Carter cops B-mod bonus bucks in Southern Iowa Speedway feature action

Time to get caught up. After attending the races sat Oskaloosa on Wednesday night, I don’t think I stopped moving until I got to the infield at Boone on Saturday night. With school out, my wife’s birthday on Friday and trying to sneak in a race or two when I can, time flies.
Thankfully, the PositivelyRacing.com team was out in force at Oskaloosa and could keep you informed in more of a timely manner. My apologies to Conrad as well for not getting his pictures posted sooner. I hope you enjoy his look at SIS on Wednesday. I’m throwing in a few of mine for good measure. $700 winner - Cayden Carter topped the B-modified feature to win the bonus money last Wednesday at Southern Iowa Speedway. - Conrad Nelson photo

Gas Man - Cayden Carter on the pedal at Oskaloosa. - Conrad Nelson photo

As usual, it was high speed event at Oskaloosa, and with extra money on the line for the B-mods, there was a good turnout in that class. I always like it when promoters feature each of their classes over the course of the season. By putting some extra money on the line, not only do they reward their regular drivers, but they also attract some travelers to give the fans some new names to watch. In a way, it’s having a special, without having a special, if you know what I mean. Great battle - Nathan Wood (52) and Bobby Greene (32T) put on a show as they raced each other in their USRA hobby stock heat race. - Conrad Nelson photo

Southern Iowa Speedway is also showing its mean side in my last few visits. You have heard of the “Darlington stripe”, SIS is developing the reputation of the “Osky scrape” as the fence outside the corners has been coming into play. One of last year’s USMTS races as well as this year’s saw the driver leading the race make contact with the outside fence and eventually lose the race. Wednesday night’s B-mod main saw its leader also come into contact with the fence and lose that position as well as the win. Drew Lawson had a comfortable lead in the early going, then a tangle with the turns one and two fence put him out of contention and Cayden Carter in control. A possible battle was shaping up between Lawson and Carter, but it wasn’t to be after Lawson’s scrape.

Weller wins - Shane Weller was the USRA stock car feature winner Wednesday. - Conrad Nelson photo

Congratulations - Somewhere in this mix is stock car feature winner Shane Weller. - Conrad Nelson photo

Feature action - Donavan Nunnikhoven (2N), Dale Porter (31) and Steve Allen (3s) race for position in the USRA hobby stock feature. - BWJ photo

Side-by-side - Colt Mather (8) and Scott Dickey (40) fight for the same piece of ground in the USRA modified feature. - BWJ photo

Into three - Brandon Banks (22) and Greg Cox (62) head into turn three during the USRA modified feature. - BWJ photo

Osky is a fast track, and sometimes it is a fine line between jumping the cushion and maintaining control, and drivers in every class have had their moments with the fence. If the competition wasn’t tough enough, the track likes to bite too.