By Jerry Mackey:

Oskaloosa, Iowa: The 2022 Southern Iowa Fair hosted the 4^th annual Caleb Hammond Memorial races on Tuesday, July 19^th with a packed grandstand enjoying an action packed night of racing which hosted a season high 91 race teams.

The Midstate Machine Stock Car main event took the green flag with 20 drivers in contention for the $1,000 winners share of the over $17,000 total purse. Nathan Wood took the lead early but was never able to move away from the pack as the lead group of cars swelled to five drivers battling it out for the front. As the the laps wound down Cayden Carter found the extreme low side of the ½ mile to his liking, and was able to get around Wood and race to the win. Carter has been driving a car owned by Michael Petersen and the combination has proven very successful. Carter stated in victory lane, “slower is better.” Carter was referring to the slick track which did not require a strong motor to be competitive. Wood crossed under the checkers in second ahead of Derrick Agee and Damon Murty.

The Oskaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmods also paid $1,000 to the winner on Tuesday night. The large payout brought many of the best Sportmod drivers to the Southern Iowa Speedway. When the checkers flew it was 17 year old track regular Maguire DeJong pulling his #30M machine into victory lane. DeJong took the lead on lap number four from Brayton Carter and went on to lead the remainder of the 16 lap feature. Following the interview in victory lane DeJong invited all the kids in the grandstands to follow him to the concession stands where DeJong treated all the kids to free candy. Carter finished second ahead of Logan Anderson and Carter VanDenBerg.

29 Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks signed in on Tuesday night making for an action packed feature race. Luke Ramsey led the field for several laps before 10^th starting Eric Stanton was able to get to the front and take over the top spot. Stanton went on to race to the checkers first ahead of Dustin Griffiths and Trevor Tanner.

Season long point leader, Terry Bickford, was not to be denied on Tuesday night as he raced to the win in the Dirt N Asphalt Sport Compact class. Nate Chandler led for several laps before Bickford was able to move into the lead with two laps remaining. Chandler finished second ahead of Seth Meinders.

Ben Woods continued his mastery of the SIS ½ mile by winning the Clow Valve Company non-wing sprint car feature race. Wood took the lead in the main event just past the midway from Doug Sylvester and went on to record the win.

Season Championship racing will be held at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday, July 27^th with hot laps taking to the track at 7:15 pm.

Caleb Hammond Memorial Southern Iowa Speedway Tuesday, July 19

Feature Results (top Five)

MidState Machine Stock Cars

1. 1X Cayden Carter-Oskaloosa
2. 52 Nathan Wood-Sigourney
3. 14 Derrick Agee-Moberly, MO
4. 99D Damon Murty-Chelsea
5. 74 Brock Haines-Fairfield

Osklaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmods

1. 30M Maguire DeJong-Montezuma
2. 01 Brayton Carter-Oskaloosa
3. 53 Logan Anderson-Eddyville
4. 7V Carer VanDenberg-Oskaloosa
5. 198 Sam Wieben-Dysart

Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks

1. 7B Eric Stanton-Carlisle
2. 10G Dustin Griffiths-Hedrick
3. 33T Trevor Tanner-Knoxville
4. 1R Rick VanDusseldorp-Oskaloosa
5. 73 Aaron Martin-Delta

Dirt N Asphalt Sport Compacts

1. 63B Terry Bickford-Shannon City
2. 22 Nathan Chandler-Norway
3. 16 Seth Meinders-Ottumwa
4. 2M Matt Moore-Ottumwa
5. 0 Bob Hayes-New Sharon

Clow Valve Company Non-Wing Sprints

1. 11B Ben Woods-Newton
2. 12 Doug Sylvester-Ottumwa
3. 25 Kelly Graham-Hedrick
4. 17 Steve Pumphrey-Fairfield
5. T4 Tyler Graves-Chariton