Just like the weather, the battles for the top of the All Iowa Points standings has heated up here in August in several divisions. And, with only three or four weeks of “weekly” racing remaining, it looks like some of the 2010 titles will be decided during the special events season in September and October.
Disregard the lead paragraph above when it comes to the Late Model division as Ray Guss Jr. continues to dominate and has essentially clinched his second straight and fifth overall title. Terry Neal is having a pretty darn good season with ten feature wins, but he is still a distant second to Guss while Jeff Aikey sits in third.
The Modified chase is up for grabs as only twenty-six points separate the top ten drivers and when the updated points are posted this week at Positively Racing you will find a new leader in Ryan Dolan. Richie Gustin who has been on top of the ladder for most of the season is just one-point back in second while Doug Crampton is only eight markers back in third. Jimmy Cole and Michael Long round out the top five eleven and twelve points respectively behind Dolan.
Austin Kaplan looked like he might run away with the Limited Modified championship, but Jesse Sobbing has made up some ground recently and is now only sixteen points behind in second. Brett Meyer and Cayden Carter are tied for third while Jeremy Embrey is only one point behind those two in fifth.
He’s still pretty comfortable, but Dustin Smith’s lead in the Stock Car points is down to thirty-three over Nathan Wood with Jason Ward and Chad Palmer both eclipsing the century mark this week in third and fourth.
What looked like a two-horse race between Devin Smith and two-time defending champion Shannon Anderson in the Hobby Stocks has grown to three now with the addition of Dustin Larson. The southern Minnesota based driver has been on a roll lately and has closed to within six points of Devin Smith for the lead while Anderson is twenty-nine points out of first. Chad Gentz and Michael Murphy are currently tied for fourth.
Nate Coopman has dominated the tracks that he races at and with eighteen feature wins he enjoys a twenty-one point lead as he looks for his second straight Four Cylinder championship. Nathan Chandler is second, Amanda Kaltveld who spends most of her race nights chasing Coopman is in third while Sioux City drivers David Miller and Cody Thompson round out the top five.
It’s Nationals time so the Sprint Car standings can shake up quickly over the next two weeks. In the 410’s three-time champion Mark Dobmeier has moved past Lynton Jeffrey for the lead in the standings. Jack Dover’s advantage is down to just five points over Eric Lutz in the 360’s and Ryan Voss now has a comfortable twelve-point cushion over Casey Friedrichsen in the 305 division.
As of right now “Shiverfest” will be the final points-paying event for five divisions of the All Iowa Points on Saturday October 23rd at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson.
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