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by Brian Neal
MEMPHIS, Mo. (Oct. 6) - The 2007 season at the Pepsi
Scotland County Speedway came to a close on Saturday, with
night two of the 3rd Annual Pepsi USRA Nationals being put
into the books. Zack VanderBeek (USRA Modifieds and USRA
Stocks), Jeff Waterman (USRA B-Mods), Bill Gibson (USRA
Hobby Stocks), Ben Moudry (Outlaw Hobbys) and Bill Whalen
(Hornets) each took the big paydays by claiming their
feature wins.
The first feature of the night was the 12-lap Hornet
feature, with Ryan Moore and Tyler Whalen leading the
field to the green flag. Moore would take advantage of his
front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1. Moore
then held the top spot until lap 2, when Bill Whalen
slipped by for the lead. Whalen then held off Dennis Allen
on the final lap to pick up the feature win. Luke Davidson
was third, Jim Garrett was fourth, with Bill Young
rounding out the top five. Tyler and Bill Whalen each
claimed a heat race win.
Up next was the 18-lap Outlaw Hobby feature, with Ben
Moudry and Keith Reed drawing the front row for the event.
Moudry moved out front on lap 1, with Reed and Rob Wilsey
close behind. Moudry would hold the top spot until lap 5,
when Wilsey jumped to his outside to edge him at the line
for the lead. Disaster would strike Wilsey on lap 7, when
he stop in turn two with rear end troubles. Moudry would
inherit the lead back and then held off Brandon Symmonds
on the final lap to pick up the win and the $600 top
prize. Jeff Soper would finish in third, Reed held on for
fourth, with Tim Dawson coming from sixteenth to claim
fifth. Heat race winners were Jake Wenig and Beau Taylor.
Bill Gibson and Mike Shelton led the field to the drop of
the green in the 18-lap USRA Hobby Stock feature, with
Gibson taking the advantage to lead lap 1. Gibson, Shelton
and Jason McDaniel battled two and three wide for the
lead, with McDaniel grabbing the top spot on lap 9 by
inches. But Gibson would come back on the bottom of the
speedway to get the lead back on lap 11. Gibson then held
off Jim Tull and McDaniel to claim the $600 top prize.
Ryan Vicker came from sixteenth to finish in fourth, with
Louis Lynch charging from twenty-first to round out the
top five. Vicker and Bob Lynch took home the heat race
wins.
Up Next was the 30-lap USRA Modified feature, with Matt
Dotson and Ron Ver Beek drawing the front row. VerBeek
would take advantage of his front row start to jump out
into the lead on lap 1, with Mark Dotson close behind in
second. Dotson would slip under Ver Beek on lap 5 to take
over the top spot and then held it until lap 6, when Al
Hejna jumped under him to take over the lead. Hejna then
held on to the lead for the next five laps, when Friday
night's feature winner, Dean Mahlstedt jumped to his
outside on lap 11 to take over the top spot. While
Mahlstedt and Hejna battled for the top spot, Zack
VanderBeek, who started 17th, was closing in on the two.
VanderBeek would slip under Mahlstedt on lap 29 and then
held him off on the final lap to take home the $2,000
payday. Hejna settled for third, Tony Fraise was fourth,
with Bruce Hanford charging from 20th to come home in
fifth. Heat race winners were Hejna, VerBeek, Ryan Gustin
and Fraise, while Mark VanWinkle and Donovan Lodge topped
the B-Mains.
Jeff Waterman and Wyatt Lantz led the field to the green
flag in the 18-lap USRA B-Mods feature, with Lantz moving
out front on lap 1. Lantz then held the lead until a lap 5
restart, when Tony Dunker got into the back of him and
spun him, sending both drivers to the back. Waterman would
inherit the lead and then held off Rob Carter in a
shortened race to claim the $700 top prize. Josh Larson
came from fifteenth to finish in third, Jim Gillenwater
started thirteenth and finished in fourth, with Lonnie
Wyman Jr. coming from sixteenth to round out the top five.
Porter Collins, Wyman Jr. and Bob Woodrow took home the
race wins.
The final feature of the night was the 20-lap USRA Stock
Cars, with USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing
Series national champion Tom Schmitt and Zack VanderBeek
drawing the front row for the event. Schmitt would take
advantage of his front row start to move out front on lap
1, with VanderBeek close behind in second. Schmitt worked
to hold off VanderBeek, but VanderBeek would slip under
him on lap 11 to take over the top spot. VanderBeek then
pulled away over the final 9 laps to claim his second win
on the night and the $1,000 paycheck. Schmitt held on for
second, Jason Cook was third, Matt Greiner was fourth,
with Mike Van Genderen coming home in fifth. Heat race
winners were Mark Holt, Chris Wibbell, Nathan Wood and
Lynn Panos, while Jeff Joldersma and Greg Mitchell topped
the B-Mains.
For more information call RL Promotions at 515-832-6000 or
visit www.rlpromotions.com. Race day info is available by
calling the track hotline at 660-465-8948. The Pepsi
Scotland County Speedway is located 1.0 mile west of
Memphis on US 136 to SR 15, then east (at the Scotland
County Fairgrounds).
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Pepsi Scotland County Speedway, Memphis, Mo.
3rd Annual Pepsi USRA Nationals - Night 2 of 2
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007
USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat 1: 1. 7-Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa; 2. 21M-Dean
Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa; 3. 12-Bob Dale, Gorin; 4.
12x-Justin Reed, Quincy, Ill.; 5. 33z-Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa; 6. 55x-Scott Stecher, Muscatine, Iowa; 7.
99M-Randy Mauzey, Madison; 8. 7x-David Holder, Clarence;
9. 07-Kenny Mudd, Winnfield; 10. 185-Blake Sedgwick,
Cameron; 11. 5w-Larry Winn, Hallsville.
Heat 2: 1. 4R-Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa, Iowa; 2. 29x-Matt
Greiner, Washington, Iowa; 3. 85D-Mark Dotson, Cameron; 4.
99-Martin Bennett, Ankeny, Iowa; 5. 47-Josh Truman,
Indianola, Iowa; 6. 32-Donovan Lodge, Moline, Ill.; 7.
66-Vance Wilson, Frankford; 8. B4-Rickey Frankel, Quincy,
Ill.; 9. 9-Ryan Giles, West Des Moines, Iowa; 10. 5s-David
Snyder, Greentop; 11. 15-Gary Wilson, Frankford.
Heat 3: 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa; 2.
17-Steve Stewart, New London, Iowa; 3. 1R-Tommy Elston,
Keokuk, Iowa; 4. z4-Jody Wood, Donnellson, Iowa; 5.
22-Brandon Banks, Washington, Iowa; 6. 1-Dan Chapman,
Clarence, Iowa; 7. 35v-Mark VanWinkle, Hannibal; 8.
26k-Kevin Blackburn, Fulton; 9. 11s-Steve Starmer, New
Hampton; 10. 88D-Tim Dotson, Sturgeon.
Heat 4: 1. 45-Tony Fraise, Donnellson, Iowa; 2. 8-Matt
Dotson, Sturgeon; 3. 26-Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton; 4.
2-Joey Schaefer, Waterloo, Iowa; 5. 61-Bruce Hanford,
Davenport, Iowa; 6. 55-Kevin Parman, Denver; 7. 55D-Mike
Dotson, Sturgeon; 8. 19G-Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa; 9.
40B-Jimmy McKenney, Linneus; 10. 5-Tim Sands, Conesville,
Iowa.
B-Main 1: 1. 35v-VanWinkle; 2. 1-Chapman; 3. 55x-Stecher;
4. 07-Mudd; 5. 185-Sedgwick; 6. 7x-Holder; 7. 99M-Mauzey;
8. 26k-K. Blackburn; 9. 88D-T. Dotson; 10. 11s-Starmer;
11. 5w-Winn.
B-Main 2: 1. 32-Lodge; 2. 66-V. Wilson; 3. B4-Frankel; 4.
55D-Mike Dotson; 5. 5s-Snyder; 6. 15-G. Wilson; 7.
55-Parman; 8. 9-Giles; 9. 19G-Richie Gustin; 10.
40B-McKenney; 11. 5-Sands.
Feature: 1. 33z-VanderBeek; 2. 21M-Mahlstedt; 3. 7-Hejna;
4. 45-Fraise; 5. 61-Hanford; 6. 85D-Mark Dotson; 7.
19R-Ryan Gustin; 8. 32-Lodge; 9. 22-Banks; 10.
35v-VanWinkle; 11. 4R-VerBeek; 12. 1-Chapman; 13. 26-G.
Blackburn Jr.; 14. 1R-Elston; 15. 12x-Reed; 16. 66-V.
Wilson; 17. 99-Bennett; 18. 29x-Greiner; 19. 12-Dale; 20.
8-Matt Dotson; 21. 47-Truman; 22. z4-Wood; 23. 17-Stewart;
24. 2-Schaefer.
USRA STOCK CARS
Heat 1: 1. 11-Mark Holt, Memphis; 2. 30c-Abe Huls,
Carthage, Ill.; 3. 36-Shelly Mizell, Muscatine, Iowa; 4.
3-Tim Eravi, Moberly; 5. 79J-Brian Jackson, Moravia, Iowa;
6. 42-Charles Rindom, Moberly; 7. 26-Greg Harsch,
Bloomfield, Iowa; 8. 40-William Dahl, Rush Hill.
Heat 2: 1. 52x-Chris Wibbell, Dallas City, Ill.; 2.
81-Bert McDaniel Jr., Eldon, Iowa; 3. 5-Mike Bergan,
Ridgeway, Iowa; 4. 14-Pete Agee, Huntsville; 5. 44-Kale
Foster, Quincy, Ill.; 6. 10-Doug Huls, Carthage, Ill.; 7.
7A-Troy Alexander, Memphis.
Heat 3: 1. 52-Nathan Wood, Keswick, Iowa; 2. 77M-Jeff
Mueller, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; 3. 17N-Nick Fenton, Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa; 4. 75-Scott McClain; 5. 66-Jeff Joldersma,
McClelland, Iowa; 6. 69A-Jerry Ames, Huntsville; 7. 4-Toby
Johnson, Eldon, Iowa.
Heat 4: 1. 97-Lynn Panos, Protivin, Iowa; 2. 44x-Tad
Payne, Muscatine, Iowa; 3. 14JR-Derrick Agee, Huntsville;
4. 7-Cody Layman, Riverside, Iowa; 5. 0-Rick Girard,
Columbia; 6. 20-Greg Mitchell, Decorah, Iowa; 7. 93-Mark
White, Kirksville.
B-Main 1: 1. 66-Joldersma; 2. 42-Rindom; 3. 4-Johnson; 4.
79J-Jackson; 5. 26-Harsch; 6. 40-Dahl; 7. 75-McClain; 8.
69A-Ames.
B-Main 2: 1. 20-Mitchell; 2. 93-White; 3. 44-Foster; 4.
7-Layman; 5. 0-Girard; 6. 10-D. Huls; 7. 7A-Alexander.
Feature: 1. 33z-Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa; 2.
18-Tom Schmitt, Independence, Iowa; 3. 27R-Jason Cook, Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa; 4. 29-Matt Greiner, Washington, Iowa; 5.
57v-Mike Van Genderen, Newton, Iowa; 6. 77M-Mueller; 7.
78R-Mike Robinson, Moravia, Iowa; 8. 97-Panos; 9. 52-Wood;
10. 81-McDaniel Jr.; 11. 52x-Wibbell; 12. 20-Mitchell; 13.
66-Joldersma; 14. 5-Bergan; 15. 36-Mizell; 16. 11-Holt;
17. 14JR-D. Agee; 18. 3-Eravi; 19. 93-White; 20.
44x-Payne; 21. 17N-Fenton; 22. 14-P. Agee; 23. 30c-A.
Huls; 24. 42-Rindom.
USRA B-MODS
Heat 1: 1. 46-Porter Collins, Clarence; 2. 19-Jason
Riegel, Memphis, M; 3. 96x-Levi Smith, Donnellson, Iowa;
4. 88-Brian Clark, Kahoka; 5. 96-Jacob Grotewiel, Clifton;
6. 88-Jim Whitmer, Quincy, Ill.; 7. 5x-Dustin Vandeloecht,
Fulton; 8. 92M-James Maxey, Holiday.
Heat 2: 1. 95-Lonnie Wyman Jr., Fulton; 2. 77-Jared
Fuller, Memphis; 3. 11-Gary Wilson, Holiday; 4. 5-Rob
Carter, Quincy, Ill.; 5. 6v-Charles VanBoening, Paris; 6.
15-Phillip Cossel, Montrose, Iowa; 7. 8P-Arley Prough,
Queen City; 8. 55R-Robbie Rains, Boneparte,, Iowa.
Heat 3: 1. 3-Bob Woodrow, Hannibal; 2. 2J-Brandon Savage,
Keokuk, Iowa; 3. 10-Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk, Iowa; 4.
44-Josh Larson, Keokuk, Iowa; 5. 7s-Craig Spegal, New
London; 6. 57-Thad Gaylord, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
Feature: 1. 71-Jeff Waterman, Quincy, Ill.; 2. 5-Carter;
3. 44-Larson; 4. 10-Gillenwater; 5. 95-Wyman Jr.; 6.
96x-Smith; 7. 7s-Spegal; 8. 22-Wyatt Lantz, Bowen, Ill.;
9. 19-Riegel; 10. 11-Wilson; 11. 57-Gaylord; 12.
3-Woodrow; 13. 97-Terry Houston, Mt. Sterling, Ill.; 14.
4-Tony Dunker, Quincy, Ill.; 15. 88-Clark; 16. 15-Cossel;
17. 96-Grotewiel; 18. 8P-Prough; 19. 46-Collins; 20. 1-Joe
Hooper, Mendon, Ill.; 21. 218-Robbie Reed, Mexico; 22.
77-Fuller; 23. 2J-Savage; 24. 6v-VanBoening; 25.
88-Whitmer; 26. 5x-Vandeloecht; 27. 55R-Rains; 28.
92M-Maxey.
USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat 1: 1. 22v-Ryan Vicker, Creston, Iowa; 2. 34F-Robby
Sands, Centerville, Iowa; 3. 8UP-Curtis Barnes, Greentop;
4. 97-Jerry Flanders, Cordon, Iowa; 5. Big0-Bill O'Haver,
Kirksville; 6. 911-Shawn Coleman, Packwood, Iowa; 7.
65-Wes White, Bloomfield, Iowa; 8. 71-Louis Lynch,
Gleenwood.
Heat 2: 1. 4J-Bob Lynch, Ottumwa, Iowa; 2. 88-Mike
Leffler, Ankeny, Iowa; 3. 62-TJ Henderson, Douds, Iowa; 4.
8R-Clayton Robbins, Liberty; 5. 69D-Dave Scearcy,
Libertyville, Iowa; 6. 78-Andy Coleman, Packwood, Iowa; 7.
51-Alan Hultz, Madison.
Feature: 1. 38-Bill Gibson, Knoxville, Iowa; 2. 22-Jim
Tull, Redding, Iowa; 3. 85-Jason McDaniel, Eldon, Iowa; 4.
22v-Vicker; 5. 71-L. Lynch; 6. 2M-Mark Moore, Ottumwa,
Iowa; 7. 12B-Chase Breid, Madison; 8. 34F-Sands; 9.
88-Leffler; 10. 78-A. Coleman; 11. 911-S. Coleman; 12.
69D-Scearcy; 13. 62-Henderson; 14. 8R-Robbins; 15.
97-Flanders; 16. 8UP-Barnes; 17. 16-Mike Shelton, Ottumwa,
Iowa; 18. 4J-B. Lynch; 19. 51-Hultz; 20. Big0-O'Haver; 21.
65-White.
OUTLAW HOBBYS
Heat 1: 1. 4-Jake Wenig, Middletown, Iowa; 2. c21-Dan
Wenig, Burlington, Iowa; 3. 11-Tom Elsen, Clarence; 4.
3c-Clayton Crump, Centralia; 5. 87-Jeff Hamlin, Edina; 6.
23-Larry Hooper, Wyaconda; 7. 59-Jakoby Hooper, Kahoka; 8.
30-Alex Buffington, Wapello, Iowa.
Heat 2: 1. 2T-Beau Taylor, Canton; 2. 11w-Mike Wolfe,
Madison; 3. 4L-Jim Lynch, Donnellson, Iowa; 4. 28D-Tim
Dawson, Callao; 5. 73-Randy Reed, Quincy, Ill.; 6.
22-Bobby Six, Keokuk, Iowa; 7. 89-Brian Howerton,
Hurdland.
Feature: 1. 85-Ben Moudry, Protivin, Iowa; 2. 8-Brandon
Symmonds, Keokuk, Iowa; 3. 43s-Jeff Soper, Kahoka; 4.
20-Keith Reed, Fowler, Ill.; 5. 28D-Dawson; 6. c21-D.
Wenig; 7. 4L-Lynch; 8. 87-Hamlin; 9. 2T-Taylor; 10.
11w-Wolfe; 11. 23-L. Hooper; 12. 89-Howerton; 13. 59-J.
Hooper; 14. 11-Elsen; 15. 30-Buffington; 16. 73-R. Reed;
17. 4-J. Wenig; 18. 03-Rob Wilsey, Keokuk, Iowa; 19.
68x-Cody Henkes, Postville, Iowa; 20. 22-Six; 21.
3c-Crump.
HORNETS
Heat 1: 1. 07-Tyler Whalen, Riverside, Iowa; 2. 26-Jim
Garrett, Ottumwa, Iowa; 3. 66-Lew Aikman, Hannibal; 4.
21Y-Bill Young, Ottumwa, Iowa; 5. 31-Dennis Allen, Agency,
Iowa; 6. 21-Nick Ulin, Agency, Iowa; 7. 96-Jon Lear,
Center; 8. H20-Ethan Hustead, Rutledge; 9. 2-Kevin
Garrett, Bloomfield, Iowa.
Heat 2: 1. 00-Bill Whalen, Riverside, Iowa; 2. 20-Andrew
Hustead, Rutledge; 3. 6-Luke Davidson, Arglye, Iowa; 4.
61-Ryan Moore, Centerville, Iowa; 5. 03L-Richard Phillips
Jr., Rhodes, Iowa; 6. 26F-Mike Fisher, Blakesburg, Iowa;
7. 17D-Dewayne Boyd, Ottumwa, Iowa; 8. 8-Jeremy Phillips.
Feature: 1. 00-B. Whalen; 2. 31-Allen; 3. 6-Davidson; 4.
26-J. Garrett; 5. 21Y-Young; 6. 03L-R. Phillips Jr.; 7.
21-Ulin; 8. 2-K. Garrett; 9. 20-A. Hustead; 10.
26F-Fisher; 11. H20-E. Hustead; 12. 66-Aikman; 13. 07-T.
Whalen; 14. 96-Lear; 15. 8-J. Phillips; 16. 61-Moore; 17.
17D-Boyd.
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