Believe it or not we are within a week or two of Season Championship events at most tracks to be followed by a full slate of Fall specials, so make sure that you get out to the track of your choice before the season slips away! There are several divisions where the All Iowa Points or All Missouri Points title is still up for grabs and remember that drivers in the top 100 in the standings heading into “Shiverfest” are eligible for bonus money on top of their feature winnings. The state point standings can be found on the “Points” page at www.PositivelyRacing.com.
The All Iowa Points Late Model chase has seen three different leaders over the past month and it looks like the race will come right down to the wire as the top five are within twenty-one points of each other headed into the busy “specials” season. Ray Guss Jr. is on top right now while Kevin Blum and Terry Neal are tied for second. Early pace setter Mark Burgtorf and Andy Eckrich remain within striking distance of the top.
Jeremy Mills is running away with his first All Iowa Points title in the Modifieds. Mills has nineteen feature wins so far and owns an 81-point advantage over Jay Noteboom. That is as high as Noteboom has been on the list in 2009 as he has shuffled Scott Hogan, Max Corporan and Adam Larson back to third, fourth and fifth respectively. Ryan Dolan, Troy Cordes, Bruce Hanford, Reese Coffee and Josh Foster round out the top ten.
In the Limited Modified division Kevin Sather has broken away from the pack in his quest for a second straight All Iowa Points title and now holds a thirty-one-point lead over Jesse Sobbing. Austin Kaplan, Scott Davis and Luke Wanninger rank third through fifth while Adam Ackerman, Brett Meyer, Matt Jones, Darrin Korthals and Jake Simpson complete the top ten list at this time.
Dustin Smith is poised to earn his second straight All Iowa Points Stock Car championship as he holds a 27-point bulge over Kevin Opheim. Mike Jergens has been the hottest Stock Car driver in the state lately and is now just two points out of second with Andrew Burk and Trent Murphy next in line. Greg Gill sits sixth, followed by southern Minnesota driver Jeffrey Larson, Abe Huls is eighth, Damon Murty ninth and there is a tie for tenth between Donavon Smith and Jeff Mueller.
Shannon Anderson is the first driver in any division to clear the 200-point hurdle this year on the strength of an amazing thirty-four feature wins so far. He holds a 79-point advantage in the All Iowa Hobby Stock standings over Chris Hovden with Devin Smith, Dustin Larson and Chad Gentz next in line. Sixth through tenth you’ll find Brandon Hare, Rusty Montagne, Nathan Wood, Derek St. Clair and John Cain.
Last year the All Iowa Points battle in the Four Cylinder division went right down to the final race and this year looks no different. Mankato, Minnesota, resident Nate Coopman is the new leader while Dubuque’s Jeremy Campbell is now in second. Long-time leader Gary Peiffer is still only eleven points from the top in third while Brad and Nathan Chandler round out the top five. Justin Wacha, Tim Doocy, Bill Whalen Jr. and Joe Bunkofske rank sixth through ninth while Jay DeVries and Zack Ankrum are tied for tenth at this time.
In the All Iowa Sprint Car divisions Terry McCarl has twice as many points as the two drivers, Johnny Herrera and Mark Dobmeier, who are tied for second in the 410’s. Mike Boston has opened a ten-point advantage over Jody Rosenboom and an eleven-point edge over Jack Dover in the 360’s, while in the 305’s Jayson Dittsworth is closing the gap on season-long leader Bobby Mincer. Dittsworth is now just ten points out of first while Ryan Voss ranks third.
The All Missouri Late Model Points will go right down to the wire as western Missouri driver Donnie Timmerman holds a three-point lead over St. Louis area driver Randy Korte. Defending champion Jack Simmons is in third and still has a shot to repeat.
It doesn’t get any closer than the race for the Limited Late Model division in the All Missouri Points as Darin Walker and Kyle Berry are deadlocked at the top of the list. Defending champion Billy James is just four points back in third while both Kevin Kaiser and Jeff Schlup remain close in fourth and fifth.
Defending All Missouri Points champion Tim Setzer has returned to the top of the Modified rankings with Curt Rackers giving chase just eight markers behind. Early season lead Shawn Walsh remains close in third, Vance Wilson is fourth while Danny Crane and Tony Patterson are tied for fifth. Jackie Dalton, Johnny Fennewald and Brian Bolin are next in line while Jason Russell and Jesse Stovall are tied for tenth.
Brad Smith looks like he will win the first-ever All Missouri Points Limited Modified title as he now has a thirty-point cushion over Fair Grove’s Mickey Burrell. J.C. Morton ranks third, Colt Cheevers is fourth and Blake David is fifth in the division that is being tabulated for the first time in 2009. Kyle Stolzer ranks sixth, Brian Ziegler seventh, Cody Graham is eight, Jeff Albright ninth and Billy Street is tenth at this point.
There are not too many Sprint Car dates remaining on the calendar in Missouri for 2009 so the All Missouri Points title will likely go to either Jesse Hockett, Randy Martin or Josh Fisher as they have just five points, or the equivalent of one feature win separating the three of them.
Both the All Iowa Points and the All Missouri Points can be found exclusively on the “Points” page at www.PositivelyRacing.com.
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