Greene; 11. Modde; 12. Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 13. Fee; 14. Jayme Duinink, Pella; 15. A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa; 16. Bill Young, Ottumwa; 17. Webb; 18. Krueger; 19. B.J. Boender, Oskaloosa; 20. Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa (DQ).

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS

Heat #1. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 2. Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 3. Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah; 4. Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa; 5. Jeff Zehr, Manson.

Heat #2: 1. Matt Greiner, Washington; 2. Corey Stout, Oskaloosa; 3. Kyle Anderson, Oskaloosa; 4. Nathan Wood, Keswick; 5. Chase Mitrisin, Oskaloosa.

Feature: 1. Wood; 2. B. Mitrisin; 3. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 4. Greiner; 5. Harwood; 6. C. Mitrisin; 7. Krauskopf; 8. Zehr; 9. VanGenderen; 10. Anderson; 11. Alan VanGorp, Des Moines; 12. Stout; 13. Clayton Garden, Oskaloosa.

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