By Jerry Mackey
OSKALOOSA — The second night of racing action in 2025 was run on Wednesday night with the racing taking place with a threat of wet weather closing in on the Mahaska County Fairgrounds. The fans were treated to quite the light show as the skies were filled with Lightening just north of the Speedway. The racing action went off without a hitch as the night of racing featuring 7 main events was run with the final checkers waving just prior to 9:20 pm.
The race program started off with the conclusion of the opening night three main events that were not run due to the rain shortened program on April 30th. The first main event to take to the track was the Mid States Machine Stock Cars that were lined up with four laps completed and ten to go for their make up feature. Dustin Griffiths led in the early going before The 30M of Maguire DeJong was able to move out front. Brayton Carter was able to get past Griffiths late in the race and went on to finish second to DeJong and just ahead of Griffiths on the final lap.
Next up was the makeup main event for the Oskaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmods. Brayton Carter Started behind all the qualified cars from a week earlier but the 01 of “Speedy Bray” proved to be too much for all the other competitors and worked to the front quickly and went on to score a comfortable win ahead of Kyle Harwood and Colton Livezey.
The opening nights racing sponsored by KBOE Radio was concluded with the running of the Parker Tree Service Hobby Stock feature. Dustin Griffiths started off his defense of his track Championship from 2024 in the Hobby Stock Class by taking the win. Griffiths drew the front row and proved that he again will be the man to beat in Osky in 2025 in the Hobby Stock Class. Griffiths took the win as the runner up spot was hotly contested between Peyton Stephens who ended up taking the spot ahead of Kris Walker and Keaton Gordon.
The qualifying heats were run in very quick fashion as the light show to the north of the Fairgrounds was underway. The Mid States Machine Stock Cars were first up for the DeJong Manufacturing sponsored race night. Dustin Griffiths continued his very successful opening night as he raced to the feature win ahead of a very pesky Derrick Agee. The 14 of Agee battled with Griffiths the entire race before settling for the second position ahead of the 30M of Maguire Dejong.
The Stout Trucking Sport Compacts took center stage next with teammates Seth Meinders and Clayton Webster occupying the front row. Webster led the fist lap before mechanical woes slowed the 15 car. Meinders went on to score the win ahead of the opening night winner Brandon Pickney. Michael Gardner drove his sharp looking number 46 to a third place finish.
The Oskaloosa Quality Rentals Sportmod main event saw defending track champion, Kyle Harwood lead the main event all the way to the white flag before Brayton Carter was able to move around the outside of Harwood and go on to complete a clean sweep in the Sportmod class. Harwood would finish second ahead of Colton Livezey.
The night would come to a close with the Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks entertaining the fans with another hotly contested main event. When the final checkered flag of the night waved it was Dustin Griffiths completing a clean sweep in the Hobby Stocks. Griffiths was able to move past early leaders Peyton Stephens and Kris Walker and race on the win. The second position was swapped back and forth with Stephens holding off Walker at the checkers for the runner up spot.
Wednesday, May 14th will be Nutrient Ag Hall of Fame voting night at the Southern Iowa Speedway with a full night of racing and all drivers will be racing for a greatly enhanced race purse. Thanks to the Southern Iowa Fair board and all of our track side sponsors the drivers will have the opportunity to race for lots of extra money without paying any extra to take part in the racing program. The grandstand’s will also remain at the low regular admission prices. Hot laps will get underway at 7:15 pm with racing to follow.
