Saturday, June 30, 2007
Three first time winners at Red Cloud
RED CLOUD, NE (June 29)—Three new faces graced victory lane at The Speed
Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, June 29. Two of those included
the father and son duo of Jerry and Josh Hudson of Kensington, who
pulled off the hat trick for the second time in a week, as both won last
Saturday night at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS.
Jerry took the lead on lap 2 of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature from Pat
Hersh and led to the only caution in the 14-lap race on lap 6 when
Andrew Lovegrove drove off turn 4. Hudson led the field back to green,
followed by Joe McDole, and heat race winners Kyle Bond and Jim Buss.
The top seven were close throughout the race but Hudson held on to win
his first feature of the year at Red Cloud. McDole finished a close
second, trailed by Bond, Buss, and Murray Haugan II.
Jason McCartney led the first half of the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car feature
before Josh Hudson made the pass for a lead he would not relinquish.
Hudson was first at the checkers, his first Speed Bowl win this year,
followed by Jason Smidt, McCartney, Jason Davis and heat two winner Matt
Streit. Jared Remus won the other heat race.
'The Red Cloud Rocket' Lonnie Schriner won his third IMCA Modified
feature at his hometown track. Heat one winner Tim Watts led the first 4
laps before Schriner took the top spot. Schriner led at the halfway mark
of the 20-lap race, while Brandon Blochlinger, Jordan Grabouski and
Watts were hooked up in a heated race for second. But both Watts and
Grabouski went to the pits during the event, ending their night.
Schriner took the win, followed by Blochlinger, Scott Smith, Larry
Sutton and Lonnie Veteto. Heat one winner Troy Johnson was sixth.
Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe won their fifth Cruiser feature of the year at
the 3/8-mile oval. Terry Gradig & Jeremy Teselle were second. David
Theer & Troy Himmelberg won the heat race.
Troy Porter of Harvard won his first 4-cylinder feature race. Joshua
Bodenus was second. Porter also won the heat race.
The regular five divisions return this Friday night, July 6. Racing
begins at 8:00 p.m., followed by a fireworks show.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1: 1. Kyle Bond, 2. Rocky Zimmerman, 3. Andrew Lovegrove, 4. Jebb
Linner.
Heat 2: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Pat Hersh, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Murray Haugan II.
Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Joe McDole, 3. Bond, 4. Buss, 5. Haugan, 6. Jared
Lewis, 7. Zimmerman, 8. Delbert Selvage, 9. Hersh, 10. Linner, 11. Mike
Shriver (DNF), 12. Lovegrove (DNF).
IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1: 1. Jared Remus, 2. Jason Smidt, 3. Wayne Walker, 4. Brant Beam.
Heat 2: 1. Matt Streit, 2. Jason McCartney, 3. Josh Hudson.
Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Smidt, 3. McCartney, 4. Jason Davis, 5. Streit,
6. Walker, 7. Brett Behrends, 8. Beam, 9. Troy Attwood (DNF), 10. Remus
(DNF).
IMCA Modified
Heat 1: 1. Tim Watts, 2. Lonnie Schriner, 3. Josh Carpenter, 4. Larry
Sutton.
Heat 2: 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Jordan Grabouski, 3. Scott Smith, 4. Lonnie
Veteto.
Feature: 1. Schriner, 2. Brandon Blochlinger, 3. Smith, 4. Sutton, 5.
Veteto, 6. T. Johnson, 7. Ed Putman, 8. Jeff Linner, 9. Caesare Linner,
10. Grabouski (DNF), 11. Watts (DNF), 12. Micaah Johnson (DNF), 13.
Devon Housh (DNF), 14. Carpenter (DNF), 15. Everett Honts (DNF), 16.
Randy Fogo (DNF).
4-cylinder Young Gun
Heat: 1. Troy Porter, 2. Joshua Bodenus.
Feature: 1. Porter, 2. Bodenus.
Cruiser
Heat: 1. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg, 2. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 3. Terry
Gradig/Jeremy Teselle, 4. Drew Barry/Ethan Vogler.
Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Gradig/Teselle, 3. Josh Graczyk/Chris
Graczyk, 4. Barry/Vogler, 5. Theer/Himmelberg (DNF).
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Dover to make Eagle Debut
RMS, Keizer Wheels, Trail Performance Coatings, Langfelt Overhead Doors,
Thorpes Body Shop, The Sprint Car Forum, Chad Nolte Repair, Eckley
Powered Eagle in her first race at Eagle Raceway on Saturday, June 30.
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Brown is the McCool Man in ASCS Midwest Region
McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (June 29, 2007) – After opening the season with five different winners in as many events, the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region had its first repeat winner of the year on Friday night as Missouri's Brian Brown raced to victory lane in the 25-lap feature at Junction Motor Speedway.
Brown, who won the season opener at I-80 Speedway on April 14, chased down race-long leader Jason Danley in lapped traffic and made a move into the lead on the 24th lap to snare his eighth career ASCS Midwest Region feature win aboard Tim and Gina Doogs' Ostrich-powered No. 21 Maxim.
Brian Brown and the Moses Motor Company girls in victory lane Friday night at Junction Motor Speedway. (Racetracker Photos)"Jason (Danley) ran a great race tonight and he doesn't have anything to be ashamed of," Brown commented from victory lane. "He just got caught up with that lapped car and I got by. I'd like to thank Tim and Gina Doogs for giving me a great car tonight, they are like family to me!"
While Brown gridded the feature field fifth, it was polesitter Danley outgunning Jake Peters for the early lead. Danley needed just three laps to open up a straightaway lead over Peters and Toby Chapman, with Brown taking fourth from Chuck Swenson on the sixth lap.
With Danley working lapped traffic, Brown battled past Chapman for third on the eight lap then took second from Peters two laps later. The caution flew soon after, when Chapman made contact with a lapped car at the midway point and came to a stop with a broken shock.
Back under way, Danley once again pulled away, leaving Brown and Peters to battle for second. But as Danley encountered lapped traffic on the 19th circuit, Brown began to close the gap. Brown raced into the lead with a lap-and-a-half to go and cruised to the win.
Danley settled for second, with Peters taking the show position. Ryan Roberts crossed the stripe fourth, with Chuck Swenson rounding out the top five. Skip Jackson was sixth, with Ryan Anderson, Mike Chadd, Jack Dover and Don Droud, Jr., completing the top ten.
After transferring from "B" Main action, Natalie Sather retained a slim 13-point lead in ASCS Midwest Region points by advancing to eleventh in the main event.
Swenson, Rick Ideus and Danley topped heat race action, with Mike Boston winning the "B" Main.
ASCS Midwest Region Results from Junction Motor Speedway:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. X-Chuck Swenson, 2. 24A-Jake Peters, 3. 84-Toby Chapman, 4. 53-Jack Dover, 5. 32-Jamie Turpin, 6. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 7. 9T-Trish Dover, 8. 57-Don Stoutner.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5-Rick Ideus, 2. 71R-Ryan Anderson, 3. 1M-Skip Jackson, 4. 44-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 4-Mike Chadd, 6. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 7. 33-Terry Cadwallader, 8. 35A-Adam Main.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 82-Jason Danley, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 13-Seth Brahmer, 4. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 5. 14G-Gene Ackland, 6. 51-Mike Boston, 7. 94s–Natalie Sather, 8. 8B-Bobby Becker.
Dash (5 Laps): 1. 82-Jason Danley, 2. 24A-Jake Peters, 3. X-Chuck Swenson, 4. 84-Toby Chapman, 5. 21-Brian Brown, 6. 5-Rick Ideus.
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Boston, 2. 94s-Natalie Sather, 3. 9T-Trish Dover, 4. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 5. 33-Terry Cadwallader, 6. 8B-Bobby Becker. DNS: 35A- Adam Main, 57-Don Stoutner.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 82-Jason Danley, 3. 24A-Jake Peters, 4. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 5. X-Chuck Swenson, 6. 1M-Skip Jackson, 7. 71R-Ryan Anderson, 8. 4-Mike Chadd, 9. 53-Jack Dover, 10. 44-Don Droud, Jr., 11 94s-Natalie Sather, 12. 5-Rick Ideus, 13. 14G-Gene Ackland, 14. 13-Seth Brahmer, 15. 9T-Trish Dover, 16. 32-Jamie Turpin, 17. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 18. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 19. 84-Toby Chapman, 20. 51-Mike Boston.
ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Natalie Sather 792, 2. Chuck Swenson 779, 3. Jason Danley 728, 4. Toby Chapman 718, 5. Brian Brown 678, 6. Don Droud, Jr., 668, 7. Rick Ideus 599, 8. Ryan Anderson 550, 9. Mike Boston 534, 10. Seth Brahmer 502.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Butler County USMTS dropped, new tracks added
Parts United States Modified Touring Series are on a brief but well-deserved
break as the month of July nears, but officials are busy working behind the
scenes as they get ready for 28 National Events in 52 days that will wrap up
the most exciting O'Reilly USMTS season ever and crown the ninth O'Reilly
USMTS national champion.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, one track closing and in an effort to
balance the number of regional events with quality venues for drivers and
fans, a few changes have been made to the National Events schedule for late
July and early August.
Citing financial reasons, the promoter at the Butler County Motorplex in
Rising City, Neb., has canceled the inaugural event there scheduled for
Monday, July 16. Therefore, the next event for the O'Reilly USMTS will be
Tuesday, July 17, at the Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Neb., for a $2,000-to-win
Western Region showdown. Despite thermostats peaking at a near-record 108
degrees for this event last year, more than 1,500 race fans were on hand to
witness a full field of cars and sizzling on-track action at the historic
1/3-mile high-banked oval. With one of the largest weekly Modified car
counts in the nation, this year's Modified Madness presented by 94.1 FM is
sure to be another classic.
Originally slated for the West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty, Iowa,
officials have moved the event on Tuesday, July 31, to the Cresco Speedway
in Cresco, Iowa. NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stars Ken Schrader, Clint Bowyer
and Kenny Wallace will appear at this event, signing autographs for the fans
and strapping into their own Modifieds to take on The Best of the Best on
the Cresco clay. Previously a Central Region points race, this race will now
serve as the final points race in the Yeager Machine Northeast Region and
will award the first set of National drivers a spot in 'The Hunt' for the O'
Reilly USMTS National Championship.
The first week of August will see the other three regional champions crowned
prior to the start of the 'The Hunt' at the Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta,
Kan., on Thursday, August 9 — a new date which was recently added to this
year's slate, bringing the total number of races in 'The Hunt' to 16.
"We've added this race at Mayetta for a number of reasons, not the least of
which is because it's a great track where we've had exciting finishes in the
past," explained O'Reilly USMTS president Todd Staley. "The Hunt did not
have a traditional Western Region track scheduled, so this gives us at least
one event in each of the four regions. This added event also fits well with
the travel schedule for teams before and after this event."
The final event for the Central Region will take place on Saturday, August
4, at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. From there, the
rugged O'Reilly USMTS road warriors travel to the Humboldt Speedway in
Humboldt, Kan., for the final event in the Southern Region. The
recently-added date at Humboldt fills the date formerly reserved for the
Blackbird Bend Speedway in Onawa, Iowa, which closed its doors last week.
The Humboldt event brings the total number of Southern Region races to nine.
From there, drivers head north to the Beatrice Speedway in Beatrice, Neb.,
on Wednesday, August 8, for the final Western Region points race and the
last event before 'The Hunt' for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship
begins on Thursday. Traveling teams expect a hard fought battle at Beatrice,
which boasts some of the stiffest local competition they'll see this season.
The 2007 season wraps up with 'The Hunt' for the O'Reilly USMTS National
Championship — 16 races in 32 days, culminating with the crowning of the
2007 O'Reilly USMTS national champion at the 9th Annual Featherlite Fall
Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., Sept. 6-8.
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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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wagner Speedway Inc, named as new promoter of Tomahawk Speedway
Wagner Speedway Inc. was named as the new promoter and will be leasing the
track. Shane Weisser will be the President and Manager.
Due to all of the permits and other paperwork that will need to be changed,
racing WILL NOT be held this Friday June 29th. Racing will resume Friday
July 6th.
Contact information for the new administration as well as further track
details will be released as soon as possible.
The classes that are currently competing at Tomahawk Speedway will be left
in tact. Further class information will be released as soon as possible.
A new web site is in place www.wagnerspeedway.com
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Eagle Raceway Kid's Night Donations being accepted
Kid's Night will take place on August 18th, this is also the last "Fan
Appreciation" night of the 2007 Racing Season. I am accepting donations for
bikes. The cost of a bike is around $40. My deadline for donations will be
July 28th. Please contact Rhonda, Bernie or Nick Bryan at Eagle Raceway,
email rascal60@alltel.net or phone 402-450-7992
Don Droud, Jr. 'runs' home
Multi-talented pro driver a former York Duke
By Steve Moseley
Managing Editor
YORK -- It won't be sibling rivalry as some had hoped, but tomorrow night
will still be a homecoming for professional race car driver Don Droud, Jr.,
of Lincoln.
Droud will drive a roaring 360 sprint car at Junction Motor Speedway in
Friday night's Moses Motor Company ASCS Midwest Sprints show at Junction
Motor Speedway.
The card includes the Outlaw Vintage Lites and the Good Old Time Racing
Association, both of which feature throwback machines from racing's
yesteryear, but it won't include another Droud, brother Rodney.
Droud, Jr., said he moved to York the summer of his fifth grade year and
through his graduation was a "proud York Duke." Immediately after graduation
he moved to Lincoln where he continued to scratch the racing bug that bit
him as a York High School junior. What has become an illustrious and wildly
varied racing career began in those prep school days when, "I was racing
stock cars at Midwest Speedway in Lincoln. Then I got into the 410 sprint
cars and then started running some midgets and some non-wing sprint cars"
including those sanctioned by USAC. "Lately I've been doing all that plus
running a late model at I-80 (Speedway at Greenwood) on Sunday nights."
How much of his life is taken up with racing?
"Most of it," he answered with a chuckle, then explained he has a drywall
repair business in Lincoln to fill in the non-racing season of his year.
He said the sprinter he'll be driving tomorrow night belongs to Doug
Lovegrove out of Waverly, "a racer who got hurt last year. I'm just filling
in for him until he gets better."
Droud is running the late model for Ed Kosiski, one of the three legendary
Kosiski brothers who race out of Omaha. They are involved as owners of I-80
Speedway, too.
Droud will run, usually at or near the front, in pretty much anything with a
steering wheel above and a gas pedal below. His favorite class of race cars?
"I like the midgets way better than the sprint cars," he acknowledged, "but
the sprint cars pay better." Midgets, he explained, are "a smaller sprint
car without a wing." They are powered by a four-cylinder motor.
Open wheelers in general and sprint cars specifically, he said, are unique
"for their speed and acceleration. The downforce with the wings (on winged
sprints) really plants the cars so they don't have a lot of wheel spin."
Droud said a properly set up sprint car can run wide open around a fast
track like that at JMS without the driver ever havingto lift the accelerator
except in traffic.
"We're probably running 120 or 130 miles and hour down the backstretch" in
360 sprints like the one he'll be driving Friday at McCool. "When the car is
right and on a good track you can run around there wide open for 25 laps."
What kind of car can accomplish such a feat? Fans, friends and those who are
just curious can get an up-close look at the machine and meet Droud Friday
afternoon at Moses Ford south of York. Steve Moses said all are invited to
come give the car a thorough once over and say hello to Droud ... whether to
catch up on old times with a former York resident or to get an autograph.
While his return to York is all business, Droud said it will certainly be
"good to see people I haven't seen in a while. I would really like people to
come over to the pits after the races from the grandstands. I'd like to see
people who knew me or that I knew in high school. It's just really good to
race close to home."
He likes Junction Motor Speedway more than just a little bit, too.
"It's one of the nicest facilities in the country," he said. "I've raced
anywhere from California to Florida and North Dakota as far east as Ohio ...
it's one of the nicest I've been to. It's like a Field of Dreams type
thing," to discover a first-class dirt racing complex among corn fields,
next to a town with a wonderfully rural name like McCool Junction. "It's
awesome, just awesome. And it's kind of cool that it's right there where I
grew up ... in my own back yard.
As for tomorrow's two-hour stop at Moses Ford, Droud said, "Tell everybody
to come on out. We'll have a little York Duke Pride thing going on there."
Local fans were anticipating with relish a matchup between the Droud
brothers, but not this time. Rodney hoped to run tomorrow at McCool, but was
done in by another obligation.
"We usually race together," said Don, adding with a mischievous laugh, "Even
he would have to admit I'm better looking. Faster, too."
He was only poking a little good natured sibling fun at brother Rodney, but
the fact is Don Jr., will take the green flag tomorrow night standing fifth
among the 62 drivers listed in the Midwest Division ASCS 360 point
standings.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Eagle 6-23-07 Photos
Enjoy.
Eagle 6-23-07 photos
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NCRA Late Model Speedweek Rolls into Junction Motor Speedway
Reilly NCRA Late Model Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol, will kick it up a
notch with a five-show Speedweek through the Fourth of July.
Their second stop will be Saturday June 30 at Junction Motor Speedway in
McCool Junction, a track that two-time defending series champion Kelly Boen
has done well at. The Henderson, Colo., driver has won the last five NCRA
events held at JMS over the past two years.
But Boen is still trying to shake off the affects of a scary crash in a
non-NCRA show April 28. He ran a strong second in the series' first event
this season, but another racing incident relegated him to a 21st-place
finish in the second show.
Delbert Smith, the 2001 series champion out of Wichita, Kan., won the
opener. He and Omaha's John Anderson are deadlocked for the top spot in the
standings.
Another former series champion, Kyle Berck, and Boen are close behind in
third and fourth, respectively. Berck, of Marquette, Neb., won the NCRA late
model crown in 2002. He is 30 points behind the leaders and holds a slim
five-point margin over Boen.
Nebraska drivers make up five of the remaining six positions in the top 10.
Corey Zeitner of Bellevue is fifth, Mike Wiarda of Aurora is sixth, Kearney'
s Bo Egge is seventh, Scott Daly of Elkhorn is eighth, and Omaha's Bill
Leighton is 10th. Only 95 points separate the top 12.
More than 30 drivers from the Cornhusker State have run with the series so
far this year. That list also includes 2006 NCRA Late Model Rookie of the
Year Steve Kempt from Shelton and Les Siebert of York.
Saturday-June 30th
Junction Motor Speedway/Walmart Bike Night presents
NCRA Late Models
Modifieds
Stock Cars
Hobby Stocks
Cruisers
Quad Rods
Gates open at 5:00 PM
Racing at 7:00 PM
Adults: $12.00
Ages 6 to 12 are $4.00
Ages 5 & under are free
For more information about the NCRA, visit their Web site at
www.ncraracing.org, or call the NCRA office at (316) 755-1781.
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4 Cylinder Dirt Track Championship at I-80 Speedway Info
September 7th and 8th.
Friday Night September 7th, 20 lap feature. (you must be registered
by July 1st to be eligible for this feature event.) Payoff, 1st
$1000, 2nd $500, 3rd $300, 4th $200, 5th $100, 6th-20th $25.
Saturday September 8th, 80 lap feature. Payoff 1st $5000, 2nd $2000,
3rd $1000, 4th $800, 5th $500, 6th $400, 7th $300, 8th $250, 9th
$200, 10th $175, 11th-43rd $150.
*$500 bonus to any driver who wins a Pro Hornet "A" Feature event
during the regular season at I-80 Speedway and wins the "A" Feature
on September 8th. Only if registered by July 1st.
*$500 bonus to the highest finisher who is in the top 20 in I-80
Speedway season points of any class.
Drawing for FREE entry every Saturday night from June 9th to June
30th. Hornet classes only.
Entry Fee for the September 7th and 8th weekend: $100. Concrete pads
$25 for event. No Refunds. Camping available (No Hookups)
Rules:
1. IMCA Sport Compact type rules apply
2. No V-tech Engines. No turbochargers.
3. Aluminum seat only.
4. Window net or arm restraints required.
5. $1500 car claim. Main event driver or track may claim.
6. All drivers must be 14 years of age. Parents release forms
required under 19 years old.
For entry form, email joeysparano@hotmail.com your name and address
or call the track office at 402-342-3453 or call Ed Kosiski at
402-490-3535.
More information on I-80 Speedway can be found at
www.neracewaypark.com.
Format For The 1st Annual 4 Cylinder Dirt Track Championships.
FRIDAY
Heat Races [(Draw For Starting Position) Approximate 10-20 cars a heat]
"B" Features Will Follow
(The top 60 cars from heats and "B'" features will advance to a qualifying
feature)
Two 30 car (20 Lap) Qualifying Features (Top 15 from the first qualifying
feature will make up the inside row of the 80 lap Saturday Feature, top 15
from the second qualifying feature will make up the outside row of the 80
lap Saturday Feature)
Pre Registered Feature- 20 lap $1000 to win pre registered race. Top 20
highest qualifying cars that are pre registered will compete in the race.
SATURDAY
Last Chance Qualifiers [ 12 cars advance with 1 promoters choice provisional
(Completing a 43 car lineup)]
80 Lap 4 Cylinder Championship Main Event.
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Butler County Independence Shootout July 3
The Modifieds will be racing for $1000 to win. It will also pay $100 to
start the 'A' Main. The Hobby Stocks will also be on hand Tuesday night as
well as they battle for $275 to win and starting the feature will pay $60.
After a great show on June 22nd the JET Racing Limited Modifieds will also
return to BCM for another show paying $250 to and $60 to start.
The racing action of the Street Stocks will also be on the ballot. There
will an entry fee for Modifieds $40 and Hobby Stocks $30 but it will include
the drivers pit passes.
Stay Tuned for updates on The Independence Shootout scheduled for Tuesday
July 3rd. Call 402-209-0921 or email the track
butlercountymotorplex@yahoo.com
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Beatrice Summer Spectacular July 7
Preview the Gage County Fair as we "Celebrate the Tradition" at the Gage
County Fair, July 18-22. 4-Hers will be on hand from 6:00pm - 8:00pm with
some of their projects coming to the Gage County Fair, complete with farm
animals and a petting zoo.
T-Shirt giveaways will be given through out the night in the grandstand
including fair coupons and Entertainment passes. Fair Entertainers include
Chris Cagel July 18;Steve Holy July 19: and Keith Anderson July 20.
Also July 7th Beatrice Speedway will be inviting all the Beatrice area
soldiers and thier spouse-boyfriend-girlfriend that return this weekend from
IRAQ. Each soldier will recieve two free passes.
****All other servicemen and women in Uniform will get in free.
It is also NAPA Night with a 250.00 bonus paid to the winner of the IMCA
Hobbystock feature. And some other "extra bonus money" for some mystery
spots in the feature.
During the races we will be having the Budwieser Pit Stop Challenge going on
in the grass on the north end of the grandstands. At intermission we will
have the Finals of the challenge.
And to top off the evening there will be a live band performing after the
races courtesy of JET Racing, Northeast Auto and Beatrice Speedway. We are
also in the stages of setting up a beer garden for this evening so stay
tuned for further updates.
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ASCS Midwest Region Ladies Night at McCool Junction on Friday
sorts when the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region takes to the
semi-banked, 3/8-mile Junction Motor Speedway dirt oval in McCool Junction,
NE, this Friday night.
After all, it is believed to be the first time in the 16-year history of the
American Sprint Car Series that a lady racer has sat atop the point charts,
as Natalie Sather of Fargo, ND, holds the current ASCS Midwest Region point
lead.
And Sather won't be the only talented lady racer in the field, as
19-year-old Trish Dover of Springfield, NE, makes the jump from the 305-ci
ranks to make her ASCS debut on Friday night.
The Young Lion Award winner with the ASCS National Tour in 2004, Sather
moved atop the ASCS Midwest Region championship points race by advancing
from 19th to sixth in the series most recent event at Rising City on June
15.
The 22-year-old backed it up the next night with a strong fourth-place run
in ASCS National Tour action at Crawford County Speedway in Denison, IA.
Sather enters Friday's card with a 25-point lead over defending ASCS
Northern Plains Region champion Chuck Swenson of Watertown, SD. And
currently 58 points off the lead pace is reigning ASCS Midwest Region
champion Toby Chapman of nearby Lincoln, NE.
The Lincoln duo of Jason Danley and Don Droud, Jr., round out the current
top five entering Friday's card at Junction Motor Speedway.
In four previous ASCS Midwest Region events contested at Junction Motor
Speedway, four different drivers have reached victory lane. Danley reached
victory lane in the first ASCS Midwest Region card at McCool Junction in
2005, with Jake Peters and Brian Brown splitting honors last year. Garry Lee
Maier took the most recent win on May 25.
Past winners Danley and Peters along with defending series champion Chapman
and a host of other contenders will try to play the role of spoiler on
Ladies Night at Junction Motor Speedway, while Sather tries to maintain the
series point lead and Dover makes her debut while competing against younger
brother Jack Dover, who was the series runner-up last year.
Friday's action at Junction Motor Speedway gets under way at 7:00 p.m.
Junction Motor Speedway is located in McCool Junction, NE, off I-80 Exit
353, then 5.6 miles south on US 81, then 0.3 miles west on CR 4, then north.
For more information, contact the track at 402-724-3100 or 402-773-5538.
The ASCS Midwest Region 2007 slate consists of eleven events at seven
different tracks throughout Nebraska and the immediately surrounding area.
The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the
American Sprint Car Series, with the series set to sanction approximately
240 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout at
least 30 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available
at www.ascsracing.com
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Kosiski Is King Of I-80 Speedway's Race Of Champions
(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/24/07) With the best drivers in the midwest converging
on I-80 Speedway, 16 year old Andrew Kosiski would prove to have the best
luck on his side on his way to the 2nd Annual I-80 Speedway Race Of
Champions victory. Kenny Edwards, Chris Spieker, Rick Negrete, and Josh Sink
would all visit victory lane in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly
program.
The 25 lap I-80 Speedway Race Of Champions feature event saw the #2x of
Andrew Kosiski jump to the early lead from his inside front row starting
position. Kosiski would lead until lap 9 when the #51 of Chad Simpson would
enter the spin cycle in turn four. When the green waved again it was Kosiski
out front, but the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt would be right in his tire tracks.
Hobscheidt would try a run at the lead, but Kosiski would pull away coming
off turn two. Kosiski would maintain the top spot until the final caution
period of the night when the #4k of Josh Krug spun on the front chute. After
the restart it was Hobscheidt that was on a mission. Hobscheidt's #1 would
find a better groove one lane lower than Kosiski, and with six laps to go
pull along side the #2x down the front straightaway. Kosiski would gather
the lead back in turns one and two, and go on to lead the final 5 laps on
his way to victory. Hobscheidt finished second, Kyle Berck third, Al
Humphrey fourth, and Chris Spieker came home fifth.
Missouri driver Kenny Edwards would jump out front from his front row
starting spot and lead the entire 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature.
Edwards would be the dominant car early on in the feature, and show his
ability on the short run after surviving a green-white-checker finish. Jay
Stewart would finish 2nd after starting fifth. Mike Wallace would come third
after starting second. John Nicholson and Mike Collins rounded out the top
five.
The 20 lap City Weekly Grand National feature event saw the #92 of Jacob
Brown take the lead from the outside front row. The second year racer Brown
would have the race of his young career until lap 18 when the #56 of Chris
Spieker would use the high side to take the lead coming off turn four. The
2005 NASCAR Division II Champion Spieker would lead the remaining laps on
his way to victory. Brown finished second, Kyle Berck finished third after
starting 20th. Brad Soll and Shawn Harker finished off the top five.
Rick Negrete would use the inside lane of the track to come from the 16th
starting position to win the 18 lap Certified Transmission "A" feature.
Shawn Bulin finished second after being on Negrete's tail for the final few
laps. Marty Steinbach finished third after coming off his win Saturday night
in the Pro Stock division. Ray Dessel finished fourth and Doug Stevenson
came home fifth.
The 15 lap Hobby Stock feature event seen the #10 of Josh Sink drive from
the 9th starting position to win the race. Tom Myers finished second. Joe
Wollenhaupt finished third after starting on the pole. Chad Bassinger
finished fourth. Rick Munson came across the line fifth.
Results From 6/24/07
2nd Annual I-80 Speedway Race Of Champions
1) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 2) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 3) 14 Kyle Berck, 4) 55 Al
Humphrey, 5) 56 Chris Spieker, 6) 2d John Anderson, 7) 2 Al Zeitner, 8) J1
Chris Simpson, 9) 51x Ed moore, 10) 55d Joe Kosiski, 11) 12 Brian Harris,
12) 35 Ed Kosiski, 13) b56 Kelly Boen, 14) 8x Bill Leighton Jr., 15) 9
Bryant Goldsmith, 16) 97d Dave Doll, 17) 51 Chad Simpson, 18) 40 Alex
Humphrey, 19) 80 Kenny Edwards, 20) 52 Steve Kosiski, 21) 4k Josh Krug.
Dodge Super Late Model:
1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 10 Jay Stewart, 3) 1w Mike Wallace, 4) 77 John
Nicholson, 5) 3c Mike Collins, 6) 44 Troy Daly, 7) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 8) 28
Bill Leighton Jr., 9) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 10) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 11) 15
Jason O'Brien, 12) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 13) 00 Clint Benson, 14) 76 Al
Zeitner, 15) 62 Leon Zeitner, 16) 80 Scott Koskovich, 17) 6 Al Humphrey, 18)
53 Joe Kosiski, 19) z62 Justin Zeitner, 20) 1m Todd Bell, 21) 92 Josh Most,
22) 2d Todd Morgan, 23) 11 Don Droud Jr., 24) 68x Beau Sheffield.
City Weekly Grand Nationals
1) 56 Chris Spieker, 2) 92 Jacob Brown, 3) 14 Kyle Berck, 4) 50 Brad Soll,
5) 40 Shawn Harker, 6) 51x Ed Moore, 7) 9 Dave Cook, 8) 97d Dave Doll, 9) 2d
John Anderson, 10) 55d Curt Drake, 11) 51 Matt Buller, 12) t3 Gary Leapley,
13) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 14) 12 Todd Hipnar, 15) 96c Cory Hutchinson, 16) 12m
Matt McAtee, 17) j1 Harley Moen, 18) b56 Kelly Boen, 19) 2 Dwane Pospisil,
20) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 21) 3 Mollee Collins, 22) 35k Ed Kosiski, 23) 15x Scott
Krause-Mahan, 24) 80 Kenny Edwards, 25) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 26) 4k Josh
Krug.
Certified Transmission Pro Ams
1) 72 Rick Negrete, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 5 Marty Steinbach, 4) 55 Ray
Dessel, 5) 84 Doug Stevenson, 6) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 7) 33x Chuck Dillion,
8) t72 Thad Thomson, 9) 8 Nick Steier, 10) 24 Don Mohr, 11) 55d Nick Deal,
12) 3t Tim Podraza, 13) 49x Chad Sanders, 14) 35 Rich Steier, 15) 66 Jeff
Joldersma, 16) 49 Jeff Atkins, 17) 12 Terry Cleveland, 18) 9x John
Allensworth, 19) 51 Chris Collins, 20) 25x Joe Feyen, 21) 64 Nick Hermsen,
22) 75 Max Dale, 23) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr.
Hobby Stock
1) 10 Josh Sink, 2) 7 Tom Myers, 3) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 4) 4x Chad
Bassinger, 5) m70 Rick Munson, 6) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 7) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 8)
2t Josh True, 9) 52 Roger Timperley, 10) 40 Mike Mass, 11) 7x Jared Myers,
12) 12 George Whitmore, 13) 32d Kenny Darnold, 14) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal,
15) 00 John Austin.
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Humphrey Continues Crate Late Model Dominance At I-80 Speedway
(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/23/07) As the checkered flag flew to end the nights
racing, it was Al Humphrey who would take the victory in the Great Clips
Late Models making it two wins in a row and three on the season. Marty
Steinbach, Scott Carlson, Nick Clifford, Steve McConnell, Ryan Gladwin, and
Darrin Hoegran would also visit victory lane as Great Clips presented the
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" main event saw the #56 of Ron
Tilley jump to an early lead from his outside front row starting position.
With Tilley out front, it was obvious to see the fastest car in the field
was the #55 of Al Humphrey. Humphrey would make his way into the top three
spots within the first hand full of laps. Humphrey would challenge Tilley
for the lead with the #55 hugging the bottom and Tilley's #56 sticking to
the top. Humphrey would take the top spot around the halfway mark, with
Tilley close behind. Tilley would make a charge at Humphrey with five laps
to go, but Humphrey was able to hold him off on his way to victory. ARCA
driver Josh Krug would finish third in his first start of the year at I-80.
Jeff Tilley came home fourth in his first start as well, while Dave Doll
finished fifth.
Marty Steinbach would come from the 12th starting position to win the 18 lap
Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock feature event. Joe Feyen would
challenge Steinbach in the remaining few laps, but it was Steinbach who had
the preferred groove on his way to victory. Following Feyen was Doug
Stevenson, Shawn Bulin, and Chad Sanders.
Scott Carlson would take the victory in the 15 lap Midas B-Mod feature
event. Carlson would start his #1s in the 10th starting position and work
his way up to fifth in the first five laps. After a lap six restart, Carlson
would make the move of the race driving from fifth to second in one
straightaway. Carlson would then pass Lacey Tuttle for the lead on route to
victory. Mark Mcneal drove his #17h to second, followed by Roger Harpster,
Tuttle, and Larry Robinson Sr.
Nick Clifford would lead the first 10 laps of the 12 lap Midwest Linings 305
Sprint Car "A" feature. Clifford would be passed by the #9t of Mike
Masonbrink with two laps to go, and Masonbrink would take the win. As the
#9t crossed the scales it weighed light, giving the win to Clifford. Dan
Satriano, Steve Hurst and Michael Oliver rounded out the field.
The 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet feature event saw the most
exciting finish of the night. Steve McConnell would start outside front row
and take the lead early on in the event. Pete Fink Jr. would start third and
challenge McConnell on the inside. Fink and McConnell would battle side by
side until entering turn three on the final lap. Fink would drive deep into
the corner pushing high into McConnell's line. Steve's #33 M&M car would use
the cross over move to get under Fink's #13. Coming off turn four the two
leaders would split a lap car and all three would make contact. McConnell's
car would turn straight for the wall, but he would gather it up and take the
checkers first. Justin Soule would sneak by Fink at the line for second. Joe
Baker and Cory Askeland rounded out the field.
Ryan Gladwin would take the victory in the Novice Crate Late Model "A"
feature event. Lindsey Yost would put it all out on the line for the win on
the last corner, just to come home second. Amanda Leonardo finished third,
followed by Rob Kosiski and Scott Keffer.
The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets would see Darrin Hoegren take
the lead on the final lap on his way to victory. Russell Johnson would come
home second, followed by Brett Smith, Alex Fink, and Sarah Preble.
Results From 6/23/07 (Top 10)
Great Clips Crate Late Models:
1) 55 Al Humphrey, 2) 56 Ron Tilley, 3) 4k Josh Krug, 4) 56x Jeff Tilley, 5)
97d Dave Doll, 6) 17 Dave Livingston, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 17v Rick
Vanderheiden, 9) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 10) 50 Brad Soll.
Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks
1) 5 Marty Steinbach, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 84 Doug Stevenson, 4) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 5) 49x Chad Sanders, 6) 72 Rick Negrete, 7) 24 Don Mohr, 8) 90 Andy
Miller, 9) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 10) 55d Nick Deal.
Midas B-Mods
1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 17h Mark Mcneal, 3) 08 Roger Harpster, 4) z00 Lacey
Tuttle, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 6) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 7) 48o Greg Tichy,
8) 12 Buddy Ray Jones, 9) 48 Kyle Harpster, 10) 9 Hank Dewild.
Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars
1) 99c Nick Clifford, 2) 95 Dan Satriano, 3) 45 Steve Hurst, 4) 96.1 Michael
Oliver, 5) 9t Mike Masonbrink(DQ).
Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets
1) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 2) 16j Justin Soule, 3) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 4) 9x Joe
Baker, 5) 28 Cory Askeland, 6) 37 Nate Christensen, 7) 81 Steve England, 8)
38 Will Mcconnell, 9) 23 Ole Olsen, 10) b22 Nathan Brown.
Novice Crate:
1) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 4) 52 Rob
Kosiski, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 18 Laini Schwartz, 7) 44 Steve Saunders.
Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:
1) 19 Darrin Hoegran, 2) 61j Russel Johnson, 3) 50 Brett Smith, 4) 2 Alex
Fink, 5) 97s Sarah Preble, 6) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 7) 6t Tim Berghahn, 8) 60
Thomas Liechti, 9) 1 Rafeal Arsidio
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Fireworks To Light The Sky Over Nebraska's Only NASCAR Sanctioned Track
Greenwood, Nebraska (June 25, 2007)-Not only will the roar of the race car
engines fill the air at I-80 Speedway this weekend, but fireworks will light
up the sky as Nebraska's only NASCAR sanctioned track celebrates the
Independence Day weekend. Also, car smashing and banging returns to the
front stretch of the track on Saturday for the second demolition derby of
the year, and kids will be digging in dumpsters for prizes on Sunday!
Coca-Cola presents the NASCAR Whelen All American Series on Saturday, June
30 with Great Clips Crate Late Models, Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro
Stocks, Midas B Mods, Stereo West Auto Toys Hornets and Novice Crates.
After the fast-paced racing action, the cars of the second demolition derby
of the year will tangle on the front stretch for $500 to win. Then, the
skies will light up with the first of two nights of fireworks!
Tickets prices for Saturday are $10 for adults, seniors (62 and older) and
juniors (11-17 years) with ID are $8, and kids 10 and under are FREE.
Grandstand gates open at 5:30 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 p.m., and racing at
7:00 p.m. Pit gates open at 4:00 p.m., and driver cutoff time for check-in
and driver's meeting is 6:15 p.m.
The excitement of Independence Day weekend continues on Sunday, July 1 as
Waste Management presents the NASCAR Whelen All American Series and Kid's
Dumpster Dig. On the race card for the night will be the Dodge Super Late
Models, City Weekly Grand Nationals, Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. At
intermission, 10 lucky I-80 Speedway Jr. Fan Club members will get the
chance to climb into the Waste Management Dumpster to dig for prizes!
Tickets prices for Sunday are $10 for adults, seniors (62 and older) and
juniors (11-17 years) with ID $8, and kids 10 and under are FREE.
Grandstand gates open at 5:00 p.m., hot laps at 6:00 p.m., and racing at
6:30 p.m. Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m., and driver cutoff time for check-in
and driver's meeting is 5:45 p.m.
On Saturday, July 7, Stereo West Auto Toys presents the NASCAR Whelen All
American Series and Kid's Gold Rush Money Grab. Then on Sunday, July 8 it's
the ever-popular Shopko Kid's Bike Races!
Labels: Race related news
Monday, June 25, 2007
Eagle Raceway Freedom Fest and Alcorn Challenge
Freedom Fest Military Appreciation Fireworks Extravaganza!
Another full night of action is in store for Saturday, June 30th. The
evening will begin with the Army National Guard presenting the night
with an energetic start. Then the greatest drivers in the midwest will
try to tame the area's fastest 1/3 mile. See the Stereo West Auto Toy's
IMCA Sport Compacts, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks, Monster IMCA
Modifieds and Budweiser 360 Sprints face the challenge of Eagle's high
banks. The final racing action of the night will be a challenge race
between Chris Alcorn and the highest finisher in the Modified A Feature,
consisting of a 3 lap dash with a $300 winner take all pot. The finale
of the evening will be the largest Fireworks Extravaganza in the area.
Front gate admission for Adults $15, Youth(6-13) $5 and Children(5 &
under) Free.
All Military, Police, Fire & Rescue will be admitted Free with
appropriate government PHOTO ID or in Uniform with ID.
(Be Our Guest Passes and Buy One Get One Free coupons are not valid for
this Special Event)
Labels: Race related news
Wingless Poll Results
I figured after a month, people had their opinions of the June wingless show. Whereas the greatest number of votes were for having it weekly, the overall enthusiasm seemed a little more tempered with 40% of the votes cast in the negative. The next wingless sprint show at Eagle is July 7.
Here’s the results:
What did you think of the wingless sprinters at Eagle?
87 answers have been submitted.
Awesome! One Saturday a month? How 'bout every Saturday! - 33% (29 votes)
Fun! Nice change of pace each month, but don't get rid of the winged cars. - 24% (21 votes)
Eh, it was OK...but a winged show it ain't. - 24% (21 votes)
I want my $10 back - 18% (16 votes)
Labels: Poll
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Junction Motor Speedway 6/23/07 Results
1) 5x Mike Marushak
2) 82 Robbie Andersen
3) 16x Tom Svoboda
4) 77 Jay Smith
5) 66 Mike Fegter
6) y90 Jeremy Smith
7) z17 John Bridges
8) 29 Billy Koons, Jr.
9) 5 Craig Corman
10) 105 Denton Buller
11) 0 Mike Hetrick
12) 1 Chad Humston
13) 18 Don Smith Jr
14) 16 Alex Humphrey
JMS Modifieds A Main
1) 26 Scott Styskal
2) 3x Mike Johnson
3) 07 Mike Goldfuss
4) 55 Shane Stutzman
5) 81 Melvin Densberger
6) 50 Scott Smith
7) 2x Mike Stearns
8) 25h Adrian Hein Jr
9) 47L John Lee
10) 1m Mannix Winningham
11) 52 Dean Wilkinson
12) 31m Mike Densberger
13) 8 Justin Bell
14) 21 Wade Cross
Street Stocks A Main
1) 22s Shane Stutzman
2) 15 Andy Wilkinson
3) 52 Jason Wilkinson
4) 44 Bryon Boersen
5) 5 Brent Drohman
6) 19 Mel Franz
7) 55Ron L. Veleba
8) 15s Herb Slough
9) 34 Randy Weaver
10) 27 Bryce Taylor
Hobby Stocks A Main
1) 7t Nick Topil
2) 21k Brent Kassik
3) 2 Jerod Timmermans
4) 72 Jeff Timmermans
5) 61b Brandon Wergin
6) 15x Shane Schneider
7) 12s Todd Slama
8) 67 Darin Verba
9) 57jr Micah Veleba
10) 27 Jason Wilkinson
11) 53 Tyler Easterday
Two Person Cruisers A Main
1) 42b Greg Ekeler
/ John Miller
2) 99 John Miller
/ Bill Slezak
3) 21g Chris Graczyk
/ Josh Graczyk
4) 77 Ken Barry
/ Drew Barry
5) 29t Galen Tuttle
/ Matt Oldehoeft
6) 69J Vic Jacobitz
/ Josh Jacobitz
7) 68 Stacey Orlando
/ Brent Hager
8) 11 Bill Lewis
/ Jim Lewis
9) 21 Dustin Nunnenkamp
/ Austin Carlson
10) 22 John Verba
/ Steve Verba
11) 01 Teri Aspegren
/ Steph Aspegren
Holiday Inn 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive A Main
1) 3k Alex Koehler
2) 31 Dan Alt
3) 15w Sam Wiarda
4) 50 Andy Sole
5) 61 Chuck Wergin
6) 10t Troy Hofmann
7) 8 Clinton Baker
8) 87 Robert Blahak
9) 44 Caleb Hetrick
10) 89 Michael Zerr
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Zoubek, Saathoff, Vanover, Walters and Lee Take home Beatrice Wins
All Photos are Copyright Wisdom Race Photos.
Bob Zoubek of
Gary Saathoff of Beatrice took his Rehm Transfer, Helmet FX by Rod, Jet Racing, Wasserman Trucking and Stone Cold Motors sponsored Jet Mod took his second straight Win in the Limited Modifieds. He led Craig Evers, Tom Vanover Jr, Mike Snyder and Mike Sherwood to the checkers.
Kyle Vanover of Beatrice took his Redline Race Graphics, LTR Trucking & Recovery, Sue @ Hair All About It, Reedy Manufacturing & Fab, Glenna Holmbeck, Orange Bowl, The Auto Shop, Lincoln Winnelson Company, Jordening Lawn Service, Platte Valley Insulation, Codeman Racing, Larry's Tire & Service and Gretchen Bates sponsored Razor Chassis to the victory in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. He was followed across the line by Trevor Kropp, Max Harder, Aron DeWalt and Matt Fralin.
Cody Walters of Beatrice Picked up his first career A Feature Win in the IMCA Sport Compacts in his D & G Trucking, Dempsters, Reedy Machine and Fab and The Buss Stop sponsored Chevy Cavalier. Scott Parde, Jacob Harms, Nathan Meyer and Jared Oestreich rounded out the front 5.
Bud Lee of
Next weekend will feature the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Limited Modifieds, Factory Stock and Cruisers in Action the Fireworks Spectacular to follow. Some come join us for the exciting action at the speedway to be followed by the always awesome fireworks show. Racing Action begins with Hot Laps at
Results
IMCA Hobby Stocks 1) 19 Kyle Vanover 2) 32 Trevor Kropp 3) 34 Max Harder 4) 21 Aron Dewalt 5) 7 Matt Fralin 6) 33 Travis Runcie 7) 95 Bill Parde 8) 38 Lee Beethe 9) 20 Chad Borgman 10) d64 Greg Post 11) 8 Murray Haugen II 12) 11 Eric Chab 13) 03 Aron Roth 14) 99 Matt Smith 15) 47x Jake Creek 16) 75 Kyle Olberding 17) 48 Travus Snyder 18) 2 Ryan Roschewski 19) t54 Tom Creek
Limited Modifieds 1) 96 Gary Saathoff 2) 2x Craig Evers 3) 5 Tom Vanover Jr 4) 14 Mike Snyder 5) 33x Mike Sherwood 6) 12k Ron Karpisek 7) 74 Rick Rohr 8) 30 David Jueneman 9) 76 Nick Warnke 10) 3d Daryl Dorn 11) 20 Tyler Snyder 12) 33 Travis Runcie 13) 97 Mark Saathoff 14) 47 Tom Petracek 15) 11 Larry Halsey 16) 8 Dan McKnight 17) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham 18) 66 Justin Fritzson 19) 23 Steve Swarthout 20) 25 Benji Legg
IMCA Sport Compacts 1) 00 Cody Walters 2) 17 Scott Parde 3) 6j Jacob Harms 4) 81m Nathan Meyer 5) 97 Jared Oesterich 6) 77 Jason Miller 7) 19 Jason Sand 8) 7 Janie Fralin 9) 4 Jeff Creek 10) 77s Seth Ambrose
Outlaw Vintage Lites 1) 21 Bud Lee 2) 64 David Raffurty 3) 54 Scott Naggatz 4) 641 Michael Raffurty 5) 03 Jeff Fuhr 6) 28R Pappy 7) 37 Terry 'Happy' Valentine 8) 12s Doug Pollock 9) 55 Chick Demoss 10) 18 Chuck Fowler 11) 04 Steve Sallenbach 12) 45 Marv Naggatz 13) 13 Mike Porter 14) 28x Travis Smith
IMCA Modifieds 1) 5s Bob Zoubek 2) 96j John Saathoff 3) 71m Eric McMillian 4) 27 Clint Homan 5) 7b Chris Burk 6) 3 Josh Carpenter 7) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer 8) 4t Dave Trauernicht 9) 94 Dan Nelson 10) 7d Dusty Leonard 11) 29e Eric Rempel 12) 96 Gary Saathoff 13) 4j Jordy Nelson 14) 76 Lance Borgman 15) 24x Darren Hosick 16) 1m Robert Brinkman 17) z34 Brent Schlake 18) 47x Kyle Ames 19) 8f Larry Goertz 20) 30 Jordan Grabouski 21) 18k Spencer Sutton 22) 29 Greg Metz 23) 52l Jason Logan 24) 22j Justin Jurgens
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Griffis, Alcorn, Novak and Shepard Take The Checkered at Eagle Raceway
The second full day of summer brought warm temperatures and a breeze to Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track Saturday afternoon. But, as the evening progressed and the sun set the temperatures created a beautiful evening for racing. The action on the track was just as torrid as the afternoon sun had been.
Two minor incidents occurred before the Feature events even got started. Tige Jensen rolled his #71 sprinter between turns 1 and 2 in the first Budweiser Championship 360 Sprint heat race. Shortly after that in the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact heat race #1, Jessica Tadlock spun in turn two and rolled her racer gently into the infield. Neither driver was hurt badly, but Jensen’s night was over.
In the 360 Sprint B Feature Kevin Danley rolled his #7X, crushing the top wing. He attempted to continue despite having his wing flattened above his racer, only to pull into the infield 2 laps later.
The Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact A Feature saw Steve Shepard take the lead; with Brian Haller’s B32 and the 26 of Derrick Dreamer in 2nd and 3rd. Dreamer passed Haller with 13 laps remaining and then got around Shepard for the lead 3 laps later. On the same circuit, Maynard Kinnersley also got around Haller in his #18 for the third position. Another 3 laps were in the books when Shepard got back around Dreamer when Dreamer bobbled on the backstretch. With only 2 laps to go, Kinnersley moved into 2nd followed by the #44 of Jack Prall III, as Dreamer fell back to 5th. At the checkers it was Shepard, Kinnersley and Prall III.
Shepard, who has been racing for 16 years, began in the old Friday Night Flyer division. He actually had started out this year in a modified but, according to him “I just couldn’t afford to race it anymore, so I moved into a Sport Compact.” “I want to say thank you to my sponsors. They are EMS Inc., C & D Towing, Big Dan’s Auto Body, Hungry Eye Tattoo and Asa Triplette Hauling & Landscaping. I also want to thank the fans for supporting racing here at Eagle,” he added. He concluded his interview by saying “It was really a good fast track tonight. It great to win the feature, and I hope we can do it again”.
Next up was the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stock Feature. Ron Novak’s #14 broke out in front from his outside row 1 starting position. He was followed by the #9 of Rex Schreiner, the #22 of Nick Beckman and Don Hall Jr. in the #92. With 12 laps left, Hall Jr. and Beckman made contact, allowing the #86 of defending track champion Justin Wulf to take over the 3rd position with Hall Jr. being moved back 4 positions. 8 laps later the #12 of Dan Noonan rolled over in turn four, coming to rest on it’s top inside the berm. Noonan was unhurt. On the restart, the top 4 positions were Novak, Schreiner, Wulf and the M70 of Rick Munson. On the very last lap Wulf took over 2nd place with Munson following him into 3rd. The final results showed Novak taking home the top spot.
“I started outside the front row, and managed to hold them all off for a change” Novak said. “We needed some luck after the way things have gone the last few weeks. You can’t afford to get a flat tire, or break a rocker arm in the engine or anything else out here. The competition here at Eagle is just too fast to let that happen,” he stated. “I’m really happy to take home the winner’s purse tonight. That will let us run a couple of more weeks” he added. Novak is one of many drivers running at America’s Home Track who does it all out of his own pocket. He does all of the work on the car by himself, hauls it to the track, races it and as he put it “Fixes everything the driver breaks too”. “I want to thank my family for letting me race out here; and I want to also say that I became a grandpa again just 2 weeks ago. There’s nothing like grandchildren to make you happy” he finished.
The action was fast and furious in the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modified main event also. As the pack went into turn #1, cars began sliding around bunching up the field behind them. When the melee was untangled the 5ST of Dan Wayman, Rik Gropp’s #45, the 11X of Steve Devitt and Chad Anderson’s 8c were stopped just before turn #1. After a complete restart Scott Anderson’s #19 led the field; followed by Norm Ziegenbein’s 1Z, Ron Dake in the 33Z and the 75J of Jesse Robinson. On the 3rd lap Ed Raines spun in turns 3 & 4, bringing out the yellow flag. Robinson had taken over 3rd position, but was forced back to 4th place. On the restart Ziegenbein moved around Anderson to take the lead and George Haney pulled around Robinson to garner 4th. Doug Deterding was the “man on the move” however; moving up to 3rd position after having come from the B Feature and starting in the next to last row. That same lap Deterding also got around Dake to advance another spot to 2nd. Also coming forward in a hurry was returning track champion Chris Alcorn. With just 8 laps down he had moved up to 4th position. He wasted no time taking over 3rd on the very next circuit. With 10 laps to go Chad Anderson spun in turns 3 & 4, bunching up the field. The running order at that time was Ziegenbein, Deterding, Alcorn and Scott Anderson. On the restart Alcorn jumped past both Deterding and Ziegenbein to grab the lead, with Deterding following him into 2nd place 2 laps later. After the races Ziegenbein stated that he had lost a cylinder, dropping him back into the pack. Alcorn was timed at anywhere from ½ to a full second faster than the rest of the field during the race. After getting the lead, he sailed to victory.
Alcorn, having started from the inside of the 6th row said “All of the top 4 had great cars; I just got through traffic better than they did once we hit the lapped cars. Doug was really coming tonight, going all-out to move up that quickly is something I try to avoid. Whenever I try that, I end up in a wreck. I prefer to just hang out for a while, figure out where the line is and basically just ‘go where they ain’t”. “I kind of wish the track had widened out a little more than it did; I think there would have been even more side-by-side racing. But, we all have to run the same track; it’s the same for everyone” he added. Chris’ sponsors include Doctor John’s, Heavy Company, Midwest Unlimited, Spanel Engines, The Alley Bar, ATH Motorsports, Onyx Digital Group, Independent Equipment and L&L Motorsports.
The finale for the evening was again the Budweiser Championship 360 sprints. Jay Jordan piloted his #19J into the lead at the drop of the green flag. Behind him were the 8B of Bobby Becker and the 24B of Frank Galusha. Galusha’s engine was smoking from the beginning of the race and finally expired with just 3 laps down. That moved Ken Klabunde’s #28 into 3rd. Just 2 laps later Becker got around Jordan to take over 1st, with Jeff Griffis following him into 2nd place from 4th. Another 4 laps were completed when Griffis passed Becker for the point. They held those positions and began to pull away from the rest of the field until with 6 laps to go, Gage Dorr’s #17 struck the guardrail hard between turns 1 & 2. Without stopping he continued on, only to make contact with the guardrail in turn 3 causing his sprinter to roll over. The resulting red flag bunched the field again with 7 laps left after going back to the last completed circuit. On the restart Griffis again motored to a significant lead, followed by Becker who had suffered a collapsed nose-wing somewhere during the contest. The finish of the race saw Griffis in 1st, Becker in 2nd, Jordan in 3rd and Klabunde in 4th.
Jeff Griffis has been racing since 1992, having taken 3 years off “in the middle somewhere” before returning full-time to the seat of the #3. “It’s been a rough couple of years out here, but now we’ve got a good program and a great car under us. Maybe we can keep improving from there,” Griffis stated. “First of all, I want to thank all of the fans who’ve supported us all of these years. Next, I need to thank my sponsors for giving me this great car” he added. Jeff’s sponsors are Mad Hatter Mufflers, Pearce Financial, Jay B. Garage & Towing, Fred’s Auto Body, C Met Excavating, MJ’s Pizza and Brews, GMS Wings, Barley’s and ‘The 500 Club’. “I can’t thank all of them enough” he finished.
Remember that next Saturday is Eagle’s Independence Day Celebration as the Army National Guard presents “Freedom Fest” Military Appreciation Night. All military, police, fire and rescue personnel in uniform will receive free admission with an appropriate photo ID. Racing will feature the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprints, Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks and the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts. A gigantic fireworks spectacular immediately following racing will top off the evening.
Eagle Raceway Results for June 23rd, 2007
Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints:
A Feature-
1) 3 Jeff Griffis
2) 8b Bobby Becker
3) 19j Jay Jordan
4) 28 Ken Klabunde
5) 2x Rodney Droud
6) 23 Terry Holliman
7) 96kx Adam Gullion
8) 77 John Klabunde
9) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
10) 18 Ryan Roberts
11) 51 Mike Boston
12) 9j Mark Schmidt
13) 14g Gene Ackland
14) 21 Ryan Kitchen
15) 91 Brad Krutz
16) 3g Bill Garrow
17) 17 Gage Dorr
18) 23r Tadd Holliman
19) 76 Jay Russell
20) 24b Frank Galusha
B Feature-
1) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
2) 21 Ryan Kitchen
3) 76 Jay Russell
4) 9j Mark Schmidt
5) 3g Bill Garrow
6) 33 Terry Cadwallader
7) 7x Kevin Danley
8) 6 Nick Bryan (DNS B)
9) 71 Tige Jensen (DNS B)
10) 31 Toby Chapman (DNS Heat or B)
11) 24r Doug Roth (DNS Heat or B)
Monster IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature-
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 13 Doug Deterding
3) 95 Dylan Smith
4) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
5) 12x George Haney
6) 3a Aaron Pella
7) 19 Scott Anderson
8) 75j Jesse Robinson
9) 52 Sean Manning
10) 95r Lucas Robinson
11) v45 Rik Gropp
12) 11aa Ed Raines
13) 4d Pat Donovan
14) 7 Bob Ruisinger
15) 8c Chad Andersen
16) 33z Ron Dake
17) 28n Dan Neeman
18) 10k Don McCown
19) 5st Dan Wayman
20) 11x Steve Devitt
B Feature #1-
1) 3a Aaron Pella
2) 8c Chad Andersen
3) 4jr David Jewett Jr
4) 00 Tim Pickens
5) 10j Josh Hessheimer
6) 44 Tom Lenz
7) 82 Chris Anderson
8) 14 Matthew Kiner
9) 11n Nathan Landauer
10) 29 Jeff Mazza
11) 33r Larry Robinson Jr (DNS B)
B Feature #2-
1) 13 Doug Deterding
2) 11x Steve Devitt
3) 19j Jeff Jones
4) 8a Dusty Andersen
5) 21t Tracy Harr
6) 42k Jan Korth
7) 27m Bryan Murphy
8) 95b Nic Bonney
9) 48b Don Chilen
10) 73 James Oaks (DNS B)
11) 57 Brian Cudly (DNS B)
Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks:
A Feature-
1) 14 Ron Novak
2) 86 Justin Wulf
3) m70 Rick Munson
4) 9 Rex Schreiner
5) 3k Jerry Keaton
6) 21h Shane Hiatt
7) 38c Casey Moyer
8) 92 Don Hall Jr
9) 21 Derick Noonan
10) 42 Rob Brown
11) 11 Gary Novak
12) 10 Brad Schreiner
13) 94 Mike Hansen
14) 53 Don Kros
15) 1r RJ Macku
16) 22 Nick Beckman
17) 12 Dan Noonan
18) s53 Scott Robinson
19) 4a Aaron Pearson
20) 121 Robert Tippery
Stereo West Auto Toy’s IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature-
1) 20t Steve Shepard
2) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
3) 44 Jack Prall III
4) 0 Rich White
5) 26 Derick Dreamer
6) 28 Richard Meyers III
7) 2k Kyle Schamp
8) 18r Ron Frank
9) 21 Jake Sells
10) 62 Justin Busboom
11) b32 Brian Haller
12) 99 Jason Tadlock
13) 22 Elliott Halverson
14) 13j Jared Deterding
15) 51 Amanda Rhiley
16) 63 Mike Simpson
17) 3n Neil Pella
18) 24 Mike Rice
19) 33 Jeremy Noonan (DNS A)
20) 45 Jack Prall IV (DNS A)
B Feature-
1) 18r Ron Frank
2) 62 Justin Busboom
3) 3n Neil Pella
4) 22 Elliott Halverson
5) 21 Jake Sells
6) 45 Jack Prall IV
7) 2 Dan Rhiley
8) 6 Roger Elliott
9) 2m David White
10) 3 Harry White
11) 59 Jessica Tadlock
12) 7v Adam Vrbka (DNS B)
13) 12 Danni Rhiley (DNS B)
Labels: Results
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Blackbird Bend Speedway to close
Council of Omaha has terminated our lease with Blackbird Bend Speedway.
As of Wed., June 20, 2007 we will no longer be affiliated with Blackbird
Bend Speedway or CasinOmaha. There are no future plans for the track at
this time that we are aware of. Reasoning for the termination of the
lease is not clear to us. We abided by all rules and regulations of the
lease.
Each week the tribal council would come up with something for us to
abide by, which we did. They are a hard council to please.
We have tried at great extent to satisfy these situations that they
brought forward and in attempting to contact the right people, they were
advised not to talk to us. It makes it hard to correct a situation when
you can't talk to the person you need to talk to.
We have been promoting area race tracks for 11 years. This was not a job
it was a hobby enjoyed by our entire family and staff. Most of our staff
has been with us from the beginning when we opened Interstate Speedway
in 1996. To all of you we say Thank You for being dedicated valued
friends. It is because of you that this is so hard to deal with.
Many of the drivers have raced with us for just as many years. Through
the years we have met and become friends with a variety of
personalities. To all of the drivers, the crews, family members and fans
we thank you for making our journey with us. We have many memories to
take with us. To first time winners, repeat winners, young kids driving
their cars for the first time, laughs with everyone and even being
yelled at for a call that was made. Bottom line, we enjoyed all of it.
Greg & Tina Golden, we are hanging up our promoting gloves and going
fishing. Maybe this was in the cards for us as today is our 11th
anniversary. We are trading one journey for another...RELAXING!!
Vacations that don't have to be arranged between Monday and Thursday.
Going camping on the weekends.
Thank You to everyone we have met throughout this journey.
Labels: Race related news
Red Cloud beats out Mother Nature
RED CLOUD, NE (June 22)—Track officials were able to get the race
program complete Friday night, June 22, at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud,
NE, before the rains came later in the evening.
Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice won his second IMCA Modified feature of the
season at Red Cloud. Heat two winner Troy Johnson finished second,
followed by Jon Thompson, Lonnie Schriner and heat one victor Larry Sutton.
Brett Behrends of Webber, KS, won his third feature in a row in the IMCA
Stock Car division. Heat two winner Matt Streit followed Behrends across
the finish line, trailed by Jason McCartney, Jason Smidt and Brant Beam.
Martin Newlin won the other heat race.
Mike Shriver of Hastings was able to beat heat two winner Delbert
Selvage to the checkers in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. It was
Shriver's second win of the year at 'The Bowl'. Jim Buss finished third,
followed by Joe McDole and Jerry Hudson. First heat winner Rocky
Zimmerman placed sixth.
After winning his heat race, Andy Sole was also victorious in the
4-cylinder feature. Joshua Bodenus finished second.
Drew Barry & Ethan Vogler of Superior found their way to victory lane
for the first time this season with a win in the Cruiser feature. Heat
race winners Curtis Craig & Darrell Shellito finished second.
The regular five divisions return this Friday night, June 29. Racing
begins at 8:00 p.m.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1: 1. Rocky Zimmerman, 2. Mike Shriver, 3. Andrew Lovegrove, 4.
Jedd Linner.
Heat 2: 1. Delbert Selvage, 2. Jim Buss, 3. Joe McDole, 4. Troy Paxton.
Feature: 1. Shriver, 2. Selvage, 3. Buss, 4. McDole, 5. Jerry Hudson, 6.
Zimmerman, 7. Pat Hersh, 8. Paxton, 9. Rhett Kingsbury (DNF), 10.
Lovegrove (DNF), 11. Linner (DNF), 12. Jared Lewis (DNS).
IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1: 1. Martin Newlin, 2. Brett Behrends, 3. Brant Beam, 4. Jason Smidt.
Heat 2: 1. Matt Streit, 2. Jason McCartney, 3. Wayne Walker, 4. Troy
Attwood.
Feature: 1. Behrends, 2. Streit, 3. McCartney, 4. Smidt, 5. Beam, 6.
Attwood, 7. Walker, 8. Newlin (DNF), 9. Chad Wulf (DNF).
IMCA Modified
Heat 1: 1. Larry Sutton, 2. Josh Carpenter, 3. Lonnie Schriner, 4.
Brandon Blochlinger.
Heat 2: 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Jordan Grabouski, 3. Johnny Saathoff, 4.
Scott Smith.
Feature: 1. Grabouski, 2. Johnson, 3. Jon Thompson, 4. Schriner, 5.
Sutton, 6. Micaah Johnson, 7. Smith, 8. Travis Mack, 9. Brian Calhoon,
10. Devon Housh, 11. Caesare Linner, 12. Carpenter (DNF), 13. Saathoff
(DNF), 14. Blochlinger (DNF), 15. Tim Watts (DNS).
4-cylinder Young Gun
Heat: 1. Andy Sole, 2. Joshua Bodenus.
Feature: 1. Sole, 2. Bodenus.
Cruiser
Heat: 1. Curtis Craig/Darrell Shellito, 2. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 3.
Drew Barry/Ethan Vogler, 4. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg.
Feature: 1. Barry/Vogler, 2. Craig/Shellito, 3. Theer/Himmelberg, 4.
Sidlo/Kothe (DNF).
Labels: Results
Friday, June 22, 2007
Fan With A Can Night at Eagle Raceway
This Saturday, June 23rd, adults will receive a $2 front gate discount
coupon by donating 2 cans of food to the Omaha & Lincoln Food Banks to be
used at the front gate ticket window.(Cans must be dropped off at designated
area by front ticket booth)
A full night of racing will be in store with the Budweiser 360 Sprints,
Monster IMCA Modifieds, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and Stereo West Auto
Toy's Sport Compacts. The second leg of the Mini Van Olympics will follow
the racing action with Sprint driver, Jay Russell, piloting one of the Mini
Vans in the double figure 8 competition.
Front gates open at 5:30 pm and racing starts at 7:00 pm.
Front gate admission: Adults $10($2 off with 2 cans of food) Youth(6-13) $5
and Children(5 & under) Free.
Local drivers know what Edwards went through in quest for glory
Friday, Jun 22, 2007 - 12:31:34 am CDT
Adam Gullion knows the feelings that rushed through Carl Edwards last
Sunday after the NASCAR Nextel Cup superstar ended a 52-race drought by
winning the Citizens Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Although they race on a much smaller scale, for Gullion and most of the
sprint car drivers who compete at Eagle Raceway, the challenge to win a
feature race is just as difficult as what Edwards faces each weekend.
"I've been in a race car since I was 12 and Eagle's probably one of the
toughest tracks I've ever even watched a race on," said Gullion, a
21-year-old from Beatrice. "The first time I won an 'A' feature there, that'
s probably the first time I've won and cried about it, because it's that big
a deal.
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Labels: Results
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Eagle 6-16-07 Photos
I-80 Race of Champions June 24
Race Of Champions. Come see the special event winners and champions from the
previous three years take to the 4/10th of a mile dirt track in Grand
National Late Model for a 25 lap "A" main event. Some of the already
confirmed drivers include the 2006 Alphabet Soup winner Steve Kosiski. This
will be Kosiski's only time in competition this year after entering
retirement at the end of last season.
Henderson Colorado driver and 2005 WDRL and MLRA/NCRA/TORA/WDRA winner Kelly
Boen will be on hand. Boen will be driving a brand new Rocket Chassis out of
the Tilley Racing Stable.
The Eastern Iowa racing brothers Chad and Chris Simpson will also make the
trip. The brothers would each pick up a victory at the end of the 2006
season during the Cornhusker Classic WDRL races.
The "Marquette Missile" Kyle Berck will blast his way into I-80 Speedway
from Central Nebraska for this special event race. Berck made his way into
the race after winning the 2005 NCRA/TORA event. After his runner up
performance last year in the Race Of Champions, Berck will be bringing his
own #14JR hot rod to the track in pursuit of victory.
Also the 2006 Race Of Champions Winner Chris Spieker will be on hand to
defend his title. Spieker will once again team up will Tilley Racing, but
this year he will pilot his familiar #56.
Now for the rest of your 2007 Race Of Champions invitees!
John Anderson 2005 WDRA Winner and 2007 MLRA Winner
Brian Harris 2005 IMCA Deery Brothers Winner
Ed Kosiski 2005 Spring Sizzler Grand National Winner and Super Late Model
Champion
Darren Miller 2005 Alphabet Soup Winner
Joe Kosiski 2005 & 2006 I-80 Speedway Divisional Representative
Alex Humphrey 2005 Crate Late Model Champion
Joey Bauer Jr. 2005 Grand National Champion
Eddie Moore 2005 IMCA/CNCTA Late Model Winner
Josh Krug 2005 Cornhusker Classic Grand National Winner
Terry Phillips 2006 MLRA/TORA Winner
Bill Leighton Jr. 2006 Crate Late Model Champion and Divisional
Representative
Bryant Goldsmith 2006 Super Late Model Champion
Dave Doll 2006 Grand National Champion
Jason Hobscheidt 2006 Cornhusker Classic Grand National Winner
Al Zeitner 2006 IMCA/CNCTA Late Model Winner
Al Humphrey 2007 Spring Sizzler and Alphabet Soup Grand National Winner
Al Purkey 2007 Alphabet Soup Winner
Kenny Edwards 2007 Fan Vote
Andrew Kosiski 2007 Grand National Last Chance Qualifier
Ticket prices are $15 for Adults, $12 for Seniors (62 and older) and Juniors
(11-17) and 10 and under are FREE. Grandstands open at 5:00pm with a Race Of
Champions autograph session lasting from 5:00pm to 5:45pm. The evenings hot
laps will take place at 6:00pm with the regular NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series program starting at 6:30pm. At intermission the there will be another
15 minute autograph session. Then the final race of the evening will be the
25 lap Race Of Champions.
Also there will be a limited number of Race Of Champions Autograph Cards
given out at the front gate. They will be handed out on a first come first
serve basis.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Eagle World of Outlaws Photos
Eagle WoO 6-9-07 Photos
Labels: Photos
Trish Dover to make 360 Debut June 29
sensation will make her debut in a 360 on Friday, June 29 at the ASCS
Midwest Regional race at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, NE.
Dover will pilot her family owned No. 9T Eagle chassis with a rented Eckley
Racing engine supplied by her sponsor, RMS and Toby Chapman the 2006 ASCS
Midwest champion.
Dover, the 2006 305 Sprint Car champion at I-80 Speedway already has two 305
feature wins under her belt so far in 2007 at I-80 and two top ten finishes
at Knoxville Raceway. Dover is excited about her first start in a 360. "I
can't stop smiling" Dover said, "I'm looking forward to this chance to race
with the ASCS."
This event will also mark the first time in six years she has raced in the
same division as her brother Jack. The Dover siblings competed against each
other in Mini Sprints on a local and regional level in 2001. Jack is
currently racing a 410 at Knoxville Raceway along with selected 360 races.
Trish Dover's 2007 Sponsors include: 3D Auto Transport, Dover's Auto Sales,
Keizer Wheels, Trail Performance Coatings, Langfelt Overhead Doors, Thorpes
Body Shop, RMS, The Sprint Car Forum and Chad Nolte Repair.
Labels: Results
Monday, June 18, 2007
Trish Dover to Make 360 Sprint Car Debut
sensation will make her debut in a 360 on Friday, June 29 at the ASCS
Midwest Regional race at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, NE.
Dover will pilot her family owned No. 9T Eagle chassis with a rented
Eckley Racing engine supplied by her sponsor, RMS and Toby Chapman the
2006 ASCS Midwest champion.
Dover, the 2006 305 Sprint Car champion at I-80 Speedway already has two
305 feature wins under her belt so far in 2007 at I-80 and two top ten
finishes at Knoxville Raceway. Dover is excited about her first start in
a 360. "I can't stop smiling" Dover said, "I'm looking forward to this
chance to race with the ASCS."
This event will also mark the first time in six years she has raced in
the same division as her brother Jack. The Dover siblings competed
against each other in Mini Sprints on a local and regional level in
2001. Jack is currently racing a 410 at Knoxville Raceway along with
selected 360 races.
Trish Dover's 2007 Sponsors include: 3D Auto Transport, Dover's Auto
Sales, Keizer Wheels, Trail Performance Coatings, Langfelt Overhead
Doors, Thorpes Body Shop, RMS, The Sprint Car Forum and Chad Nolte Repair.
Labels: Results
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Eagle 6-17: Meinholdt, Alcorn, Hiatt and Frank Rock the 1/3 Mile High Bank Bull Ring
Another great crowd filed through the gates at Eagle Raceway, America's
home track tonight for "Dads Rock Night" sponsored by Legend's Bar and
Grill. Over 110 cars battled on a night almost perfect for racing. A
slight southerly breeze cooled the fans before the sun set, bringing a
typical spring evening.
The "Quad Squad" was on hand to entertain the fans with their feats of
jumping from ramp to ramp and acrobatics. Also, the "Dirt Track Hotties"
made their first appearance at Eagle this year, signing autographs,
taking pictures with the dads in attendance and getting some folks
involved in a water balloon relay on the front stretch during intermission.
Radio station KRKR topped off the night's special events when, after the
races finished, they gave away a $29,000 combination of a brand new
Seadoo and a Yamaha Roadstar motorcycle.
Even with all the extras for the dads, the racing took center stage as
usual, with a total of 21 heats, B Features and A Features.
Only 2 incidents marred the evening. The first occurred in the Budweiser
Championship 360 Sprint B Feature. Don Droud Jr. came into contact with
the 21 of Ryan Kitchen entering turn 1. Kitchen then flipped, coming to
a rest on the tires between turns 1 and 2. Kitchen was towed to the
pits, and Droud Jr. also retired. Droud Jr. was filling in for Doug
Lovegrove in the #44. Doug hasn't quite recovered from injuries suffered
at I-80 Speedway, and Droud graciously accepted an offer to pilot the
sprinter until Lovegrove is well enough to take back his seat.
The other significant mishap happened as the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA
Sport Compacts came around for the green flag. Back in the pack, Maynard
Kinnersley made contact with another car. This resulted in his #18
nearly rolling over the wall in turn three. After several moments,
Kinnersley crawled from his racer, shaken but relatively unharmed.
When the race began again, the 00 of Barry Kinnersley took the lead,
with the #24 of Mike Rice in second, the 33 of Jeremy Noonan in third
and Justin Busboom's #62 in fourth. Kinnersley and Rice battled
fiercely, sometimes side-by-side, back and forth for quite some time.
With only 7 laps down, the 18R of Ron Frank had moved into third and
just 2 laps later, he claimed the lead; followed by Kinnersley and Rice.
The front four went unchanged until with 3 laps left, Dan Rhiley moved
all the way up to the third spot. On the very last circuit, Rhiley moved
into second position as Kinnersley spun past the flag stand. At the
checkered flag, it was Frank, Rhiley, Rice and Busboom.
Tonight was Ron Frank's third race ever in a car. Also, he runs the
entire operation on his own and out of his own pocket. In addition, he
is the driver, crew chief, mud scraper and hauls the car to the track
each racing night. When asked to tell about his sponsors, Frank said,
"Me, but I sure would welcome anyone who would like to help out." "The
track was really awesome tonight," he added. "I hope we can manage to
put this Honda into the winner's circle again really soon. I want to
thank my wife Cinda, for allowing me to race here at Eagle. It's been a
great time so far" he finished.
Next on the agenda was the Valentino's Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks. At the
outset, the #10 of Brad Schreiner was in front with Shane Hiatt's 21H
and the #121 of Robert Tippery close behind. By lap #4 Justin Wulf had
brought his #86 up to third spot, having passed Tippery. It took only 3
more laps for Hiatt to take over the point. The drivers raced furiously
around the track, trying to find an opening to better their position;
but the running order up front remained unchanged until with just 4 laps
left, Wulf got around Schreiner for 2nd. In the end, Hiatt took home the
victory, followed by Wulf and Schreiner.
Shane Hiatt is in only his second year of racing, having spent the
majority of last year at US-30 Speedway and Butler County Motorplex;
however, he also ran at Eagle whenever his schedule allowed. This year
Shane has missed only 1 night on the high-banks of Eagle, and that was
the very first night of racing on the year.
"It was a great win tonight. After having gotten black-flagged near the
beginning of last week's A, I'm glad that we could come back tonight and
prove ourselves. We won last night at Butler County, then turned around
and won both our heat and the A Feature here" Hiatt stated. Shane's
sponsors include Benes Service, Hildy Construction, Seward Electronics,
Scrib's House Moving, Spark Electric, Kneaded Pampering, Klub Lisa,
Sonora Carriage Company, DC Auto Center, Slick Graphix, Just One More
Bar & Grill, Hlavac Farms and Bill's Machine. "I want to thank everyone
who helps me every week. Shawn, Nathan, Kevin, TJ, H-Rod, Ryan, Harms,
Jamie, Paula, Jerry and Jono. And a special thanks to my mother and
father" he added.
The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modified A Feature began with the #1Z of
Norm Ziegenbein Jr. in front, followed by the 52 of Sean Manning in
second and the 5ST of Dan Wayman in third place. Doug Deterding was on
the move though, coming quickly up to second. Also advancing rapidly was
reigning track champion Chris Alcorn, who had come all the way from his
6th row inside starting position to 3rd. With 12 laps remaining,
Deterding moved into first position with Alcorn following him into
second place. Deterding managed to hold Alcorn off until after 3
straight restarts Chris put his #3 under Doug and took over first.
Despite numerous attempts by Deterding to overtake Alcorn using the high
line, Alcorn held on for the win. Deterding was a close second with the
#95 of Dylan Smith in third.
"I honestly didn't think we had the car to win tonight. I moved up and
down the track until I found a line that the car wanted to run good in.
I sure didn't think we could ever get past Doug. I just missed that hole
one time, got inside of him and passed. I sure figured Doug would get
back around me on the outside, but he couldn't quite do it," Alcorn stated.
The final A Main of the night featured the Budweiser Championship 360
Sprints. Young Trevor Grossenbacher took advantage of his pole position
to grab the early lead, with the #2X of past champion Rod Droud and the
8B of Bobby Becker in pursuit. On the third lap of the race, defending
sprint champion Mike Boston bounced through turns 1 & 2, finally coming
to a rest with a broken front axle. 2 laps later, Becker moved up to
second when the 2X was forced to the pits with a flat right front tire;
This put Ken Klabunde's #28 into the third spot. 9 laps later Becker got
around Grossenbacher for the lead. On the next lap Brad Krutz moved into
third in his #91. Another 5 laps were in the books when Krutz bumped
Grossenbacher from behind, spinning him in turn 2. Krutz was then sent
to the rear of the field, behind Grossenbacher. It was Becker, Klabunde
and Tadd Holliman's #23R in that order. On the restart, Chad Meinholtz
got around Holliman to take over the third spot between turns 1 & 2.
Meinholtz moved into 2nd position briefly on the following lap, before a
yellow light forced another restart. When the green flag flew again,
Meinholtz again moved up into second place behind Becker. They held
those places until with just 3 laps left Mark Pace hit the wall between
turns 1 and 2, bringing another stoppage. Ken Klabunde also went to the
pits with a flat right front tire. The running order then was Becker,
Meinholtz, Adam Gullion in the 96KX car and Holliman's 23R. Becker
managed to hold Meinholtz off during numerous restarts, but on the last
restart Meinholtz set Becker up perfectly and moved into the lead. He
held Becker off for the win.
"We haven't been here for 2 years, but this is the Eagle Raceway that I
remember. There were 2 good grooves; a really fast groove around the
bottom, and IF you have the guts, it was even faster on the top"
Meinholtz stated. "This is only the second race for me this year. We ran
fourth last week at US36, and decided to come up here this week. I
really had planned on taking the whole year off, but my crew chief Dave
kept pushing me to get out again; and I admit that the itch was getting
pretty strong. This was a really great win tonight, especially starting
on the outside of the 6th row" he added. "I want to thank my sponsors;
Reser's Fine Foods, Mike Mead Family Dentistry and Carstar North of
Topeka. And I need to give a special thanks to Eckley Racing Engines for
helping us figure out the fuel system on this 11 year-old ASCS motor" he
finished. Chad promised that he would return to Eagle Raceway again this
year, but wasn't sure of when it would be.
Don't forget that next week at Eagle Raceway is "Fan with a Can" night,
where 2 cans of food donated will be rewarded with $2 off of adult
admissions. All proceeds will be given to the Lincoln and Omaha area
Food Banks.
Eagle Raceway Race Results for June 16th, 2007:
Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints:
A Feature-
1) 69m Chad Meinholdt
2) 8b Bobby Becker
3) 96kx Adam Gullion
4) 45 Jeff Lowery
5) 23r Tadd Holliman
6) 71 Tige Jensen
7) 2x Rodney Droud
8) 77 John Klabunde
9) 91 Brad Krutz
10) 76 Jay Russell
11) 14g Gene Ackland
12) 24b Frank Galusha
13) 17 Gage Dorr
14) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
15) 23 Terry Holliman
16) 3 Jeff Griffis
17) 28 Ken Klabunde
18) 31 Mark Pace
19) 6 Nick Bryan
20) 51 Mike Boston
B Feature-
1) 45 Jeff Lowery
2) 76 Jay Russell
3) 96kx Adam Gullion\
4) 31 Mark Pace
5) 24b Frank Galusha
6) 3g Bill Garrow
7) 21 Ryan Kitchen
8) 44 Don Droud
9) 33 Terry Cadwallader
10) 19j Jay Jordan (DNS B)
Monster IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature-
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 13 Doug Deterding
3) 95 Dylan Smith
4) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
5) 52 Sean Manning
6) 19j Jeff Jones
7) 22 Brian Schmidt
8) 42k Jan Korth
9) 5st Dan Wayman
10) 8a Dusty Andersen
11) 28n Dan Neeman
12) 7 Bob Ruisinger
13) 82 Chris Anderson
14) 14 Matthew Kiner
15) 21j Jamie Holdorf
16) 4d Pat Donovan
17) 3a Aaron Pella
18) 11x Steve Devitt
19) 21 Terry Richards
20) 24t Terry Hurt
B Feature #1-
1) 19j Jeff Jones
2) 82 Chris Anderson
3) 29 Jeff Mazza
4) 21t Tracy Harr
5) 51 Cliff Turner
6) 57 Brian Cudly
7) 7x Tom Rowan
8) 95b Nic Bonney
9) v45 Rik Gropp (DNS B)
10) 19 Scott Anderson (DNS B)
B Feature #2-
1) 7 Bob Ruisinger
2) 8a Dusty Andersen
3) 3t Tom Spanel
4) 00 Tim Pickens
5) 12x George Haney
6) 75j Jesse Robinson
7) 95r Lucas Robinson
8) 44 Tom Lenz
9) 11aa Ed Raines
10) 8c Chad Andersen
11) 48b Don Chilen
12) 73 James Oaks (DNS B)
Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks:
A Feature-
1) 21h Shane Hiatt
2) 86 Justin Wulf
3) 10 Brad Schreiner
4) 121 Robert Tippery
5) 12 Dan Noonan
6) 9 Rex Schreiner
7) 92 Don Hall Jr
8) s53 Scott Robinson
9) 42 Rob Brown
10) m70 Rick Munson
11) 3k Jerry Keaton
12) 1r RJ Macku
13) 14 Ron Novak
14) 38c Casey Moyer
15) 21 Derick Noonan
16) 93 Thom Marsh
17) 4 Troy Mencke
18) 4j Jamie Bruce'
19) 94 Mike Hansene
20) 11x Rich Small
21) 22 Nick Beckman
22) 4a Aaron Pearson
Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature-
1) 18r Ron Frank
2) 2 Dan Rhiley
3) 24 Mike Rice
4) 62 Justin Busboom
5) 2k Kyle Schamp
6) 00 Barry Kinnersley
7) 33 Jeremy Noonan
8) 44 Jack Prall III
9) 26 Derick Dreamer
10) 51 Amanda Rhiley
11) 21 Jake Sells
12) 63 Mike Simpson
13) 99 Jason Tadlock
14) 20t Steve Shepard
15) b32 Brian Haller
16) 0 Rich White
17) 2m David White
18) 77 Jason Miller
19) 3n Neil Pella
20) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
B Feature-
1) 20t Steve Shepard
2) b32 Brian Haller
3) 77 Jason Miller
4) 2m David White
5) 0 Rich White
6) 7v Adam Vrbka
7) 28 Richard Meyers III
8) 35t Travis Schneider
9) 19 Mitchell Tibbitts
10) 22 Elliot Halverson
11) 12 Danni Rhiley
12) 10 Kenny Danley
13) 13j Jared Deterding
14) 59 Jessica Tadlock (DNS B)
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Beatrice 6-17: Homan claims the Bounty on The Jet
Clint Homan of Bellevue was successful on capturing the bounty placed on Johnny Saathoff after his 3rd consecutive A Feature
Win in the IMCA Modifieds. Homan took command from the start in his Homan's Automotive, Darn Dependaple Services and Advanced Chiropractic and Neurology sponsored Harris Chassis. He was challeneged several time throghout the A Feature by DAn Nelson and Greg Metz but held on too take the win and the extra $100 Bounty by defeating Johnny Saathoff who came home inthe 5th place position. Metz, Nelson, Josh Carpenter and Saathoff rounded out the front 5.
Ryan Roschewski of Beatrice in his Popeye Race Engines, Yellow Cab, Pro Bodies, Diode Cable, South Central Irrigation, BAB Constuction, Tonka Lanes, Larry's Tire and Service, TY's Tobacco Corner and Demon Decals sponsored Charger Chassis took the top honors by dominating the IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature. Greg Post, Lee Beethe, Trevor Kropp and Eric Chab chased him too the finish line.
Roy Armstrong of Beatrice took the A Feature win in the Factory Stocks in his 12 Years Coming Rock band, Sanford Oil and Dennys Hot Rod Repair sponsored Armstrong Racing Chassis after withstanding an accident with his son Adam. Roy charged back threw the field to take the win over Jeff Shew, Gary Laflin, Ronda Mewes and Lisa Wagner.
David Voorhess and Jeff Brumback of DeWitt took the win in the Cruisers in their Booth Feed, How to Slender You, Burger King, Turkey Creek Lodge & Winery, Trish, Boyd, Pam and Lindsay, Mathis Masonary, Trina, Ben & Mel, Mac & Linda and Mom and Dave sponsored D & V Chassis. They led Darrin Meinke and Nathan Rosentreader, Jerad and Aaron Little, Les Atkinson and Darcy Dobrovolny and Ashley and Tyler Holle too the checkers.
Gary Saathoff of Beatrice in his Jet Racing, Rehm Transfer, Wasserman Trucking and Helmet FX by Rod Sponsored Jet Mod to the win in the Limited Modifieds. He was followed across the line by Justin Fritzson, Mike Sherwood, Jesse Vanlaningham and Tyler Snyder.
Hobby Stock A Feature
1) 2 Ryan Roschewski
2) d64 Greg Post
3) 38 Leroy Beethe
4) 32 Trevor Kropp
5) 11 Eric Chab
6) 34 Max Harder
7) 19 Kyle Vanover
8) 33 Travis Runcie
9) 20 Chad Borgman
10) 95 Bill Parde
11) 7 Matt Fralin
12) 75 Kyle Olberding
13) 46 Matt Bernhardt
14) 99 Matt Smith
15) 47x Jake Creek
Factory Stock A Feature
1) 6R Roy Armstrong
2) 7 Jeff Shew
3) 9 Gary Laflin
4) 89 Ronda Mewes
5) 4t Lisa Wagner
6) 5m Neal Mittan
7) 54m Gary McGinty
8) 3 Bob Latta
9) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
10) 32 Joe Ryan
11) 4 Greg Crannel
12) 66 Jeff Watts
13) 88 Jayson Tennant
14) 6A Adam Armstrong
15) 29 John Meyer
16) 6 Tyler Phelps
Limited Modified A Feature
1) 96 Gary Saathoff
2) 66 Justin Fritzson
3) 33x Mike Sherwood
4) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham
5) 20 Tyler Snyder
6) 5 Tom Vanover Jr.
7) 8 Dan McKnight
8) 76 Nick Warnke
9) 14 Mike Snyder
10) 25 Benji Legg
11) 3d Daryl Dorn
12) 11 Larry Halsey
13) 33 Travis Runcie
14) 74 Ricky Rohr
15) 2x Craig Evers
16) 12k Ron Karpisek
17) 30 Dave Jueneman
18) 23 Steve Swarthout
19) 97 Mark Saathoff
Cruiser A Feature
1) 2 David Voorhees & Jeff Brumback
2) c4 Darrin Meinke & Nathan Rosentreader
3) 16oz Jerad & Aaron Little
4) 4 Les Atkinson & Darcy Dobrovolny
5) 22u Ashley & Tyler Holle
6) 7 Max Busboom & Dale Harrison
7) 77a Phil & Ahron Ambrose
8) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny & Trent Becker
9) 13 Derek Wilkinson & Justin Hippen
Modified A Feature
1) 27 Clint Homan
2) 29 Greg Metz
3) 94 Dan Nelson
4) 3 Josh Carpenter
5) 96j John Saathoff
6) 30t Dave Trauernicht
7) 76 Lance Borgman
8) 29e Eric Rempel
9) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
10) 1m Robert Brinkman
11) 71m Eric McMillan
12) z34 Brent Schlake
13) 4j Jordy Nelson
14) 96 Gary Saathoff
15) 52l Jason Logan
16) 93l Jason Brinkman
17) 28 John Kampsen
18) 7d Dusty Leonard
19) 33x Mike Sherwood
20) 24x Darren Hosick
21) 7b Chris Burk
22) 18k Spencer Sutton
23) 5s Bob Zoubek
24) 30 Jordon Grabouski
Labels: Results
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Boston Rises to ASCS Midwest Region Victory Lane
collected his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by
emerging victorious in Friday night's wild 25-lap ASCS Midwest Region
feature at the Butler County Motorplex.
Boston battled past Chuck Swenson to become the race's third different
leader just past the midway point then held off Jake Peters much of the
way to earn the victory aboard the Vision Sports No. 51 Maxim entry.
With Boston gridding the feature field outside the second row, it was
20-year-old Chad Humston and Brian Brown leading the way to the green
flag. Humston beat Brown into the first pair of corners but the red flag
flew a half lap later when Brown went for a wild ride in turn three,
collecting, Don Droud, Jr., Kory Rawstern and Mark Schmidt in the
process. There were no injuries, but all four drivers were done for the
night.
Swenson moved to Humston's outside shoulder on the restart and the pair
battled back and forth on the opening round before Humston charged off
turn tour to lead the opening circuit. Humston and Swenson continued to
battle for the point until the red flag flew after three laps for Lee
Grosz' turn three tumble. Grosz was uninjured.
After Gregg Bakker's flat tire brought out a caution two laps later,
Swenson finally edged ahead of Humston to take command on the sixth lap,
with Boston and Peters making their way past Humston as well in short order.
Boston soon went to work on Swenson for the lead, ultimately making what
proved to be the race-winning move on the 12th lap. In a bid to
recapture the lead, Swenson bicycled and then flipped in the third turn
two laps later, collecting defending series champion Toby Chapman in the
process. Swenson and Chapman, who had charged to fifth after starting
15th, were both done.
Back under way, Peters kept the pressure on Boston, making several
challenges along the way. But Boston's slim slim two car-length lead
suddenly expanded when Peters' powerplant expired on the 24th lap,
forcing the Burch No. 1m machine to the infield.
Boston raced to the checkered flag with a ten car-length advantage over
Dusty Zomer, who climbed from eighth to snare runner-up honors in Gary
Swanson's No. 24a. Humston settled for the show position, with Chad
Meyer and Gene Ackland rounding out the top five.
Natalie Sather charged from 19th to finish sixth, with Ryan Anderson,
Tige Jensen, 20th-starter Mark Pace and Seth Brahmer completing the top ten.
Boston, Humston and Ackland topped heat race action, with Grosz making a
last-corner pass of Schmidt to win the "B" Main.
ASCS Midwest Region Results from Butler County Motorplex:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Boston, 2. X-Chuck Swenson, 3. 71r-Ryan
Anderson, 4. 44-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 71-Tige Jensen, 6. 31-Mark Pace, 7.
17-Gage Dorr, 8. 7-Roger Sundquist, 9. 94s-Natalie Sather.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 23c-Chad Humston, 2. 1m-Jake Peters, 3. 13-Seth
Brahmer, 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 84-Toby Chapman, 7.
4J-Lee Grosz, 8. 32-Jamie Turpin.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14g-Gene Ackland, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 7m-Chad
Meyer, 4. 24a-Dusty Zomer, 5. 3R-Kory Rawstern, 6. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 7.
2-Kevin Ingle, 8. 5-Rick Ideus.
Pole Dash (5 Laps): 1. 23c-Chad Humston, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. X-Chuck
Swenson, 4. 51-Mike Boston, 5. 14g-Gene Ackland, 6. 1m-Jake Peters.
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz, 2. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 3. 94s-Natalie
Sather, 4. 31-Mark Pace, 5. 17-Gage Dorr, 6. 32-Jamie Turpin, 7. 7-Roger
Sundquist, 8. 2-Kevin Ingle. DNS: 5-Rick Ideus.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Boston, 2. 24a-Dusty Zomer, 3. 23c-Chad
Humston, 4. 7r-Chad Meyer, 5. 14g-Gene Ackland, 6. 94s-Natalie Sather,
7. 71r-Ryan Anderson, 8. 71-Tige Jensen, 9. 31-Mark Pace, 10. 13-Seth
Brahmer, 11. 1m-Jake Peters, 12. 82-Jason Danley, 13. X-Chuck Swenson,
14. 84-Toby Chapman, 15. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 16. 4J-Lee Grosz, 17.
21-Brian Brown, 18. 44-Don Droud, Jr., 19. 3r-Kody Rawstern, 20. 9J-Mark
Schmidt.
ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Don Droud, Jr. 538, 2. Brian
Brown 528, 3. Natalie Sather 514, 4. Chuck Swenson 493, 5. Rick Ideus
473, 6. Toby Chapman 462, 7. Jason Danley 444, 8. Mike Boston 424, 9.
Mark Pace 401, 10. Glint Garner 384.
Labels: Results
Friday, June 15, 2007
June 23 & 24 at I-80
Series and Saunders County night. All Saunders County residents get FREE
grandstand admission with I.D.
Also all Jr Fan Club members will have an exclusive event during the night.
(Details to come next week.) So come watch the Great Clips Crate Late
Models, Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks, Midas B-Mods, Stereo West
Auto Toys Hornets, Midwest Linings 305 Sprints, and Novice Crates hit the
dirt. Ticket prices are $8 for Adults, $7 for Seniors (62 and older) and
Juniors (11-17), and Kids 10 and under are FREE. Gates open at 5:30pm, with
hot laps at 6:30pm, and racing at 7:00pm.
Sunday June 24th is the 2nd Annual I-80 Speedway Race of Champions. Come see
some of the best drivers in the midwest compete in Grand National Late
Models. Drivers that have already confirmed that they will race in the Race
Of Champions are Joe Kosiski, Steve Kosiski, Ed Kosiski, Jason Hobscheidt,
Bill Leighton Jr., Chris Spieker, Kyle Berck, John Anderson, Brian Harris,
Dave Doll, Kelly Boen, Ed Moore, Al Zeitner, Al Humphrey, Alex Humphrey,
Chad Simpson, Chris Simpson, and Bryant Goldsmith. Plus... this will be a
regular season NASCAR Whelen All-American Series points night for the Dodge
Super Late Models, City Weekly Grand Nationals, Certified Transmission Pro
Ams, and Hobby Stocks. Admission prices will be $15 for Adults, $12 for
Seniors (62 and older) and Juniors (11-17), and Kids 10 and under are FREE.
Gates open at 5:00pm, with hot laps at 6:00pm and racing at 6:30pm. From
5:00pm to 5:45pm the Race Of Champions drivers will be having an autograph
session near the main grandstand area.
Labels: Results
Father's Day weekend at I-80
American Series and Military, Law Enforcement, and Firefighters Appreciation
Night. All Military, Law Enforcement, and Firefighters get FREE grandstand
admission with I.D. It is also CARLOAD NIGHT, all adults in one car get in
for $15! (Car Load pricing ends at 7:00pm) Plus... it is Kids Race Car Ride
Night. All kids will get a ride in a race car at intermission. Gates open at
5:30pm with hot laps at 6:30pm, and racing at 7:00pm.
Celebrate Fathers Day at I-80 Speedway on June 17th. All dads get a FREE
Souvenir Program and a coupon for a FREE Beverage. Plus... all fans that
enter the gates will receive a ballot for the 2007 Race Of Champions Fan
Vote. Vote for your favorite dirt late model driver* so they can compete in
the 2nd Annual I-80 Speedway Race Of Champions on June 24th. Also watch the
City Weekly Grand Nationals duke it out for an automatic entry into the Race
Of Champions. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $8 For Seniors (62 and
older) and Juniors (11-17), 10 and under are FREE. Gates open at 5:00pm with
hot laps at 6:00pm, and racing at 6:30pm.
* 2007 Fan Vote Drivers
John Nicholson (May 13th Dodge Super Late Model Winner)
Jay Stewart (May 13th Dodge Super Late Model Winner)
Andrew Kosiski (May 13th City Weekly Grand National Winner)
Craig Preble (May 20th Dodge Super Late Model Winner)
Todd Hipnar (May 20th and June 3rd City Weekly Grand National Winner)
Mike Collins (June 3rd Dodge Super Late Model Feature Winner
Kenny Edwards (June 10th Dodge Super Late Model Feature Winner)
The June 16th Great Clips Crate Late Model Feature Winner (if not already
qualified)
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Eagle Raceway: Legends Bar & Grill presents Dad's Rock!
The Best of the Midwest Budweiser 360 Sprints will take control of the fast 1/3 mile followed by the Monster IMCA Modifieds, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and the Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts.
Front Gate Admission for Adults $10, Youth(6-13) $5 and Children(5 & under) Free. Front Gate opens at 5:30pm and racing starts at 7:00pm.
All Dad's will receive a free Eagle Raceway pop coupon as they enter the front gate to celebrate Father's Day.
Labels: Race related news
The good, the bad and the ugly.
(Cue up Metallica's version of Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold here)
I'm not in the mood for a lengthy, wordy piece. So here's my overly simple editorial for the week.
Regarding the Eagle Nationals:
WDRL at Eagle
The good:
-The fantastic A feature. Just when you thought one guy had it covered, they were getting passed. A coming-for-the-checkered-turn-four pass almost always makes up for anything.
The bad:
-The multi-car qualifying format. While I like the idea, I have to ask if it was really any faster than one at a time. There seemed to be some downtime.
The ugly:
-The prima-donna attitude of the WDRL and drivers. If the track is too slimy or wet, then get your asses out there and help pack it. This isn't about you, it's about the fans. There are 1500-lb sprint cars out there making do, get out and help.
WoO at Eagle
The good:
-Seeing a unified WoO out with a respectable car count. An entertaining first half of the A feature.
-A great crowd on hand when it was needed badly, and one that seemed to be pretty patient with the track being reworked.
-A very festive atmosphere again with parties in the parking lot and afterward.
The bad:
-Aforementioned track rework. A polar opposite of the night before; wet and rough on Friday, hard and dry Saturday. However, the reworked track was pretty darn good.
The ugly:
-In the end, another rubber-down finish. Blame the track or the cars? I don't know, but I've seen the same thing too many times.
Back Row Challenge:
The good:
-WoO star Justin Henderson taking the $1000 challenge to start from the back because he "had to." Class act.
The bad:
-Seeing some of the locals bolt off for "greener" pastures, and rumors of a boycott (which I've been told emphatically are just that-rumors).
The ugly:
-A shell of the original concept - being relegated to support to the WDRL show. I can live with that since the other two episodes of the BRC didn't bring in the fans, but bill it as such next time. Maybe it's better to let it die.
Support shows (Mods, Hobbies, Sport Compacts)
The good:
-Despite a 12-lap Modified A feature, it was nice to see someone who's been on hiatus for 7 years back in the winner's circle.
-Good sport compact car count, despite the higher admission price
-A hobby stock A feature with a good deal of drama
The bad:
-The first Modified heat which went all of two laps before being called off.
Yet another Modified A feature front stretch pileup with another destroyed car. There's been too many modified red flags this year.
Labels: editorial
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
WDRL and 360 Sprint Photos from June 8
Sport compact drivers: I didn't shoot much that I ended up liking, that's why there's only a few pics. It's not meant as any offense.
Enjoy
WDRL and 360 Sprint Pics June 8 '07
Labels: Photos
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Beatrice Bounty on Johnny the Jet
Modified A main if they beat the JET and prevent him from winning 4 in a
row. Johnny must be running at the end of the A feature. That means you
cannot take him out, you must outrace him in order to win.
Don't forget that we have kids bike races this weekend for ages 6-15.
Also the Homestead Days car show is this thursday from 6-8 p.m. You can park
trailers at the school admin building on 5th street or use the city parking
lot located on 4th street behind Hills Home Furnishings.
Labels: Results
Butler County ASCS Sprint Cars, Limited Modifieds and IMCA Hobby Stocks Friday June 15th
360 winged warriors will invade Butler County Motorplex. Last year the ASCS
put on a great show at BCM with some of the Midwest's best drivers. The same
is expected this year when they roll into the speedway. The IMCA hobby
stocks will be on the ballot for the Friday night show along with the jet
racing limited modifieds. Gates will open at 6pm with racing at 8pm. For
more information contact Charlotte 402-944-2941 or 402-209-0921
Labels: Results
Kenny Edwards Becomes First Time Winner At I-80 Speedway
(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/10/07) As a beautiful Nebraska night came to an end, it
was Kenny Edwards who made a name for himself as he became a first time
winner in the Dodge Super Late Models at I-80 Speedway. Reese Coffee, Thad
Thompson, Jesse Sobbing, and Rob Kosiski all made it to victory lane as
All-State Insurance presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event saw the #11 of Don Droud
Jr. jump to an early lead. Droud would maintain the lead through the early
stages of the race, but the car on the move was the #25 of Kenny Edwards.
Edwards would use the middle groove of the track to pass Droud for the lead.
The only caution flag of the race came on lap 19 when Droud's machine broke
coming out of turn four collecting Joe Kosiski in the process. When racing
got back underway it was all Edwards as he maintained the point on his way
to victory. Todd Bell would finish second followed by a hard charging Jerry
Warner who started in the 20th position. John Nicholson and Jay Stewart
rounded out the top five.
This would be the second dirt late model feature win for the Edwards family
this week. Wednesday Kenny's brother Carl won the Prelude To The Dream at
Eldora.
J.C Wyman would take control of the 18 lap Modified "A" main event a few
laps into the race. Wyman would ride the rim of the track and build a huge
lead as the half way point was reached. After the race was slowed by a
caution with six laps to go, Wyman would make contact with the back
straightaway wall on the restart. The damage suffered to Wymans #4 was to
great as he pulled pit side, thus leaving the battle for the lead to the #95
of Buzz Wilson, the #3L of Bub Lerette, and the #16 of Reese Coffee. With
the veteran Coffee on the prowl, the race was set for a shootout. As the
green waved it was Coffee taking the advantage as he went on to win the
event. Lerette, Wilson, Robert Brinkman, and Mark Leiting rounded out the
top five.
Thad Thomson would make the winning pass with two laps remaining to win the
18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am "A" feature event. Shawn Bulin would
hold the race lead early as he held off the #24 of Don Mohr. With only a few
laps remaining, Bulin would have a 4 car length lead, but he would give it
all back as he slipped high in turn two. Mohr would challenge Bulin for the
lead, but it was Thomson who ran the high groove around the track as he
passed the leader. Thomson would keep his car glued to the top as he made
his way around the 4/10th of a mile speedway. As the checkered came out it
was Thomson who took the victory. Bulin settled for second, Mohr was third,
the #66 of Jeff Joldersma finished fourth, and "Sugar Shane" Stutzman came
home fifth after making his return to the dirt at I-80 Speedway.
The 15 lap Hobby Stock main event started with the #40 of Mike Mass having
contact with the front straight away wall. After the race was restarted it
was Jesse Sobbing who took the lead in the early stages. Sobbing would
receive pressure from the #4x of Chad Bassinger, but Bassinger would loose
all hope for winning after making contact with the wall. The car on the move
was the #6 of Jimmy Nichols, Nichols would start 9th and work his way
through the field. But when the race was all said and done it was "Crazy
Jesse" Sobbing taking the win and the $50 Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant
bonus. Nichols finished second, with Josh True coming home third. Josh Sink
and Tom Myers rounded off the top five. Hats off goes to the #7x of young
Jared Myers. Jared would make his first start at I-80 Speedway and finish
8th.
Rob Kosiski would win the shortened Novice Carte late Model feature. Kortney
Kosiski finished second, Micah Brown third, 305 Sprint Car driver Trish
Dover finished fourth, and Lindsey Yost cam home fifth.
Results From I-80 Speedway 6/10/2007
Dodge Super Late Models "A" Feature: 1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 1m Todd Bell,
3) 89 Jerry Warner, 4) 77 John Nicholson, 5) 10 Jay Stewart, 6) 6 Al
Humphrey, 7) 62 Leon Zeitner, 8) 44 Troy Daly, 9) 80 Scott Koskovich, 10) 28
Bill Leighton Jr., 11) 3c Mike Collins, 12) 58 Keith Mander, 13) 44z Alonzo
Grosse, 14) 00 Clint Benson, 15) 1w Mike Wallace, 16) z62 Justin Zeitner,
17) 1t Vance Tonack, 18) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 19) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 20) 26jr
Corey Zeitner, 21) 11 Don Droud Jr., 22) 53 Joe Kosiski, 23) 76 Al Zeitner,
24) 68x Beau Sheffield.
Heat 1: 1) 11 Don Droud Jr., 2) 1w Mike Wallace, 3) 1m Todd Bell, 4) 62 Leon
Zeitner, 5) 53 Joe Kosiski.
Heat 2: 1) 25 Kenny Edwards, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) z62 Justin Zeitner, 4) 44z
Alonzo Grosse, 5) 68x Beau Sheffield.
Heat 3: 1) 77 John Nicholson, 2) 44 Troy Daly, 3) 80 Scott Koskovich, 4) 10
Jay Stewart, 5) 76 Al Zeitner.
Pro Modifieds "A" Feature: 1) 16 Reese Coffee, 2) 3L Bub Lerette, 3) 95 Buzz
Wilson, 4) 1m Robert Brinkman, 5) 20m Mark Leiting, 6) 69x Bill Bader Jr.,
7) 3x Mike Johnson, 8) 37f Randy Foote, 9) 92 Jeff Stephens, 10) 21 Phil
Penny, 11) 1r Matt Richards, 12) 21n Dave Newton, 13) 1s Scott Carlson, 14)
07 Mike Goldfuss, 15) 4 J.C. Wyman, 16) h1 Lowell Holland, 17) 3 Mike
Albertson, 18) 5s Bob Zoubek, 19) 8 Larry Goertz, 20) 5 Harry Nixon, 21) 53
Staci Stava.
Heat 1: 1) 1m Robert Brinkman, 2) 4 J.C. Wyman, 3) 16 Reese Coffee, 4) 1r
Matt Richards, 5) 37f Randy Foote.
Heat 2: 1) 3L Bub Lerette, 2) 20m Mark Leiting, 3) h1 Lowell Holland, 4) 3x
Mike Johnson, 5) 69x Bill Bader Jr.
Certified Transmission Pro Ams "A" Feature: 1) t72 Thad Thomson, 2) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 3) 24 Don Mohr, 4) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 5) 22s Shane Stutzman, 6) 8
Nick Steier, 7) 3t Tim Podraza, 8) 12 Terry Cleveland, 9) 5 Marty Steinbach,
10) 9x Jon Allensworth, 11) 4u Randy Preul, 12) 64 Nick Hermsen, 13) 84 Doug
Stevenson, 14) 55d Nick Deal, 15) 49 Jeff Atkins, 16) 55 Ray Dessel, 17) 49x
Chad Sanders, 18) 72 Rick Negrete, 19) 6x Denny Berghahn, 20) 88 Scotty
Hartman, 21) 25x Joe Feyen, 22) 33x Chuck Dillion, 23) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr.,
24) 35 Rich Steier.
Heat 1: 1) 12 Terry Cleveland, 2) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 3) t72 Thad Thomson, 4)
22s Shane Stutzman, 5) 4u Randy Preul.
Heat 2: 1) 5 Marty Steinbach, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 8 Nick Steier, 4) 36
Shawn Bulin, 5) 55 Ray Dessel.
Heat 3: 1) 24 Don Mohr, 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 3t Tim Podraza, 4) 35 Rich
Steier, 5) 49x Chad Sanders.
Hobby Stock "A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 3) 2t Josh
True, 4) 10 Josh Sink, 5) 7 Tom Myers, 6) m70 Rick Munson, 7) 32d Kenny
Darnold, 8) 7x Jared Myers, 9) 61b Brandon Wergin, 10) 52 Roger Timperley,
11) 12 George Whitmore, 12) 16d Ashley Darnold, 13) 4x Chad Bassinger, 14)
11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 15) 13 Jesse Mcneal, 16) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 17)
40 Mike Mass.
Heat 1: 1) m70 Rick Munson, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 61b Brandon Wergin, 4) 99
Jesse Sobbing, 5) 7 Tom Myers.
Heat 2: 1) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 2) 4x Chad Bassinger, 3) 13 Jesse Mcneal, 4) 40
Mike Mass, 5) 10 Josh Sink.
Novice Crate "A" Feature: 1) 52 Rob Kosiski, 2) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 3) 92
Micah Brown, 4) 80 Trish Dover, 5) 20 Lindsey Yost, 6) 96 Bill Miller, 7)
10k Corey Hutchinson, 8) 3 Mollee Collins, 9) 44 Steve Saundars.
Heat 1: 1) 20 Lindsey Yost, 2) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 3) 92 Micah Brown, 4) 10k
Corey Hutchinson, 5) 52 Rob Kosiski.
Hobscheidt Takes Crate Late Model Victory At I-80 Speedway
(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/09/07) After a warm day turned into a nice night, Jason
Hobscheidt, Chad Sanders, Jared Hoefelman, Trish Dover, Dave Christensen,
Ryan Gladwin, and Joe Mcconnell all visited victory lane as Craftsman Tools
presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at I-80 Speedway.
The 20 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature event saw Andrew Kosiski
jump to an early lead from his outside front row position. Kosiski would
lead until the caution flew on lap five, and then on the restart the #3 of
Mike Collins and the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt would drive by Kosiski's #2x.
Collins would survive the challenges made by Hobscheidt after a few late
race cautions and go on to win the feature event. But as the #3 went across
the scales it was found to be to light, and Collins was DQed. Hobscheidt
took the win, Kosiski was second, Craig Preble would finish third after
starting 13th, Dave Livingston and Al Humphrey rounded out the top five.
Chad Sanders would win the 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock "A"
main. The race would start with a hand full of yellows including a hard
crash involving the #92 of Tony Barnes. Barnes would be transported to a
local hospital for precautionary reasons. Once the race got back under way
it was Chad Sanders in front. Sanders would be able to hold the lead through
another slew of yellow, and with a few laps to go track officials checkered
flagged the race. Sanders was declared the winner, Rick Negrete, Shawn
Bulin, Tim Podraza, and Marty Steinbach finished in the top five.
The 15 lap Midas B-Mod main event seen a record number amount of cars on
hand. The #15H of Jared Hoefelman would take the early lead and hold on for
the win. Scott Carlson would finish second after starting 12th. Harry Nixon,
the "One Man Band" Nick Hermsen, and Larry Robinson Sr finish third through
fifth.
Trish Dover would pass Nick Clifford with two laps remaining to win the 12
lap Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Car "A" feature. Clifford would jump to an
early lead, with Dover taking her time through traffic in the early stages
of the race. Dover would get to second, and chase down Clifford in the last
hand full of laps. Matt Stelzer and Dan Satriano were the only other cars to
finish the race.
Dave Christensen would start on the front row and win the 12 lap Stereo West
Auto Toys Pro Hornet "A" feature. Jeff Joldersma would finish second after
starting in the the sixth row. The #28 of Corey Askeland finished third.
Justin Soule finished fourth after loosing his front bumper cover in the
middle stages of the race. Joe Baker finished fifth.
Ryan Gladwin would pass Rob Kosiski with a few laps remaining to win the
Novice Crate "A" main. Lindsey Yost and Mollee Collins finished third and
fourth.
The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets feature saw the #b52 of Dan
Rasmussen take the lead early in the event. Rasmussen looked as if he had
the race in hand, but a late race caution gave the rest of the field a
chance. On the restart the #2 of Joe Mcconnell would take the lead, and go
on to take the win. Brett Smith, Russell Johnson, Rasmusen, and Kortney
Zimmerman rounded out the top five.
I-80 Speedway is located off I-80 at exit 420 between Omaha and Lincoln and
is part of the Nebraska Raceway Park complex, which also includes the Little
Sunset Speedway go-kart track and Soaring Edge Motocross Park. I-80 Speedway
is home to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) on Saturday and
Sunday nights; the ONLY track in the United States to hold two nights of
NASCAR-sanctioned weekly racing. The Speedway hosts events from April
through September. For track information contact the Omaha general office
during normal business hours Monday thru Friday, 9am-5pm at 402-342-3453 or
the track phone on race days at 402-944-2233. Check out the official I-80
Speedway website at www.neracewaypark.com.
Top Ten From Each Class. Complete Results Will Come Sunday or Monday.
Great Clips Late Models "A" Feature: 1) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 2) 2x Andrew
Kosiski, 3) 97 Craig Preble, 4) 17 Dave Livingston, 5) 55 Al Humphrey, 6) 56
Ron Tilley, 7) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 8) 7 Gary Joens Jr., 9) 50 Brad Soll, 10) 2d
Todd Morgan.
Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks "A" Feature: 1) 49x Chad Sanders, 2)
72 Rick Negrete, 3) 36 Shawn Bulin, 4) 3t Tim Podraza, 5) 5 Marty Steinbach,
6) 90 Andy Miller, 7) 24 Don Mohr, 8) 25x Joe Feyen, 9) 7 Jim Kruse, 10) 2
Steve Peoples.
Midas B-Mods "A" Feature: 1)15h Jared Hoefelman, 2) 1s Scott Carlson, 3) 5
Harry Nixon, 4) 83 Nick Hermsen, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Jr., 6) 21 Jim Fritz,
7) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 8) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 9) 9 Hank Dewild, 10) 6 Bill
Bader Jr.
Midwest Linings 305 Sprint "A" Feature: 1) 9t Trish Dover, 2) 99c Nick
Clifford, 3) 99 Matt Stelzer, 4) 95 Dan Satriano, 5) 96.1 Michael Oliver, 6)
45 Steve Hurst, 7) 3d
Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet "A" Feature: 1) 74c Dave Christensen, 2) 66
Jeff Joldersma, 3) 28 Corey Askeland, 4) 16j Justin Soule, 5) 9x Joe Baker,
6) 85 Mike Kennedy, 7) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 8) 15 Jamie Spanel, 9) 81 Steve
England, 10) 37 Nate Christensen.
Novice Crate "A" Main: 1) J1 Ryan Gladwin, 2) 52 Rob Kosiski, 3) 20 Lindsey
Yost, 4) 3 Mollee Collins, 5) 44 Steve Saundars.
Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet: 1) 2 Joe Mcconnell, 2) 50 Brett Smith,
3) 61j Russel Johnson, 4) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 5) 40 Kortney Zimmerman, 6) 3c
Mike Macsorley, 7) 13 Chad Pierson, 8) 3 Chad Primmer, 9) b32 Brian Haller,
10) 6t Tim Berghahn.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saathoff, Fritzson, Rhiley, Fralin, and Laflin Take Top Honors at Beatrice Speedway
Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice Took the top honors in the IMCA Modifieds for the third straight week. He took his Toobies Lumber, Gibbs Place, Speedway Motors, Pinnacle Bank, I-70 Auto Auction, Hair Graphics, Jr Motorsports, Independent Equipment sponsored Jet Mod to the winners circle after having Shifter problems before the start and having to go to the rear of the field starting 23rd. Saathoff charged through the field and took the lead when leaders Jordan Grabouski and Clint Homan rubbed and he blew by them on the High side to go on to the win by more than a half a straightaway. Grabouski, Homan, Dan Nelson and Spencer Sutton rounded out the front 5.
Justin Fritzson of Blue Rapids, KS in his Blue Valley Motors, Sharp Manufacturing and Lettered by Extreme Race Signs sponsored Jet Mod too the win in the Jet Racing Limited Modifieds by holding off Ron Karpisek, Mike Sherwood, Benji Legg and Gary Saathoff.
Dan Rhiley of
Matt Fralin of Beatrice took his Redline Race Graffix, Risky's, Lillian Fritch Insurance, Ty's Tobacco Corner, Dempster's, The Rail Rocks, The Buss Stop, Griffeth Transmission, Classic Auto Sales, RMF and Jet Racing sponsored Demon Chassis to the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. He led Greg Post, Brian Langdale, Chad Borgman and Bill Parde.
Gary Laflin of Beatrice took his Helmet FX by Rod, Auto Shop INC., Dickinson Realty, Jet Racing, Poo's Palace, Filley Tavern, Phoenix Computer Services, Michael J's, Pork Chop Salvage, Ace Lawn Care, Extreme Race Signs, Casey, Alex, Mike, Monica, Russ, Gary, Duey, Shanna and Corey Baker sponsored Littleman Chassis too his first career win in the Reedy Machine and Fab/Buhr’s Trucking Factory Stocks. He beat Ronda Mewes, Neal Mittan, Roy Armstrong and Adam Armstrong across the finish line.
Next weekend all classes with the exception of the Sport Compacts will be racing and it will also be Kids Bike Races at intermission for ages 6-15. Hot laps at
IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 7 Matt Fralin 2) d64 Greg Post 3) 1 Brian Langdale 4) 20
Factory Stocks 1) 9 Gary Laflin 2) 89 Ronda Mewes 3) 5m Neal Mittan 4) 6r Roy Armstrong 5) 6a Adam Armstrong 6) 4t Lisa Wagner 7) 7 Jeff Shew 8) 6 Tyler Phelps 9) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny 10) 5R Gary Roop 11) 4 Greg Crannell 12) 88 Jayson Tennant 13) 32 Joe Ryan 14) 54m Gary McGinty 15) 3 Bob Latta 16) 66 Jeff Watts 17) 29 John Meyer
Limited Modifieds 1) 66 Justin Fritzson 2) 12k Ron Karpisek 3) 33x Mike Sherwood 4) 25 Benji Legg 5) 96 Gary Saathoff 6) 20 Tyler Snyder 7) 76 Nick Warnke 8) 14 Mike Snyder 9) 8 Dan McKnight 10) 3d Daryl Dorn 11) 2x Craig Evers 12) 23 Steve Swarthout 13) 47 Brian Florian 14) 97 Mark Saathoff 15) 33 Travis Runcie 16) 5 Tom Vanover JR 17) 74 Ricky Rohr 18) 11 Larry Halsey
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Saldana Soars at Eagle : Wins Eagle Nationals to Claim Seventh Win of 2007
Twice this season, Joey Saldana and his Kasey Kahne Racing team have
welcomed new crew members to their team, and twice they have won in the
debut race for the new crew members.
On Saturday at Eagle Raceway in the Eagle Nationals, they welcomed
Kolten Gouse and Jared Ridge to the team. Both recently graduated high
school and will take to the road full-time with the team for the
remainder of the World of Outlaws season. Saldana welcomed the pair in
style on Saturday night, as they got to celebrate in Victory Lane, as he
won his seventh A-Feature event of the season.
Saldana powered his way to the lead on the eighth lap of the Eagle
Nationals, charging under Brooke Tatnell on the back straightaway, and
then holding off a furious charge from Jac Haudenschild over the last 10
laps of the race.
"It was a great night tonight," said Saldana, driver of the Open Joist
Mopar-powered JEI. "The team worked great collectively to win this race.
We know that we have a team that is capable of winning each time we get
to the track. We'll just keep building on this. We set up a strong
foundation for this team last season and we continue to build and grow.
This win is huge for Kasey Kahne Racing."
The race began with polesitter Brooke Tatnell jumping to the early lead
over Steve Kinser and Haudenschild. It was slowed on the fourth lap when
an accident involving several cars that were running in the Top-10 got
together. Daryn Pittman got the worst of it getting upside, ending his
night. Also, Steve Kinser's night was over after the incident. The rest
of the cars involved including current series point leader Donny Schatz
were able to continue after going to the work area,
Saldana lined up sixth for the 40-lap event and gained a couple of spots
on the opening lap. He moved into the third spot on the fourth lap when
the accident occurred. On the ensuing restart, the native of Brownsburg,
Indiana dove under Haudenschild coming off the fourth turn to claim the
runner-up spot. He would then shadow Tatnell for three laps before
making the pass for the lead and ultimately the win.
A number of caution flags slowed the race, and forced the cars to run a
number of laps under the yellow flag. This had many of the teams worried
about fuel and also if their tires would hold up. The only thing that
slightly worried Saldana was a lapped car in front of him that lost
power late in the race, bringing out a caution right in front of him
exiting the fourth turn.
"I think the crew was worried about fuels and tires, but I wasn't,"
explained the winner. "I knew we had a lot of fuel to begin the race and
we had a little bit harder of a tire on. We were fast down low and we
could pass down there. We tried a few new things with shocks tonight and
they worked."
Haudenschild thrilled the crowd with his trademark aggressive driving
style, as he tapped the wall several times as the laps wound down. He
had a very entertaining battle with 2001 World of Outlaws Champion Danny
Lasoski in the middle portion of the race. Haudenschild rode inches off
the wall, while Lasoski was stuck to the bottom of the track. The pair
traded the runner-up position a number of times. Late in the race,
Haudenschild also battled with Tatnell for the second spot, as he
continued to hug the wall.
"The car was pretty good tonight, and the crew did a good job," said
Haudenschild, driver of the Wright One Construction Maxim. "We got close
to Joey (Saldana) at the end and just came up a little bit short. We
gave it everything we had."
The native of Wooster, Ohio made up ground in traffic as he chased
Saldana, but each time he would close in on the leader, the yellow flag
flew, sending all the lapped machines to the rear of the field. On the
restarts in open track Saldana quickly jumped to a sizeable lead,
leaving Haudenschild looking for traffic to close the gap.
"We didn't need the yellows at the end," said the runner-up. "We were
very good in lapped traffic and that is where we made up ground running
up top. If we would have gotten in traffic with 10 or 15 laps to go, we
would have had a few more chances."
Before the World of Outlaws heat races took to the high-banked 1/3-mile,
the track crew along with officials from SLS Promotions reworked the
track, which drew rave reviews from the drivers at the end of the night.
"The track was very racy tonight," said Haudenschild, while signing
autographs for a throng of fans in the pit area. "It helped when they
worked on the track. We ran both the top and bottom."
Tatnell matched his season-best finish as he was third in the Eagle
Nationals, to earn his third straight Top-three finish at the track.
After winning his first Crane Cams Dash of the season, he earned his
first pole position and led his first laps of the 2007 campaign in
A-Feature competition.
"It's a happy/sad day," said Tatnell, driver of the Volcano Joe's Coffee
Schnee. "It's the best we have consistently been all year long, but it's
disappointing to lead and not win."
After enduring some bad luck the last couple of weeks, the strong run
lifted the team's spirit as they continue to close in on their first win
of the season. Early in the race, he pulled away before a caution
negated the lead he built up, and putting Saldana and Haudenschild right
on his tail tank.
"We found a few things during the week and those helped us," said the
native of San Souci, NSW, Australia. "I was searching the track for the
rubber. It was good to lead laps and run up front."
The always optimistic driver has always enjoyed racing at Eagle, and
admits that even when things aren't going great, he can usually turn
things around at Eagle.
"It's good bullring racing here, like what I grew up doing," explained
the multi-time champion in Australia. "You have to get your elbows up
and manhandle the car. We've always had good results here, no matter
what car I have been in. It's a good confidence boost for the team."
Danny Lasoski finished fourth in the Roth Motorsports Eagle to vault
into the third spot in the championship point standings. The native of
Dover, Missouri lined up 12th for the 40-lap event, and steadily worked
his way to the front. He gained two spots on the opening lap, and was a
benefactor of the lap-4 red flag, moving from 10th to fifth. From there,
he worked on Jason Sides for the fourth spot, and then got around
Haudenschild for second, before battling Tatnell late in the race for
the third spot.
Jason Meyers lined up 16th in the Eagle Nationals, and also had a very
consistent night aboard the Primerica Financial Maxim. He gained a
couple spots on the opening lap and also was a benefactor of the lap-4
incident, gaining five positions. He worked his way into fifth on the
28th-lap. It was his 13th Top-Five finish of the season and it moved up
into the fifth spot in points.
Chad Kemenah earned his sixth Top-10 finish of the season, as he was
sixth in the Hampshire Racing Engines Maxim. Kerry Madsen earned the KSE
Race Products Hard Charger Award after starting 23rd and finishing
seventh in the Selma Shell Maxim. Paul McMahan was eighth in the Bass
Pro Shops Eagle. Tim Shaffer was ninth in the Casey's General Stores Maxim.
Current World of Outlaws championship point leader Donny Schatz finished
10th in the Snap-on Tools J&J after getting caught up in the lap 4
accident and having to go to the work area and restart at the read of
the field. It was his 27th Top-10 finish in 30 events.
The night began with Saldana turning the quickest lap in time trials for
the sixth time this season. He also added to the number of laps that he
has led on the season, crossing the 200-lap marker which is best in the
series. In addition to this, he took over the lead in money earned after
picking up $10,000 for his seventh A-Feature triumph of the season.
The World of Outlaws return to action on Thursday, June 14 at the
recently reconfigured Tri-City Speedway in Illinois, for an event that
postponed by weather in April.
EAGLE RACEWAY NOTEBOOK
• FAST QUALIFIER: Joey Saldana paced the 27 cars that took time with an
AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked 1/3-mile oval in 12.456
seconds at 96.243 mph. For his qualifying effort, Saldana eared five
bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points,
including: Jason Solwold (4), Paul McMahan (3), Daryn Pittman (2) and
Donny Schatz (1).
• QUALIFYING WINNERS: Brooke Tatnell, Chad Kemenah and Jason Sides won
heat races… Terry McCarl won the B-Main… Brooke Tatnell won the Crane
Cams dash.
World of Outlaws Statistical Report; Eagle Nationals at Eagle Raceway;
Lincoln, NE.; June, 9, 2007
Qualifying
1) 9-Joey Saldana 12.456
2) R19-Jason Solwold 12.467
3) 20-Paul McMahan 12.554
4) 21-Daryn Pittman 12.628
5) 15-Donny Schatz 12.669
6) 11-Steve Kinser 12.697
7) 1X-Randy Hannagan 12.720
8) 3X-Chad Kemenah 12.726
9) 83-Danny Lasoski 12.776
10) 2-Brooke Tatnell 12.776
11) 35-Jac Haudenschild 12.785
12) 7S-Jason Sides 12.794
13) 24-Terry McCarl 12.861
14) 6-Tim Shaffer 12.872
15) 10C-Jeremy Campbell 13.010
16) 14-Jason Meyers 13.034
17) 5C-Chad Hillier 13.053
18) 36-Jason Martin 13.061
19) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr. 13.095
20) 11D-Dion Hindi 13.120
21) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.122
22) D1-Justin Henderson 13.123
23) 11H-Kerry Madsen 13.212
24) 8K-Zach Chappell 13.245
25) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.263
26) 4W-Matt Wasmund 13.403
27) 13-Seth Brahmer 14.107
Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 2-Brooke Tatnell
2) 21-Daryn Pittman
3) 1X-Randy Hannagan
4) 9-Joey Saldana
5) 14-Jason Meyers
6) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.
7) 24-Terry McCarl
8) D1-Justin Henderson
9) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.
Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 3X-Chad Kemenah
2) 35-Jac Haudenschild
3) R19-Jason Solwold
4) 5C-Chad Hillier
5) 15-Donny Schatz
6) 6-Tim Shaffer
7) 11H-Kerry Madsen
8) 11D-Dion Hindi
9) 4W-Matt Wasmund
Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 7S-Jason Sides
2) 11-Steve Kinser
3) 83-Danny Lasoski
4) 7-Craig Dollansky
5) 20-Paul McMahan
6) 8K-Zach Chappell
7) 36-Jason Martin
8) 10C-Jeremy Campbell
9) 13-Seth Brahmer
Crane Cams Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting
positions of A-feature)
1) 2-Brooke Tatnell
2) 11-Steve Kinser
3) 21-Daryn Pittman
4) 35-Jac Haudenschild
5) R19-Jason Solwold
6) 9-Joey Saldana
7) 7S-Jason Sides
8) 15-Donny Schatz
9) 3X-Chad Kemenah
10) 20-Paul McMahan
B-main (10 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 24-Terry McCarl
2) 10C-Jeremy Campbell
3) 36-Jason Martin
4) 11D-Dion Hindi
5) 11H-Kerry Madsen
6) D1-Justin Henderson
7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [$200]
8) 13-Seth Brahmer [$180]
9) 4W-Matt Wasmund [$175]
A-main (40 laps) - Starting Position [#]
1) 9-Joey Saldana[6] [$10,000]
2) 35-Jac Haudenschild[4] [$5,500]
3) 2-Brooke Tatnell[1] [$3,200]
4) 83-Danny Lasoski[12] [$2,800]
5) 14-Jason Meyers[16] [$2,500]
6) 3X-Chad Kemenah[9] [$2,300]
7) 11H-Kerry Madsen[23] [$2,200]
8) 20-Paul McMahan[10] [$2,100]
9) 6-Tim Shaffer[14] [$2,050]
10) 15-Donny Schatz[8] [$2,000]
11) 7S-Jason Sides[7] [$1,500]
12) 1X-Randy Hannagan[11] [$1,200]
13) 8K-Zach Chappell[22] [$1,100]
14) 36-Jason Martin[18] [$1,050]
15) 7-Craig Dollansky[21] [$1,000]
16) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.[19] [$900]
17) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[15] [$800]
18) D1-Justin Henderson[24] [$800]
19) 11D-Dion Hindi[20] [$800]
20) 5C-Chad Hillier[17] [$800]
21) R19-Jason Solwold[5] [$800]
22) 24-Terry McCarl[13] [$800]
23) 11-Steve Kinser[2] [$800]
24) 21-Daryn Pittman[3] [$800]
Lap Leaders: Brooke Tatnell 1-7, Joey Saldana 8-40
KSE Hard Charger Award: Kerry Madsen
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Saldana, Richards and Noonan Win at Eagle Nationals
Anyone saying that 410 sprint car racing is dying, or even on the
decline should have been at Eagle Raceway, America's Home Track for the
second and final night of the Eagle Nationals. A crowd, reportedly near
4000 saw the Greatest Show on Dirt put on their usual spectacle.
Supporting the World of Outlaws were the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks
and the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds.
Although the wind and temperatures turned the track dry-slick by the
time the Outlaws took the track for their qualifying, Joey Saldana
turned the fastest lap with a time of 12.456 seconds.
The Modifieds and Hobby Stocks ran their heat races first, because it
was decided that in order to allow the fans to see the type of racing
they've grown accustomed to seeing from the Outlaws, the track would be
reworked during intermission. A short 45-minute session of furious work
by Eagle's track prep crew saw the Outlaw cars begin their evening's
schedule.
After 3 heats of 9 410's ran, the "locals" took to the track for their B
Features. After those were concluded, the water truck was run around the
top of the track once again. Approximately 10 minutes later the Outlaw
Crane Cams Dash was run to set the lineup for the A Main. Brooke Tatnell
finished first with Steve Kinser in second.
Possibly the worst incident of the evening occurred as the cars came
around to finish the first lap of the Valentino's IMCA Modified Feature.
Sean Burklund was attempting to pass the 00 of Tim Pickens on the high
side approaching the flag stand. Just as he came along side of Pickens,
the 2 cars made contact; sending Burklund into the front stretch wall.
That catapulted him up and over and he eventually came to a halt upside
down on Pickens' hood. All told, there were 8 cars involved in the melee.
On the restart, the 12X of George Haney held the lead with Terry
Richards close behind in the #21 and the V45 of Rik Gropp in third. They
held that order until with just 9 laps to go, Chris Alcorn drove his #3
into fourth position followed by Doug Deterding's #13. 2 laps later,
Deterding got around Alcorn for fourth. 2 laps later Richards moved into
first with Gropp following him to take second. With 3 laps to go, Alcorn
repassed Deterding and then on the final circuit got around Gropp for
second.
"After not being in a race car for 7 years, and then having the troubles
we've had the last 3 weeks during my comeback I'm thrilled." Terry said.
This was Richards' second feature win at Eagle Raceway. "What was odd
was that my first one came on Snap-On night out here. Now, I'm a Snap-On
Dealer and they had that big thing for Snap-On up front tonight. Another
thing some people think is odd is we're running a small block Ford in
this car, not a small block Chevy" he added. When asked about tonight's
track Terry stated "I love a dry-slick track. If there's a cushion up
top, then I'm there. I actually was worried after they reworked the
track, but it actually helped me in the end" he stated. "I do want to
thank my only sponsor, TR's Tool Service for all of their help" he finished.
In the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock feature Shane Hiatt jumped to the
early lead in his #21H with Ron Novak's 14 and Dan Noonan's 12 in hot
pursuit. Shortly after the race started, there was a yellow flag. And
when the red flag came out to set the lineup, a fuel leak was discovered
in Hiatt's car; sending him to the pits. With only 3 laps in the books,
Noonan passed Novak to move into first place. Only 2 laps later Novak
was forced into the pits with a flat tire. This put the 42 of Rob Brown
into second with Justin Wulf's #86 in third. The rest of the race saw
Noonan hold off the fierce competition behind him. The only official
position change came when the 1R of RJ Macku jumped from fourth to
second with 2 laps remaining.
"The track was great, really fast on the high side," said Derick. "They
don't call me 'Front Row Noonan' for nothing" he added with a big smile.
"I want to thank everybody for not letting me give up after the bad
night I had last week. Now, we have to get my dad an A Main win and we
will; one way or the other" he stated. "I want to thank all of my
sponsors, including Advanced Auto Glass, Suds & Scissors Pet Grooming
and Low Budget Customs Chassis & Graphics. I send out a special 'Thank
You' to my wife and parents, and of course the neighborhood gang. Also,
I have to mention what they're calling the "Noonan Crew in Section C".
All these people helped me win this one" he finished.
Finally came the long-awaited World of Outlaws A Feature. Brooke Tatnell
took the lead from his starting position on the pole in his #2 Volcano
Joe's Coffee sprinter. Behind him were the #11 of Steve Kinser, Jac
Haudenschild's #35 and Joey Saldana in the #9. Just 4 laps into the race
Saldana moved around Haudenschild for third, but the red flag flew after
Kinser got sideways coming out of turn #4 and Daryn Pittman's #21 struck
Kinser's front tire. That sent Pittman flipping. Terry McCarl also
received damage when he ran into Kinser, as did the #15 of Donny Schatz
who suffered a bent wing attempting to clear Pittman as he flipped.
Neither Kinser nor Pittman could restart.
The running order on the restart was Tatnell, Haudenschild, Saldana, the
7S of Jason Sides and Paul McMahan in the #20. But, after the green flag
flew Saldana got around Haudenschild for second position. Just 2 laps
later, Saldana got around Tatnell for the lead. Another 11 laps were in
the books when Haudenschild also passed Tatnell, taking over second
place. On the very next circuit Danny Lasoski passed the #2 on the
bottom of the track.
From there the battle for the lead raged between Haudenschild and
Saldana. By the closing laps of the race, the cushion was nearly
non-existent in turns 1 & 2,and the cars were running inches from the
wall, with the preferred line being on the bottom of 3 & 4. Haudenschild
who struck the wall hard on the 30th lap showed this in grand style.
After that, Saldana cruised to the victory.
"It's so great to finally get my first A Main win at Eagle. I've run
second, crashed…everything but won here. It's so huge to finally get a
win here. I know my dad would be thrilled, and so would my grandpa" he
said. Joey's father is of course one of the icons of sprint car racing,
"Little Joe" Saldana who turned many many laps on Eagle's high banks in
the past. Joey's grandfather was a fixture at the pit gate at the now
closed Midwest Speedway in Lincoln, Nebraska years ago. When asked about
the track conditions, Joey stated "I'm glad they decided to do rework
it. The track held up really well, only going rubber-down in turns 3 &
4. If they hadn't done it, the whole track would have been that way by
lap 20".
Be sure to come out next weekend for a "Dads Rock" celebration of
Father's Day, presented by Legend's Sports Bar. Eagle returns to its
regular Saturday night line-up of Budweiser Championship 360 sprints,
Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and
Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts.
World of Outlaw Sprints: A Feature- 1) 9 Joey Saldana 2) 35 Jac Haudenschild 3) 2 Brooke Tatnell 4) 83 Danny Lasoski 5) 14 Jason Meyers 6) 3x Chad Kemenah 7) 11h Kerry Madsen 8) 20 Paul McMahan 9) 6 Tim Shaffer 10) 15 Donny Schatz 11) 7s Jason Sides 12) 1x Randy Hannagan 13) 8k Zach Chappell 14) 36 Jason Martin 15) 7 Craig Dollansky 16) 18t Tony Bruce 17) 10c Jeremy Campbell 18) d1 Justin Henderson 19) 11d Dion Hindi 20) 5c Chad Hillier 21) r19 Jason Solwold 22) 24 Terry McCarl 23) 11 Steve Kinser 24) 21 Daryn Pittman
Monster IMCA Modifieds: A Feature- 1) 21 Terry Richards 2) v45 Rik Gropp 3) 12x George Haney 4) 3 Chris Alcorn 5) 13 Doug Deterding 6) 1r Matt Richards 7) 8c Chad Andersen 8) 95 Dylan Smith 9) 3a Aaron Pella 10) 28n Dan Neeman 11) 11aa Ed Raines 12) 42k Jan Korth 13) 3t Tom Spanel 14) 57 Brian Cudley 15) 00 Tim Pickens 16) b9 Sean Burklund 17) s56 Scott Bivens 18) 95r Lucas Robinson 19) 2ez Mark Kaspar 20) 22 Brian Schmidt
B Feature#1- 1) 3a Aaron Pella 2) 2ez Mark Kaspar 3) 4t Jerry Trejo 4) 7 Bob Ruisinger 5) 75j Jesse Robinson 6) 14 Matthew Kiner 7) 81 Melvin Densberger 8) 1z Norm Ziegenbein 9) 24t Terry Hurt 10) 82 Chris Anderson (DNS B) 11) 19j Jeff Jones (DNS B) B Feature#2- 1) 8c Chad Andersen 2) 22 Brian Schmidt 3) 4jr David Jewett Jr 4) 21t Tracy Harr 5) 33z Ron Dake 6) 4d Pat Donovan 7) 11x Steve Devitt 8) 52 Sean Manning 9) 5st Dan Wayman 10) 8a Dusty Andersen 11) 29 Jeff Mazza 12) 51 Cliff Turner 13) 32j Jeremy Kohlman (DNS Heat or B)
Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks: A Feature- 1) 21 Derick Noonan 2) 1r RJ Macku 3) 42 Rob Brown 4) 86 Justin Wulf 5) 94 Mike Hansen 6) d1 Derek Anderson 7) 92 Don Hall Jr 8) m70 Rick Munson 9) 4a Aaron Pearson 10) 12 Dan Noonan 11) 22 Nick Beckman 12) 38c Casey Moyer 13) 10 Brad Schreiner 14) 52v Kevin VanLaningham 15) 10k Lee Kracht 16) 93 Thom Marsh 17) 121 Robert Tippery 18) 2c David Carter 19) 14 Ron Novak 20) 21h Shane Hiatt
B Feature- 1) m70 Rick Munson 2) 12 Dan Noonan 3) 4a Aaron Pearson 4) 10k Lee Kracht 5) 10 Brad Schreiner 6) 3k Jerry Keaton 7) 9 Rex Schreiner 8) 00h Greg Hoing 9) 4j Jamie Bruce 10) 4 Troy Mencke (DNS B) 11) 17j Danny Lane (DNS B) 12) 8 Murray Haugen (DNS B) 13) 98 Dan Jackson (DNS B)
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Johnson finally notches Red Cloud win
RED CLOUD, NE (June 8)—Troy Johnson finally got the monkey off his back Friday night, June 8, at the Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE.
The Concordia, KS, driver has led the IMCA Modified main event twice earlier this season, only to have problems and watch the finish of those races on the infield. But Johnson took the lead at the drop of the green and led all 20 laps to finally make his way to the winner’s circle. Hometown driver Lonnie Schriner gave chase most of the race but could never get close enough to make a pass and had to settle for second. Josh Carpenter, Brian Calhoon and Scott Smith rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Lonnie Veteto and Johnson.
Brett Behrends of Webber, KS, became the first two-time winner in the always competitive IMCA Stock Car division. Chad Wulf led the first 7 laps before his motor let go, giving Jason Smidt the lead on the restart. Heat two winner Behrends made his move on lap 12 when he drove under Smidt in turn four and held on to the checkers. Smidt was second, followed by Matt Streit, heat one victor Martin Newlin, and Wayne Walker.
Jim Buss of Hastings took the lead away from Mike Shriver on lap 4 of the 15-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature to drive to his third Speed Bowl victory. A late race caution bunched the field up for the finish, but Buss held off heat one winner Shriver for the win. Rocky Zimmerman finished third, followed by heat two winner Joe McDole and Kyle Bond. Dillon Thompson rolled his car in the second heat but was not injured.
Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings picked up their fourth Cruiser feature win at Red Cloud aleady this season. The Hastings duo led all 8 laps of the caution free race. Heat race winners Drew Barry & Justin VanWey finished second.
After winning the heat race, Andy Sole of Nelson led all 5 laps of the 4-cylinder Young Gun feature to make his way to victory lane. Troy Porter finished second.
The regular five divisions return this Friday night, June 15. Racing begins at 8:00 p.m. The Good Ol’ Time Racing Association (GOTRA) will also be on hand.
RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1: 1. Mike Shriver, 2. Jim Buss, 3. Rhett Kingsbury, 4. Kyle Bond.
Heat 2: 1. Joe McDole, 2. Delbert Selvage, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Wade Wagenblast.
Feature: 1. Buss, 2. Shriver, 3. Rocky Zimmerman, 4. McDole, 5. Bond, 6. Kingsbury, 7. Pat Hersh, 8. Jeromy Wagner, 9. Selvage, 10. T.C. McKain, 11. Ethan Johnson, 12. Jared Lewis (DNF), 13. Hudson (DNF), 14. Wagenblast (DNF), 15. Dillon Thompson (DNS).
IMCA Stock Cars
Heat 1: 1. Martin Newlin, 2. Matt Streit, 3. Wayne Walker, 4. Chad Wulf.
Heat 2: 1. Brett Behrends, 2. Jason Smidt, 3. Brant Beam.
Feature: 1. Behrends, 2. Smidt, 3. Streit, 4. Newlin, 5. Walker, 6. Wulf (DNF), 7. Beam (DNF), 8. Jason McCartney (DNS).
IMCA Modifieds
Heat 1: 1. Lonnie Veteto, 2. Lonnie Schriner, 3. Josh Carpenter, 4. Tyler Frye.
Heat 2: 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Devon Housh, 3. Brian Calhoon, 4. Lance Borgman.
Feature: 1. T. Johnson, 2. Schriner, 3. Carpenter, 4. Calhoon, 5. Scott Smith, 6. Housh, 7. Brandon Blochlinger, 8. Frye, 9. Veteto, 10. Travis Mack, 11. Micaah Johnson, 12. Randy Fogo, 13. Caesare Linner, 14. Tim Watts (DNF), 15. Borgman (DNF), 16. Jordan Grabouski (DNS).
Cruisers
Heat: 1. Drew Barry/Justin VanWey, 2. Josh Graczyk/Chris Graczyk, 3. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe.
Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Barry/VanWey, 3. Graczyk/Graczyk, 4. Curtis Craig/Darrell Shellito, 5. Terry Gradig/Jeremy Teselle, 6. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg.
4-cylinder Young Guns
Heat: 1. Andy Sole, 2. Troy Porter.
Feature: 1. Sole, 2. Porter.
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Saturday, June 09, 2007
Fegers, Danley, and Schamp Conquer Opening Night of the Eagle Nationals
Those who didn’t get out to Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track and attend tonight’s first event in the Eagle Nationals definitely missed one of the greatest nights of racing in recent memory. A track that was slow at the start of the event turned lightning quick by the time the A Mains started.
The Back Row Challenge, featuring the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprints, the World Dirt Racing League Late Models and the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts was one to remember. Cool temperatures didn’t cool off the racing by so much as a degree. A total of 25 sprints, 26 Sport Compacts and 34 WDRL Late Models gave the crowd more than their money’s worth.
In the Stereo West Auto Toys Sport Compact A Feature there was a yellow flag on the first lap after the 44 of Jack Prall III, Jack Prall IV’s 45 and the 33 of Jeremy Noonan spun to a stop in the 2nd corner. On the restart the 63 of Mike Simpson took the lead with Jason Tadlock, Brian Haller and Derrick Dreamer in hot pursuit. On the 3rd lap, the B32 of Brian Haller spun bringing out the 2nd yellow flag of the evening. When racing resumed Jason Tadlock got around Simpson and the 2 of Dan Rhiley moved up into fourth. With just 6 laps left, Kyle Schamp had taken over the 2nd spot followed by Derrick Dreamer in third and Rich White’s 0 in fourth. White moved into the 3rd spot on the next lap, passing Rhiley. On the final lap Kyle Schamp took his #2Z around the high side in turn four and into the lead.
“I won this race for my parents tonight” Kyle said. “My dad had to go into the hospital today for an operation. I only wish my parents could have been here for this” he added. “They aren’t just my parents, they’re also my pit crew. Rusty, my dad is the Crew Chief and my mom is the ‘Tear-off lady’ he stated. “I wouldn’t be racing if it wasn’t for them being behind me and helping me” Kyle added.Kyle’s sponsors are Durst Motorplex, Sardeson Racing, Ultrashield Race Product, Harris Decals, Ashland Tire & Service, Speedway Motors and RJS Racing Equipment”. This was Kyle’s first A Feature win after many runner-ups finishes. Earlier this year Kyle crossed the finish line first, but was put back 2 spots. He had raced for 1 season at I-80 before moving to Eagle Raceway for the last 2 years.
What do you do if you are a racer in the premier 410 sprint car series in the world and you have a night off? You come to Eagle Raceway and drive a Budweiser Championship Sprint car of course. Justin Henderson did just that this evening. After finishing first in his heat race, Henderson did what any true racer would do in hopes of pleasing the crowd; he took the “Back Row Challenge”, starting dead last in the A-Main.
“I just wouldn’t have felt right if I hadn’t done it” Justin stated. “I knew the fans deserved someone making that attempt, and I had to at least try,” he added. “I probably picked the wrong night to even think about such a thing, because the track was just too fast to be able to pull it off. The only way I could have managed it is if there were a bunch of cautions, but that didn’t happen,” he said. Starting from the 25th position, he did manage to move up to 11th by the end of the race. “I do want to let everyone know that I’m not going to spot the World of Outlaws guys anything tomorrow night,” he stated with a huge smile. Thanks to Justin for participating tonight, and good luck tomorrow night.
The Budweiser 360 Championship Sprint Car A Feature saw more than a few folks make tremendous moves forward. John Klabunde grabbed the early lead after starting on the front row. He was chased by Jason Danley in the 82, Jeff Griffis in the 3 and the 19J of Jay Jordan. Danley moved around Klabunde on the 4th lap, and Griffis also passed Klabunde on the next circuit. Griffis was forced to retire to the infield on the 15th lap however, moving Tige Jensen’s #71 to 2nd and the 91 of Brad Krutz to 3rd. Krutz and Jensen then exchanged 3rd place over the next few laps while the 96KX of Adam Gullion took fourth position, coming all the way from the 17th starting spot. Danley took the checkers after holding 1st place the remainder of the race.
Jason said “This one’s the crew’s win tonight. I got here late, and
even missed hot laps. Once I got into the car, we didn’t have to change a thing the rest of the night”. This was Jason’s 2nd A Feature win this year, to go along with one 2nd place finish. “I guess this proves that anyone who says I can only win on a dry-slick track is all wrong” he added.When the WDRL Late Models took center stage for the last race of the evening, 24 high-horsepower monsters gave one of the best performances in a long time in their first appearance ever at Eagle. Justin Fegers, in his 15F set quick time for the series, running only 7/10’s of a second off of the track record during qualifying and also garnered the QA1 Passing Points Award.
Eric Pember took the lead on the start, followed by Chris Simpson and Brian Harris. Justin Fegers had moved up to the 3rd position by the 2nd lap, and just 12 laps later he advanced to 2nd. The 16th lap saw the 85 of John Kantana take over third place and just 3 laps later Fegers moved into first. A yellow flag on lap 25 caused a 2-abreast restart behind Fegers. He held the lead with Pember and Kantana in hot pursuit. The 21H of Brian Harris had come back up to third with 33 laps in the books and 2 laps later he jumped into 2nd place. With 9 laps left Harris passed Fegers to take the lead. He extended his lead, but a slight bobble on the last circuit allowed Fegers to get around him on the high side of turn 4 for the win.
Justin was the WDRL Rookie of the Year 2 years ago, but didn’t follow the points chase last year, opting to run closer to home.
Justin said “Early on when I got the lead I was taking it kind of easy. Every time down the backstretch, I was checking myself out on the big screen and didn’t see anyone in the frame with me so I figured I could back off a little. Suddenly Brian got by me and I knew I had a fight on my hands. Honestly, if he hadn’t messed up on the last lap I could never have gotten him”. “This is the first time I ever won a race at the flag stand; I’ve lost plenty there but never won one until tonight. Actually, it was an accident when I jumped the cushion in turn 3. We call that the ‘Cowboy Line’, because all you can do is hang on and yell YEEHAW!!!” he added. “My home track is Cedar Lake, and it’s a lot like Eagle, so I was really comfortable here. I’m thankful I could get past Brian for the win” he finished.Remember that tomorrow night is the 2nd night of the Eagle Nationals, featuring the World of Outlaws 410 Sprints along with the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks and Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds. Front gates open at 4 with racing at 7 P.M. Tickets are only $35 for adults, $10 for youths 6-13 and $10 child 5 & under (one child free with one paid adult.) This is the Outlaw’s only appearance in Nebraska this year, and may be the last show at Eagle Raceway ever, so be sure to come out and support America’s Home Track.
June 8th, 2007 Race Results-
WDRL Late Models:
A Feature-
1) f15 Justin Fegers
2) 21h2 Brian Harris
3) 90x Eric Pember
4) 33 Al Purkey
5) 85 John Kaanta
6) 58 Dave Echrich
7) 50 Denny Eckrich
8) 14 Kyle Berck
9) 92 Delbert Smith
10) 71 Andrew McKey
11) 74 Jeremy Payne
12) 1m Rob Moss
13) u2 Scott Daily
14) 9t Tim Isenberg
15) 98 Ben Schaller
16) 33x Brian Kenkel
17) 0k Bill Koons
18) 32 Chris Simpson
19) 17 Jason Keeshan
20) 64 Greg Larson
21) L88 Larry Clawson
22) 10 Jr Coover
23) 28 Bill Leighton
24) 53 Joe Kosiski
Budweiser 360 Sprints Back Row Challenge:
A Feature-
1) 82 Jason Danley
2) 77 John Klabunde
3) 71 Tige Jensen
4) 96kx Adam Gullion
5) 91 Brad Krutz
6) 23 Terry Holliman
7) 19j Jay Jordan
8) 14g Gene Ackland
9) 45 Jeff Lowery
10) 2 Jordan Boston
11) 24a Justin Henderson
12) 32 Chris Roseland
13) 8b Bobby Becker
14) 13f Chad Fegley
15) 23r Tadd Holliman
16) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
17) 17 Gage Dorr
18) 24b Frank Galusha
19) 21v Brent Vonk
20) 4 Mike Chadd
21) 3 Jeff Griffis
22) 9j Mark Schmidt
23) 6 Nick Bryan
24) 44 Doug Lovegrove
25) 21 Ryan Kitchen
Stereo West Auto toys IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature-
1) 2k Kyle Schamp
2) 99 Jason Tadlock
3) 0 Rich White
4) 2 Dan Rhiley
5) 26 Derek Dreamer
6) 44 Jack Prall III
7) 63 Mike Simpson
8) 20t Steve Shepard
9) 2m David White
10) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
11) 18r Ron Frank
12) 51 Amanda Rhiley
13) b32 Brian Haller
14) 24 Mike Rice
15) 62 Justin Busboom
16) 59 Jessica Tadlock
17) 14 Joey Danley
18) 21 Jake Sells
19) 33 Jeremy Noonan
20) 45 Jack Prall IV
B Feature-
1) 44 Jack Prall III
2) 20t Steve Shepard
3) 18r Ron Frank
4) 62 Justin Busboom
5) 24 Mike Rice
6) 77 Jason Miller
7) 35t Travis Schneider
8) 13j Jared Dterding
9) 00 Barry Kinnersley
10) 12 Danny Rhiley
11) 28 Richard Meyers III (DNS B)
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Schatz Aims To Capture First Eagle Nationals
Outlaws champion Donny Schatz gets longer each year he competes with "the
Greatest Show on Dirt". Last season, he was finally able to win the coveted
Knoxville Nationals and added the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. This year
there a couple more races he'd like to add including Saturday night's 25th
annual Eagle Nationals.
Schatz will pilot a special schemed Snap-on Tools red and black No. 15 J&J
with Shaver power at Eagle Raceway hoping to better his finishing position
from last summer's event when he came home second.
"Ever since the fall of 2002, Eagle has been a really good place for me,"
said Schatz, who has won three of the last four September WoO "A" feature
events at the track. "We had a good run going last June and made a mistake
and finished second the first night and just got beat the second night. I
guess we made up for it in September when we raced from 15th to first. This
is our only shot at Eagle this year, so we'll have to do it Saturday."
This season, the Fargo, ND racer has continued the torrid pace he set last
year en route to winning his first WoO championship. He leads the series
standings by 64 points over Joey Saldana, and has won a series leading seven
races. His statistics include 26 top ten finishes in the first 29 races of
2007 and 18 of those have been top three finishes.
"Once you reach a certain level, you really aren't satisfied with anything
but winning," continued Schatz, who has 59 career "A" WoO feature wins. "We
don't worry about the standings after each race. We worry about wins. I said
it last year and I really believe that the guy that wins the most races is
the guy to beat at the end of the year. We try to go out and win every night
and that's all we worry about."
Winning Saturday would make a number of the fans planning on attending
happy. Not only does Schatz have family relatives in the area, but more than
275 of his closest Snap-on Tools friends will be in the grandstands. Schatz
Motorsports and Snap-on Tools began a relationship this season and it
includes racing a unique red and black Snap-on branded sprint car.
Saturday's race will be the third of ten nights the car will be in action
this season. Schatz is hoping for a repeat performance of the car's debut in
Knoxville when he won the feature event on April 28.
"It's exciting to be involved with a marketing partner like Snap-on,"
continued Schatz, who will be making his 30th WoO start at Eagle Saturday.
"They are a great group of people and we've been long users of their
product. They have by far the best tools out there and when you see a group
of people come out to support the program like they have, it's pretty
special. We're going to do our best to get them another win and hope they
have a great time seeing the race."
Schatz is coming off a runner-up finish on Tuesday night at Kokomo Speedway
in Kokomo, IN. Last year, Schatz was incredibly consistent and scored ten of
his 19 wins in the races that followed a second place finish.
Before Tuesday night, he had three second place finishes to date this year.
Twice he has finished third in the next race and following the third time he
finished second (May 23 - Grandview Speedway), the 29 year-old raced to
victory in Charlotte.
'Our short track program continues to get better," said Schatz, who has one
short track victory this season (Houston - March). "We were pretty good at
Kokomo and before that had a good night at Grandview. We've made a lot of
laps at Eagle, so we've got a pretty good idea on where to begin with the
car. The key is to have the car so that we are good enough at the end of the
night to fight for another win."
Fans can follow all the action from Saturday's Eagle Nationals by logging
onto www.dirtvision.com.
ON TELEVISION
The World of Outlaws television package continues to pick up steam with
their third telecast on SPEED airing Sunday at 1 PM (et). The broadcast is
from The Dirt Track at Lowe's where Schatz stormed to victory on May 25th in
front of a capacity crowd of more than 14,000 fans.
Next Sunday, the SuperClean Summer of Money series begins on ESPN2 with the
race from Knoxville airing only hours after the checkered flag falls.
UP NEXT
Following Saturday's program in Nebraska, the team will return to Fargo for
a couple of days in the shop. The team will also make an appearance on
Tuesday at 1st International Bank & Trust from 4 - 7 p.m. (4501 40th Ave.
S., Fargo).
The next race is on Thursday in Pontoon Beach, IL just a few miles east of
St. Louis. The event at Tri-City Speedway was originally scheduled for May
4th and marks the debut of the Outlaws at the track in its reconfigured
3/8-mile shape. The track used to be a long and fast half-mile oval.
Two nights later, Schatz will return to Knoxville Raceway where currently
holds a three-race winning streak. It started with last year's Knoxville
Nationals in August and was followed by a victory during a rescheduled WoO
event on October 7. He continued the streak on April 28th when Schatz
debuted the Snap-on schemed No. 15 J&J with a win.
SPONSOR SUPPORT
The Schatz Motorsports No. 15 can compete with the World of Outlaws at a
championship level because of relationships with corporate partners. Global
ParkerStore and Hose Doctor have been partners with the team since 1999 and
Bellerud Transport has been with Schatz since he first began racing with the
WoO in 1997. Petro Stopping Centers, Schatz Crossroads and Snap-on Tools are
also partners in the program.
Schatz Motorsports has a winning combination on the track because they work
with some of the best manufacturers in the motorsports industry. We are
proud to work with the following companies: Afco Shocks, All-Pro Cylinder
Heads, Astro Titanium, Autolite/Fram, AutoMeter, Bell Helmets, BR
Motorsports Ignitioneering, C&R Radiators, Conroy "Pneu" Control, Crane
Cams, Donovan Engineering, Engler Machine & Tool, FelPro, Fuel Safe Racing
Cells, Hoosier Racing Tires, ISC Racers Tape, J&J Auto Racing, Joe Gibbs
Driven, Kenny's Components, K&N Filters, KSE, Mahle Motorsports, MSD,
PolyMer Dynamics, Red Devil Brakes, Rod End Supply, Sander Components,
Schoenfeld Headers, Shaver Racing Engines, Ultrashield, Vortex Wings,
Waterman Fuel Pumps, Wesmar-Shaver Gears, Winters Performance, XRP.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
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World of Outlaws By the Numbers: Eagle Raceway
World of Outlaws By the Numbers: Eagle Raceway
By Tony Veneziano, WoO Sprint Series PR Director
0.333- Miles around Eagle Raceway
1- A-Feature win at Eagle for 2001 World of Outlaws Champion Danny Lasoski
in series competition
2- A-Feature wins with the series at the 1/3-mile for Jac Haudenschild
3- A-Feature wins for reigning World of Outlaws Champion Donny Schatz at
Eagle Raceway
5- Drivers currently competing with the World of Outlaws that have an
A-Feature event at the track; Events the World of Outlaws have contested on
1/3-mile tracks this season
10- Drivers that have won an A-Feature event with the World of Outlaws at
Eagle Raceway; Drivers that have won an A-Feature this season with the World
of Outlaws
11.124- Track record established by Joey Saldana on September 20, 2002
13- Seasons that Steve Kinser has won an A-Feature at Eagle Raceway
15- A-Feature wins for 20-time World of Outlaws Champion Steve Kinser at
Eagle Raceway; Starting spot Donny Schatz came from to win at Eagle last
September
16- Drivers that have led laps in A-Feature competition with the World of
Outlaws this season
17- Drivers that have set fast time with the series this season
21- Drivers that have won B-Main events this season
36- A-Feature events that the World of Outlaws have contested at Eagle
Raceway dating back to 1981
140- Consecutive laps that Steve Kinser led at Eagle Raceway in feature
competition, including preliminary features in 2005, the last season he
raced at the track
181- Laps led by Joey Saldana this season to lead the series
667- Miles from Kokomo Speedway where the World of Outlaws competed on June
5 to Eagle Raceway in Lincoln, Nebraska
1963- Year that sprint car racing began at Eagle Raceway
1981- Year that the World of Outlaws first raced at Eagle Raceway
10,000- Dollars the winner will receive on Saturday, June 9
51,690- Dollars in the total purse on Saturday, June 9
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World of Outlaws Head to Eagle Raceway for Eagle Nationals
The World of Outlaws will invade the high-banked 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway on
Saturday, June 9 for the Eagle Nationals.
The World of Outlaws have sanctioned 36 A-Feature events at Eagle Raceway
dating back to 1981. Five drivers currently competing full-time with the
series have won at the track located in Lincoln, Nebraska, led by Steve
Kinser.
Last season, Daryn Pittman swept the Eagle Nationals, which was a two-day
event, winning both the preliminary feature and the A-Feature in the annual
spring event, to claim his first World of Outlaws wins at the track. The
native of Owasso, Oklahoma has won twice in 2007, and heads to Eagle solidly
in the third spot in championship points. He has 21 Top-10 finishes on the
season, with 10 of those being in the Top-Five.
Steve Kinser, the 20-time World of Outlaws champion, last competed at Eagle
Raceway in 2005, and led every single lap of feature competition that
season. He swept both nights of the Eagle Nationals in the spring and
followed that up with a sweep of the 1/3-Mile Short Track Nationals in the
fall of that same year. In total, he led 140 consecutive laps of racing at
the track in 2005, including in preliminary features. In his career, he has
won 15 A-Feature events at Eagle Raceway. This season he has five wins and
is fifth in championship points.
Donny Schatz, the reigning World of Outlaws champion won at Eagle last fall,
taking the lead with just three laps to go, after starting the A-Feature in
the 15th spot in the 1/3-mile Short Track Nationals. That marked the
farthest back a winner came from all season. Last spring in the Eagle
Nationals, he finished in the Top-Five on both nights and led laps in the
feature on the opening night. He has three career A-Feature wins at the
track The native of Fargo, North Dakota currently leads the World of Outlaws
standings on the strength of seven A-Feature wins and 26 Top-10 finishes
heading to Eagle Raceway.
Joey Saldana finished sixth or better in all three of the events last season
at Eagle Raceway. Driving for NASCAR star Kasey Kahne, the native of
Brownsburg, Indiana is currently second in points on the strength of six
A-Feature wins on the season. Through the first 29 events of the season he
recorded 23 Top-10 finishes. He won on Tuesday night in the Hoosier Sprint
Nationals at Kokomo Speedway in his home state.
Danny Lasoski, the 2001 World of Outlaws champion is a former winner at
Eagle Raceway in series competition. He won at the 1/3-mile in 2004. The
native of Dover, Missouri has two wins on the season including edging Schatz
on May 23 at Grandview Speedway in Pennsylvania by 0.036 seconds. He is
fourth in points, just four markers out of third, on the strength of 19
Top-10 finishes.
Jason Meyers ran strong in his last visit to Eagle Raceway in 2005,
recording Top-Five finishes in both A-Feature events, including a runner-up
performance in the Eagle Nationals. The native of Clovis, California has
been one of the most consistent drivers this season with the World of
Outlaws and is currently sixth in championship points on the strength of two
A-Feature wins and 19 Top-10 finishes heading into the Eagle Nationals.
Craig Dollansky led a number of laps at Eagle Raceway last season, and
finished in the Top-three in all three of the events at the track. He won
his first race of 2007 at Lake Ozark Speedway in Missouri in May, and
recently welcomed veteran World of Outlaws crew chief and car owner Mike
Woodring to his team. In just their second race together, Dollansky finished
fourth at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in New York on Memorial Day. He also
was fourth on Tuesday night at Kokomo Speedway in the Hoosier Sprint
Nationals, and is seventh in championship points, with 18 Top-10 finishes.
Paul McMahan set fast time in his last visit to Eagle Raceway in 2005.
Driving for two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, he is solidly in the
Top-10 in championship points and won his first race of the season last
Saturday night at Eldora Speedway in Ohio, which is also owned by his car
owner. The native of California who now calls Nashville home is eighth in
points on the strength of 13 Top-10 finishes.
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Jason Solwold continues to close in on his first World of Outlaws A-Feature
victory. He earned his fourth Top-Five finish of the season on Tuesday night
at Kokomo Speedway, after leading several laps last Saturday at Eldora
Speedway, where he finished second. The native of Mt. Vernon, Washington won
two preliminary features last season, one at Silver Dollar (Calif.) Speedway
during the annual Gold Cup Race of Champions, and the other at Williams
Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania during the National Open. Solwold heads into
the Eagle Nationals with 16 Top-10 finishes.
Jac Haudenschild has won twice at Eagle during his career. He earned his
first win at the track in 1989 and followed that up with a triumph in 2002.
He is currently 10th in World of Outlaws championship points on the strength
of 11 Top-10 finishes, with four of those being in the Top-Five.
Also in action at the Eagle Nationals will be: Jason Sides of Bartlett,
Tennessee, who earned two Top-10 finishes in 2005 at the 1/3-mile. Sides is
the 2003 World of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year. Tim Shaffer,
the 1999 World of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year will also be in
attendance, along with six-time Knoxville Raceway and Huset's Speedway track
champion Terry McCarl, in addition to current rookie leader Kerry Madsen of
St. Mary's, NSW, Australia, another former Knoxville Raceway champion. Randy
Hannagan, the 1995 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year finished in the Top-10
in both A-Feature events at the track in 2006, and is coming off a strong
run in the Hoosier Sprint Nationals on Tuesday night.
Justin Henderson who finished in the Top-10 last fall at Eagle will also be
in action, along with reigning Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year Chad
Kemenah of Ohio, and second-year driver Jeremy Campbell of Michigan, who was
sixth in the Eagle Nationals last season, along with second-year driver
Jason Martin of Kansas, veteran Dion Hindi of New Mexico, and Brooke Tatnell
who led a number of laps last fall at the track and finished second.
Current rookie contenders that will also be in action include: Tony Bruce
Jr. of Kansas, Zach Chappell of Oklahoma, Sam Hafertepe Jr. of Texas and
Chad Hillier of Washington.
Veteran Brian Carlson of Indiana will miss the event after sustaining
ligament and muscle damage at Lake Ozark Speedway in Missouri last month.
Adult advanced tickets are $30, with tickets the day of the race $35.
Tickets for young adults (6-13) are $10, with children (5-under) admitted
free of charge with the purchase of an adult ticket, with a 1 child per
ticket limit. Additional Children will be at $10 per Child). Pit pass combos
will be available for advance purchase only for $35. For ticket information
call: 402-238-2595 or visit http://www.eagleraceway.com.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Lancaster County Residents Free at I-80 Saturday June 9; Demo Derby Sunday
Lancaster County, NE will get to experience the heartbeat of local racing
with free admission when Craftsman Tools presents the NASCAR Whelen All
American Series at I-80 Speedway. Lancaster County residents just simply
show their ID at the front gate, and they can enjoy all of the action of
Great Clips Crate Late Models, Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks,
Midas B Mods, Stereo West Auto Toys Hornets, Novice Crates and Midwest
Linings 305 Sprints.
Craftsman Tools, a longtime sponsor of the weekly NASCAR Whelen All American
Series, will be passing out special discounts for Father's Day at the front
gate and will be handing out prizes all night long.
Tickets prices for Saturday are $8 for adults, seniors (62 and older) and
juniors (11-17 years) with ID are $7, and kids 10 and under are FREE.
Grandstand gates open at 5:30 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 p.m., and racing at
7:00 p.m. Pit gates open at 4:00 p.m., and driver cutoff time for check-in
and driver's meeting is 6:15 p.m.
Racing fans will get to catch the thrills of the season's first Demolition
Derby as Allstate Insurance presents the NASCAR Whelen All American Series
on Sunday, June 10. Before the Demo Derby, Dodge Super Late Models,
Certified Transmission Pro Ams, Modifieds and Hobby Stocks all will make
their way through the grooves of the fast-paced 4/10 mile dirt track.
Tickets prices for Sunday are $12 for adults, seniors (62 and older) and
juniors (11-17 years) with ID $10, and kids 10 and under are FREE.
Grandstand gates open at 5:00 p.m., hot laps at 6:00 p.m., and racing at
6:30 p.m. Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m., and driver cutoff time for check-in
and driver's meeting is 5:45 p.m. Demo Derby drivers must check in by 7:00
p.m.
Next weekend, Whelen Engineering returns on Saturday June16 with the NASCAR
Whelen All American Series. All Military, Law Enforcement and Firefighters
with ID will receive free admission courtesy of Whelen Engineering. Then,
celebrate Father's Day on Sunday June 17 at I-80 Speedway as all dads will
receive a free souvenir program and beverage courtesy of I-80 Speedway.
Racing fans also will get a chance to vote for the driver they want to see
in the I-80 Speedway race of Champions being held on Sunday, June 24.
Beatrice Hall of Fame Night June 9
annual Racer's Reunion on Saturday, June 9th. We have invited over 100 of
past Beatrice Speedway, drivers, officials, supporters, promotors, and car
owners. The 2007 season marks 50 years of racing at the fairgrounds.
A prerace get together for the alumni members will be held from 4:30 to
6:45.
The Hall of Fame is also working with the BCRA - Big Car Racing Assoc. in
2007. They will once again have some cars on hand to show before the races,
and will have an exhibition during intermission.
Finally, the 2007 Hall of Fame induction ballots will be available to all
drivers, crews, and fans to vote on who they think should be inducted into
the class of 2007.
Also, don't forget to check out our website - www.beatricespeedwayhof.com We
still have a lot of stuff to get on there, so if anyone has ANYTHING they
feel like they'de like to contribute, please let us know.
Thanks to everyone who helps support the Hall Of Fame!
Eagle Raceway Tailgate Party June 9
Raceway! Fans are encouraged to get together in the parking lot for good
cheer and race talk before the races. All race fans are encouraged to bring
their lawn chairs, grills and refreshments to have some Pre-race Tailgate
Parties before the races start. If all goes well with this event, it may be
held on a weekly basis.
To help us usher in the new era, BBQ4U (Bar-be-que 4 U) will be on hand
starting at 1PM selling some of the Midwests best pork sandwiches!
For more information, e-mail me at gary.dominguez@woodsbros.com
Reminder: Enjoy in moderation, and no outside food or drinks will be allowed
into the track once the gates open at 5:30.
Thanks to Roger and Michelle for consenting to this pilot project! Hope to
see you all there!
I-80 Increases Hobby Stock / B-mod purse
B-Mod/Sport Mod purses EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! Please inform all of your
fellow drivers in these two classes that we have raised the purse in both of
these divisions. In both classes we have raised the purse from $25 to start
to $40 to start. With the rise in the cost of everything from racing to
everyday living, I-80 Speedway has decided to help share in the racers' cost
in these two exciting classes.
The new Hobby Stock and B-Mod Purses will be as follows:
1) $125 (Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant $50 Bonus is added on to Hobby's
to
make it $175, and the B-Mods get an extra $25 from Midas to make it
$150)
2) $115
3) $100
4) $80
5) $70
6) $65
7) $60
8) $55
9) $50
10) $50
11) $45
12) $45
13) $45
14) $45
15) $40
16) $40
17) $40
18) $40
19) $40
20) $40
21) $40
22) $40
23) $40
24) $40
Plus each Hobby Stock heat race winner gets $25 in cash from Tom & Tiffs
Restaurant.
Each B-Mod heat race winner gets a $25 gift certificate to Ultimate Racing
Products.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Eagle 6-2-07 Photos
Eagle 6-2-07 Photos
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I-80 Sends Thanks to Drivers
will be rewarding the classes of cars that have over 25 cars entered in that
nights races with a treat.
From now on when drivers pick up their check from the previous week, they
will also receive one coupon for a FREE sandwich or pizza. (Includes
Cheeseburgers, BBQ Beef, Hot Dogs, Polish Dogs, or Pizza.)
This is our way of saying thank you to the drivers for such a great car
count.
The classes that will be getting coupons in their check this week are:
Dodge Super Late Models-(June 3rd)
Modifieds-(June 3rd)
Certified Transmission Pro Ams-(May 20th)
Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks-(May 26th)
Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets-(May 26th)
This offer is good only for regular weekly nights.
Thoughts on the wingless show at Eagle
It was an interesting experience but I can't say I'm ready for it to take a regular place on the calendar yet. We'll see if a few more locals are ready to go topless as I don't think Roger will be able to pull the outsiders for every show. Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm giving this experiment the benefit of the doubt but frankly I was bored by THAT show on THAT night. The modified feature was much more entertaining.
That said, it's a class in its infancy on a what was a changing track. The rain, and a new track definitely warranted the need for extra hot lap sessions. I remarked after the A feature, "now if they could run 'em again we may have something!" They seemed to be finally getting into the groove by then.
But there was a marked difference between the level of competition from top to bottom. On one hand you had Don Droud, Jr. who has experience in midgets and wingless competition versus a few who chose to run the bottom a la the late Kenny Beedle. There were motor differences as well.
As I've said before many times, it needs to be built before it becomes permanent. And once the novelty wears off it will have to stand on it's own merits such as quality of competition.
In the end, I still think it was a successful first outing and worth trying again. But I missed the winged cars on Saturday night.
However, some people (and if you read the message boards, the majority) were ecstatic over the wingless show. Others have predicted doom and gloom. One person told me that this is the way to see what the crowd would be like if the sprints weren't there.
A saying I like to use goes like this: "It is what it is." What does that mean? It means look at the situation objectively and don't make conclusions based on hype, fear, hysteria, etc. Look at the facts.
Simply put the wingless show was what it was; it was not the beginning of the end of the winged sprint class, nor was it the greatest show on 64 wheels.
It was a race on a Saturday night that didn't have a lot of bad things, had a few good things and everything went off well. That's all and that's all it really needed to be for the first time.
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The 5 W's, Eagle Raceway and Chris Alcorn
So let me begin with the Chris Alcorn conspiracy
Who: Chris Alcorn and Eagle Raceway
What: Showing favoritism by letting him drive rough and giving him spots on yellow flags
When: Every night he wins - four times so far
Where: Uh, Eagle Raceway?
Why: hmmm....
Go ahead and think about it, I'll wait.....
Yeah, I can't figure it out either.
What does a racetrack have to gain by favoring a competitor? Does the track benefit to have one guy win 2/3 of the races? What good does that do in this era of multiple tracks and back-gate promoting to run off competitors with favoritism?
Is Chris Alcorn paying off Roger Hadan so that he wins another track championship? Is the money Chris pays Roger in this scenario enough to make up for the lost back gate revenue and bad feelings in the stands?
Does Chris have secret information on Roger he's blackmailing him with? Did Roger actually put magnets in the bottom of the track disguised as sheepsfoot prints so Chris could run the bottom when nobody else could Saturday night?
There's no family connection, no sponsor connection, and Chris seems to be a pretty stoic, even-keeled guy. Comes to the track, races, and leaves.
Again, the one question all these people fail to answer is WHY? Let me know and I'll buy you a new tinfoil hat.
We can talk about missed calls, questionable issues, but this still is at worst incompetence, and at best a case of wrong place, wrong time. Yes, there can be consistency issues, I've seen them.
But what we're dealing with is an accusation of deliberately fixing races.
It's the ultimate slap in the face to the sport. It's another level - crossing that line more than any other sideshow or bus-race exhibition at the track. We're accusing someone of totally eliminating the competition aspect – the core of racing.
I remember when working at Eagle getting emails from people saying we showed favoritism to Mike Meyer, John Schwartz, Rodney Droud, Rick Ideus (!), etc., etc.
My favorite was in 2005 when we got an email going on about how we are showing so much favoritism to Meyer because he's got his car on display (Mike volunteered) and he's winning races.
The week after the Modified Invitational with the World of Outlaws in the Summer of 2005 when Dave Trauernicht nipped Meyer at the line by 12-thousandths of a second, we received an email from a different address but the same gramatically-shaky, but "fonetikally-sownd" individual about how we favored Trauernicht and always favored the Beatrice cars.
With all the grief officials take at the track, why would they want deliberately-induced situations adding fuel to that fire? I know several of the Eagle officials and I consider many of them to be my friends. I've been on that end too.
They (and any other track officials) got enough troubles to deal with on a race night much less trying to pull of a grand scheme to set up a championship for...an IMCA Modified weekly show?!?
That's a lot of work, a lot of scheming on so many levels and a lot of risk for what could never be a big enough payoff.
Besides, who could pull it off with all the eagle-eyed observers and their internet connections?
Labels: editorial
Monday, June 04, 2007
2007 Eagle Nationals
A can't miss weekend is in store for all race fans. Eagle Nationals begins on Friday, June 8th, with the World Dirt Racing League Late Model show including drivers like Kyle Berck, Dave Eckrich and Justin Fegers making their one and only appearance this race season at Eagle Raceway. Also, the fans will see the annual Budweiser Championship Sprint Back Row Challenge paying $1500 to the winner with a chance to win a $1000 bonus if a top 10 qualifying driver is willing to start from the back row to finish first. Also running Friday night will be the Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts.
Then we have the Greatest Show on Dirt rolling into America's Home Track for the biggest event of the season on Saturday, June 9th. The World of Outlaw Sprints invade Eagle Raceway for possibly their last appearance. This will be the only chance to see the likes of Steve Kinser, Donny Schatz and Joey Saldana in the State of Nebraska. The Monster IMCA Modifieds and the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks will also be on deck for Saturday's event.
Friday, June 8th:
Front Gate admission pricing: Adults $25, Youth(6-13) $10 and Children(5 & under) Free(one with each paid Adult ticket)
Front Gates open at 5:30pm, Racing at 7:30pm
Pit Gates open at 4:30pm (Pit Pass $30)
Saturday, June 9th:
Front Gate admission pricing: Adults $30($35 day of show), Youth(6-13) $10 and Children(5 & under) Free(one with each paid Adult ticket)
Front Gates open at 4:00pm, Racing at 7:00pm
Pit Gates open at 3:00pm (Regular Pit Pass $40)(Mods/Hobbys Limited Pit Pass $25)
Please call our office for ticket orders and any questions on pricing. 402-238-2595.
Also, there are discount Adult general admission tickets available at all Omaha/Lincoln area O'Reilly's Stores.
Labels: Race related news
Update
On the other, no stickers. Soon...soon.
Editorials and photos to come.
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Davenport And Eagle Up Next For World Dirt Racing League
By Tom Lathen
WORLD Dirt Racing League
(Gilman City, MO) Series events at Davenport Speedway in Davenport, Iowa and Eagle Raceway near Eagle, Nebraska are next on the schedule for the cars and stars of the WORLD Dirt Racing League PolyDome Late Model Series.
The two events, scheduled for Wednesday and Friday, June 6 and June 8, respectively, will provide a contrast for WDRL competitors, with Davenport Speedway’s slightly-banked half-mile being known as a motor race track, while Eagle’s high-banked third-mile bull ring is described as more of a driver’s race track. The event at Eagle, will be the first-ever appearance at the popular Cornhusker state bull ring, by the WORLD Dirt Racing League.
“These two events should provide race fans with plenty of action,” noted Jim Wilson, series director of the WDRL. “Over the years, our races at Davenport Speedway have attracted large fields of cars and very competitive racing, and it goes without saying that the third-mile at Eagle will definitely be exciting.”
“Drivers will definitely be put to the test,” added Wilson. “These two race tracks couldn’t be any more different, with Davenport’s long straightaways and slightly-banked corners, compared to the short straightaways and very high-banked corners at Eagle. It will be interesting to see how the drivers adapt to the two different styles of race tracks.”
With five of 27 series events in the books, Mound, Minnesota’s Justin Fegers continues to sit atop the PolyDome Late Model Series point standings. Fegers, the 2005 series Rookie-of-the-Year, has a series win earlier this season at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, and has yet to finish outside the top-ten in a series event. Last weekend at northeast Iowa’s Dubuque Speedway, the 27-year old driver survived a near catastrophic qualifying race accident and accepted a series provisional before racing to a satisfying tenth-place finish in the annual “Rumble By The River 100.”
Buoyed by an impressive fifth-place finish last weekend at Dubuque, Brian Harris of Davenport, Iowa has moved into second-place in the series standings, only nine markers behind the front-running Fegers. Harris, who came from the back of the field at Dubuque following a lap-seven tangle, also has yet to finish out of the top-ten this season, with his best effort being a second-place finish at West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty, Iowa in late April.
A mere eight points separate Cosgrove, Iowa’s Dave Eckrich, Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, and Elk Mound, Wisconsin driver John Kaanta in the battle for third, fourth, and fifth in the current WDRL driver’s standings. Eckrich, who won the series event earlier this year at West Liberty Raceway, is currently third in the points chase, 36 points behind the pace-setting Fegers. Simpson, who led for 29-laps at Dubuque before finishing fourth, is 31 behind the leader, with Kaanta, a winner earlier this year at Freeport Raceway Park in Illinois, just 34 points behind the front-runner.
Other series combatants expected to be in the field at both Davenport and Eagle include Pittsville, Wisconsin’s Eric Pember, two-time defending series champion Denny Eckrich of Tiffin, Iowa, “The River City Hustler,” Ray Guss, Jr. of Milan, Illinois, last year’s series Rookie-of-the-Year Jason Utter of Columbus Junction, Iowa and Matt Furman and Rob Moss, both of Iowa City, Iowa. Marion, Iowa’s Chad Simpson, an early leader at Dubuque Speedway, is also expected to represent the WDRL at both events, along with Marshfield, Wisconsin’s Tim Isenberg, Curt Martin of Independence, Iowa, Edina, Minnesota’s Andrew McKay, and Billy Koons of Omaha, Nebraska.
As is normally the case, the field at Davenport will be dotted with a number of regional Late Model hot-shoes including Cedar Falls, Iowa’s Jeff Aikey, a five-time IMCA (International Motor Contest Association) Deery Series champion, last year’s Farley Speedway track champion Andy Eckrich of Iowa City, Iowa, Dan Shelliam of Hazel Green, Wisconsin, last year’s weekly track champion at both Dubuque Speedway and Freeport Raceway Park, exciting Badger state driver Ace Ihm, also of Hazel Green, five-time Freeport Raceway Park track titlist Craig Jacobs of Freeport, Illinois, second-generation Lancaster, Missouri driver Chris Smyser, four-time Lee County Speedway (Donnellson, Iowa) Late Model champion Tommy Elston of Keokuk, Iowa, 38-year Kirksville, Missouri veteran Sonny Findling, two-time Freeport Raceway Park weekly champion Jeff “Bone” Larson of Freeport, Illinois, and the father-and-son tandem of Johnny and Jay Johnson, both of West Burlington, Iowa.
At Eagle Raceway on Friday, former two-time WDRL champion Kyle Berck of Marquette, Nebraska is expected to be in the field, along with former NASCAR Weekly Racing Series national champions Joe and Ed Kosiski of Omaha and Ralston, Nebraska, respectively. Other area drivers expected to compete at the exciting eastern Nebraska speed plant include Omaha, Nebraska’s John Anderson, who already has scored four regional touring wins this season, 35-year Late Model veteran Al Humphrey of Giltner, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa hot-shoe Mike Collins, a former NASCAR Weekly Racing Series regional top-five finisher, Yutan, Nebraska’s Craig Preble, Brian Kenkel and Scott Daly, both of Elkhorn, Nebraska, and up-and-coming young Bellevue, Nebraska driver Corey Zeitner.
As no group qualifying will be held at Davenport Speedway on Wednesday, action will get underway with hot-laps at 6:00, following by heat race action at 6:30. On Friday at Eagle, hot laps are set to start at 6:30, with group qualifying scheduled for a 7:00 start.
Labels: Race related news
Collins, Coffee, Hipnar, and Sink Visit Victory Lane At I-80 Speedway
(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/03/07) On a night where rain showers threatened the
speedway, 90+ cars filled the pit area at I-80 Speedway. Mike Collins, Reese
Coffee, Todd Hipnar, and Josh Sink all took the checkered flag first on an
excitement packed night of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action.
The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" main event saw the #25 of Kenny
Edwards take the early lead from his front row inside starting position. As
the cars hit the back straightaway Edwards would be passed by outside front
row starter Mike Collins. The Council Bluffs Iowa native would maintain the
lead through a series of cautions that halted the race over a hand full of
times. The final restart of the night came on lap 19, Collins would receive
major pressure from the #76 of "Awesome" Al Zeitner. Zeitner would try to
work under Collins, but doing so gave Joe Kosiski time to make up ground. On
the final lap Kosiski would be able to pass Zeitner in turns three and four
as Mike Collins held the lead. Collins would finish first followed by
Kosiski, Zeitner, Al Humphrey and Corey Zeitner.
Reese Coffee would take the early lead in the 18 lap modified "A" feature.
Coffee would start fifth, and use the inside lane to take the lead down the
back straightaway going into turn three. With Coffee out front the battle
for second was between Matt Richards, Mike Johnson, and Mike Meyers.
Richards would pull away from Johnson and on the final lap Meyers would
loose an engine going into turn three. Meyers would slow and the yellow
would fly. As the yellow came out the #92 of Bub Lerette would spin on the
front straight away and stack up the rest of the field. Luckily everyone
came to a stop in time. With the checkered flag already out, Reese Coffee
would get the win. Richards, Johnson, Jonah Chin who started 17th, and
Justin Clark round out the top five.
The 20 lap City Weekly Grand National "A" feature event would have the #12
of Todd Hipnar take the win. Hipnar would start 12th and make his way
through the field in the opening laps of the event. Dave Cook and Harley
Moen would battle during the closing laps with Cook passing Moen on the
final corner. Gary Leapley would finish fourth after starting on the pole
and the #2x of Andrew Kosiski finished fifth after starting tenth. A very
scary moment happened on the second lap of the first Grand National heat
race. Laini Schwartz would get upside down going down the back stretch. Her
car would flip multiple times before coming to a rest right-side-up.
Thankfully she would be able to walk away uninjured.
The 15 lap Hobby Stock main event saw the #10 of Josh Sink jump to an early
lead. Sink would run away and hide as he had a 15+ car length advantage in
the opening laps. Around half way through the event the yellow would come
out as the #10g of Jeremy Garrison blew an engine. On the restart Sink would
be challenge by the #7 of Tom Myers. Myers would try to pull close to Sink,
but Sink was just to much. Sink would take the win, followed by Myers, Jimmy
Nichols, Jeremy Auten, and Josh True. The #99 of "Crazy" Jesse Sobbing would
be running up front until making contact with the wall in the closing laps.
With the win Josh Sink picks up a $100 Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant Bonus.
I-80 Speedway is located off I-80 at exit 420 between Omaha and Lincoln and
is part of the Nebraska Raceway Park complex, which also includes the Little
Sunset Speedway go-kart track and Soaring Edge Motocross Park. I-80 Speedway
is home to the NASCAR Whelen All American Series (NWAAS) on Saturday and
Sunday nights; the ONLY track in the United States to hold two nights of
NASCAR-sanctioned weekly racing. The Speedway hosts events from April
through September. For track information contact the Omaha general office
during normal business hours Monday thru Friday, 9am-5pm at 402-342-3453 or
the track phone on race days at 402-944-2233. Check out the official I-80
Speedway website at www.neracewaypark.com.
Results
Dodge Super Late Models "A" Feature: 1) 3c Mike Collins, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski,
3) 76 Al Zeitner, 4) 6 Al Humphrey, 5) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 6) 1 Jason
Hobscheidt, 7) z62 Justin Zeitner, 8) 62 Leon Zeitner, 9) 10 Jay Stewart,
10) 25 Kenny Edwards, 11) 1m Todd Bell, 12) 00 Clint Benson, 13) 44z Alonzo
Grosse, 14) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 15) 44 Troy Daly, 16) 68x Beau Sheffield,
17) 23 Dave Hanke, 18) 5 Jeremy Houck, 19) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 20) 11 Don
Droud, 21) 1h Chad Humston, 22) 1t Vance Tonack, 23) 77 John Nicholson, 24)
80 Scott Koskovich, 25) 1w Mike Wallace, 26) 89 Jerry Warner, 27) 3 Dan
Jackson.
Heat 1: 1) 76 Al Zeitner, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) 5 Jeremy Houck, 4) 77 John
Nicholson, 5) 89 Jerry Warner.
Heat 2: 1) 62 Leon Zeitner, 2) 1w Mike Wallace, 3) 11 Don Droud, 4) 10 Jay
Stewart, 5) Kenny Edwards.
Heat 3: 1) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 2) z62 Justin Zeitner, 3) 3c Mike Collins, 4)
1 Jason Hobscheidt, 5) 53 Joe Kosiski.
Modified "A" Feature: 1) 16 Reese Coffee, 2) 1r Matt Richards, 3) 3x Mike
Johnson, 4) 1j Jonah Chin, 5) 74 Justin Clark, 6) 95 Buzz Wilson, 7) 92 Bub
Lerette, 8) 4 J.C. Wyman, 9) 43 Brian Foote, 10) 21n Dave Newton, 11) 07
Mike Goldfuss, 12) 92x Josh Most, 13) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 14) 1s Scott
Carlson, 15) 21 Phil Penny, 16) h1 Lowell Holland, 17) 8x Mark Hoover, 18)
2m Mike Meyer, 19) 33r Larry Robinson Jr., 20) 53 Staci Stava, 21) 20 Mark
Leiting, 22) 5 Harry Nixon, 23) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 24) 1m Robert
Brinkman.
Heat 1: 1) 74 Justin Clark, 2) 92 Bub Lerette, 3) 95 Buzz Wilson, 4) 21 Phil
Penny, 5) h1 Lowell Holland.
Heat 2: 1) 1m Robert Brinkman, 2) 33r Larry Robinson Jr., 3) 21n Dave
newton, 4) 1r Matt Richard, 5) 3x Mike Johnson.
Heat 3: 1) 16 Reese Coffee, 2) 5 Harry Nixon, 3) 43 Brian Foote, 4) 07 Mike
Goldfuss, 5) 20m Mark Leiting.
City Weekly Grand National "A" Feature: 1) 12 Todd Hipnar, 2) 9 Dave Cook,
3) j1 Harley Moen, 4) t3 Gary Leapley, 5) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 6) 50 Brad
Soll, 7) 97d Dave Doll, 8) 56 Ron Tilley, 9) 40 Shawn Harker, 10) 2 Dwane
Pospisil, 11) 55d Curt Drake, 12) 96 Tony Leonardo, 13) 29 Lennie Pospisil,
14) 92 Jacob Brown, 15) 17v Rick Vanderheiden, 16) 3 Molliee Collins, 17)
96c Corey Hutchinson, 18) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 19) 20 Lindesy Yost, 20)
51 Matt Boler, 21) 18 Laini Schwartz.
Heat 1: 1) t3 Gary Leapley, 2) 55d Curt Drake, 3) 56 Ron Tilley, 4) 51 Matt
Boler, 5) 29 Lennie Pospisil.
Heat 2: 1) 97d Dave Doll, 2) 9 Dave Cook, 3) 12 Todd Hipnar, 4) j1 Harley
Moen, 5) 96c Corey Hutchinson.
Heat 3: 1) 50 Brad Soll, 2) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 3) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 4) 40
Shawn Harker, 5) 96 Tony Leonardo.
Hobby Stocks "A" Feature: 1) 10 Josh Sink, 2) 7 Tom Myers, 3) 6 Jimmy
Nichols, 4) 20 Jeremy Auten, 5) 2t Josh True, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger, 7) 13
Jesse Mcneal, 8) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 9) 40 Mike Mass, 10) m70 Rick Munson, 11)
32d Kenny Darnold, 12) 52 Roger Timperley, 13) 16d Ashley Darnold, 14) 86j
Jarod Weston, 15) 10g Jeremy Garrison, 16) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 17) 12 George
Whitmore, 18) 77 Ben Heyne.
Heat 1: 1) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 2) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 3) 4x Chad Bassinger, 4)
86j Jerod Weston, 5) 2t Josh True.
Heat 2: 1) 10 Josh Sink, 2) 20 Jeremy Auten, 3) m70 Rick Munson, 4) 13 Jesse
Mcneal, 5) 99 Jesse Sobbing.
Labels: Results
Sunday, June 03, 2007
The hardest mod crash I've seen
Ed Raines took this hard ride Saturday night at Eagle Raceway. Fortunately Ed walked out and talked to the crowd, to riotous applause and cheers.I'll have more from the sequence this week.
David City Speedway
I was out driving around today scouting some stuff and noticed the grandstands of the David City Speedway. Here's a quick snapshot from as close as I could get. Maybe someday the old track could come back to life hosting things other than figure-8 races.
Saathoff, Saathoff, Creek, Fralin, Watts and Meinke/Rosentreader take home Beatrice Wins
After battling mother nature for a majority of the season Beatrice
Speedway finally got their 3rd night of the 2007 race season with a
large crowd, great car count and a very fast racing surface.
The racy surface was evident throughout each and every race of the night
with the fans being treated some of the best racing in recent years in
the heat races and the features.
Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice Took the top honors in the IMCA Modifieds
for the second straight week. He took his Toobies Lumber, Gibbs Place,
Speedway Motors, Pinnacle Bank, I-70 Auto Auction, Hair Graphics, Jr
Motorsports, Independent Equipment sponsored Jet Mod to the winners
circle after battling with Josh Carpenter for the majority of the
feature before winning by several car lengths at the checkered flag.
Carpenter, Greg Metz, Dan Nelson and Lance Borgman rounded out the front 5.
Gary Saathoff of Beatrice in his Filley Powder Coating, Rehm Transfer,
Helmet FX by Rod and Jet Racing sponsored Jet Mod too the win in the Jet
Racing Limited Modifieds by holding off a hard charging Craig Evers who
was gunning for his 3rd straight win of the 2007 Season. Evers, Mark
Saathoff, Nick Warnke and Tom Vanover JR completed the front 5.
Jeff Creek of Blue Springs took the win in the IMCA Sport Compacts
holding off the previous winner Scott Parde, Jacob Harms, Nathan Meyer
and Janie Fralin.
Matt Fralin of Beatrice took his Redline Race Graffix, Risky's, Lillian
Fritch Insurance, Ty's Tobacco Corner, Dempster's, The Rail Rocks, The
Buss Stop, Griffeth Transmission, Classic Auto Sales, RMF and Jet Racing
sponsored Demon Chassis to the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. He led Bill
Parde, Lee Beethe, Chad Borgman and Matt Bernhardt across the line.
Jeff Watts of Beatrice survived an early lap accident to take his 2nd
win in a row in his Vanwinkle Masonry, Weyer Repair, Van's Sandblasting,
Buss Real Estate, John's Muscle Cars, Circle D MFG, RMF, Buhr's
Trucking, Harms Farms, Scott's Tax Service, Schmidt Machine,
Poutre-Lauby Plumbing and Heating, Maxson's Barber and Beauty, Redline
Race Graffix and Jet Racing Sponsored Razor Chasis in the Reedy Machine
and Fab/Buhr Trucking Factory Stocks. He beat Tyler Phelps, Jeff Shew,
Neal Mittan and Adam Armstrong.
Darrin Meinke and Nathan Rosentreader took the win in the Cruisers. They
led Shawn and Shane Slezak, David Voorhees and Jeff Brumback, Jerad and
Aaron Little and Les Atkinson and Darcy Dobrovolny across the line.
Next weekend is the Beatrice Speedway Hall of Fame Night with all
classes racing and the Big Car Racing Assn making appearance also. Hot
laps at 6:00 pm and Racing at 7:00 pm.
Cruisers; 1) c4 Darrin Meinke & Nathan Rosentreader; 2)35s Shawn & Shane
Slezak; 3) 2 David Voorhees & Jeff Brumback; 4) 16oz Jerad & Aaron
Little; 5) 22u Ashley & Tyler Holle; 6) 4 Les Atkinson & Darcy
Dobrovolny; 7) 77a Phil & Ahron Ambrose; 8) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny &
Trent Becker; 9) 21 Josh Blumer & Kayne Hagedorn; 10) 02 Adam & Ryan
Kramer; 11) 99 Greg Ekeler & John Miller; 12) 2LE Josh Voorhees & Leon
Reeder
IMCA Hobby Stocks; 1) 7 Matt Fralin; 2) 95 Bill Parde; 3) 38 Lee Beethe;
4) 20 Chad Borgman; 5) 46 Matt Bernhardt; 6) 19 Kyle Vanover; 7) 11 Eric
Chab; 8) 75 Kyle Olberding; 9) 2 Ryan Roschewski; 10) 1 Brian Langdale;
11) 32 Trevor Kropp; 12) 48 Travus Snyder; 13) 33 Travis Runcie; 14) 34
Max Harder; 15) d64 Greg Post; 16) 99 Matt Smith
Factory Stocks; 1) 66 Jeff Watts; 2) 6 Tyler Phelps; 3) 7 Jeff Shew; 4)
5 Neal Mittan; 5) 6a Adam Armstrong; 6) 9 Gary Laflin; 7) 6r Roy
Armstrong; 8) 3 Bob Latta; 9) 4 Greg Crannell; 10) 88 Jason Tennant; 11)
54m Gary McGinty; 12) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny; 13) 29 John Meyer; 14) 4t
Lisa Wagner; 15) 32 Joe Ryan; 16) 85 Jeff Parker
Limited Modifieds; 1) 96 Gary Saathoff; 2) 2x Craig Evers; 3) 97 Mark
Saathoff; 4) 76 Nick Warnke; 5) 5 Tom Vanover Jr; 6) 74 Ricky Rohr; 7)
20 Tyler Snyder; 8) 25 Benji Legg; 9) 14 Mike Snyder; 10) 9 Dan
McKnight; 11) 33 Travis Runcie; 12) 23 Steve Swarthout; 13) 12k Ron
Karpisek; 14) 11 Larry Halsey; 15) 3d Daryl Dorn; 16) 66 Justin
Fritzson; 17) 33x Mike Sherwood; 18) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham;
IMCA Sport Compacts; 1) 4 Jeff Creek; 2) 17 Scott Parde; 3) 6j Jacob
Harms; 4) 81m Nathan Meyer; 5) 7 Janie Fralin; 6) 77s Seth Ambrose; 7)
19 Jason Sand
IMCA Modifieds; 1) 96j Johnny Saathoff; 2) 3 Josh Carpenter; 3) 29 Greg
Metz; 4) 94 Dan Nelson; 5) 76 Lance Borgman; 6) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer; 7) 29x
Eric Remple; 8) 11n Nathan Landauer; 9) 71m Eric McMillan; 10) 4j Jordy
Nelson; 11) 8 Dan McKnight; 12) 96 Gary Saathoff; 13) 30 Jordan
Grabouski; 14) 93l Jason Brinkman; 15) s56 Scott Bivens; 16) 52l Jason
Logan; 17) z34 Brent Schlake; 18) 27 Clint Homan; 19) 7d Dusty Leonard;
20) 6e Rich Elliott; 21) 18k Spencer Sutton; 22) 47x Kyle Ames; 23) 33x
Mike Sherwood; 24) 22j Justin Jurgens
Labels: Results
Eagle Raceway: Droud, Alcorn, Small, and Rhiley Beat the Rain
Despite a reported 3 inches of rain on Friday, coupled with off and on
rain showers throughout the afternoon, Student Breakout Night presented
by Stereo West Auto Toys brought a really good crowd out to America's
Race Track Eagle Raceway to see the return of a regular wingless sprint
show to the high banks for the first time in recent memory.
A rain shower just as hot laps were running put the evening's
festivities in jeopardy, but the Eagle track prep staff saved the day
along with the dedicated racers who remained on the track long enough to
bring the racing surface back.
Even with that slight delay, racing kicked off at 7 P.M. First up were 2
heats of the Bud Light Wingless 360 sprints. The month-long wait after a
rainout on the first attempt with the class was quickly forgotten.
Drivers from as far away as Phoenix, Arizona and Minnesota raced
alongside local sprint car pilots in a long awaited return to Eagle's past.
There was plenty of excitement in the other classes also, including a
breathtaking series of rolls by the 11AA of Doctor Ed Raines in the 3rd
heat of the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds. The 00 of Barry
Kinnersley also silenced the crowd as he nearly duplicated Raines' rolls
just past the flag stand on the 4th lap of the Stereo West Auto Toys
IMCA Sport Compact B Feature. Thankfully, both drivers walked away; with
Kinnersley's car being driven back to his pit stall.
The first A-Main event saw the Bud Light Wingless 360 Sprints on the
track. A local celebrity, Don Droud Jr. in the family-owned #2, jumped
from his outside front row position into the lead followed by the 57 of
Rik Forbes. As the race progressed, he stretched his advantage to nearly
a half-lap cushion. He kept that advantage until Jeff Lowrey's #45 spun
to the infield with only 5 laps left. Droud again jumped ahead of his
competitors and won by nearly a straightaway.
"This was really cool" Droud Jr. stated. "I wish we could run the
wingless sprints more often than just once a month. I want to tell Roger
thank you for giving us this chance," he added. "I am so excited right
now!" he finished. Droud Jr.'s sponsors include Schmeiding concrete,
Hoppe's Hauling, Erickson Chiropractic and Lincoln Drywall. "I do want
to thank my dad, and a special thank you to my sisters; Monica and Dawn
for their support".
In the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modified A Feature, the opening laps
saw Dylan Smith in the 95 at the point, followed by Tom Spanel in the 3T
and Dan Wayman's 5ST. With 8 laps gone, Rik Gropp moved into 3rd only to
be passed by the #3 of Chris Alcorn with 9 laps remaining. Reigning
points champion Alcorn then advanced to 2nd 2 laps later, moving Spanel
to third. With just 2 laps left, Smith got trapped behind the lapped #8C
of Chad Anderson. This gave Alcorn the break he needed to jump into the
lead and hold on for the victory, keeping him atop the points standings
for another week.
"I had serious doubts about being able to pass Dylan tonight. He was
really good where I was bad, and without the lapped traffic I could
never have made it" Alcorn said. "It was great to finally get into the A
through our heat, although we did get some minor front-end damage. I
really needed to find some more speed from what we had in our heat," he
added. "It was a really smooth track tonight. A little soft in places,
but with the rain, there's just not much that can be done. Roger's
definitely getting there, and hopefully it will stop raining so we can
get the track we know we can" he finished.
The Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact main event saw Mike
Simpson's #63 in front, then Jason Tadlock's 99 and Joey Danley in the
14. But, with 16 laps left, Dan Rhiley had already advanced to third in
his 2 Men and a Shop #2. It took Dan only 2 laps to move into second
position behind Simpson. The two battled for the next 9 laps, before
Rhiley managed to make the pass for the lead. Just 3 laps later, with 2
laps left the 2K of Kyle Schamp advanced to 2nd. The rest of the event
was a tremendous battle between Rhiley and Schamp, with Rhiley winning
by the slimmest of margins at the flag stand.
In the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature, Derick Noonan led in his
#21 with Daniel Jackson's 98 and the 38C of Casey Moyer close on his
rear bumper. Moyer moved into second with 12 to go, and into the lead
the following lap. 2 laps later Jackson was spun by the S53 of Scott
Robinson, allowing the 42 of Rob Brown to move into third position
followed by Rich Small in the 11X. On the restart, Brown jumped into
second and Small took over third. The following lap Small vaulted into
the lead, followed by Brown, but a yellow flag negated both drivers'
advancements. The restart saw Brown and Small in first and second,
followed by the 92 of Don Hall Jr. and Justin Wulf's 86. Three laps
later, Small overtook Brown, and Hall Jr. was forced to drop out of the
competition. The racing order remained unchanged until the last lap when
Wulf moved into second place. This was Small's first victory this year,
after having won 4 times last year.
"This was great" Small stated. "The first time in 4 weeks we didn't get
a flat tire. Definitely the best track this year by far" he added. "You
have to enjoy each and every win here at Eagle, because no win is easy
with the level of competition we have here. I really love racing with
all of these guys" Small said. Rich's sponsors include Front Runner Fab,
Triple H Farms, M'Credible Gun Dogs and Dave Dubas. "I also want to
thank everyone who's helped us out this year, and I can't wait to race
again next week" he finished.
Remember that next week sees 2 fabulous nights of racing; kicked off on
Friday with the "Back Row Challenge" featuring the Budweiser 360
Championship Sprints, the WDRL Late Models and the Stereo West Auto Toys
IMCA Sport compacts.
Then, Saturday night sees the return of the renowned World of Outlaws
for it's only appearance at Eagle Raceway this year. Also racing will be
the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds and the Valentino's Hobby Stocks.
June 2nd, 2007 Race Results
Bud Light Wingless Sprints
A Feature:
1) 2 Don Droud Jr.
2) 51 Doug Martens
3) 57 Rik Forbes
4) 77 John Klabunde
5) 19j Jay Jordan
6) 7x Adam Wirth
7) 21 Ryan Kitchen
8) 17a Andy Anderson
9) 45 Jeff Lowery
10)7 Bob Ruisinger
11)54 Bob Pingeon
12)07 Matt Hasara
13)5x Jody Wirth
14)4 Eric Shulz
15)1d Don Dawson Sr
16) 21x John Kaiser
Monster IMCA Modifieds
A Feature:
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 95 Dylan smith
3) 19j Jeff Jones
4) 13 Doug Deterding
5) v45 Rik Gropp
6) 3t Tom Spanel
7) 2m Mike Meyer
8) 7n Jay Noteboom
9) 1r Matt Richards
10) b9 Sean Burklund
11) 00c Chris Mills
12) 5st Dan Wayman
13) 11x Steve Devitt
14) 24x Darren Hosick
15) 7 Bob Ruisinger
16) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
17) 95r Lucas Robinson
18) 8c Chad Andersen
19) 3a Aaron Pella
20) 22 Brian Schmidt
B Feature #1:
1) 95r Lucas Robinson
2) 8c Chad Andersen
3) 21t Tracy Harr
4) 4t Jerry Trejo
5) 81 Melvin Densberger
6) 44 Tom Lenz
7) 12x George Haney
8) 10k Don McCown
9) 73 James Oaks
10) 57 Brian Cudly
11) 25 Ricky Stephans
12) 48b Don Chilen (DNS B)
13) 20t Steve Shepard (DNS B)
14) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer (DNS B)
B Feature #2:
1) 2m Mike Meyer
2) 00c Chris Mills
3) 21 Terry Richards
4) 33r Larry Robinson
5) 27m Brian Murphy
6) 47L John Lee
7) 42k Jan Korth
8) 82 Chris Anderson
9) 95b Nic Bonney
10) 8a Dusty Andersen
11) 75j Jesse Robinson
12) 00 Tim Pickens
13) 1x Jeff Spring
14) 29 Jeff Mazza
15) 11aa Ed Raines
Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature:
1) 11x Rich Small
2) 86 Justin Wulf
3) 42 Rob Brown
4) 38c Casey Moyer
5) 3k Jerry Keaton
6) 21h Shane Hiatt
7) s53 Scott Robinson
8) 4a Aaron Pearson
9) 1r RJ Macku
10) 10 Brad Schreiner
11) 94 Mike Hansen
12) 67 Jason Halagarda
13) 93 Thom Marsh
14) 4j Jamie Bruce
15) 03 Aaron Roth
16) 92 Don Hall Jr
17) 12 Dan Noonan
18) 98 Dan Jackson
19) 21 Derick Noonan
20) 10k Lee Kracht
21) m70 Rick Munson
22) 121 Robert Tippery
23) 22 Nick Beckman
24) 52v Kevin VanLaningham
Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts
A Feature:
1) 2 Dan Rhiley
2) 2k Kyle Schamp
3) 0 Rich White
4) 62 Justin Busboom
5) 63 Mike Simpson
6) 3n Neil Pella
7) 21 Jake Sells
8) 14 Joey Danley
9) 99 Jason Tadlock
10) 45 Jack Prall IV
11) 44 Jack Prall III
12) 26 Derick Dreamer
13) 77 Jason Miller
14) 24 Mike Rice
15) b32 Brian Haller
16) 35t Travis Schnieder
17) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
18) 33 Jeremy Noonan
19) 51 Amanda Rhiley
20) 28 Richard Meyers III
B Feature:
1) 51 Amanda Rhiley
2) 28 Richard Meyers III
3) 43 Jack Prall II
4) 59 Jessica Tadlock
5) 13j Jared Deterding
6) 2x Chris Maddux
7) 00 Barry Kinnersley
8) 2m David White
9) 3x Jake Brinson (DNS B)
Labels: Results
Saturday, June 02, 2007
I-80 Rained Out
are CANCELLED. See you tomorrow nite, weather permitting.
Labels: Results
JMS Rained Out for June 2
races for June 2, 2007 have been canceled. John Kohl night tickets will
be rain checked for June 9, 2007.
Labels: Results
Red Cloud rained out
RED CLOUD, NE (June 1)—With rains earlier in the week and then again on
race day, track officials had to cancel the race program at The Speed
Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, June 1. Racing resumes next
Friday, June 8, at 8:00 p.m.
Labels: Results
ASCS at Butler County June 15
The June 1 ASCS Midwest Region show at Butler County Motorplex has been
rescheduled to Friday June 15.
Gates Open 4:00PM, Hot Laps 7:15PM. Racing Begins @ 8:00PM
Friday, June 01, 2007
Clint Bowyer to appear at Adams County Speedway June 5
Skyrocket will be competing with the O'Reilly Auto Parts USMTS modifieds at
the Adams County Speedway, Gates open at 5:00 hot laps at 7:00. Also
competing are the USRA late models, pro-ams & stock cars Tradition rules,
hobby stocks Tradition rules. No entry fee for the pro-ams, stock cars or
hobbies. Any questions about the Tradition rules call 641-344-5046. Any
questions about rules for the USRA late models or the USMTS mods see the
links posted above. NO NASCAR license required.
Grandstand admission $15.00 kids ages 6-14 $5.00 5 and under free. Pit
passes $25.00. Clint Bowyer will be in the grandstands for autographs from
5:30 until race time.
For any updates check www.acspeedway.com or www.usmts.com
ASCS @ Butler County Postponed
Due to the forecast of thunderstorms and the distance of some of the ASCS
drivers, we made the decision early to postpone the Friday June 1st race. We
will try to reschedule the race for a later date.
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