Once was not enough for Chris Hovden and Matt Greiner, as both drivers pulled off the back-to-back weekend at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Missouri Saturday night. A great field of 143 race teams jammed the pit areas for another great night of racing that saw the same classes of cars in action while also adding the outlaw hobby stocks.
The outlaw hobby stocks would be first to run their feature event. Sixteen cars were on hand and Dean Kratzer would take home the win. He was followed across the line by Dan and Jake Wenig, Brandon Symmonds, and Jeremy Pundt.
Next up would be the USRA hobby stocks. Twenty-five competitors took the green flag with Todd Reitzler grabbing the early lead. The red flag would wave twice early on in this race as Alan Hultz and Dale Porter wound up upside down in separate incidents. Both drivers would be okay. With Reitzler still out front, the battle for second heated up among Nathan Wood, Scott Spilde, and Chris Hovden. Spilde would lose two spots to Wood and Hovden before those two engaged in a battle with Reitzler for the lead. Reitzler would get caught on the outside of the three-wide row and fall back to fourth while Hovden would pull ahead of Wood for the lead. Spilde would battle back and challenge Wood for the runner up spot, and he would solidify that spot a lap later. A late race restart proved to be costly once again for Nathan Wood as he suffered a right rear tire on the final lap, ending his great run. Chris Hovden went on to take his second set of twin checkers of the weekend. Scott Spilde, Derek Kirkland, Todd Reitzler, and Clayton Crump rounded out the top five.
Pole-sitter Rodger Dresden led the first couple of laps the USRA bmods before giving it up to Cayden Carter on lap three. Andrew Schroeder mounted a challenge, but his luck ran out when he looped his machine in turn two. Geoff Olson took advantage of the double-file restart as he darted to the inside of Carter to take over the race lead. Several caution flags would wave before the end of the race, but Olson was able to keep his focus and take home the big payday. Brad Iverson, Friday night's feature winner Colter Deutsch, Cayden Carter, and Jason McDaniel rounded out the top five. McDaniel sliced through the field after starting sixteenth.
Only nineteen of the twenty-three USRA stock cars took the green flag, but that didn't prevent the class from putting on a great show for the packed stands. Outside front row starter Kurt Krauskopf appeared to have things well in hand early on, but Friday night's winner Matt Greiner was working his way to the front as he slid inside of Jason Cook to snag the second position. Greiner would pull even with Krauskopf and later take the lead away. Krauskopf would slide back a few more spots, but there was no sliding back for Greiner has he pocketed another big check. He was followed across the line by Nathan Wood, Jason Cook, Kurt Krauskopf, and Rich Vogt. A surprise competitor entered his name into the stock car class, as Todd Staley hopped behind the wheel of Zack VanderBeek's car and drove it Saturday night. Staley drove it Thursday night during practice and loved it, so he opted to race it Saturday night. Staley looked pretty good for a "rookie", until he drove off turn three in the feature after getting in too hot. Staley would boast a 13th place finish.
Twenty-four USRA modifieds hit the track for the final event of the night. Scott Weber would assume the lead at the start, but Corey Dripps would slowly begin to reel in the hotshoe. Dripps would take the lead, but Weber regained the lead before a caution flag waved. Zack VanderBeek was on the charge once again as he claimed the second spot away from Dripps, while Michael Long was trying to repeat Friday night's performance from deeper in the field. Long made his way up to fourth after starting twelfth, but up front VanderBeek powered his car around Weber on the outside to the lead. Long would work under Dripps for third, but a caution flag negated the pass. Weber would challenge VanderBeek's lead for a few laps, but VanderBeek was able to put some distance between them late in the race to take home the win. Scott Weber was second, and Corey Dripps was third. Ryan Gustin used the high line to get by Michael Long at the line for fourth and fifth, respectively.
The USRA hobby stock and stock car features were the best ones of the night, providing fans with plenty of side-by-side action throughout the field and boasting numerous battles for the lead. The track held up pretty good again, so once again I have to give the track crew big props for their hard work.
The action moves north and west today (Sunday) as the Southern Iowa Speedway will host their second day of the Fall Challenge, previous postponed twice. Action is scheduled to get underway with hot laps at 2:30 and racing at 3:00 I believe.
For complete results from Saturday night's action, check out http://www.usraracing.com/ and click on the "news and results" tab.
- Racing may be a hobby, but it's DEFINITELY addictive!!
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