By Greg Soukup

Junior Fan Club Night, sponsored by McDonalds saw a large crowd turn out at Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track tonight. With intermittent drops of rain keeping the track very tacky all of the heats ran without incident. The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprint Cars, the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks and the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts each finished 3 all of their heats cleanly.

At intermission there was a $1000 Kids Money Grab on the front stretch for those 13 and under. As the children scrambled for cash the rain began to become more and more persistent. After the track was cleared, most of the drivers voluntarily came back onto the track to attempt to save it so that the races could continue. After much effort by the racers the B Features were begun.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B Feature Corey Madden jumped into 1st in his #2C with the 00 of Barry Kinnersley, the 18 of Maynard Kinnersley and Jason Tadlock in the 99 behind him. Tadlock passed Maynard Kinnersley with 4 laps to go, and after the leaders had passed the flag stand the 4U of James Snelling made hard contact with the wall coming out of turn #4. On the restart the running order was Lane, Barry Kinnersley, Tadlock and Maynard Kinnersley. With just 2 laps left Chris LaChappelle moved his #31 around Maynard Kinnersley to take over 4th place. At the checkered flag it was Lane, Barry Kinnersley, Tadlock, LaChapelle and Maynard Kinnersley transferring to the A Feature.

Next on the track was the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stock B Feature. Dany Lane took the lead in his #17J followed by the 86 of Justin Wulf, the 38C of Casey Moyer and the 21H of Shane Hiatt close on his rear bumper. On the 3rd lap Hiatt moved around Moyer, and on the following circuit he also passed Wulf for 2nd position. They held their positions to the checkers.

Then the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds were called for the B Main. Shane Thone took the lead in his #1S with Jan Korth’s #42K in second, the 24X of Darren Hosick, the 3A of Aaron Pella and Ed Raines in the 11AA behind. With 7 laps left Pella moved all the way into the 3rd spot. On the next lap Nic Bonney’s #95B and the #52 of Sean Manning got together, bringing out the yellow flag. Both cars were forced to retire to the pits. Before the green flag could be displayed for the restart of the race the rains came again, eventually leading to the races being called for the night due to the impending threat of even heavier precipitation.

The Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts, the Valentino’s Pizza Hobby Stocks and the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds will run their features next week. Due to next week’s program featuring the Bud Light Wingless Sprints, the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprints will run their features on August 18th.

Next week Z92 and Jack Daniels sponsor “Sizzlin’ August Nights” featuring the Bud Light Wingless 360 Sprints, the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts and the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks.

Next week will also be Mike Cacak Night at Eagle Raceway. 50% of the profits from the racing will be donated to the “Mike Cacak Benefit Fund”. There will also be other events throughout the night of racing to raise additional money for the fund.

Thanks for supporting Eagle Raceway…America’s Home Track!

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From Beatrice Speedway

2 action packed Beatrice Speedway regular Saturday nights will bookend two exciting specials this next week.

The week kicks off on Saturday August 4th with the Women for Racing Kids Night.

Activities start at the race track at 4:00 p.m.. A bounce house sponsored by Jim's Carpet, Cotton Candy, racing tatoos and other fun activities will be going on. All children ages 0 - 11 will be include in the bike drawings, coin toss and race car rides for a small donation of 2 cans of food or a $1.00 donation per child for the St. John's Food Pantry, St. John's Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE.

Check www.beatricespeedway.com for a $2.00 off coupon for adult admission. Bring the kids and have a family night at the Beatrice Speedway!!

A $50.00 Bounty has been placed on Scott Parde, winner of the last 3 straight IMCA Sport Compact features.


Then Sunday August 5th the O'Reilly Auto Parts MLRA Late Model Series will invade Beatrice Speedway

This is a Midwest Walnut Lucky Stars event.

The Buhr Trucking/RMF Factory Stocks will be the support class. **** IMCA Hobbystocks will be allowed to race this show, no weight rule or tire rule.

Grandstand Adult tickets are 12.00, kids 6-11 are 3.00 and 5 and under are free.

Pits are 25.00

Added attractions include 2 seater rides in a Late Model
4-Laps $50.00
10 Laps $100.00
To pre-register you must e-mail me at tfralin@charter.net
Register quick as limited spaces will be available.

Also added courtesy of The Sheppard of the Hills in Branson Missouri is the following
(Must be used these dates Aug 9th-11th)
2 Nights in Luxury Accomodations (230.00 value)
2 tix to The Sheppard of the Hills Summer Cruise (62.00 value)
2 tix to Silver Dollar City (87.30 value
1 dinner for two at either Red Lobster or Olive Garden (50.00) value
Retail Value of $429.00

To check out the Sheppard of the Hills Summer Cruise log on to www.supersummercruise.com

Beatrice Speedway would like to thank the following sponsors of this event
Casey’s General Stores
Hartig Real Estate and Loan-Beatrice Nebraska
Schusters Outdoors- Beatrice Nebraska
Sutton Repair in Odell Nebraska
The Corner Tavern in Swanton
JET Racing Beatrice Nebraska
Budweiser
KUTT 99.5 FM
KWBE AM 1450
Halseys Auto Sales and Detailing-Beatrice Nebraska

Action continues on Wednesday August 8th as the United States Modified Touring Series makes its long awaited return to Beatrice Speedway. It will be an interesting test of the Beatrice Speedway regulars as they set out to prove why they are known as the “Best of the Best in the Midwest.” See such stars as defending USMTS Beatrice Speedway winner Greg Metz, Johnny “The JET” Saathoff, Dan Nelson, David Trauernicht, Clint Homan, and Jordan Grabouski take on the touring drivers like 8 time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock, Zack VanderBeek, Jason Hughes, Al Hejna, Tommy Weder Jr., Jay Poidinger, Steve Holzkamper, Corey Dripps, Scott Green, Jon Tesch, Jason Krohn, Greg Skaggs, Mike Spaulding, Brent Bohmont, Mike Hejna, Tommy Myer, Dean Mahlstedt, Mark Noble, Jake Neal, Jeremy Rasmussen, and Jason Friesen.

Beatrice Speedway Promoter Tim Fralin will award one lucky fan $100.00 if a Beatrice Speedway regular does not win this show.

Joining the USMTS show will be the Buhr Trucking. Reedy Machine and Fab Factory stocks and the JET Racing Limited Modifieds.

And rounding out this exciting week of racing on August 11th will be the something special to all the Dirtdrivers.com promoters. Beatrice Speedway will have a 10 lap “Gauntlet” for the top 5 drivers from Beatrice Speedway and the top 5 drivers from Eagle Raceway. If 5 IMCA Modified drivers make the trip to Beatrice Speedway August 11th ( a night off of regular racing action at Eagle Raceway). The Gauntlet will be a 12 lap dash, winner take all. The two lowest seeded drivers based on each track points will draw for 1st and 2nd place starting position, the next lowest will draw for 3rd and 4th, and so on down the line with the two highest seeded drivers drawing for 9th and 10th. The race will start single file and once you get passed you are out of the race. This race will be held after the regular racing program

Also the IMCA Sport Compacts will be running for additional money as Beatrice Speedway track official Tommy Denton has put up $100.00 of additional purse money and Lloyd Vanlaningham of Van’s Bar-b-Q Aces and Van’s Sandblasting has also put up an additional $100.00 to the IMCA Sport Compacts. The Sport Compacts will be running for a guaranteed 200.00 to win.

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By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/29/07) As the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger Series came to an end, Travis Roth and Jay Stewart would pick up the twin 25 lap DODGE Super Late Model feature events. Dave Cook, Marty Steinbech, and Jesse Sobbing would also visit victory lane as I-80 Speedway presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The first 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model feature event would see Bill Leighton Jr. jump ot to an early lead on lap one. Three yellow flags would halt the race on laps 2, 5, and 10; and doing so would bring an exciting finish. 19th place starter Travis Roth would run the bottom side of the speedway and pass Joe Kosiski, Al Humphrey, Clint Benson, and Leighton until taking the lead. Roth would enter and lap traffic and the #00 of Benson would start to reel him in. Benson would get close, but not close enough; Travis Roth would take his first "A" feature victory in his first start of the season at I-80 Speedway. Benson, Kosiski, Humphrey, and Leighton rounded out the top five.

Jason O'Brien and Jay Stewart would battle for the early lead in the second Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature. The race would come to a slow twice on lap six as Todd Bell and Dave Hanke would experience separate accidents. When the race got back underway, it was still O'Brien and Stewart battling for the lead, with Joe Kosiski, John Nicholson, and Leon Zeitner running in the top five. Trouble would strike Zeitner on lap 14 as a mechanical failure brought his car to a slow in turn four. Lap 16 would see another yellow as Bill Leighton Jr. came to a stop on the speedway, and on the restart Stewart would get around O'Brien. Jay Stewart would than go on and win the feature race. Jason Hobscheidt, Joe Kosiski, Al Humphrey, and Al Zeitner completed the top five. O'Brien would fall back and finish 9th.

With two third place finishes, Joe Kosiski wins the Nebraska-Iowa Challenger Series.

Dave Cook would come from the 5th starting position to win the 20 lap City Weekly Grand National Feature event. Dave Livingston and Dave Doll came home second and third. Todd Hipnar and Dwane Pospisil would round out the top five.

The 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am feature would see the #t72 of Thad Thomson jump to the lead in the opening laps. As the race moved on, Marty Steinbech and Shawn Bulin would move through way to the front entering the top and runner up positions. Lap 15 would see the final yellow of the race as the #55 of Ray Dessel spun in turn four. When the race got back underway it was still Steinbech who went on to take the feature win. Bulin finished second. Terry Cleveland would start last and finish third. Thomson was fourth and Tim Podraza was fifth.

An exciting three car battle for the lead highlighted the last lap of the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature. Jesse Sobbing, Tom Myers, and Josh True would race three wide on the final lap, and when it all came to an end it was Sobbing taking the checkers first. Josh True would edge Myers out by inches on a photo finish for second. Jimmy Nichols and Rick Munson rounded out the top five.

Results From I-80 Speedway 07/29/07

Dodge Super Late Models Feature #1
1) 60 Travis Roth, 2) 00 Clint Benson, 3) 53 Joe Kosiski, 4) 6 Al Humphrey, 5) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 6) 1t Vance Tonack, 7) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 8) 77 John Nicholson, 9) 62 Leon Zeitner, 10) 10 Jay Stewart, 11) 10L Rick Stolley, 12) 15 Jason O'Brien, 13) 76 Al Zeitner, 14) 22 Craig Preble, 15) 11a Billy Alley, 16) 21 Mike Nanfito, 17) 11 Don Droud Jr., 18) z62 Justin Zeitner, 19) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 20) 25 Kenny Edwards, 21) 1m Todd Bell, 22) 8 Glenn Robey, 23) 23 Dave Hanke, 24) 3 Dan Jackson, 25) 1w Mike Wallace, 26) 80 Scott Koskovich.

Dodge Super Late Models Feature #2
1) 10 Jay Stewart, 2) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 3) 53 Joe Kosiski, 4) 6 Al Humphrey, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 00 Clint Benson, 7) 77 John Nicholson, 8) 11 Don Droud Jr., 9) 15 Jason O'Brien, 10) 1t Vance Tonack, 11) 10L Rick Stolley, 12) 60 Travis Roth, 13) 11a Billy Alley, 14) 22 Craig Preble, 15) 25 Kenny Edwards, 16) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 17) 21 Mike Nanfito, 18) 80 Scott Koskovich, 19) 1w Mike Wallace, 20) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 21) 1m Todd Bell, 22) 3 Dan Jackson, 23) 62 Leon Zeitner, 24) z62 Justin Zeitner, 25) 23 Dave Hanke, 26) 8 Glenn Robey.

City Weekly Grand Nationals
1) 9 Dave Cook, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) 12 Todd Hipnar, 5) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 6) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 9) 55d Curt Drake, 10) 50 Brad Soll, 11) t3 Gary Leapley, 12) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 13) 12m Matt Mcatee, 14) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 15) 92 Jacob Brown, 16) 80b Kenny Bartram, 17) 96 Tony Leonardo, 18) 96c Cory Hutchison, 19) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 20) 21x Brent Baker, 21) 32d Kenny Darnold.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams
1) 5 Marty Steinbech, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 12 Terry Cleveland, 4) t72 Thad Thomson, 5) 3t Tim Podraza, 6) 51L Bub Lerette, 7) 84 Doug Stevenson, 8) 8 Nick Steier, 9) 49x Chad Sanders, 10) 72 Rick Negrete, 11) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 64 Nick Hermsen, 14) 49 Jeff Atkins, 15) 26x Nate Thompson, 16) 55d Nick Deal, 17) 9x John Allensworth, 18) 55 Ray Dessel, 19) 35 Rich Steier.

Hobby Stocks
1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 7 Tom Myers, 4) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 5) m70 Rick Munson, 6) 4x Chad Bassinger, 7) 32d Kenny Darnold, 8) 52 Roger Timperley, 9) 12 George Whitmore, 10) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 11) s53 Scott Robinson, 12) 10 Josh Sink, 13) 40 Mike Mass, 14) 16d Ashley Darnold, 15) 5 Cody Farnsworth, 16) 00 John Austin, 17) Jerod Weston.

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Outlaw vintage Lites announces the 6th Annual Open Wheel Classic. The event will be held at I-80 speedway on Sept. 8 and will be $500 to win. 2006 TUSA rules will be used for this event, further information can be had at the OVLRS website, or e-mail nfllover@cox.net This race is a great way to find out if you are one of the fastest mod-lites or classic-lites in the mid west.

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Five busy nights of racing in seven days at Junction Motor Speedway have proceeded what the Fans are about to see next! From two weekly shows, two nights of National Midget racing and National Motorcycles last week to wondering who will be ‘KING OF THE HILL’ this weekend?

This Friday and Saturday- August 3rd & 4th….the Super Late Models head to Nebraska’s ‘Dirt Super Speedway’ in search of speed, glory and the coveted crown. Since opening nearly three full years ago, Late Model quests have been accomplished by a few. They include;

To be determinedAugust 4, 2007 MLRA/NCRA/TORA
To be determinedAugust 3, 2007 MLRA/NCRA/TORA
Kelly Boen July 30, 2007 NCRA
Kelly Boen August 5,2006 NCRA/MLRA
Kelly Boen July 1, 2006 NCRA
Kelly Boen August 6, 2005 NCRA/MLRA
Kelly Boen July 2, 2005 NCRA
Don O’Neil June 25, 2005 Lucas Oil/TORA
Al Purkey Sept. 2004 NCRA
Al Purkey Aug. 2004 NCRA
Kyle Berck July 2004 WDRL
Kelly Boen July 2004 NCRA
Kyle Berck April 2004 TORA

Kelly Boen picked up a win on Friday night along with re-taking the NCRA point lead away from Omaha’s John Anderson at Hutchinson, Kansas. Boen repeated with another victory Saturday night at Dodge City Raceway Park. Sunday’s Heartland Park-Topeka winner on the 3-day swing was John Anderson. He was followed by Coffeyville, Kansas driver-Al Purkey and Delbert Smith of Wichita.

MLRA point leader Alan Vaughn of Belton, MO brings a 40 point lead into this weekends Late Model event at Junction Motor Speedway. Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Missouri is second on the MLRA point roster.

Friday night’s Late Model feature will pay $2,000.00 to win and $400 to start the ‘A’ Main. Also competing on Friday evening are Cruisers and Holiday Inn short track Quad Rod 4 cylinders. Friday night pit passes are $25.00.

Friday Grandstand Admission
Adults: $10.00
Ages 6 to 12: $4.00
5 & under: FREE

Gates open: 5:30
Racing: 7:30

George Brothers Incorporated of Sutton, Nebraska will present this Saturday nights activity with the Late Model feature will paying $3,000.00 to win and $400 to start the ‘A’ Main. Also competing are Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. Saturday night pit passes are $30.00.

Saturday Grandstand Admission
Adults: $15.00
Ages 6 to 12: $4.00
5 & under: FREE

Gates open: 5:00
Racing: 7:00

Who will be crowned Late Model ‘King of the Hill’ this weekend at Junction Motor Speedway?

For more information, email-- barb@junctionmotorspeedway.com
or

www.toraracing.org
www.mlraracing.com
www.ncraracing.org
www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com

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By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/28/07) As a light rain fell over I-80 Speedway, five of seven feature events would be completed before the races would have to come to a halt. Nick Deal, Harry Nixon, Steve England, Ryan Gladwin, and Scott Naggatz would all visit victory lane as Pegler Sysco presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock "A" main event would start out with Denny Berghahn Jr. taking the early lead. As Berghahn held the point, the car on the move was the #55d of Nick Deal. Deal who started sixth would make his way to the second position a in less than a hand full of laps, and would pass Berghahn for the lead after the halfway mark. Deal would than cruise the final laps on route to victory. Berghahn finished second. Tim Podraza, Alan Schmitt, and Chad Sanders rounded out the top five.

Harry Nixon would jump out front on lap one of the 15 lap Midas B-Mod "A" feature. With Nixon out front and the #48o of Greg Tichy in second, the car on the move was the #1s of Scott Carlson. Carlson would take advantage of a few yellow flags to make his way to the front, and on lap eleven he would make his bid for the lead. Coming off turn two Carlson would pull to the outside of Nixon, but Nixon would shut the door halfway down the back chute. Carlson would them drive in hard into turn three sending his #1s hard into the outside wall. Carlson evening would end then as he pulled into the pit area. The final four laps would go to Nixon as he picked up the feature win. Tichy was second. Jared Hoefelman came home third. Floyd Richards and Larry Robinson Sr. rounded out the top five.

The 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet feature would start with Joe Baker taking the early lead. Baker would soon have company for the top spot as a host of cars battled for the lead. The car that came out of the pack with the advantage was the #81 of Steve England. England would stay out front for the remaining laps to take the win. Nate Christensen, Baker, Pete Fink Jr., and Dave Christensen were the remainder of the top five.

Ryan Gladwin would win the 8 lap Novice Crate Late Model feature event. Gladwin would pick up the win in his third different car this season. Amanda Leonardo, Steve Saunders, Lindsey Yost, Scott Keffer, and Logan Svagera rounded out the field.

The Outlaw Vintage Lights Dwarf Series would make their way to I-80 Speedway. Scott Naggatz would pick up the feature win. Rob Papstein would finish second. Terry Vantine, Chick De Moss, and Jeff Fuhr rounded out the top five.

Both the Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet and the Great Clips Crate Late Model feature events were postponed due to rain. Both features will be raced next weekend.

Results From 7/28/07

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks "A" Feature
1) 55d Nick Deal, 2) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 3) 3t Tim Podraza, 4) 74 Alan Schmitt, 5) 49x Chad Sanders, 6) 48 Larry Robinson Jr., 7) 36 Shawn Bulin, 8) 88 Scotty Hartman, 9) 16j Jason Cieslik, 10) 24 Don Mohr, 11) 90 Andy Miller, 12) 72 Rick Negrete, 13) 84 Doug Stevenson, 14) 8jr Carl Clark, 15) 26 Joe Robey, 16) 12 Terry Cleveland, 17) 96c Dave Chalek, 18) 9 Chris Wredt, 19) 28 Mike Powell, 20) 2 Steve Peoples, 21) 92 Tony Barnes, 22) 71 Ken Simmerman, 23) 49 Jeff Atkins.

Midas B-Mod "A" Feature
1) 5 Harry Nixon, 2) 48o Greg Tichy, 3) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 4) 71 Floyd Richards, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 6) 08 Roger Harpster, 7) 9 Hank Dewild, 8) 83 Nick Hermsen, 9) 48 Kyle Harpster, 10) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 11) 26x Ron Allen, 12) 33 Jim Hendricks Jr., 13) 96c Kyle Chalek, 14) 5c Jim Bicking, 15) 1s Scott Carlson, 16) 12 Buddy Ray Jones, 17) 6 Bill Bader Jr. 18) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets "A" Feature
1) 81 Steve England, 2) 37 Nate Christensen, 3) 9x Joe Baker, 4) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 5) 74c Dave Christensen, 6) 15 Jamie Spanel, 7) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 8) 16j Justin Soule, 9) 55 Mark Lamer, 10) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 11) 38 Will Mcconnell, 12) 85 Mike Kennedy, 13) 23 Ole Olsen, 14) 87 Teresa Allen, 15) b52 Skip Brown, 16) 34w Ward Neesen, 17) b22 Nathan Brown.

Novice Crate Late Models
1) 80 Ryan Gladwin, 2) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 3) 44 Steve Saunders, 4) 20 Lindsey Yost, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 5 Logan Svagera.

Outlaw Vintage Lights
1) 54 Scott Naggatz, 2) 28r Rob Papstein, 3) 37 Terry Vantine, 4) 55 Chick De Moss, 5) 03 Jeff Fuhr, 6) 04 Steve Sallenbach, 7) 4 Chad Iwan, 8) 12s Doug Pollack, 9) 1taz Anthony Head, 10) 2 Don Wanek, 11) 15 Mike Parker, 12) 66 Ray Porter.

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By Mike Hughes
RED CLOUD, NE (July 27)-The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, hosted the first
night of
the 3-night 'Thunder Series' Friday evening, July 27.
In the IMCA Modified A-feature, David Murray Jr. of Oberlin led
all 20 laps to cash
in the $1,000 winner's check. A late race caution on lap 14 when Robby
Haines
slowed let the field catch up as Lonnie Schriner, Corey Lagroon, Jason
Schoenberger
and Brandon Blochlinger lined up behind Murray on the restart. Schriner
tried to
make the winning move with 2 laps to go, but Murray moved up and took
Schriner's
line away and held on for the win. Lagroon finished third, followed by
Schoenberger and Mark Zorn. Heat race winners were Tim Watts, Murray, Jordan
Grabouski, and Lagroon. Lance Borgman topped the B-feature.
Josh 'The Hammer' Hudson of Kensington, KS, led all 20 laps of the
IMCA Stock Car
feature for his third win of the year at the 3/8-mile oval. Hudson was
chased all
the way to the checkers by point leader Brett Behrends. Cory Struckhoff
finished
third, followed by Doug Adamy and Jason McCartney. Behrends and Wayne
Walker were
victorious in the two heat races.
The IMCA Hobby Stock feature turned into a rollover contest as 3
drivers rolled
their cars in separate incidents. No one was injured. The caution flag
also flew
numerous times but it did not keep Mike Shriver of Hastings from leading
all 16
laps to score his 4th win of the season. The top six cars were close
throughout
the race but Shriver was up to the task. Jim Buss finished second, with
Jared
Lewis, Joe McDole and B.J. Dauer rounding out the top five. Heat race
winners
included McDole, Lewis and Buss.
Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings took the lead on lap 4 of the
10-lap Cruiser
feature from Brandon Naasz & Colton Claussen to drive on for their 7th win
of the
season at Red Cloud. Naasz & Claussen finished second, followed by Drew
Barry &
Ethan Vogler. Heat race winners Joe & Jim Carter finished fourth.
Heat race winner Matthew Ford of Juniata made his way to the
winner's circle in the
4-cylinder 'Young Gun' main event. Ford took the lead from Alex Loveless
on lap 4
of the 8-lap main for the win. Loveless finished second, followed by
Monte Benson.

The second and third night of the Thunder Series takes place at
Elmwood Park
Speedway in Norton, KS, Saturday and Sunday, July 28-29.
Racing returns to The Speed Bowl on Friday evening, August 3. The
regular five
divisions return, along with another appearance of the GOTRA cars.

RESULTS

IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1: 1. Joe McDole, 2. Jeromy Wagner, 3. Greg Hoing, 4. Pat Hersh.
Heat 2: 1. Jared Lewis, 2. Rocky Zimmerman, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Chuck
Ledbetter.
Heat 3: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Mike Shriver, 3. Delbert Selvage, 4. Brian Hilbert.
Feature: 1. Shriver, 2. Buss, 3. Lewis, 4. McDole, 5. B.J. Dauer, 6.
Hudson, 7.
Selvage, 8. Hilbert, 9. Hoing, 10. Cole Emerson, 11. Ledbetter, 12. Ricky
Runnion
(DNF), 13. Kaid Calhoon (DNF), 14. Corey Cruzen (DNF), 15. Wagner (DNF),
16. Hersh
(DNF), 17. Zimmerman (DNF), 18. Kyle Bond (DNS).

IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1: 1. Brett Behrends, 2. Matt Streit, 3. Josh Hudson, 4. Jason Smidt.
Heat 2: 1. Wayne Walker, 2. Doug Adamy, 3. Brant Beam, 4. Jason McCartney.
Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Behrends, 3. Cory Struckhoff, 4. Adamy, 5.
McCartney, 6.
Nathan Glendening, 7. Jared Remus, 8. Walker, 9. Jason Davis, 10. Shane
Stout, 11.
Beam, 12. Streit, 13. Smidt (DNF), 14. Dan Lauer (DNS), 15. Chad Wulf (DNS).

IMCA Modified
Heat 1: 1. Tim Watts, 2. Brandon Blochlinger, 3. Jerry Phillips, 4. Jason
Schoenberger.
Heat 2: 1. David Murray Jr., 2. Dave Hardesty, 3. Mark Zorn, 4. Marty Clark.
Heat 3: 1. Jordan Grabouski, 2. Brian Calhoon, 3. Lonnie Schriner, 4. Troy
Johnson.
Heat 4: 1. Corey Lagroon, 2. Robby Haines, 3. Randy Wilson, 4. Ed Putman.
B-Feature (top 4 advance): 1. Lance Borgman, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Larry
Sutton, 4.
Micaah Johnson, 5. Scott Smith, 6. Devon Housh, 7. Caesare Linner, 8.
Chris Avery,
9. Jeff Linner (DNS), 10. Randy Fogo (DNS), 11. Dwight Housh (DNS).
A-Feature: 1. Murray, 2. Schriner, 3. Lagroon, 4. Schoenberger, 5. Zorn, 6.
Blochlinger, 7. Blake, 8. Phillips, 9. Clark, 10. M. Johnson, 11. Borgman,
12.
Calhoon, 13. Wilson, 14. T. Johnson, 15. Sutton, 16. Haines, 17. Hardesty,
18.
Putman, 19. Watts (DNF), 20. Grabouski (DNF).

4-cylinder Young Gun
Heat: 1. Matthew Ford, 2. Alex Loveless, 3. Monte Benson, 4. Joshua Bodenus.
Feature: 1. Ford, 2. Loveless, 3. Benson, 4. Robert McAfee, 5. Bodenus.

Cruiser
Heat: 1. Joe Carter/Jim Carter, 2. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 3. Terry
Gradig/Jeremy
Teselle, 4. Drew Barry/Ethan Vogler.
Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Brandon Naasz/Colton Claussen, 3.
Barry/Vogler, 4.
Carter/Carter, 5. Josh Graczyk/Chris Graczyk, 6. Gradig/Teselle.

Trauernicht, Parde, Armstrong, Kropp and Legg Garner Beatrice Speedway Top
Honors

Dave Trauernicht of Beatrice took advantage of a bobble by Stacey Wilhelm
to take
the lead in the $1000 to win IMCA Modified A Feature and then cruised to
the Win in
his Belleville Motorsports, Reedy Machine and Fab, Yancy's Automotive, Friend
Freightways, Holtmeier Farms, Brown's Shoe Fit, K&B Tobacco and Seneca
Sanitation
sponsored BMS Modiifed. He was followed across the line by Stacey Wilhelm,
Dan
Nelson , Greg Metz and Clint Homan.

Scott Parde of Beatrice took home his 3rd straight win in the IMCA Sport
Compacts in
his Beatrice Motor Mart, EZ Go Golf Carts and Orange Bowl sponsored
Compact. Jacob
Harms, Nathan Meyer, Janie Fralin and Cody Walters rounded out the front 5.

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 a several lap battle with Jeff Watts . Jeff Watts,
Gary Laflin,
Darcy Dobrovolny and Adam Armstrong rounded out the front 5.

Trevor Kropp of Beatrice took his Hair by Elle, A & N Bar, TY's Tobacco,
Murphy
Distributing, Auto Shop INC, Warner Distribution, Spady/Runcie, Westside
Wizard, and
Low Budget Customs sponsored Hobby Stock to the win. He was followed
across the
line by Lee Beethe, Murray Haugen II, Chad Borgman and Kyle Vanover.

Benji Legg of Beatrice took his Buss Stop, Jet Racing, Spacy-Runcie,
Coors Light,
Blackburn Technologies, Ty's Tobacco Corner, Risky's Bar and Grill, Poo's
Palace,
and Shocker & Schutz Investments sponsored Limitied Modified to his first
victory of
2007 in the Limited Modifieds after holding off a charging Brian Florian.
Florian,
Mike Sherwood, Craig Evers and Ricky Rohr followed him to the checkers.

Results

Factory Stocks

1) 6r Roy Armstrong

2) 66 Jeff Watts

3) 9 Gary Laflin

4) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny

5) 6a Adam Armstrong

6) 03 Aaron Roth

7) 6 Tyler Phelps

8) 5m Neal Mittan

9) 7 Jeff Shew

10) 4 Greg Crannell

11) 29 John Meyer

12) 54m Bruce Wasserman

13) 4t Lisa Wagner

14) 88 Jayson Tennant

15) 32 Joe Ryan

Hobby Stock

1) 32 Trevor Kropp

2) 38 Lee Beethe

3) 8 Murray Haugen II

4) 20 Chad Borgman

5) 19 Kyle Vanover

6) 7 Matt Fralin

7) 2 Ryan Roschewski

8) 6 Tony Spunaugle

9) 1 Brian Langdale

10) d64 Greg Post

11) 35S Shawn Slezak

12) 46 Matt Bernhardt

13) 95x Eric Oblinger

14) 34 Max Harder

15) 75 Kyle Olberding

16) 11 Eric Chab

17) 99 Matt Smith

18) 33 Travis Runcie

Limited Modifieds

1) 25 Benji Legg

2) 47 Brian Florian

3) 33x Mike Sherwood

4) 2x Craig Evers

5) 74 Rick Rohr

6) 97 Mark Saathoff

7) 14 Mike Snyder

8) 33 Craig Runcie

9) 5 Tom Vanover Jr

10) 66 Justin Fritzson

11) 12k Ron Karpisek

12) 8 Dan McKnight

13) 11 Larry Halsey

14) 96 Gary Saathoff

15) 66w Jeff Watts

16) 76 Nick Warnke

17) 20 Jordan Grabouski

18) 23 Steve Swarthout

19) 30 Dave Jueneman

Sport Compact

1) 17 Scott Parde

2) 6j Jacob Harms

3) 81m Nathan Meyer

4) 7 Janie Fralin

5) 00 Cody Walters

6) 7l Billy Layman

Modifieds

1) 4t Dave Trauernicht

2) 99n Stacey Wilhelm

3) 94 Dan Nelson

4) 29 Greg Metz

5) 27 Clint Homan

6) 18k Spencer Sutton

7) 96j John Saathoff

8) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer

9) 30 Jordan Grabouski

10) 29e Eric Rempel

11) z34 Brent Schlake

12) 4j Jordy Nelson

13) 76 Lance Borgman

14) 95r Lucas Robinson

15) 3 Josh Carpenter

16) 7b Chris Burk

17) 96 Gary Saathoff

18) 93l Jason Brinkman

19) 8 Dan McKnight

20) s56 Scott Bivens

21) 1m Robert Brinkman

22) 7d Dusty Leonard

By JEAN ORTIZ / Lincoln Journal Star Thursday, Jul 26, 2007 - 07:06:34 pm CDT

Motor sports entrepreneur Greg Sanford announced Thursday he will drop his plans to build a drag strip in northern Lancaster County.

In a statement issued through his attorney, Mark Hunzeker, Sanford laid blame on changes the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners approved recently.

The board approved an amendment to the county’s zoning code to allow for motor sports projects in certain areas of the county if they meet several conditions. Noise, hours of operation and proximity to specific land uses are among the restrictions. The recent adoption makes the successful operation of a motor sports facility in Lancaster County impossible, the statement reads.

“We’re just done with the game playing with Lancaster County,” Sanford said when reached by phone.

Remainder of article and comments here

Labels: Race related news

OReilly Cornhusker Midget Challenge
JUNCTION MOTOR SPEEDWAY
July 25, 2007
A Main Powri and USAC Midgets
1) 21 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
2) 11 Jerry Coons Jr
3) 32 Darren Haggen
4) 75 Josh Wise
5) 9 Dave Darland
6) 67 Damion Gardner
7) 96 Cody Brewer
8) 97 Brad Sweet
9) 05 Brad Loyet
10) 19 w Robby Flock
11) 4 Don Droud Jr
12) 91 Davey Ray
13) 999 Gary Taylor
14) 17 Chris Windom
15) 21az Nathan High
16) 36 Jonathan Beason
17) 20 Levi Jones
18) 22 Kenny Biro
19) 71 Bud Keading
20) 20x C J Sarna
21) 79 Kevin Swindell
22) 21a Danny Stratton
23) 111 Dustin Morgan
24) 15 Scott Hatton
25) 191 Ryan Durst
26) 17p Todd Plemons
27) 43nz Brad Kuhn

Powri and USAC Midgets B Main

1) 21az Nathan High
2) 43nz Brad Kuhn
3) 20 Levi Jones
4) 71 Bud Keading
5) 09 Russ Harper
6) 87m Johnny Rodriguez
7) 29 Bradley Galedrige
8) 90 Chase Barber
9) 36 Jonathan Beason
10) 51 Mike Hess
11) 10p Will Pierce
12) 26 Alfred Galedrige Jr
13) 28 Joe Liguori
14) 135 Matt Sherrell
15) 35 Scott Purorich
16) 47d Mike Man Zanaree

Powri and USAC Midgets B Main

1) 999 Gary Taylor
2) 19 Robby Flock
3) 20x C J Sarna
4) 91 Davey Ray
5) 11m Joe Cleveland
6) 299 Donnie Ray Crawford
7) 7 Bill Mentgen
8) 12c Rick England
9) 79 Kevin Swindell
10) 05 Brad Loyet
11) 99 Brady Bacon
12) 71x Kellen Love
13) 05nz Lance Beal
14) 85 Matt Johnson
15) 13 Matt Smith

Modifieds A Main
1) 1f Jason Friesen
2) 73 Dave Hardesty
3) 18s Brent Bohmont
4) 14 Matthew Kiner
5) 77jr Jarrod Johnston
6) 64 Dusty Blake
7) 1M Mannix Winningham
8) 77k Kurt Johnston
9) 1r Matt Richards

Weekly Races Every Saturday Night at 7pm --- Late models, Modifieds, Stock
Cars, Hobby Stocks, Cruisers and 4 Cylinders

Friday and Saturday August 3rd and 4th --- King of the Hill Late Model
Shootout --- MLRA, NCRA and TORA

Andy Sole Voted Fans Favorite Driver July 21st to be recognized July 28th

Tuesday and Wednesday August 7th and 8th State Championship Races --- See
Who Takes Home the Title of State Champion.

Thunder In The Dirt OUTLAW Truck and Tractor Pull Friday August 31st

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
McCool Junction, Neb........Danny Stratton of Fontana, Calif. won Tuesday
night's 30-lap USAC National/Western Midget race at Junction Motor Speedway
co-sanctioned by POWRi. He trailed Jerry Coons Jr. for 29 laps, then took
the lead on the final lap in his Bender Brothers Builders/Hammer Homes
Spike/Esslinger when Coons blew a tire. Coons ended up 19th in the feature
finish. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second ahead of Josh Wise, Scott Hatton
and Brad Loyet. The National and Western series return to McCool Junction
Wednesday night before moving on to the Belleville (Kans.) High banks for
Friday and Saturday's 30th Mopar Belleville Midget Nationals.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke-Pak), 2. Brad Kuhn (#43
Quin), 3. Bradley Galedrige (#29 Galedrige), 4. Dustin Morgan (#111
Morgan/Walker), 5. Brad Mosen (#71 Kunz), 6. Chris Windom (#17 Windom), 7.
Bud Kaeding (#71x Pedregon), 8. Johnny Rodriguez (#87 Mitchell), 9. Alfred
Galedrige Jr. (#26 Galedrige), 10. Chase Barber (#90 Barber). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Sweet (#97 Kunz), 2. Kenny Biro (#22 Biro), 3.
Matt Smith (#13 Smith), 4. Robby Flock (#19x Sala), 5. Mike Hess (#51 Hess),
6. Joe Liguori (#28 Owen), 7. Rick England (#12c Coleman), 8. Wil Pierce
#10p Pierce), 9. Don Droud Jr. (#4 Klatt), 10. Todd Plemons (#17p Mentgen).
NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott Hatton (#15 Huston), 2. Donnie Ray Crawford
(#199 Tel-Star), 3. Darren Hagen (#32 RFMS), 4. Jonathan Beason (#36
Beason), 5. Matt Johnson (#85 Johnson), 6. Russ Harper (#09 Harper), 7. Joe
Cleveland (#11m Mattison), 8. Kellen Love (#71L Love), 9. Mike Manzanares
(#47 Mason) 10. Ryan Durst (#151 Durst). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Wise (#75 Pedregon), 2. Kevin Swindell (#79
Kahne), 3. Brad Loyet (#05L Loyet), 4. Davey Ray (#91 Nine Racing), 5.
Nathan High (#21ax Burkhart), 6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#21 Stewart), 7.
Damion Gardner (#67 Kunz), 8. C.J. Sarna (#20x Sarna), 9. Billy Mentgen (#7
Mengen), 10. Steve Sussex (#34 Grau). NT

FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gary Taylor (#999 Tel-Star), 2. Danny Stratton (#21a
Burkhart), 3. Brady Bacon (#99 Kahne), 4. Dave Darland (#9 Nine Racing), 5.
Matt Sherrell (#135 Tel-Star), 6. Cody Brewer (#96 Brewer), 7. Levi Jones
(#20 Stewart), 8. Scott Pierovich (#35 Pierovich), 9. Rich Camfield (#87
Camfield), 10. Lance Beale (#05nz Loyet). 2:23.51

ALSO AT THE TRACK: #6 Klatt, #19 Nine Racing, #20s Stewart, #43nz Quin, #67
Kunz, #05 Loyet, #132 RFMS.

SEMI #1: (10 laps) 1. High, 2. Mosen, 2. Beason, 4. Darland, 5. Harper, 6.
Rodriguez, 7. Windom, 8. Hess, 9. Brewer, 10. Droud, 11. England, 12.
Plemons, 13. Love, 14. Manzanares, 15. Camfield, 16. Cleveland. NT

SEMI #2: (10 laps) 1. Stenhouse, 2. Morgan, 3. Gardner, 4. Flock, 5.
Sherrell, 6. Pierovich, 7. Kaeding, 8. Sarna, 9. Liguori, 10. Barber, 11.
Jones, 12. Beale, 13. Pierce, 14. Mentgen, 15. Johnson, 16. A.Galedrige. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Stratton, 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 3. Josh Wise,
4. Scott Hatton, 5. Brad Loyet, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Gary
Taylor, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Nathan High, 11. Mike Hess, 12. Bradley
Galedrige, 13. Matt Sherrell, 14. Robby Flock, 15. Jonathan Beason, 16.
Donnie Ray Crawford, 17. Kenny Biro, 18. Matt Smith, 19. Jerry Coons Jr.,
20. Kevin Swindell, 21. Davey Ray, 22. C.J. Sarna, 23. Brady Bacon, 24. Brad
Sweet, 25. Dustin Morgan, 26. Brad Mosen, 27. Darren Hagen. NT

**Sussex flipped during the fourth heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Coons, Lap 30 Stratton.

From Women for Racing

August 4th at the Beatrice Speedway Women For Racing will sponsor Kids Night
at the Races. We are still working on all the great activities that will be
going before the races and during. We will again be taking donations for the
food drive to give to St. John Food Pantry. 2 cans of food or a $1.00
donation is all a child needs to bring to join in the fun.

Children ages 0 - 11 years old will participate in the Coin Toss, Bike
give-aways and many other fun activities that are being planned. If you or
your race team would like to make a donation of coins or prizes or give a
bike away please contact any WFR Member. You can find us under the
grandstands or in the pits every Saturday night of racing. More information
will be posted in the coming weeks!! Lots of fun for all the kids!!

From Eagle Raceway:

Next week, August 4th, Z92 and Jack Daniel's presents Sizzlin' August
Nights. This night will also be Mike Cacak Night at Eagle Raceway.

Mike has been a long time employee of Eagle Raceway and was involved with
Sprint Car racing for the years previous to his injury. He was a driver here
at Eagle Raceway and at many other area race tracks. Mike will have a long
road of recovery ahead of him and in an effort to help this giving person, a
"Mike Cacak Benefit Fund" has been set up at all Wells Fargo Banks for any
donations.

Also on August 4th, 50% of Eagle Raceway's profits will be donated to that
fund. There will be other events thoughout the night of racing to also raise
money for the fund. August 4th was chosen because Mike loves Wingless
Sprints and was institutional in the effort to bring the Wingless racing
back to Eagle Raceway. Mike is currently at the Madonna Rehabilitation
Hospital and is slowly improving daily.

July 28th, McDonald's presents Jr. Fan Club Night. All kids are invited to
Eagle Raceway to see Ronald McDonald in person. The excitement intensifies
with a $1000 money grab on the front stretch of the track. The change will
be spread out in sections for kids 13 and under to pick-up.
With only 3 remaining nights for the Budweiser 360 Winged Sprints left this
season, and the tightest points battle out of all the classes, the racing
will be fierce in the remaining few weeks.

Front gate admission for Adults $10, Youth(13 & under) Free.

Front gate opens at 5:30pm and racing at 7:00pm.

Public hearing Tuesday

What: Public hearing for proposed quarter-mile drag strip east of U.S. 77
between Branched Oak and Davey roads.

When: Tuesday beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Where: First-floor of the County-City Building in Room 112.
Sign-in sheets will be available beginning at 10:30 a.m. and will allow
attendants to indicate whether they are for, against or neutral on the
issue.
Testimony will be limited to four minutes per person.
Those who plan to give testimony requiring special video or audio equipment
will need to coordinate in advance with 5 City-TV at 441-6688 or 441-7432.

Here's photos from last week's USMTS/Hobby Stock show at Eagle Tuesday July 17. Enjoy!

USMTS Eagle Photos July 17

Labels: Photos

Saturday July 28th the EXMARK IMCA Modified feature will pay at least 900.00
and there are at least 100.00 of other mystery spot money up for grabs.

Ullman Auto Repair of Wymore and Penner Insurance Company of Beatrice have
both threw in 200.00 each to the winner of the EXMARK IMCA Modified Feature.
Toobies Lumber Inc has tossed in 100.00 of mystery spot money also to the
EXMARK IMCA Modifieds.

Dont miss this action packed evening at the Home of The Best of the Best in
the Midwest.

IMCA Thunder Series July 27-29
at The Speed Bowl, Elmwood Park

RED CLOUD, Neb. (July 21) – The July 27-29 Thunder Series at The
Speed Bowl in Red Cloud and Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton, Kan.,
has the potential to put three IMCA Modified drivers on the ballot
for the 2008 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.

Friday night's opener at Red Cloud and Sunday's Bud Shoot-Out special
at Norton both pay $1,000 to win; Saturday's feature at Elmwood Park
has a top check of $400. The Friday and Sunday winners, as well as
the driver with the top point total for the weekend will become All-
Star candidates.

Sanctioned Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks run all three nights, with the
top driver in Stock Car points becoming eligible to qualify for the
Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions during the upcoming IMCA Speedway
Motors Super Nationals.

IMCA national, regional, Smiley's Racing Products state and local
track points will be awarded in all three divisions.

Stock Car features pays $500 to win Friday, $300 on Saturday and $750
on Sunday. Hobby Stock features pay $300 to win on Friday, $200 on
Saturday and $400 on Sunday.

Bonuses will also be paid to the top four drivers in point standings
for the series. The payout for Modifieds is $300-$150-$100-$75, $200-
$125-$100-$75 for the Stocks and $150-$100-$75-$50 for the Hobbies.

Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. Friday. Times are 4
p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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

Watts, Stohs/Holle, Witowski and Pribyl take home Sunday Night Gage County
Fair Wins

Jeff Watts of Beatrice took top honors in the Factory Stocks in his
Vanwinkle
Masonry, Weyer Repair, Van's Sandblasting, Buss Real Estate, Toby & Dawn,
John's
Muscle Cars, Circle D Mfg, Buhr's Trucking, Harms Farms, Scott's Tax
Service,
Schmidt Machine, Poutre-Lauby Plumbing and Heating, Maxson's Barber and
Beauty,
Redline Race Graffix, Scott Pope, Reedy Machine and Fab and Jet Racing
sponsored
Razor Chassis. He led Gary Laflin, Jeff Shew, Neal Mittan and Adam Armstrong
to the
checkers.

Dan Holle and Jeff Stohs of Hanover, Ks took home top honors in the
Cruisers. They
took the lead early and held off charges by Darren Meinke/Nathan
Rosentreader, David
Voorhees/Jeff Brumback, Jerad and Aaron Little and Les Atkinson and Darcy
Dobrovolny.

Randy Witkowski of Beatrice won the Compact portion of the Gage County Ag
Society
Demolition Derby.

Jack Pribyl of Western took home the Big trophy and the $1100 Check for
winning the
Gage County Ag Society Demolition Derby.

Results

Cruisers
1) 92 Daniel Holle/Jeff Stohs
2) c4 Darren Meinke/Nathan Rosentreader
3) 2 David Voorhees/Jeff Brumback
4) 16oz Jerad/Aaron Little
5) 4 Les Atkinson/Darcy Dobrovolny
6) 22u Ashley/Tyler Holle
7) 36dd William Popelka/Dustan VonNortwick
8) 77a Phil/Seth Ambrose
9) 5c Dan Bohlmeyer/Wayne Hooper
10) 46 Adam Armstrong/Mark Wasserman
11) 02 Adam Kramer/Ryan Kramer
12) 7 Max Busboom/Dale Harrison
13) 21 Josh Blumer/Kayne Hagedorn
14) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny/Trent Becker
15) 2le Josh Voorhees/Leon Reeder

Factory Stocks
1) 66 Jeff Watts
2) 9 Gary Laflin
3) 7 Jeff Shew
4) 5m Neal Mittan
5) 6a Adam Armstrong
6) 03 Jason Jensen
7) 6r Roy Armstrong
8) 54m Mark Busboom
9) 2 Ryan Roschewski
10) 4 Greg Crannell
11) 32 Joe Ryan
12) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
13) 29 John Meyer
14) 6 Ernie Reiss
15) 4t Lisa Wagner

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Jul 23, 2007 - 01:54:11 pm CDT
Carl Edwards will race, as scheduled, in NASCAR Busch Series and Nextel Cup
Series events this weekend in Indianapolis.

But Edwards, who was injured Sunday during a promotional appearance at I-80
Speedway near Greenwood, has canceled all other events in what was to be a
busy week for the Columbia, Mo., driver.

Roush Fenway spokesperson LeAnne Howell said Monday that Edwards would not
be taking part in test sessions that were planned for Milwaukee on Monday
and Bristol on Tuesday.

Edwards has also cancelled a promotional appearance at a track in Pevely,
Mo., scheduled for Wednesday and has elected not to race in the USAC Silver
Crown Series race in Indianapolis on Thursday.

Roush Fenway officials plan to release more information on Edwards' injury
later Monday, Howell said. It's believed that the injury is a dislocated
thumb.

Edwards, who is currently fifth in the Nextel Cup standings and leads the
NASCAR Busch Series points, was involved in a multi-car accident early in
Sunday's super late model division A feature.

Edwards started 16th and had moved up five spots before the caution flag
waved on lap 4. On the restart, a car appeared to slow ahead of Edwards'
machine. Another car got into the backstretch wall, and Edwards was unable
to avoid it, setting off the incident that also involved Carl's brother,
Kenny.

As many as 11 of the 28 starters suffered damage in the crash. None of the
other drivers appeared to be injured.

Carl Edwards walked from his battered car on the backstretch to the infield
where he lay in his car's hauler, and was treated by track paramedics. He
emerged after several minutes with ice covering his hand.

He walked to the ambulance and later to another ambulance which transported
him to Alegent Health Lakeside Hospital, presumably to have X-rays.

Edwards walked into the emergency room still wearing his racing suit late
Sunday evening. He was treated and released early Monday morning, hospital
officials said.

Reach Todd Henrichs at 473-7320 or thenrichs@journalstar.com.

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Jul 23, 2007 - 12:30:13 am CDT
GREENWOOD — What began as a fun night for the Edwards family at the local
dirt track turned frightening Sunday when NASCAR Nextel Cup star Carl
Edwards was involved in a multi-car accident during the A feature at I-80
Speedway.

Edwards, who raced at I-80 as part of a promotional visit, was taken by
ambulance to a west Omaha hospital, where he walked into the emergency room,
still wearing his racing suit late Sunday evening.

There was no immediate word on the nature of his injuries, but indications
were he suffered no broken bones in the incident.

Edwards started 16th in Sunday's Super Late Model feature event and had
moved up five spots before the caution flag waved. On the restart, a car
appeared to slow ahead of Edwards' machine. Another car got into the
backstretch wall, and Edwards was unable to avoid it, setting off the
incident that also involved Carl's brother Kenny.

As many as 11 of the 28 starters suffered damage in the crash. None of the
other drivers appeared to be injured.

Carl Edwards walked from his car on the backstretch to the infield where he
lay in his car's hauler, and was treated by track paramedics. He emerged
after several minutes with ice covering his left hand. Edwards walked to the
ambulance and later to another ambulance, which transported him to Alegent
Health Lakeside Hospital, presumably to have X-rays on his wrist and hand.

Edwards, who is currently fifth in the Nextel Cup standings and leads the
NASCAR Busch Series points, is next scheduled to race this weekend at
Indianapolis. He is scheduled to take part in a test today at Milwaukee.

Sunday's race, which coincided with an off-weekend for the Nextel Cup
circuit, featured his brother Kenny and father Carl Sr.

Reach Todd Henrichs at 473-7320 or thenrichs@journalstar.com.

Here's photos from Saturday's show. I'll have some pics from Tuesday's USMTS show soon.

Eagle 7-21-07 Photos

Labels: Photos

NAPA Late Models A Main
1) 21t Travis Dickes
2) 5x Mike Marushak
3) z17 John Bridges
4) 25 Dennis Swanson
5) 16 Alex Humphrey
6) 23 Casey Landers
7) 16x Tom Svoboda
8) 51 Lester Siebert
9) 18 Don Smith Jr
10) 68 Beau Sheffield
11) 82 Robbie Andersen
12) 0 Mike Hetrick
13) 105 Denton Buller
14) 20 Lenny Landers
15) 55 David Easterday
16) 24 Jason Landers
17) 27 Tony Grimes
Modifieds A Main
1) 21 Wade Cross
2) 81 Melvin Densberger
3) 98 Dave Anson
4) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen
5) 52s Jeremiah Sillman
6) 52 Dean Wilkinson
7) 28n Daniel Neeman
8) 25h Adrian Hein Jr
9) 1m Mannix Winningham
10) 47L John Lee
11) 26 Scott Styskal
12) 14 Matthew Kiner
13) 55 Shane Stutzman
14) 31m Mike Densberger
15) 69 Justin Gregg
16) 64 Dusty Blake
17) 10j Josh Hessheimer
18) 8 Justin Bell
19) 07x Brandon Jessen
Street Stocks A Main
1) 5 Brent Drohman
2) 15s Herb Slough
3) 15 Andy Wilkinson
4) 59 Kerry Foster
5) 55 Ron L. Veleba
6) 22s Shane Stutzman
7) 46 Jason Van Winkle
8) 19 Mel Franz
9) 27 Bryce Taylor
10) 52 Jason Wilkinson
11) 10 Tracy Arntt
Hobby Stocks A Main
1) 2 Jerod Timmermans
2) 61b Brandon Wergin
3) 21k Brent Kassik
4) 7d Levi Gunn
5) 27 Jason Wilkinson
6) 57jr Micah Veleba
7) 72 Jeff Timmermans
8) 15x Shane Schneider
9) 00 John Schmidt
10) 53 Tyler Easterday
Two Person Cruisers A Main
1) 42b Greg Ekeler
/ John Miller
2) 69J Vic Jacobitz
/ Josh Jacobitz
3) 68 Stacey Orlando
/ Brent Hager
4) 14 Edd Huxoll
/ Steve Cordis
5) 22 John Verba
/ Steve Verba
6) 21 Dustin Nunnenkamp
/ Austin Carlson
7) 01 Teri Aspegren
/ Steph Aspegren
8) 11 Bill Lewis
/ Jim Lewis
9) 77 Ken Barry
/ Drew Barry

Holiday Inn 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive A Main
1) 15w Sam Wiarda
2) 10t Troy Hofmann
3) 99 Ryan Pedersen
4) 50 Andy Sole
5) 61 Chuck Wergin
6) 8 Clinton Baker
7) 44 Caleb Hetrick
8) 6j Jeremy Foos
9) 00 Rodney Nosker
10) 26 Michael Wiese
11) 72 Andy Grimes
12) 3k Alex Koehler

Labels: Results

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/21/07) Jason Hobscheidt would lead every lap of the
Great Clips Crate Late Model feature in route to his third feature
victory of the 2007 season. Terry Cleveland, Jared Hoefelman, Nick
Clifford, Dave Christensen, Steve Saunders, and Darrin Hoegren would
also make the trip to the winners circle as USG presented the NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series at I-80 Speedway.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature would see the #1 of
Jason Hobscheidt jump to an early lead on lap one. The only yellow of
the race would fly a few laps into the event as the #2d of Todd Morgan
made contact with the outside wall on the back chute. When the green
waved once more it was Hobscheidt still out front, but the #97d of Dave
Doll would make his way into the runner up position. Fifth place starter
Andrew Kosiski would make his way up to the third position and pass Doll
for second as the halfway mark approached. Hobscheidt would then make
his way through lap traffic on route to victory. Kosiski finished
second. Kenny Edwards would pass Dave Doll on the final lap for third.
Ron Tex Jr. came home fifth.

The 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment "A" feature event would see
veteran drivers Shawn Bulin and Terry Cleveland battle for the victory
in the final laps. Cleveland would race the lower groove of the track as
Bulin used the higher groove. The final five laps would see close action
between the two racers, but as the checkered flag flew, it was Cleveland
taking the win. Bulin finished second, Thad Thomson would work from the
8th row to get third. Scotty Hartman and Andy Miller rounded out the top
five.

After three yellows in the first two laps, Jared Hoefelman would drive
from the sixth row to win the 15 lap Midas B-Mod feature event. Scott
Carlson would also come from the sixth row to finish second. Rising Star
Candidates Hank Dewild and Lacey Tuttle would finish third and fourth
respectively. Larry Robinson Sr. finished fifth.

Nick Clifford would come back from an early spin to win the 12 lap
Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Car feature. Clifford would make a last lap
pass on Trish Dover coming off of turn two to take the win. Dover, Matt
Stelzer, Dan Satriano, and Steve Hurst rounded out the five car field.

The 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet main event would see the
#74c of Dave Christensen take the feature win from his outside front row
starting position. Austin Kurtzer would finish second with Justin Soule
finishing third. Pete Fink Jr. and Steve Mcconnell rounded out the top five.

Steve Saunders would pass Amanda Leonardo to win the 8 lap Novice Crate
"A" feature event. Rob Kosiski would finish second, Leonardo third,
Scott Keffer and Lindsey Yost were fourth and fifth. Ryan Gladwin would
be running third on the final lap when he spun out in turns three and four.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet feature event would see
the #19 of Darrin Hoegren take the feature win. Kennin Colestock, Scott
Rasmussen, Russell Johnson, and Bobby Weak rounded out the top five.

I-80 Speedway Results From 7/21/07

Great Clips Crate Late Models
1) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 2) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 3) 80 Kenny Edwards, 4) 97d
Dave Doll, 5) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 6) 17 Dave Livingston, 7) 50 Brad Soll, 8)
7 Gary Joens Jr., 9) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 10) 51 Matt Buller, 11) 17v Rick
Vanderheiden, 12) j1 Harley Moen, 13) 21x Brent Baker, 14) 5 Mike
Svagera, 15) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 16) 2d Todd Morgan, 17) 96 Tony
Leonardo, 18) 22 Kent Schimenti, 19) 35 Kortney Kosiski.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks
1) 12 Terry Cleveland, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) t72 Thad Thomson, 4) 88
Scotty Hartman, 5) 90 Andy Miller, 6) 49 Jeff Atkins, 7) 49x Chad
Sanders, 8) 2 Steve Peoples, 9) 55d Nick Deal, 10) 96c Dave Chalek, 11)
20 Mike Gillespie, 12) 48 Larry Robinson Jr., 13) 3t Tim Podraza, 14) 24
Don Mohr, 15) 74 Alan Schmitt, 16) 55 Ray Dessel, 17) 8jr J.R. Clark,
18) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 19) 25x Joe Feyen, 20) 84 Doug Stevenson, 21)
26 Joe Robey, 22) 16j Jason Cieslik, 23) 92 Tony Barnes, 24) 28 Mike
Powell, 25) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 26) 9 Chris Wredt.

Midas B-Mod's
1) 15h Hared Hoefelman, 2) 1s Scott Carlson, 3) 9 Hank Dewild, 4) z00
Lacey Tuttle, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 6) 71 Floyd Richards, 7) 56
Jeremy Longmeyer, 8) 52xx Mike Christiansen, 9) 08 Roger Harpster, 10)
83 Nick Hermsen, 11) 5 Harry Nixon, 12) 48o Greg Tichy, 13) 21 Jim
Fritz, 14) 33 Jim Hendricks Jr., 15) 48 Kyle Harpster, 16) 1 Dave
Lafleur, 17) 96c Kyle Chalek, 18) 26x Ron Allen, 19) 10 Joe Thomas, 20)
5c Jim Bicking, 21) Buddy Ray Jones.

Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars
1) 99c Nick Clifford, 2) 9t Trish Dover, 3) 99 Matt Stelzer, 4) 95 Dan
Satriano, 5) 45 Steve Hurst.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets
1) 74c Dave Christensen, 2) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 3) 16j Justin Soule, 4)
13 Pete Fink Jr., 5) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 6) 15 Jamie Spanel, 7) 81 Steve
England, 8) 37 Nate Christensen, 9) 38 Will Mcconnell, 10) 34w Ward
Neesen, 11) 9x Joe Baker, 12) b52 Skip Brown, 13) 85 Mike Kennedy, 14)
28 Cory Askeland, 15) 23s Joshua Schlotfeld, 16) 23 Ole Olson, 17) 96
Cody Volwiler, 18) 87 Teresa Allen, 19) 89 Andrew Cuva, 20) Mark Lamar.

Novice Crate Late Models
1) 44 Steve Saundars, 2) 52 Rob Kosiski, 3) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 4) 10k
Scott Keffer, 5) 20 Lindsey Yost, 6) j1 Ryan Gladwin.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets
1) 19 Darrin Hoegren, 2) 7 Kennin Colestock, 3) b52 Scott Rasmussen, 4)
61j Russell Johnson, 5) 46 Bobby Weak, 6) 41 Kyle Heese, 7) 6t Tim
Berghahn, 8) 97s Sarah Preble, 9) 1 Chance Buell, 10) 2 Alex Fink, 11)
04 Brandon Darnold, 12) 55 Lynn Carlson.

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Josh Carpenter of Diller in his Sasse Farms, Jet Racing, Diode Cable,
Side Trek, Triple S Cattle, Schmidt Machine, R-S Construction, Weins
Farms and State Bank of Odell sponsored Jet Mod took the top honors in
the IMCA Modified after making a last lap pass on Greg Metz, who led
most of the feature running the top side of the racetrack, too take the
lead and the win. Metz, Johnny Saathoff, Dan Bohlmeyer and Dusty
Leonard completed the top 5.

Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice took his 2nd straight win in the Limited
Modifieds drving the #20 Jet Mod of Tyler Snyder's. He made the pass
for the lead on the outside of Craig Evers in turns 3 and 4 in his Blue
Valley Door Co., Eyecare Specialties, Extreme Motorsports, Halsey Auto
Sales, Jordening Lawn Service, Larry's Tire and Service, Lillian Fritch
Insurance, Nebraska Crop Insurance, RMF, Runza, Sam Minge, Side Trek Bar
and Grill, and Tabitha Day sponsored Jet Mod. Evers, Brian Florian,
Benji Legg and Ricky Rohr followed him across the line.

Murray Haugen II of Deshler took his Reedy Machine and Fab and Redline
Race Graffix sponsored Hobby Stock to the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks
by dominating the field. He was chased across the line by Greg Post,
Matt Smith, Lee Beethe and Kyle Vanover.

Scott Parde of Beatrice took home his 2nd straight win in the IMCA Sport
Compacts in his Beatrice Motor Mart, EZ Go Golf Carts and Orange Bowl
sponsored Compact. Janie Fralin, Billy Layman, Nathan Meyer andJason
Sand rounded out the front 5.

IMCA Modifieds
1) 3 Josh Carpenter
2) 29 Greg Metz
3) 96j John Saathoff
4) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
5) 7d Dusty Leonard
6) 95r Lucas Robinson
7) 96 Gary Saathoff
8) 29e Eric Rempel
9) 27 Clint Homan
10) 93l Jason Brinkman
11) 8 Dan McKnight
12) 75j Jesse Robinson
13) 18k Spencer Sutton
14) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
15) 4j Jordy Nelson
16) 71m Eric McMillan
17) 3w Stacey Wilhelm
18) 94 Dan Nelson
19) 76 Lance Borgman
20) f94 Rik Forbes
21) 22j Justin Jurgens
22) s56 Scott Bivens
23) z34 Brent Schlake
24) 21t Tracy Harr

Limited Modifieds
1) 20 Jordan Grabouski
2) 2x Craig Evers
3) 47 Brian Florian
4) 25 Benji Legg
5) 74 Rick Rohr
6) 76 Nick Warnke
7) 33x Mike Sherwood
8) 97 Mark Saathoff
9) 66 Justin Fritzson
10) 8 Dan McKnight
11) 23 Steve Swarthout
12) 5 Tom Vanover Jr
13) 17m Max Roberts
14) 11 Larry Halsey
15) 96 Gary Saathoff
16) 14 Mike Snyder
17) 12k Ron Karpisek
18) 66w Jeff Watts
19) 3d Daryl Dorn
20) 33 Travis Runcie
21) 9 Terry Shearer

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 8 Murray Haugen II
2) d64 Greg Post
3) 99 Matt Smith
4) 38 Lee Beethe
5) 19 Kyle Vanover
6) 34 Max Harder
7) 20 Chad Borgman
8) 11 Eric Chab
9) 7 Matt Fralin
10) 95 Bill Parde
11) 2 Ryan Roschewski
12) 48 Travus Snyder
13) 32 Trevor Kropp
14) 75 Kyle Olberding
15) t54 Tom Creek
16) 47x Jake Creek

Sport Compacts
1) 17 Scott Parde
2) 7 Janie Fralin
3) 7l Billy Layman
4) 81m Nathan Meyer
5) 19 Jason Sand
6) 00 Cody Walters
7) 4 Jeff Creek
8) 97 Jared Oesterich

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Story by Greg Soukup

Hall of Fame Night at Eagle Raceway, presented by Heidelberg's Sports
Bar saw a large crowd, and plenty of action on the high-banked 1/3 mile
track. There was 3 and 4-wide racing in all the heats.

The American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) sprints invaded the track for the
first time in quite awhile; bringing 8 of their best and a couple of
Eagle alumni to do battle with the local 360 drivers. The local drivers
stood up well to the test; winning all 3 heat races, the ASCS Fast Dash
and the A Feature.

After all of the heats were run in the 4 classes, the ASCS Fast Dash was
first up in the main events. In the Dash which would determine the
starting line-up for the A Feature Mike Boston jumped to the early lead
in his #51, followed by a pair of ASCS regulars with the 4J of Lee Grosz
in 2nd and the 5X of Dave Glennon close behind in the third spot. That
was the finishing order.

Next on the track was the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B
Feature. Leading the early going was the #18 of Maynard Kinnersley with
the 18R of Ron Frank in 2nd, the 24 of Mike Rice in 3rd and Jason
Tadlock's #99 in 4th. The running order stayed the same until 3 laps to
go, despite fierce competition farther back in the running order. At
that time Neil Pella drove his 3N around Tadlock to move Tadlock to 5th.
On the very last lap Pella went very high, allowing both Tadlock and the
#31 of Chris LaChappelle to pass him.

The ASCS sprint B Feature was led by the #5 of Eric Lutz, with Toby
Chapman's 84 in 2nd, Jay Jordan's #19J in 3rd and the 21 of ASCS driver
Brent Vonk in 4th. They stayed there until with just 5 laps to go Vonk
hit the wall hard in turn 1 collecting the 3R of Cory Rawstern. Just
prior to the red flag flying, Lutz blew his engine going down the
backstretch. That changed the running order with Chapman in the lead
followed by Jordan, the 24B of Frank Galusha and the 96KX of Adam
Gullion. Galusha and Gullion waged a ferocious battle to the checkers
with Galusha holding on to 3rd, barely finishing ahead of the 96KX.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys A Main event Jeremy Noonan moved out front
in his #33, with the 28 of Richard Meyers and the 21 of Jake Sells right
behind. On the 3rd circuit Jack Prall IV hit the turn 1 wall very hard
in his #45, then slid back across the track right in front of Amanda
Rhiley's 51. Rhiley then struck Prall IV, forcing both cars to retire
for the evening. On the restart Sells moved around Meyers, as did Kyle
Schamp in the #2K. On lap 5 Jack Prall III in his #44 racer moved up
into the #4 spot. With just 8 laps left Sells moved around Noonan for
the lead, with Schamp following him into second position on the very
next lap. Prall III moved around Schamp for a short time before getting
out of shape and falling back. With just 6 laps remaining Dan Rhiley's
steering wheel came loose, causing him to run head-on into the wall
coming out of turn 4. That made the running order Sells, Schamp, Noonan
and Prall III. On the restart Schamp got around Sells to grab the point,
but Noonan slipped coming out of turn 4 and Rhiley made contact spinning
him out. Noonan was forced to go to the pits and Rhiley was moved to the
rear of the field for rough driving. On the restart Sells retook his
place at the front of the field and held on for the victory with Schamp
in 2nd, the #62 of Justin Busboom in 3rd and the 18R of Ron Frank in 4th.

Jake Sells is in his first year ever racing, and tonight gave him both
his very first heat race win and first ever A Feature victory. "I want
to thank my family and crew for all their help" Sells said. "My 10 week
old daughter Molly is in the hospital, and I really almost didn't come
out; but my wife said it was okay and I'm glad I did. I want to dedicate
this win to Molly," he added. "I need to thank my 2 other children
Nicolas and Sydney for rooting for me all year" he finished. Sells'
sponsors are Kinnersley Grading and General Siding.

Next on the lineup was the Valentino's Pizza IMCA Hobby Stock Feature.
Dan Jackson took the lead in his #98, followed by the #93 of Thorn Marsh
and Don Hall Jr. in the 92. On just the 2nd lap Nick Beckman in the 22
shot around Hall Jr. and Marsh for 2nd and Casey Moyer advanced his 38C
to 3rd on the very next lap. The next time around Beckman grabbed the
lead from Jackson only to be re-passed by both Jackson and Moyer the
next lap. Following Moyer into the 4th spot on the following lap was
Rick Bradley's #28B. With 8 laps left Beckman got around Bradley and
moved under Moyer for 2nd. Shortly after Beckman got severely out of
shape and dove into and out of the infield. That made the running order
Jackson, Moyer, J.R. Macku in the 1R and Bradley. As the pack came down
to take the white flag Moyer got sideways coming out of turn #4 and was
struck and spun by Macku. Macku was moved back 4 spots for the contact.
At the checkers it was Jackson, Bradley, the 3K of Jerry Keaton and Rick
Munson in the M70.

Dan said that this was his 5th year of racing full-time, but his first
feature win. "I want to thank my wife and kids. After a heck of a year,
including almost totaling the car the very first night we got it back
together and finally made it hook up" he stated. "I also want to thank
the fans, because without them we couldn't do this," he added. Dan
finished the interview by saying "The track was really good for us
tonight, with the top side really grabbing ahold in the feature". Dan's
sponsors include 92 Motorsports, Richard's Machine, Andersen Overhead
Doors, Arbonne International, Bob Payne Lawn Service & Landscaping,
Extreme Motorsports Race Signs and Allied Tire & Oil Supply.

Between the feature events some of the "older" drivers returned to the
track in IMCA Sport Compacts for a 5-lap feature race of their own. Ed
Bowes managed to hold off Bernie Bryan and Regan Kitchen to take home
his first win in a few years. All 5 drivers who participated were
familiar names to all of those who attended Eagle Raceway and Midwest
Speedway "back in the day".

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then came out for their main
event. Jerry Trejo held on from the pole for the lead in his 4t, with
the 12X of George Haney in 2nd and Dan Wayman's 5ST in third. By the 2nd
lap defending track champion and current points leader Chris Alcorn had
advanced all the way to 4th. On the same lap Haney and Wayman both
passed Trejo for 1st and 2nd positions. After the leaders passed the
flag stand Nic Bonney struck the turn 4 wall hard, brining out the
caution flag. After the restart Alcorn moved into 3rd place around Trejo
on the backstretch and then into 2nd on the following lap around Wayman.
From there to the finish Alcorn battled fiercely with Haney. Doug
Deterding got around to move into the 4th spot with 8 laps left. Alcorn
tried every trick in the book, and finally succeeded in passing Haney
with just 3 laps remaining. At the finish it was Alcorn, Haney, Wayman
and Deterding.

Chris began his interview by saying "The track was great tonight; the
top, middle and bottom…you could race anywhere. I've been telling
everyone that if Roger and his crew keep improving the racing surface
the way that they have been the other cars will start coming back. It's
fine to have it tacky once in awhile, but a slick track slows everybody
down and makes a better race for the fans. I probably slit my own throat
by saying that, because it makes it hard to move up from the back.
Luckily racing 2 or 3 times a week like I do keeps you sharp". "George
Haney is a great driver and racer. I didn't think there was any way I
could get past him, and if things hadn't happened exactly the way that
they did I probably wouldn't have won" he finished.

Last came the Main Event of the evening, the ASCS A Feature. Mike
Boston's early lead in the #51 was short-lived as Lee Grosz spun in
turns 1 & 2, coming to a rest facing the field as they maneuvered safely
around him. That moved the #17 of Gage Dorr to the outside of row #1 and
the 5X of Dave Glennon inside of row #2. On the restart Boston's lead
was again negated when Glennon lost power and slowed to a stop. The
resulting back-up of cars caused the 19J of Jay Jordan and another car
to get together. Despite numerous trips to the pits and back to the
track Glennon's engine woes forced him to retire eventually. After yet
another restart Boston took the lead again with the #23 of Terry
Holliman in 2nd, the 71 of Tige Jensen in 3rd and the 35 of Trevor
Grossenbacher in 4th place. On the 2nd circuit Lee Grosz moved around
Grossenbacher for 4th and then around Jensen for 3rd on the 3rd lap. He
then got around Holliman for 2nd as Holliman began to drop back through
the field. Boston began moving away from the field to nearly a ½ track
lead, but just as he was beginning to have to work his way through
lapped traffic a caution flew when Ken Klabunde flipped his #28 sprinter
after hard contact with the turn 1 wall. At that time the order was
Boston, Jeff Lowery in the #45, Jensen and the 76 of Jay Russell. On the
15th lap Russell got around Jensen for 3rd and with 7 laps remaining
Chuck Swenson moved into the 4th spot around Jensen. With just 4 laps
left Grosz dropped back to the 5th position. At the checkers it was
Boston, Jeff Lowery, Russell and Swenson being the top ASCS regular in
fourth.

"This was a good run for us. It made up a little for last week when we
got taken out of the race when our front end collapsed while trying to
get to our trailer to make repairs. I just hope we can keep going good
like this" Boston said. "I'm really not worried about losing the points
lead. We're here to win races, and the points will take care of
themselves" he added. Mike's sponsors include Lincoln Drywall Service,
Eckley Racing Engines, Vision Sports, Trade Center Automotive, Bob Payne
Lawn Service & Landscaping, Crete Auto Service and One Eyed Dog Saloon.

Next week be sure to attend McDonalds Junior Fan Club Night.

Eagle Raceway results for July 21st, 2007:

ASCS Sprints-
A Feature
1) 51 Mike Boston
2) 45 Jeff Lowery
3) 76 Jay Russell
4) x Chuck Swenson
5) 4j Lee Grosz
6) 71 Tige Jensen
7) 84 Toby Chapman
8) 23 Terry Holliman
9) 24b Frank Galusha
10) 94 Natalie Sather
11) 96kx Adam Gullion
12) 3 Jeff Griffis
13) 17 Gage Dorr
14) 77 John Klabunde
15) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
16) 8b Bobby Becker
17) 19j Jay Jordan
18) 28 Ken Klabunde
19) 5x Dave Glennon
20) r19 Scott Winters

B Feature
1) 84 Toby Chapman
2) 19j Jay Jordan
3) 24b Frank Galusha
4) 96kx Adam Gullion
5) 82 Jason Danley
6) 14g Gene Ackland
7) 2x Rodney Droud
8) 23r Tadd Holliman
9) 27 Brad Wright
10) 17b Jason Becker
11) 9j Mark Schmidt
12) 5 Eric Lutz
13) 21v Brent Vonk
14) 3r Kory Rawstern

Monster IMCA Modifieds-
A Feature
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 12x George Haney
3) 5st Dan Wayman
4) 13 Doug Deterding
5) v45 Rik Gropp
6) 19 Scott Anderson
7) 8c Chad Andersen
8) 11aa Ed Raines
9) 24x Darren Hosick
10) 4t Jerry Trejo
11) 00 Tim Pickens
12) 52 Sean Manning
13) 42k Jan Korth
14) 57 Brian Cudly
15) 95 Dylan Smith
16) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
17) 11x Steve Devitt
18) 7 Bob Ruisinger
19) 73 James Oaks
20) 33z Ron Dake
21) 95b Nic Bonney
22) 44 Tom Lenz
23) 3a Aaron Pella

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks-
A Feature
1) 98 Dan Jackson
2) 28b Rick Bradley
3) 3k jerry Keaton'
4) m70 Rick Munson
5) 92 Don Hall Jr
6) 1r RJ Macku
7) 21 Derick Noonan
8) 86 Justin Wulf
9) 22 Nick Beckman
10) 53 Don Kros
11) 10k Lee Kracht
12) 12 Dan Noonan
13) 93 Thom Marsh
14) 38c Casey Moyer
15) 42 Rob Brown
16) 94 Mike Hansen
17) 46 Matt Bernhardt
18) 21h Shane Hiatt
19) 9 Rex Schreiner

Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts-
A Feature
1) 21 Jake Sells
2) 2k Kyle Schamp
3) 62 Justin Busboom
4) 18r Ron Frank
5) 44 Jack Prall III
6) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
7) 31 Chris LaChapelle
8) 28 Richard Meyers III
9) 0 Rich White
10) 26 Derick Dreamer
11) 24 Mike Rice
12) 00 Barry Kinnersley
13) 2 Dan Rhiley
14) 33 Jeremy Noonan
15) 14 Joey Danley
16) 20t Steve Shepard
17) 99 Jason Tadlock
18) 77 Jason Miller
19) 45 Jack Prall IV
20) 51 Amanda Rhiley

B Feature
1) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
2) 18r Ron Frank
3) 24 Mike Rice
4) 99 Jason Tadlock
5) 31 Chris LaChapelle
6) 3n Neil Pella
7) 63 Mike Simpson
8) 12 Danni Rhiley
9) 3x Jake Brinson
10) 4ux Diane Pond
11) 22 Elliot Halverson
12) 2m David White
13) 59 Jessica Tadlock
14) b32 Brian Haller

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On Tuesday-July 24th and Wednesday-July 25th, local & regional Modified
superstars and the superstars of national and international midget auto
racing will make their annual July appearance for the Cornhusker Midget
Challenge at Nebraska's Junction Motor Speedway.

Hot laps are at 6:00 PM with racing at 7:30 PM each day. Modifieds and
Midgets will compete each night.

Pit Passes are $25.00 each night.

Advance tickets are available at area O'Reilly Auto Parts stores.

Grandstand admission each night is;
$15.00 for adults,
$4.00 ages 6 to 12 and
ages 5 and under are admitted free.

Adults may save $5.00 by purchasing a 2 day pass for the sum of $25.00!

www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com

For more information contact:
Danielle Jensen, Director of Operations and Marketing
(402) 342-3453

WHO: Nextel Cup driver, Carl Edwards, who is the driver of the #99 Office Depot Ford Fusion. He is the current Busch Series Point Leader, 5th in Nextel Cup Point standings, and king of the "backflip." He also is coming off a recent win three weeks ago at Michigan.

WHAT: Carl Edwards will be racing against his younger brother Kenny Edwards, and other drivers in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Carl will be racing in the Dodge Super Late Model division. Carl also will be giving some lucky fans a ride in a two-seater late model.

WHEN: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Hot Laps at 6:00 p.m.
Racing action starts at 6:30 p.m.
Two-seater rides will be at intermission.
Carl also is scheduled for an autograph session from 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

WHERE: I-80 Speedway, Nebraska’s only NASCAR track, which is the only track in the Unites States to host two nights of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series; NASCAR’s weekly racing series. I-80 Speedway is located between Omaha and Lincoln off interstate 80, at exit 420, and is part of the Nebraska Raceway Park complex.

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On August 18, The Bryan Race team along with Eagle Raceway will host Kid's Night in conjunction with the final "Fan Appreciation Night" for 2007.

As part of Kid's Night, children are invited to bring their tents, sleeping bags, and lawn chairs, for a "Kamp Out" in the infield after the evening's races. As part of the Kamp Out, a movie will be shown on the Eagle Vision screen.

In addition to the Kamp Out, several kids' bikes will be given away throughout the race program. The cost of each bike is $40 and donations are being accepted. If you're intersted in helping out, please contact Rhonda, Bernie, or Nick Bryan at 402.450.7992 or rascal60@alltel.net. The deadline for donations is July 28th.

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The new poll asks a simple question: Do you spend more money at the race track for beer/concessions/souvenirs when you have discounted admission?

Some say that if fans spend less money at the front gate, they spend it on other things while at the track. Others say they keep the money in their pocket.

What do you think?

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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 17, 2007) – The ASCS Northern Plains Region and the ASCS Midwest Region will square off this weekend for a pair of events that comprise the Eighth Annual North vs. South Sprint Car Shootout.

On Friday night, the pair of Regions face off at Crawford County Speedway in Denison, IA. Then on Saturday night, it's on to Eagle Raceway in Eagle, NE.

Leading their respective Regions into the weekend double are Fargo, North Dakota's Natalie Sather and Watertown, South Dakota's Chuck Swenson. Sather continues her quest to become the first female ASCS champion, while Swenson's bid for a second consecutive Northern Plains crown continues.

With seven of eleven scheduled events of the ASCS Midwest Region in the books, the 22-year-old Sather holds a 68 point lead over Lincoln, Nebraska's Jason Danley, with defending series champion Toby Chapman, also of Lincoln, just four more points back in third.

Swenson holds down the fourth position in ASCS Midwest Region points, with Ryan Anderson of Charter Oak, IA, rounding out the current top five.

After capturing his second series win of the year this past weekend, Swenson holds a 22-point advantage over 19-year-old Lee Grosz of Harwood, ND, in the ASCS Northern Plains championship points race. Dave Glennon of Casselton, ND, holds down the third spot in ASCS Northern Plains points, with Eric Lutz of Sioux Falls, SD, and Curt Lund of Redwood Falls, MN, rounding out the current top five.

Both nights of racing action go green at 7:00 p.m.

The semi-banked, ½-mile Crawford County Speedway dirt oval is located in Denison, IA, 0.6 miles north of US 30 on US 59, then 0.6 miles northeast on SR 39. For more information, contact the track at 712-263-2033 or 712-677-9912.

The high-banked, 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway clay oval is located in Eagle, NE, off I-80 Exit 420, then eleven miles south on SR 63, then west. For more information, contact the track at 402-781-2243.

The ASCS Midwest Region 2007 slate consists of eleven events at seven different tracks throughout Nebraska and the immediately surrounding area.


The ASCS Northern Plains Region 2007 slate consists of 22 events at eleven different tracks throughout Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin.

The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series. With a dozen different Regions in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, ASCS will 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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LINCOLN, Neb. (July 18, 2007) - Eagle Raceway and Heidelbergs Sports Bar will presents the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame Night on Saturday, July 21. The nights racing action will feature the stars of the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Midwest Region and Northern Plains Region for the Eighth Annual North vs. South Sprint Car Shootout.

Also on the card will be a full slate of IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. The pit gate opens at 4:00 p.m., front gate at 5:30 p.m., hot laps at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 7:00 p.m.

The high-banked, 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway clay oval is located 12 mi. east of Lincoln, NE (2 mi east of Eagle, NE) on U.S. Hwy. 34 ('O' Street) or 11 miles south of Interstate 80, exit 420 on Nebraska Highway 63, to Hwy. 34 (intersection of Nebraska Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 34).

The purpose of the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame is to perpetuate the memory of these individuals who have brought lasting fame to the state of Nebraska through their efforts in auto racing.

Nominees to the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame must have been a resident of the state for at least two years and must be retired for at least four years from the discipline they are being honored for. Active participants in the sport will be considered if they are at least 55 years of age and have been with the sport for at least 30 years.

All candidates must have made positive contributions to the sport of auto racing on a local, regional and go on to some national prominence.

Anyone wishing to nominate a person to the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame can do so by submitting the person's name, with a list of their accomplishments in a short bio to: The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame, Inc., 5527 S. 20th St., Lincoln, NE. 68512. You can also call 402-421-2266, or e-mail your nomination to jorth@narhof.com.

The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame is located inside the Museum of American Speed at 340 Victory Lane on the Speedway Motors complex in Lincoln, Neb.

The Museum of American Speed hours: May through September, two-hour guided tours begin at 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. October through April, two-hour guided tours begin at 2 p.m. every Friday. Admission is $10 to tour the museum.

For more information about the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame please visit www.narhof.com.

For more information about the Eagle Raceway please visit www.eagleraceway.com.

Labels: Events, Race related news

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From Eagle Raceway

An exciting week is in store with the USMTS(United States Modified Touring
Series) making their only stop this season at Eagle Raceway on Tuesday, July
17th with Mod Madness presented by Channel 94.1. Stars like Kelly Shryock,
Zack Vanderbeek and others will get to try their luck against local Chris
Alcorn and 2-Seater driver Chevy Hadan. Also competing will be the
(unsanctioned) Hobby Stocks.

Special Event Pricing: Front gate admission for Adults $15, Youth (6-13) $5
and Children (5 & under) Free.
Front Gates open at 5:30pm with racing at 7:00pm.
Pit Gate opens at 4:00pm. Pit pass $25.

Saturday, July 21st, will up the competition for the Sprints with the
ASCS(American Sprint Car Series) in town trying to knock off the locals with
Hall of Fame Night presented by Heidelberg's Sports Bar. Come out and cheer
on your favorites as Toby Chapman, Mike Boston and many others protect their
"Home Track" against the ASCS Sprints.

Special Event Pricing: Front gate admission for Adults $15, Youth (6-13) $5
and Children (5 & under) Free.
Front Gates open at 5:30pm with racing at 7:00pm.
Pit Gate opens at 4:00pm.

By the Lincoln Journal Star
Tuesday, Jul 17, 2007 - 02:33:16 pm CDT
The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved changes that
would permit motor sports facilities in the county, while setting specific
regulations to address concerns like noise and location.

The board voted 4-1 to adopt the amendment to the county's zoning code,
though the vote came after several attempts to find some compromise among
the options before them.

Commissioner Deb Schorr voted against the measure.

Schorr jumped out front with her concerns about sound restrictions being
possibly too restrictive after the board closed out testimony and began to
consider possible action. She said she believed strongly there is somewhere
in the county that can accommodate motor sports events.

"If our sound restrictions are going to be the reason it can't be built,
then I can't support it," she said of the changes.

The regulations will allow race tracks, drag strips or any other motor
sports facility by special permit in the AG zoning district of the county
and limit the hours of a site's operation between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. The
regulations also will prohibit the development of a motor sports project
within a half mile of cemeteries, hospitals, churches, residential areas,
acreage areas, schools, parks and open space.

The regulations include a provision that the County Board can amend any of
the conditions or impose additional conditions in the interest of public
health, safety, morals and general welfare.

The board is scheduled to hear a proposal for a quarter-mile drag strip at
its July 31 meeting. The changes adopted by the board Tuesday will apply to
that project.

80+ pics this week. Enjoy!

Eagle 7-14-07 Photos

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By Greg Soukup

With the dog days of summer fast approaching, it was a very warm windy afternoon as Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track kicked off “Crash Bash” sponsored by Z92.

As happened last week, there were only minor incidents in the heat races, as 3 heats were fought in each of the classes on one of the best tracks of the year.

When the sun set, it was time for the feature events of the evening.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B Feature Jeremy Noonan grabbed the lead in his #33. The #62 of Justin Busboom, the #63 of Mike Simpson, the #31 of Chris LaChapelle and the 13J of Jared Deterding followed him. Despite several heated battles, that was the order at the finish line.

Next up was the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks A Feature. Tonight’s feature had extra meaning, thanks to a very generous $250 donation by NAPA Auto Stores, which was added to the winner’s purse.

Starting on the front row, Brad Schreiner jumped out in front in the #10. He was hotly pursued the #9 of Rex Schreiner, the #21 of Derick Noonan and the 10K of Lee Kracht. Brad’s lead was short-lived however, as Rex passed him for the lead and Noonan also passed him to take over 2nd. A couple of laps later Kracht moved past Noonan for the 2nd spot. Kracht wasn’t finished however, and took over the lead with just 6 laps down. Behind him, the running order was Rex Schreiner, Brad Schreiner and the 28B of Rick Bradley. The running order remained basically the same until with just 2 laps left Rex Schreiner suffered a flat tire and dropped backwards rapidly. At the checkered flag it was Kracht, Brad Schreiner Rick Bradley and the 3K of Jerry Keaton.
“I want to thank the fans for coming out every week and supporting Eagle Raceway. I want to give a special thanks to my wife for letting me do this, and put in all the hours working on the car. Also, my pit crew deserves a lot of credit; Lee and Brad are a great help” Kracht stated. “I need to thank my Mom and Dad, and also Preston Janzing; they’re the closest thing I have to sponsors, and they are the ones who make it possible to do this. A really big thanks to Jerry Keaton for letting me use his shop and tools; and for all the work he does on the car with me. Last of all, thanks to Jack Golder for all of his advice; he’s the greatest” Kracht added. “The track was really fast tonight. I just moved to the high line because everyone seemed to be running on the bottom. I guess I found it first and it worked for me. The high line took us to victory lane tonight” he finished.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then took to the track for their A Main event. Pat Donovan moved to the point in his 4D, followed by the 42K of Jan Korth, the 1Z of Norm Ziegenbein and the #3 of Defending track champion and current points leader Chris Alcorn who had advanced from his inside 6th row starting position. It took Alcorn only 3 laps to move around Ziegenbein, but a yellow flag put him back into 4th. On the restart Ziegenbein and Alcorn both moved up, with Ziegenbein in 2nd and Alcorn in third. The 12X of George Haney also advanced, taking over the 4th spot. With 5 laps down Donovan began dropping back through the pack quickly. This allowed Alcorn to take over the lead, followed by Korth, Ziegenbein and Haney. On the very next lap Doug Deterding moved his #13 into the 4th spot. Three more laps were in the books when Deterding got around Ziegenbein for 3rd, and the very next circuit saw him move around Korth for 2nd. As the laps began to wind down, Deterding set his sights on Alcorn; closing in on every lap. With 6 laps left Haney moved up to the 4th spot with Aaron Pella taking over 5th. Just as Deterding began to move around Alcorn in lapped traffic a yellow flag came out. On the restart Alcorn found the extra boost he needed to take home the victory. Deterding finished a close second, but couldn’t quite catch Alcorn in the waning laps.

“The track was pretty good tonight, I just wish it would have widened out a little more. We did have very few cautions tonight, because it seemed that everyone picked a line and stuck to it” Alcorn said. “When that last caution came out, and I saw Doug up beside me I figured I’d better step it up. I didn’t want to lead so many laps and then give it away right at the end” he added. “I need to thank all of my sponsors for giving me this great car” he finished. Chris’ sponsors include Dr. John’s, Heavy Equipment, Midwest Unlimited, The Alley Bar and Spanel Engines. Alcorn finished by saying “I hope Mike Cacak is doing better. I send all the best wishes to him, and I hope we can see him out here again yet this year. It’s just not the same without him”.

The final A Feature of the evening was the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprint cars. When the green flag flew there was a melee on the front stretch, bottling up numerous cars. Defending track champion and current points leader Mike Boston’s #51 suffered front-end damage, sending him to the pits. Unfortunately, his front end collapsed as he was heading to his trailer. He was unable to continue. On the restart there again was a fracas on the front stretch as the cars came to the flag stand at the end of the first lap. This time the 45 of Jeff Lowery and the #32 of Chris Roseland went to the pits. Roseland was able to make repairs and return to the track, but Lowery’s evening was over. On this restart Tadd Holliman jumped out to the lead, and by the time 5 laps were over he had a straightaway lead on 2nd place Gage Dorr in the #17. Behind Dorr it was the 2X of past track champion Rodney Droud and Tige Jensen in the #71. With 6 laps down Droud moved around Dorr into 2nd position, and 3 laps later Jensen also got around Dorr to garner 3rd. With 11 laps left Dorr spun in turn 1; this moved the14G of Gene Ackland into the 4th position. On the second lap after the restart Jensen lost part of the right side exhaust from his engine and was forced to go to the pits. This moved Ackland into 3rd with Jeff Griffis in the #3 in 4th. There were several more restarts, including one when John Klabunde rolled his #77 between turns 1 and 2 with 7 laps left. Each restart saw Holliman hold and even lengthen his lead, only to have it negated by a caution. With just 2 laps left Ackland was forced into the infield, but returned to the track. This moved Griffis up to the #4 spot. Although Droud made several attempts to catch Holliman, Tadd took the checkers in first.

Tadd Holliman is in his 10th year of driving sprints, all of them at Eagle Raceway; but this is only his 2nd A Feature win. His last victory was in 2002. Although he normally drives sprint cars, he also runs a midget every year at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa Oklahoma during the winter. “I want to thank Eldon Rhoten for putting these cars together for my father and I. It was especially great winning tonight because it meant I finished in front of my dad” Holliman said with a big grin. “The track was great tonight. I never lifted the whole way around the track. I need to thank my sponsors, Holliman Auto Supply, Pepsi and NAPA for allowing me to race out here” he added. “It’s really great to win at Eagle, because every week we have at least 20 really good cars and they’re all capable of winning any night,” he stated. “I need to thank my pit crew; Darren, Eldon, Dan and Bud. I also want to thank my wife for putting up with me and my racing habit,” he said. “The last thing I want to say is that this win is dedicated to Mike Cacak. We’re all thinking of you Mike, and hoping that you keep improving” he finished.

Next up at Eagle Raceway is a Tuesday night special event, “Modified Madness” featuring the USMTS Modifieds and the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks. Adult admission is $15, youths (6-13) are only $5 and 5 and under are free.

Then, next Saturday evening, July 21st is Heidelberg’s Sports Bar present “Hall of Fame Night”. On the track will be the ASCS Sprint Series, accompanied by the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks and the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts.


Eagle Raceway Results for July 14th, 2007:

Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints-
A Feature
1) 23r Tadd Holliman
2) 2x Rodney Droud
3) 91 Brad Krutz
4) 3 Jeff Griffis
5) 14g Gene Ackland
6) 23 Terry Holliman
7) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
8) 96kx Adam Gullion
9) 19j Jay Jordan
10) 17 Gage Dorr
11) 21 Ryan Kitchen
12) 3g Bill Garrow
13) 77 John Klabunde
14) 71 Tige Jensen
15) 32 Chris Roseland
16) 17b Jason Becker
17) 7x Kevin Danley
18) 8b Bobby Becker
19) 51 Mike Boston
20) 45 Jeff Lowery
21) 44 Doug Lovegrove
22) 33 Terry Cadwallader (DNS A)
23) 24b Frank Galusha (DNS Heat or A)

Monster IMCA Modifieds-
A Feature
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 13 Doug Deterding
3) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
4) 3a Aaron Pella
5) 11aa Ed Raines
6) 8c Chad Andersen
7) 5st Dan Wayman
8) 95 Dylan Smith
9) v45 Rik Gropp
10)12x George Haney
11)19 Scott Anderson
12) 22j Justin Jergens
13) 7 Bob Ruisinger
14) 52 Sean Manning
15) 11n Nathan Landauer
16) 44 Tom Lenz
17) 4d Pat Donovan
18) 10j Josh Hessheimer
19) 57 Brian Cudly
20) 42k Jan Korth
21) 00 Tim Pickens
22) 73 James Oaks
23) 28n Dan Neeman
24) 29 Jeff Mazza

Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks-
A Feature
1) 10k Lee Kracht
2) 10 Brad Schreiner
3) 28b Rick Bradley
4) 3k Jerry Keaton
5) 38c Casey Moyer
6) 92 Don Hall Jr
7) m70 Rick Munson
8) 11x Rich Small
9) 21h Shane Hiatt
10)12 Dan Noonan
11) 42 Rob Brown
12) 22 Nick Beckman
13) 9 Rex Schreiner
14) 14 Ron Novak
15) 4a Aaron Pearson
16) 98 Dan Jackson
17) 21 Derick Noonan
18) 86 Justin Wulf
19) 4 Troy Mencke
20) 1r RJ Macku
21) 4r Kurt Phelp
22) 94 Mike Hansen (DNS A)
23) 67 Jason Halagarda (DNS A)

Stereo West Auto Toy’s IMCA Sport Compacts-
A Feature
1) 99 Jason Tadlock
2) 2 Dan Rhiley
3) 24 Mike Rice
4) 21 Jake Sells
5) 2k Kyle Schamp
6) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
7) 44 Jack Prall III
8) 0 Rich White
9) 33 Jeremy Noonan
10) 62 Justin Busboom
11) 63 Mike Simpson
12) 31 Chris LaChapelle
13) 22 Elliot Halverson
14) 20t Steve Shepard
15) 13j Jared Deterding
16) b32 Brian Haller
17) 45 Jack Prall IV
18) 51 Amanda Rhiley
19) 18r Ron Frank
20) 60 Thomas Liechte

B Feature
1) 33 Jeremy Noonan
2) 62 Justin Busboom
3) 63 Mike Simpson
4) 31 Chris LaChapelle
5) 13j Jared Deterding
6) 6 Roger Elliott
7) 12 Danni Rhiley
8) 3 Harry White
9) 4u James Snelling
10) 59 Jessica Tadlock
11) 28 Richard Meyers (DNS B)

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By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/15/07) As the sun went down, the action heated at I-80 Speedway as two of the four "A" features were settled coming off of turn four on the final lap. Joe Kosiski, Randy Foote, Todd Hipnar, and Marty Steinbech all would pick up main event victories as Cookies BBQ presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event seen "The Mad Dog" Scott Koskovich take the early lead on lap one. Koskovich would loose the top spot to the #28 of Bill Leighton Jr as the first yellow of the race flew on lap 9 for a spinning Ed Kosiski. As the race resumed, Leighton would give up the lead to Al Humphrey who made a power move coming off turn four, meanwhile Joe Kosiski used the bottom side of the speedway to move through the field from his sixth row starting position. Lap by lap Kosiski would gain ground on Humphrey's #6, and as the white flag came out the race was shaping out to be another photo finish. When Humphrey entered turn one, the lap machine of Dave Hanke would hold him up for the slightest moment, giving Kosiski the opportunity he needed. Kosiski would hold a slight advantage going down the back straightaway and entering turn three. Kosiski would then drive off the bottom of the speedway and beat Humphrey to the line for his second feature win of the season. Leighton finished third, Mike Wallace came home fourth, and Leon Zeitner was fifth.

Randy Foote would take the point from the pole starting position in the 18 lap Modified feature. As the leaders entered turn four, second place runner Robert Brinkman would loose the handle on his #1m machine causing a six car pile up involving Dave Newton, Mike Goldfuss, Bill Bader Jr., Scott Carlson, and Bob Zoubek. As the race was restarted, Foote would once again take control of the lead, but the car on the move was the #96j of Johnny "The Jet" Saathoff. Saathoff would rim ride against the wall all the way to the runner up position. Lap 11 would see trouble for top 10 runner Matt Richards as he came to a stop on the track. When the green waved again, it was Foote running the bottom with Saathoff right in his tire tracks. This would prove trouble for the #96j. As soon as Saathoff went low, the #16 of Reese Coffee went high passing Saathoff for second. Coffee would then find himself getting passed by the #92 of Jeff Stephens. Stephens would pull along side of Foote for the lead, and the two would trade the top spot back and forth. As the white flag fell it was a coin toss to see who would win. Stephens kept it glued to the high side, Foote would be down low. Coming off of turn four it was a drag race between the two, and it was Foote winning by inches. Stephens, J.C. Wyman, Coffee, and Saathoff rounded out the top five.

The 20 lap City Weekly Grand National feature event would see a lap one accident involving Steve Farnsworth, Tony Leonardo, and Gary Leapley. Leapley would be able to continue, but his night would turn upside down later on. When the race got back under way, it was Rookie Matt Buller taking the early lead. Buller would lead the first couple of laps, but the car on the move was 15th place starter Todd Hipnar. Hipnar's #12 would be on a rail around the bottom of the speedway and he would work his way to top spot before the half way point. Lap 11 would see disaster for Leapley's #T3. Leapley would try to clear the #12m of Matt Mcatee when contact was made sending Leapley car rolling down the back straightaway. The #T3 machine would end up on its roof, but Leapley was able to walk away uninjured. As the racing action got back underway, it was all Hipnar who took his third feature win on the season. Dave Livingston finished second, Dave Doll was third, Ron Tex came from 19th to finish fourth, and point leader Dave Cook was fifth.

Marty Steinbech would come from the 12th starting position to win the 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am "A" feature. Denny Berghahn Jr would finish second with Shawn Bulin coming home third. Terry Cleveland and Rick Negrete rounded out the top five.

I-80 Speedway Results From 7/15/2007

Dodge Super Late Models:
1) 53 Joe Kosiski, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) 28 Bill Leighton Jr., 4) 1w Mike Wallace, 5) 62 Leon Zeitner, 6) 10 Jay Stewart, 7) 00 Clint Benson, 8) 11 Don Droud Jr., 9) 25 Kenny Edwards, 10) 77 John Nicholson, 11) 89 Jerry Warner, 12) z62 Justin Zeitner, 13) 1m Todd Bell, 14) 76 Al Zeitner, 15) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 16) 35 Ed Kosiski, 17) 80 Scott Koskovich, 18) 92 Josh Most, 19) 10L Rick Stolley, 20) 1t Vance Tonack, 21) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 22) 3c Mike Collins, 23) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 24) 23 Dave Hanke, 25) 44 Troy Daly.

Modifieds:
1) 37f Randy Foote, 2) 92 Jeff Stephens, 3) 4 J.C. Wyman, 4) 16 Reese Coffee, 5) 96j Johnny Saathoff, 6) 95 Buzz Wilson, 7) 3x Mike Johnson, 8) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, 9) 43 Brian Foote, 10) 5 Harry Nixon, 11) z00 Brad Tuttle, 12) 21 Phil Penny, 13) 21r Kelly Roof, 14) 3r Rodney Stopak, 15) 91 Tim Thomas, 16) 21n Dave Newton, 17) 20m Mark Leiting, 18) 1mx Michael Anderson, 19) 1m Robert Brinkman, 20) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 21) 1r Matt Richards, 22) 07 Mike Goldfuss, 23) 5s Bob Zoubek, 24) 1s Scott Carlson, 25) 8 Larry Goertz, 26) 7d Dusty Leonard.

City Weekly Grand Nationals:
1) 12 Todd Hipnar, 2) 17 Dave Livingston, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 9 Dave Cook, 6) 55d Curt Drake, 7) j1 Jay Burdic, 8) 50 Brad Soll, 9) 92 Jacob Brown, 10) 51 Matt Buller, 11) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 12) b56 Ben Bolte, 13) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 14) 21x Brent Baker, 15) 3 Mollee Collins, 16) 18 Laini Schwartz, 17) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 18) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 19) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 20) 12m Matt Mcatee, 21) t3 Gary Leapley, 22) 91 Steve Farnsworth, 23) 96 Tony Leonardo, 24) 4k Josh Krug.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams:
1) 5 Marty Steinbech, 2) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 3) 36 Shawn Bulin, 4) 12 Terry Cleveland, 5) 72 Rick Negrete, 6) 84 Doug Stevenson, 7) 25x Joe Feyen, 8) 49 Jeff Atkins, 9) 55d Nick Deal, 10) 64 Nick Hermsen, 11) 8 Nick Steier, 12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 49x Chad Sanders, 14) 55 Ray Dessel, 15) 3t Tim Podraza, 16) t72 Thad Thomson, 17) 35 Rich Steier, 18) 15 Andy Thompsen, 19) 51 Chris Collins, 20) 26x Nate Thompson, 21) 92 Tony Barnes, 22) 9x John Allensworth, 23) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 24) 52 Shane Bales.

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Live updates of the 3rd Annual Cornhusker Midget Challenge at Junction Motor Speedway are being made available by www.MidwestDirt.com. The POWRi/USAC/SMRS co-sanctioned double-header is set for Tuesday-July 24th and Wednesday-July 25th. The computer crew of MidwestDirt.com joins the camera crew of www.SpeedSecrets.info to offer viewers the latest in electronic technology coverage of the Cornhusker Midget Challenge.

MidwestDirt.com was started in February of 2006 as a new source of which dirt track racing fans could receive news about current events in and around the state of Kansas. It was built as an online community featuring a forum and chatroom to let fans from around the area discuss events and details with one another. It was also built as a publicity tool to further acknowledge the great success and lives of drivers who earn the attention they deserve.

In 2007 the web community expanded to cover the state of Nebraska and with such has grown to be a starting point for many users across the Central States when accessing the net on a daily basis. Things continue to grow with MidwestDirt.com as it strives to become a large scale operation to bring the fans the news they look for and the drivers the exposure that they rightfully deserve.

MidwestDirt.com also is a Web Page Design company, also dealing in Web Hosting. It currently sponsors a variety of cars, from Mod Lites to Late Models. In March of 2007 the first "Live Updates" race on MidwestDirt.com took place at the Pro Cuts World Dirt Track Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. From there the "Live Updates" adventure moved to Junction Motor Speedway in March to cover the USMTS event at the beautiful central Nebraska 3/8 mile.

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www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com


Cornhusker Midget Challenge to be offered by SPEED SECRETS iVision

The 3rd Annual Cornhusker Midget Challenge will again be available for viewing on Speed Secrets iVision at the www.SpeedSecrets.info website. Quality video internet coverage will be similar to the Cornhusker Midget Challenge coverage format which was seen at www.SpeedSecrets.info in 2006. Speed Secrets iVision will incorporate driver interviews, fan reaction and participation while utilizing multiple camera angles at various locations around the ‘state of the art’ facility at Junction Motor Speedway. The taped coverage of the 2007 Cornhusker Midget Challenge will be available after production and editing duties have been completed at absolutely no charge to the internet viewers. The coverage will consist of two separate 30 minute Speed Secrets iVision shows featuring the Cornhusker Midget Challenge. The final edited production of Day 1 interviews, heat races and semis will be available with-in days of the event.

Since 2001, Speed Secrets has aired on Nebraska and Kansas television. ‘SPEED SECRETS iVision’ is now available exclusively on-line at www.SpeedSecrets.info and has produced over 200 shows featuring many local, regional and national auto racing personalities, racetrack facilities, motor sports sponsors, fabricators and racing related companies.

SPEED SECRETS iVision now has multiple shows playing on-line 24 hours a day! To view Speed Secrets iVision, go to
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The O'Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series roars back
into action on 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.

Tuesday's clash at Eagle will be the first of 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. Last year's winner, Kelly Shryock,
will look to add a second Eagle trophy to his collection as he seeks his
unprecedented ninth O'Reilly USMTS title.

More than 40 drivers from 10 States are expected, including last year's
runner-up, Zack VanderBeek, Jason Hughes, Al Hejna, Tommy Weder Jr., Jay
Poidinger, Steve Holzkamper, Corey Dripps, Scott Green, Jon Tesch, Jason
Krohn, Greg Skaggs, Mike Spaulding, Brent Bohmont, Mike Hejna, Tommy Myer,
Dean Mahlstedt, Mark Noble, Jake Neal, Jeremy Rasmussen, Jason Friesen and
many more.

Current Eagle Raceway points leader Chris Alcorn of Lincoln finished seventh
last year after qualifying for the main event through a Real Racing Wheels
"B" Main. Alcorn has been dominant this season and will likely challenge the
rugged O'Reilly USMTS road warriors for the $2,000 top prize.

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., while the grandstands will open at 5:30. Hot
laps begin at 6:45 with racing to follow.

The 2nd Annual Modified Madness presented by 94.1FM at Eagle Raceway in
Eagle, Neb., will be the 30th of 56 races on the 2007 NAtional Events
schedule for the O'Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring
Series -- the ninth of 10 scheduled events comprising the O'Reilly USMTS
Western Region slate. Hobby Stocks will also be on the card and racing for
$400 to win.

Eagle Raceway is located 11 miles south of I-80 (Exit 420) on SR 63, or 12
miles east of Lincoln on SR 34 ("O" St.).

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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Drivers will shoot for $5,000-to-win prize in second night of competition

From POWRi

MILLSTADT, Ill. ( July 8, 2007 ) – Brady Bacon (Tulsa, Okla.) flashed his teenage smile in victory lane during last year’s “Cornhusker Midget Challenge” at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb. But that was last season. Bacon hopes to duplicate his efforts and win outright in this year’s two-race swing, which is scheduled for July 24-25. It will mark the third annual event for the O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series, which is welcoming USAC as a co-sanctioning body for the first time. Both races will be 30-lappers.

Many of USAC’s top teams will join with POWRi’s top drivers in the two-race clash. That list includes Bacon, who will look for his second straight win, this time with Kasey Kahne Racing. His teammate is Kevin Swindell ( Memphis , Tenn. ), son of former World of Outlaws champion Sammy Swindell.

And Kahne isn’t the only NASCAR Nextel Cup Series star fielding a team for the “Cornhusker Midget Challenge.” Two-time series champion Tony Stewart and his Tony Stewart Racing Enterprises two-car team will bring Levi Jones (Olney, Ill.) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Olive Branch, Miss.), the only driver this season to win in all three of USAC’s National divisions. Stenhouse won the POWRi-USAC co-sanctioned race May 12 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt , Ind.

In addition, current series points leader Darren Hagen (Riverside, Calif.), defending USAC National Midget Car Series champion Jerry Coons Jr., Nine Racing teammates Dave Darland (Lincoln, Ind.) and Davey Ray (Davenport, Iowa) and 2005 USAC National Midget Car Series titlist Josh Wise (Riverside, Calif.) will look to top Bacon’s performance and earn the $5,000-to-win prize for Wednesday’s night triumph. Tuesday will offer $3,000 to the winner. Ray is a former race winner.

But USAC isn’t the only sanctioning body bring the names to McCool. O’Reilly POWRi Midget points leader Mike Hess ( Petersburg , Ill. ) will be back in his own car after securing an engine to run the rest of the season. Hess, who has three victories, has frequently competed in other cars but is expected to be back in his No. 51 Hess Motorsports machine.

Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, Mo.), who has run among the top five in POWRi all season, has mended following a frightening accident at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway and will continue his pursuit for the POWRi championship at McCool, as will Kuhn, currently second in the POWRi standings. Several top Southern Midget Racing Series (SMRS) drivers, including points co-leaders Gary Taylor and Matt Sherrell, both of Oklahoma , are expected to compete in the race as well.

The races mark the second and third co-sanctioned races between POWRi and USAC. POWRi also competed at McCool early this season, with Keith Rauch scoring his first career series win.

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by Scott Wisdom

Dave Trauernicht of Beatrice took advantage of his front row starting
spot to dominate the IMCA Modified A Feature. He took the lead early and
ran away from the competition in his Belleville Motorsports, Reedy
Machine and Fab, Holtmeier Farms and Seneca Sanitation sponsored BMS
Modiifed. He was followed across the line by Bob Zoubek, Josh Carpenter,
Lance Borgman and Johnny Saathoff.

Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice filling in for Tyler Snyder in the 20
Limited Modified took advantage of a slip by race leader Craig Evers on
the last lap to take the win. He took the Blue Valley Door Co., Eyecare
Specialties, Extreme Motorsports, Halsey Auto Sales, Jordening Lawn
Service, Larry's Tire and Service, Lillian Fritch Insurance, Nebraska
Crop Insurance, RMF, Runza, Sam Minge, Side Trek Bar and Grill, and
Tabitha Day sponsored Jet Mod too the win over Craig Evers, Justin
Fritzson, Ron Karpisek and Brian Florian.

Jeff Watts of Beatrice took his Vanwinkle Masonry, Weyer Repair, Van's
Sandblasting, Buss Real Estate, Toby & Dawn, John's Muscle Cars, Circle
D Mfg, Buhr's Trucking, Harms Farms, Scott's Tax Service, Schmidt
Machine, Poutre-Lauby Plumbing and Heating, Maxson's Barber and Beauty,
Redline Race Graffix, Scott Pope, Reedy Machine and Fab and Jet Racing
sponsored Razor Chassis too the win in the Factory Stocks. He was
followed across the line by Gary Laflin, Aaron Roth, Tyler Phelps and
Ronda Mewes in the Factory Stocks.

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, Gretchen Bates sponsored Razor Chassis to the
victory over Max Harder, Lee Beethe, Matt Fralin and Trevor Kropp in the
IMCA Hobby Stocks.

Dallas Dobrovolny and Trent Becker of Waterville, KS took home top
honors in the Cruisers. They took their Pam, Mo, Darcy, Mom, 3D Design
& Graphics, Schroller Auto Parts, Dixon Tire, Bruna Implement, Family &
Cottage Hill Crew sponsored Cruiser to the win over Rich Mick/Ron
Schroller, Darren Meinke/Nathan Rosentreader, Jerad/Aaron Little and Les
Atkinson/Darcy Dobrovolny.

IMCA Modifieds
1) 4t Dave Trauernicht
2) 5S Bob Zoubek
3) 3 Josh Carpenter
4) 76 Lance Borgman
5) 96j John Saathoff
6) 94 Dan Nelson
7) z34 Brent Schlake
8) 29 Greg Metz
9) 27 Clint Homan
10) 29e Eric Rempel
11) 4j Jordy Nelson
12) 96 Gary Saathoff
13) 71m Eric McMillan
14) 1m Robert Brinkman
15) 7d Dusty Leonard
16) 24x Darren Hosick
17) s56 Scott Bivens
18) 95r Lucas Robinson
19) 21t Tracy Harr
20) 18k Spencer Sutton
21) 30 Jordan Grabouski
22) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
23) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer

Limited Modifieds
1) 20 Jordan Grabouski
2) 2x Craig Evers
3) 66 Justin Fritzson
4) 12k Ron Karpisek
5) 47 Brian Florian
6) 14 Mike Snyder
7) 5 Tom Vanover JR
8) 33 Travis Runcie
9) 97 Mark Saathoff
10) 96 Gary Saathoff
11) 44 Rich Mick
12) 76 Nick Warnke
13) 3d Daryl Dorn
14) 11 Larry Halsey
15) 33 Mike Sherwood
16) 23 Steve Swarthout
17) 74 Rick Rohr
18) 8 Chris Langdale
19) 9 Terry Shearer
20) 23x Shaun Schroeder

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 19 Kyle Vanover
2) 34 Max Harder
3) 38 Lee Beethe
4) 7 Matt Fralin
5) 32 Trevor Kropp
6) 8 Murray Haugen II
7) d64 Greg Post
8) 6 Tony Spunaugle
9) 2 Ryan Roschewski
10) 33 Travis Runcie
11) 95 Bill Parde
12) 47x Jake Creek
13) 11 Eric Chab
14) 1x Chris Langdale
15) 20 Chad Borgman
16) 46 Matt Bernhardt
17) t54 Tom Creek
18) 99 Matthew Smith
19) 48 Travus Snyder


Cruisers
1) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny & Trent Becker
2) 44 Rich Mick & Ron Schroller
3) c4 Darren Meinke & Nathan Rosentreader
4) 16oz Jerad & Aaron Little
5) 4 Les Atkinson & Darcy Dobrovolny
6) 77a Phil & Ahren Ambrose
7) 21 Josh Blumer & Kayne Hagedorn
8) 22u Ashley & Tyler Holle
9) 2 David Voorhees & Jeff Brumback
10) 2le Josh Voorhees & Leon Reeder

Factory Stocks
1) 66 Jeff Watts
2) 9 Gary Laflin
3) 03 Aaron Roth
4) 6 Tyler Phelps
5) 89 Ronda Mewes
6) 7 Jeff Shew
7) 5m Neal Mittan
8) 32 Joe Ryan
9) 29 John Meyer
10) 6r Roy Armstrong
11) 4t Lisa Wagner
12) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
13) 54m Mark Busboom
14) 6a Adam Armstrong

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By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/14/07) With over 100 cars entered in the pit area,
the racing was as hot on the track as it was off. With the Great Clips
Crate Late Model feature coming down to a photo finish; Nick Deal, Scott
Carlson, Justin Soule, Steve Saunders, and Alex Fink all visited victory
lane as Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment presented the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature event seen the #50
of Brad Soll jump out to an early lead from his inside row one starting
position. With Soll out front by a large margin, the fourth place
starter Mike Svagera pulled into second. Svagera would chase down Soll
and challenge him for the lead when the yellow would fly for the first
time on lap 8 for points leader Jason Hobscheidt. With Hobscheidt in
the pit area with rear suspension failure, it was Soll taking the green
flag to restart the race. As the leader hit the back chute, trouble
struck for the #40 of Shawn Harker. Harker's car would climb the wall
and do a flip in the air. Luckily the car would land on all four wheels
and Harker was able to climb out uninjured. After the race got
restarted, the race would be halted another three times before the final
yellow on lap 15. Then it was on! By this point in the race the #8x of
Ron Tex Jr. had worked his way into the top five from his 15th place
starting position. With a half dozen laps remaining, Tex drove into
second and challenged Soll for the lead. Tex would have the advantage
through turns one and two, but Soll would make up the ground in turns
three and four. The two would cross the finish line side by side with
Soll holding the advantage by feet every lap. As the white flag was
displayed, Tex would lead his first lap of the race. The green and white
#8x would hold the lead going down the back straightaway and into turn
three. When it appeared that Tex had the race won, Soll would have other
plans. Soll's #50 would hook up on the outside groove and pull even with
Tex's machine. The two would then bump, and at the line it was Brad Soll
taking the win by a photo finish. Tex would settle for second. Dave
Livingston, Ron Tilley, and Todd Morgan rounded out the top five.

Nick Deal would take the early lead in the 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power
Equipment Pro Stock "A" feature. Deal would stay out front as a host a
of yellows plagued the race. With veteran Scotty Hartman on his tail,
Deal would keep his orange #55 to the top of the speedway. Then as the
checkered flag fell, it was the youngster Deal taking win; his second of
the season. Hartman would finish second. Chad Sanders came home third in
his #49x machine. Shawn Bulin and Tim Podraza finished fourth and fifth.

The 15 lap Midas B-Mod "A" main event would see three caution flags
before one lap would be complete. Once one lap got knocked off the
board, the race became the Scott Carlson show. Carlson would drive from
the 12th starting position to the lead in less than a hand full of laps.
Jared Hoefelman would use a series of yellow flags to work his way to
the second position. As the white flag flew, Carlson would have a
comfortable advantage over Hoefelman's #15h. Then as Carlson was
completing the final lap, there would be a spin in turn four causing the
yellow flag to be displayed and setting up a green-white-checkered
finish. As the cars restarted Hoefelman would try to make a run on the
bottom side of the speedway, but Carlson was to much as he went on to
victory. Hoefelman, Jim Fritz, Jeremy Longmeyer, and Greg Tichy were the
remainder of the top five.

The Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets feature event would see an action
packed first couple of laps as the cars raced three and four wide
throughout the pack. The early favorite in the race were Steve
Mcconnell, Joe Baker, and Ole Olson. As halfway approached, Olson would
make contact with Baker going into turn three, Baker then would make
contact with Mcconnell causing his #33 to get sideways in front of the
field. Some how all three drivers kept their cars going in the right
direction! With the the banging taking place, Baker would take over the
top spot. As the white flag was being displayed, Baker would loose the
lead to Justin Soule who started tenth. Soule would lead the final two
laps on route to victory. Baker, Olson, Austin Kurtzer, and Mcconnell
rounded out the top five.

The Novice Crate feature race would see a strange ending as the yellow
flag was displayed just before the checkered flag came out. After the
cars drove onto the scales, the entire seven car field would be sent
back onto the track for a two lap shootout. Steven Saunders would lead
the final two laps to win the event. Rob Kosiski and Lindsey Yost
finished second and third. Amanda Leonardo and Scott Keffer finished
fourth and fifth.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet feature seen Alex Fink
drive to victory from his front row starting spot. Sarah Preble, Kennin
Colestock, Darrin Hoegren, and Dan Rasmussen rounded out the top five.

I-80 Speeway Results From 7/14/07

Great Clips Crate Late Models:
1) 50 Brad Soll, 2) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) 56 Ron
Tilley, 5) 2d Todd Morgan, 6) 97d Dave Doll, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 5
Mike Svagera, 9) 3z Justin Zeitner, 10) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 11) 7 Gary
Joens Jr., 12) 80 Kenny Edwards, 13) 17v Rick Vanderheiden, 14) 22 Kent
Schimenti, 15) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 16) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 17) 4k Josh
Krug, 18) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 19) 3 Mike Collins, 20) 40 Shawn Harker,
21) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 22) 38 Ray Baughn.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks:
1) 55d Nick Deal, 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 49x Chad Sanders, 4) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 5) 3t Tim Podraza, 6) 24 Don Mohr, 7) 12 Terry Cleveland, 8) 2
Steve Peoples, 9) 52 Shane Bales, 10) 16j Jason Cieslik, 11) 49 Jeff
Atkins, 12) 20 Michael Gillespie, 13) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 14) 72 Rick
Negrete, 15) 74 Alan Schmitt, 16) 28 Mike Powell, 17) 9 Chris Wredt, 18)
25x Joe Feyen, 19) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 20) 84 Doug Stevenson, 21) 48
Larry Robinson Jr., 22) 92 Tony Barnes.

Midas B-Mods
1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 3) 21 Jim Fritz, 4) 56
Jeremy Longmeyer, 5) 48o Greg Tichy, 6) 08 Roger Harpster, 7) 6 Bill
Bader Jr., 8) 1 Dave Lefleur, 9) 83 Nick Hermsen, 10) 33 Jim Hendricks
Jr., 11) 96c Kyle Chalek, 12) 5 Harry Nixon, 13) 53 Larry Robinson Sr.,
14) 52x Ethan Christiansen, 15) 5c Jim Bicking, 16) 12 Buddy Ray Jones,
17) 48 Kyle Harpster, 18) 9 Hank Dewild, 19) z00 Lacey Tuttle.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets:
1) 16j Justin Soule, 2) 9x Joe Baker, 3) 23 Ole Olson, 4) 57 Austin
Kurtzer, 5) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 6) 9k Mike Kline, 7) 15 Jamie Spanel, 8)
15x Cory Powers, 9) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 10) 55 Mark Lamar, 11) 85 Mike
Kennedy, 12) 81 Steve England, 13) 28 Cory Askeland, 14) 89 Andrew Cuva,
15) 23s Joshua Schlotfeld, 16) 38 Will Mcconnell, 17) 87 Teresa Allen,
18) 74c Dave Christensen, 19) 34w Ward Neesen, 20) b22 Nathan Brown, 21)
b52 Skip Brown.

Novice Crate:
1) 44 Steve Saunders, 2) 52 Rob Kosiski, 3) 20 Lindsey Yost, 4) 96jr
Amanda Leonardo, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 7) 3 Mollee
Collins.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:
1) 2 Alex Fink, 2) 97s Sarah Preble, 3) 7 Kennin Colestock, 4) 19 Darrin
Hoegren, 5) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 6) 61j Russell Johnson, 7) 35 Steve
Logan, 8) 55 Lynn Carlson, 9) 6t Tim Berghahn, 10) 40 Luke Topp, 11) 1
Matt Slominsky, 12) 3 Shevi Collins.

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By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (July 13)-Six familiar faces made their way to The Speed Bowl's
victory lane Friday night, July 13, in Red Cloud, NE.

Hometown driver Lonnie Schriner put on a show for the local fans in the IMCA
Modified feature, or should I say marathon. Schriner started 18th in the 19-car
field after missing his heat race to change a motor. Josh Carpenter led the
opening lap until the red flag flew one lap later when Jon Thompson rolled in turn
one, causing an 11-car melee. Thompson was okay but done for the night. Carpenter
led the field back to green as 16 cars were able to continue. Brandon Blochlinger
took over the top spot on lap 4 and built up a good lead at the halfway mark of the
20-lap race, with Carpenter, Tim Watts, Schriner and Micaah Johnson rounding out
the top five. But a caution on lap 13 bunched the field, and on lap 15, Schriner
took the lead and went on to record his fifth win of the season at Red Cloud.
Blochlinger held on for second, followed by Watts, Johnson and Carpenter. Heat
race winners were Carpenter, Troy Johnson, and Watts.


In the IMCA Stock Car feature, Cory Struckhoff of Kensington, KS, led all 16 laps
for his second win of the year. Matt Streit was glued to Struckhoff's back bumper
the entire distance, and Streit tried to make a pass several times but could not
make it stick and had to settle for second. Josh Hudson finished third, followed
by Brett Behrends and Nathan Glendening. Jason McCartney and Jared Remus were
victorious in the heat races.

Mike Shriver looked to be on his way to victory in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature,
but after leading the first 11 laps, Shriver developed a left rear flat tire and
stopped on the track to bring out a caution. That handed the lead over to hometown
driver 'Smokin' Joe McDole who was able to hold off Kyle Bond the final 3 laps for
his second Red Cloud win this season. Heat one winner Jeromy Wagner finished
third, followed by Rocky Zimmerman and Jim Buss. Shriver won the other heat race.

Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings got under race-long leaders Drew Barry & Ethan
Vogler on the final lap to win their sixth Cruiser feature of the season at 'The
Bowl'. Heat race winners Josh & Chris Graczyk finished third.

After winning his heat race, Andy Sole of Nelson drove away for his 5th win of the
season in the 4-cylinder Young Gun division.
The regular five divisions return this Friday night, July 20. Racing begins at
8:00 p.m.

RESULTS

IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1: 1. Jeromy Wagner, 2. Rocky Zimmerman, 3. Joe McDole, 4. Jebb Linner.
Heat 2: 1. Mike Shriver, 2. Delbert Selvage, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Kyle Bond.
Feature: 1. McDole, 2. Bond, 3. Wagner, 4. Zimmerman, 5. Jim Buss, 6. Selvage, 7.
Shriver, 8. Linner, 9. Kaid Calhoon, 10. Hudson (DNF), 11. Jared Lewis (DNS).

IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1: 1. Jason McCartney, 2. Nathan Glendening, 3. Josh Hudson, 4. Matt Streit.
Heat 2: 1. Jared Remus, 2. Cory Struckhoff, 3. Wayne Walker, 4. Brett Behrends.
Feature: 1. Struckhoff, 2. Streit, 3. Hudson, 4. Behrends, 5. Glendening, 6. Walker,
7. Remus, 8. Troy Attwood, 9. McCartney, 10. Jason Smidt (DNF), 11. Brant Beam
(DNS).

IMCA Modified
Heat 1: 1. Josh Carpenter, 2. Jon Thompson, 3. Larry Sutton, 4. Ed Putman.
Heat 2: 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Brandon Blochlinger, 3. Micaah Johnson, 4. Lance Borgman.
Heat 3: 1. Tim Watts, 2. Scott Smith, 3. Devon Housh, 4. Brian Calhoon.
Feature: 1. Lonnie Schriner, 2. Blochlinger, 3. Watts, 4. M. Johnson, 5. Carpenter,
6. T. Johnson, 7. Smith, 8. Sutton, 9. Borgman, 10. Jeff Linner, 11. Devon Housh,
12. Caesare Linner, 13. Randy Fogo (DNF), 14. Everett Honts (DNF), 15. Dwight Housh
(DNF), 16. Calhoon (DNF), 17. Putman (DNF), 18. Lonnie Veteto (DNF), 19. Thompson
(DNF).

4-cylinder Young Gun
Heat: 1. Andy Sole, 2. Troy Porter.
Feature: 1. Sole, 2. Porter (DNF).

Cruiser
Heat: 1. Josh Graczyk/Chris Grazcyk, 2. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 3. Drew Barry/Ethan
Vogler.
Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Barry/Vogler, 3. Graczyk/Graczyk.

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Although ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship doesn't begin for another month, drivers are already positioning themselves for a run at the title and the opportunity to dethrone eight-time reigning O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series national champion Kelly Shryock.

Shryock, however, holds the advantage right now and hopes ‘The Hunt’ will be yet another glowing entry in his coveted racing résumé. His eighth O’Reilly USMTS title last year moved him ahead of such legends as Richard Petty, Michael Schumacher and Dale Earnhardt, and put Shryock among some elite company in the business of motorsports title collecting.

Major Motorsports Championships:

• Steve Kinser, World of Outlaws Sprint Series, 20-time champion
• John Force, NHRA Drag Racing Series - Funny Car, 14-time champion
• Bob Glidden, NHRA Drag Racing Series - Pro Stock, 10-time champion
• Frank Kimmell, ARCA RE/MAX Series, 8-time champion
• Kelly Shryock, O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series, 8-time champion
• Mike Eddy, ASA Late Model Series, 7-time champion
• Michael Schumacher, Formula One World Championship, 7-time champion
• A.J. Foyt Jr., USAC Indycar Championship, 7-time champion
• Richard Petty, NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 7-time champion
• Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 7-time champion
• Ricky Carmichael, AMA Motocross, 7-time champion

Shryock, 42, enjoyed his career-best season in 2006, scoring 31 wins and a remarkable 51 top-10 finishes in 59 starts against the best Modified drivers on the face of the planet. During one stretch last summer, the second-generation pilot from Fertile, Iowa, recorded a Series record 11 straight wins.

He's been no slouch in 2007 either. With 29 National Events in the books, Shryock has 10 wins and 25 top-10s — 24 of which have actually been top-5s. He currently leads the standings in all four regions, as well as the USMTS Southern Series where he has notched an additional four wins in eight starts.

On Tuesday, July 31, the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway will host 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, beginning with the Central Region finale on Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. From there, the rugged O’Reilly USMTS road warriors travel to the Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway for the final event in the Southern Region. Drivers head north to the Beatrice (Neb.) Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 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, Aug. 9, at the Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kan.

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.

NEXT EVENT:
Tuesday, July 17
Eagle Raceway, Eagle, Neb.
2nd Annual Modified Madness presented by 94.1FM
National Event - Western Region
Entry Form Rules

• ALL USMTS RULES APPLY.
• AMERICAN RACER KK704 or G60 TIRES (stamped or unstamped) PREFERRED. Hoosier G60 tire is allowed, but no points or contingencies will be awarded.
• QUALIFYING WILL BE DONE BY HEAT RACE PASSING POINTS AND B-MAINS.
• DRAW FOR HEAT RACE STARTING SPOT ENDS 15 MINUTES BEFORE HOT LAPS START.
• REMEMBER: ROLLBAR PADDING PLUS EITHER A WINDOW NET OR ARM RESTRAINTS ARE REQUIRED.
• ALUMINUM HEADS LEGAL - MUST HAVE 50 LBS IN FRONT OF MOTOR PLATE. TOTAL WEIGHT RULE 2400 LBS.
• NO LICENSE IS REQUIRED TO RACE WITH THE USMTS. LICENSE BENEFITS INCLUDE PROVISIONALS, POINTS FUNDS, CONTINGENCIES AND BONUS PAYOUTS FOR A-MAIN & TOW!

As of July 9, the following drivers are eligible to earn points in ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship, showing the points they would start with if ‘The Hunt’ started today:

1. 3 - Kelly Shryock, Fertile, IA … 60
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, IA … 51
3. 12 - Jason Hughes, Colcord, OK … 41
4. 7 - Al Hejna, Clear Lake, IA … 40
5. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, OK … 36
6. 27 - Greg Skaggs, Bixby, OK … 26
7. 5 - Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, AR … 25
8. 14 - Jon Tesch, Watertown, SD … 24
8. 49x - Jay Poidinger, Somerset, WI … 24
10. 25 - Scott Green, Derby, KS … 22
11. 5 - Randy Timms, Woodward, OK … 13
12. 12 - Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, AR … 12
13. 32 - Donovan Lodge, Moline, IL … 11
14. 31 - Corey Dripps, Waterloo, IA … 9
14. 19g - Richie Gustin Jr., Gilmar, IA … 9
16. 1F - Jason Friesen, Sutton, NE … 8
16. 20 - Rodney Sanders, Happy, TX … 8
18. 19 - Jamie Burford, Keatchie, LA … 7
19. 7k - Jason Krohn, Slayton, MN … 6
19. 31j - Jeremy Rasmussen, Bentonville, AR … 6
19. 13 - David Mitchell, Ashdown, AR … 6
22. 58 - Scott Vesely, Mosinee, WI … 5
22. 76 - Chase Allen, Midlothian, TX … 5
22. 11 - Brandon Morton, Coweta, OK … 5
22. 54 - Dena Wilson, Coweta, OK … 5
22. 21b - Brandon Kenny, E. Woodward, OK … 5
22. 7m - Brandon Melton, Longview, TX … 5
22. 4x - Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, TX … 5
22. 17 - Charles Lasater, Garland, TX … 5
30. 65 - Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, MN … 3
31. 7II - Mike Hejna, Clear Lake, IA … 2
32. 17p - Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon, IA … 1

‘The Hunt’ will be comprised of the final 16 races of the season, with qualifying through prior regional events. The O’Reilly USMTS National Championship points system will be used at all regional events, with the top-10 in the final standings of each Region earning 10 points for first place, 9 points for second place and so forth, descending to 1 point for the 10th-place finisher in the region. In addition, each driver who attended all events in a region will earn 5 bonus points. The total points earned for all regions will serve as the base points that each driver will start ‘The Hunt’ with.

USMTS Southern Series drivers are also eligible to qualify for ‘The Hunt’. Drivers may use their best points combination from the four National Event regions or a combination of three regions and the USMTS Southern Series as their base points to begin ‘The Hunt’ with.

After base points have been established, the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship points system will be used at the remaining events for the drivers in ‘The Hunt’ to determine the 2007 O’Reilly USMTS National Champion.

Created for the fans, the ‘The Hunt’ serves as a “playoff” for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. While handicapping gives a slight advantage to the drivers that compete on the entire National Events circuit, each of the top-10 drivers in any of the four regions or the USMTS Southern Series has a legitimate shot at capturing the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship.

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From Eagle Raceway:

Saturday, July 14th, Z92 presents Crash Bash with the School Bus Demolition
Derby. Will any of the buses survive??

After last weeks great racing by the Bud Light Wingless Sprints, the
Budweiser Winged Sprints will have to up the ante to reclaim their place of
dominance at the 1/3 mile high banks. The action will also include the
Monster IMCA Modifieds, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and Stereo West Auto
Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts.

Front gate admission for Adults $10, Youth(6-13) $5 and Children(5 & under)
are Free.
Front gates open at 5:30pm and racing starts at 7:00pm.

HOBBY STOCK WEEKEND OF MONEY!
Thanks to NAPA Auto Parts, the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature winner
on July 14th will receive an extra $250 bonus.

Remember that Tuesday, July 17th, the USMTS(United States Modified Touring
Series) fastest modifieds in the country will be in action racing for $2000
to win. The Hobby Stocks will be unsanctioned and racing for $400 to win
with an increased total purse.

Front gate admission for Adults $15, Youth(6-13)$5 and Children(5 & under)
are Free.
Front gates open at 5:30pm and racing starts at 7:00pm.

From Eagle Raceway:

Eagle Raceway and the Cacak family would like to thank everyone for their
prayers and get well wishes for Mike. He is stable and his recovery is
slowly progressing. There is a benefit fund opened up in Mike's name, Mike
Cacak Benefit Fund, and you may go to any Wells Fargo location for those of
you who would like to contribute to his recovery. The "Get Well" banner will
be posted this weekend for anyone that missed signing it last weekend. There
are also "Get Well" stickers available in the Eagle's Nest for $1 donation
with all proceeds going to Mike's Benefit Fund.

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The O'Reilly Auto Parts MLRA Late Model Series is set to invade Beatrice Speedway August 5th
The Buhr Trucking/RMF Factory Stocks will be the support class

Grandstand Adult tickets are 12.00, kids 6-11 are 3.00 and 5 and under are free.
Pits are 25.00

Added attractions include 2 seater rides in a Late Model
4-Laps $50.0010 Laps $100.00
To pre-register you must e-mail me at tfralin@charter.net Register quick as limited spaces will be available.

Also added courtesy of The Sheppard of the Hills in Branson Missouri is the following(Must be used these dates Aug 9th-11th)2 Nights in Luxury Accomodations (230.00 value)2 tix to The Sheppard of the Hills Summer Cruise (62.00 value)2 tix to Silver Dollar City (87.30 value1 dinner for two at either Red Lobster or Olive Garden (50.00) valueRetail Value of $429.00

To check out the Sheppard of the Hills Summer Cruise log on to www.supersummercruise.com

Beatrice Speedway would like to thank the following sponsors of this event

Hartig Real Estate and Loan-Beatrice Nebraska
Schusters Outdoors- Beatrice Nebraska
Sutton Repair in Odell Nebraska
The Corner Tavern in Swanton
JET Racing Beatrice Nebraska
BudweiserKUTT 99.5 FM
KWBE AM 1450
Halseys Auto Sales and Detailing-Beatrice Nebraska

Stay tuned for some exciting announcements from Beatrice Speedway and Junction Motor Speedway about this huge weekend of Super Late model Racing. Wayne Dayke and I are gathering some very special prizes to be given away at both tracks for the fans and maybe even a few for the drivers.

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I will confess that this poll is self serving, but it will give me an idea of what people look for and some ideas for what to shoot.

Day or night photos - your preference?

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From I-80 Speedway

Greenwood, Nebraska (June 25, 2007)-Returning to his dirt racing roots, Nextel Cup driver Carl Edwards will make his second racing appearance at I-80 Speedway, Nebraska’s only NASCAR track, on Sunday, July 22. The driver of the #99 Office Depot Ford Fusion will be racing in the Dodge Super Late Model division against drivers including his younger brother Kenny Edwards, Joe Kosiski, Al Humphrey, Leon Zeitner, Jay Stewart, Jason Hobscheidt, Rick Stolley and others.
Carl won the Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway earlier this year and raced at I-80 Speedway last year in the Grand National division.

“I’m looking forward to racing at I-80 Speedway again, especially being able to race against my brother Kenny,” said Carl. “He claims he’s going to beat me again this year, but we’ll see.” Last year, Kenny finished first in his heat race against his brother who finished second. Kenny finished third in the Grand National a feature and Carl finished 23rd because of an early wreck.
“This is a true battle between my brother and I, “said Kenny Edwards. “Ever since he started in NASCAR, I’ve been looking forward to taking him on and battling on the dirt!”

There also will be an autograph session from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with Carl and Kenny, and fans will be allowed to bring only one item to be signed. Also, fans will not be able to have their picture taken with Carl or Kenny, but will be able to take pictures of them while waiting in line.
Carl Edwards is currently 6th in the NASCAR Nextel Cup standings and has five career wins. He also is currently leading the Busch Grand National Series points. Carl has been with Roush Racing since 2003 when he ran a full NASCAR Craftsman Truck schedule.

Kenny Edwards is currently 12th in the Dodge Super Late Model division in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series at I-80 Speedway, and is leading the rookie standings. He earned his first NASCAR victory on June 10, and followed it up with his second win just two weeks later. Currently a member of the Total Performance Parts Rising Stars, Kenny was the 2006 Grand National rookie of the year. This is his second year in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series.

Advance tickets are available for only $10 through Friday, July 20 and kids under 10 are free. Tickets prices after Friday, July 20 will be $15 and kids under 10 are free. Advance tickets can be ordered through the office, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tickets can be picked up at the office, or at the track “will call window.” Grandstand gates open at 4:00 p.m., hot laps at 6:00 p.m., and racing at 6:30 p.m. Pit passes without a NASCAR license are $30.

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From Bill Martin, IMCA Public Relations 319 472-2201, x225

IMCA Modifieds chase $5,000 top prize,
Stocks go for $2,000 at Sandhills Shootout

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (July 10) – Lincoln County Raceway's ninth annual
Sandhills Shootout special is set for Friday and Saturday, July 20-21,
with top prizes of $5,000 for IMCA Modifieds and $2,000 for IMCA Sunoco
Stock Cars.

The Modified winner also joins the ballot for the 2008 Fast Shafts
All-Star Invitational. Second place is good for $2,500 and a minimum of
$200 will be paid to start the 24-car main event; the Stock Car
runner-up takes home $1,000 with a minimum of $100 paid to take the
green flag in that feature.

Feature purses are based on car counts of 50 Modifieds and 40 Stock Cars.

Sanctioned by IMCA for the first time, the Shootout will be a 51st
"bonus" race, allowing drivers in both divisions to apply points earned
at the North Platte show to home region as well as standings.

"The Sandhills Shootout is one of the premier events in the Midwest and
we're pleased to become associated with it," IMCA Vice President of
Operations Brett Root said. "We look forward to two outstanding nights
of racing."

Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. both days. Rain date is
Aug. 3-4.

Pit passes are $20. No one under the age of 14 will be allowed in the
pit area. Adult admission to the grandstand is $10 on Friday and $12 on
Saturday. A two-day pass will be available for $20.

More information is available by calling Ed Milne at 308 530-1578,
Bobbie Steffens at 308 530-0851, John Lamphear at 308 650-0085, or the
fairgrounds office at 308 534-8191.

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88 Pics from this week's racing. Enjoy

Eagle Raceway 7-7-07 Photos

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Before I start, I'm not making any statement about current management, racers, the situation at hand regarding disgruntled drivers, etc.

Modified drivers Lucas Robinson (95r) and father Jesse Robinson (75r) are leaving Eagle. They've made it clear on the Dirtdrivers.com message board. It was another tough night in the modified division, with cars getting torn up and only nine of the 20 starters finishing the A feature.

Lucas spells the reasons out in his thread on dirtdrivers.com, entitled "Please return Cormack" (see user 'mod95r'). Angry about his treatment throughout the night, he's taking his team and heading out. I can respect that. He's putting his money where his mouth is. Where I've always loved the logic behind the saying, "that's why trailers have wheels and racetracks don't," it should never have to come to that.

I think communication between the officials and racers is important. It's also important to make sure you have the story straight and thought out. If a racer is being denied the opportunity to race they have a right to know why.

They may have some legitimate complaints.

But there is one thing I think should never go without penalty - ignoring the black flag. I was down in the Eagle Raceway infield and listening to the radio. Robinson made it clear that he saw and would not honor the flag more than once and didn't stop on the track until Roger Hadan came down there personally.

Who knows, it could have been a safety issue. Most drivers would head up to the work area to see what was going on and if it could be fixed so they can return.

If he were worried about going to the work area and being left out, he could have stopped on the track when prompted.

Ignoring the black flag so one can make a statement isn't fair to the other racers, who are burning fuel and it isn't fair to the fans who aren't interested in your issues. Take your beef with the promoter to the pits.

Again, I'm sorry to see them both go and adding to the list of drivers leaving out of anger. They've been steady fixtures at Eagle for several years. But if you got a problem with the promoter, don't try settling it on the track. It's only going to make things worse.

I'm not saying they don't have legitimate issues, but in light of last week's tragic accident showing emotion while behind the wheel of a car isn't the answer.

Sometimes you say more by NOT going on the track.

-Jason

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By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/08/2007) On a night where 90+ drivers braved the blistering summer heat to compete at I-80 Speedway; John Nicholson, Reese Coffee, Tim Podraza, Jesse Sobbing, and Rob Kosiski all visited victory lane as Shopko presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series and the annual Kids Bike Races.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event seen the #77 of John Nicholson jump out to the early from his front row starting position. Just as lap one was being completed, the caution would fly for the #58 of Keith Mander Jr. who entered the spin cycle in turn four. When the green waved once again, it was still Nicholson out front with Rick Stolley and Alonzo Grosse close behind. The yellow would be displayed for the second time in the race when the #z62 of Justin Zeitner experienced a mechanical failure in turns one and two. With the field stacked up, it was easy to see that the two cars on the move were the #53 of Joe Kosiski and the #6 of Al Humphrey. By this time in the race the two had worked their way close to the top five after starting in the sixth row. On the restart Nicholson held his line on the top as Kosiski made his way into second using the bottom. Lap 19 would see the final caution period of the night as Troy Daly's #44 came to a slow on the back chute. The restart would give Kosiski a great opportunity to make the pass for the lead one final time, but it was John Nicholson driving as "Mr. Smooth" around the top of the track on route to victory. Kosiski and Humphrey finished second and third. Leon Zeitner and Al Zeitner rounded out the top five.

Jeremiah Sillman would lead the field to the green in the 18 lap Modified "A" main event. Sillman held the early advantage, but J.C. Wyman and Mike Johnson would apply pressure in the early laps. As a pair of yellows delayed the race on lap three, the car on the move was the #16 of Reese Coffee. Coffee would stick to the bottom rail of the track and work his way to the lead. Coffee would then keep the top spot on his way to victory, his 4th of the year. Sillman finished second, Wyman third, Jeff Stephens fourth, and Matt Richards fifth.

The 18 lap Certified Transmission Pro Am "A" feature seen Tim Podraza race from the fourth starting position to win the event. Shawn Bulin would start 10th and work his way up to finish 2nd. Dr. Nick Steier finished third, with Saturday nights Pro Stock winner Marty Steinbech finishing fourth. Chad Sanders drove his #49x to finish fifth.

The 15 lap Hobby Stock "A" feature event would start with Mike Mass rolling over on lap one. Mass would be uninjured as he quickly exited his car. When the race got back underway it was Jesse Sobbing jumping out to a huge advantage. Sobbing would drive to victory picking up the $50 Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant bonus. Tom Myers came home second. Chad Bassinger, Jimmy Nichols, and Rick Munson rounded out the top five.

Rob Kosiski would start on the pole and win the 8 lap Novice Crate "A" feature event. Micah Brown would run a close second with Ryan Gladwin finishing third. 15 year old Jase Kaser finished fourth and Kortney Kosiski was fifth.

Results From 07/08/07

Dodge Super Late Models:
1) 77 John Nicholson, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 6 Al Humphrey, 4) 62 Leon Zeitner, 5) 76 Al Zeitner, 6) 10L Rick Stolley, 7) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 8) 11 Don Droud Jr., 9) 1m Todd Bell, 10) 1w Mike Wallace, 11) 10 Jay Stewart, 12) 00 Clint Benson, 13) 1h Chad Humston, 14) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 15) 25 Kenny Edwards, 16) 52 Bill Leighton Jr., 17) 80 Scott Koskovich, 18) 1t Vance Tonack, 19) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 20) J1 Jay Burdic, 21) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 22) 23 Dave Hanke, 23) 44 Troy Daly, 24) z62 Justin Zeitner.

Modifieds:
1) 16 Reese Coffee. 2) 52s Jeremiah Sillman, 3) 4 J.C. Wyman, 4) 92 Jeff Stephens, 5) 1r Matt Richards, 6) 3x Mike Johnson, 7) 20m Mark Leiting, 8) 5 Harry Nixon, 9) z00 Brad Tuttle, 10) 21n Dave Newton, 11) 8 Larry Goertz, 12) 95 Buzz Wilson, 13) h1 Lowell Holland, 14) 91 Tim Thomas, 15) 3r Rodney Stopak, 16) 07 Mike Goldfuss, 17) 53 Staci Stava, 18) 33r Larry Robinson Jr., 19) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, 20) 1m Robert Brinkman, 21) 37f Randy Foote, 22) 5s Bob Zoubek, 23) 1s Scott Carlson, 24) 2m Mike Meyer, 25) 69x Bill Bader Jr.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams:
1) 3t Tim Podraza, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 8 Nick Steier, 4) 5 Marty Steinbech, 5) 49x Chad Bassinger, 6) 9x John Allensworth, 7) 24 Don Mohr, 8) t72 Thad Thomson, 9) 84 Doug Stevenson, 10) 35 Rich Steier, 11) 6 Denny Berghahn, 12) 12 Terry Cleveland, 13) 55 Ray Dessel, 14) 15 Andy Thompsen, 15) 49 Jeff Atkins, 16) 6x Denny Berghahn Jr., 17) 72 Rick Negrete, 18) 55d Nick Deal, 19) 92 Tony Barnes, 20) 25x Joe Feyen, 21) 33x Chuck Dillon, 22) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 23) 64 Nick Hermsen.

Hobby Stock:
1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 7 Tom Myers, 3) 4x Chad Bassinger, 4) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 5) m70 Rick Munson, 6) 61b Brandon Wergin, 7) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 8) 12 George Whitmore, 9) 32d Kenny Darnold, 10) 00 John Austin, 11) 2t Josh True, 12) 52 Roger Timperley, 13) 40 Mike Mass, 14) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal.

Novice Crates:
1) 52 Rob Kosiski, 2) 92 Micah Brown, 3) j1 Ryan Gladwin, 4) 15 Jase Kaser, 5) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 6) 20 Lindsey Yost, 7) 80 Isiah Droud.

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Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice took his Jet Racing, Jr Motorsports, Pinnacle Bank, Speedway, Hair Graphics, I-70 Auto Auction and Toobies Lumber Sponsored Jet Mod to the victory over Dan Nelson, Spencer Sutton, Jordan Grabouski and Dusty Leonard in IMCA Modifieds.

Gary Saathoff of Beatrice took his Jet Racing, Rehm Transfer, Wasserman Trucking, Helmet FX by Rod, Stone Cold Motors and South Central Irrigation sponsored Jet Mod to the win in the Limited Modifieds. He led Craig Evers, Mark Saathoff, Brian Florian and Tom Vanover Jr across the line.

Matt Fralin of Beatrice took his Dempsters, The Body Zone, Jet Racing, TY's Tobacco Corner, Reedy Machine and Fab and Nelson Racing sponsored Demon Chassis to the Victory in the IMCA Hobby Stocks over Eric Chab, Kyle Vanover, Max Harder and Chad Borgman.

Scott Parde of Beatrice took his Beatrice Motor Mart, EZ Go Golf Karts and Orange Bowl sponsored IMCA Sport Compact to the win over Jake Harms, Billy Layman, Janie Fralin and Jason Sand.

Darcy Dobrovolny of Waterville, KS took his 3D Designs & Graphics, Bailey Construction, Bruna Imp. Marysville, Parker Harvesting, Dane's Auto, Carroll Law Office and Schroller Auto Parts sponsored Factory Stock to victory over Gary Laflin, Lisa Wagner, Neal Mittan and Jeff Shew.

Results

IMCA Modifieds
1) 96j Johnny Saathoff
2) 94 Dan Nelson
3) 18k Spencer Sutton
4) 30 Jordan Grabouski
5) 7d Dusty Leonard
6) 4j Jordy Nelson
7) 5s Bob Zoubek
8) 76 Lance Borgman
9) 12 Todd Topil
10) 27 Clint Homan
11) z34 Brent Schlake
12) 96 Gary Saathoff
13) 24x Darren Hosick
14) 8 Dan McKnight
15) 47x Kyle Ames
16) 24 Daniel Bohlmeyer
17) 29e Eric Rempe
18) s56 Scott Bivens
19) 4t David Trauernicht
20) 93L Jason Brinkman
21) 7b Chris Burk
22) 3 Josh Carpenter

Limited Modifieds
1) 96 Gary Saathoff
2) 2x Craig Evers
3) 97 Mark Saathoff
4) 47 Brian Florian
5) 5 Tom Vanover Jr
6) 14 Mike Snyder
7) 76 Nick Warnke
8) 20 Tyler Snyder
9) 22a Brent Alverson
10) 12k Ron Karpisek
11) 66 Justin Fritzson
12) 33 Travis Runcie
13) 9 Terry Shearer
14) 3d Daryl Dorn
15) 8 Dan McKnight
16) 17m Max Roberts
17) 25 Benji Legg
18) 23 Steve Swarthout
19) 23x Shaun Schroeder
20) 11 Larry Halsey
21) 33x Mike Sherwood

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 7 Matt Fralin
2) 11 Eric Chab
3) 19 Kyle Vanover
4) 34 Max Harder
5) 20 Chad Borgman
6) 38 Lee Beethe
7) 8 Murray Haugen II
8) 32 Trevor Kropp
9) 1x Chris Langdale
10) 99 Matt Smith
11) 75 Kyle Olberding
12) d64 Greg Post
13) 46 Matt Bernhardt
14) 03 Aaron Roth
15) 21 Aron DeWalt
16) 95 Bill Parde
17) 33 Travis Runcie
18) t54 Tom Creek
19) 48 Travus Snyder
20) 47x Jake Creek
21) 2 Ryan Roschewski

IMCA Sport Compacts
1) 17 Scott Parde
2) 6j Jacob Harms
3) 7L Billy Layman
4) 7 Janie Fralin
5) 19 Jason Sand
6) 00 Cody Walter
7) 97 Jared Oestrich
8) 81m Natham Meyer

Factory Stocks
1) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
2) 9 Gary Laflin
3) 4t Lisa Wagner
4) 5m Neal Mittan
5) 7 Jeff Shew
6) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
7) 29 John Meyer
8) 54m Mark Busboom
9) 3 Bob Latta
10) 6 Ernie Reiss
11) 15s Lyle Slama
12) 32 Joe Ryan
13) 5r Gary Roop
14) 6a Adam Armstrong
15) 6r Roy Armstrong

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By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/07/07) As the blistering hot sun faded into a cool Nebraska night, the action heated up as Andrew Kosiski, Marty Steinbech, Scott Carlson, Nick Clifford, Dave Christensen, Rob Kosiski, and Kennin Colestock all visited victory lane as Stereo West Auto Toys presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at I-80 Speedway.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature event started out with Shawn Harker taking the lead in is newly bought #2v machine. Harker would ride the high groove as the "Jackhammer" Dave Livingston worked the middle towards the front. Caution would fly on lap 4 as Gary Joens Jr. made contact with the back straightaway wall. As the race got back underway the #2x of Andrew Kosiski showed strength by making it a three horse race for the lead. As lap 16 approached, a three way battle for the lead would take place. Harker, Livingston, and Kosiski would race three wide all the way around the 4/10 of a mile oval. The three would be glued side by side for three laps straight, which gave the #97d and the #1 of Jason Hobscheidt time to catch up. With the top five battling in a group, Kosiski took the lead for the first time on lap 19, then disaster struck for one of the top runners. Harkers #2v would come to a slow in turns one and two with a flat right rear tire. With six laps to go, the race would be set up for a wild west shootout between Kosiski, Livingston, Doll, and Hobscheidt. As the green waved it was Kosiski running the top with Doll and Hobscheidt following. Kosiski would strecth the lead as the laps ran down, but Doll would not give up. When the white flag was shown it was between Kosiski and Doll. Doll would trail by two car lenghts as the two made their way down the back chute. Doll would then make one last run for the lead, but he would come up short as Andrew Kosiski took the checkered flag. Hobscheidt would finish third behind Doll, Jeff Tilley ran fourth, and Livingston came home fifth.

Marty Steinbech would take the lead from the drop of the green flag in the 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock "A" feature event. The race would not get one lap in the books before the caution flew. Once it flew, it flew often. Over seven yellow flags plagued the race, but through it all it was Steinbech staying out front. Steinbech's #5 would receive pressure from the #25x of Joe Feyen, but Steinbech held strong the entire race on his way to victory. Feyen, Rick Negrete, Denny Berghahn Jr., and Shawn Bulin rounded out the top five

The 15 lap Midas B-Mod feature race seen the #z00 of Lacey Tuttle jump out to an early lead from her outside front row starting spot. The yellow flag would also dominate this feature event, as it was displayed a hand full of time for incidents, including a hard impact by the #12 of Buddy Ray Jones in turn three. As the laps ticked off, it was veteran Scott Carlson and Rookie Jared Hoefelman working their way to the front. Carlson would make it to the lead with Hoefelman in his tire tracks. The race would end just like that, with Carlson taking the win. Howfelman would finish second, Jim Fritz third, Bill Bader Jr. fourth, and Nick Hermsen fifth.

The Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars would see a half dozen speed demons make their way to I-80 Speedway. The 12 lap feature would see a couple a cautions flags before the first lap was complete. The #99 of Matthew Stelzer would enter the spin cycle in turn three, and the #99c of Nick Clifford and the #3d of Ryan Voss would tangle in turn one. When the race got under way it was the #45 of Dan Satriano out front. The 99's of Stelzer and Clifford would pass the #45, and then Clifford made the final pass of the night on Stelzer for the victory with a few laps remaining.

The #74C of Dave Christensen would make his way from the fourth row to win the 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet feature. Pink Fink Jr came home second, followed by Justin Soule, Austin Kurtzer, and Cory Askeland.

Rob Kosiski would wheel his #52 to victory in the 8 lap Novice Crate "A" main. Kosiski would work from the third row to win by a comfortable margain. Lindsey Yost finished second, Steven Sauders, Amanda Leonardo, Scott Keffer, Ryan Gladwin, and Ben Bolte rounded out the field.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet feature event would see the top two runners in Thomas Liechti and Jacob Brown get knocked out of contention for the win as contact was made with a few laps remaining in the event. That would give first time driver Kennin Colestock the oppourtunity he was looking for as he took the win. Darrin Hoegren finished second, Liechti third, Dan Rasmussen fourth, and Russell Johnson fifth.

Top 10 for 07/07/07

Great Clips Crate Late Models
1) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 4) 56x Jeff Tilley, 5) 17 Dave Livingston, 6) 2d Todd Morgan, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 9) 96 Tony Leonardo, 10) 2v Shawn Harker.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks:
1) 5 Marty Steibech, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 72 Rick Negrete, 4) 6 Denny Berghahn, 5) 36 Shawn Bulin, 6) 2 Steve Peoples, 7) 84 Doug Stevenson, 8) 90 Andy Miller, 9) 88 Scotty Hartman, 10) 20 Mike Gillespie.

Midas B-Mods:
1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 3) 21 Jim Fritz, 4) 6 Bill Bader Jr., 5) 83 Nick Hermsen, 6) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 7) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 8) 9 Hank Dewild, 9) 52x Ethan Christiansen, 10) 8 Sean Conaway.

Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars:
1) 99c Nick Clifford, 2) 99 Matt Stelzer, 3) 45 Dan Satriano, 4) 3d Ryan Voss, 5) 9t Trish Dover, 6) 96.1 Michael Oliver.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets:
1) 74c Dave Christensen, 2) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 3) 16j Justin Soule, 4) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 5) 28 Corey Askeland, 6) 9x Joe Baker, 7) 37 Nate Christensen, 8) 81 Steve England, 9) 15 Jamie Spanel, 10) b22 Nathan Brown.

Novice Crates:
1) 52 Rob Kosiski, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 44 Steve Saunders, 4) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 7) 56 Ben Bolte.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:
1) 7 Kennin Colestock, 2) 19 Darrin Hoegren, 3) 60 Thomas Liechti, 4) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 5) 61j Russell Johnson, 6) 40 Kortney Simmerman, 7) 11 Refeal Arsidio, 8) 1 Will Nilson, 9) 41 NRP House Car, 10) 97s Jacob Brown.

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By Greg Soukup

A hot and windy summer day at Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track turned to a cool and breezy summer evening as the second night of Bud Light 360 Wingless Sprints arrived. Lots of fans took advantage of the $5 admission price by bringing a toy during Christmas in July night, presented by Colby Ridge.

The heats ran nearly without incident, and after intermission with the sun setting, the cooler temperatures took over just in time for the feature races.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B main Ron Frank grabbed the lead in the 18R, followed by the #14 of Joey Danley, the #9 of Mark McKinney and Steve Shepard in the 20T. The running order didn’t change until 4 laps to go when McKinney moved under Danley to take over the 2nd spot. On the very next lap the #24 of Mike Rice also passed Danley to move into third. On the white flag lap Danley got back around Rice. At the finish line it was Ron Frank, Mark McKinney and Joey Danley.

Next up was the B feature for the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds. At the start Dan Wayman got out front in his 5ST with Tim Pickens in the 00 in 2nd and the 12X of George Haney in 3rd. That was the order when the checkered flag flew.

The first A Feature saw the Stereo West Auto Toys take to the track. Jeremy Noonan took advantage of his front row starting position to grab the lead. The 51 of Amanda Riley and the 00 of Barry Kinnersley followed him. With only 2 laps down Mike Rice had moved his #24 all the way up to 3rd place, after transferring from the B. He followed that by taking over 2nd place on the very next lap, followed by the #2 of Dan Riley. Riley took over 2nd from Rice with 8 laps left, after a back-and-forth battle around the track. Riley held his position for only 2 laps however, retiring with a flat tire. With 6 laps to go it was Noonan, Rice and Kinnersley. Noonan held off his competitors to take home the victory.

Jeremy is still in his first year of competition in a race car, and this was his very first A Feature win. “I was lucky enough to start on the front row, and just held on to win it,” he said. “Last week, we got disqualified for having the wrong tire in the wrong place on the car. We fixed that this week and managed to win,” he continued. “The track was really fast tonight, it was great to get the win. I want to thank everyone who has helped out, but especially all my fans in Section C” he finished.

Jeremy’s sponsors include Low Budget Customs, Arturo’s Restaurant & Cantina, Target Collision Center, Longoria’s MMA Acadamies, Advanced Auto Glass and Suds n’ Scissors.

Next on the track was the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks. Brad Schreiner pulled into the lead in his #10 followed by the #93 of Thorn Marsh, the #21 of Derrick Noonan and Nick Beckman in the #22. With 12 laps to go Beckman got around Noonan for third place. On the very next lap Noonan dropped rapidly back through the field on the backstretch and came to a halt at the very top of turn #3. Nearly all the cars managed to bypass him, but the #94 of Mike Hansen slammed hard into Noonan’s rear bumper, bringing out the red flag. Both cars were forced to return to the pits. On the restart it was Schreiner, Marsh, Beckman and the #86 of Justin Wulf in fourth. On the very first lap after racing resumed Beckman moved into 2nd position followed by Wulf who took over the 3rd spot. Shortly thereafter, Shane Hiatt in the #21H moved into 4th. Wulf then Moved around Beckman for 2nd place with just 3 laps to go. On the white flag lap Schreiner slowed, allowing Wulf to take over the lead. At the checkers it was Wulf, followed by Beckman, Hiatt and the #14 of Ron Novak. This was Wulf’s third feature win of the year, after having won the Hobby Stock Championship last year.

“This was definitely my kind of track tonight, I liked it a lot. I started outside of the 6th row, and am thrilled with the win,” Wulf stated. “We broke an axle at Rising City earlier this week, and maybe that was lucky. Because, if it had been here it would have been a lot worse,” he continued. He finished by saying “I want to thank everyone on my crew, and all the others who help me get out on the track. Also, I want to thank all of the fans for coming out every week. I especially want to thank all of my sponsors; Sid Dillon Chevrolet, Renegade Seeding, Volnek Welding & Repair, Ken’s Smoke House, Sidewinder Chassis out of Elkhorn Iowa, Traeger Handcrafted Pellet Grills and of course Wulf & Sons Farms”.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then moved onto the 1/3-mile high banks. The 22J of Justin Jurgens grabbed the lead with the 28N of Daniel Neeman in 2nd, followed by the #51 of Cliff Turner and the 10K of Dan McCown. On the 2nd lap Neeman got around Jurgens, relegating him to the 2nd spot with McCown grabbing 3rd and Norm Ziegenbein taking over 4th spot in the 1Z. Doug Deterding in the #13 and Ed “Doc” Raines in the 11AA got together going down the back stretch, resulting in a very hard crash by Deterding into the retaining wall at the back stretch pit entrance. Deterding’s car was too badly damaged to continue. On the restart Raines moved into the 4th position, but Cliff Turner spun in turns 3 & 4 also collecting the #12X of George Haney. Again, both cars were taken to the pits. The running order on the restart was Jurgens, Neeman, McCown and Raines. By the time there were 16 laps to go, defending track champion Chris Alcorn had advanced all the way up to 5th place in his #3. On the next lap he moved into 4th and 5 laps later he momentarily got all the way up to the #2 spot before a yellow flag moved him back to 3rd. On the restart Alcorn got around Neeman for the runner-up position and Raines moved back up to 4th. With 7 laps remaining McCown came into contact with another racer and rolled numerous times past the flag stand as his left side tires dug in after he spun sideways. He ended up coming to a rest on his roof, but crawled from the car relatively uninjured. After the decision was made to cut the race to a Green, White, Checkered finish due to time constraints the running order for the restart was Jurgens, Alcorn Neeman and Raines. As the cars came around to take the white flag Alcorn moved under Jurgens at the flag stand and held on for the win. The finishing order was Alcorn, Jurgens and Neeman.

“We started outside the 5th row because of some penalties in the heat races. The car felt pretty good in our heat, but we made a few changes for the feature and I guess they worked” Alcorn stated. “We had to go out with a flat on the very first lap of the feature, but managed to work our way back to the front after starting again at the very end of the field. It was a pretty good track tonight; with racing lines at the top, in the middle and on the bottom. We just went where ever the car in front of us wasn’t running and got around them,” he added.

The Bud Light Wingless 360 Sprints were the last A Feature of the night. Ryan Kitchen moved his #21into the lead after several false starts. He held it until he spun coming out of turn #4 while leading. Luckily, only 1 car was collected and they were able to restart. Kitchen’s evening was over however, as he was towed to the pits with a broken front axle. The race restarted single file with the #4 of Eric Shulz on the pole with the 96KX of Adam Gullion in second and the #51 of Doug Martens in third. On the very first lap Gullion and Martens moved around Shulz for the #1 and #2 positions. Don Droud Jr., winner of the first night of wingless sprints had advanced all the way to the #3 spot in his #2 with only 3 laps down, and took over 2nd from Martens just 3 laps later. He then set his sights on Gullion. Using all the skills he’s learned from many years in winged and wingless sprints as well as midgets he moved under Gullion after Gullion was held up by a lapped car with 6 laps remaining. As the came across the finish line for the checkered flag it was Droud Jr., Gullion and the #77 of John Klabunde.

“It was just a matter of a fast car on a good track tonight” Droud Jr. said. “I want to thank all my sponsors, including Rasmussen Auto Supply, Schmeiding Concrete, Harris Decals, Lincoln Drywall and Erickson Chiropractic. Also, a big thanks to my father, brother, brother-in-law, nephew and especially Dawn. Without them, I couldn’t be out here. They make it possible for me to win” he added.

The finale of the night’s racing was a 3 lap Challenge Race between Chris Alcorn and Justin Jurgens. Jurgens won the right to take on Alcorn by finishing 2nd in the A Main. Jurgens took advantage of his inside starting position to hold Alcorn off until Alcorn passed him at the flag stand at the completion of the first lap.

“I want to thank Roger for doing these special promos like the Challenge Race. I think the fans love things like this, plus it gave me the chance to donate my $300 winnings to Mike Cacak” he said.

Be sure to come out to America’s Home Track, Eagle Raceway next weekend as Z-92 presents Crash Bash; featuring the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts, the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks, the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds and the Budweiser Championship 360 Winged Sprints.

Eagle Raceway Results for July 7th, 2007:

Bud Light Wingless Sprints-
A Feature
1) 2 Don Droud Jr
2) 96kx Adam Gullion
3) 1r Andy Anderson
4) 2x Gerod Oliver
5) 45 Jeff Lowery
6) 4 Eric Shulz
7) 1d Don Dawson
8) 77 John Klabunde
9) 80 Dylan Peterson
10) 21x John Kaiser
11) 11 Tricia Underberg
12) 7x Kevin Danley
13) 54 Bob Pingeon
14) 7 Bob Ruisinger
15) 51 Doug Martens
16) 19j Jay Jordan
17) 21 Ryan Kitchen
18) 71 Tige Jensen (DNS A)
19) 15k Dave Titus (DNS A)

Monster IMCA Modifieds-
A Feature
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 22j Justin Jergens
3) 28n Dan Neeman
4) 11aa Ed Raines
5) 00 Tim Pickens
6) 57 Brian Cudly
7) 7 Bob Ruisinger
8) 42k Jan Korth
9) 44 Tom Lenz
10) 10k Don McCown
11) v45 Rik Gropp
12) 5st Dan Wayman
13) 95 Dylan Smith
14) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
15) 51 Cliff Turner
16) 13 Doug Deterding
17) b9 Sean Burklund
18) 18 Terry Richards
19) 12x George Haney
20) 8c Chad Andersen

B Feature
1) 5st Dan Wayman
2) 00 Tim Pickens
3) 12x George Haney
4) 7 Bob Ruisinger
5) 52 Sean Manning
6) 10j Josh Hessheimer
7) 4d Pat Donovan
8) 4t Jerry Trejo
9) 3a Aaron Pella
10) 21t Tracy Harr
11) 29 Jeff Mazza
12) 73 James Oaks (DNS B)
13) 95b Nic Bonney (DNS B)
14) 33z Ron Dake (DNS B)
15) 75j Jesse Robinson (DNS B)
16) 4jr David Jewett Jr (DNS B)
17) 95r Lucas Robinson (DQ’d for rough driving)

Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks-
A Feature
1) 86 Justin Wulf
2) 22 Nick Beckman
3) 21h Shane Hiatt
4) 14 Ron Novak
5) 42 Rob Brown
6) 12 Dan Noonan
7) 28b Rick Bradley
8) 4a Aaron Pearson
9) 38c Casey Moyer
10) m70 Rick Munson
11) 9 Rex Schreiner
12) 1r RJ Macku
13) 11x Rich Small
14) 10 Brad Schreiner
15) 93 Thom Marsh
16) 98 Dan Jackson
17) 10k Lee Kracht
18) 4j Jamie Bruce
19) 21 Derick Noonan
20) 3k Jerry Keaton
21) 94 Mike Hansen
22) 92 Don Hall Jr

Stereo West Auto Toy’s IMCA Sport Compacts-
A Feature
1) 33 Jeremy Noonan
2) 24 Mike Rice
3) 44 Jack Prall III
4) 00 Barry Kinnersley
5) 2k Kyle Schamp
6) 62 Justin Busboom
7) 45 Jack Prall IV
8) 14 Joey Danley
9) 0 Rich White
10) 19 Mitchell Tibbitts
11) 31 Chris LaChapelle
12) 22 Elliot Halverson
13) b32 Brian Haller
14) 21 Jake Sells
15) 3n Neil Pella
16) 18r Ron Frank
17) 20t Steve Shepard
18) 2 Dan Rhiley
19) 51 Amanda Rhiley
20) 99 Jason Tadlock

B Feature
1) 18r Ron Frank
2) 19 Mitchell Tibbitts
3) 14 Joey Danley
4) 20t Steve Shepard
5) 31 Chris LaChapelle
6) 13j Jared Deterding
7) 12 Danni Rhiley
8) 59 Jessica Tadlock
9) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
10) 28 Richard Meyers III

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By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (July 6)—Hometown driver Lonnie Schriner, driver of the #4
IMCA Modified, picked up his fourth feature win of the season at The
Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, July 6.

Brandon Blochlinger led the first 4 laps of the 20-lap feature before
'The Red Cloud Rocket' powered his way around the top side to take
command. Schriner then pulled away from the field to win by a
straightaway over Tim Watts and Blochlinger. Troy Johnson and Micaah
Johnson rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Schriner and
Watts.

In the IMCA Stock Car feature, heat two winner Jason McCartney took the
lead at the drop of the green and led the first seven laps before heat
one winner Matt Streit of Guide Rock took the top spot coming to the
crossed flags at the halfway mark of the 16-lap race. 'The Hammer' Josh
Hudson then dove under Streit in turn 2 on lap 12 to take the lead,
which he held to the checkers for his second in a row at Red Cloud.
Streit finished second, followed by Brett Behrends, McCartney, and
Nathan Glendening.

Rocky Zimmerman of Ayr won his first IMCA Hobby Stock feature at 'The
Bowl' this season. Mike Shriver took the lead at the drop of the green
of the 14-lap race, which was red-flagged on lap 3 when Joe McDole
rolled and was hit by Brent Vanous. Both drivers were okay but done for
the night. Shriver led the field back to green, but was passed by
Zimmerman on lap 10. 'The Z Man' led the final laps for the victory.
Jerry Hudson finished second, followed by Shriver, Kyle Bond, and heat
two winner Delbert Selvage. Jared Lewis won the other heat race.

Terry Gradig & Jeremy Teselle of Downs, KS, were able to hold off heat
race winners and point leaders Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe to score their
first Cruiser feature win of the season at Red Cloud. Josh & Chris
Graczyk finished third.

After winning his heat race, Andy Sole of Nelson drove away for his 4th
win of the season in the 4-cylinder Young Gun division. Joshua Bodenus
was second, followed by Troy Porter.

The regular five divisions return this Friday night, July 13. Racing
begins at 8:00 p.m.

RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock

Heat 1: 1. Jared Lewis, 2. Joe McDole, 3. Pat Hersh, 4. Jerry Hudson.

Heat 2: 1. Delbert Selvage, 2. Mike Shriver, 3. Kyle Bond, 4. Rocky
Zimmerman.

Feature: 1. Zimmerman, 2. Hudson, 3. Shriver, 4. Bond, 5. Selvage, 6.
Lewis, 7. Jim Buss, 8. Hersh, 9. Jebb Linner, 10. Jeromy Wagner (DNF),
11. Brent Vanous (DNF), 12. McDole (DNF).
IMCA Stock Car

Heat 1: 1. Matt Streit, 2. Josh Hudson, 3. Cory Struckhoff, 4. Brant Beam.

Heat 2: 1. Jason McCartney, 2. Brett Behrends, 3. Wayne Walker, 4.
Nathan Glendening.

Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Streit, 3. Behrends, 4. McCartney, 5. Glendening,
6. Walker, 7. Beam, 8. Struckhoff (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. Andy Sole, 2. Joshua Bodenus, 3. Troy Porter.

Feature: 1. Sole, 2. Bodenus, 3. Porter.
Cruiser

Heat: 1. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 2. Drew Barry/Ethan Vogler, 3. Terry
Gradig/Jeremy Teselle, 4. Josh Graczyk/Chris Grazcyk.

Feature: 1. Gradig/Teselle, 2. Sidlo/Kothe, 3. Graczyk/Graczyk, 4.
Barry/Vogler.

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I guess this will suffice for my editorial. Things are going crazy lately and they also involve me moving BACK to Lincoln! Not to say I mind though and yes, everything's all right.

I appreciated the nice comments about my piece on Mike. Fortunately Mike's doing better.

What continues to impress me is that when times are down, the community steps up and takes charge for the greater good. Guys like Dr. Ed Raines are an example. The safety crew was all over the incident as they are each week. Eagle is fortunate to have them around.

Unfortunately, I'm a little angry about safety. So, I'll just sum them up in random bites:

-Why has every instance of a throttle sticking at Eagle seem to happen in turn 1 going into the pits? It never sticks in turns 2, 3, or 4. I'm not saying it was stuck throttles or anything like that contributing to Mike Cacak's accident, but that seems to be the going excuse when someone comes into the pits hot. And, I am glad that people haven't come down on the driver of the modfied that hit Mike. I'd hate to be in his shoes. Remember that this accident was just that - an ACCIDENT.

-On the other hand, I think some of the attitudes (myself included) in the pits regarding safety have become a bit lax. People run around too much, they stand in places that say "no standing" and need to have common sense and a pit awareness. That's why I've always been against spectators in the pits.

-On the third hand - track owners need to enforce the rules and crack hard on the FIRST instance, not the one where someone gets hurt. Flooring it, whipping donuts out of anger, standing where you shouldn't and such should be dealt with immediately, not when someone gets hurt.

Earlier in the year I was defending the "bouncy boxing" match between RJ Macku and Rick Bradley. Now I still think it's a fun and interesting idea if the incident stayed on the track...but given that Macku hit a car driving in the pits, well I'm going to change my tune a little. I admit I was wrong for part of it and say that the incident in the pits should've been dealt with as a separate incident, with a penalty that can't be "fought" out of.OK, enough of that.

Other random thoughts:

-Is anyone else getting scared at the number of tracks closing/switching hands/etc. in mid season?

-Can we see a good ASCS race on a track bigger than 1/3 mile?

-Is a $5000 to win Hornet race just going to create another class that starts to outprice itself?

Here's one for you...Ever seen one of those "East Coast" 358 modifieds? You may want to get used to them, that's all I can say.

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With Bill Smith's blessing, Junction Motor Speedway has arranged a tour of
the "Museum of American Speed" formerly known as The Smith Collection
Museum. The tour which is available to all JMS/Cornhusker Midget Challenge
Fans and Race Teams will take place on Wednesday-July 25 from 10AM to 12
noon. The Museum of American Speed is located at 531 Westgate Blvd. in
Lincoln, Nebraska. The museum consists of 3 floors of racing history,
numerous auto displays and the world's largest collection of antique racing
engines. Tour participants will need to provide their own transportation to
and from the museum. Guides will tour participants in groups of fifteen.

Junction Motor Speedway will need a 'head count' no later than noon
Tuesday-July 24th so that the museum may plan accordingly. Generally there
is a $10.00 per person charge for this 2 hour tour. 'Speedy Bill' will NOT
charge an admission fee for the JMS/ Cornhusker Midget Challenge tour
groups. Participants MUST be at the museum by 9:45 AM on the 25th to tour at
no charge. Any arrivals after 10AM will have to pay the $10.00 to tour on
another day. The Museum of American Speed is located approximately 40
minutes east of Junction Motor Speedway.

Who: JMS/Cornhusker Midget Challenge Fans & Race Teams
What: Tour of The Museum of American Speed
When: Wednesday-July 25rh @ 10:00 AM
Where: 531 Westgate Blvd. in Lincoln, Nebraska
Why: Because you don't want to miss this fantastic opportunity!

To place your name on the tour list, please send a note to;
wdake@diodecom.net
Subject: museum tour

www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com
www.MuseumofAmericanSpeed.com

From I-80 Speedway:

Way too early this season, many battles have erupted and tempers have flared between I-80 Speedway drivers, crew members and car owners on the race track and in the pit area. I-80 Speedway Race Officials and Management will not tolerate the behaviors exhibited this past weekend, June 30th and July 1st, as this behavior gives our great sport a black eye and the race fans an embarrassing spectacle to witness. Effective immediately, I -80 Speedway has rendered the following penalties for last weekend:

For June 30, 2007:
#1s B Mod driver, Scott Carlson is being assessed a 75 point penalty and a $100 fine for misconduct in the tech area, including physical contact with another driver and physical contact with a NASCAR official. Carlson will not be disqualified for the June 30th incident as it occurred after the race during post-race technical inspection.

For July 1, 2007:
#99 Hobby Stock driver, Jesse Sobbing is being assessed a 25 point penalty and $25 fine for intentional contact after the race was concluded,
#00 Super Late Model driver, Clint Benson is being assessed a 25 point penalty and $50 fine for intentional contact after the race and for intent to start a physical confrontation ($25 for contact and $25 for the intent),
#55 Grand National driver Mike Merrill is being assessed a 14 day suspension, effective immediately, for a second violation of intentional rough driving, and the penalty is assessed on the driver only.
#4k Grand National driver Josh Krug is being assessed 75 point penalty and a $100 fine for the following misconduct: driver, owner and crew members on the track and entering or approaching the pit area of another driver and attempting to initiate a verbal/physical confrontation.

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From I-80 Speedway:

Jul 03 2007 - BLACK 55 DQ’D FOR 6/30; SUSPENSION AND FINE IMPOSED.
The following penalty is being assessed after post tech for the Crate Late Model division on Saturday, June 30:

#55 Crate Late Model driver Al Humphrey is being disqualified for the June 30, 2007 Crate Late Model heat and feature race for failure to pass the fuel test conducted during post-tech. This technical violation will result in a 30-day suspension from the Saturday Crate Late Model program for driver Al Humphrey, car owner Mike Merrill, and the black #55 Crate Late Model race car/team. In addition, a $1,000 fine has been assessed for violation of the rule listed below.

SECTION 1: CRATE ENGINE RULES
F. Gasoline can be premium grade unleaded pump gas or a spec racing fuel to be announced. No alcohol, ethanol or oxygen bearing additives allowed.
A representative from the #55 has notified the office that they will be protesting this ruling.

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(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/28/07) As the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series hits the
dirt of I-80 Speedway for the first full weekend in July, all the attention
will be focused on the biggest kids weekend of the year thus far!

Saturday July 7, Stereo West Auto Toys presents the Kids Gold Rush Money
Grab. All kids 12 and under will make their way to the front straightaway
during intermission where hundreds of dollars in coins will be spilled
throughout the dirt of I-80 Speedway. Plus all Otoe and Washington County
residents will receive FREE grandstand admission with I.D. Gates open at
5:30pm with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:00pm. Grandstand admission is
$8 for adults, $7 for seniors (62 and older) and juniors (11-17), Kids 10
and under are FREE.

On Sunday July 8, Shopko presents the annual Kids Bike Races. Kids 12 and
under will take to the speedway for high paced bicycle action. Each age
division will have one kid walk away with a brand new set of wheels courtesy
of Shopko. Plus all adults will be entered in a drawing for a brand new
colored TV. Gates open at 5:00pm with hot laps at 6:00pm and racing at
6:30pm. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and
older) and juniors (11-17), Kids 10 and under are FREE.

Next weekend, Douglas County Residents with ID will be admitted free on
Saturday, July 14, and all Boys and Girls Scouts in uniform will be admitted
free on Sunday, July 15.

"Adversity doesn't build character. It reveals character." - Vince Lombardi

Last Saturday was particulary hard on me. To those who don't know, Eagle Raceway official Mike Cacak was struck by a modified as the car entered the pits. Mike suffered severe injuries to his legs and was airlifted out of the racetrack.

Fortunately, he exited surgery and it appears his legs will heal. But he's got a long road ahead of him with rehabilitation and likely will not walk the same again.

I couldn't stand to get close to the scene, and out of respect for the safety crew kept my distance. There was an understandably heavy mood in the air the whole night. I spent the evening taking pictures, but always looking over my shoulder and thinking about the family, all of them I've known for over 20 years.

Mike drove for my father, Dean Orth in the early 80's when my dad stepped out on his own as a car owner in the #30D Domino's Pizza car. They've been friends since, going to Knoxville together, and being part of the "New" Eagle Raceway when Craig Cormack and my father took control of the place in 1997. Mike's been a fixture at Eagle Raceway for many years. His wife Betty is the heart and soul of the kitchen operation and is a tireless worker at the track, often being the first employee to arrive and the last one to clock out. Daughter Christine has worked in the kitchen and now up in the scorer's tower, and son Justin mans the beer windows.

None of them needed the money, they're all successful outside of the racetrack. It's a testament to their love of the sport and their work ethic.

The Cacak's are the definition of "good people." They've always lent helping hands and are genuine folk. These are the kind of people who offered my wife and me shelter from the storm that produced the Hallam tornado in their home near the track instead of driving into the heart of the torrent going back to Lincoln. They work hard and they are generous.

So it pained me to see the grief on their faces as one by one they rushed to the scene. I was shellshocked. When people ask, "why do bad things happen to good people," this is what they mean.

They've all got a long road ahead of them but knowing their dedication to each other and their commitment to following through on the job makes me know that everything will be all right. And in tradition with their giving spirit, they'll provide inspiration on family strength and working through difficult times.

(Photo of Mike Cacak in 1983 by Bob Mays, found on Ryan Tunks' Midwest Speedway Preservation Society website)

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Here's shots from this weekend's racing.

Eagle 6-30-07 Photos

Labels: Photos

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/01/07) With Independence weekend coming to a close, it
was Al Humphrey, Reese Coffee, Dave Cook, and Jimmy Nichols all visiting
victory lane as Waste Management presented the NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series at I-80 Speedway.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" feature event seen veterans Joe
Kosiski and Al Humphrey lead the field to the green flag. Humphrey would
take the early advantage using the high line of the track to lead lap one.
The race would be halted three times during the event, and each restart
Kosiski would challenge Humphrey for the top spot. Kosiski would pull along
side of Humphrey's #6 on a few occasions, but "The Hombre" was to strong. Al
Humphrey would take the double checkered flags for his first Super Late
Model win of the year. Kosiski was second. Leon Zeitner finished third,
followed by Scott Koskovich and Jason O'Brien. With the win, Humphrey will
pad his lead in the Nebraska State Points standings.

Reese Coffee would start in the 6th row and charge through the field to win
the 18 lap Modified "A" feature. Coffee would use the bottom side of the
speedway to launch his #16 to lead. After that it was smooth sailing, as
Coffee took his third win of the 2007 season. Matt Richards would finish
second after starting 8th. Bob Zoubek, Jeff Stephens, and J.C. Wyman rounded
out the top five.

The 20 lap City Weekly Grand National "A" feature was the excitement race of
the night. ARCA series driver Josh Krug would jump to an early lead in his
#4k machine. With Krug out front, all eyes were on the #55 of Mike Merrill.
Merrill would drive from the 12th starting position through the field and
would make his way to second by lap 14. With the yellow flag flying on lap
14, the stage was set up for a marvelous finish. When the green waved it was
Krug taking the high line through one and two, and Merrill hugging the
bottom. Merrill would then slide up the track where contact was made between
the #55 and #4k. Krug's car would climb the wall as Merrill went spinning
down the back chute. Third place runner Todd Hipnar would enter the spin
cycle as the entire field weaved through the carnage. All three of the top
runners would be taken out of the race. With Krug, Merrill, and Hipnar out
of the picture, that handed the lead to the #2 of Dwane Pospisil. Pospisil
would lead the field to the green, but it was Dave Cook who grabbed the top
spot and took the checkered flags. Dave Doll finished second, Pospisil
third, Ron Tilley finished fourth with Curt Drake coming home fifth.

Josh True would be the dominant car early on in the 15 lap Hobby Stock "A"
main event. True would stay out front with Jesse Sobbing close behind. The
two drivers would run first and second until a few laps remaining when the
yellow came out. On the restart, Sobbing would try and pass True on the
outside, but Sobbing's #99 would run out of real estate and make contact
with True's #2 on the front straightaway. The slight contact would open the
door for the #6 of Jimmy Nichols. Nichols would drive from third to first,
and after taking the lead he would never look back on route to his first
win. True would finish second, Rick Munson third, Chad Bassinger fourth and
Tom Myers fifth. Nichols would pick up the Tom & Tiffs Family Restaurant
bonus for winning the feature event.

Results From I-80 Speedway 07/01/07

Dodge Super Late Models:
1) 6 Al Humphrey, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 62 Leon Zeitner, 4) 80 Scott
Koskovich, 5) 15 Jason O'Brien, 6) 00 Clint Benson, 7) 1 Jason Hobscheidt,
8) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 9) 10 Jay Stewart, 10) 1w Mike Wallace, 11) 1m Todd
Bell, 12) 3c Mike Collins, 13) 11 Don Droud Jr., 14) 25 Kenny Edwards, 15)
28 Bill Leighton Jr., 16) 1t Vance Tonack, 17) 76 Al Zeitner, 18) 44 Troy
Daly, 19) 48 Bob Moore, 20) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 21) 10L Rick Stolley, 22) 77
John Nicholson, 23) 23 Dave Hanke, 24) z62 Justin Zeitner, 25) 54 Marty
Doner.

Modifieds:
1) 16 Reese Coffee, 2) 1r Matt Richards, 3) 5s Bob Zoubek, 4) 92 Jeff
Stephens, 5) 4 J.C. Wyman, 6) 37f Randy Foote, 7) 21n Dave Newton, 8) 43
Brian Foote, 9) 95 Buzz Wilson, 10) 5 Harry Nixon, 11) 1s Scott Carlson, 12)
h1 Lowell Holland, 13) 69 Kevin Bills, 14) 8 Larry Goertz, 15) 1 Jeremy
Hodapp, 16) 07 Mike Goldfuss, 17) 3r Rodney Stopak, 18) 91 Tim Thomas, 19)
83x Ben Wolverton, 20) 3x Mike Johnson, 21) 3L Bub Lerette, 22) 69x Bill
Bader Jr., 23) 21 Phil Penny, 24) 52s Jeremiah Sillman, 25) 20m Mark
Leiting, 26) 73 James Oaks.

City Weekly Grand National:
1) 9 Dave Cook, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 4) 56 Ron Tilley, 5)
55d Curt Drake, 6) 50 Brad Soll, 7) 12m Matt McAtee, 8) 17 Dave Livingston,
9) t3 Gary Leapley, 10) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 11) 96 Tony Leonardo, 12) 91
Steve Farnsworth, 13) 96c Cory Hutchison, 14) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 15) 51
Matt Buller, 16) 92 Jacob Brown, 17) 4k Josh Krug, 18) 55 Mike Merrill, 19)
12 Todd Hipnar, 20) 56m Paul Moore, 21) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan.

Hobby Stock:
1) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) m70 Rick Munson, 4) 4x Chad
Bassinger, 5) 7 Tom Myers, 6) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 7) 40 Mike Mass, 8) 32d
Kenny Darnold, 9) 4w Joe Wolllenhaupt, 10) 52 Roger Timperley, 11) 00 John
Austin, 12) 10 Josh Sink, 13) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 14) 12g Jeremy
Ribbey, 15) 86j Jerod Weston, 16) 12 George Whitmore.

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by Greg Soukup

Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track’s Fan Fest 2007, presented by the Army National Guard saw fireworks on the track in addition to the spectacular display after racing concluded. It seemed as though most of them occurred in the final laps of the Sport Compact and Hobby Stock A Features.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact Feature Barry Kinnersley returned to the track after a week off following a hard crash. Barry’s father, Maynard Kinnersley, presented him with an early birthday present; a new race car. He took the #00 to the front when the green flag flew, followed by the #33 of Jeremy Noonan. By the 4th lap Dan Rhiley had moved into 3rd position, and just 2 laps later had gotten into 1st. With just 2 laps left Kyle Schamp got around Noonan to take over the 3rd spot. He then advanced to 2nd when Kinnersley lost the right front tire from his racer on the white flag lap.

In the Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stock A Main Troy Mencke jumped out in 1st in the #4 with the #93 of Thorn Marsh in 2nd and last week’s feature winner Ron Novak driving the #14 in 3rd. It took only 3 laps for Marsh to wrestle the lead from Mencke, and only 2 more circuits for Rick Munson in the M70 to get around Novak and Mencke for 3rd. 1 more lap saw Munson grab 2nd place, and just 2 laps later Shane Hiatt advanced to 3rd. With just 2 laps left Munson moved under Marsh in turn 4 when Marsh bobbled, and on the white flag lap Hiatt also got around Marsh to finish 2nd.

Rick has raced both years since Eagle Raceway brought back the Hobby Stock class, winning his first A Feature last year and his second tonight. He has been racing “off and on” since 1978. “I raced from 1978 to about 1985, then took some time off before returning in the late 90’s” Munson said. “I really like the Hobby Stocks because it’s just great fun and not very expensive. I need to thank my dad, Rich, because he does all the work on the car; I just drive it” he added. Rick’s sponsors include Ultimate Racing Products, 2nd Lap Performance, Wayne Larson Racing, Trail Performance Coatings and Eckley Racing.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then took center stage. Nathan Landauer drove his #11N into the lead, followed by Dan Wayman’s #5ST and the #10K of Don McCown. It took past track champion Doug Deterding only 2 laps to advance all the way to 4th, and just 2 more to take over 3rd place. Shortly after that there was a large melee when a multi-car tangle happened at the 1st turn end of the front stretch. Among those involved were Chris Anderson in the #82, Tom Spanel in the #3T, the #7 of Bob Ruisinger and defending track champion Chris Alcorn’s #3.

All 4 of those racers were unable to continue, having suffered damage. This unfortunately meant that the long anticipated “Challenge Race” between Alcorn and the highest finisher in the feature event, with a $300 prize to the winner after 3 laps. The challenge race has been rescheduled for next weekend. The restart saw Landauer still at the point with Wayman and Deterding hot on his heels. 2 laps later Deterding moved into the 2nd position and just 2 more circuits were required for Deterding to pass Landauer to take over 1st. On the very next lap Landauer dropped out, moving Wayman into 2nd with the B9 of Sean Burkland taking the third spot. With just 4 laps remaining Rik Gropp got around Burkland for 3rd. At the checkered flag it was Deterding, Wayman and Gropp.

Deterding said “I’ve been racing for 30 years, but it sure seemed like this was a long time coming.” Deterding’s last feature win was in 2003. Despite having been track champion in both 1987 and 1994, Deterding has been having a hard time getting to the winner’s circle. “I’ve run second way too many times it seems like. We finished the A Main on just 6 cylinders the last 2 weeks. Just little things like that” he added. “I wish Chris hadn’t had to go off, so I could have beat him” he stated. “I want to thank the track prep crew for a great high line tonight” he finished. Doug’s sponsors include Shades of Painting, Trade Center Automotive, Krein Real Estate, PW Foundations, Chuck’s Truck Service, Mirror Image, Super Wash, D & K Auto, Green2Checkered.com, Dagwood’s Paper Company and the “KU Bird Crew”.

In the last A Main, the Budweiser Championship 360 Sprints saw Tige Jensen take advantage of his pole position in the #71 sprinter to grab the lead, but Jensen got loose in turn four causing the cars behind him to jam up. This resulted in 4 cars coming to a rest at the bottom of the corner. Trevor Grossenbacher’s #35, Ken Klabunde’s #28 and the #84 of Toby Chapman were able to restart, but Gage Dorr’s #17 went to the pits behind the wrecker.

A complete restart saw Jensen again take the lead with the #19J of Jay Jordan, the #51 of reigning track champion Mike Boston and Brad Krutz’s #91 close behind. On the 2nd lap Boston moved into second position followed by Krutz. 3 laps later Boston got around Jensen for the lead. That made the running order Boston, Jensen, Krutz and the #96KX of Adam Gullion. They held their positions until with 12 laps left in the contest Tadd Holliman in the #23R came into contact with Jay Russell’s #76. This caused Holliman to go into a series of end-over-end rolls, coming to a halt at the turn 1 end of the front stretch. On the 2nd lap after restarting Gullion got around Krutz to take the 3rd spot. Another yellow flag flew when the 14G of Gene Acklund spun in turns 1 & 2. After a green-white-checkered finish it was Boston, Jensen, Gullion and Krutz.

“I want to thank all of my sponsors, because they got this win for me” Boston said. Mike’s sponsors include E & K Drywall, Lincoln Drywall Service, Eckley Racing Engines, One-Eyed Dog Saloon, Subway, Vision Sports, Trade Center Automotive, Crete C-Mart, Johnson Farms, Moock Trucking, Maxim Racing and Bob Payne Lawn Service & Landscaping.

An Eagle Raceway official was injured when a car exited the speedway striking him. His condition is known at this time to be stable with many weeks of therapy in store. Eagle Raceway will release more information as it becomes available with permission from the official’s family. We would like to thank everyone for their concern for our Eagle family member and will try to keep you informed of Mike's condition.

Next week’s racing will again showcase the 360 Wingless Sprints as well as the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds, Valentino’s Pizza IMCA Hobby Stocks and the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts.

Colby Ridge will be sponsoring “Christmas in July” night at America’s Home Track, with $5 off of an adult admission with the donation of a toy going to Toys for Tots.

Budweiser Championship 360 Sprints:
A Feature-

1) 51 Mike Boston
2) 71 Tige Jensen
3) 96KX Adam Gullion
4) 91 Brad Krutz
5) 44X Don Droud Jr.
6) 82 Jason Danley
7) 23 Terry Holliman
8) 13F Larry Pinegar II
9) 3 Jeff Griffis
10) 84 Toby Chapman
11) 76 Jay Russell
12) 19J Jay Jordan
13) 32 Chris Roseland
14) 77 John Klabunde
15) 14G Gene Acklund
16) 28 Ken Klabunde
17) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
18) 8B Bobby Becker
19) 23R Tadd Holliman
20) 17 Gage Dorr

B Feature-

1) 44X Don Droud Jr.
2) 23R Tadd Holliman
3) 77 John Klabunde
4) 32 Chris Roseland
5) 13F Larry Pinegar II
6) 21 Ryan Kitchen
7) 7X Kevin Danley
8) 3G Bill Garrow
9) 9T Trish Dover
10) 17B Jason Becker
11) 9J Mark Schmidt

Monster IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature-
1) 13 Doug Deterding
2) 5ST Dan Wayman
3) V45 Rik Gropp
4) 3A Aaron Pella
5) B9 Sean Burkland
6) 95R Lucas Robinson
7) 52 Sean Manning
8) 19 Scott Anderson
9) 00 Tim Pickens
10) 27M Brian Murphy
11) 95 Dylan Smith
12) 11N Nathan Landauer
13) 10J Josh Hessheimer
14) 75J Jesse Robinson
15) 3 Chris Alcorn
16) 12X George Haney
17) 3T Tom Spanel
18) 10K Don McCown
19) 7 Bob Ruisinger
20) 82 Chris Anderson

B Feature-
1) 95 Dylan Smith
2) 95R Lucas Robinson
3) 7 Bob Ruisinger
4) 3A Aaron Pella
5) 8C Chad Anderson
6) 42K Jan Korth
7) 1Z Norm Ziegenbein
8) 4D Pat Donovan
9) 29 Jeff Mazza
10) 51 Cliff Turner
11) 57 Brian Cuddly
12) 44 Tom Lenz
13) 28N Daniel Neeman
14) 95B Nic Bonney
15) 11AA Ed Raines
16) 22 Brian Schmidt
17) 73 James Oaks
18) 22J Justin Jurgens
19) 8A Dusty Anderson
20) 48B Don Chilen

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature-
1) M70 Rick Munson
2) 21H Shane Hiatt
3) 93 Thorn Marsh
4) 1R RJ Macku
5) 14 Ron Novak
6) 94 Mike Hansen
7) 3K Jerry Keaton
8) 38C Casey Moyer
9) 28B Rick Bradley
10) 10K Lee Kracht
11) 11X Rich Small
12) 42 Rob Brown
13) 4A Aaron Pearson
14) 4 Troy Mencke
15) 11 Gary Novak
16) 22 Nick Beckman
17) 86 Justin Wulf
18) 92 Don Hall Jr.
19) 12 Dan Noonan
20) 53 Don Kros

Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature-
1) 2 Dan Rhiley
2) 2K Kyle Schamp
3) 33 Jeremey Noonan
4) 99 Jason Tadlock
5) 24 Mike Rice
6) 44 Jack Prall III
7) 28 Richard Meyers III
8) 0 Rich White
9) 20T Steve Shepard
10) 18R Ron Frank
11) 45 Jack Prall IV
12) 51 Amanda Rhiley
13) 3N Neil Pella
14) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
15) 21 Jake Sells
16) 19 Mitchell Tibbitts
17) 31 Chris LaChappelle
18) 00 Barry Kinnersley
19) 62 Justin Busboom
20) 22 Elliot Halvorsen

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