Logan Anderson took control early and led all 16 laps to earn his first career win in the IMCA Northern SportMod division Wednesday night at Southern Iowa Speedway.
Anderson, who started outside of row two, made his way past front row starters Jason Hall and Tyler Gross by the completion of the first lap. Carter VanDenBerg started directly behind Anderson and chased him to the front, but was unable to gain ground on the leader.
Anderson enjoyed a comfortable lead while Curtis Van Der Wal positioned himself in a challenge for second with VanDenBerg. VanDenBerg held on to win that battle, but Anderson led the event in its entirety to take the milestone win.
Brad Pinkerton raced from deep in the field to victory lane in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Pinkerton, who failed to make the invert through his heat race, started 11th in the main event.
It was pole sitter Cory Stout at the helm early. Stout built a five car-length lead before Donovan Nunnikhoven challenged for the top spot on lap six. Nunnikhoven pulled even with Stout in turn two on the sixth circuit and appeared poised to take control until he spun in turn four a short time later.
On a lap eight restart, Pinkerton was running in the fourth position, but worked into a challenge for the lead by lap nine. Cayden Carter joined the battle for the lead with Pinkerton and Stout before Pinkerton broke free on the 10th circuit. He pulled away in the late staged to score the victory. Carter edged Stout at the line for second.
Casey Greubel held the early lead in the 16-lap IMCA Modified feature. From his front row starting spot, Greubel looked strong before his #64 developed a push midway through that event and allowed Jesse Sobbing to challenge for the lead.
Sobbing worked the low side of Greubel on the back straightaway on lap nine before powering into the lead on his way to victory. Greubel held on for second ahead of Todd Shute.
Mike Hughes dominated the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Hughes raced from a fourth row starting spot and into the lead on lap four and then blistered the field by taking the checkers by a straightaway ahead of Dustin Griffiths.
Todd Cooney led all 20 laps after pole sitter Jeremy Grady spun on the initial green of the IMCA Late Model feature. Cooney held off late pressure from Colby Springsteen to take the victory.
John Whalen won the IMCA Sport Compact feature in convincing. He raced to the checkers ahead of his brother, Bill, to take the victory.
Notes from Osky
Streaking (no, not that kind) was the theme on the half-mile Wednesday night - a number of them ended while another may have started. Todd Shute's three-race winning streak ended in the Modifieds, Bill Whalen Jr.'s bid for a third straight Sport Compact win was foiled by his brother and Todd Cooney won his second straight Late Model feature. The Late Models are set to return to action in Osky around Mahaska County Fair time.
Dustin Griffiths' second place finish was as impressive as anyone's run Wednesday night. A pileup on the initial start of the 15-lapper collected Griffiths and forced him to restart at the tail. He made it back through the pack to finish second by the time Hughes built his huge lead. I'm not so sure the outcome would have been the same had the Hobby Stocks suffered one more caution.
It was a great night of racing and promoter Mike Van Genderen provided a fantastic race track for Wednesday's show. Although he fought wet conditions from the day before and a steady wind out of the north on race day, Van Genderen put together a smooth, fast surface for all six divisions.
There was a medical delay of around 30 minutes during the middle of the Stock Car feature when a gentleman required assistance in the grandstands. While it's not something anyone wishes to experience at the race track, Van Genderen and his crew handled the situation very well.
I mentioned to fellow Positively Racing blogger Joyce Eisele during the delay that I did not envy track announcer Tony Paris since the mood of the evening turned in the blink of an eye. After medical personnel tended to the gentleman, Paris asked those in attendance to offer prayers to the man and his family, then offered well-deserved recognition to the paramedics and emergency crew on the scene. Paris was professional, heartfelt and spot-on with his handling of the situation. Thanks, Tony, for putting everything in perspective and for handling the situation with dignity. Continued thoughts and prayers to the man and his family.
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