Rookie driver Drew Lawson appeared to have things well in control during the early laps of the race as he maintained about a five-length advantage over Carter after starting from the pole position. On lap nine of the eighteen-lap distance though Lawson hopped the cushion in turn one and rode the guardrail the rest of the way through the corner. The resulting damage caused him to slow down the backstretch and finally come to a stop in turn four ending his bid for what would have been his first career feature win. Carter assumed the point on the restart and left no doubt as to who would win this one now leaving the rest of the field far behind. Kevin Fee and Tyler Groenendyk waged an interesting battle for the second spot with Fee prevailing on the final lap. Carter VanDenBerg came home fourth, Andrew Schroeder moved from row seven to take fifth and Eric Fullenkamp advanced from the eighth row to take sixth.
Josh Truman held the top spot on lap one of the Modified feature, but on a restart both Zack VanderBeek and Brad Pinkerton blew by him. Pinkerton kept pace with the new leader VanderBeek until the final five laps as Zack pulled away for another feature win at the fast half-mile oval. Pinkerton was the runner up while Colt Mather muscled his way up to the third spot after starting in row four. Ron VerBeek and Scott Dickey completed the top five.
The Hobby Stock feature provided the most action on the night as five cars raced in a tight formation up front for the entire fifteen-lap distance. Kris Walker was the leader of the pack for the first ten circuits before Nathan Wood made it stick on the bottom of turn one on lap eleven. As Wood led the group of five off of turn four coming to the checkers, both Donavon Nunnikhoven and Dale Porter were able to slip by Walker to finish second and third respectively while Steve Allen, in his first night out for 2009, followed Walker in for fifth.
The Stock Car feature started eleven cars and on a lap eight restart several of them were eliminated when the drive train on Brian Mitrisin’s car let loose spreading rear end grease on the frontstretch heading into turn one. Mike VanGenderen got the worst of it as he slid through the grease and smacked the guradrail hard. On the restart only five cars remained in action and it was front row starter Shane Weller who stayed out front to take the victory over last week’s winner Matt Greiner. Zack VanderBeek, Corey Stout and Matt Fox who made the trip down from Paton were the others who completed the full distance.
Osky Notes…..The extra money for the B-Mods drew in some drivers for the first time this year including Tyler Gross, Geoff Olson and Eric Fullenkamp. Gross was in control of his heat race until he slapped the guradrail hard coming off of turn four. He made repairs in time for the feature, but was never a factor…..Craig Brown looked like the man to beat in the Hobby Stocks on this night coming from mid-pack to easily win the third heat race. He drew the eleventh starting spot for the feature, but slowed in turn two of the first lap causing a scramble behind him as Wes Almond and Brian Gibson got together. Brown coasted to the pits, his night finished…..Bobby Greene and Dale Porter made contact on lap two of the Hobby Stock feature sending Green into a wild slide down the apron of the frontstretch. He was able to avoid hitting anything and restarted the race in fourteenth. At the finish Greene had raced his way back up to sixth….Nathan Wood drives both a Stock Car and Hobby Stock at Osky and his Hobby Stock is owned by fellow driver T.J. Henderson. Wood’s victory was a nice birthday present for his car owner tonight as the now sixty-two-year-old Henderson joined him in victory lane….After his second place finish Donavon Nunnikhoven came up to the grandstands to enjoy the rest of the racing and he was greeted by three adorable young ladies who obviously no longer had any interest in what was going on out on the track. Their hero had arrived…..Ryan Schaffer pulled his Modified over from Corning tonight only to make contact with one of the track tires in turn four on the first lap of the main event. His crew was able to make some quick repairs and send him back to the track as he finished tenth.
From left to right Kara, Makayla and Kellie were obviously pleased to enjoy the rest of the night's races with their favorite driver Donavon Nunnikhoven after his second place finish in the Hobby Stock main event - submitted photo by Deanne Tice
Put another great Wednesday night of racing in the books at Oskaloosa. Only in the state of Iowa will you find weekly racing on "hump day" and we even have it at two tracks. This forces our friend Kevin Trittien (TapFan) to make a choice between Osky and Alta each week. Make sure that you take advantage of the opportunity and attend a mid-week show at one or both of these two fun tracks this season!
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