On the strength of four feature wins and five runner-up finishes Jeremy Mills sits atop the All Iowa Modified standings. Mills finished third in 2008. Six wins and a second-place run has vaulted Michael Long up to the second spot with Ryan Dolan in third. Cedar Rapids driver Max Corporan is the early surprise sitting in the fourth spot as he finished well down the list last year in 234th.
Max Corporan - photo courtesy of Scott Tjabring, Action Track PhotographyWith 2008 Late Model champion Brian Harris not running a regular schedule in the state the door is wide open for a new All Iowa Points champion in that division. Quincy drivers Mark Burgtorf and Jason Frankel sit one-two in the standings right now with another out-of-state driver Keith Foss in third.
Dustin Smith dominated the Stock Car division in '08 and he returns to the top spot in this week's update knocking early leader Kevin Opheim back to second. Opheim also paced the field early last year before finishing in a tie for third with another Smith brother, Donavon. Southeast Iowa competitors Abe Huls and Jason Cook are currently third and tied for fourth respectively. Cook is tied with Trent Murphy.
Kevin Sather, Austin Kaplan and Luke Wanninger were far ahead of the rest of the state's Limited Modifieds in 2008 and those three are once again at the top of the current standings. Although this year it looks like Sport Mod rookie Jesse Sobbing and some others may be able to keep pace with the lead trio.
Austin Kaplan - photo courtesy of Scott Tjabring, Action Track Photography
Defending Hobby Stock champion Shannon Anderson already enjoys a fourteen point advantage over Devin Smith. Alan Van Gorp, Dustin Larson and Kenny Hansen are all tied for third while sixteen-year-old Derek St. Clair is now tied with Michael Murphy for sixth after picking up his first two career victories in the past two weeks.
Gary Peiffer, Jeremy Campbell and Nathan Chandler are threatening to make it a three-car breakaway in the Four Cylinder division. Pfeiffer's 45 points on the strength of six feature wins are the most of any driver in any division so far in 2009.
Gary Peiffer - photo courtesy of Scott Tjabring, Action Track PhotographyThe Sprint Car divisions are just getting their season started as Johnny Herrera's two wins last weekend (34 Raceway and Knoxville) have him in first in the 410's, Billy Alley and Jack Dover are tied atop the 360 points and Bobby Mincer looks to be the man to beat this year in the 305 division.
In the All Missouri Points drivers have been racing Mother Nature this spring perhaps even more than they have been racing each other. In the Late Models Randy Korte has a one point advantage over Terry Phillips who has a one point cushion over his teammate Jeremy Payne. 2008 champion Jack Simmons is currently fourth.
The West Plains Motor Speedway has been able to complete eight nights of racing so far in 2009, twice as many as any other Missouri track and that has helped Shawn Walsh and Brandon Ball establish themselves at the top of the Modified rankings. Vance Wilson is not far behind in third and Jamie Ragland, who finished third in the 2008 final rundown, currently sits fourth.
This is the first year that the Limited Mods have been included in the All Missouri Points and Dan Bimson is the early leader over Mike Floyd and Adam Hemby. Kyle Berry enjoys a one-point advantage over Darin Walker in the Limited/Spec/Crate Late Models and Jerrod Hull enjoys a four point edge over 2008 champ Tommy Worley Jr. in the Sprint car standings.
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