The Southern Iowa Speedway returned to its "Licensed to Thrill" weekly racing action Wednesday night with extra money on the line in the B-Modified division. The big half-mile oval was tacky and fast this night causing drivers to hold on tight and for engines to wind up tight with several showing signs of the stress throughout the quick night of racing.
The B-Modifieds were racing for extra money with $700 going to the winner of the fifteen-lap finale and after drawing the pole position you had to think that Andrew Schroeder would be the favorite to take the win. As expected Schroeder took to the early lead with fellow front row starter Carter VanDenBerg giving chase. It seems that whenever extra money is on the line for this division, Cayden Carter rises to the occasion and that was the case again as the young redhead moved quickly toward the front from a row five starting spot. As Schroeder tried to pull away, the race was now for second as Jimmy Carter's two grandsons battled it out with Cayden overtaking Carter at the mid-race point. Cayden tried to reel in Schroeder over the final laps, but he could not get the job done tonight as Andrew Schroeder collected the $700 top prize. Cayden Carter was second with Carter VanDenBerg third, rookie driver Drew Lawson came home fourth while Geoff Olson of Ames was fifth. Olson also started in row five and was the only one of the field of twenty-three that would not be considered a SIS track regular in this division.
Adam Bell enjoyed the early lead in the USRA Modified headliner while the action was furious not far behind him. Scott Dickey made a thrilling move to shoot through the middle of a three-wide pack in turn four to take over second on lap five and it was not long before he chased down the leader Bell. Dickey stormed by on lap eight with Brad Pinkerton coming along as well past Bell into second. Pinkerton made a bid on the low side of Dickey with five laps remaining and with four to go Brad had a run on Dickey using the high side in turns three and four. Just as Pinkerton took over the lead Dickey slowed and retired to the pits with what looked like a very hot engine. With a full straightaway advantage there was no stopping Pinkerton as he cruised to the popular victory as race fans from his hometown of New Sharon were admitted free to tonight's races. Brandon Banks took home the runner-up honors with Zack VanderBeek, Adam Bell and Josh Truman rounding out the top five. Austin Jones was a surprise entry making the trip up from Columbia, Missouri, and he finished in the sixth position.
Two former USRA Hobby Stock National Champions who were doing double duty on the night dominated the Hobby Stock division as Jason McDaniel fought off the challenges of Nathan Wood to take the win. Don Nunnikhoven picked up the third spot while T.J. Henderson, the owner of Wood's Hobby Stock, finished fourth after starting tenth. Kris Walker completed the top five list.
While the Stock Cars had a short field with just nine, their feature proved that it only takes two to put on a memorable race. Matt Greiner looked like he would have a cakewalk to victory starting from the pole position, but Nathan Wood had other thoughts as he moved into challenge after Mike VanGenderen dropped to the wayside with a smoking motor. Wood tried for several laps before finally nosing past Greiner for the lead on lap ten of the fifteen lap distance. Not about to give up Greiner came right back at Wood and the two drivers ran the next three laps virtually side-by-side around the half-mile until Greiner regained the lead with two circuits remaining. Wood made one last bid coming to the white flag, but could not get by as Greiner earned the thrilling victory. Wood slowed dramatically coming to the checkers off four but he still had enough to take second ahead of Shane Weller. Brian Mitrisin and Kyle Harwood brought their John Deere Green machines home in fourth and fifth.
A couple of notes of interest from earlier in the night.....Jason McDaniel started ninth in the second Hobby Stock heat race and by the time the field made it around for the completion of lap number one, he was already in first.....Colt Mather was flying in the first Modified heat race before his motor popped.....Ryan Schaffer and Jesse Dennis, two regulars at the Adams County Speedway in Corning brought their Modifieds over for the night and while Schaffer loaded up and left after the heat race, Dennis looked like he would finish fifth in the A-Main before his motor started smoking as well.
Todd Staley and his crew ran off another great mid-week show with the final checkered flag waving at 9:23 p.m. Next week will be the annual Southern Iowa Fair race featuring the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models along with the track's weekly divisions. Then on Wednesday night August 5th the USMTS Modifieds will be in town with special appearances by Kenny Wallace and Bobby Labonte. Hope to see you there!
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