Carter collects B-Mod cash at Oskaloosa; VanderBeek, Weller, Wood also win

  • June 10, 2009

The Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was back in action Wednesday for another round of American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series battles, plus Kids Night presented by the Oskaloosa Herald with free candy and a nickel toss for the young race fans.

After winning last week in the USRA Hobby Stock feature, Nathan Wood of Keswick had to start tenth Wednesday night but it was not enough to stop the 2007 American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series Hobby Stock national champion from claiming back-to-back wins at the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster. Donavan Nunnikhoven of Kellogg cashed the runner-up paycheck, followed by Pulaski's Dale Porter, and Oskaloosa drivers Kris Walker and Steve Allen.

The Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods attracted the largest field of the night with 24 entries in the pit area looking to take home the special $700 top prize. In the end, it was teenage phenom Cayden Carter of Oskaloosa capturing the win with opening night winner Kevin Fee of Knoxville finishing second. Third through fifth, respectively, went to points leader Tyler Groenendyk of Oskaloosa, Carter VanDenBerg of Oskaloosa and Keswick's Andrew Schroeder.

In the USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car main event, Shane Weller of Agency held off two-time defending track champion Matt Greiner of Washington for the victory. Third place went to Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Corey Stout of Oskaloosa was fourth and Brian Mitrisin of Oskaloosa rounded out the top-5 finishers.

VanderBeek was batting .500 Wednesday night as he hopped out of his Stock Car and into his MUSCO Lighting USRA Modified and rolled right into victory lane. Points leader Brad Pinkerton of New Sharon grabbed second, with defending track champion Colt Mather of Webster winding up third. Fourth went to Oskaloosa veteran Ron Ver Beek with second-generation driver Scott Dickey of Packwood claiming fifth-place money.

Next Wednesday, June 17, Racemart presents the first of several “Licensed to Thrill” special events at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Race fans from the town of Oskaloosa simply need to show their driver's license or i.d. card to get FREE admission to the grandstands and enjoy a full night of racing action on the house!

On the racing card 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.

The pits will open at 5 p.m. and grandstand gates will open at 5:30, with hot laps at 7:15 and racing at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

Other Wednesday night “Licensed to Thrill” events in 2009 include July 15 (New Sharon), July 29 (Ottumwa) and Aug. 19 (Centerville and Bloomfield).

And don't forget ... coming Wednesday, July 22, the Southern Iowa Fair is in town as KBOE Radio presents the Deery Brothers Summer Series for I.M.C.A. Late Models along with all four American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series divisions.

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
Kids Night presented by the Oskaloosa Herald
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Feature race results showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA HOBBY STOCKS
1. (10) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick
2. (5) 2n Donavan Nunnikhoven, Kellogg
3. (3) 31 Dale Porter, Pulaski
4. (2) 18 Kris Walker, Oskaloosa
5. (1) 3s Steve Allen, Oskaloosa
6. (6) 32t Bobby Greene, Eddyville
7. (4) 62 T.J. Henderson, Douds
8. (8) 9 Jimmy Hayes, Moravia
9. (15) 33 Justin Hook, Oskaloosa
10. (12) 4x Gary Pfantz, State Center
11. (7) 3g Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield
12. (9) 74 Pete Hutzel, Marshalltown
13. (20) 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency
14. (13) 29 Wes Almond, Oskaloosa
15. (18) 2 Tyler Brooks, Knoxville
16. (19) 911 Shawn Coleman, Packwood
17. (11) 69 Craig Brown, Eldon
18. (17) 38 Brian Gibson, Columbia
19. (16) 78 Andy Coleman, Packwood
20. (14) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona
21. (21) 5 Keye Wallace, Pleasantville

CARTER’S MANUFACTURING USRA B-MODS
1. (3) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa
2. (2) 52 Kevin Fee, Knoxville
3. (9) 17t Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
4. (6) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
5. (16) 2 Andrew Schroeder, Keswick
6. (19) 10sr Eric Fullenkamp, Agency
7. (10) 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon
8. (8) 16 Mike Shelton, Bloomfield
9. (5) 98 Cory Brown, Ottumwa
10. (21) 57 Tyler Gross, Bondurant
11. (11) 8j A.J. Johnson, Oskaloosa
12. (13) 30x Josh Modde, Des Moines
13. (15) 8 Brad Iverson, Grinnell
14. (23) 0 Mike Wanders, Oskaloosa
15. (18) 49 Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
16. (14) 35b James Krier, Ollie
17. (1) D1 Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa
18. (12) 2g Geoff Olson, Ames
19. (4) 21b B.J. Boender, Oskaloosa
20. (7) 27 Bryon Weyer, Des Moines
21. (17) 51 Mike Grooms, Bloomfield
22. (20) 0 Robert Fite, Delta
23. (22) 54 Bobby Greene, Eddyville

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS
1. (2) 20dub Shane Weller, Agency
2. (8) 29 Matt Greiner, Washington
3. (9) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
4. (7) 94 Corey Stout, Oskaloosa
5. (4) 12m Brian Mitrisin, Oskaloosa
6. (5) 57v Mike VanGenderen, Newton
7. (6) 15k Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa
8. (10) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick
9. (1) 73c Carl Yaw, Des Moines
10. (11) 11 Kyle Anderson, Oskaloosa
11. (3) M2 Matt Fox, Paton

MUSCO LIGHTING USRA MODIFIEDS
1. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
2. (3) 17p Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon
3. (7) 8 Colt Mather, Webster
4. (6) 4r Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa
5. (4) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood
6. (1) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa
7. (9) 62 Greg Cox, Altoona
8. (13) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington
9. (10) 0 David Ott, Ankeny
10. (11) R21 Ryan Schafter, Corning
11. (12) 20 John Fellman, Bluegrass
12. (2) 47 Josh Truman, Indianola
13. (8) 17 Steve Stewart, Burlington

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