By Jason Orth

Eagle, Neb., (July 29, 2006) – Jay Russell notched his first ever Budweiser Championship Sprint victory at Eagle Raceway in his first full time campaign at the 1/3-mile oval. Jim Musel picked up his first win in the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks while Neil Pella also won for the first time in the Tuner division. Chris Alcorn dominated the last half of the 20-lap Sobe NoFear IMCA Modified A feature Saturday night to win his second A feature in a row and his fourth in six races. Coupled with two second place runs in that six-race span, he took over the point lead from six-time Modified champ Mike Meyer.

It was a rough night for some drivers. Dean Chadd flipped hard down the front stretch wall in his sprint heat, taking out the flagstand. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the flagstand was brought back quickly. Harm Rogman crashed hard into turn one on the opening lap of the Tuner A feature, while Adrian Dover’s run for the first Tuner championship at Eagle suffered a setback as she was involved in an opening-lap crash ending her night.

Once racing got underway Neil Pella took the early lead in the 10-lap feature. Justin Busboom gave chase along with Kevin Kuker. Busboom took control of second coming out of turn two on the final lap and tried to take the win, but Pella held off the challenge for the victory.

Jim Musel took the lead early on the opening lap of the Hobby Stock A feature. With six laps remaining Mike Hansen and Don Hall Jr. made it a three-way battle for the lead. On the final lap Hansen tried to dive underneath Musel for the win but it wasn’t enough as he trailed by just a car length at the flag. Hall finished third with Rich Small coming home fourth.

Dusty Anderson and Lucas Robinson battled throughout the early stages of the 20-lap Modified feature, with Robinson taking the lead on lap 12. Meanwhile, Chris Alcorn charged from the eighth row to fourth place by that time and slipped underneath the top three to take the lead with seven laps remaining. From there, Alcorn hugged the bottom groove and left the field behind, winning by a straightaway over Robinson. Doug Deterding came home third ahead of Rik Gropp and Anderson.

Brad Krutz dominated most of the first half of the 25-lap Sprint A feature on a track that now was race-worn and dry. But Jay Russell began to challenge, running the still fast high groove and closed in on Krutz with eleven laps down. He took the lead coming out of turn four and just before Mark Pace spun in turn three to bring out the yellow flag.

Adam Gullion began to challenge for the win with bold moves, and ran down Russell as the field hit lapped traffic with two laps to go. Gullion tried to make the move low in turn one on the final lap, but was held up by the lapped car of Rob Lipker. The loss of momentum allowed Russell enough breathing room to take his first ever win at Eagle. Gullion finished second, with point leader Mike Boston strengthening his advantage with a third place finish.

Bernie Bryan won an old timer’s race against names from Eagle Raceway’s past. Driving the feature-winning tuner of Neil Pella he held off a last-lap dash to the finish from Ed Bowes to win the race. JJ Riggins finished third.


Championship Sprints

B Feature
1) 13F Larry Pinegar, II
2) 14G Gene Ackland
3) 71X Kellen Love
4) 31 Mark Pace
5) 45 Jeff Lowery
6) 2a Randy Hibbs
7) 28 Ken Klabunde
8) 19J Jay Jordan
9) 24J Jeffrey Reiman
10) 9j Mark Schmidt
11) 6G Bryan Gossell
12) 20d Daniel Nekolite
13) 17B Jason Becker
14) 6 Nick Bryan
15) 3G Bill Garrow
16) 4c Dean Chadd

A Feature
1) 76 Jay Russell
2) 96KX Adam Gullion
3) 51 Mike Boston
4) 23 Terry Holliman
5) 53 Jack Dover
6) 18 Ryan Roberts
7) 14 Josh Riggins
8) 3 Jeff Griffis
9) 77 John Klabunde
10) 84 Toby Chapman
11) 13F Larry Pinegar, II
12) 14G Gene Ackland
13) 31 Mark Pace
14) 23R Tadd Holliman
15) 71 Tige Jensen
16) 71X Kellen Love
17) 7L Rob Lipker
18) 17 Gage Dorr
19) 91 Brad Krutz
20) 13 Seth Brahmer


IMCA Modifieds

B Feature
1) 8 Larry Goertz
2) 7 Bob Ruisinger
3) 52 Sean Manning
4) 27M Brian Murphy
5) 33m Mike Molle
6) 10K Don McCown
7) 95B Nic Bonney
8) 1M Mike Anderson
9) 21F Ryan Fuchser

B Feature #2
1) 11AA Ed Raines
2) 4JR David Jewett Jr.
3) 00 Tim Pickens
4) 3A Aaron Pella
5) 19 Scott Anderson
6) B9 Sean Burkland
7) 44 Tom Lenz
8) 24x Darren Hosick
9) 33j Josh Pfeifer
10) 75J Jesse Robinson
11) 29 Jeff Mazza

A Feature
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 95R Lucas Robinson
3) 13 Doug Deterding
4) V45 Rik Gropp
5) 8A Dusty Anderson
6) 21T Tracy Harr
7) 4JR David Jewett Jr.
8) 12X George Haney
9) 11AA Ed Raines
10) 2M Mike Meyer
11) 8 Larry Goertz
12) 7 Bob Ruisinger
13) 21 Phil Penney
14) 24T Terry Hurt
15) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
16) 42K Jan Korth
17) 11X Steve Devitt
18) 5ST Dan Wayman
19) 3W Stacey Wilhelm
20) 27 Clint Homan


IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature
1) 9t Jim Musel
2) 94 Mike Hansen
3) 92 Don Hall Jr.
4) 1x Rich Small
5) 86 Justin Wulf
6) 21 Derick Noonan
7) M70 Rick Munson
8) 3K Jerry Keaton
9) 57 Brian Cudly
10) 9 Rex Schreiner
11) 42 Rob Brown
12) 10 Brad Schreiner
13) 28B Rick Bradley
14) 67 Jason Halagarda
15) 3c Colby Johnson
16) 1R RJ Macku
17) 32 Trevor Kropp
18) 53 Jeff Kros
19) 98 Daniel Jackson
20) 93 Thom Marsh
21) 4 Troy Mencke
22) 95 Max Sharpe


Tuners (Hornets)

A Feature
1) 3N Neil Pella
2) 62 Justin Busboom
3) 1K Kevin Kuker
4) 0 Rich White
5) 2 Dan Rhiley
6) 00 Barry Kinnersley
7) 44 Jack Prall III
8) 67 Jack Prall Jr.
9) 0k Maynard Kinnersley
10) 0r Amanda Rhiley
11) 2k Kyle Schamp
12) 3x Jake Brinson
13) 11 Doug Kress
14) B32 Brian Haller
15) 10J Doug Lyons
16) 09 Harm Rogman
17) 01 Adrian Dover
18) 3 Harry White

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/30/06) On a beautiful Nebraska night, a capacity crowd filled Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway for Carl Edwards / Clint Bowyer Night Presented by Jack Daniel's. However, three local names would steal the show as Chris Spieker won the first annual Race of Champions, Ed Kosiski took the checkers in the Dodge Super Latemodels, and Kyle Berck grabbed the Grand National feature win at the 4/10 of a mile dirt oval.

The first annual I-80 Speedway Race of Champions would have Alex Humphrey and Clint Bowyer lead the field to the green flag. Neither would lead the first lap as third place starter Brian Harris jumped to the early lead. Harris would lead the first five circuits until lap six when the #33z of Kyle Berck would motor his way to the point. Lap ten would see the only caution period of the race as Ed Kosiski came to a stop in turn two. After the restart, the event would turn into a two horse race between Berck and the 2004 I-80 Speedway Track Champion Chris Spieker. Spieker and Berck would race side by side for many laps until Spieker's #33 would finally get by to take the lead on lap 18. Berck wouldn't give up so easily as he would get back by Spieker with only four laps to go. Spieker would stay on the top of the track and pass Berck on the next lap, this time for good. Spieker would go on to take the win in the 25 lap event; followed by Berck, Kelly Boen, Jason Hobsheidt, and Joe Kosiski.

The 25 lap NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series "A" feature event saw Jerry Warner take the early race lead from his outside row two starting spot. Warner would stay out front with Bryant Goldsmith running second when the yellow flew for a spinning Alonzo Grosse. When the race got back under way it was still Warner out front, but Ed Kosiski would jump into second after restarting fifth. Kosiski would then pass Warner on lap 15. Ed Kosiski then drove his #9 Dodge to his first win of the season. Joe Kosiski finished second. Goldsmith and Warner were third and fourth. Kyle Berck would bring home fifth.

Bill Bader Jr. would grab the early lead in the 18 lap Home Pride Modified feature. Lap six would see outside front row starter Bob Zoubek get by Bader for the top spot. The big mover of the night was the #96j of Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff. "Jet" would pull into the second position on lap seven, he would then race Zoubek for the win. Saathoff would get along side of Zoubek's #5s, but he could not make the pass. Zoubek went on to win his first race of the season. Saathoff, Bill Hull, Mike Johnson, and Randy Foote rounded out the top five.

After winning the "B" Feature, Nextel Cup Rookie Clint Bowyer drove to a seventh place finish in his #79 modified.

The Grand National "A" main would see a six car accident on lap one, with Nextel Cup star Carl Edwards getting the worse end of the deal. When racing resumed it was Carl's little brother Kenny taking the lead in his #25. Kenny Edwards would jump to a straightaway lead until lap nine when Rookie Dwane Pospisil would spin. When the yellow flag came out, third position belonged to veteran Kyle Berck. Berck would pass both Edwards and second place runner Dave Cook on the restart, he would then drive on to victory. Points Leader Dave Livingston would finish second, followed by Kenny Edwards, Dave Doll, and Rick Stolley.

Just like in the Modified, Clint Bowyer would win the Grand National "B" feature. He would then race his #07 Jack Daniel's machine to a seventh place in the feature.

Jesse Sobbing would win the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock feature event after first and second place runners Chuck Madden Jr and Josh True tangled on the last lap. Sobbing picked up the $100 Tom & Tiff's Family Restaurant bonus. Tom Myers, Rick Munson, Jeremy Auten, and Bob Kracher rounded out the top five.

With this being the last week to get into the Chase for the Championship, the following drivers made the top ten in points.

Dodge Super Latemodels: Joe Kosiski, Ed Kosiski, Leon Zeitner, Al Zeitner, Bryant Goldsmith, Scott Koskovich, Billy Leighton Jr., Clint Benson, Jeff Tilley, and Mike Wallace.

Home Pride Modifieds: Brian Foote, Mike Johnson, Jerimiah Sillman, Justin Clark, Scott Carlson, Bill Bader Jr., Mike Meyer, Nick Carlson, J.C. Wyman, and Mike Lineberry.

Grand National: Dave Livingston, Dave Doll, Dave Cook, Harley Moen, Joey Bauer, Brian Scott, Brad Soll, Jody Krug, Ron Tilley, and Todd Hipnar.

Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks: Jesse Sobbing, Tom Myers, Jeremy Auten, Chad Bassinger, Josh True, Justin Leach, Bob Kracher, George Whitmore, Greg Houdesheldt, and Jeremy Smith.



I-80 Speedway Results From 07/30/06

I-80 Race of Champions

1) 33 Chris Spieker, 2) 33z Kyle Berck, 3) 25 Kelly Boen, 4) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 5) 96 Joe Kosiski, 6) 07 Clint Bowyer, 7) 12 Brian Harris, 8) j1 Steve Kosiski, 9) 4k Josh Krug, 10) 50 Dave Livingston, 11) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 12) 3 John Anderson, 13) 99 Carl Edwards, 14) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 15) 40 Shawn Harker, 16) 6 Alex Humphrey, 17) 41 John Hampel, 18) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 19) 85a Eddie Moore, 20) 97d Ed Kosiski.

Dodge Super Latemodel:

"A" Feature: 1) 9 Ed Kosiski, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 4) 89 Jerry Warner, 5) 14 Kyle Berck, 6) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 7) 92 Josh Most, 8) 56 Chris Spieker, 9) 76 Al Zeitner, 10) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 11) 1L Mike Wallace, 12) 00 Clint Benson, 13) 33 Jeff Tilley, 14) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 15) 10 Jay Stewart, 16) 17m Eddie Moore, 17) 4 Russ Haden, 18) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 19) 80 Scott Koskovich, 20) 1t Vance Tonack, 21) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 22) 4d5 Rob Wagner, 23) 71 Joe Julian, 24) 62 Leon Zeitner.

"B" Feature: 1) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 2) 33 Jeff Tilley, 3) 80 Scott Koskovich, 4) 4 Russ Haden, 5) 50j Jay Cooper, 6) 8a Dustin Andersen, 7) 1m Todd Bell, 8) z62 Justin Zeitner, 9) 21 Mike Nanfito, 10) 8c Chad Andersen, 11) 82 Robbie Andersen.

Heat 1: 1) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 2) 14 Kyle Berck, 3) 76 Al Zeitner, 4) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 5) 4d5 Rob Wagner, 6) 21 Mike Nanfito.

Heat 2: 1) 62 Leon Zeitner, 2) 9 Ed Kosiski, 3) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 4) 71 Joe Julian, 5) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 6) 19d Jason Hobsheidt.

Heat 3: 1) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 92 Josh Most, 4) 1t Vance Tonack, 5) 10 Jay Stewart, 6) 8c Chad Andersen.

Heat 4: 1) 89 Jerry Warner, 2) 56 Chris Spieker, 3) 00 Clint Benson, 4) 1L Mike Wallace, 5) 17m Eddie Moore, 6) 4 Russ Haden.

Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 5s Bob Zoubek, 2) 96j Johnny Saathoff, 3) 32 Bill Hull, 4) 3x Mike Johnson, 5) 37f Randy Foote, 6) 4 J.C. Wyman, 7) 79 Clint Bowyer, 8) 43x Dan Mueller, 9) 43 Brian Foote, 10) 00 Mike Goldfuss, 11) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 12) 74 Justin Clark, 13) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 14) 2m Mike Meyer, 15) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 16) 1c Nick Carlson, 17) 1s Scott Carlson, 18) 1m Robert Brinkman, 19) 53 Staci Stava, 20) 20m Mark Leiting, 21) 72 Mike Lineberry, 22) q37 Allison Quick, 23) 21j Jeremy Leiting, 24) 44 Jonnie Wyman.

"B" Feature: 1) 79 Clint Bowyer, 2) 43x Dan Mueller, 3) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 4) 20m Mark Leiting, 5) 1c Nick Carlson, 6) 72 Mike Lineberry, 7) 1 Jeremy Holdapp, 8) 4f Tom Flegg, 9) 48 Kyle Harpster, 10) h1 Lowell Holland, 11) 53x Doug Burgess.

Heat 1: 1) 3x Mike Johnson, 2) 21j Jeremy Leiting, 3) 00 Mike Goldfuss, 4) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 5) 96j Johnny Saathoff, 6) 1s Scott Carlson.

Heat 2: 1) 5s Bob Zoubek, 2) 37f Randy Foote, 3) 32 Bill Hull, 4) 74 Justin Clark, 5) q37 Allison Quick, 6) 43 Brian Foote.

Heat 3: 1) 4 J.C. Wyman, 2) 2m Mike Meyer, 3) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 4) 53 Staci Stava, 5) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 6) 1m Robert Brinkman.

Grand Nationals

"A" Feature: 1) 33z Kyle Berck, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 25 Kenny Edwards, 4) 97d Dave Doll, 5) 10 Rick Stolley, 6) 20 Randy Archer, 7) 07 Clint Bowyer, 8) t3 Gary Leapley, 9) j1 Harley Moen, 10) 12 Todd Hipnar, 11) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 12) 50 Brad Soll, 13) 88 Brian Scott, 14) 56 Jason Longmeyer, 15) 40 Shawn Harker, 16) 56t Ron Tilley, 17) 22m Trevor Millikan, 18) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 19) 9 Dave Cook, 20) 3 Mike Wallace, 21) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 22) 6 Alex Humphrey, 23) 99 Carl Edwards, 24) 93 Kevin Gigax.

"B" Feature: 1) 07 Clint Bowyer, 2) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 3) 88 Brian Scott, 4) 40 Shawn Harker, 5) 55d Curt Drake, 6) 35 Kelly Boen, 7) 5s Marty Steinbach, 8) 33 Chris Spieker, 9) 5 Mike Svagera, 10) 15 Jase Kaser, 11) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 12) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 13) 9x Kathy Cook, 14) 41 Scott Green, 15) 91 Steve Farnsworth.

Heat 1: 1) 20 Randy Archer, 2) 56 Jason Longmeyer, 3) 10 Rick Stolley, 4) t3 Gary Leapley, 5) 50 Brad Soll, 6) 07 Clint Bowyer.

Heat 2: 1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 99 Carl Edwards, 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) j1 Harley Moen, 5) 93 Kevin Gigax, 6) 88 Brian Scott.

Heat 3: 1) 33z Kyle Berck, 2) 22m Trevor Millikan, 3) 9 Dave Cook, 4) 12 Todd Hipnar, 5) 3 Mike Wallace, 6) 83 Joey Bauer Jr.

Heat 4: 1) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 56t Ron Tilley, 4) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 5) 6 Alex Humphrey, 6) 40 Shawn Harker.

Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks:

"A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 7 Tom Myers, 3) m70 Rick Munson, 4) 6a Jeremy Auten, 5) 66 Bob Kracher, 6) 26 Nate Thompson, 7) 1 Justin Leach, 8) 4x Chad Bassinger, 9) 2x Chuck Madden Jr., 10) 2t Josh True, 11) 3k Jerry Keaton, 12) 12g Jeremy Ribbey, 13) 4 George Whitmore, 14) 40 Mike Mass, 15) 9 Roger Timperley, 16) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 17) 26x Ron Allen, 18) 5 Josh Sink.

Heat 1: 1) 6a Jeremy Auten, 2) 7 Tom Myers, 3) 2x Chuck Madden Jr., 4) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 5) 66 Bob Kracher, 6) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal.

Heat 2: 1) 4x Chad Bassinger, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) m70 Rick Munson, 4) 1 Justin Leach, 5) 3k Jerry Keaton, 6) 9 Roger Timperley.

FEYEN, NIXON, DOVER TAKE FEATURE WINS AT I-80;
HOBSCHEIDT MAKES IT 2 IN A ROW

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 7/29/06) The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Race at I-80 Speedway
had repeat winners in every class except the Pro-Hornets. Joe Feyen, Harry Nixon,
Trish Dover, Amanda Leonardo and Jason Hobscheidt were the repeat winners,
while Travis Meyer and Corey Askeland were first time feature winners in the Pro-Hornet Class.

The first feature on the track was the Certified Transmission Pro-am class, where
Feyen started on the pole and led all the way for his 2nd win of the year. But the exciting
part of the race was the battle for positions behind Feyen. Thad Thomson, Scotty Hartman, Rick Negrete and Shawn Bulin all battled for 2nd place. Hartman passed
Thomson on lap 7, but then on lap 10 Hartman lost it coming out of turn 2. Negrete
tapped him just enough to straighten him out so he would’nt spin. Thomson took
advantage and reclaimed second with Bulin closing fast to take third away from
Hartman and Negrete rounded out the top 5

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets were up next. In the first feature Cory Askeland
Drove his best race of the season to take the win over Darin Hoegren and Joe McConnell.
In the second feature Travis Meyer grabbed the early lead from his outside front row
Start and was never challenged in leading wire to wire. Lindsey Yost drove an outstanding race to take second ahead of Brandon Wergin.

The B-Mod feature saw 14 cars take the green with Jim Fritz having an early battle with Jim Hendricks. Hendricks was in the lead after 1 lap. But Fritz took the lead on lap 3.
Lacey Tuttle moved into 2nd on lap 6, but could’nt catch Fritz. Meanwhile point leader
Harry Nixon was battling back from an early race incident that put him at the back of
the field. Nixon took 2nd from Tuttle on lap 9 and set his sights on Fritz, who is second in points. On the last lap Fritz spunout out of turn two and Nixon took advantage and picked
up his 6th win of the year. Tuttle, in probably her best race of the season, held on to finish
second ahead of Daryl Weilage and Larry Robinson Sr.

In the Trade Center Automotive/Trail Performance Coatings 305 Sprint feature co-point
leader Trish Dover jumped out front early from her outside front row start and sped to
a big lead before a car spinning in turn 2 brought out the yellow flag. But on the restart
Dover stayed out front in winning her third feature in four nights of racing. The other
half of the point leading duo, Matthew Stelzer finished 2nd ahead of Michael Oliver
and Steve Furst.

In the TFN Novice Hornet feature Amanda Leonardo led from wire to wire in picking
Up her second win of the year over point leader Nate Christensen.

The Dodge Crate Late Models started the night with excitement when Dave Livingston got the worst end of a 2 car wreck on the opening lap. He got sideways in turn one and and Kent Schimenti hit him and caused him to flip. Livingston was ok but his car was done for the night.
Veteran driver Ron Tilley jumped to the early lead and led the first 7 laps before a
yellow flag bunched everyone up behind him. It was during this race stoppage when the
third turn lights went out. When they came back on Jason “The Hooterville Hustler”
Hobscheidt made quick work in taking the lead and a close win over Bill Leighton Jr.
For Hobscheidt it was his third win of the year and his second straight. Leighton will
lead the top ten into the Race for the Chase. Kelly Boen drove Kortney Kosiski’s late
model and finished 12th behind Livingston, who borrowed Robbie Kosiski’s car.

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the Crate
Late Models, Pro-ams, B-Mods, Pro-Hornets and Novice Hornets. Hot laps are
at 6:30 with the first green flag dropping at 7. It will Coca Cola Night and will
also have the kids bike races.


Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
Division IV
Dodge Crate Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, Nehawka, 2) 28 Bill Leighton, Omaha, 3)
4k Josh Krug, Omaha, 4) 3 Mike Wallace, Carter Lake, 5) 97d Dave Doll,
Bennington, 6) 56t Ron Tilley, Glenwood, Ia., 7) 33 Jeff Tilley, Glenwood, Ia.,
8) 25x Kenny Edwards, Columbia, Mo. , 9) 40 Shawn Harker, Nebraska City,
10) 50 Brad Soll, Arlington, Ne., 11) 17 Dave Livingston, Blair, 12) 35 Kelly
Boen, Henderson, Co., 13) 2x Scott Carlson, Co. Bluffs, 14) 22 Kent Schimenti,
Yutan, Ne., 15) 20 Randy Archer, Glenwood, Ia., 16) 92k Jacob Brown, Omaha,
17) 2d Todd Morgan, Bellevue, Ne., 18) 8x Ron Tex Jr., Papillion, Ne.,
19) 41 Scott Green, Omaha, 20) 25 Brad Perdue, Co. Bluffs, 21) 7 Gary Joens Jr,
Elkhorn, Ne., 22) 21x Brent Baker, Omaha, 23) 18 Laini Schwartz, Omaha,
24) 84 Brandon Young, Haubstat, In., 25) 85a Robbie Kosiski, Papillion(DNS)
26) 22m Trevor Millikan, Omaha(DNS)

1st Heat: 1) Wallace, 2) Doll, 3) Joens, 4) Harker, 5) Brown, 6) Schwartz

2nd Heat: 1) Hobscheidt, 2) Tex, 3) Perdue, 4) Soll, 5) Baker, 6) Kosiski

3rd Heat: 1) Carlson, 2) R. Tilley, 3) Morgan, 4) Leighton, 5) Krug, 6) Boen

Certified Transmission Pro-ams

A-Feature: 1) 25x Joe Feyen, 2) T72 Thad Thomson, 3) 36 Shawn Bulin,
4) 88 Scotty Hartman, 5) 72 Rick Negrete, 6) 64 Nick Hermsen, 7) 24 Don
Mohr, 8) 12 Terry Cleveland, 9) 49x Chad Sanders, 10) 8 Nick Steier,
11) 71x Jeff Kupke, 12) 2 Steve Peoples, 13) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 14) 49
Jeff Atkins, 15) 35 Rich Steier, 16) 20 Mike Gillespie, 17) 83 Mike
Houston, 18) 10 Ryan Branz, 19) 28 Mike Powell, 20) 71 Ken Simmerman,
21) 85 John Riggleman

1st Heat: 1) Bulin, 2) Hartman, 3) Mohr, 4) Hermsen, 5) Sanders, 6) Kupke

2nd Heat: 1) Thomson, 2) Feyen, 3) Negrete, 4) Cleveland, 5) Gillespie, 6) Steier

3rd Heat: 1) Hartman, 2) N. Steier, 3) Dillon, 4) Gillespie, 5) Powell

B-Mods

A-Feature: 1) 5 Harry Nixon, 2) Z00 Lacey Tuttle, 3) 52 Daryl Weilage,
4) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 5) 33 Jim Hendricks, 6) 48 Kyle Harpster,
7) 16 Tim Pritchett, 8) 21 Jim Fritz, 9) 53x Doug Burgess, 10) 20 Ben
Romey, 11) 52x Mike Christiansen, 12) 0H Scott Plantz, 13) 6 Bret
Sheppard, 14) 27 Jason Kohl(DNS)

1st Heat: 1) Fritz, 2) Christiansen, 3) Tuttle, 4) Burgess, 5) Plantz, 6)
Sheppard

2nd Heat: 1) Nixon, 2) Hendricks, 3) Weilage, 4) Robinson, 5) Pritchett,
6) Kohl

Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets

1st A-Feature: 1) 28 Cory Askeland, 2) 19 Darin Hoegren, 3) 36 Joe
McConnell, 4) 81 Steve England, 5) 10 Joe Thomas, 6) 15 Jamie
Spanel, 7) 78 Randy Allen, 8) 95 Cody Kennedy, 9) 68 Tony Barnes,
10) 33 Tim Shidler, 11) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 12) Ole Olson, 13) 67x
Michael Bockman


2nd A-Feature: 1) 4 Travis Meyer, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 61b Brandon
Wergin, 4) 99 Rick Havenridge, 5) 96 Cory Hutchison, 6) 30 Kevin
Stanzel, 7) 16j Perry Soule, 8) 85 Mike Kennedy, 9) 9x Joe Baker,
10) 61 Chuck Wergin, 11) B52 Skip Brown, 12) 18 Bryan Adams,
13) 22 Mike Boehmer, 14) 13 James Hayes

Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 96 Amanda Leonardo, 2) 37 Nate Christensen, 3) 33
Steve McConnell, 4) 57 Kelson Kurtzer, 5) 16j Justin Soule, 6) 60
Thomas Liechti, 7) 38 Will McConnell, 8) B52 Nathan Brown,
9) 22 Eric Fryman, 10) 35 Jodie Novak, 11) 4 Deanna Wallace,
12) 78 Trish Hultgren, 13) 68 Ridge Barnes, 14) 5 Tyler Mass,
15) 97s Sarah Doll, 16) 23 Lynn Carlson, 17) 13 Bryan Hull

Trade Center Automotive/Trail Performance Coating 305 Sprint Cars

A-Feature: 1) 9t Tridh Dover, 2) 99 Matthew Stelzer, 3) 96.1 Michael
Oliver, 4) 45 Steve Hurst, 5) 36 Marty Stephanson(DNS)

Heat: 1) Stelzer, 2) Hurst, 3) Dover, 4) Oliver, 5) Stephanson

Johnny ‘The Jet”, James Griffith, Nate Canham, Craig Evers, Ryan Roschewski and Roy Armstrong take home wins at Beatrice Speedway.

By Scott Wisdom Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice after racing Greg Metz very tight and clean and putting a show on for the fans took home the win in the IMCA Modifieds on the last lap. Metz, Bob Zoubek, Dan Nelson and Jordy Nelson rounded out the first 5.

James Griffith of Beatrice took command from the start of the IMCA Stock Cars and let too the falling of the checkered flag to take home the win. He was followed across the line by Lance Borgman, Josh Carpenter, Tyler Phelps and David Murk. Nate Canham of Deshler took home the win in the IMCA Sport Compacts followed by Janie Fralin, Garrett Hake, Jay Kreft and Nina Breeden.

Craig Evers of Beatrice took home the win in Limited Modifieds followed by Mike Sherwood, Justin Fritzson, Kevin Vanlaningham and Benji Legg.

Ryan Roschewski of Beatrice took home the win in IMCA Hobby Stocks followed by Jesse Vanlaningham, Kyle Vanover, Travis Runcie and Murray Haugen. Roy Armstrong of Beatrice led Aaron Roth, Gary Laflin, Neal Mittan and Jeff Watts across the line in the Factory Stocks. Results

IMCA Modifieds 1) 96j Johnny Saathoff 2) 29 Greg Metz 3) 5s Bob Zoubek 4) 94 Dan Nelson 5) 4j Jordy Nelson 6) 18k Spencer Sutton 7) 7d Dusty Leonard 8) 44x Tom Petracek 9) s56 Scott Bivens 10) 52L Jason Logan 11) 7b Chris Burk 12) 45m Brandon Johnson 13) 96jp Benji Legg 14) 50 Scott Smith 15) 93L Jason Brinkman 16) 64 Dustin Schmidt 17) 8 Dan McKnight 18) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer 19) 96 Gary Saathoff 20) z34 Brent Schlake IMCA Stock Cars 1) 29j James Griffith 2) 76 Lance Borgman 3) 3 Josh Carpenter 4) 6 Tyler Phelps 5) m30 David Murk 6) 98 Todd Laflin 7) 31 Eric Rempel 8) 21 Jay Holle 9) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny 10) 22 Hugh Carmichael 11) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny

IMCA Sport Compacts 1) 19 Nate Canham 2) 7 Janie Fralin 3) 1h Garrett Hake 4) 82 Jay Kreft 5) 6x Nina Breeden

Limited Modifieds 1) 2x Craig Evers 2) 1x Mike Sherwood 3) 27 Justin Fritzson 4) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham 5) 25 Benji Legg 6) 97 Mark Saathoff 7) 12k Ron Karpisek 8) 92 Justin Hill 9) 1b Bill Lux 10) 8 Dan McKnight 11) 76m Nick Warnke 12) 5 Tom Vanover Jr 13) y85 Joel Hespen 14) 20 Tyler Snyder 15) 3d Daryl Dorn 16) 30 David Jueneman 17) 22 Justin Jurgens 18) 38 Dennis Swett 19) 11 Larry Halsey 20) 24 Daron Williams 21) 14 Mike Snyder

IMCA Hobby Stocks 1) 2 Ryan Roschewski 2) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham 3) 19 Kyle Vanover 4) 33 Travis Runcie 5) 8 Murray Haugen 6) 20 Chad Borgman 7) 34 Max Harder 8) 00 Cody Walters 9) 4t Lisa Wagner 10) d64 Greg Post 11) 95 Billy Parde 12) 7 Matt Fralin 13) 1 Brian Langdale 14) 21 Aron DeWalt 15) 11 Eric Chab 16) 6a Adam Armstrong 17) 66 Justin Fritzson Factory Stocks 1) 6r Roy Armstrong 2) 03 Aaron Roth 3) 9 Gary Laflin 4) 5m Neal Mittan 5) 66 Jeff Watts 6) 7 Jeff Shew 7) 35 Mike Schwartz 8) 69 Tim Hessheimer Sr 9) 6 Ernie Reiss 10) 15s Lyle Slama 11) m64 Matt Post 12) 3 Rodney Latta 13) 34 Aaron Little 14) 6b Travis Burger 15) 54m Gary McGinty 16) 23 Cary Ames 17) 4 Greg Crannell 18) 89 Ronda Mewes

Here's the "telling" moment from Dean Chadd's flip into Eagle's flagstand. I'll have more later.

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (July 28)—A large field of cars gathered at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, July 28, for the first of the 4-night ‘Thunder Series’.

Hometown driver Lonnie Schriner led from green to checkered in the 20-lap IMCA Modified main event to claim his second win of the year and the $1,000 winner’s check. Jon Thompson chased Schriner the entire distance, then was nipped at the finish line by Dusty Blake for the runner-up spot. Larry Sutton and Dustin Daniels rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Thompson, Sutton, Brian Calhoon and Dwight Housh, while Daniels and Jordan Grabouski claimed the 2 B-mains.

Guide Rock’s Matt Streit finally found his way to victory lane in the IMCA Stock Car division. Streit took the lead at the drop of the green in the 20-lap feature and was able to hang on through 3 caution periods to claim his first win at the 3/8-mile oval this season. Eric Rempel won the race for second over Lance Borgman, Brett Behrends and Josh Hudson. Borgman, Cory Struckhoff and Jared Remus won the three heat races.

‘The Bussman’ Jim Buss continued his winning ways in the IMCA Hobby Stock class with his seventh feature win of the year. Wade Wagenblast led the first 9 laps in the 15-lap feature before the Hastings driver took command. However, after a caution flag on lap 12 for Jamie Reiman, Buss was docked one position on the restart for jumping the start on the previous green. But after the green came back out, Buss drove around Wagenblast to take a lead he would not relinquish. Mike Shriver finished in second, followed by Jerry Hudson, Delbert Selvage, and heat one winner Wagenblast. Rocky Zimmerman and Buss were victorious in the other two heat races.

Point leaders Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings started outside pole of the Cruiser feature, jumped to the lead on the opening lap and drove away for their sixth win of the year. Ron & Kent Duffy made a late charge but settled for second, followed by Pat & Joe Hersh. Joe & Jacob Krone won the other heat race.

Racing returns to The Speed Bowl Friday night, August 4, with the regular four divisions in competition. Race time is 8:00 p.m.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock

Heat 1: 1. Wade Wagenblast, 2. Jeromy Wagner, 3. Joe McDole, 4. Delbert Selvage.

Heat 2: 1. Rocky Zimmerman, 2. John Huffman, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Jamie Reiman.

Heat 3: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Mike Shriver, 3. Chase Carraher, 4. Max Harder.

Feature: 1. Buss, 2. Shriver, 3. Hudson, 4. Selvage, 5. Wagenblast, 6. Rhett Kingsbury, 7. McDole, 8. Chad Borgman, 9. Carraher, 10. Jared Lewis, 11. Zimmerman, 12. Kyle Bond, 13. Brad McCoy, 14. Harder, 15. T.C. McCain, 16. Matt Henke, 17. Anthony Martin, 18. Huffman (DNF), 19. Wagner (DNF), 20. Reiman (DNF), 21. Robert Donaly (DNF).
IMCA Stock Car

Heat 1: 1. Lance Borgman, 2. Josh Hudson, 3. Josh Carpenter, 4. Eric Rempel.

Heat 2: 1. Cory Struckhoff, 2. Geoff Jermark, 3. Brett Behrends, 4. Matt Streit.

Heat 3: 1. Jared Remus, 2. Jason Smidt, 3. Jason Davis, 4. Jason McCartney.

Feature: 1. Streit, 2. Rempel, 3. Borgman, 4. Behrends, 5. Hudson, 6. Carpenter, 7. Smidt, 8. Wayne Walker, 9. Davis, 10. McCartney, 11. Ron Olson, 12. Troy Attwood, 13. Brant Beam, 14. Chad Wulf (DNF), 15. Remus (DNF), 16. Struckhoff (DNF), 17. Jason Schoenberger (DNF), 18. Jermark (DNF), 19. Chris Hancock (DNF).
IMCA Modified

Heat 1: 1. Jon Thompson, 2. Lonnie Schriner, 3. Jeff Brooks, 4. Chad Dolan.

Heat 2: 1. Larry Sutton, 2. Lonnie Veteto, 3. Tim Watts, 4. Jeff Linner.

Heat 3: 1. Brian Calhoon, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Greg Metz, 4. Dustin Daniels.

Heat 4: 1. Dwight Housh, 2. Brent Schlake, 3. Wade Cross, 4. Todd Peterson.

B-Feature #1 (top 4 advance): 1. Daniels, 2. Dolan, 3. Joby Hanson, 4. Jason Schoenberger, 5. Devon Housh, 6. Edward Longoria, 7. Jamey Jameson (DNS).

B-Feature #2 (top 4 advance): 1. Jordan Grabouski, 2. Peterson, 3. J. Linner, 4. Caesare Linner, 5. Brandon Blochlinger (DNF), 6. Randy Fogo (DNS).

A-Feature: 1. Schriner, 2. Blake, 3. Thompson, 4. Sutton, 5. Daniels, 6. Dwight Housh, 7. Grabouski, 8. Schlake, 9. Dolan, 10. Schoenberger, 11. Calhoon, 12. Hanson, 13. Peterson, 14. Brooks, 15. J. Linner, 16. C. Linner, 17. Cross (DNF), 18. Watts (DNF), 19. Metz (DNF), 20. Veteto (DNS).
Cruiser

Heat 1: 1. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 2. Ron Duffy/Kent Duffy, 3. Jeremy Teselle/John Lamb, 4. Jesse Taylor/Keith Bary.

Heat 2: 1. Joe Krone/Jacob Krone, 2. Joe Hersh/Pat Hersh, 3. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg, 4. T.J. Jameson/Matthew Niemeyer.

Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Duffy/Duffy, 3. Hersh/Hersh, 4. Teselle/Lamb, 5. Theer/Himmelberg, 6. Jameson/Niemeyer, 7. Taylor/Bary, 8. Josh Graczyk/Adam Cook, 9. Krone/Krone.

I'm having trouble with my emails lately, so if you've sent anything since the 26th, I probably haven't seen it. Sorry for the trouble, and I hope my email provider gets things fixed ASAP.

Modifieds

Heat 1
Pos No. Name Laps
1 95 Dylan Smith
2 21x John Hilger
3 26 Scott Styskal
4 12 Todd Topil
5 3A Aaron Pella
6 5s Bob Zoubek
7 2EZ Mark Kaspar

Heat 2
Pos No. Name Laps
1 3 Chris Alcorn
2 16T Todd Ligenza
3 16k Aaron Kobus
4 H19 Shawn Hilger
5 55 Adam Kobus
6 1z Norm Ziegenbein
7 18M Mike Gaver

Heat 3
Pos No. Name Laps
1 S56 Scott Bivens
2 B18 Jason Gaver
3 96J Johnny Saathoff
4 16 Tom Svoboda
5 66 Jason Harms
6 23 Mike Stearns
7 28N Daniel Neeman

A Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 95 Dylan Smith
2 26 Scott Styskal
3 3 Chris Alcorn
4 16k Aaron Kobus
5 96J Johnny Saathoff
6 S56 Scott Bivens
7 5s Bob Zoubek
8 21x John Hilger
9 66 Jason Harms
10 2EZ Mark Kaspar
11 12 Todd Topil
12 16 Tom Svoboda
13 55 Adam Kobus
14 18M Mike Gaver
15 1z Norm Ziegenbein
16 7w James Kleinheksel
17 H19 Shawn Hilger
18 3A Aaron Pella
19 16T Todd Ligenza
20 28N Daniel Neeman
21 B18 Jason Gaver
22 23 Mike Stearns

360 Sprints
Heat 1
Pos No. Name Laps
1 3R Chad Humston
2 84 Toby Chapman
3 11x Gregg Bakker
4 57x Jake Peters
5 77 John Klabunde
6 18B Ryan Roberts
7 53 Jack Dover
8 13 Seth Brahmer

Heat 2
Pos No. Name Laps
1 11 Garry Lee
2 15x Jon Corbin
3 44D Derek Drown
4 28 Ken Klabunde
5 4 Mike Chadd
6 5B Rick Ideus
7 20 Luke Cranston
8 4M Scott Milan

Heat 3
Pos No. Name Laps
1 14G Gene Ackland
2 94 Natalie Sather
3 1M Billy Alley
4 82 Jason Danley
5 15 Sam Hafertepe
6 18 Tony Bruce
7 6G Bryan Gossel
8 31 Mark Pace

A Feature
Pos No. Name Laps
1 11 Garry Lee
2 11x Gregg Bakker
3 57x Jake Peters
4 15 Sam Hafertepe
5 1M Billy Alley
6 14G Gene Ackland
7 84 Toby Chapman
8 5B Rick Ideus
9 18 Tony Bruce
10 28 Ken Klabunde
11 4 Mike Chadd
12 20 Luke Cranston
13 18B Ryan Roberts
14 77 John Klabunde
15 31 Mark Pace
16 53 Jack Dover
17 82 Jason Danley
18 13 Seth Brahmer
19 6G Bryan Gossel
20 94 Natalie Sather
21 15x Jon Corbin
22 44D Derek Drown
23 3R Chad Humston

Beatrice Speedway will host the Mid States Mud Draggers on Sunday July 30th. The mud drag pits will be located southeast of the racetrack, or straight east of the old horse arena on the Gage County Fairgrounds. There will be two pits for trucks and one pit for ATV's.

This race will be a points race for the Mid States Mud Draggers. Mid States will supply the tech people and timing system. This event is open to any participant. Rules for each class can be found at www.geocities.com/midstatesmuddraggers/mudClasses running will be:Factory Stock ClassStock ClassSuper Stock ClassModified ClassUnlimited Class2 wheel drive ATV's4 wheel drive ATV'sPowder PuffPit Gates will open at 8:00 a.m.Registration will close at 9:30 a.m.

Racing will start at 10:00 a.m.Race vehicle entry fee is $20.00 per class you intend to run.General admission is $5.00, that gets you into the mud drag area (pits or bleachers). Bleacher seating will be along both sides of the mud drag pit area, no parking along the pits. Coolers are allowed (NO GLASS BOTTLES-NO EXCEPTIONS), $5.00 for 50qt or less coolers and $10.00 for anything over 50qt.Directions to the track can be found at

www.beatricespeedway.com

Point of Contact is Tim Fralin 402-223-3158 Leave a message

Finally! Better one week late than never. Here's photos from last Wednesday's show at Eagle Raceway, including a few of the garbage truck jump.

Eagle UMSTS 7-19-06 Photos

Greenwood, NE (7/24/06) NASCAR Nextel Cup Star Clint Bowyer has agreed to drive in the Home Pride Pro Modified Division at I-80 Speedway on July 30th, in addition to the NRP Grand National Division, as Jack Daniels presents Carl Edwards / Clint Bowyer night at I-80 Speedway.

Edwards and Bowyer will be racing in the Grand National Division against I-80 Speedway's own Grand National stars. Bowyer will be in the Jack Daniels sponsored Grand National and Carl Edwards driving the Office Depot/Action 3 News Grand National.

Both NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers will also participate in the 1st Annual Race of Champions, I-80 Speedway's own version of the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Race. It will be the featured race at the end of the evening.

An autograph session will be held from 4:30-5:30 on Sunday, with hotlaps at 6:00 and racing at 6:30pm.

Reserved grandstand tickets are $23.00 per seat for all ages. Bleacher pricing is $18.00 for adults and $15.00 for seniors (62+) and students (11-17). Kids 10 and under are FREE Kids are FREE in bleachers only and are only available on the day of the show. Gates open at 4:30, hot laps are 6:00 and racing action begins at 6:30pm. For further information visit our web site at www.neracewaypark.com
or call our general offices from 9am to 5pm, Monday thru Friday at 402-342-3453."

"This Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th & 26th-two separate Modified shows paying $500.00 to win each night-$50.00 to start each night and no entry or registration fee. Race time is 7:30. Pit Passes are $30.00 each night for the O'Reilly Cornhusker Midget Challenge featuring national midgets and modifieds. Your Tuesday night wrist band gets you into the Holiday Inn Tailgate Party after the Tuesday races. Food and catering provided by Applebee's.

For details and questions, call 402-773-5538 ext 9

www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "The OPEN WHEEL SHOOTOUT is this Friday July 28th featuring the O'Reilly ASCS 360 Winged Sprint Cars plus the Nations Best IMCA Modifieds Presented by Garst Seed Company Pete C. Schmit and Sons of Bellwood, NE. Racing Action Will Start at 8pm for more information call 402-209-0921 or check out butlercountymotorplex.com."

By Scott Wisdom

Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice took home win number 18 on the season in his quest for the 2006 IMCA Modified National Championship. Saathoff took the lead just over half way and went on to the victory. He was chased across the line by Scott Bivens, Tom Petracek, Greg Metz and Dan Bohlmeyer.

Lance Borgman of Beatrice took home his 3rd IMCA Stock Car A Feature win in a row by holding off a hard charging Todd Laflin who came from the back of the pack. He was followed across the line by Laflin, James Griffith, Dallas Dobrovolny and Tyler Phelps.

Benji Legg of Beatrice continued his domination of the Limited Modifieds picking up his 6th win of the season by holding off Craig Evers, Bill Lux, Tom Vanover JR and Tyler Snyder.

Eric Chab of DeWitt picked up his 4th win of the 2006 season at Beatrice Speedway in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Jesse Vanlaningham, Aron DeWalt, Ryan Roschewski and Billy Parde completed the front 5.

Roy Armstrong of Beatrice took home the win in Factory Stocks over Gary Laflin, Jeff Watts, Lyle Slama and Ernie Reiss.

Results

IMCA Modifieds
1) 96j Johnny Saathoff
2) s56 Scott Bivens
3) 44x Tom Petracek
4) 29 Greg Metz
5) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
6) 71m Eric McMillan
7) 94 Dan Nelson
8) z34 Brent Schlake
9) 96jp Jeremy Payne
10) 69 Justin Gregg
11) 45 David Trauernicht
12) 4j Jordy Nelson
13) 96 Gary Saathoff
14) 35d Dwight Housch
15) 15h Carl Hund
16) 45m Brandon Johnson
17) 93L Jason Brinkman
18) 7b Chris Burk
19) 8 Dan Mcknight
20) 13 Deven Housch
21) 69x Bill Bader II
22) 5s Bob Zoubek
23) 52L Jason Logan

IMCA Stock Cars
1) 76 Lance Borgman
2) 98 Todd Laflin
3) 29j James Griffith
4) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny
5) 6 Tyler Phelps
6) 31 Eric Rempel
7) 21 Jay Holle
8) 22 Hugh Carmichael
9) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
10) 3 Josh Carpenter
11) 89 Samuel Howard

Limited Modifieds
1) 25 Benji Legg
2) 2x Craig Evers
3) 1b Bill Lux
4) 5 Tom Vanover Jr
5) 20 Tyler Snyder
6) 27 Justin Fritzson
7) 38 Dennis Swett
8) 76m Nick Warnke
9) 92 Justin Hill
10) 1x Mike Sherwood
11) y85 Joel Hespen
12) 8 Dan McKnight
13) 24 Daron Williams
14) 14 Mike Snyder
15) 11 Larry Halsey
16) 97 Mark Saathoff
17) 12k Ron Karpisek
18) 76 Lawrence Warnke
19) 22 Justin Jurgens
20) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
21) 3d Darrell Dorn

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 11 Eric Chab
2) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham
3) 21 Aron DeWalt
4) 2 Ryan Roschewski
5) 95 Billy Parde
6) 20 Chad Borgman
7) 1 Brian Langdale
8) 19 Kyle Vanover
9) 66 Justin Fritzson
10) 7 Matt Fralin
11) d64 Greg Post
12) 1x Chris Langdale
13) 8 Murray Haugen
14) 4t Lisa Wagner
15) 34 Max Harder
16) 6a Adam Armstrong
17) 32 Trevor Kropp
18) t54 Tom Creek
19) 33 Travis Runcie
20) 00 Cody Walters

Factory Stocks
1) 6r Roy Armstrong
2) 9 Gary Laflin
3) 66 Jeff Watts
4) 15s Lyle Slama
5) 6 Ernie Reiss
6) 35 Mike Schwartz
7) 03 Aaron Roth
8) 69 Tim Hessheimer Sr
9) m64 Matt Post
10) 54 Mike Pracheil
11) 3 Bob Latta
12) 6b Travis Burger
13) 4 Greg Crannell
14) 5m Neal Mittan
15) 1w Delmar Wells
16) 7 Jeff Shews
17) 23 Cary Ames

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 7/22/06) – The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Division IV at
I-80 Speedway Saturday night saw 5 drivers taking wins who are pretty much locked into the top tens in their classes for the Race for the Chase Championship set to start
The first weekend in August. Jason Hobscheidt, Shawn Bulin, Harry Nixon, Rick
Havenridge and Nate Brown were victorious once again.

The 20 lap Crate Late Model feature saw Curt Drake take the early lead only to lose it
by the end of lap 1 to Trevor Millikan. Hobscheidt, who started 6th was in 2nd by lap
2 and on lap 5 he took the lead from Millikan. Mike Wallace joined the chase on lap 12
but could not make the pass he needed to win. Todd Morgan took 3rd ahead of Ron Tex
Jr. and Dave Doll. Track point leader Bill Leighton Jr. finished 6th. Dave Livingston,
Ron Tilley and Morgan won the heat races. For Hobscheidt it was his 2nd feature win
on the season.

The Certified Transmission Pro-am 18 lap feature saw 4 drivers battle for the early lead
with Jeremy Longmeyer in front at the end of lap 1. Longmeyer would hold the lead til lap 6 when Shawn Bulin passed him. Bulin held the lead the rest of the way despite one
yellow flag period. Jason Cieslik made a late race push to take 2nd over Rick Negrete,
point leader Scotty Hartman. Longmeyer held on to a season best 5th place. It was Bulin’s
3rd win of the year.

The B-Mod feature saw Lacey Tuttle take the early lead from her outside front row
starting position. Nixon started 6th, but by lap 5 he wrestled the lead from Tuttle.
Nixon held off a late race charge from Floyd Richards to record his 5th win of the
year. Richards finished 2nd ahead of Daryl Weilage and Tuttle. Nixon retook the points
lead from Jim Fitz, whose car broke in his heat race.

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornet feature saw Joe McConnell go from a 3rd
position start to take the early lead. But Havenridge was in front in turn 2. He
survived challenges from Brandon Wergin and Cory Askeland to record his 3rd
feature win of the year. Points leader Austin Kurtzer finished 4th


.

The TFN Novice Hornet hads its laps cut to 2 after a bad wreck in turn 2 that saw the
cars of Megan Christensen and Mollee Collins barrel roll 3 times. Collins was trying
to avoid Christensen when her car went over. Earlier in the race 3rd generation driver
Zack Cochran spun and hit the inside wall head on in his first time on the track. All the
drivers were ok but there cars were totaled. Nathan Brown came away with his 2nd
feature win in this race.


Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway Results for 07/22/2006

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series

Crate Engine Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 2) 3 Mike Wallace, 3) 2d Todd Morgan,
4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 97d Dave Doll, 6) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 7) 22M Trevor
Millikan, 8) 17 Dave Livingston, 9) 2X Scott Carlson, 10) 25 Brad Perdue,
11) 40 Shawn Harker, 12) 4k Josh Krug, 13) 55d Curt Drake, 14) 50 Brad
Soll. 15) 22 Kent Schimenti, 16) 56t Ron Tilley, 17) 18j Jon Schwartz,
18) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 19) 96 Tony Leonardo, 20) 21x Brent Baker, 21) 18
Laini Schwartz, 22) 7 Gary Joens Jr

1st Heat: 1) Livingston, 2) Perdue, 3) Wallace, 4) Millikan, 5) Krug, 6) Soll

2nd Heat: 1) Tilley, 2) Harker, 3) Doll, 4) J. Schwartz, 5) Carlson, 6) Joens

3rd Heat: 1) Morgan, 2) Hobscheidt, 3) Tex, 4) Leighton, 5) Drake, 6) Schimenti

Certified Transmission Pro-Am's

A-Feature: 1) 36 Shawn Bulin, 2) 16j Jason Cieslik, 3) 72 Rick Negrete,
4) 88 Scotty Hartman, 5) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 6) 52 Shane Boles,
7) 2EZ Steve Peoples, 8) 12 Terry Cleveland, 9) 74c Dave Christensen,
10) 24 Don Mohr, 11) 20 Mike Gillespie, 12) 49x Chad Sanders, 13) 15
Andy Thompsen, 14) 49 Jeff Atkins, 15) 64 Nick Hermsen, 16) Thad Thomson,
17) Jeff Kupke, 18) Joe Feyen, 19) Ken Simmerman

1st Heat: 1) Bulin, 2) Negrete, 3) Christensen, 4) Cieslik, 5) Cleveland

2nd Heat: 1) Feyen, 2) Peoples, 3) Hartman, 4) Hermsen, 5) Thompsen

B-Mods

A-Feature: 1) 5 Harry Nixon, 2) 71 Floyd Richards, 3) 52 Daryl Weilage,
4) Z00 Lacey Tuttle, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 6) 53x Doug Burgess,
7) 52x Mike Christiansen, 8) 0H Scott Plantz, 9) 33 Jim Hendricks, 10)
84 Anthony Newburg, 11) 21 Jim Fritz(DNS)

1st Heat Race: 1) Nixon, 2) Christiansen, 3) Richards, 4) Hendricks, 5) Fritz

2nd Heat Race: 1) Robinson, 2) Weilage, 3) Tuttle, 4) Plantz, 5) Burgess

TFN Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) B52 Nathan Brown, 2) 38 Will McConnell, 3) 60 Thomas Liechti,
4) 06 Andrew Cuva, 5) 78 Trish Hultgren, 6) 37 Nate Christiansen, 7) 57 Kelson
Kurtzer, 8) 33 Steve McConnell, 9) 16j Justin Soule, 10) 96 Amanda Leonardo,
11) 13 Bryan Hull, 12) 3d Taylor Collins, 13) 18 Scott Tilton, 14) 74 Megan
Chritiansen(DNF), 15) 3x Mollee Collins(DNF), 16) 33x Shevi Collins(DNF),
17) 40 Zack Cochran(DNF), 23 Lynn Carlson(DNS)


TFN Pro-Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 99 Rick Havenridge, 2) 28 Cory Askeland, 3) 61b BrandonWergin,
4) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 5) 96 Cory Hutchison, 6) 10 Joe Thomas, 7) 20 Lindsey Yost,
8) 19 Darin Hoegren, 9) 16j Perry Soule, 10) 36 Joe McConnell, 11) 9x Joe Baker,
12) 23 Ole Olson, 13) 61 Chuck Wergon, 14) 81 Steve England, 15) 13 James Hayes,
16) 15 Jamie Spanel, 17) B52 Skip Brown, 18) 44 Steven Saunders, 19) 33 Tim
Shidler, 20) 4 Travis Meyer, 21) 78 Randy Allen, 22) 30 Kevin Stanzel, 23) 28x
Anthony Abboud(DNS)

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "Please keep the family of Duane Ilg in your thoughts and prayers this week. Duane drove the 11G ProAm at NRP and Eagle. Duane started his racing career in the Enduro class. He was a 'old school' type of racer who built his own cars, motors, trailers, etc. Duane passed away last night after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Services are tentatively scheduled for Wednesday."

BY JASON ORTH / For the Lincoln Journal Star

EAGLE – North Dakota driver Wade Nygaard topped the field of American Sprint Car Series regional drivers on Saturday night at Eagle Raceway. It was his second win in as many nights after winning the previous night in Denison, Iowa.

The victory wasn't easy for the Fargo driver as his opportunity for the win didn't come until the final two circuits, in what was the first visit to Eagle Raceway for the ASCS series.

ASCS Northern Plains region point leader Chuck Swenson of Watertown, S.D., took the early lead of the 25-lap A feature from the pole position. Eagle Raceway regulars Adam Gullion and Ryan Roberts mounted challenges for the lead, but Swenson prevailed.

Eagle Raceway point leader Mike Boston moved into fourth place after starting in the seventh row and briefly made it a four-way fight for the lead. Nygaard stole second place from Roberts after a lap-14 restart. The yellow flew again as Tige Jensen spun in turn two with eight laps remaining. It took several laps for Nygaard to run down Swenson after the restart, but with six laps left he began to peek inside to challenge for the lead.

Swenson defended the bottom groove until the second to last lap when he took the high line to lap Jeff Lowery. Nygaard took the opening and grabbed the inside line before Swenson could make it past the lapped car and held on for the win. Swenson was second as Roberts and Boston followed. Gregg Bakker qualified from the B feature, started 16th and finished in fifth place.

Chris Alcorn won for the third time this year in the IMCA modified division, after passing Sean Burklund with three laps remaining. Rich Small won his fourth Hobby Stock A feature of the year after a race-long battle with R.J. Macku, while Barry Kinnersley won the Tuner division A feature for the second time this season.

ASCS Midwest vs. Northern Plains Region Results:

First Heat (10 Laps): 1. 96kx-Adam Gullion, 2. 5-Eric Lutz, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 5. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 6. 56-Johnn Cressman, 7. 4-Lee Grosz, 8. 3R-Rodney Droud, 9. 31-Mark Pace, 10. 92-Mike Sitzmann, Jr.

Second Heat (10 Laps): 1. 76-Jay Russell, 2. 9-Wade Nygaard, 3. 45-Jeff Lowery, 4. 3-Jeff Griffis, 5. 87-Curt Lund, 6. 14g-Gene Ackland, 7. 82-Jason Danley, 8. 91-Brad Krutz, 9. 2-Don Droud, Sr.

Third Heat (10 Laps): 1. 18-Ryan Roberts, 2. 5b-Rick Ideus, 3. 71-Tige Jensen, 4. 51-Mike Boston, 5. 4x-Mike Chadd, 6. 94s-Natalie Sather, 7. 2L-Dusty Ballenger, 8. 17-Gage Dorr, 9. 71x-Kellen Love.

Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1. X-Chuck Swenson, 2. 84-Toby Chapman, 3. 4c-Dean Chadd, 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 77-John Klabunde, 6. R19-Scott Winters, 7. 23R-Tadd Holliman, 8. 23-Terry Holliman, 9. 46-Rob Danielsen.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3-Jeff Griffis, 2. R19-Scott Winters, 3. 17-Gage Dorr, 4. 92-Mike Sitzmann, Jr., 5. 14g-Gene Ackland, 6. 77-John Klabunde, 7. 82-Jason Danley, 8. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 9. 3R-Rodney Droud, 10. 71x-Kellen Love, 11. 31-Mark Pace, 12. 4-Lee Grosz.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 2. 4x-Mike Chadd, 3. 91-Brad Krutz, 4. 56-Johnn Cressman, 5. 2L-Dusty Ballenger, 6. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 7. 46-Rob Danielsen, 8. 23R-Tadd Holliman, 9. 2-Don Droud, Sr., 10. 94s-Natalie Sather. DNS: 23-Terry Holliman.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9-Wade Nygaard, 2. X-Chuck Swenson, 3. 18-Ryan Roberts, 4. 51-Mike Boston, 5. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 6. 53-Jack Dover, 7. 5-Eric Lutz, 8. 5b-Rick Ideus, 9. 87-Curt Lund, 10. 4c-Dean Chadd, 11. 96kx-Adam Gullion, 12. 91-Brad Krutz, 13. 76-Jay Russell, 14. 3-Jeff Griffis, 15. 4x-Mike Chadd, 16. 17-Gage Dorr, 17. 84-Toby Chapman, 18. 45-Jeff Lowery, 19. 71-Tige Jensen, 20. R19-Scott Winters.

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "ASCS MIDWEST REGION ADDED to HUSKERLAND NON-WING 410 SPRINT CAR NATIONALS EVENT

Greenwood, NE (July 20, 2005) – An explosive night of sprint car action is on tap when the 410 O’Reilly Sprint Bandits Tour N’ Topless Sprint Cars and the ASCS Midwest Region 360 Sprint Cars invade the 4/10ths mile oval at I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park Tuesday night, August 15th. This is the first time ever that the two groups will appear together on the same night and offers sprint car fans a double dose of wingless and winged sprint car racing.

“We’re pleased to be able to put this together for our fans and the drivers” said Promoter and General Manager Tom Gutowski. “Last year’s Sprint Bandit race really had the fans excited and adding the ASCS Midwest Region 360 sprints will make a great event even better. We’ve already heard that some drivers are planning to run in both classes” he added.

Also running that night will be the Trail Performance / Trade Center Automotive 305 winged sprint cars and the Tobacco FREE Nebraska Pro Hornets in a non-point event for their class plus trailer races.

“Our 305 sprint car class is just getting off the ground but has already helped young rising stars like Jack Dover step up to the 360 sprints and be successful” Gutowski said. “The Pro Hornets 4 cylinder cars have really blossomed into an exciting class to watch and the racing has been close” Gutowski added.

The pit gates will open at 4:30pm and the grandstand gate opens at 5:30pm. Hot laps are set to begin at 6:45pm with racing at 7:30pm. Adult grandstand admission is $20.00, students age 11 thru 17 and seniors age 62 and over will be $15.00 and kids 10 and under will be admitted FREE. Pit passes will be $25.00.
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Here's some shots from last Saturday's show. I'll have some USMTS pics up soon.

Eagle 7-15-06 Photos

Had a few people ask me about photos and such last night. I'll have some up from last Saturday and Wednesday (including the garbage truck madness) this weekend, and maybe Friday if all goes well.

EAGLE, Neb. -- Despite thermostats peaking at a near-record 108 degrees Wednesday in Eagle, Neb., race fans opted to fight fire with fire as a large crowd was on hand to witness a full field of cars and sizzling on-track action as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series visited the Eagle Raceway for Modified Madness presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. From the drop of the green flag to start the first heat race to the waving of the checkered flag at the end of the night, a talented mix of touring regulars and local drivers made for a thrilling show on the high-banked 1/3-mile oval.

The start of the 40-lap Holley "A" Main saw a pair of Cornhusker State racers on the front row. Polesitter Clint Homan of Bellevue jumped out front to lead the first lap before outside front row starter Jason Friesen of Sutton powered around the high side of the track to lead lap 2. One lap later, Jason Hughes of Colcord, Okla., used the low side of the racetrack to become the third different leader in the first three laps.

The first of three cautions came out on the third lap as O’Reilly USMTS mainstays Jon Tesch of Watertown, S.D., and Tommy Myer of Blooming Prairie, Minn., made contact and resulted in Tesch spinning out in turn 1. Because of the contact, Myer was forced to join Tesch at the rear of the 25-car field for the impending restart.

Hughes continued to pace the next nine laps as drivers throughout the field jockeyed for position behind him, running two- and three-wide around the multi-groove racing surface. Behind Hughes, 13th-starting Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, and 14th-starting Brad McEwan of Storm Lake, Iowa, diced their way through the field to move into the second and third spots. McEwan, who won the second Real Racing Wheels "B" Main to advance to the main event, disposed of Shryock on lap 11, then scooted underneath Hughes in turn 2 to lead the 13th lap.

The caution flag waved again on lap 17 for debris on the track from the No. 1F Modified of Friesen, whose top-five run came to an end as he was instructed to tag the rear of the field for causing the yellow flag. Meanwhile, both Myer and Tesch had recovered from their earlier mishap and had moved back into the top 10.

On the restart, Shryock used the middle of the corners as he powered around McEwan to lead lap 18. With the seven-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champ on the point, McEwan continued to show Shryock the nose of his car as Hughes, Ryan Ruter and Zack VanderBeek followed in close pursuit.

The leaders entered lapped traffic on lap 25 but a spin by a lapped car on lap 29 brought out the third caution of the race. In the melee surrounding the spin, Hughes also spun and his shot at victory ended. With 11 laps to go, the green flag was displayed again with Shryock continuing to keep McEwan at bay. VanderBeek, who had the UNIJIG Worst Redraw and started eighth, found the high side to liking and moved around McEwan to take over the second spot.

VanderBeek hounded Shryock over the next 10 laps, pulling alongside several times in the turns and going bumper to bumper in the straights, but was unable to find a way around the veteran. Shryock took the checkers ahead of VanderBeek with a car-length to spare and picked up his 20th victory of the season. The win was worth $2,000 and increased his season-long winnings to more than $50,000.

McEwan, who was reeling the leaders in over the last few laps, settled for third while Forest City, Iowa's Ruter quietly secured a fourth-place paycheck. Myer rebounded to take fifth place while Omaha's Jake Neal recorded a career-best sixth.

Eagle Raceway regular Chris Alcorn of Lincoln fared the best of the home turf defenders and finished seventh. Current track points leader Mike Meyer of Greenwood used a provisional to garner the 25th and final starting spot, but passed 10 cars en route to a 15th-place finish.

Up next, Huset's Speedway in Brandon, S.D., plays host to the O’Reilly USMTS speed merchants for the first time ever on Thursday for the season's final event in the tough Western Region. The action wraps up on Friday with the 5th Annual Gopher Summer Challenge at the Murray County Speedway in Slayton, Minn., and the final points race in the Reich Concrete/Yeager Machine Northeast Region.

For more information, or to learn more about the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series, call (515) 832-7944 or visit www.USMTS.com online.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series
Modified Madness presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts
Eagle Raceway, Eagle, Neb.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the Holley “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT #1 (10 laps):
1. 27h - Clint Homan -- Bellevue, NE (1)
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (5)
3. 19 - Marlin Kracht -- Luverne, MN (2)
4. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (7)
5. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (8)
6. 8x - Robert Brinkman -- LaVista, NE (4) DNF
7. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (6) DNF
8. 21t - Tracy Harr -- Omaha, NE (3) DNS

HEAT #2 (10 laps):
1. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (5)
2. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (8)
3. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (7)
4. 8 - Larry Goertz -- Omaha, NE (1)
5. 96jp - Jeremy Payne -- Cave City, AR (3)
6. 72 - Mike Lineberry -- Fontanelle, NE (4)
7. 75j - Jesse Robinson -- Valley, NE (6)
8. 4j - Jack Dover -- Springfield, NE (2) DNF

HEAT #3 (10 laps):
1. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (3)
2. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (6)
3. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (5)
4. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (4)
5. 45m - David Trauernicht -- Beatrice, NE (7)
6. 95r - Lucas Robinson -- Elk City, NE (1)
7. 1z - Norm Ziegenbein -- Lincoln, NE (2) DNF

HEAT #4 (10 laps):
1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (3)
2. 3x - Chris Alcorn -- Lincoln, NE (1)
3. 13 - Doug Deterding -- Lincoln, NE (6)
4. v45 - Rik Gropp -- Lincoln, NE (2)
5. 52 - Sean Manning -- Firth, NE (7)
6. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4) -1 Lap
7. 3a - Aaron Pella -- Lincoln, NE (5) DNF

HEAT #5 (10 laps):
1. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (5)
2. 4 - Chevy Hadan -- Waterloo, NE (2)
3. 29 - Greg Metz -- Washington, KS (7)
4. 2m - Mike Meyer -- Greenwood, NE (3)
5. 96j - Johnny Saathoff -- Beatrice, NE (4)
6. 3w - Stacey Wilhelm -- Martell, NE (1)
7. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (6)

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (9)
2. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (4)
3. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (10)
4. 4 - Chevy Hadan -- Waterloo, NE (1)
5. 96j - Johnny Saathoff -- Beatrice, NE (7)
6. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (2)
7. 2m - Mike Meyer -- Greenwood, NE (5)
8. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (3)
9. 72 - Mike Lineberry -- Fontanelle, NE (8)
10. 4j - Jack Dover -- Springfield, NE (13) -1 Lap
11. 1z - Norm Ziegenbein -- Lincoln, NE (11) -1 Lap
12. 52 - Sean Manning -- Firth, NE (6) -5 Laps
13. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (12) DNF

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (1)
2. 45m - David Trauernicht -- Beatrice, NE (5)
3. 19 - Marlin Kracht -- Luverne, MN (2)
4. v45 - Rik Gropp -- Lincoln, NE (4)
5. 21t - Tracy Harr -- Omaha, NE (12)
6. 8 - Larry Goertz -- Omaha, NE (3)
7. 95r - Lucas Robinson -- Elk City, NE (8)
8. 75j - Jesse Robinson -- Valley, NE (10)
9. 96jp - Jeremy Payne -- Cave City, AR (6)
10. 3w - Stacey Wilhelm -- Martell, NE (9) DNF
11. 8x - Robert Brinkman -- LaVista, NE (7) DNF
12. 3a - Aaron Pella -- Lincoln, NE (11) DNS

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (13)
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (8)
3. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (14)
4. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (5)
5. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (7)
6. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (4)
7. 3x - Chris Alcorn -- Lincoln, NE (12)
8. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (6)
9. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (15)
10. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (3)
11. 29 - Greg Metz -- Washington, KS (10)
12. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (23)
13. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (2)
14. 27h - Clint Homan -- Bellevue, NE (1)
15. 2m - Mike Meyer -- Greenwood, NE (25)
16. 45m - David Trauernicht -- Beatrice, NE (16)
17. 19 - Marlin Kracht -- Luverne, MN (18)
18. v45 - Rik Gropp -- Lincoln, NE (20)
19. 4 - Chevy Hadan -- Waterloo, NE (19) DNF
20. 21t - Tracy Harr -- Omaha, NE (22) DNF
21. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (17) DNF
22. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (9) DNF
23. 13 - Doug Deterding -- Lincoln, NE (11) DNF
24. 96j - Johnny Saathoff -- Beatrice, NE (21) DNF
25. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (24) DNF

AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Homan 1, Friesen 2, Hughes 3-12, McEwan 13-17, Shryock 18-40.
Total Laps Led: Shryock 23, Hughes 10, McEwan 5, Homan 1, Friesen 1.
Provisional Starters: Reisch (regional), Bohmont (national), Meyer (track).
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Shryock (started 13th, finished 1st).
Next Race: Thursday, July 20, Huset's Speedway, Brandon, S.D.
O’Reilly National Driver Points (top 10): Shryock 3312, Myer 2854, Mark Noble 2628, Tesch 2572, VanderBeek 2522, Ruter 2473, McEwan 2368, Mahlstedt 2154, Hejna 2137, Poidinger 1675.
Western Region Points (top 10): Shryock 1148, Tesch 1076, Mark Noble 979, Myer 955, Ruter 937, McEwan 900, Hejna 871, VanderBeek 832, Mahlstedt 644, Poidinger 630.
Home Pride Passing Points - National (top 5): Shryock 135.0, Ruter 118.5, Hejna 111.0, Myer 100.5, Tesch 99.0.
Home Pride Passing Points - Western (top 5): Ruter 66.0, Tesch 48.0, Shryock 46.5, Hejna 46.5, McEwan 45.0.
Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points (top 5): Poidinger 486, Friesen 409, Matt Gilbertson 295, Bohmont 280, Weder 277.
UNIJIG Builders Championship Points (top 5): Skyrocket 325, Kraft 253, Hughes 241, GRT 209, Bullet 155.

The 2nd Annual O'Reilly Cornhusker Midget Challenge returns to Nebraska's Junction Motor Speedway on Tuesday, July 25th and Wednesday, July 26th. All Modified teams are invited to join the 2 day open-wheel program which starts at 7:30 both nights. Both nights will be full, separate shows with each night paying $500.00 to win and $50.00 to start and NO ENTRY FEES. Those wearing a JMS wrist band at the Tuesday night event will be guests at the Applebee's/Hoiliday Inn Tent Party after the evening of racing. The Applebee's and Holiday Inn Tent Party will be held in the JMS Pit area with barbequed sweet corn 'in the husks' on the menu!

Advanced Grandstand Tickets are available at 50 central plains O'Reilly Auto Parts Stores. Save $5.00 on an adult ticket for two nights. Single night admission is $15.00 for Adults. Ages 6 to 12-$4.00, 5 & under are admitted FREE.

For Modified rules, see: www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com
For Modified questions, call Jason at 402-773-5538 ext 9.

For POWRi Midget information, see; www.POWRi.com


www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com

Only 2 weeks left to order your Reserved Tickets for July 30th as Jack Daniels presents Carl Edward/Clint Bowyer Night plus the 1st Annual Race of Champions. You won’t want to miss this event as Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer take on all the tough drivers in the NRP Grand Nationals division!

The first annual I-80 Speedway Race of Champions is a special event added for the evening and will be the last feature of the night. This race will include past point champions or major race winners in Late Model bodied cars. Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer have also been invited to participate. The Grand National Feature Winner on July 30th will also be invited but if the winner is already qualified, the second place car will be invited. One driver from I-80 Speedway will also be chosen by a fan vote, held on the final week before the event.

Hot laps will be at 6:00 with racing actions set to begin at 6:30.

Ticket Prices are as follows:

Reserved Grandstand Seating:
Grandstand seats with Seat Backs - Only 1,920 Seats available
Saturday July 1st to Friday July 21st - $18.00 per seat, all ages
Day of Show - $23.00 per seat, all ages

Bleacher Seating:
Saturday, July 1st - Friday, July 21st - $13.00 for adults, seniors (62+) and students (11 - 17)
Day of Show - $18.00 for adults, $15.00 seniors (62+) and students (11 - 17)
Kids 10 and under FREE – Please note that kids are FREE in bleachers only and are only available on the day of the show.

The I-80 ticket booth will be selling advanced purchase tickets for the July 30th event during intermission ONLY on each Saturday and Sunday race night until Sunday July 23rd.

Tickets may also be ordered from the race track office Monday - Friday, 9-5pm, at 402-342-3453. A $2.00 Shipping and Handling charge on each order mailed out at the office will apply. VISA and MasterCard credit cards are accepted.

Your ticket order and check or money order may also be mailed to the office at:

Nebraska Raceway Park
5040 I Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68117

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "ASCS Midwest & Northern Plains Regions Square Off with Weekend Double

By Lonnie Wheatley

TULSA, Okla. (July 17, 2006) – The American Sprint Car Series Northern Plains and Midwest Regions are set for another pair of clashes in Iowa and Nebraska this Friday and Saturday night.

Friday night, the pair of Regions clash for the second time atop the semi-banked, ½-mile Crawford County Speedway dirt oval in Denison, IA. Then on Saturday night, it's the ASCS debut at the high-banked, 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway clay oval in Eagle, NE, just east of Lincoln.

The Midwest and Northern Plains Regions have clashed four times thus far in 2006, with Brian Brown topping events at Crawford County Speedway on June 16 and I-80 Speedway on April 8. Jason Johnson topped the June 15 challenge at Park Jefferson, with Jake Peters victorious in the most recent grudge match at I-80 Speedway on July 3.

South Dakota's Chuck Swenson has established a strong point lead in the Northern Plains championship points race, while 19-year-old Giltner, NE, racer Chad Humston has climbed atop a heated ASCS Midwest Region championship battle.

Humston currently holds a slim seven-point lead over 16-year-old hotshoe Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, with Sioux Falls, SD, ace Jake Peters just nine more points back in third. Lincoln's Toby Chapman is just 19 points out of the lead in fourth, with Lincoln's Jason Danley rounding out the current top five."

- Wednesday, July 19

WHAT: Inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Modified Madness, race #33 of 74 for the 2006 O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS); race #12 of 13 in the Western Region.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 19, 2006.

TRACK: Eagle Raceway, 1/3-mile high-banked clay oval.

LOCATION: Eagle, Neb.

DIRECTIONS: Located 11 miles south of I-80 (Exit 420) on Hwy. 63, or 10 minutes east of Lincoln on Hwy. 34 (O Street).

STARTING FIELD: A minimum 24 cars will start the Holley “A” Main, with qualifying through Heat races and Real Racing Wheels “B” Mains. The top 12 cars in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the Heat races will be locked into the Holley “A” Main. An additional 10 cars will qualify from the Real Racing Wheels “B” Mains, with two provisional starters (based on USMTS regional and national points) added to the Holley “A” Main. An additional track provisional (based on Eagle Raceway points standings) will be added to complete the 25-car starting field. Additional sponsor and/or track provisional(s) may be awarded.

PURSE: $2,000 to win, minimum $200 to start.

PROMOTER: Roger Hadan, Full Throttle Entertainment LLC, 12240 N. 153rd Circle, P.O. Box 17, Bennington, NE 68007; Email: hmaddog4@hotmail.com; Website: http://www.eagleraceway.com; Track phone (day-of-race): 402-781-2243.

SCHEDULE:
4:30 p.m. - Gates open.
6:30 p.m. - Draw ends for heat race line-ups.
6:45 p.m. - Hot laps begin.
7:00 p.m. - Heat races begin.

TICKETS:
General Admission - Adults $10 advance, $15 raceday; Youth (6-13) $5; Under 6 FREE.
Pit Pass - $25.

By Joey Sparano


(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/15/06) Joe Kosiski stays perfect in the month of July by winning his fourth feature in as many tries Sunday. Scott Carlson, Harley Moen, and Tom Myers also were victorious on Kids Race Car Ride Night at the I-80 Speedway.

The 25 lap NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series Super Latemodel "A" feature saw Rookie Jerry Warner take the early lead on lap one. Warner would loose the lead just as fast on lap two as the "Mad Dog" Scott Koskovich made a power move going into turn one. Koskovich would be the dominate force until lap ten when he would slow and pull into the pits with overheating problems. Warner would retake the top spot. Lap 11 would see the only yellow of the race as Keith Mander Jr. went into the spin cycle. On the restart it was Warner with Jeff Tilley and Joe Kosiski on his bumper. The three ran nose to tail until lap 17 when Kosiski snuck by Tilley for second. On lap 18 Warner would slide high in turn four, that gave Kosiski the slightest opening and he took advantage of it. Kosiski would go on to lead the final six laps to win his seventh feature of the season. Warner and Tilley were second and third. Jason Hobsheidt and Leon Zeitner rounded off the top five.

Scott Carlson would take the lead on lap four from Bill Bader Jr. and go on to win the 18 lap Home Pride Modified feature. Points leader Brian Foote was second followed by Justin Clark, Bader Jr., and Jerimiah Sillman.

The 20 lap Grand National Latemodel "A" main seen Dave Cook hold the lead through two early race yellows from his pole position. On the lap two restart Cook would loose the top spot to Ron Tilley, but on lap five Cook would go by Tilley's #56t on the high side of the track. The car that was on the move was the #J1 of Harley Moen. After starting outside front row, Moen fell back through the field. Moen found home on the bottom and started charging through the field. Lap eight he was in third, lap nine second, and on lap 13 Moen finally took the lead. Dave Cook would stay in the gas and pass Moen back on lap 16, but Moen would come back on lap 17 and take the lead for good. The Minnesota native would take his first win of the season. Jason Hobsheidt took second after starting 18th. Cook, Dave Livingston, and Dave Doll were the remaining top five.

Tom Myers would jump to a ten car length lead on lap one of the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock "A" feature. Myers would stay out front until lap 14 when the yellow flew for Kenny Toliver-Humpal. Myers would have Jeremy Auten and Jesse Sobbing on his back bumper, but he was able to hold on for the win. Auten and Sobbing remained second and third, while Justin Leach and Josh True were fourth and fifth. Since Tom Myers won his own Tom and Tiff's Family Restaurant Bonus, next weeks winner will get an extra $200.

Results From I-80 Speedway 07/16/06

Dodge Super Latemodels

"A" Feature: 1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 89 Jerry Warner, 3) 33 Jeff Tilley, 4) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 5) 62 Leon Zeitner, 6) 9 Ed Kosiski, 7) 76 Al Zeitner, 8) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 9) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 10) 00 Clint Benson, 11) 82 Robbie Andersen, 12) 1L Mike Wallace, 13) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 14) 71 Joe Julian, 15) z62 Justin Zeitner, 16) 1m Todd Bell, 17) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 18) 80 Scott Koskovich, 19) 4 Russ Haden, 20) 8a Dustin Andersen.

Heat 1: 1) 80 Scott Koskovich, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 4) 00 Clint Benson, 5) 1m Todd Bell, 6) z62 Justin Zeitner.

Heat 2: 1) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 2) 9 Ed Kosiski, 3) 4 Russ Haden, 4) 71 Joe Julian, 5) 1L Mike Wallace, 6) 82 Robbie Andersen.

Heat 3: 1) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 2) 33 Jeff Tilley, 3) 62 Leon Zeitner, 4) 89 Jerry Warner, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 44z Alonzo Grosse.

Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 43 Brian Foote, 3) 74 Justin Clark, 4) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 5) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 6) 3x Mike Johnson, 7) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 8) 1c Nick Carlson, 9) 00 Mike Goldfuss, 10) 3r Rodney Stopak, 11) h1 Lowell Holland, 12) 4u Ron Stoehr, 13) 2m Mike Meyer.

Heat 1: 1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 2m Mike Meyer, 3) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 4) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 5) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 6) 4u Ron Stoehr.

Heat 2: 1) 3x Mike Johnson, 2) 43 Brian Foote, 3) 3r Rodney Stopak, 4) 00 Mike Goldfuss, 5) 74 Justin Clark, 6) h1 Lowell Holland.

Grand Nationals

"A" Feature: 1) j1 Harley Moen, 2) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 3) 9 Dave Cook, 4) 17 Dave Livingston, 5) 97d Dave Doll, 6) 56t Ron Tilley, 7) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 8) 88 Brian Scott, 9) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 10) 12 Todd Hipnar, 11) 22m Trevor Millikan, 12) 50 Brad Soll, 13) 40 Shawn Harker, 14) 33 Jeff Tilley, 15) 33x Brian Kenkel, 16) t3 Gary Leapley, 17) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 18) 5 Mike Svagera, 19) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 20) 9x Kathy Cook, 21) 25 Kenny Edwards, 22) 2k Jody Krug, 23) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 24) 96 Tony Leonardo.

"B" Feature: 1) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 2) 25 Kenny Edwards, 3) 9x Kathy Cook, 4) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 5) 5 Mike Svagera, 6) 33 Jeff Tilley, 7) 18 Laini Schwartz, 8) 92k Jacob Brown, 9) 15 Jase Kaser, 10) 92 Tony Barnes, 11) 35 Kortney Kosiski(DQ).

Heat 1: 1) t3 Gary Leapley, 2) j1 Harley Moen, 3) 40 Shawn Harker, 4) 50 Brad Soll, 5) 22m Trevor Millikan, 6) 2 Dwane Pospisil.

Heat 2: 1) 12 Todd Hipnar, 2) 2k Jody Krug, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) 56t Ron Tilley, 5) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 6) 96 Tony Leonardo.

Heat 3: 1) 33x Brian Kenkel, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 88 Brian Scott, 4) 9 Dave Cook, 5) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 6) 1 Jason Hobsheidt.

Stereo west Auto Toys Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature: 1) 7 Tom Myers, 2) 6a Jeremy Auten, 3) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 4) 1 Justin Leach, 5) 2t Josh True, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger, 7) 66 Bob Kracher, 8) 14 Greg Houdesheldt, 9) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 10) 4 George Whitmore, 11) 51s Jeremy Smith, 12) m70 Rick Munson

Heat 1: 1) 1 Justin Leach, 2) 66 Bob Kracher, 3) 2t Josh True, 4) 4 George Whitmore, 5) 4x Chad Bassinger, 6) 14 Greg Houdesheldt.

Heat 2: 1) 7 Tom Myers, 2) 51s Jeremy Smith, 3) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 4) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 5) m70 Rick Munson, 6) 6a Jeremy Auten.

By Joey Sparano


(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/15/06) NASCAR Division IV frontrunner Billy Leighton Jr. would drive from the ninth starting position to win the Crate Latemodel "A" feature event. Scotty Hartman, Floyd Richards, Michael Oliver, Cory Hutchinson, and Amanda Leonardo would all visit the I-80 Speedway Winners Circle on Iowa Night presented by the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil.

The 20 lap NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series Crate Latemodel main event would see inside row two starter Shawn Harker jump to an early lead on lap one. Harker would keep his #40 out front for the first half of the race, but it was easy to see that the fastest car on the track belonged to Billy Leighton Jr. Leighton, who started fifth row, worked his way up to the runner up spot by lap six; he then set sail for Harker. "Billy The Kid" would stick to the bottom and pass Harker twelve laps into the event. After that it was all Leighton who took the checkers in the caution free feature. Harker would finish second, followed by Dave Livingston, Ron Tex Jr., and Jody Krug.

Jeremy Longmeyer would jump out front in the 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am main event. Longmeyer would lead lap one, but his good luck would run out after that. After getting passed for the lead on lap two by Marty Steinbech, Longmeyer would loose the handle on his #56 in turn one. Last weeks winner Shawn Bulin would make contact with Longmeyer, causing damage to both cars. When racing resumed it was still Steinbech in the lead, with Larry Robinson Jr. on his tail. Robinson would get by Steinbach on lap five and go on to take the double checkered flags. In post race inspection it was found that the #48 was illegal, so Larry Jr. was disqualified. That would give the win to points leader Scotty Hartman. Steinbech would hold on for second. Rick Negrete would come home third. Joe Feyen and Jeff Bonney would round out the top five.

The B-Mods would have outside front row starter Floyd Richards lead 11 out of 12 laps to bring home his third victory of the season. Daryl Weilage, Larry Robinson Sr., Jim Fritz, and Lacey Tuttle would finish second through fifth respectively. Points leader Harry Nixion was not in attendance, so Jim Fritz becomes the new points leader.

Michael Oliver would win the 305 Sprint "A" feature event. Trish Dover, Matthew Stelzer, and Steve Hurst rounded out the top four.

Cory Hutchinson would grab the lead on lap three of the Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornet "A" feature. Hutchinson would lead the rest of the way and take his third feature win of the season.

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets would have Andrew Cuva lead the first six laps. Cuva would give up the point going for the white flag as Amanda Leonardo drove by in her #96. Leonardo would then come around and take the checkers, her first win of the season.

Nebraska Raceway Park is located off I-80 at exit 420 between Omaha and Lincoln and is home to I-80 Speedway, the Little Sunset Speedway go-kart track and Soaring Edge Motocross Park. The Speedway hosts events weekly from April through September. For race day track information call (402) 944-2233 or check out the official I-80 Speedway website at www.neracewaypark.com. The Omaha General Office can be contacted during normal business hours at 402-342-3453.


Results From I-80 Speedway 07/15/06

Crate Latemodels

"A" Feature: 1) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 2) 40 Shawn Harker, 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 2k Jody Krug, 6) 97d Dave Doll, 7) 3 Mike Wallace, 8) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 9) 7 Gary Joens Jr., 10) 50 Brad Soll, 11) 22 Kent Schimenti, 12) 20 Randy Archer, 13) 2x Scott Carlson, 14) 33 Jeff Tilley, 15) 2d Todd Morgan, 16) 56t Ron Tilley, 17) 22m Trevor Millikan, 18) j1 Jay Burdic, 19) 55d Curt Drake, 20) 92k Jacob Brown, 21) 96 Tony Leonardo, 22) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 23) 21x Brent Baker, 24) 18 Laini Schwartz, 25) 25 Brad Perdue, 26) 18j Jon Schwartz.

Heat 1: 1) 3 Mike Wallace, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 5) 2x Scott Carlson, 6) 2 Dwane Pospisil.

Heat 2: 1) 22m Trevor Millikan, 2) 40 Shawn Harker, 3) 2k Jody Krug, 4) 22 Kent Schimenti, 5) 25 Brad Perdue, 6) 33 Jeff Tilley.

Heat 3: 1) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 2) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 3) 50 Brad Soll, 4) 7 Gary Joens Jr., 5) 96 Tony Leonardo, 6) 21x Brent Baker.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams

"A" Feature: 1) 88 Scotty Hartman, 2) 5 Marty Steinbech, 3) 72 Rick Negrete, 4) 25x Joe Feyen, 5) 75 Jeff Bonney, 6) 71x Jeff Kupke, 7) 49 Jeff Atkins, 8) 49x Chad Sanders, 9) 64 Nick Hermsen, 10) 55 Ray Dessel, 11) 16j Jason Cieslik, 12) 15 Andy Thompsen, 13) 28 Mike Powell, 14) 83 Mike Houston, 15) 33x Chuck Dillion, 16) 3t Tim Podraza, 17) 36 Shawn Bulin, 18) 2 Steve Peoples, 19) 52 Shane Bales, 20) 4u Randy Preul, 21) 9x John Allensworth, 22) 08 Harpster Racing, 23) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 24) 12 Terry Cleveland, 25) 48 Larry Robinson Jr.(DQ).

Heat 1: 1) 36 Shawn Bulin, 2) 33x Chuck Dillion, 3) 08 Harpster Racing, 4) 52 Shane Bales, 5) 28 Mike Powell, 6) 55 Ray Dessel.

Heat 2: 1) 48 Larry Robinson Jr., 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 71x Jeff Kupke, 4) 49x Chad Sanders, 5) 49 Jeff Atkins, 6) 3t Tim Podraza.

Heat 3: 1) 5 Marty Steinbech, 2) 72 Rick Negrete, 3) 25x Joe Feyen, 4) 75 Jeff Bonney, 5) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 6) 64 Nick Hermsen.

B-Mods

"A" Feature: 1) 71 Floyd Richards, 2) 52 Daryl Weilage, 3) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 4) 21 Jim Fritz, 5) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 6) 33 Jim Hendricks Jr., 7) 84 Anthony Newberg, 8) 52x Mike Christiansen.

Heat 1: 1) 21 Jim Fritz, 2) 33 Jim Hendricks Jr., 3) 52x Mike Christiansen, 4) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 5) 71 Floyd Richards, 6) 52 Daryl Weilage.

305 Sprint Cars

"A" Feature: 1) 96.1 Michael Oliver, 2) 9t Trish Dover, 3) 99s Matthew Stelzer, 4) 45 Steve Hurst.

Heat 1: 1) 9t Trish Dover, 2) 99s Matthew Stelzer, 3) 45 Steve Hurst, 4) 96.1 Michael Oliver,

Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets

"A" Feature: 1) 96 Corey Hutchinson, 2) 19 Darin Hoegren, 3) 20 Lindsey Yost, 4) 81 Steve England, 5) 33 Tim Shidler, 6) 22 Mike Boehmer, 7) 61b Brandon Wergin, 8) 4 Travis Meyer, 9) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 10) 23 Ole Olson, 11) 15 Jamie Spanel, 12) 78 Randy Allen, 13) 67x Michael Bockman, 14) 61 Chuck Wergain, 15) 99x Jason Tadlock, 16) b52 Micah Brown, 17) 13 James Hayes, 18) 9x Joe Baker, 19) 36 Joe McConnell, 20) 28x Anthony Abboud, 21) 10 Joe Thomas, 22) 60 Dave Lafleur, 23) 99 Rick Havenridge.

Heat 1: 1) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 78 Randy Allen, 4) 4 Travis Meyer, 5) 67x Michael Bockman, 6) 23 Ole Olson.

Heat 2: 1) 96 Corey Hutchinson, 2) 9x Joe Baker, 3) 19 Darin Hoegren, 4) 36 Joe McConnell, 5) 60 Dave Lafleur, 6) 61b Brandon Wergin.

Heat 3: 1) 81 Steve England, 2) 33 Tim Shidler, 3) 22 Mike Boehmer, 4) 13 James Hayes, 5) 10 Joe Thomas, 6) 28x Anthony Abboud.

Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

"A" Feature: 1) 96 Amanda Leonardo, 2) 37 Nate Christensen, 3) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 4) 16j Justin Soule, 5) 06 Andrew Cuva, 6) 38 Will McConnell, 7) 13 Bryan Hull, 8) 5 Tyler Mass, 9) 78 Trish Hultgren, 10) 74 Megan Christensen, 11) 22 Travis Dowling, 12) b52 Nathan Brown, 13) 4 Deanna Wallace, 14) 23 Lynn Carlson, 15) 60 Thomas Liechti.

Heat 1: 1) 60 Thomas Liechti, 2) 96 Amanda Leonardo, 3) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 4) 5 Tyler Mass, 5) b52 Nathan Brown, 6) 13 Bryan Hull.

Heat 2: 1) 06 Andrew Cuva, 2) 16j Justin Soule, 3) 37 Nate Christensen, 4) 23 Lynn Carlson, 5) 74 Megan Christensen, 6) 22 Travis Dowling.

TRAUERNICHT, BORGMAN, EVERS, FRITZSON, MITTAN, FRYE AND STOHS/HOLLE TAKE HOME BEATRICE WINS

By Scott Wisdom

David Trauernicht of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Modifieds after holding off Greg Metz over the final laps and several restarts. Metz, Dan Nelson, Bob Zoubek and Eric McMillan rounded out the front 5.

Lance Borgman of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Stock Cars after taking the lead early on. James Griffith, Josh Carpenter, Tyler Phelps and Darcy Dobrovolny completed the front 5.

Craig Evers of Beatrice took home the win in the Limited Modifieds holding off a hard charging Benji Legg to take home the win. Legg, Tyler Snyder, Kevin Vanlaningham and Justin Jurgens were the first 5 across the line.

Justin Fritzson of Blue Rapids, KS took advantage of contact by the leader to get the lead then held on after the restart to take home the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Kyle Vanover, Travis Runcie, Chad Borgman and Brian Langdale rounded out the first 5.

Neal Mittan of Wymore took home the win in the Factory Stocks holding off a hard charging Roy Armstrong. Armstrong, Lyle Slama, Aron Roth and Delmar Wells were the front 5.

Tyler Frye of Belleville, KS took home his second win in a row in the IMCA Sport Compacts over Josh Wiens, Garett Hake, Nate Canham and Jay Kreft.

The cruiser team of Daniel Holle and Jeff Stohs of Hanover, KS took home the win over Derek Wilkinson/Justin Hippen, Henry Blakemore/Donny Wilcox, Jeff and Darrell Schlabach and Darren Meinke/Nate Rosentreader.

Results

IMCA Modifieds

1) 45 David Trauernicht
2) 29 Greg Metz
3) 94 Dan Nelson
4) 5s Bob Zoubek
5) 71m Eric McMillan
6) 96 Gary Saathoff
7) 45m Brandon Johnson
8) 18k Spencer Sutton
9) 4j Jordy Nelson
10) 44x Tom Petracek
11) 7b Chris Burk
12) 96j Johnny Saathoff
13) 28n Daniel Neeman
14) z34 Brent Schlake
15) 7d Dusty Leonard
16) 93L Jason Brinkman
17) 24 Daniel Bohlmeyer
18) s56 Scott Bivens
19) 12 Todd Topil

IMCA Stock Cars

1) 76 Lance Borgman
2) 29j James Griffith
3) 3 Josh Carpenter
4) 6 Tyler Phelps
5) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
6) 22 Hugh Carmichael
7) 21 Jay Holle
8) 31 Eric Rempel
9) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny
10) 98 Todd Laflin

Limited Modifieds

1) 2x Craig Evers
2) 25 Benji Legg
3) 20 Tyler Snyder
4) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
5) 22 Justin Jurgens
6) 5 Tom Vanover Jr
7) 92 Justin Hill
8) 27 Justin Fritzson
9) 30 David Jueneman
10) 38 Dennis Swett
11) 1b Bill Lux
12) 17h Max Roberts
13) 76m Nick Warnke
14) 24 Daron Williams
15) y85 Joel Hespen
16) 11 Larry Halsey
17) 12k Ron Karpisek
18) 76 Lawrence Warnke
19) 97 Mark Saathoff
20) 14 Mike Snyder
21) 1x Mike Sherwood

IMCA Hobby Stocks

1) 66 Justin Fritzson
2) 19 Kyle Vanover
3) 33 Travis Runcie
4) 20 Chad Borgman
5) 1 Brian Langdale
6) 95 Billy Parde
7) 6a Adam Armstrong
8) 7 Matt Fralin
9) 11 Eric Chab
10) 34 Max Harder
11) 4t Lisa Wagner
12) 21 Aaron DeWalt
13) t54 Tom Creek
14) 00 Cody Walter
15) 6 Tony Spunaugle
16) 9 Kevin Vanlaningham
17) 2 Ryan Roschewski
18) d64 Greg Post
19) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham

Factory Stocks

1) 5m Neal Mittan
2) 6r Roy Armstrong
3) 15s Lyle Slama
4) 03 Aron Roth
5) 1w Delmar Wells
6) 9 Gary Laflin
7) 35 Mike Schwartz
8) 7 Jeff Shew
9) 69 Tim Hessheimer Sr
10) 6b Travis Burger
11) 23 Cary Ames
12) 33d Derek Sand
13) 6 Ernie Reiss
14) 88 Jason Tennant
15) m64 Matt Post
16) 4 Greg Crannell
17) 54m Gary McGinty
18) 66 Jeff Watts
19) 89 Ronda Mewes

IMCA Sport Compacts

1) 8 Tyler Frye
2) 69 Josh Wiens
3) 1h Garrett Hake
4) 19 Nate Canham
5) 82 Jay Kreft
6) 7 Janie Fralin
7) 6x Nina Breeden

Cruisers

1) 92 Stohs/Holle
2) 13 Wilkinson/Hippen
3) 38 Blakemore/Wilcox
4) h20 Schlabach/Schlabach
5) c4 Meinke/Rosentreader
6) 108 Schalbach/Schlabach
7) 22u Holle/Holle
8) 79 Brunkow/Brunkow
9) 29x Coonce/Miller
10) 3L Laflin/Harrison
11) 82 Goeckel/Becker
12) 386 Sand/Langdale
13) 7 Schellpeper/Schellpeper
14) 2 Voorhees/Brumback
15) 16oz Little/Little
16) 73 Dobrovolny/Dobrovolny
17) 02 Kramer/Kramer

By Jason Orth

Eagle, Neb., (July 15, 2006) – Mike Boston of Crete, NE won for the fifth time in the Budweiser Championship Sprint division, the first five-time winner in the class since Billy Alley did it in 2002. Rich Small notched win number three in the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks. Tracy Harr took advantage of some yellow flags to grab his first victory in the Sobe No Fear IMCA Modifieds, and Dan Rhiley came out on top of the Stereo West Auto Toys Tuner A feature after Barry Kinnersley was penalized after taking the checkered flag.

Neil Pella took the early lead in the tuner main event. With five laps to go, Kinnersley made the move on a sideways Pella coming out of turn four to take the lead. However, point leader Adrian Dover charged forward and passed Kinnersley with two laps remaining. As the two raced alongside each other through turns one and two, Kinnersley hit the back of Dover’s car, sending her sideways and Kinnersley past. Though he took the checkered flag, officials penalized him heavily for the incident back to fifth. The win went to second place Dan Rhiley, with Doug Lyons the runner up, Dover third and Pella fourth.

All 24 entrants in the Hobby Stock field started the 15-lap A feature. A five car pileup on the front stretch ensued as the field came around for lap two, and the red flag flew. After a brief tense moment as safety crews looked at Ron Allen, the race restarted with a three-wide battle for the lead. Jerry Keaton, Jim Musel and Rich Small raced side by side until three of the top four tangled in turn four, with Small coming out of the melee in front. RJ Macku and point leader Justin Wulf pressured Small throughout most of the race, but in the closing laps, Small pulled away for the win. Macku, Wulf, Rob Brown, and Brian Cudly followed.

Tracy Harr passed leader Jesse Robinson in turn one with seven laps down to take the lead in the IMCA Modified A feature. Chris Alcorn, looking for win number three moved quickly from the tenth starting position to challenge Harr for the lead with nine laps to go. As the field entered lapped traffic, Alcorn took the lead twice, but yellow flags flew before he crossed the line each time, which gave the lead back to Harr. After Robert Brinkman spun with four laps to go, it was a shootout for the finish between, Harr, Alcorn and Mike Meyer. Harr kept the bottom groove locked down. Alcorn tried to make a move on the outside, but couldn’t get the momentum up. Coming out of turn four on the final lap, Meyer tried to take both of them on the outside, but he couldn’t do the deed. Harr took the win, Alcorn and Meyer followed. Doug Deterding was fourth, while Rik Gropp finished fifth.

An unprecedented 25 cars lined up for the Sprint A feature. Jay Jordan took the lead, while Rob Lipker and Toby Chapman gave chase. Josh Riggins got together with Bill Garrow and Riggins rolled in turn four, forcing the red flag. Jordan held point on the restart, but Mike Boston was closing in rapidly after starting twelfth. With eleven laps down, Boston passed Gullion on the backstretch for third place. The yellow flew again as Ryan Roberts looped the car in turn two. Boston took second from Chapman as they went into turn one on the restart, then passed Jordan for the lead going into turn three. The yellow flew one more time as Jack Dover came to a stop in turn four after spinning.

Boston led on the restart, but Adam Gullion made the pass on Chapman for second with three laps remaining and closed in on Boston. On the final lap, Gullion got into the marbles in turn one, and Boston pulled away. Gullion held on for second, with Chapman third, Stu Snyder fourth and Gene Ackland fifth.

Next Saturday is the ASCS Midwest vs N. Plains region race at Eagle Raceway. The Sprints will not be running for track points, as this is an ASCS sanctioned show. The Modifieds, Hobby Stocks and Tuners will run a regular program.

Results for 7-15-06
Championship Sprints

Heat Race #1
1) 84 Toby Chapman
2) 19J Jay Jordan
3) 3 Jeff Griffis
4) 2 Don Droud Jr.
5) 31 Mark Pace
6) 17 Gage Dorr
7) 29 Roger Sluka
8) 21 Ryan Kitchen
9) 76 Jay Russell

Heat Race #2
1) 96KX Adam Gullion
2) 14G Gene Ackland
3) 18 Ryan Roberts
4) 7L Rob Lipker
5) 77 John Klabunde
6) 71 Tige Jensen
7) 71X Kellen Love
8) 7 Lonnie Jensen

Heat Race #3
1) 14 Josh Riggins
2) 53 Jack Dover
3) 51 Mike Boston
4) 4s Stuart Snyder
5) 23 Terry Holliman
6) 23R Tadd Holliman
7) 24J Jeffrey Reiman
8) 3G Bill Garrow

A Feature
1) 51 Mike Boston
2) 96KX Adam Gullion
3) 84 Toby Chapman
4) 4s Stuart Snyder
5) 14G Gene Ackland
6) 18 Ryan Roberts
7) 76 Jay Russell
8) 77 John Klabunde
9) 3 Jeff Griffis
10) 71X Kellen Love
11) 71 Tige Jensen
12) 53 Jack Dover
13) 17 Gage Dorr
14) 23R Tadd Holliman
15) 24J Jeffrey Reiman
16) 3G Bill Garrow
17) 19J Jay Jordan
18) 23 Terry Holliman
19) 31 Mark Pace
20) 2 Don Droud Jr.
21) 29 Roger Sluka
22) 21 Ryan Kitchen
23) 14 Josh Riggins
24) 7L Rob Lipker
25) 7 Lonnie Jensen


IMCA Modifieds

Heat Race #1
1) 1 Robert Brinkman
2) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
3) 3W Stacey Wilhelm
4) 82/76 Brad Koehn
5) 29 Jeff Mazza
6) 72 Mike Lineberry
7) 30 Jordan Grabouski
8) 8 Larry Goertz
9) 10K Don McCown

Heat Race #2
1) 13 Doug Deterding
2) V45 Rik Gropp
3) 7 Bob Ruisinger
4) 44 Tom Lenz
5) 5ST Dan Wayman
6) 3A Aaron Pella
7) 75J Jesse Robinson
8) 1J Jason Edwards
9) 27M Brian Murphy

Heat Race #3
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 27 Clint Homan
3) 4JR David Jewett Jr.
4) 4T Jerry Trejo
5) 12X George Haney
6) 00 Tim Pickens
7) 42K Jan Korth
8) 1M Mike Anderson

Heat Race #4
1) 21T Tracy Harr
2) 2M Mike Meyer
3) 75J Jesse Robinson
4) 21 Phil Penney
5) 19 Scott Anderson
6) 11X Steve Devitt
7) 4d Pat Donovan
8) 11AA Ed Raines

B Feature
1) 5ST Dan Wayman
2) 3A Aaron Pella
3) 8 Larry Goertz
4) 12X George Haney
5) 11X Steve Devitt
6) 19 Scott Anderson
7) 4d Pat Donovan
8) 27M Brian Murphy
9) 00 Tim Pickens
10) 1J Jason Edwards
11) 10K Don McCown
12) 42K Jan Korth
13) 29 Jeff Mazza
14) 72 Mike Lineberry
15) 30 Jordan Grabouski
16) 95R Lucas Robinson
17) 1M Mike Anderson
18) 11AA Ed Raines

A Feature
1) 21T Tracy Harr
2) 3 Chris Alcorn
3) 2M Mike Meyer
4) 13 Doug Deterding
5) V45 Rik Gropp
6) 3W Stacey Wilhelm
7) 21 Phil Penney
8) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
9) 27 Clint Homan
10) 3A Aaron Pella
11) 5ST Dan Wayman
12) 8 Larry Goertz
13) 82/76 Brad Koehn
14) 4T Jerry Trejo
15) 75J Jesse Robinson
16) 44 Tom Lenz
17) 7 Bob Ruisinger
18) 1 Robert Brinkman
19) 12X George Haney
20) 4JR David Jewett Jr.


IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat Race #1
1) 1x Rich Small
2) 9t Jim Musel
3) 53 Jeff Kros
4) 86 Justin Wulf
5) 98 Daniel Jackson
6) 94 Mike Hansen
7) 42 Rob Brown
8) 26 Nate Thompson

Heat Race #2
1) 1R RJ Macku
2) 28B Rick Bradley
3) 26x Ron Allen
4) 3K Jerry Keaton
5) 10 Brad Schreiner
6) 4 Troy Mencke
7) 14 Ron Novak

Heat Race #3
1) 57 Brian Cudly
2) 92 Don Hall Jr.
3) 38C Casey Meyer
4) 21 Derick Noonan
5) M70 Rick Munson
6) X9 Trevor Thornton
7) 9 Rex Schreiner
8) 93 Thom Marsh
9) 67 Jason Halagarda

A Feature
1) 1x Rich Small
2) 1R RJ Macku
3) 86 Justin Wulf
4) 42 Rob Brown
5) 57 Brian Cudly
6) X9 Trevor Thornton
7) 3c Colby Johnson
8) 3K Jerry Keaton
9) 28B Rick Bradley
10) 9 Rex Schreiner
11) M70 Rick Munson
12) 10 Brad Schreiner
13) 4 Troy Mencke
14) 67 Jason Halagarda
15) 21 Derick Noonan
16) 98 Daniel Jackson
17) 94 Mike Hansen
18) 53 Jeff Kros
19) 9t Jim Musel
20) 93 Thom Marsh
21) 92 Don Hall Jr.
22) 26x Ron Allen
23) 14 Ron Novak
24) 26 Nate Thompson


Tuners (Hornets)

Heat Race #1
1) 0k Maynard Kinnersley
2) 00 Barry Kinnersley
3) 2 Dan Rhiley
4) 3N Neil Pella
5) 44 Jack Prall III
6) 2k Kyle Schamp
7) 11 Doug Kress
8) 01v Jake Vrbka

Heat Race #2
1) 01 Adrian Dover
2) 0r Amanda Rhiley
3) 1K Kevin Kuker
4) 10J Doug Lyons
5) 62 Justin Busboom
6) B32 Brian Haller
7) 09 Harm Rogman
8) 3x Jake Brinson

A Feature
1) 2 Dan Rhiley
2) 10J Doug Lyons
3) 01 Adrian Dover
4) 3N Neil Pella
5) 00 Barry Kinnersley
6) 0r Amanda Rhiley
7) 1K Kevin Kuker
8) 2k Kyle Schamp
9) 09 Harm Rogman
10) B32 Brian Haller
11) 62 Justin Busboom
12) 11 Doug Kress
13) 3x Jake Brinson
14) 01v Jake Vrbka
15) 0k Maynard Kinnersley
16) 44 Jack Prall III

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (July 14)—Victory lane saw all familiar faces at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, July 14.

Superior’s Jon Thompson won his sixth IMCA Modified feature of the year. Thompson got a good jump at the drop of the green and led all 20 laps enroute to the checkers. A couple of early caution flags kept the field bunched the first half of the race but Thompson pulled away for an easy win. Brian Calhoon finished second, followed by Brandon Blochlinger, heat two winner Dwight Housh and Tim Watts. Lonnie Schriner won the other heat race.

Jim ‘The Bussman’ Buss of Hastings won his sixth IMCA Hobby Stock feature of the season but had to work much harder for his. After problems in his heat race sent him to the pits, Buss had to start scratch in the 15-car, 15 lap race. T.C. McCain of Downs, KS, led the first 8 laps before Jeromy Wagner took the top spot with Buss in second. Buss then took command on lap 10 and led the remaining distance to the checkers. Wagner held to second, with Joe McDole, Mike Shriver and Jared Lewis rounding out the top five. Heat race winners were Rocky Zimmerman and Chase Carraher.

Brett Behrends of Webber, KS, won his second IMCA Stock Car feature in a row. Chad Wulf led the first five laps before the red flag waved on lap 6 when heat 2 winner Troy Attwood rolled coming out of turn 2. Attwood was not hurt but was finished for the night. Wulf led the next four laps before Behrends finally made his way to the front on lap 10. Lance Borgman chased Behrends the remainder of the 18-lap event but had to settle for the runner-up spot. Josh Hudson finished third, followed by Cory Struckhoff and Wulf. Geoff Jermark was victorious in the other heat race.

Joe & Pat Hersh of Inavale inherited the lead on lap 2 of the 10-lap Cruiser feature and that was all they needed to make their way to The Speed Bowl’s winner’s circle for the second time this season. Heat one winners David Theer & Troy Himmelberg led the opening lap but developed a flat tire while under caution on lap 2 and had to pit. The Hershes led the field back to green and drove off for the win. Jeremy Teselle & John Lamb placed second, followed by John Annon & Josh Wonderly. Heat two winners were Doug & Jason Monty.

Racing returns to The Speed Bowl Friday evening, July 21, as the regular four divisions return to action. There will also be a hot dog eating contest during intermission. Racing starts at 8:00 p.m.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Rocky Zimmerman, 2. Delbert Selvage, 3. Matt Henke, 4. Jamie Reiman.

Heat 2: 1. Chase Carraher, 2. Joe McDole, 3. Jeromy Wagner, 4. T.C. McCain.

Feature: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Wagner, 3. McDole, 4. Mike Shriver, 5. Jared Lewis, 6. Selvage, 7. Zimmerman, 8. Jerry Hudson, 9. Jacob Williams, 10. Carraher, 11. Michael Lauber, 12. Aaron Hupfer, 13. Henke, 14. McCain, 15. Reiman (DNF), 16. Wade Wagenblast (DNS).
IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Geoff Jermark, 2. Jason Davis, 3. Ron Olson, 4. Josh Hudson.

Heat 2: 1. Troy Attwood, 2. Chad Wulf, 3. Jason McCartney, 4. Matt Streit.

Feature: 1. Brett Behrends, 2. Lance Borgman, 3. Hudson, 4. Cory Struckhoff, 5. Wulf, 6. Jared Remus, 7. Olson, 8. Streit, 9. Jermark, 10. McCartney, 11. Davis, 12. Brant Beam, 13. Attwood (DNF), 14. Chris Hancock (DNF).
IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Lonnie Schriner, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Devon Housh, 4. Brian Calhoon.

Heat 2: 1. Dwight Housh, 2. Jon Thompson, 3. Greg Metz, 4. Brandon Blochlinger.

Feature: 1. Thompson, 2. Calhoon, 3. Blochlinger, 4. Dwight Housh, 5. Tim Watts, 6. Blake, 7. Devon Housh, 8. Jamey Jameson, 9. Todd Peterson, 10. Randy Fogo, 11. Jeff Linner, 12. Caesare Linner, 13. Ed Putman (DNF), 14. Schriner (DNF), 15. Metz (DNF), 16. Joby Hanson (DNS).
Cruisers

Heat 1: 1. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg, 2. Joe Krone/Jacob Krone, 3. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 4. Joe Hersh/Pat Hersh.

Heat 2: 1. Doug Monty/Jason Monty, 2. Wes Eagleburger/Chuck Eagleburger, 3. T.J. Jameson/Matthew Niemeyer, 4. Josh Jacobitz/Vic Jacobitz.

Feature: 1. Hersh/Hersh, 2. Jeremy Teselle/John Lamb, 3. John Annon/Josh Wonderly, 4. Jacobitz/Jacobitz, 5. Sidlo/Kothe, 6. Jeremy Simmons/Roger Deal, 7. Eagleburger/Eagleburger, 8. Jameson/Niemeyer, 9. Ron Duffy/Kent Duffy, 10. Theer/Himmelberg (DNF), 11. Monty/Monty (DNF), 12. Krone/Krone (DNF).

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "Due the rains in the area yesterday and thru out the evening hours racing action has been cancelled. Hope to see everyone next week 7/21 with regular racing planned for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Rehmer Auto Parts IMCA Stock Cars, Limited Late Models and Hornets. Racing will start at 8pm with the gates opening at 5:30 and hot laps at 7pm. Don't Forget July 28 the OPEN WHEEL SHOOTOUT featuring the ASCS 360 Winged Sprints and the IMCA Modifieds Present by Pete C. Schmit & Sons your local GARST dealer from Bellwood, NE"

The 2nd Annual O'Reilly Cornhusker Midget Challenge returns to Nebraska's Junction Motor Speedway on Tuesday, July 25th and Wednesday, July 26th. All Modified teams are invited to join the 2 day open-wheel program which starts at 7:30 both nights. Both nights will be full, separate shows with each night paying $500.00 to win and $50.00 to start and NO ENTRY FEES. Those wearing a JMS wrist band at the Tuesday night event will be guests at the Applebee's/Hoiliday Inn Tent Party after the evening of racing. The Applebee's and Holiday Inn Tent Party will be held in the JMS Pit area with barbequed sweet corn 'in the husks' on the menu!

Advanced Grandstand Tickets are available at 50 central plains O'Reilly Auto Parts Stores. Save $5.00 on an adult ticket for two nights. Single night admission is $15.00 for Adults. Ages 6 to 12-$4.00, 5 & under are admitted FREE.

For Modified rules, see: www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com
For Modified questions, call Jason at 402-773-5538 ext 9.

For POWRi Midget information, see; www.POWRi.com

From IMCA:

RED CLOUD, Neb. (July 13) – Three IMCA divisions get top billing in the four night, four race Thunder Series scheduled July 28-31.

Sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks headline shows on Friday, July 28 at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30 at Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton, Kan., and Monday, July 31 at Osborne, Kan., Speedway.

Friday’s Modified main pays $1,000 to win and a minimum of $100 to start. The Stock Car feature pays $500 to win and $100 to start, while the Hobbies race for a $300 top prize. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m.

On Saturday, the Modifieds chase a $400 check, with $300 to win in the Stocks and $200 to win in the Hobbies. Pits open at 4 p.m. with the first heat race at 7 p.m.

Sunday’s show is the Bud Shoot-Out, with special events contingencies given in both the Modified and Stock Car divisions. Modifieds race for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $100 to start, while the Stocks run for $750 to win and a minimum of $100. First place in the Hobby feature pays $400.

Gates open at 3:30 p.m. for the Shoot-Out and racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m.

The county fair program Monday at Osborne sports top checks of $400 for the Modifieds, $300 for the Stocks and $200 for the Hobbies in races for points to be applied at Elmwood Park. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

Bonuses will be paid to the top four drivers in point standings for the series. The payout for Modifieds is $250-$125-$75-$50, and $150-$100-$75-$50 for both the Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks.

Winners of both the July 28 and July 30 Modified events will be added to the ballot for the 2007 All-Star Invitational, as will the overall series champion. The top driver in Stock Car points becomes eligible to qualify for the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions at this year’s Super Nationals.

More information about the Thunder Series is available by calling 785 678-2416 or 678-8037.

Of course, it's not the newest of news, but his quotes are interesting...the guy takes a pay cut from an 8 figure salary to run where he can race, trade a little paint, and have some fun ("At least here, you've got people cheering for you. We're out here racing."). Maybe he's got his priorities straight after all. Sounds like good advice no matter what the series.

JS Online:Montoya shifts to NASCAR: "Joliet, Ill. - He has won on Indy's legendary bricks and the fabled streets of Monaco.

Juan Montoya spent two seasons with the Ganassi Indy-car team and won 11 races, including a 2000 event at the Milwaukee Mile.
Quotable

Yes, Formula One is very exciting and the cars are very technological. But anyone that watches the races knows that's not the most exciting thing you can watch . . . no disrespect.

Now, after a 15-year career in open-wheel racing, Juan Pablo Montoya is ready to see how he stacks up on the high banks of Daytona, smash-'em-up short tracks like the one in Bristol, Tenn., and the sweeping mile-and-a-half ovals such as Chicagoland Speedway.

The 30-year-old Colombian will trade the international prestige of Formula One for the enjoyment and challenge of NASCAR, Montoya and car owner Chip Ganassi announced Sunday.

'It's about how much fun are you having . . . and what's your ultimate goal,' Montoya said. 'For me, it's racing.

'Yes, Formula One is very exciting and the cars are very technological. But anyone that watches the races knows that's not the most exciting thing you can watch . . . no disrespect.

'How hard is it to pass a car in Formula One? And you pass a car, you touch wheels and you're an animal.'

Montoya, who won a CART championship and an IndianapoMontoya, who won a CART championship and an Indianapolis 500 with Ganassi, will reunite with the owner later this season and then begin full time in 2007."

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Greenwood, NE (July 10, 2006) The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil presents “Iowa Night” this Saturday July 15 th plus the Outrageous Fan Night contest and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. All Iowa residents will be admitted to the grandstands FREE with proof of I.D.!

The winner of the Outrageous Fan contest will be the fan with the most outrageous costume as judged by the fans and will receive a VIP Package which includes 4 General Admission Tickets to a regular season event, a VIP Party Deck, and 4 Value Meal Coupons! The Late Models, Trail Performance/Trade Center Automotive 305 Sprint Cars, Certified Transmission Pro Ams, B-Modifieds, Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets, and Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets will all be in action that night. Ticket prices for Saturday's events are $8 for adults, $7 for Seniors and Students with kids age 10 and under FREE. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:30pm and the racing action set to begin at 7:00pm.

Sunday, July 16 th is Kid's Car Ride Night and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. Kids 12 and under will get a chance to ride in race car at intermission. The Dodge Super Late Models, Home Pride Modifieds, NRP Grand Nationals, and Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks will all be in action. The Hobby Stocks will also be competing for the Tom & Tiff’s Family Restaurant $100 bonus this Sunday. Adults are $10, and Seniors and Students are $8 and Kids 10 and under are always FREE. On Sunday the pit gate opens at 4pm, the grandstand gate opens at 4:30pm, with hot laps at 6pm and racing at 6:30pm.

From Eagle Raceway.com

O'Reilly Auto Parts presents the United States Modified Touring Series Wed. July 19 in the first "Mod Madness."

See the best modified drivers from across the U.S. in this one of a kind event.

To encourage local participation, the USMTS is designating Eagle Raceway a test track and will allow the IMCA-spec Hoosier tire, in addition to the series' tires.

This promises to be a great show for any race fan!

Also racing are the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks (IMCA rules, non-sanctioned, non-points), and the Outlaw Vintage Lites Dwarf Cars.

After the races, Crash Moreau’s THRILLMASTERS will attempt THREE death-defying stunts! The “Grand Finale” will have stuntman Rocky Hardcore attempt to fly a full size Garbage Truck off an 8 foot high dirt ramp and leap more than 50 feet through the air landing on top of a row of parked cars! This will be an AWESOME stunt you won’t want to miss. See Rocky try and set a NEW Guinness World Record for a Garbage Truck Leap!

It all happens at “America’s Home Track” Eagle Raceway!

Get advance tickets NOW at any Omaha and Lincoln O'Reilly Auto Parts store. If you buy your tickets before the day of the race, you save $5 off the gate price - just $10 adult admission for awesome modified action. BUT you have to get the tickets before the day of the show to save!

Tickets on the day of the show are: Front Gate: Adult $15, Youth(6-13) $5, Children(5 & under) Free

Butler County Motorplex: Butler County Motorplex had a full night of action scheduled with racing, fireworks and live band at the facility for the night.

Mike Marushak grabbed the lead and won the first of two Limited Late Model heat races. Rick Stolley finished second, Taylor Caldwell was third and Jeff Haase fourth. Travis Dickes won the second heat race. Beau Sheffield took third with Bob Milander and Pat Shanahan rounding out the top four.

IMCA Modified driver Daniel Neeman won the first of three heat races in the modified division. Johnny Saathoff finished second, Mike Stearns was third and Aaron Kobus fourth. Dylan Smith controlled the second IMCA Modified heat race with the win. Tom Svoboda was second, Todd Topil third and James Kleinheksel fourth. Mark Kaspar dominated the final modified heat race for the win. Mike Gaver took second followed by Chris Alcorn and Scott Bivens.

Brian Cudly found the fast way around the track in the first of two IMCA Hobby Stock heat races. Cudly took the win followed by Travis Runcie, Shane Hiatt and Nate Thompson. Brandon Kresha took the lead in heat number two for the win. Quinten Spragg finished second, Duane Schroeder third and Nick Topil was fourth.

Darrin Adamy controlled the IMCA Rehmer Auto Parts Stock Car heat race with the win. Josh Carpenter was second, Roger Eaton third and Doug Adamy was fourth.

Dan Alt won the Hornet heat race followed by Austin Brauner. The Hornet feature ended with the exact same results, Dan Alt got his sixth win for the season and Austin Brauner was second.

The IMCA Rehmer Auto Parts Stock Car feature found Darrin Adamy in control of the race. Darrin led the first eleven laps of the feature but then Mike Nichols took adavantage of a re-start in the race to take the lead. Nichols led the final four laps for the win. Darrin Adamy was second, Josh Carpenter third and Shane Stutzman fourth.


Brandon Kresha got the lead at the end of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature to collect his second win of the season as a rookie driver. Kresha won the race but went home without an engine as Nate Thompson claimed after the race was completed. Nick Topil moved up to finish second with Travis Runcie third and Rich Small was fourth.

Mike Marushak made it look easy as he took the lead in the Limited Late Model feature and cruised to victory. Taylor Caldwell was second, Travis Dickes third and Bob Milander got credit for fourth.

Chris Alcorn got the win in the IMCA Modified feature after escaping from damage in a crash with three laps remaining. Mark Kaspar finished second, Mike Stearns third and Dylan Smith was fourth. Fortunately there were no serious injuries to any of the drivers during the crashes.

Race Results
Hornet Heat: 31 Dan Alt, 10 Austin Brauner

Feature: 31 Dan Alt, 10 Austin Brauner

IMCA Hobby Stock Results
Heat 1: 57 Brian Cudly, 33 Travis Runcie, 21H Shane Hiatt, 26 Nate Thompson
Heat 2: 21 Brandon Kresha, 79s Quinten Spragg, 22s Duane Schroeder, 7T Nick Topil

A feature: 21 Brandon Kresha, 7T Nick Topil, 33 Travis Runcie, 11x Rich Small, 22s Duane Schroeder, 57 Brian Cudly, 34 Max Harder, 21H Shane Hiatt, 79s Quinten Spragg, 8 Murray Haugen II, 5H Pat Huggins, 3K Jerry Keaton, 26 Nate Thompson, 68 Damon Richards, 17 Derek Thiem, 26x Ron Allen – did not start the feature


IMCA Stock Car Results
Heat: 92 Darrin Adamy, 3 Josh Carpenter, 25x Roger Eaton, 93 Doug Adamy

A Feature: 63 Mike Nichols, 92 Darrin Adamy, 3 Josh Carpenter, 22s Shane Stutzman, 25x Roger Eaton, 93 Doug Adamy

Limited Late Model Results
Heat 1: 5x Mike Marushak, 10 Rick Stolley, 90 Taylor Caldwell, 94 Jeff Haase
Heat 2: 21T Travis Dickes, 68 Beau Sheffield, 77B Bob Milander, 15s Pat Shanahan

A Feature: 5x Mike Marushak, 90 Taylor Caldwell, 21T Travis Dickes, 77B Bob Milander, 10 Rick Stolley, 18 Mark Egger, 15 Jase Kaser, 33z Ron Dake, 94 Jeff Haase (Norfold, NE), 15S Pat Shanahan, 68 Beau Sheffield, 44 Jeff Zimmerman (Leigh, NE)

IMCA Modified Results
Heat 1: 28N Daniel Neeman, 96J Johnny Saathoff, 23 Mike Stearns, 16k Aaron Kobus
Heat 2: 95 Dylan Smith, 16 Tom Svoboda, 12 Todd Topil, 7w James Kleinheksel
Heat 3: 2EZ Mark Kaspar, 18M Mike Gaver, 3 Chris Alcorn, s56 Scott Bivens

A Feature: 3 Chris Alcorn, 23 Mike Stearns, 2EZ Mark Kaspar, 95 Dylan Smith, 5s Bob Zoubek, 18M Mike Gaver, 12 Todd Topil, 16 Tom Svoboda, 66 Jason Harms, 16k Aaron Kobus, 21x John Hilger, 28N Daniel Neeman, 55 Adam Kobus, 96J Johnny Saathoff, s56 Scott Bivens, 3A Aaron Pella, 7w James Kleinheksel, B18 Jason Gaver

I think this article really puts into perspective the accomplishments of Don...

Cancer claims local inventor, designer

By MELISSA LEE / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Jul 10, 2006

He worked 18 hours a day, seven days a week.

On Christmas Day, he usually joined the family for a quick dinner, then waved goodbye and returned to the shop.

Little surprise, then, that Donald Maxwell, body broken down by cancer, continued to work until just days before his death.

Maxwell – self-employed engineer, race car driver, builder, inventor, friend to the stars and much more – died Saturday after a 2 1/2-year battle with bone cancer. He was 61.

“My dad worked until the day he couldn’t,” daughter Tammy Shubert said Sunday. “But it wasn’t work to him. He went to work to play. Not many people can do that.”

Maxwell’s death came just two weeks after he and his ex-wife, Sandy, re-married almost 38 years to the day after their first union in Albuquerque, N.M.

Sandy’s reason for divorce in 1990: Don worked too darned much.

He tried and tried to win her back, but she resisted until the end, when she finally allowed a minister into his hospital room to officially re-unite them.

“It was one of his last great wishes, to marry me again,” Sandy said with a trembling voice. “He was my companion. We had plenty of good times.”

Greatest among Maxwell’s achievements were his inventions, several of which were patented. He recently created a leg brace that helps patients with knee problems walk easier, his wife said.

He also pioneered the portable stage set, now used by famous county acts who want to set up and dismantle their stages quickly while they’re on tour.

Maxwell’s creation folds up and expands like a charm, Sandy said.

Singers like the Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks must agree – they’re just a few of the notable acts who have used the portable stage set.

“He was a pretty brilliant man,” Sandy said. “Very powerful.”

And well-known. Toward the end of his life, doctors had to move him to a bigger hospital room because so many friends were dropping by. And his memorial won’t be held at a cozy church; rather, it’ll be at the Ice Box, where there will be room for thousands to pay their respects.

The site is fitting: That giant star that drops down before Stars hockey games? Maxwell designed and built it.

The auditorium will also have room to display some of the race cars he designed and drove, a giant chandelier he built and a collage of photos – not to mention a cash bar and buffet line.

Maxwell would’ve wanted his guests to feel taken care of, family members said. He was that type of guy: Anytime anyone had a problem, he’d solve it.

Shubert remembers a father she could call on for advice, financial assistance or even a helping hand when her kids needed to build a project for science class.

“He could solve anything,” she said. “It’s nice to have someone like that in your family.”

Even after the cancer diagnosis, her father was sharp-witted and hardworking, she said.

Toward the end, the disease became too much to handle. His kidneys failed, his lungs filled with fluid, his mood swung dramatically.

But he was still Don – still the man who loved to play around in his shop.

“That was his real love,” Sandy said. “He was a winner.”

Roger Hadan announced at the pit meeting on July 8 that his company, Full Throttle Entertainment, LLC would be operating Eagle Raceway in 2007. The decision to buy or lease has not been made, but Eagle will run next season. Classes, schedule, etc. have not been discussed.

Developing, more to come...

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/09/06) Joe Kosiski picks up his fourth win in a row at the I-80 Speedway, while Dave Livingston picks up his second feature win this weekend. Other feature winners were Jerimiah Sillman and Josh True on Kids Money Grab night.

The 25 lap NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series "A" feature event saw the #1L of Mike Wallace take the lead on lap one. Wallace would maintain the point until lap seven when the #76 of "Awesome Al" Zeitner would pull to the low side and take the lead. Action would slow one lap later for a piece of debris. On the restart current NASCAR Division II leader Joe Kosiski would drive from fifth to second in the running order. Two laps later Kosiski would edge out Zeitner for the lead at the line. The race would stay green the rest of the way and Kosiski would go on to take his sixth victory of the season. Zeitner would finish second ahead of Ed Kosiski, Bryant Goldsmith, and Leon Zeitner.

Jerimiah Sillman would start on the pole and win the 18 lap Home Pride Modified feature. Justin Clark would take second. Mike Meyer would start tenth and take third. Mike Johnson and Nick Carlson rounded out the top five.

The 20 lap Grand National division feature would have Randy Archer jump to an early lead on lap one. Archer would keep the lead until lap four, that's when Rick Stolley would loose control of his #10 in turn two. Andrew Kosiski would hit Stolley's car, but they both were able to continue with damage. On the restart the #17 of Dave Livingston would lead the fifth lap, but the caution flew again for the #T3 of Gary Leapley. After the restart the race went for 15 straight green flag laps and Livingston would take the checkers. This was Livingston's second feature win of the weekend as he won Saturday's NASCAR Division IV CRATE latemodel "A" main. Point leader Dave Doll took second, Shawn Harker brought home third after battling Ron Tex Jr. to the line. The 2005 NRP Grand National Champion Joey Bauer Jr. came home fifth.

The Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks would have trouble on lap one. That is when the #15m of Brandon Richards would get upside down and roll in turn one. Richards was unhurt, but his car had heavy damage to it. When the race got restarted it was "SpongeBob" Kracher who was the race leader. On lap four hard charging Chuck Madden Jr. would loose the handle on his #2x. Madden who started 11th would keep his car running and rejoin the field a half lap down. Kracher would keep the lead, but he would be challenged by Josh True and Tom Myers for the last half of the race. The three would race three wide until Myers pulled into the pits on lap eleven. With Myers gone, that gave True a little more room and he would pass Kracher on the white flag lap. True would then come around and take the checkers. Jesse Sobbing would come from fourth to second on the last lap. Kracher held on for third. Jeremy Auten and Justin Leach came across fourth and fifth.

I-80 Speedway Results From 07/09/06

Dodge Super Latemodels

"A" Feature: 1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 76 Al Zeitner, 3) 9 Ed Kosiski, 4) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 5) 62 Leon Zeitner, 6) 1L Mike Wallace, 7) 00 Clint Benson, 8) 2v John Hampel, 9) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 10) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 11) 80 Scott Koskovich, 12) 33 Jeff Tilley, 13) 82 Robbie Andersen, 14) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 15) 89 Jerry Warner, 16) 4 Russ Haden, 17) 1m Todd Bell, 18) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 19) 71 Joe Julian, 20) z62 Justin Zeitner, 21) 8c Chad Andersen, 22) 77 John Nicholson.

Heat 1: 1) 71 Joe Julian, 2) 82 Robbie Andersen, 3) 89 Jerry Warner, 4) 2v John Hampel, 5) 4 Russ Haden, 6) 33 Jeff Tilley.

Heat 2: 1) 00 Clint Benson, 2) 77 John Nicholson, 3) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 4) 9 Ed Kosiski, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 19d Jason Hobsheidt.

Heat 3: 1) 1L Mike Wallace, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 4) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 5) 62 Leon Zeitner, 6) 80 Scott Koskovich.

Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 2) 74 Justin Clark, 3) 2m Mike Meyer, 4) 3x Mike Johnson, 5) 1c Nick Carlson, 6) 43 Brian Foote, 7) 72 Mike Lineberry, 8) 71 Jeff James, 9) 1s Scott Carlson, 10) 3r Rodney Stopak, 11) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 12) 1 Jeremy Holdapp, 13) 5 Chris Hogan, 14) 34 James Showers.

Heat 1: 1) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 2) 1s Scott Carlson, 3) 5 Chris Hogan, 4) 1 Jeremy Holdapp, 5) 43 Brian Foote, 6) 34 James Showers.

Heat 2: 1) 3x Mike Johnson, 2) 2m Mike Meyer, 3) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 4) 72 Mike Lineberry, 5) 3r Rodney Stopak, 6) 71 Jeff James.

Grand National

"A" Feature: 1) 17 Dave Livingston, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 40 Shawn Harker, 4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 6) 22m Trevor Millikan, 7) 33 Jeff Tilley, 8) 2k Jody Krug, 9) 50 Brad Soll, 10) 88 Brian Scott, 11) 56t Ron Tilley, 12) 18j Jon Schwartz, 13) j1 Harley Moen, 14) 9 Dave Cook, 15) 12 Todd Hipnar, 16) t3 Gary Leapley, 17) 33x Brian Kenkel, 18) 25 Kenny Edwards, 19) 10 Rick Stolley, 20) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 21) 9x Kathy Cook, 22) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 23) 56 Jason Longmeyer, 24) 20 Randy Archer(DQ).

"B" Feature: 1) 2k Jody Krug, 2) 18j Jon Schwartz, 3) 9 Dave Cook, 4) 88 Brian Scott, 5) 33x Brian Kenkel, 6) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 7) 85a Micah Brown, 8) 92k Rob Kosiski, 9) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 10) 18 Laini Schwartz, 11) 91 Steve Farnsworth, 12) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 13) 23 Dave Hanke.

Heat 1: 1) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 2) 25 Kenny Edwards, 3) j1 Harley Moen, 4) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 5) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 6) t3 Gary Leapley.

Heat 2: 1) 40 Shawn Harker, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 33 Jeff Tilley, 4) 22m Trevor Millikan, 5) 10 Rick Stolley, 6) 9x Kathy Cook.

Heat 3: 1) 97d Dave Doll, 2) 56t Ron Tilley, 3) 12 Todd Hipnar, 4) 20 Randy Archer, 5) 50 Brad Soll, 6) 56 Jason Longmeyer.

Stereo west Auto Toys Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature: 1) 2t Josh True, 2) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 3) 66 Bob Kracher, 4) 6a Jeremy Auten, 5) 1 Justin Leach, 6) 51s Jeremy Smith, 7) 4x Chad Bassinger, 8) 2x Chuck Madden Jr., 9) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 10) 14 Greg Houdesheldt, 11) 7 Tom Myers, 12) 4 George Whitmore, 13) 15m Brandon Richards.

Heat 1: 1) 2x Chuck Madden Jr., 2) 51s Jeremy Smith, 3) 1 Justin Leach, 4) 14 Greg Houdesheldt, 5) 2t Josh True, 6) 6a Jeremy Auten.

Heat 2: 1) 66 Bob Kracher, 2) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 3) 7 Tom Myers, 4) 4 George Whitmore, 5) 15m Brandon Richards, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger.

By Jason Orth

Eagle, Neb. (July 8, 2006) - Rookie Jack Dover won his first point-paying Budweiser Championship Sprint division A feature Saturday night at Eagle Raceway with a bold move on race leader Josh Riggins with only two laps remaining. Mike Meyer inched his way closer to a record seventh track title with his fourth win in the Sobe NoFear IMCA Modified class. Jesse VanLaningham led a slew of Beatrice Speedway regulars who hi-tailed it to Eagle Raceway after a rainout at their home track and won the Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock feature. Mark Schumacker led all 10 laps of the Stereo West Auto Toys Tuner A main for his first win at the 1/3-mile track.

The Sprint A started off with Josh Riggins taking the early lead from the front row while Tadd and Terry Holliman gave chase. Overnight rain gave racers a fast and heavy surface all night, and by lap 10 Riggins began to run down lap traffic. Behind him Jack Dover battled with Mike Boston and Larry Pinegar, II for fourth place. A yellow flag on lap 13 for third-place Terry Holliman gave Dover the chance to nab second from Tadd Holliman one lap after the restart, and he closed in rapidly on Riggins, who had built a six-length lead.

As both hugged the bottom groove, Dover stayed close until lap 23 when he shot between an opening between Riggins and the berm to take the lead going into turn one. As the field worked lapped traffic, Riggins made one more move on the outside coming out of turn four, but Dover held off the challenge and crossed a car length ahead. The win was Dover's second at Eagle in his inaugural season, the first victory coming in the June 8 Jim Eckley Memorial race. Following Riggins was Pinegar, Toby Chapman and Chad Humston.

Another Beatrice regular, Jordan Grabouski may have been better off staying at home as the first B-feature winner barrel rolled hard in turn three on the opening lap of the IMCA Modfied A feature. After the debris cleared, Norm Zigenbein took off from the front row, while Aaron Pella pursued. The two battled for the lead with Pella briefly taking over on lap five until he pushed to the wall coming out of turn four and fell to tsecond.

Meanwhile, Mike Meyer charged from the sixth row and took second place from Pella at the halfway point, then beat Zigenbein into turn one with eight laps remaining to take the lead. Chris Alcorn came out on top of a three-way battle for second and closed the gap on Meyer with four laps remaining. It wasn't enough to keep Meyer from his fourth victory of 2006. Alcorn, Rik Gropp, Zigenbein, and Doug Deterding rounded out the top five.

Don Hall, Jr. worked his way to the lead of the 15-lap A feature after coming out in front of a three-wide race down the backstretch on the opening lap. Hall contended with Brian Cudly after Cudly made his way past Rex Schreinder on lap four. Behind them Jesse VanLaningham raced from the middle of the pack to take third place with just four laps down, and a yellow flag for Kyle Vanover set the stage for an intense restart.

Hall held point until lap 10 when VanLaningham made his move on the outside of turn four to take the lead. Despite two yellow flag restarts with five laps to go, VanLaningham was able to pull out to a half-straightaway advantage at the checkered flag over Hall. Aaron Dewalt nipped Cudly at the line for third, Casey Meyer was fifth.

Mark Schumacker dominated each lap of the Tuner A feature, but Adrian Dover tried her best to sound the Dixie horn on her “General Lee” machine as she shot through the field in the closing laps. Schumacker won by a straightaway over Dover at the line ahead of Neil Pella, Barry Kinnersley and Jack Prall, III. However, Dover was penalized one spot for contact during the race and would be scored third.


Championship Sprints

B Feature
1) 18 Ryan Roberts
2) 4s Stuart Snyder
3) 2 Don Droud Jr.
4) 71 Tige Jensen
5) 19J Jay Jordan
6) 91 Brad Krutz
7) 17 Gage Dorr
8) 3G Bill Garrow
9) 71X Kellen Love
10) 29 Roger Sluka
11) 7L Rob Lipker

A Feature
1) 53 Jack Dover
2) 14 Josh Riggins
3) 13F Larry Pinegar, II
4) 84 Toby Chapman
5) 24B Chad Humston
6) 51 Mike Boston
7) 23R Tadd Holliman
8) 77 John Klabunde
9) 19J Jay Jordan
10) 71 Tige Jensen
11) 3 Jeff Griffis
12) 18 Ryan Roberts
13) 28 Ken Klabunde
14) 31 Mark Pace
15) 4s Stuart Snyder
16) 23 Terry Holliman
17) 14G Gene Ackland
18) 96KX Adam Gullion
19) 76 Jay Russell
20) 2 Don Droud Jr.


IMCA Modifieds

B Feature
1) 30 Jordan Grabouski
2) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
3) 12X George Haney
4) 8 Larry Goertz
5) 21 Phil Penney
6) 72 Mike Lineberry
7) 4JR David Jewett Jr.
8) 27M Brian Murphy
9) 1J Jason Edwards
10) B9 Sean Burkland
11) 95R Lucas Robinson
12) 45m Brandon Johnson
13) 52 Sean Manning
14) 4d Pat Donovan

B Feature #2
1) 00 Tim Pickens
2) 5ST Dan Wayman
3) 19 Scott Anderson
4) 44 Tom Lenz
5) 42K Jan Korth
6) 1M Mike Anderson
7) Z34 Brent Schlake
8) 29 Jeff Mazza
9) 75J Jesse Robinson
10) 51 Cliff Turner
11) 21F Ryan Fuchser
12) 7b Chris Burk
13) 7 Bob Ruisinger
14) 96 Gary Saathoff

A Feature
1) 2M Mike Meyer
2) 3 Chris Alcorn
3) V45 Rik Gropp
4) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
5) 13 Doug Deterding
6) 10K Don McCown
7) 3A Aaron Pella
8) 5ST Dan Wayman
9) 4T Jerry Trejo
10) 00 Tim Pickens
11) 11X Steve Devitt
12) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
13) 21T Tracy Harr
14) 24T Terry Hurt
15) 3W Stacey Wilhelm
16) 94 Dan Nelson
17) 11AA Ed Raines
18) 27 Clint Homan
19) 12X George Haney
20) 82/76 Brad Koehn


IMCA Hobby Stocks

B Feature
1) 34 Max Harder
2) 28B Rick Bradley
3) M70 Rick Munson
4) 2 Ryan Roschewski
5) 32 Trevor Kropp
6) 94 Mike Hansen
7) 4 Troy Mencke
8) 86 Justin Wulf
9) 9t Jim Musel
10) 7 Matt Fralin
11) T54 Thomas Creek
12) 8 Murray Haugen II
13) 9XX Monte Haugen
14) 21 Derick Noonan

A Feature
1) 72 Jesse VanLaningham
2) 92 Don Hall Jr.
3) 21x Aaron DeWalt
4) 57 Brian Cudly
5) 38C Casey Meyer
6) 9 Rex Schreiner
7) 28B Rick Bradley
8) 66 Justin Fritzson
9) 11 Gary Novak
10) 34 Max Harder
11) 14 Ron Novak
12) 53 Jeff Kros
13) 10 Brad Schreiner
14) M70 Rick Munson
15) 3K Jerry Keaton
16) 2 Ryan Roschewski
17) 19 Kyle Vanover
18) 3c Colby Johnson
19) 98 Daniel Jackson
20) 1x Rich Small


Tuners

A Feature
1) 12X Mark Schumacker
2) 01 Adrian Dover
3) 3N Neil Pella
4) 00 Barry Kinnersley
5) 44 Jack Prall III
6) 10J Doug Lyons
7) 2k Kyle Schamp
8) 1K Kevin Kuker
9) 62 Justin Busboom
10) 2 Dan Rhiley
11) 0r Amanda Rhiley
12) 09 Harm Rogman
13) 0k Maynard Kinnersley
14) 0 Rich White
15) 11 Doug Kress
16) 67 Jack Prall Jr.
17) B32 Brian Haller

LIVINGSTON, BULIN, NIXON, KURTZER, HUTCHISON & CHRISTENSEN
A-FEATURE WINNERS AT I-80 SPEEDWAY

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 7/08/06) The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series racing action
continued at I-80 Speedway Saturday night with Dave Livingston, Shawn Bulin,
Harry Nixon, Austin Kurtzer, Corey Hutchison and Nate Christensen picking up
feature wins as the Race to The Chase comes down to the final few weeks before
points are reset for the top 10’s.

The 20 lap Crate Late Model feature saw Ron Tex Jr. grab the early lead from the pole
position with Tony Leonardo in 2nd. Brad Perdue, who started 8th, grabbed the lead from Tex on lap
9 and looked like he would put an end to his winless streak. But multiple cautions over the last 10 laps gave Dave
Livington the break he was looking for. Livingston chased down Perdue and took the lead on lap 16 and went on to
record his 3rd win of the year. Jason Hobscheidt closed strong to take 2nd from Perdue on lap 19. Billy Leighton Jr.
finished 4th with Tex in 5th.

The Certified Transmission Pro-am feature saw Tim Podraza take the early lead
only to lose it on lap 4 to Jason Cieslik. Shawn Bulin took the lead on lap 6. But
Rick Negrete and Larry Robinson Jr. were putting on quite a show for the fans.
Both drivers had to earn their way into the A by running the B-Feature. Robinson
Won the B and Negrete finished 4th. By lap 4 of the A Negrete was up to 5th and
Robinson moved to 6th on lap 7. Robinson would make his way up front to challenge
Bulin. They swapped the lead on lap 14 and Robinson took the point on lap 15.
But on lap 17 Robinson bobbled in turn 2 and Bulin retook the lead and went on
To his 2nd feature win of the year. Negrete closed strong to finish 2nd ahead of
Point leader Scotty Hartman.

The B-Mod feature was a battle between Bobby McCall and Harry Nixon with
Both drivers swapping the lead several times. Nixon took control for good on
lap 8 and went on to his 4th win of the season. Nixon leads the points over 2nd
place finisher Jim Fritz. McCall held on for 3rd ahead of Daryl Weilage and Jim
Hendricks.

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets had enough cars for 2 A-Features once again.
Jeff Hoeft took the early lead in the first feature only to lose it to Darin Hoegren.
Austin Kurtzer, who started 14th in a backup car, charged up to 2nd by lap 2.
Kurtzer took the lead in the closing laps and went on to his 2nd win of the year.
In the 2nd feature Michael Bockman took the early lead only to lose it on a restart
to Corey Hutchison. Hutchison built an insurmountable lead and went on to
record his 2nd win of the year. Rick havenridge came on to take 2nd ahead of
Bockman.

The TFN Novice Hornet feature saw Nate Christensen take the lead on lap 3 from
early leader Justin Soule. Chritensen went on to record the win his first in 3 weeks.
Steve McConnel finished 2nd ahead of Soule.

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the Crate
Late Models, Pro-ams, B-Mods, Pro-Hornets and Novice Hornets. Hot laps are
at 6:30 with the first green flag dropping at 7. It will be Outrageous Fan Night and
all Iowa residents get in for free with proof of ID.

NRP/I-80 Speedway is located between Omaha and Lincoln just north of I-80 exit 420 and runs the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series on Saturday and Sunday nights during their regular season; one of only two tracks in the USA to hold two NASCAR Dodge Weekly Sanctions. For more information, contact the NRP General Offices at 402-342-3453 during normal business hours or visit the web site at www.neracewaypark.com. On race days after 4pm, the track info line is 402-944-2233.

Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
Division IV
Dodge Crate Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 17 Dave Livingston, 2) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 3) 25 Brad
Perdue, 4) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 5) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 6) 2k Jody Krug,
7) 18j Jon Schwartz, 8) 2d Todd Morgan, 9) 20 Randy Archer, 10) 38
Jeff Tilley, 11) Dave Doll, 12) Jay Burdic, 13) Curt Drake, 14) Scott Carlson,
15) Gary Joens Jr., 16) Shawn Harker, 17) Dwane Pospisil, 18) Kenny
Edwards, 19) Brad Soll, 20) Kent Schimenti, 21) Laini Schwartz, 22) Brent
Baker, 23) Mike Wallace, 24) Rob Kosiski, 25) Tony Leonardo, 26) Ron
Tilley, 27) Trevor Millikan(DNS)

1st Heat: 1) Hobscheidt, 2) Leonardo, 3) Soll, 4) Joens, 5) Millikan, 6) Schimenti

2nd Heat: 1) Morgan, 2) Tex, 3) Perdue, 4) Archer, 5) Livingston, 6) J. Schwartz

3rd Heat: 1) Krug, 2) J. Tilley, 3) Leighton, 4) Wallace, 5) Burdic, 6) R. Tilley

Certified Transmission Pro-ams

A-Feature: 1) 36 Shawn Bulin, 2) 72 Rick Negrete, 3) 88 Scotty Hartman,
4) 12 Terry Cleveland, 5) 25x Joe Feyen, 6) T72 Thad Thomson, 7) 48
Larry Robinson Jr., 8) 33x Chuck Dillon, 9) 8 Nick Steier, 10) 9x John
Allensworth, 11) Jason Cieslik, 12) Ray Dessel, 13) Mike Gillespie,
14) Nick Hermsen, 15) Jeff Atkins, 16) Dave Christensen, 17) Mike Powell,
18) Jeff Bonney, 19) Tim Podraza, 20) Don Mohr, 21) Rich Steier, 22) Marty
Steinbech, 23) Jeff Kupke, 24) Steve Peoples

B-Feature: 1) Robinson, 2) Mohr, 3) Peoples, 4) Negrete, 5) Atkins, 6) Bonney

1st Heat: 1) Feyen, 2) R. Steier, 3) Dessell, 4) Cleveland, 5) Allensworth

2nd Heat: 1) Podraza, 2) Bulin, 3) Steinbech, 4) Christensen, 5) Cieslik

3rd Heat: 1) Hartman, 2) N. Steier, 3) Dillon, 4) Gillespie, 5) Powell

B-Mods

A-Feature: 1) 5 Harry Nixon, 2) 21 Jim Fritz, 3) 20 Bobby McCall, 4) 52
Daryl Weilage, 5) 33 Jim Hendricks, 6) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 7) Z00
Lacey Tuttle, 8) 0H Scott Plantz, 9) 52x Mike Christiansen, 10) 01
Kevin Bruck

1st Heat: 1) Fritz, 2) McCall, 3) Bruck, 4) Weilage, 5) Hendricks

2nd Heat: 1) Nixon, 2) Robinson, 3) Christiansen, 4) Tuttle, 5) Plantz

Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets

1st A-Feature: 1) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 2) 19 Darin Hoegren, 3) 33 Tim Shidler,
4) 20 Lindsey Yost, 5) 61b Brandon Wergin, 6) 75 Jeff Hoeft, 7) 23 Ole
Olson, 8) 15 Jamie Spanel, 9) 10 Joe Thomas, 10) 61 Chuck Wergin,
11) Joe Baker, 12) Anthony Abboud, 13) Randy Allen, 14) Jacob Brown


2nd A-Feature: 1) 96 Corey Hutchison, 2) 99 Rick Havenridge, 3) 67x
Michael Bockman, 4) 36 Joe McConnell, 5) 22 Mike Boehmer, 6) 40
Alan Harker, 7) 33T Brian Williard, 8) 81 Steve England, 9) 99x Jason
Tadlock, 10) B52 Skip Brown, 11) James Hayes, 12) Travis Meyer,
13) Dave LaFleur, 14) Tony Barnes(DNS)

1st Heat: 1) J. Yost, 2) Thomas, 3) Hoeft, 4) B. Wergin, 5) Allen

2nd Heat: 1) Meyer, 2) LaFleur, 3) Williard, 4) Tadlock, 5) Skip Brown

3rd Heat: 1) Shidler, 2) Hoegren, 3) Kurtzer, 4) C. Wergin, 5) Olson

4th Heat: 1) Hutchison, 2) McConnell, 3) Bockman, 4) Boehmer, 5) Hayes

Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 37 Nate Christensen, 2) 33 Steve McConnell, 3) 16j Justin
Soule, 4) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 5) 22 Eric Fryman, 6) 3x Mollee Collins,
7) 35 Nick Kock, 8) 13 Bryan Hull, 9) 97s Sara Doll, 10) 23 Lynn Carlson,
11) Nathan Brown, 12) Megan Christensen, 13) Teresa Allen, 14) Shevi Collins,
15) Will McConnell, 16) Andrew Cuva, 17) Ashley Hoeft, 18) Taylor Collins,
19) Thomas Liechti, 20) Trish Hultgren, 21) Ridge Barnes, 22) Deanna Wallace,
24) Brady Deyeager

1st Heat: 1) Soule, 2) S. McConnell, 3) Leonardo, 4) Doll, 5) M. Collins

2nd Heat: 1) N. Christensen, 2) Brown, 3) Fryman, 4) Hoeft, 5) T. Collins

Here's the whole sequence of Doug Lovegrove's flip from July 3. Again, it shows just how dangerous the sport can be. Take a look at the damage at Doug Lovegrove's site. It's a good thing that energy went through the car, and not all into Doug...

Send Doug your get well wishes here

Click for a larger image.

For those who aren't old enough to remember Don, he was not only a highly regarded sprint car driver racing at Midwest and Eagle as late as the 1980's he was also a gifted craftsman.

His cars were THE machines to have in the 70's. His mechanical talents went beyond racing - including a mobile, fold out stage that you may have seen at Eagle Raceway during their concert nights.

From RaceTracker's Blog: "Don Maxwell lost a long battle with cancer on Saturday July 8, 2006. 'Max' moved to Lincoln, NE., in 1972 and began a car-building business along with Jan Opperman. Throughout the 1970s, the Maxwell was the Sprint Car to have if you wanted to go fast. Maxwell was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003."

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (July 7)—Greg Metz of Washington, KS, and Brett Behrends of Webber, KS, finally earned their way to victory lane for the first time this season at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, July 7.

After finishing last in the 17-car field a week ago, Metz redeemed himself as he led all 20 laps of the caution free IMCA Modified feature. Metz pulled away from Dwight Housh for an easy win. Jon Thompson finished a distant third with Tim Watts and Lonnie Schriner close behind. Metz and Lonnie Veteto were victorious in the two heat races.

The IMCA Stock Car feature also had a first time winner in Behrends. Hometown driver Ron Olson led the first 10 laps of the 18-lap event before Behrends made the winning pass. Josh Hudson finished a close second, followed by Matt Streit, heat two winner Cory Struckhoff, and Jason McCartney. Heat one winner Geoff Jermark finished sixth.

‘The Bussman’ Jim Buss of Hastings had an impressive drive to win his fifth IMCA Hobby Stock feature of the season at ‘The Bowl.’ Unable to run his heat race due to motor problems, Buss lined up scratch in the 15-lap feature. But Buss worked his way up thru the field and passed leader Joe McDole on lap 6 and never looked back on the way to the checkers. McDole, heat two winner Wade Wagenblast, Delbert Selvage and Rocky Zimmerman rounded out the top five. Jared Lewis won the other heat race. The feature race was red flagged twice. The first time on lap 1 when Jamie Reiman rolled over on his top in turn 1. On the following lap, Brandon Naasz rolled his car hard in turn 2 when he made contact with the outside fence. Both drivers were unharmed.

Guide Rock duo Ron & Kent Duffy won their fourth Cruiser feature of the season and second in a row as they took the lead with 2 laps to go in the 10-lap race. Terry Gradig & Gary Rannebeck finished second, followed by point leaders Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe. Heat race winners included T.J. Jameson & Matthew Niemeyer and David Theer & Troy Himmelberg.

The Good Ol’ Time Racing Association (GOTRA) made a special appearance. Howard Sheets of Fremont led the first 7 laps of the 12-lap feature before Rich Anderson of Columbus took the lead and pulled away to the checkers. Ken Ganskow finished second, followed by Sheets. Heat race winners were Dennis Proskocil and Anderson, while Sheets earned the hardware in the trophy dash.

Racing returns to The Speed Bowl Friday evening, July 14, as the regular four divisions return to action. The first green flag flies at 8:00 p.m.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Jared Lewis, 2. Delbert Selvage, 3. Jamie Reiman, 4. Mike Shriver.

Heat 2: 1. Wade Wagenblast, 2. Joe McDole, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. T.C. McCain.

Feature: 1. Jim Buss, 2. McDole, 3. Wagenblast, 4. Selvage, 5. Rocky Zimmerman, 6. Lewis, 7. Hudson, 8. Shriver, 9. Matt Henke, 10. Chad Borgman, 11. McCain, 12. Chase Carraher (DNF), 13. Brandon Naasz (DNF), 14. Reiman (DNF), 15. Jason Nelsson (DNS).
IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Geoff Jermark, 2. Josh Hudson, 3. Lance Borgman, 4. Matt Streit.

Heat 2: 1. Cory Struckhoff, 2. Ron Olson, 3. Brett Behrends, 4. Troy Attwood.

Feature: 1. Behrends, 2. Hudson, 3. Streit, 4. Struckhoff, 5. Jason McCartney, 6. Jermark, 7. Attwood, 8. Olson, 9. Borgman (DNF), 10. Jason Smidt (DNF), 11. Chad Wulf (DNF), 12. Jared Remus (DNS), 13. Brant Beam (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Greg Metz, 2. Dwight Housh, 3. Jon Thompson, 4. Tim Watts.

Heat 2: 1. Lonnie Veteto, 2. Lonnie Schriner, 3. Dusty Blake, 4. Devon Housh.

Feature: 1. Metz, 2. Dwight Housh, 3. Thompson, 4. Watts, 5. Schriner, 6. Devon Housh, 7. Todd Peterson, 8. Blake, 9. Randy Fogo, 10. Brian Calhoon, 11. Brandon Blochlinger, 12. Jamey Jameson, 13. Jeff Linner, 14. Caesare Linner, 15. Veteto (DNF), 16. Ed Putman (DNS), 17. Joby Hanson (DNS).
Cruisers

Heat 1: 1. T.J. Jameson/Matthew Niemeyer, 2. Josh Jacobitz/Vic Jacobitz, 3. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 4. Joe Hersh/Pat Hersh.

Heat 2: 1. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg, 2. Doug Monty/Jason Monty, 3. Ron Duffy/Kent Duffy, 4. Joe Krone/Jacob Krone.

Feature: 1. Duffy/Duffy, 2. Gradig/Rannebeck, 3. Sidlo/Kothe, 4. Jacobitz/Jacobitz, 5. Jeremy Teselle/John Lamb, 6. Krone/Krone, 7. Hersh/Hersh, 8. Monty/Monty, 9. Mike Dack/Dan Dack (DNF), 10. Jameson/Niemeyer (DNF), 11. Robert Mason/Lance Ellis (DNF), 12. Theer/Himmelberg (DNS), 13. Brent Drohman/Jed Williams.
GOTRA

Heat 1: 1. Dennis Proskocil, 2. Howard Sheets, 3. Larry Aldrich, 4. Rocky Fagen.

Heat 2: 1. Rich Anderson, 2. Ron Stohlmann, 3. Ken Ganskow, 4. Mike Ganskow.

Trophy Dash: Sheets.

Feature: 1. Anderson, 2. K. Ganskow, 3. Sheets, 4. Stohlmann, 5. Jim Mills, 6. M. Ganskow, 7. Aldrich, 8. Carroll Behlen, 9. Proskocil, 10. Butch Lavicky, 11. Bill Hunter, 12. John Ferguson, 13. Fagen.

Here's some shots from Monday's Ideus Memorial @ I-80

I-80 Ideus Memorial Pics

Greenwood, NE (July 6, 2006) Wimmer's Meats and Fairbury Hot Dogs present the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series (Division III) this Saturday, August 8th at I-80 Speedway. The Late Models, Certified Transmission Pro Ams, B-Modifieds, Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets, and Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets will all be in action. Ticket prices for Saturday's events are $8 for adults, $7 for Seniors and Students with kids age 10 and under FREE. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:30pm and the racing action set to begin at 7:00pm.

The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series (Division II) and Kid's Money Grab is this Sunday, July 9th at I-80 Speedway. Kids 10 and under will have a chance to grab for $100’s of dollars in cash on the front straightaway! The Dodge Super Late Models, Home Pride Modifieds, NRP Grand Nationals, and Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks will all be in action. Adults are $10, and Seniors and Students are $8 and Kids 10 and under are always FREE. On Sunday the pit gate opens at 4pm, the grandstand gate opens at 4:30pm, with hot laps at 6pm and racing at 6:30pm.

The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil presents Iowa Night on Saturday, July 15th plus the Outrageous Fan Night and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. All Iowa residents get in FREE with proof of I.D.! The winner of the Outrageous Fan Night will be the fan with the most outrageous costume and will receive a VIP Package, which includes 4 General Admission Tickets to a regular season event, a VIP Party Deck, and 4 Value Meal Coupons. The Late Models, Certified Transmission Pro Ams, B-Modifieds, Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets, and Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets will all be in action. Ticket prices for Saturday's events are $8 for adults, $7 for Seniors and Students with kids age 10 and under FREE. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:30pm and the racing action set to begin at 7:00pm.

Sunday, July 16th is Kid's Car Ride Night and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. Kids 12 and under receive race car rides at intermission and the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. The Dodge Super Late Models, Home Pride Modifieds, NRP Grand Nationals, and Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks will all be in action. Adults are $10, and Seniors and Students are $8 and Kids 10 and under are always FREE. On Sunday the pit gate opens at 4pm, the grandstand gate opens at 4:30pm, with hot laps at 6pm and racing at 6:30pm.

Saturday July 22nd is Car Club Night and Car Display Show. Douglas County Night is also on tap and all Douglas County residents get in FREE with proof of I.D.

Sunday July 23rd is the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series and Scout Night! All Scouts in uniform will be admitted free, regardless of age.

Saturday July 29th is Otoe County and Washington County Nights and all Otoe and Washington County residents get in for FREE with proof of I.D. The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series is featured and it’s the last night before the Race for the Championship to determine our track champions for 2006!

Sunday, July 30th brings us one of the biggest nights of the year featuring Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer Night plus the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series. See NASCAR Cup Stars Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer challenge the NRP Grand Nationals and as a special bonus you’ll also see I-80 Speedway's Champions battle it out in the Race of Champions. Fans can vote for their favorite driver in the weeks leading up to the race to be added to the ROC.

For further information visit our web site at www.neracewaypark.com or call our general offices from 9am to 5pm Monday thru Friday.

BY CURT McKEEVER / Lincoln Journal Star

Lawrence Ideus sounds like the kind of guy all Lincoln-area sprint car racing enthusiasts would have wanted to know. Maybe that’s why his son, Rick, felt a responsibility to carry on his father’s contributions to the sport.

Since 1989, the year his dad died unexpectedly on vacation, Rick and his family have annually put together the Lawrence Ideus Memorial.

While the event offers an added purse, along with incentives (a package put together by the family), there are bigger paydays to chase. Still, if you polled drivers on the one Nebraska 360 sprint race they’d most like to win, the Ideus Memorial would be a lap up on the field.

That’s why it was sad to hear Ideus say that this past Monday’s event at I-80 Speedway would be the last Memorial he’d organize." Click to read full article on JournalStar.com:

Here's some shots from Friday's ASCS & GOTRA show at Junction Motor Speedway.

ASCS & GOTRA @ JMS 6-30-06

Here's links to all my photo pages so far. I'll update this as necessary and add a link on the side of the main page.

JMS UMSTS-3-10-06
NRP ASCS-4-8-2006
Eagle Weekly 4-22-06
Eagle Weekly 5-6-06
Eagle Weekly 5-13-06
Eagle Weekly 5-20-06
JMS ASCS & Midget_5-26-06
Eagle Weekly 5-27-06
Eagle Weekly 6-3-06
Eagle Eckley Memorial Backrow Challenge 6-8-06
http://www.heartlandracenews.com/images/Eagle-6-9-06/Eagle%206-9-2006.html
http://www.heartlandracenews.com/images/Eagle_6-10-06/Eagle_6-10-2006.html
Eagle Weekly 6-17-06 (before rainout)
Eagle Weekly 6-24-06 (before rainout)
http://www.heartlandracenews.com/images/JMS_6-30-06/JMS_6-30-2006.html
I-80 ASCS 7-3-06
Eagle Weekly 7-8-06
Eagle Weekly 7-15-06
Eagle UMSTS, Hobbies and Dwarf 7-19-06
Eagle ASCS 7-22-06
Eagle 7-29 weekly
Eagle 8-5-06 weekly
I-80 8-15-06 Wingless/ASCS/305/Hornets
Eagle 8-26-06 Weekly
Eagle NE Cup, Night Two - Sept. 29 2006

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Well, maybe it's early - or it's late. Whatever. Here's The Pace Lap column

- Word is that Doug Lovegrove is at home recovering from an awful crash at I-80 Speedway Monday at the Ideus Memorial. While leading his heat ASCS sprint heat race, his suspension broke sending his car into a 90-degree turn into the wall, destroying the car and leaving Lovegrove very disoriented. I'll have some photos this week. It should remind us all how dangerous the sport is.

- My compliments to Cam, Speedy and Linda Hill, as well as the Eagle Fire & Rescue staff for responding to a medical emergency in the stands on Saturday July 1. Bob Wulf, grandfather of Hobby Stock racer Justin collapsed in the stands and shortly after had CPR administered. The situation was dire, but fortunately Wulf showed signs of improvement Monday morning. Also, a big thanks to the fans who alerted track officials and gave room to the emergency staff.

- Butler County Motorplex is "officially" for sale. BCM staff made an informal announcement in response to a rumor started on dirtdrivers.com: "Butler County Motorplex is for sale. We made the decision a couple of weeks ago, but have not announced it. It has not been sold to anyone at this time. The rumors that we are closing are not true." Though as I've always been told, EVERY track is for sale, for the right price.

- There are rumors that The Speed Bowl is closing. Those are also not true.

- Beatrice Speedway promoter Tim Fralin announced that they will be holding Mud Drags and ATV races at the Gage County Fairgrounds on Sunday July 30. Details are TBA.

- The I-80 Hornet claim rules have been revised. Click here for details

- Regarding the Ideus Memorial sprint car race, there is word floating about that the 2006 race could be the last. Despite a good field of cars, increased purse from the Ideus family and sponsors and a favorable night for racing, the crowd was thin. As with most ASCS races I've been to, it may be tough to find promoters to take the financial risk to schedule a special event in the future. The easiest option would be to run the race in conjunction with an Eagle weekly sprint show as had been done in previous years, however differences between the Ideus family and previous Eagle management regarding the level of promotion Eagle provided the show resulted in the family moving the show to a different track. We'll have to see if the new Eagle promoters can work a deal.

- Speaking of ASCS shows, I'm not sure how many races we'll see in the future in Nebraska. The races I've been to have seen crowds that were fair at best. (I take pictures of the crowd at nearly every show I attend). How long promoters will work this into increasingly tighter budget is a question. Some tracks are up to two years already to give the regional series (and the former ESTS) a chance. I'm not knocking promoters or the series, it just may be that the economics aren't quite ready to support it.

- On a positive note, both ASCS shows at JMS and I-80 were greeted with excellent tracks. The JMS show was excellent, despite 100-degree temps and low humidity. Delmar told a group of folks he put at least an inch of water on the track that day, in addition to the watering during the week. It was well worth it - if anything the track was too fast as the A feature pretty much finished the way it started, but that's more of the ASCS lineup system than anything.

- The Eagle Raceway water truck which lost its tank July 24 is back up and in service. However, Speedy Hill and the gang used a pickup with a tank to spray areas of the track to prevent another situation with the semi truck and the top portion of the track, which is hard to navigate due to the track's steep banking.

- Question: With people complaining last year about having to rent transponders at Eagle last year, how come I haven't heard a peep or seen one message board post about having to rent in-car radios for ASCS races? By the way I think they're a great idea for Sprints as they can't stop on the track for lineups.

- Both Joe Kosiski and Chris Alcorn swept in double features this weekend in I-80 SLM late models, and Eagle Raceway IMCA Modifieds, respectively. Kosiski continues to lead the NASCAR region II division standings.

- If you're in the York, NE area you can catch Speed Secrets radio on 1370 KAWL AM at 10AM on Saturdays.

- Former Eagle Raceway Late Model champion Mike Kelley made a guest appearance filling in for Dan Rhiley in the Tuner division. He finished 2nd in the A feature.

- Eagle Raceway tuner driver Adrian Dover was offered a $100 bonus to start standing from the infield scale for the first A feature Saturday. It was a heavy penalty as she finished 11th.

That's it for now.

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Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "Larry Protaskey, an official at Sunset Speedway for many years and at I-80 Speedway, passed away Sunday afternoon. Larry did the lineups on the front straight in a style and manner that many drivers, myself included, will never forget.

Larry touched the lives of so many in our racing family and the entire staff of I-80 Speedway extend our thoughts and prayers to Marilyn and the family.

LARRY D. PROTASKEY
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PETERS MASTERS ASCS AT I-80; DOVER WINS 305 SPRINTS and
LERETTE TAKES HOME PRIDE MODIFIEDS

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 7/03/06) The ASCS Sprint Cars Midwest Region and Northern
Plains Region locked horns at I-80 Speedway Monday night and Jake Peters came
away with the win over 34 other drivers. It was his 2nd win of the year in the series.

16 year old Jack Dover grabbed the early lead from his pole starting position with
Peters right behind him. Dover held the lead til lap 5 when Peters passed him and
went on to record the win in the 25 lap feature. A couple of cautions bunched up the
field but Peters was able to withstand these. Mike Chadd, who started 8th came
on to take 2nd away from Dover. Dover held on to 3rd ahead of Rick Ideus. Chuck
Swenson, the Northern Plains point leader started 9th and came up to finish 5th.
Midwest Region point leader Brian Brown, who won at McCool Junction Friday
night stayed at home in Missouri and raced at Sedalia, where he won that feature.
Jason Danley headed the 2nd five in 6th with Don Droud Jr. in 7th. Droud started
17th after winning the B-Feature. Doug Lovegrove was leading the 2nd heat when
something in the front end broke and propelled him into the wall and a nasty flip.
The car was destroyed. Lovegrove was transported by ambulance to the hospital
for a checkup.

In the companion 305 Sprint car feature, Dover’s sister Trish started on the
outside front row and raced to the lead in turn one after Matthew Stelzer got
the jump on her at the green flag. Trish then cruised to her 2nd straight 305
feature win at I-80. Trish is 18 and clearly the faster then her competition on this
night. Stelzer finished a distant 2nd ahead of Steve Hurst and Randy Bantan.

The Home Pride Pro-Modifieds were also on the card running an 18 lap feature
event. When flagman Larry White dropped the green on this one Tom Flegg
jumped out to the early lead only to lose it at the end of lap 1 to Jeremiah
Sillman. Sillman and Robert Brinkman then battled back and forth for the
lead with Brinkman passing on lap 3 and Sillman getting him back the next lap.
At the midway point 5 cars were doing battle for the lead with Sillman, Brink-
man, Brian Foote, Bub LeRette and Mike Meyers. LeRette took the lead on
a lap 13 restart with Meyers right behind him. Johnny “The Jet” Saathoff came
into the picture with 5 laps left. But LeRette held on for his first win of the year at
I-80. Meyers was 2nd ahead of Saathoff, Brinkman and Foote. This ended Foote’s
winning streak at 2.

The Vintage Light Dwarf cars ran a 12 lap feature with David Rafferty leading from
start to finish over Scott Nellis, Travis Long, Scott Naggatz and Chick DeMoss.


NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the Crate
Late Models, Pro-ams, B-Mods, Pro-Hornets and Novice Hornets. Hot laps are
at 6:30 with the first green flag dropping at 7. It will be Wimmers Meats and
Fairbury Hot Dog Night at the races.


Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway for 7/03/06

ASCS MIDWEST REGION VS NORTHERN PLAINS REGION

A-Feature: 1) 57x Jake Peters, 2) 4x Mike Chadd, 3) 53 Jack Dover,
4) 5b Rick Ideus, 5) X Chuck Swenson, 6) 82 Jason Danley, 7) 2 Don
Droud Jr., 8) 20 Luke Cranston, 9) 18 Ryan Roberts, 10) 84 Toby
Chapman, 11) 2L Dusty Ballenger, 12) 23c Chad Humston, 13) 4
Lee Grosz, 14) k9 Eric Lutz, 15) 51 Mike Boston, 16) 71r Ryan
Anderson, 17) 13 Seth Brahmer, 18) 28 Ken Klabunde, 19) 71
Tige Jensen, 20) 21V Brent Vonk

B-Feature: 1) Droud, 2) Boston, 3) Lutz, 4) Vonk, 5) Bryan Gossel,
6) Mark Pace, 7) Stu Snyder, 8) Skip Jackson, 9) John Carney, 10) Gage
Dorr, 11) Kellen Love, 12) Joe Miller, 13) Roger Sundquist


Trail Performance/Trade Center Automotive 305 Sprint Cars

A Feature: 1) 9T Trish Dover, 2) 99s Matthew Stelzer, 3) 45 Steve Hurst,
4) 5R Randy Bantan, 5) 14X John Carney, 6) 96.1 Michael Oliver (DNS),
7) 24R Doug Roth (DNS)


Home Pride Pro-Modifieds

A-Feature: 1) 3L Bub LeRette, 2) 2M Mike Meyer, 3) 96j Johnny Saathoff,
4) 8x Robert Brinkman, 5) 43 Brian Foote, 6) 86jr Dirk Kirk, 7) 52S
Jeremiah Sillman, 8) 3x Mike Johnson, 9) 28x Chase Mewhirter, 10) 4 J C
Wyman, 11) 5k Ken Eckhoff, 12) H1 Lowell Holland, 13) 3r Rodney Stopak,
14) 1c Nick Carlson, 15) 3 Roger Ruwe, 16) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 17) 72 Mike
Lineberry, 18) 4F Tom Flegg, 19) Z34 Brent Schlake, 20) 95 Buzz Wilson,
21) 34 James Showers


Vintage Lights Dwarf Cars

A-Feature: 1) 64 David Rafferty, 2) 4 Scott Nellis, 3) 5 Travis Long, 4) 54
Scott Naggatz, 5) 5x Chick DeMoss, 6) 22 Allan Skinner, 7) 03 Jeff Fuhr,
8) 28 Chuck Fowler, 9) 4C Chad Iwan, 10) 48 Dan Huff, 11) 45 Marv
Naggatz, 12) 38 Deb Carter, 13) 51 Josh Huff, 14) 18 Mike Jones, 15) 35
Diane Kampschnieder, 16) 28R Rob Papstein, 17) 4x Steve Sallenbach,
18) 37 Paul Carter, 19) 7 Ben Bohuvslavsky

Our Loss is Their Gain!

On July 1st, 2006, Gary Dominguez of Woods Bros. Realty and Ron Tegtmeier of Uncle Ron’s will be embarking on a program to help children with life-threatening medical conditions, and have some fun losing weight as well.

Gary is an associate of Woods Bros. realty, and has served the Lincoln and surrounding area for 16 years. He is active in the auto racing community, and founded Midwest Racers Autograph Day in 2001.

Ron is the owner and founder of Uncle Ron’s Wild West Saloon located at 340 West Cornhusker Highway in Lincoln. He has founded several successful businesses in the Lincoln area, and is no stranger to giving back to his community. Most notably his annual Christmas Benefit in early December that provides Christmas gifts to Cedars Home for Children .

During the month of July Ron and Gary will be losing weight, and taking pledges on a “per pound basis”. People can pledge an amount per total pounds lost.

For example: Gary loses 20 lbs. + Ron loses 20 lbs. = 40 lbs. total loss. X A person has pledged $.10 per lb. =$4.00 total pledge. Pledges will be billed August 1, 2006 after the final “weigh in”. Alls checks and money orders to be made payable to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska. Proceeds to benefit children in the State of Nebraska.

All proceeds collected will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska, an organization that grants wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. For more information about Make-A-Wish, visit their website at www.nebraska.wish.org .

To register your pledge, please visit Gary’s website at the following address.
http://garydominguez.woodsbros.com
and click on the pledge button.

For more information, call Gary at 402 432-6316.

I'll have some photos from JMS from the ASCS/GOTRA show on Friday, some commentary and if the rain holds off, some shots from I-80 this week. Stay tuned.

From 7/1/06

NCRA Late Models A-Main 1) 07 Kelly Boen 2) 52 Steve Kosiski 3) 2j Johnny Bone Jr 4) 92 Delbert Smith 5) 21t Travis Dickes 6) 1 Davey Nall 7) 98 Ben Schaller 8) 22 Craig Preble 9) 17m Edward Moore 10) 02k John Kuchar 11) 23 Brett Lofollette 12) 20 Jim Beeman 13) 9m Billy Murphy 14) 15w Mike Wiarda 15) 21c Mike Conkwright 16) 26jr Corey Zeitner 17) 0k Bill Koons 18) 6h Alex Humphrey 19) 1x Bo Egge 20) 15 Ryan Reardon 21) 7c Ted Martin 22) 10b Gary Billings

NCRA Late Models B-Main 1) 1x Bo Egge 2) 02k John Kuchar 3) 9m Billy Murphy 4) 21c Mike Conkwright 5) 15w Mike Wiarda 6) 98 Ben Schaller 7) 15 Ryan Reardon 8) 22 Craig Preble 9) 6h Alex Humphrey 10) 7c Ted Martin 11) 0k Bill Koons 12) 10b Gary Billings 13) 64 Greg Larsen 14) 21 Steve Foster 15) 22c Dave Conkwright 16) 1m Todd Bell 17) 10 Junior Coover

Friesen Chevrolet, Inc Modifieds A-Main 1) 95 Robert ( Buzz) Wilson 2) 77k Kurt Johnston 3) 52s Jeremiah Sillman 4) 52 Dean Wilkinson 5) 74 Justin Clark 6) 55 Shane Stutzman 7) 26 Scott Styskal 8) 23 Mike Stearns 9) 00 Mike Goldfuss 10) 77jr Jarrod Johnston 11) 53 Staci Stava 12) 35 James Libre

Stoney Burk Memorial Stock Cars A-Main 1) 59 Kerry Foster 2) 52 Jason Wilkinson 3) 44 Bryon Boersen 4) 46 Jason Van Winkle 5) 22 John Gillespie 6) 23en Jeremy Encinger 7) 15 Andy Wilkinson 8) 55 Ron L. Veleba 9) 19 Mel Franz 10) 34 Randy Weaver 11) 8 Ira Baker Jr 12) 22s Shane Stutzman

Richard Cunningham Memorial Hobby Stocks A-Main 1) 72 Jeff Timmermans 2) 7d Levi Gunn 3) 14 Edd Huxoll 4) 22m Justin Mohler 5) 57JR Micah Veleba 6) 01 Jarrod Aspegren 7) 43 Wylie Pumarlo 8) 2 Justin Meyer 9) 67 Darin Verba 10) 8 Brad Bargen 11) 22 Brian Schmidt 12) 21k Brent Kassik 13) 00 John Schmidt

Holiday Inn 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive A-Main 1) 8f Tyler Frye 2) 31 Dan Alt 3) 14 Edd Huxoll 4) 3k Alex Koehler 5) 1f Steve Cordis 6) 10t Troy Hofmann 7) 50 Andy Sole 8) 99 Ryan Pedersen 9) 77i Issiah Hunter 10) 72 Andy Grimes 11) 2 Lance Hiebner 12) 89 Michael Zerr

JMS Two Person Cruisers A-Main 1) 42B Greg Ekeler / John Miller 2) 69j Josh Jacobitz / Vic Jacobitz 3) 72 Jerod Timmermans / Matt Cloet 4) 99 Bill Slezak / John Miller 5) 22 John Verba / Steve Verba 6) 77 Ken Barry / Drew Barry 7) 21 Dustin Nunnenkamp / Brad Nunnenkamp 8) 7d Christopher Whitesell / Robert Nemecheck

As you may have noticed, I posted the race article and results for Eagle Raceway Saturday night. This will probably be a regular thing, as I've agreed to help Roger Hadan and Full Throttle Entertainment with press/web and some administrative items.

However, I want to make it clear that I'm not working "for" Eagle Raceway as much as it's "on behalf" of Eagle Raceway. Roger agreed to let me continue to list other track's races and releases and still do what I do for HRN, while providing services to the track. Yes, I'm being paid for this. But, I'm going to remain objective and fair to each track.

Why did I do this? Well, quite simply I've been to each race at Eagle this year. Roger asked me to come back and help out and Eagle's where I grew up so I figured if I was going to be there, I might as well get paid. Also, I am a supporter of racing first and foremost. If what I can do helps another track keep going, I'm going to do it.

I'll still get to take pictures and do what I have been doing this year. Nothing really will change there. The only difference is I'll trade my camera for my notepad come A feature time. Except for the article, I really don't even need to be at the track so you won't see much change from me.

Again, there shouldn't be anything different in what I do here, but I thought it was only fair to disclose that I am being compensated by Eagle Raceway for the things I'm doing on their behalf.

By Jason Orth

Eagle, Neb. (July 1, 2006) – Chris Alcorn swept both A features in the Sobe No Fear IMCA Modified division Saturday night, while Budweiser Championship Sprint driver Chad Humston picked up his first win for owner Gary Swenson in the night’s final race, after Mike Boston snatched the victory away from him in the first A feature. Rich Small and Ron Novak each picked up their second Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock wins, while Rich White and Kevin Kuker each won for the first time in the Stereo West Auto Toys Tuner division.

After a furious run of makeup features, the regular Saturday night action got underway just before 9 PM. The Tuner A feature was first up as Jack Prall, Jr took the early lead in the 10-lap contest. After Amanda Rhiley stopped in turn four, bringing out the yellow flag with six laps to go, Kevin Kuker grabbed the lead from Prall and never looked back. Former Eagle Raceway Late Model champion Mike Kelley made an appearance and took second place, with Prall coming home third. Newcomer Jimmy King and point leader Adrian Dover rounded out the top five.

The Hobby Stock A saw Jeff Kros take the early lead until he got sideways coming out of turn four and spun through the infield. When the dust settled, Casey Moyer took the top spot with Ron Novak and Rick Bradley giving chase. Novak took the lead on lap eight, but Moyer continued to challenge. Novak held off Moyer for the win, with Justin Wulf taking third, Bradley fourth, and Mike Hansen fifth.

Jesse Robinson inherited the Modified A feature lead after point man Steve Devitt spun and stopped in turn four in the early laps. A four-wide battle for second turned into a five-way fight for the lead as Chris Alcorn slipped underneath the crowd to take the lead with seven laps down. After a yellow flag for debris off Devitt’s machine with 11 laps remaining, Alcorn held the lead with Larry Goertz in second and a hard-charging Mike Meyer in third. Though Meyer passed Goertz with seven laps remaining, Alcorn put distance between him and the rest of the field and won by nearly a straightaway over Meyer and Goertz. Doug Deterding and Sean Burklund followed.

The Sprint A feature had two messy starts: the first when Tadd Holliman collected Stu Snyder in turn four, the second when Adam Gullion spun in front of the pack resulting in an eight car pileup. The red flag flew as Doug Lovegrove and Jeff Lowery rolled their sprinters. Officials opted to start the field single file, and B feature runners Mark Pace and Don Droud Jr. benefited from the other’s misfortune, moving up several positions on the restart lineup.

Pace made the most of his fortune as he ran down Rob Lipker for second with five laps down and race leader Chad Humston on the following lap. The track, beaten by heat, wind and 19 races began to go from dry to laying down rubber. As the track went away, Pace pulled out, extending his lead to a straightaway’s length. With 11 laps left, Pace smacked the turn four wall, breaking his suspension and allowing Humston to close in. The rubber on the track added traction and instant speed and Humston quickly reeled in Pace and passed him in turn two on the following lap. Within a few circuits, Humston put a half lap between his car and second place and would never look back. Pace, a rookie this season finished second, with Don Droud Jr. coming home third. Jeff Griffis finished fourth, Lipker came home fifth.

Next Saturday it’s Colby Ridge Fan Appreciation night featuring a full show, plus the rescheduled Subway Gauntlet Bus Race. Admission is just $5 for adults.

Makeup features from 6/24

Hobby Stock
1 1x Rich Small
2 38c Casey Moyer
3 86 Justin Wulf
4 98 Dan Jackson
5 28b Rick Bradley
6 3c Colby Johnson
7 10 Brad Schreiner
8 94 Mike Hansen
9 53 Jeff Kros
10 M70 Rick Munson
11 92 Don Hall Jr
12 42 Rob Brown
13 9 Rex Schreiner
14 57 Brian Cudly
15 1r RJ Macku
16 21 Derrick Noonan
17 14 Ron Novak



Tuner A
1 0 Rich White
2 09 Harm Rogman
3 44 Jack Prall
4 00 Barry Kinnersley
5 1k Kevin Kuker
6 2 Mike Kelley
7 0k Maynard Kinnersley
8 62 Justin Busboom
9 3n Neil Pella
10 B32 Brian Haller
11 01 Adrian Dover
12 13 Jimmy King
13 10j Doug Lyons
14 67 Jack Prall Jr
15 0r Amanda Rhiley
16 3 Harry White
17 12x Mark Schumacker
18 9c Jeremy Conkle

Modfied B
1 3w Stacey Wilhelm
2 4jr Dave Jewett Jr
3 1z Norm Ziegenbein
4 4d Pat Donovan
5 1m Mike Anderson
6 V45 Rik Gropp
7 21f Ryan Fuchser
8 19 Scott Anderson
9 11x Steve Devitt
10 B9 Sean Burklund
11 3a Aaron Pella
12 42k Jan Korth
13 75j Jesse Robinson
14 95b Nic Bonney
15 27 Clint Homan
16 29 Jeff Mazza
17 1j Jason Edwards
18 44 Tom Lenz
19 9 Joe Furnas
20 91 Chris Benning
21 76jr

Mod A
1 3 Chris Alcorn
2 2m Mike Meyer
3 11aa Ed Raines
4 13 Doug Deterding
5 21 Phil Penney
6 1r Matt Richards
7 5st Dan Wayman
8 00 Tim Pickens
9 8 Larry Goertz
10 10k Don McCown
11 3w Stacey Wilhelm
12 1z Norm Ziegenbein
13 4jr Dave Jewett, Jr
14 4d Pat Donovan
15 20m Mark Leiting
16 95r Jesse Robinson
17 7 Bob Ruisinger
18 4t Jerry Trejo
19 52 Sean Manning
20 24t Terry Hurt

Sprint B
1 77 John Klabunde
2 3 Jeff Griffis
3 96kx Adam Gullion
4 28 Ken Klabunde
5 45 Jeff Lowery
6 17 Gage Dorr
7 9j Mark Schmidt
8 19j Jay Jordan
9 71x Kellen Love
10 7 Lonnie Jensen
11 91 Brad Krutz
12 24j Jeff Reiman
13 3g Bill Garrow

Sprint A
1 51 Mike Boston
2 24b Chad Humston
3 53 Jack Dover
4 14g Gene Ackland
5 76 Jay Russell
6 18 Ryan Roberts
7 3 Jeff Griffis
8 23r Tadd Holliman
9 28 Ken Klabunde
10 31 Mark Pace
11 71 Tige Jensen
12 23 Terry Holliman
13 44 Doug Lovegrove
14 13f Larry Pinegar, II
15 77 John Klabunde
16 45 Jeff Lowery
17 84 Toby Chapman
18 14 Josh Riggins
19 96 Adam Gullion
20 1m Mark Burch

Features from 7/1

Tuner A
1 1k Kevin Kuker
2 2 Mike Kelley
3 67 Jack Prall, Jr
4 13 Jimmy King
5 01 Adrian Dover
6 0 Rich White
7 09 Harm Rogman
8 0k Maynard Kinnersley
9 B32 Brain Haller
10 10j Doug Lyons
11 62 Justin Busboom
12 44 Jack Prall
13 00 Barry Kinnersley
14 11 Doug Kress
15 0r Amanda Rhiley
16 2k Kyle Schamp
17 3 Harry White
18 3n Neil Pella

Mod B1
1 V45 Rik Gropp
2 21t Tracy Harr
3 3a Aaron Pella
4 44 Tom Lenz
5 95r Jesse Robinson
6 1z Norm Ziegenbein
7 7 Bob Ruisinger
8 3w Stacey Wilhelm
9 1r Matt Richards
10 29 Jeff Mazza
Mod B2
1 19 Scott Anderson
2 00 Tim Pickens
3 4d Pat Donovan
4 4t Jerry Trejo
5 28 Daniel Nieman
6 42k Jan Korth
7 1j Jason Edwards
8 1m Mike Anderson
9 95b Nic Bonney
10 20m Mark Leiting

Mod A
1 3 Chris Alcorn
2 2m Mike Meyer
3 8 Larry Goertz
4 13 Doug Deterding
5 B9 Sean Burklund
6 27 Clint Homan
7 21 Phil Penney
8 12x George Haney
9 V45 Rik Gropp
10 4jr Dave Jewett Jr
11 10k Don McCown
12 5st Dan Wayman
13 00 Tim Pickens
14 11aa Ed Raines
15 11x Steve Devitt
16 21f Ryan Fuchser
17 75j Jesse Robinson
18 27m Brian Murphy
19 21t Tracy Harr
20 19 Scott Anderson

Hobby A
1 14 Ron Novak
2 38c Casey Moyer
3 86 Justin Wulf
4 28b Rick Bradley
5 94 Mike Hansen
6 42 Rob Brown
7 3k Jerry Keaton
8 4 Troy Mencke
9 98 Dan Jackson
10 M70 Rick Munson
11 53 Jeff Kros
12 3c Colby Johnson
13 10 Brad Schriener
14 21 Derrick Noonan
15 1x Rich Small
16 92 Don Hall, Jr
17 57 Brian Cudly
18 1r RJ Macku
19 9 Rex Schreiner

Sprint B
1 28 Ken Klabunde
2 31 Mark Pace
3 2 Don Droud Jr
4 71r Keith Rauch
5 77 John Klabunde
6 6g Bryan Gossell
7 99 Jimmy Davies
8 3g Bill Garrow
9 91 Brad Krutz
10 9j Mark Schmidt
11 71x Kellen Love
12 17 Gage Dorr
13 76 Jay Russell
14 84 Toby Chapman
15 7 Lonnie Jensen
16 29 Roger Sluka

Sprint A
1 24b Chad Humston
2 31 Mark Pace
3 2 Don Droud Jr
4 3 Jeff Griffis
5 7L Rob Lipker
6 18 Ryan Roberts
7 23 Terry Holliman
8 82 Jason Danley
9 4s Stu Snyder
10 71 Tige Jensen
11 51 Mike Boston
12 28 Ken Klabunde
13 14g Gene Ackland
14 71r Keith Rauch
15 44 Doug Lovegrove
16 19j Jay Jordan
17 23r Tadd Holliman
18 96kx Adam Gullion
19 53 Jack Dover
20 45 Jeff Lowery

Nelson, Borgman, Legg, Vanover, Watts and Schalbach/Schlaback take home wins at Beatrice Speedway

By Scott Wisdom

Dan Nelson of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Modifieds for a clean sweep on the night. He was followed across the line by Brent Schlake, Bob Zoubek, Tom Petracek and Greg Metz.

Lance Borgman of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Stock Cars. He led Tyler Phelps, Eric Rempel, Josh Carpenter and Dallas Dobrovolny across the line.

Benji Legg of Beatrice put on a whale of a show for the fans in the Limited Modifieds by taking the lead late in the feature running a line that no one else was using. Craig Evers, Justin Jurgens, Kevin Vanlaningham and Tyler Snyder rounded out the front 5.

Kyle Vanover of Beatrice won the IMCA Hobby Stocks by a large margin never being challenged after taking the lead. Billy Parde, Justin Fritzson, Matt Fralin and Chad Borgman followed him across the line.

Jeff Watts of Wymore took home the win in the Factory Stocks. Ronda Mewes, Gary Laflin, Delmar Wells and Roy Armstrong completed the first 5.

Jeff and Darrell Schlabach of Hanover, KS took home the win in the Cruisers. They were followed across the line by Rich Mick and Ron Schroller, Jeff Stohs and Dan Holle, Donnie Wilcox and Henry Blakemore and Derek Wilkinson and Justin Hippen.


IMCA Modifieds

1 94 Dan Nelson Beatrice
2 z34 Brent Schlake Blue Springs
3 5s Bob Zoubek Dorchester
4 44x Tom Petracek Wilber
5 29 Greg Metz Washington KS
6 4j Jordy Nelson Marysville KS
7 45 Dave Trauernicht Beatrice
8 96j Johnny Saathoff Beatrice
9 96 Gary Saathoff Beatrice
10 7b Chris Burk Friend
11 24 Dan Bohlmeyer Beatrice
12 52L Jason Logan Diller
13 45m Brandon Johnson DeWitt
14 521 Cliff Shepard Ogden
15 15h Carl Hund Easton KS
16 18k Spencer Sutton Odell
17 7d Dusty Leonard Marysville KS
18 71m Eric McMillan Home KS
19 s56 Scott Bivens David City
20 76 Lawrence Warnke Fairbury

Limited Modifieds
1 25 Benji Legg Beatrice
2 2x Craig Evers Beatrice
3 22 Justin Jurgens Beatrice
4 52 Kevin VanLaningham Beatrice
5 20 Tyler Snyder Beatrice
6 1b Bill Lux Beatrice
7 76 Nick Warnke Fairbury
8 97 Mark Saathoff Beatrice
9 27 Justin Fritzson Blue Rapids KS
10 5 Tom Vanover Beatrice
11 44 Rich Mick Oketo KS
12 24 Daron Williams DeWitt
13 12k Ron Karpisek Wilber
14 y85 Joel Hespen Beatrice
15 8 Dan McKnight Beatrice
16 14 Mike Snyder Beatrice
17 1x Mike Sherwood Beatrice
18 11 Larry Halsey Beatrice
19 92 Justin Hill Washington KS

Factory Stocks
1 66 Jeff Watts Wymore
2 89 Ronda Mewes Blue Springs
3 9 Gary Laflin Beatrice
4 1w Delmar Wells Hallam
5 6r Roy Armstrong Beatrice
6 03 Aaron Roth Pleasant Dale
7 5m Neal Mittan Wymore
8 23 Cary Ames Beatrice
9 6 Ernie Reiss Beatrice
10 15s Lyle Slama Beatrice
11 6b Travis Burger Summerfield KS
12 69 Tim Hessheimer Dorchester
13 88 Jason Tennant Beatrice
14 4 Greg Crannell Beatrice
15 m64 Matt Post Beatrice

IMCA Stock Cars
1 76 Lance Borgman Beatrice
2 6 Tyler Phelps Beatrice
3 31 Eric Rempel Palmyra
4 3 Josh Carpenter Fairbury
5 73 Dallas Dobrovolny Waterville KS
6 98 Todd Laflin Beatrice
7 99 Darcy Dobrovolny Waterville KS
8 29j James Griffith Beatrice
9 22 Hugh Carmichael Blue Springs


IMCA Hobby Stocks
1 19 Kyle Vanover Beatrice
2 95 Bill Parde Beatrice
3 66 Justin Fritzson Blue Rapids KS
4 7 Matt Fralin Beatrice
5 20 Chad Borgman Beatrice
6 21 Aron DeWalt Waterville KS
7 2 Ryan Roschewski Beatrice
8 1 Brian Langdale Beatrice
9 4t Lisa Wagner Beatrice
10 8 Murray Haugin Deshler
11 33 Travis Runcie Beatrice
12 72 Jesse VanLaningham Beatrice
13 00 Cody Walters Beatrice
14 d64 Greg Post Blue Springs
15 32 Trevor Kropp Beatrice
16 t54Thomas Creek Wymore
17 34 Max Harder Crab Orchard
18 1x Chris Langdale Beatrice
19 11 Eric Chab DeWitt

Cruisers
1 h2o Jeff & Darrell Schlabach Hanover KS
2 44 Ron Schroller & Rich Mick Oketo KS
3 92 Jeff Stohs & Daniel Holle Hanover KS
4 38 Donny Wilcox & Henry Blakemore Beatrice
5 13 Derek Wilkinson & Justin Hippin Virginia
6 35s Shane & Shawn Slezak Milligan
7 16oz Jarrod & Aaron Little Malcom
8 2 David Voorhess & Jeff Brumback DeWitt
9 3L Max Busboom & Dale Hamison Beatrice
10 79 Kyle & Keith Brunkow Firth
11 29x Jeremy Roebke & Eric Miller Beatrice
12 7 Steve & Linda Schellpeper Adams
13 99 Kyle Ames & Jake Creek Beatrice
14 c4 Darren Meinke & Nathan Rosentreader Clatonia
15 8 Justin Remmers & Jon Carpenter Holmesville
16 02 Adam & Ryan Kramer Seneca KS
17 386 Chris Langdale & Jason Sand Beatrice

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/02/06) Independence weekend saw double latemodel "A" features at the I-80 Speedway, and with that the current NASCAR Division II points leader Joe Kosiski brought home both feature wins. Brian Foote, Jody Krug, and Jesse Sobbing all picked up feature victories on Military Appreciation night at the 4/10 of a mile oval.

The first 25 lap Dodge Super Latemodel feature took awhile to get started after two pileups that collected seven different cars. When the race finally got under way it was the "Real Deal" Jeff Tilley who jumped to an early lead. Tilley would keep the lead for the first 14 circuits until the #53 of Joe Kosiski would get by for the top spot. One lap later action would slow for the spinning Alonzo Grosse. After that it was all Kosiski who went on to take his fourth win of the season. Second through fifth were Bryant Goldsmith, Scott Koskovich, Leon Zeitner, and Jason Hobscheidt.

The second Dodge latemodel feature saw much of the same. Jeff Tilley would again take the lead on lap one. This time he could only keep the lead until lap nine, that's when the #9 of Ed Kosiski passed him for the lead. Meanwhile, Joe Kosiski would make his way into the third spot by getting around the #76 of Al Zeitner. Joe Kosiski would get by Tilley and on lap 12 he would take the lead from brother Ed. A couple of minor accidents on lap 14 would make the race interesting, on the restart Ed Kosiski would get along side of Joe. After a few laps of side by side racing Joe Kosiski pulled away and took the checkered flags. His second of the night, and third straight at I-80. Ed Kosiski finished second. John Hampel finished third in Ryan Vickers #2v. Bryant Goldsmith and Al Zeitner finished off the top five.

Nick Carlson grabbed the lead early in the 18 lap Home Pride Modified feature event. When the field entered turn four to complete lap one, front runners Bill Bader Jr. and Mike Lineberry would both loose the handle on their cars. Justin Clark, John O'neal, Jerimiah Sillman, James Showers, Bob Zoubek, Brian Foote, and Chris Hogan all were caught up in the wreck in one way or another. Fortunately all drivers were able to continue. When the race continued it was still Carlson with the #44 of Jonnie Wyman close behind. Wyman would take the lead on lap seven after going by Carlson on the high side. Just past halfway, Wyman would loose the lead to a hard charging Brian Foote. Foote would keep the lead and go on to take the win. A great battle for second would see Missouri's John O'neal edge out J.C. Wyman, Mike Meyer, and Jonnie Wyman at the line.

The Grand National division would see Dave Cook make his way to the lead on lap one from his front row starting spot. Cook would keep the lead until lap four when the #J1 of Harley Moen would make the pass for the point. Jody Krug would work his way to second from his ninth starting position when disaster almost struck on lap ten. That's when the lap car of Kortney Kosiski would make contact with Krug's right rear quarter panel. Jody was able to save it, but Kosiski's car slammed head on into the outside wall. Krug's misfortune would turn into victory as on the restart he would get by Moen and drive on for the win. Dave Doll, Dave Livingston, Moen, and Brian Kenkel rounded out the top five.

Jesse Sobbing would start on the pole and win the 15 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stock "A" main event. Chuck Madden Jr would come from 11th to finish second. Brandon Richards had his best run of the season by finishing third. Jeremy Auten and Tom Myers finished fourth and fifth.


I-80 Speedway Results From 07/02/06

Dodge Super Latemodels

"A" Feature 1: 1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 3) 80 Scott Koskovich, 4) 62 Leon Zeitner, 5) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 6) 9 Ed Kosiski, 7) 2v John Hampel, 8) 00 Clint Benson, 9) 82 Robbie Andersen, 10) 76 Al Zeitner, 11) 33 Jeff Tilley, 12) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 13) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 14) 97d Craig Preble, 15) 8c Chad Andersen, 16) 55d Curt Drake, 17) z62 Justin Zeitner, 18) 77 John Nicholson, 19) 1m Todd Bell, 20) 71 Joe Julian, 21) 50j Jay Cooper, 22) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 23) 53x Scott Carlson, 24) 89 Jerry Warner, 25) 21 Mike Nanfito, 26) 1 Kenny Edwards, 27) 1L Mike Wallace.

"A" Feature 2: 1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 9 Ed Kosiski, 3) 2v John Hampel, 4) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 33 Jeff Tilley, 7) 62 Leon Zeitner, 8) 19d Jason Hobsheidt, 9) 82 Robbie Andersen, 10) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 11) 00 Clint Benson, 12) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 13) 80 Scott Koskovich, 14) 77 John Nicholson, 15) 8c Chad Andersen, 16) 1L Mike Wallace, 17) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 18) 89 Jerry Warner, 19) 1m Todd Bell, 20) z62 Justin Zeitner, 21) 50j Jay Cooper, 22) 55d Curt Drake, 23) 71 Joe Julian, 24) 97d Craig Preble, 25) 21 Mike Nanfito.

"B" Feature: 1) 97d Craig Preble, 2) 77 John Nicholson, 3) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 4) 8c Chad Andersen, 5) 1L Mike Wallace, 6) 1m Todd Bell, 7) z62 Justin Zeitner, 8) 55d Curt Drake, 9) 89 Jerry Warner, 10) 21 Mike Nanfito, 11) 50j Jay Cooper, 12) 71 Joe Julian.

Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 43 Brian Foote, 2) 15 John O'neal, 3) 4 J.C. Wyman, 4) 2m Mike Meyer, 5) 44 Jonnie Wyman, 6) 1s Scott Carlson, 7) 72 Mike Lineberry, 8) 5s Bob Zoubek, 9) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 10) 1c Nick Carlson, 11) 3x Mike Johnson, 12) 5 Chris Hogan, 13) 77f Larry Foote, 14) 74 Justin Clark, 15) h1 Lowell Holland, 16) 3 Roger Ruwe, 17) 34 James Showers, 18) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 19) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 20) 28 Don Lang.

Grand National

"A" Feature: 1) 2k Jody Krug, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) j1 Harley Moen, 5) 33x Brian Kenkel, 6) 9 Dave Cook, 7) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 8) 56t Ron Tilley, 9) 33 Jeff Tilley, 10) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 11) 50 Brad Soll, 12) 85a Joe Feyen, 13) 40 Shawn Harker, 14) t3 Gary Leapley, 15) 20 Randy Archer, 16) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 17) 25 Kenny Edwards, 18) 56 Jason Longmeyer, 19) 92k Jacob Brown, 20) 9x Kathy Cook, 21) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 22) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 23) 2x Andrew Kosiski.

Stereo west Auto Toys Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 2x Chuck Madden Jr., 3) 15m Brandon Richards, 4) 6a Jeremy Auten, 5) 7 Tom Myers 6) 1 Justin Leach, 7) 4x Chad Bassinger, 8) 2t Josh True, 9) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 10) 66 Bob Kracher, 11) 51s Jeremy Smith, 12) 4 George Whitmore, 13) 6d Dru Williams, 14) 83 Clay Christian, 15) 14 Greg Houdesheldt.

CNN did a special on Dirt Late Models on Saturday and Sunday, featuring behind the scenes looks at Scott Bloomquist, Josh Richards, Chub Frank, etc. It's a really great documentary that does a nice job presenting a slice of Americana.

Here's the website, with some video

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.dirt.track.html

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 7/01/06) Saturday nights main events at I-80’s NASCAR Dodge
Weekly Series had 3 out of 6 features going to repeat winners; Mike Wallace in
The Crate Late Models, Larry Robinson Jr. in the Pro-Am’s and Kevin Bruck in the
B-Modifieds. Nathan Brown, David Moorman and Brandon Wergin were first time
winners in the Hornet classes.

The 20 lap Crate Late Model feature saw Scott Carlson shoot out to the early lead
from his pole position start. Sean Harker and Trevor Millikan challenged early.
But Mike Wallace was on the move from his 7th starting position and was up to
2nd by lap 6. Then he went after Carlson and by lap 13 he made the pass for the
lead. He held off Carlson the rest of the way for his 3rd win of the year. Point
leader Bill Leighton Jr. finished 3rd ahead of Dave Livingston and Jason
Hobscheidt.. Leighton is 3rd in the NASCAR Division IV points.

The Pro-Am feature saw Don Mohr, Sean Bulin and Robinson battling for the
early lead with Robinson in front at the end of lap 1. Point leader Scotty Hartman
battled his way up to 2nd in the closing laps. But despite a caution flag with 2 laps
left Robinson held on for his 3rd win of the year. Bulin hung around to finish 3rd.
Rick Negrete was involved in an accident in his heat race and had to start the
feature 24th. He charged his way through the field to finish 4th making him the
evenings hard charger. Chuck Dillon and Mohr were 5th and 6th.

Bruck started 6th in the B-Mod feature and saw Jim Fritz take the early lead.
Bruck charge to the lead on lap 3 of the 12 lap feature and never looked back
as point leader Harry Nixon finished a strong 2nd. Fritz held on to 3rd ahead
of Mike Christiansen and Daryl Weilage. Bruck said, “ I really like this
track. The car was working great.”

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets had 36 cars on hand so they were
split into 2 A-Features. In the first feature Steve England led early. On lap
3 Jessica Soule took a wild flip out of turn 4 on to the front chute. The car
looked pretty badly damaged but Jessica walked away unhurt. On the restart
Brandon Wergin took the lead and swapped it back and forth with Cory
Hutchison. But Wergin passed for the win at the checkers.
In the 2nd feature Joe McConnell had the lead after 1 lap. But a first time
driver David Moorman from Beaman, Iowa was on fire as he charged
through the field from his 7th row start. Moorman took the lead on lap 6
and stayed out front of a fast closing Austin Kurtzer for the win. Rick
Havenridge finished 3rd.
In the TFN Novice Hornet feature Amanda Leonardo took the early lead only
to lose it on lap 2 to Nathan Brown. Brown, driving the car he claimed from
Perry Soule stayed out front the rest of the way. Track point leader Nate
Christensen finished 3rd

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the Crate
Late Models, Pro-ams, B-Mods, Pro-Hornets and Novice Hornets. Hot laps are
at 6:30 with the first green flag dropping at 7. It will be Wimmers Meats and
Fairbury Hot Dog Night at the races.

Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
Division IV
Dodge Crate Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 3 Mike Wallace, 2) 2x Scott Carlson, 3) 28 Bill Leighton Jr.,
4) 17 Dave Livingston, 5) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 6) 40 Shawn Harker, 7) 25
Brad Perdue, 8) 22M Trevor Millikan, 9) 2k Jody Krug, 10) 2d Todd
Morgan, 11) Brad Soll, 12) Curt Drake, 13) Randy Archer, 14) Tony
Leonardo, 15) Ron Tilley, 16) Ron Tex Jr., 17) Kent Schimenti, 18) Jeff
Tilley, 19) Brent Baker, 20) Gary Joens Jr.


Certified Transmission Pro-ams

A-Feature: 1) 48 Larry Robinson Jr., 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 4) 72 Rick Negrete, 5) 33x Chuck Dillon, 6) 24 Don Mohr, 7) 25x
Joe Feyen, 8) 8 Nick Steier, 9) 16j Jason Cieslik, 10) 12 Terry Cleveland,
11) Nick Hermsen, 12) Jeff Kupke, 13) John Allensworth, 14) Mike
Gillespie, 15) Chad Sanders, 16) Ray Dessel, 17) Steve Peoples, 18) Randy
Preul, 19) Doug Stevenson, 20) Dave Christensen, 21) Jeff Atkins,
22) Jeff Joldersma, 23) Tim Podraza, 24) Andy Thompsen


B-Mods

A-Feature: 1) 01 Kevin Bruck, 2) 5 Harry Nixon, 3) 21 Jim Fritz, 4) 52x
Mike Christiansen, 5) 52 Daryl Weilage, 6) 53 Larry Robinson Sr.,
7) 20 Bobby McCall, 8) Z00 Lacey Tuttle, 9) 0H Scott Plantz, 10) 33
Jim Hendricks


Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets

1st A-Feature: 1) 61b Brandon Wergin, 2) 96 Cory Hutchison, 3) 95 Cody
Kennedy, 4) 20 Lindsey Yost, 5) 85 Mike Kennedy, 6) 19 Darin Hoegren,
7) 60 Dave LaFleur, 8) 81 Steve England, 9) 40 Alan Harker, 10) 68 Tony
Barnes, 11) Skip Brown,. 12) James Hayes, 13) Dave Erwin, 14) Michael
Bockman, 15) Joe Baker, 16) Jessica Soule(DNF), 17) Jason Clark(DNF),
18) Tim Shidler(DNS)

2nd A-Feature: 1) 6M David Moorman, 2) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 3) 99 Rick
Havenridge, 4) 22 Mike Boehmer, 5) 36 Joe McConnell, 6) 28 Cory Askeland,
7) 10 Joe Thomas, 8) 33t Brian Williard, 9) 15 Jamie Spanel, 10) 23 Ole
Olson, 11) Randy Allen, 12) Chuck Wergin, 13) Anthony Abboud, 14) Brian
Castilla, 15) Jason Tadlock, 16) Jeff Hoeft, 17) Kevin Stanzel, 18) 16j
Perry Soule(DNS)


Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) B52 Nathan Brown, 2) 96 Amanda Leonardo, 3) 37 Nate Christensen,
4) 33 Steve McConnell, 5) 22 Eric Fryman, 6) 38 Will McConnell, 7) 16j
Justin Soule, 8) 3c Brady DeYeager, 9) 13 Bryan Hull, 10) 78 Trish Hultgren,
11) Lynn Carlson, 12) Thomas Liechti, 13) Lana Castilla, 14) Ashley Hooeft,
15) Andrew Cuva, 16) Deanna Wallace, 17) Ridge Barnes, 18) Tyler Mass

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (June 30)—Brandon Blochlinger of Concordia, KS, won his first IMCA Modified feature of the year at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, June 30.

The 20-lap race saw three different leaders in the first 3 laps in Dusty Blake, Randy Fogo and Lonnie Schriner. Fogo regained the lead on lap 4 but by the halfway mark, Blake took the top spot back. However Fogo regained the lead on lap 11, then two laps later Tim Watts took over. Fogo led lap 14 before Blochlinger took the lead on lap 15 and led the remaining distance for the win. Blake finished second, followed by heat two winner Schriner, Watts, and Todd Peterson. Jon Thompson won the other heat race.

The IMCA Stock Car feature also saw the top four drivers battle up front in their 20-lap main event. Jason Davis of Norton, KS, led the first 10 laps but was hotly contested by Campbell’s Troy Attwood, heat one winner Brett Behrends, and Josh Hudson. Attwood finally got around Davis in turn 2 on lap 14 and held on for his second win of the season. Behrends, Davis, Hudson, and Geoff Jermark rounded out the top five. The other heat race winner was Ron Olson.

Hometown driver Delbert Selvage led the opening lap of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature before Mike Shriver took the top spot. Shriver led the next 6 laps before ‘The Busman’ Jim Buss took the lead at the halfway mark of the 15-lap event and was able to pull away, even with two restarts, and scored his fourth win of the year at Red Cloud. Shriver finished second, followed by heat race winners Jared Lewis and Selvage. Wade Wagenblast completed the top five.

Guide Rock duo Ron & Kent Duffy took the lead from Terry Gradig & Gary Rannebeck on lap 4 of the 10-lap Cruiser feature to notch their third victory of the season. Joe & Pat Hersh finished second, with Gradig & Rannebeck third. Heat race winners were Joe & Jacob Krone and Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe.

Racing returns to The Speed Bowl Friday evening, July 7, as the regular four divisions return to action, along with an appearance by GOTRA (Good Ol’ Timers Racing Association). The first green flag flies at 8:00 p.m.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat 1: 1. Jared Lewis, 2. T.C. McCain, 3. Jamie Reiman, 4. Jeromy Wagner.

Heat 2: 1. Delbert Selvage, 2. Jason Nelsson, 3. Chase Carraher, 4. Joe McDole.

Feature: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Mike Shriver, 3. Lewis, 4. Selvage, 5. Wade Wagenblast, 6. Jerry Hudson, 7. McDole, 8. Reiman, 9. Carraher, 10. McCain, 11. Terry Everhart (DNF), 12. Brandon Naasz (DNF), 13. Wagner (DNF), 14. Nelsson (DNF), 15. Rocky Zimmerman (DNF), 16. Matt Henke (DNF).
IMCA Stock Cars

Heat 1: 1. Brett Behrends, 2. Cory Struckhoff, 3. Jason McCartney, 4. Jason Davis.

Heat 2: 1. Ron Olson, 2. Josh Hudson, 3. Jared Remus, 4. Troy Attwood.

Feature: 1. Attwood, 2. Behrends, 3. Davis, 4. Hudson, 5. Geoff Jermark, 6. Remus, 7. Olson, 8. McCartney, 9. Chad Wulf, 10. Brant Beam (DNF), 11. Struckhoff (DNF), 12. Matt Streit (DNF).
IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1: 1. Jon Thompson, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Lonnie Veteto, 4. Tim Watts.

Heat 2: 1. Lonnie Schriner, 2. Brandon Blochlinger, 3. Randy Fogo, 4. Greg Metz.

Feature: 1. Blochlinger, 2. Blake, 3. Schriner, 4. Watts, 5. Todd Peterson, 6. Fogo, 7. Thompson, 8. Veteto, 9. Brian Calhoon, 10. Scott Smith, 11. Devon Housh, 12. Jeff Linner, 13. Jamey Jameson, 14. Caesare Linner, 15. Dwight Housh (DNF), 16. Carl Hund Jr. (DNF), 17. Metz (DNF).
Cruisers

Heat 1: 1. Joe Krone/Jacob Krone, 2. Matthew Niemeyer/T.J. Jameson, 3. Doug Monty/Jason Monty, 4. Ron Duffy/Kent Duffy.

Heat 2: 1. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 2. Joe Hersh/Pat Hersh, 3. Terry Gradig/Gary Rannebeck, 4. Josh Jacobitz/Vic Jacobitz.

Feature: 1. Duffy/Duffy, 2. Hersh/Hersh, 3. Gradig/Rannebeck, 4. Sidlo/Kothe, 5. Monty/Monty, 6. Niemeyer/Jameson, 7. Brent Drohman/Jeb Williams, 8. Jeremy Teselle/Dalton Remus, 9. Mike Dack/Dan Dack (DNF), 10. Krone/Krone (DNF), 11. Jacobitz/Jacobitz (DNS).

By Lonnie Wheatley

McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (June 30, 2006) – Brian Brown racked up yet another American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region feature win by wiring the field in Friday night's 25-lap feature at Junction Motor Speedway.

Brown outdueled last month's ASCS Midwest Region winner at McCool Junction, Jake Peters, on the opening round the led the rest of the way to secure his third ASCS Midwest triumph of the season aboard the Doogs-owned Ostrich-powered American Compressed Steel/Ditzfield Transfer/Diablo Ice No. 21 Maxim.

"I'm from Missouri but I really like racing in Nebraska, I have really good luck here and at I-80," Brown commented in victory lane. "Big tracks are more my style than the bullrings are. The track was narrow tonight and I knew I had to beat Jake (Peters) to the first corner. Some of the lapped cars were running as fast as we were and it was tough to get by. The car is running a little hot, the temperature gauge is at about 240 degrees."

Beat Peters into the first corner is exactly what Brown did at the drop of the green flag. But Peters fought back, with the pair racing wheel-to-wheel down the backstretch on the opening circuit for the point. Brown got the advantage in turn three and was never headed.

Following a quick early caution for a tangle involving Jason Danley and Toby Chapman, Brown began to slip away from Peters on the fourth round. Brown made his way into lapped traffic by the tenth round and kept at least one lapped car between himself and Peters the rest of the way as he lapped up to ninth place by the time the checkered flag flew.



Peters settled for the runner-up slot, with Chad Humston holding the show spot throughout. Sixteen-year-old shoe Jack Dover posted his second consecutive fourth-place finish in ASCS Midwest Region competition, with Seth Brahmer rounding out the top five.

Doug Lovegrove crossed the stripe in sixth, with Mark Pace notching an ASCS career-best seventh-place run. Chapman rebounded from the early tangle to finish eighth after originally starting 17th, with Rick Ideus and Larry Ball, Jr., completing the top ten.

Dover, Brown and Peters topped heat race action, with Danley winning the 12-lap "B" Main.

ASCS Midwest Region Results:

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 23C-Chad Humston, 3. 31-Mark Pace, 4. 13-Seth Brahmer, 5. 1M-Billy Alley, 6. 44K-David Kubart, 7. 4S-Stuart Snyder, 8. Luke Cranston, 9. 84-Toby Chapman.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 28-Ken Klabunde, 4. 71R-Ryan Anderson, 5. 5B-Rick Ideus, 6. 82-Jason Danley, 7. 45-Jeff Lowery, 8. 7-Roger Sundquist, 9. 6G-Bryan Gossel.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 57X-Jake Peters, 2. 5J-Larry Ball, Jr., 3. 99-Jimmy Davies, 4. 4-Mike Chadd, 5. 71-Keith Rauch, 6. 18-Ryan Roberts, 7. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 8. 17B-Ryan Bickett.

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 82-Jason Danley, 2. 71-Keith Rauch, 3. 84-Toby Chapman, 4. 45-Jeff Lowery, 5. 18-Ryan Roberts, 6. 4S-Stuart Snyder, 7. 44K-David Kubart, 8. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 9. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 10. 7-Roger Sundquist, 11. 20-Luke Cranston, 12. 6G-Bryan Gossel.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 57X-Jake Peters, 3. 23C-Chad Humston, 4. 53-Jack Dover, 5. 13-Seth Brahmer, 6. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 7. 31-Mark Pace, 8. 84-Toby Chapman, 9. 5B-Rick Ideus, 10. 5J-Larry Ball, Jr., 11. 71R-Ryan Anderson, 12. 45-Jeff Lowery, 13. 71-Keith Rauch, 14. 4-Mike Chadd, 15. 99-Jimmy Davies, 16. 28-Ken Klabunde, 17. 82-Jason Danley, 18. 1M-Billy Alley (DNS).

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Brian Brown 728, 2. Chad Humston 699, 3. Toby Chapman 676, 4. Jack Dover 674, 5. Jake Peters 659, 6. Jason Danley 638, 7. Rick Ideus 628, 8. Luke Cranston 607, 9. Mike Chadd 581, 10. Chuck Swenson 550.