By:  Jerry Mackey

Oskaloosa, Iowa: Wednesday night marked the fourth night of racing at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. Kool Seamless Gutters and Nutrien Ag hosted “Salute To the Troops Night” at the races.

The headliner of the night was the Midstate Machine Stock Car feature. Todd Reitzler shot into the lead early and was chasing the bounty money placed on Derrick Agee by Vrough Show Pigs, Edel Lawn Care and Nelson Repair. Reitzler built a comfortable lead while Agee was battling through traffic to get to the front. Agee took over second as the race neared the halfway point and began to quickly reel in Reitzler. Agee took the lead on lap nine and appeared to be in route to an easy win. That would not be the case as Reitzler closed back in on Agee and battled for the win during the final three circuits. Agee Held on to keep his record perfect at SIS with a ½ car length win. Dustin Griffiths took third ahead of Brett Lowry.

Maguire DeJong took the lead from his outside front row start in the Oskaloosa Quality Rental Sportmod feature and never looked back as he sailed on to an easy victory over Logan Anderson and Blaine Webster. The Sportmod feature ran flag to flag on Wednesday night.

The Parker Tree Service Hobby Stock feature saw a first lap melee sideline a couple fast drivers as Aaron Martin ended up in the first turn wall with Rick Goldsberry’s car partially under the 73 of Martin. When the race restarted it was Dustin Griffiths advancing from a 4^th row start to win his second Hobby Stock feature in a row. Griffiths took a comfortable win ahead of Rick VanDusseldorp and Brad Stephens, who had the feature in the early going.

The Dirt N Asphalt Sport Compact feature saw a field of 16 drivers take the green for their main event. Jaden Delonjay shot to the front quickly from a third row start and went on to race to the checkers first ahead of Clayton Webster.

It took Robert Bell nearly 30 years to win his first feature, it only took two weeks for Bell to win his second. Bell raced to the win in the 10 lap Non-Wing Sprint Car feature win.

Racing will continue on Wednesday, June 2^nd with 2021 Hall of Fame Voting night at the races. All in attendance will have the opportunity to cast a ballot for the class of 2021 to be inducted into the Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame.

Due to a couple of rainouts racing will be held on Wednesday, June 9^th. This is a change to the original schedule, A full program of weekly racing will be held on June 9^th

Wednesday, May 26 SIS Feature Results (top 5)

MidState Machine Stock Cars

1. 14 Derrick Agee-Moberly, MO
2. 22R Todd Reitzler-Grinnell
3. 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
4. 4M Brett Lowry-Ottumwa
5. 409 Howard Gordon Jr.-Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa Quality Rental Sportmods

1. 30M Maguire DeJong-Montezuma
2. 53 Logan Anderson-Eddyville
3. 7 Blaine Webster-Ottumwa
4. 29 Colton Livezy-New Sharon
5. 26 Scott Brau-Brooklyn

Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks

1. 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
2. 1R Rick VanDusseldorp-Oskaloosa
3. 55 Brad Stephens-Bussey
4. 3 Travis Bunnell-Hedrick
5. 01 Austin Barnes-Des Moines

Dirt N Asphalt Sport Compacts

1. 3 Jaden DeLonjay-Quincy
2. 15 Clayton Webster-Ottumwa
3. 52 Billy Cain-Bloomfield
4. 32D Jeffrey DeLonjay-Quincy
5. 41 Nathan Moody-Oskaloosa

Non-Wing Sprints

1. 71 Robert Bell-Colfax
2. 11B Ben Woods-Newton
3. 25 Kelly Graham-Hedrick
4. 12 Doug Sylvester-Ottumwa
5. 7X Lance Silvers-Ottumwa