Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon won the USRA RHS Modified main event at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (Chad Ebel Photo)

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Round 3 of the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series was held at the Southern Iowa Speedway Wednesday night featuring a great night with some hot action in all four classes on Casey’s General Stores Night.

The USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods saw Jason McDaniel of Eldon and Cayden Carter of Oskaloosa bring the field to the green with McDaniel leading the pack for the first six laps before the battle heated up with Carter. Carter made the pass and went on to score his second win of the 2010 season at the Mahaska County Monster. McDaniel lost the battle between himself and last week’s winner, Tyler Groenendyk of Oskaloosa, for the runner-up position while Mike Shelton of Bloomfield finished fourth.

The USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars saw a race for the top spot with Nathan Wood of Keswick holding off several challenges to take his second straight win at Osky. Season opener winner Shane Weller of Agency snared the runner-up honors with Mike Van Genderen of Newton and Kyle Harwood of Oskaloosa battling for third with Harwood taking it by mere inches over Van Genderen, who crossed the finish line with a flat tire.

In the USRA Hobby Stock division, Matt Messmaker of Moravia looked to have his first win but instead settled for the second-place paycheck behind Donovan Nunnikhoven of Sully, who raced his way from the ninth starting spot for the win. Kris Walker of Oskaloosa held off Nick Murty of Chelsea for the third spot and Beacon’s Jim Hughes rounded out the top five.

The USRA RHS Modifieds went 20 laps with three lead changes between defending track champion Brad Pinkerton of New Sharon, Steven Blattler of Oskaloosa and Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon. Blattler paced the field until lap 15 before VanderBeek secured the lead and piloted his #33Z Casey’s General Stores Skyrocket to victory lane. Blattler wound up second with Colt Mather of Webster in third and Pinkerton fourth.

Another wild night of wheel-to-wheel action is in store for next Wednesday, June 16, as Community 1st Credit Union (www.c1stcreditunion.com) presents the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA RHS Modifieds, USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars, USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks.

With 21 or more entries, the winner of the Musco USRA Modified main event will pocket $1,000 with a minimum $100 to each starter. USRA Stock Cars will race for $400 to win and $75 to start, while both the USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks will battle for $300 to win and $60 to start.

Pits will open at 5 p.m., grandstands open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 7:15 and the first heat race starts at 7:30. General admission grandstand tickets are just $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and children ages 5 and under are always admitted free of charge. Pit passes are $30.

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.rlpromotions.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
Casey’s General Stores Night
Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa
2. (4) 78 Andy Coleman, Packwood
3. (7) 69 Craig Brown, Eldon
4. (6) 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma
5. (5) 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency
6. (8) 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell
7. (1) 29 Wes Almond, Oskaloosa
8. (3) 53D Ron Downing, Ottumwa

Heat #2:
1. (3) 33M Matt Messmaker, Centerville
2. (2) 18 Kris Walker, Oskaloosa
3. (4) JR99 Nick Murty, Chelsea
4. (1) 558 Jim Hughes, Beacon
5. (6) 10G Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa
6. (5) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona
7. (7) 911 Shawn Coleman, Packwood

Heat #3:
1. (5) 2K Derek Kirkland, Centerville
2. (4) 57 Scott Shull, Eldon
3. (6) 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven, Sully
4. (2) 31 Dale Porter, Bloomfield
5. (1) 67 Tyler Ruepke, Chariton
6. (3) 33 Justin Hook, Oskaloosa

Feature:
1. (9) 2N Donovan Nunnikhoven, Sully
2. (3) 33M Matt Messmaker, Centerville
3. (5) 18 Kris Walker, Oskaloosa
4. (4) JR99 Nick Murty, Chelsea
5. (8) 78 Andy Coleman, Packwood
6. (11) 69 Craig Brown, Eldon
7. (16) 22R Todd Reitzler, Grinnell
8. (10) 2K Derek Kirkland, Centerville
9. (1) 558 Jim Hughes, Beacon
10. (2) 3S Steve Allen, Oskaloosa
11. (7) 1X Michael Peterson, Montezuma
12. (12) 57 Scott Shull, Eldon
13. (17) 33 Justin Hook, Oskaloosa
14. (20) 64 Casey Greubel, Lacona
15. (15) 67 Tyler Ruepke, Chariton
16. (18) 29 Wes Almond, Oskaloosa
17. (21) 911 Shawn Coleman, Packwood
18. (19) 53D Ron Downing, Ottumwa
19. (6) 31 Dale Porter, Bloomfield
20. (13) 84 Danny Thrasher, Agency
21. (14) 10G Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa

USRA KARL PERFORMANCE PARTS B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa
2. (4) 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon
3. (3) 17T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
4. (7) 8J A.J. Johnson, New Sharon
5. (6) 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa
6. (5) D1 Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa
7. (9) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa
8. (8) 3 Chris Ammenhauser, Ottumwa
9. (2) 312 Josh Lopshire, Pulaski

Heat #2:
1. (2) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
2. (1) 43 Jeremiah Jones, Eldon
2. (1) 43 Jeremiah Jones, Eldon
3. (4) 8X Brad Iverson, Grinnell
4. (3) 49G Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
5. (8) 1 Curtis Van Der Wal, Oskaloosa
6. (5) 16 Mike Shelton, Bloomfield
7. (7) 0 Mike Wanders, Keswick
8. (6) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville

Feature:
1. (1) 10 Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa
2. (10) 17T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
3. (2) 85 Jason McDaniel, Eldon
4. (11) 16 Mike Shelton, Bloomfield
5. (4) 7 Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa
6. (3) 1 Curtis Van Der Wal, Oskaloosa
7. (5) D1 Drew Lawson, Oskaloosa
8. (7) 49G Leroy Groenendyk, Oskaloosa
9. (15) 3 Chris Ammenhauser, Ottumwa
10. (8) 8T Tony Johnson, Oskaloosa
11. (13) 8 Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa
12. (17) 312 Josh Lopshire, Pulaski
13. (6) 8X Brad Iverson, Grinnell
14. (12) 43 Jeremiah Jones, Eldon
15. (14) 0 Mike Wanders, Keswick
16. (9) 8J A.J. Johnson, New Sharon
17. (16) 38 Bill Gibson, Knoxville

USRA KARL CHEVROLET STOCK CARS

Heat:
1. (1) 57V Mike Van Genderen, Newton
2. (2) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick
3. (4) 20DUB Shane Weller, Agency
4. (3) 15K Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa
5. (5) 22S Toby Smith, Oskaloosa

Feature:
1. (1) 52 Nathan Wood, Keswick
2. (4) 20DUB Shane Weller, Agency
3. (3) 15K Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa
4. (2) 57V Mike Van Genderen, Newton
5. (5) 22S Toby Smith, Oskaloosa

USRA RHS MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
2. (4) 89 Brad Dubil, Bettendorf
3. (7) 17P Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon
4. (2) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning
5. (1) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington
6. (6) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood
7. (5) 20 John Fellman, Bluegrass

Heat #2:
1. (5) 47 Josh Truman, Indianola
2. (2) 8 Colt Mather, Webster
3. (1) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa
4. (4) 4R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa
5. (6) 17 Steve Stewart, Burlington
6. (7) 0 David Ott, Ankeny
7. (3) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake

Feature:
1. (6) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon
2. (2) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa
3. (9) 8 Colt Mather, Webster
4. (1) 17P Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon
5. (8) 4R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa
6. (10) 0 David Ott, Ankeny
7. (3) 17 Steve Stewart, Burlington
8. (13) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake
9. (7) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning
10. (5) 47 Josh Truman, Indianola
11. (12) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood
12. (4) 89 Brad Dubil, Bettendorf
13. (11) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington
14. (14) 20 John Fellman, Bluegrass