Lincoln County Raceway
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Sargent Slaughters Minis, Rain Ends Night Early
by Darin Racek
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mother Nature was prominent at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte on May 31, as rain fell shortly before the start of the night, prompting a 45 minute late start. She then poured more rain on the track before the IMCA Stock Car A Feature, calling for an early end of the night. The three IMCA A Features will be run before the regular show on June 7. June 7 is a makeup date for the May 10 rainout. The gates open at 5 PM, and the races will start at 7 PM.
The Mini Sprint class was the only division to get their A Feature run. John Webster of North Platte paced much of the early race. Eric Sargent of North Platte, driving the car that Josh Herbst was to run a couple of weeks ago, started near the back and found his way to the front of the pack on lap six. He had a good lead on Webster at the finish. Heat race winner Cory Kelley of North Platte took third place, while newcomer Dalten Collins of North Platte and Arden Myers of North Platte rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Modified B Feature was won by cash dash winner Jeremy Herbst of North Platte. The win helped him qualify to run the A Feature that will be run on June 7. Joining him in the A Feature will be the drivers that qualified for the event via the heat races, plus Jay Steffens of North Platte, Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg, Kyle Clough of Wallace, Luke Frosh of Ogallala, and Dave Pederson of Brady. The three big IMCA heat races were won by Charley Brown of Maxwell, and McCook drivers Don Hagan, Jr. and Ronnie Wallace.
Charley Brown doubled up on heat race wins, as he also won a heat in the IMCA Stock Car class. Shane Stout of North Platte and Casey Werkmeister of Maywood also joined him in wins. The B Feature was won by May 17th A Feature winner Zach Schultz of North Platte. Stew Holmes of North Platte, Branden Eilts of Grand Island, Travis Demilt of Ogallala, and Brent Gibson of Ogallala rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stock class saw racers from as far away as Kearney, Benkelman, and Holyoke, Colo. Two of those towns were represented in heat race wins, as Jack Sherman of Kearney and Austin Davis of Benkelman took those wins.
RESULTS
May 31 results
IMCA Modified
Heat 1
4C-Charley Brown
19J-Jim Mlady
71-Andrew Dillenburg
Heat 2
94H-Don Hagan, Jr.
21D-Shane Lewis
3-John Huffman
Heat 3
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
34JW-Cole Hodges
23S-Josh Sabin
B Feature
20-Jeremy Herbst
12J-Jay Steffens
15K-Jamey Kennicutt
20K-Kyle Clough
11F-Luke Frosh
28-Dave Pedersen
4KJ-Terry Houchin
1-Troy Douglas
59-Chuck Jensen
2-Mark Grubbs
13-Justin Herrick (DNF)
95-Meddie Cote (DNF)
13X-Gary Long (DNF)
2BA-Bob Aspenleiter (DNF)
69-Brad Turner (DNF)
33-Shane Klockman (DNS)
A Feature
Rained out
Lincoln County Raceway
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Big Crowd Watches Opening Night at Lincoln County Raceway
by Darin Racek
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The much anticipated opening night finally arrived at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte May 17. Cars from four states were in the pits to put on a show for the big crowd in the grandstand. Ronnie Wallace of McCook, Zach Schultz and Cory Kelley of North Platte, Austin Davis of Benkelman, and Scott Naggatz of Carter Lake, Iowa were the five drivers who were able to take the big A Feature wins for their respective classes.
During the first few laps of the IMCA Modified A Feature, it looked as though all eighteen starters wanted to win the race on the opening lap. Jay Steffens of North Platte was out in front of the action early, but a couple of cautions kept everyone close. Ronnie Wallace eventually worked his way into second place, keeping close tabs on Steffens out front, and waiting for any opportunity to advance. Around the half way point, Steffens pushed going through corners three and four, opening the door for Wallace to sneak underneath and take the lead. Even with two cautions during the last two laps, no one was able to deny Wallace his 120th career IMCA Modified win. Steffens held off North Platte racer Jim Mlady for second place. The top five was rounded out by Dan Carl of North Platte and John Huffman of McCook. The B Feature was won by Charley Brown of Maxwell. The three heat races were won by Wallace, Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte, and John Huffman of McCook.
Charley Brown also drove an IMCA Stock Car for the night, and paced much of that class’s main event. The raced was slowed by only one caution after a hub broke on Shane Stout’s start, making it unable for the North Platte driver to get back to the pits. Zach Schultz began looking for ways around Brown in the second half of the race, and with three laps to go, made the winning pass. Brown remained in second place, ahead of Mikey Dancer, Travis Tilford, and B Feature winner Todd Chrisman, all of North Platte. Charley Brown, Colton Osborn of Cozad, and Casey Werkmeister of Maywood were also IMCA Stock Car heat race winners.
Austin Davis doubled his pleasure in the IMCA Hobby Stock division. After winning the heat race, the Benkelman driver started in row two of the main event. He quickly jumped out to a lead, and by the end of the race, had a straightaway advantage on second place finisher Corey Cruzan of Maxwell. Miles White of North Platte finished in third place. North Platte drivers Rick Eller and Dan Morash rounded out the top five.
The Mini-Sprints were introduced to a new track for them. The new track has been stretched out to ¼ mile, and uses corners three and four of the big track. Corey Kelly seemed to enjoy the new layout, as he whipped the field in both the heat race and A Feature. Arden Myers of North Platte finished in second place. J. R. Way of Lexington made it in time for races after watching his daughter Laura graduate college in Hays, Ks. earlier in the afternoon , and finished in third place. John Webster of North Platte and Tony Linner of Kearney finished in fourth and fifth places.
An additional class was added for the night. The Colorado Mod Lite Association and Outlaw Vintage Lites of Eastern Nebraska merged at Lincoln County Raceway for a twenty car field. Scott Naggatz earned a victory for the eastern series, as he took the win in the sixteen car A Feature. Brad Bayne of Ault, Colo. and Stephen Beckham of Fort Collins, Colo. were the top drivers from the west, as they completed the feature in second and third places. Taylor Pollock of Prague took home fourth place, and Duane Bayne of Nunn, Colo. finished in fifth place. The Mod Lite heat races were won by Naggatz, Travis Bayne of Windsor, Colo., and Bryan Herrick of Curtis.
After taking a week off, Lincoln County Raceway will be back in business on Saturday night, May 31. The gates will open at 5 PM, and the races will start at 7 PM, Central Time. Although it was not announced, there will be racing on June 7th at Lincoln County Raceway, to make up for the May 10 rainout.
RESULTS
May 17 results
IMCA Modified
Heat 1
71-Andrew Dillenburg
29S-Mike Saathoff
11F-Luke Frosh
Heat 2
21H-Brandon Hagan
31-Dan Carl
12J-Jay Steffens
Heat 3
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
19J-Jim Mlady
20-Jeremy Herbst
B Feature
4C-Charley Brown
94H-Don Hagan, Jr.
2-Mark Grubbs
69-Brad Turner
59-Chuck Jensen
X-Gary Long
4KJ-Terry Houchin
33-Shane Klockman
23S-Josh Sabin
13-Justin Herrick (DNF)
9-R. C. Heil (DNF)
2BA-Bob Aspenleiter (DNS)
A Feature
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
12J-Jay Steffens
19J-Jim Mlady
31-Dan Carl
3-John Huffman
71-Andrew Dillenburg
21H-Brandon Hagan
11F-Luke Frosh
20-Jeremy Herbst
59-Chuck Jensen
4C-Charley Brown
34JW-Cole Hodges
21D-Shane Lewis
29S-Mike Saathoff
X-Gary Long
94H-Don Hagan, Jr. (DNF)
69-Brad Turner (DNF)
2-Mark Grubbs (DNF)
Saturday, July 14, 2007
By Darin Racek
Thiem, McCarty, Herbst Win During Short Night at Lincoln County Raceway
Dash for Cash Winner Josh Sabin of North Platte with Jr. Race Fan of the Week Logan Schmedeke of North Platte
Racing resumed at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte on July 14, but was cut short when a couple of circuit breakers that control the lighting in corners one and two malfunctioned. Because of the dangerous situation for the drivers, the races were called two races short of being complete. The IMCA Modified A Feature and the IMCA Stock Car A Feature that were not run will be run on Saturday night, August 11, before a complete show that night. There were no rain checks issued, as the situation fell under the “completed show“ portion of the track‘s rainout (and unforeseen circumstance) policy. Three A Features were completed, and they were won by Derek Thiem of Columbus, Kenny McCarty of Rogers, Ark., and Jeremy Herbst of North Platte.
The night was also a night to remember Brady Koch, an IMCA Stock Car driver from Cambridge who was killed in a highway accident on Wednesday. At intermission, Lincoln County Raceway had an auction to raise money for a memorial. The drivers also passed the helmets around for donations. Between the two activities, the track raised about ten dollars short of $2,400.00. Brady Koch’s funeral will be on Monday, July 16, at the McCook Christian Church in McCook at 10 AM.
As the sun was going down, and corner one was going dark, the IMCA Hobby Stocks worked hard to get their A Feature in. Michael Woodhead of Holyoke, Colo. paced the first half of the race. As he came around to complete the half way point, Derek Thiem got by and crossed the scoring line ahead of him by less than a car length. A caution came out on the following lap, aligning the two with Thiem in front of Woodhead. The two later got together with four laps to go, after the caution light came on for debris. Woodhead took his car to the pits. Aaron Koch of Cambridge, Brady’s brother, inherited second place, and fought hard to get a win for his brother and himself, but came up about two car lengths short at the finish line. Austin Davis of Benkelman took third place. Shane Klockman of Ogallala finished in fourth. Miles Davis of North Platte was fifth, as the car in front of him was a lap down. Klockman and Davis were the heat race winners.
Kenny McCarty likes to come back to North Platte to race a Late Model, and he likes it even more when he hits the setup. On Saturday night, the car was right, and Kenny was fast, sweeping both the Late Model heat race and A Feature. Shane Lewis of North Platte finished the race in second place, while Charley Brown of Maxwell took third. Chad Whipple of North Platte had an exciting run in the heat race, working his way to second place, but a spin in the feature relegated him to fourth place.
Josh Sabin of North Platte probably made the most money in the Mini-Sprints that night, but Jeremy Herbst had the most wins. Herbst took the heat win and Sabin was able to win the cash dash. Arden Myers of McCook led the feature early and tried to make it three winners in three races. Sabin was working to pass Myers when he bounced into the dirt burm and into Herbst. Sabin went to the back, and Herbst used the restart to sneak by Myers and ride away with the A Feature win. Sabin came back to finish in third place, ahead of J. R. Way of Lexington and John Webster of North Platte.
Three IMCA Modified Heat races and a B Feature were completed before the races were stopped for the night. Three Lincoln County drivers swept the heat race wins, with North Platte drivers Dan Carl and Jim Mlady and Brady driver Dave Pedersen taking those wins. Point leader David Murray, Jr. of Oberlin, Kan. made an unusual visit to the B Feature, yet found his way to victory, ahead of Jeremy Frenier of Fort Collins, Colo. and North Platte’s Brad Turner.
The IMCA Stock Cars only got three races in, the three heat races. Despite that, those races were all very exciting, and they were swept by North Platte drivers. Zach Schultz worked his way by Colton Osborn of Cozad to win the first one. Todd Chrisman had the lead of heat two, but on the last lap, Mikey Dancer danced by to garner the win. Heat three was a four car battle to the end, and somehow Travis Tilford found a way to get ahead of Shane Stout of North Platte, Buddy Brown of Tryon, and Scotty White of North Platte.
The next races at Lincoln County Raceway will be the Sandhills Shootout on July 20 - 21. The next regular night of racing will be on Saturday, August 11, with the unfinished portion of the July 14 show to be run that night.
Lincoln County Raceway
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Murray, Chrisman, Klockman, Herbst Hit Jackpot at Lincoln County Raceway
by Darin Racek
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Races were held on July 7 at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, and many people thought the luck was with them on this seventh day of the seventh month of the year ‘07. David Murray, Jr. of Oberlin, Kan., Todd Chrisman and Jeremy Herbst of North Platte, and Shane Klockman of Ogallala were the ones that hit the jackpot that night.
The IMCA Modified A Feature had a scary scene on lap four of the race. D. J. Pedersen of Brady shot his car off of corner one and rolled one-and-a-half times. He did everything he had to do to avoid injury and did so. Robby Haines of Benkelman was leading at the time, earning the lead using both the low and high lines to get there. David Murray, Jr. was also using various lines to work his way forward, and on lap nine, got by Haines. He stayed out in front for his fourth Lincoln County Raceway win of the year and his 20th IMCA Modified Feature win this year, in what he thinks has been 35 starts. Haines held onto second place. On the last lap, Andrew Dillenburg snuck around fellow North Platte driver Ronnie Wallace for third place. Jeremy Herbst rounded out the top five. Haines, Murray, and Herbst were heat race winners. Murray also won the cash dash.
Jeremy Herbst did double duty, running his Mini Sprint as well as a Modified. The Mini Sprints had a terrible time getting started, as it took four times to get one lap in. Fortunately, fourth time was a charm, and they finished the race without another stoppage. Herbst started on the front row alongside J. R. Way of Lexington and disappeared when the race finally started. Josh Sabin of North Platte worked his way into second place, but ran out of time to catch Herbst, who was also the heat race winner. Way finished in third place, while John Webster of North Platte was the last driver to finish the race.
The IMCA Stock Car A Feature had several surprises for everyone. Charley Brown of Maxwell, another double duty driver, took the lead on the opening lap of the race. Mikey Dancer of North Platte, who spent ample time after his honeymoon working on his racecar, appeared to be ready to pay off for that hard work as he took the lead from Brown on lap six. He maintained the top spot until Todd Chrisman finished working his way from row six and worked his way by Dancer on lap eleven. Dancer’s car gave up the ghost with four laps to go, handing second over to Justin Bussell of Imperial, who also started on row six. Bussell came charging, but Chrisman was determined to drive on for his fourth track win in five tries this season. A bunch of drivers that needed good finishes had them, including third place Kent Lower, fourth place Kerry Jones, and fifth place Adam Kackmeister, all of North Platte. Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood joined Chrisman and Dancer as IMCA Stock Car heat race winners that night.
Shane Klockman opened the IMCA Hobby Stock main event with the lead. The race slowed after Tyler Blake of North Platte played pinball, bouncing his car off of the stopped car of Joe Thiem, also of North Platte, and into Wray, Colo. driver John Groshans. After that mess was cleaned up, Austin Davis of Benkelman began working on fellow heat race winner Klockman for the lead. Klockman spun while leading on lap eight and handed the lead over to Davis. Fortunately for him, Eric Piquet of North Platte spun in a separate incident, bringing out the caution before another lap was completed. Klockman learned from his mistake and kept his car straight while leading. He held on for his first IMCA Hobby Stock win of the year. Davis finished in second place, ahead of Miles White of North Platte, Derek Thiem of Columbus, and Michael Brunswig of Benkelman.
Lincoln County Raceway will be back in action on Saturday, July 14. The gates open at 5 p. m., and the races will start at 7 p. m., Central Time. The Late Models will join the five regular classes that night.
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Here is the link to the North Platte Telegraph insert on the racers with a page on Shane.
McCook Speedway results, June 30 |
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McCook Speedway raced on June 30, the second Saturday night race in two weeks. Although that seemed strange, as McCook Speedway runs mainly on Friday nights, it was appropriate, as June 30 had a blue moon, the second full moon of the month. Robby Haines and Michael Brunswig of Benkelman, Zach Schultz of North Platte, Max Pollmann of Trenton, and Cindy Murray of Oberlin, Kan., were not blue at the end of the night, as they all had picked up A Feature wins during the night.
Near the end of the IMCA Modified A Feature, it seemed like déjà vu, as Robby Haines was leading, and David Murray, Jr. of Oberlin, Kan. was in second place when they caught slower traffic. Murray’s path to the spot was not easy, as at one time, he was in the middle of a five-car battle for second place that included himself, fellow heat winner Brandon Hagan of Culbertson, Jay Steffens of North Platte, John Fabrizius of Colby, Kan., and Kyle Clough of Wallace. Once Murray got through, he tracked down Haines and caught him as Haines was catching the traffic with a few laps to go. On the last lap, Haines was able to get by the slow car after it moved up the track, which set a mini-pick, forcing Murray to whoa up a bit, and allowing Haines to drive off for the win. Steffens finished in third place, ahead of Hagan and Fabrizius.
The IMCA Stock Cars didn’t disappoint the fans looking for excitement. On the third lap of the race, Bob Chalupa of McCook spun, and several cars behind him spun and crashed, resulting in a six-car melee, low-lighted by the car of Larry Pollmann of McCook on top of the car of Lloyd Meeske of Champion. Both continued the race, but Meeske was out within two laps of green. Heat winner Zach Schultz had the lead at the start and had a big lead before a car spun on lap 10, bringing out the caution. That aided John Huffman of McCook, who had started in the sixth row and had moved into second place before the race slowed. On the restart, Huffman pressured Schultz, and took the lead from him with less than two laps to go. On the last lap, Schultz was able to get his car back under Huffman’s, regain the lead, and hold John off for the win. Shane Stout of North Platte was right behind them in third place, and ahead of Ritchie Wickizer of Culbertson and Brandon Anderson of McCook. Huffman and Jason Davis of Norton, Kan., were the other heat winners.
Michael Brunswig has been running fast of late, but unable to cash in on an A Feature win in the IMCA Hobby Stock class. He ran well in his heat race until his car slowed down after losing his power steering and water pump. In the feature, however, he grabbed the lead on the opening lap and stayed out front to finally win his first ever A Feature, on a blue moon night no less. Austin Davis kept the Benkelman cars in the top two, as he finished in second place. Shane Klockman of Ogallala took home third place, ahead of North Platte’s Eric Picquet and Maxwell’s Corey Cruzan. Richard Boon of Benkelman was the winner of the IMCA Hobby Stock heat race.
Max Pollmann learned the definition of adversity in the Classic Modified A Feature. He was involved in a five car incident on the second lap that had the disabled car of Donny Sailors of McCook tangled in with his. Once the cars were separated, Pollmann drove to the pits and had a tire changed. He came out in time to line up in the back. Heat winner Devin Allen of Culbertson was in the lead at that time, and kept doing everything he was doing to keep himself out front. However, Pollmann found a better line, and with two laps to go, made the winning pass on Allen. Devin held onto second place. Rick Touslee of Oberlin, Kan. Took home third place. The top five were rounded out by Matt Matson of McCook and Loren Pollmann of Trenton.
The Mini Truck A Feature had a good battle up front early on, as heat race winner Zach Olmstead of Overton was trying to hold off his cousin Cindy Murray and Alex Silos of North Platte. Murray took the lead on lap four, and the other two tangled soon after. Silos held onto his second place, while Olmstead lost many spots. Silos regrouped and gained ground on Murray a couple of times, but was unable to deny her the win. Dalton Dolan of Oberlin, Kan., took home third place. Jake Sahm of McCook was fourth, and Delbert Ridenour of Culbertson finished in fifth.
There is considerable racing this week in Southwest Nebraska. On Tuesday night, July 3, Culbertson Speedway will have a show. McCook Speedway will be back in action on Friday night, July 6. Both tracks will have an 8 PM CDT start on the nights they run. |
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“Thunder
On The
Plains”
concluded
on June
23 at
McCook
Speedway,
and the
fans
were
treated
with
some
good
racing
and wild
action.
John
Fabrizius
of
Colby,
Kan.,
Zach
Schultz
and Alex
Silos of
North
Platte,
Kyle
Bond of
Kearney, and Loren Pollmann of
Trenton
were the
best
racers
who
stayed
out of
the wild
action
for the
night,
and took
the five
A
Feature
victories.
The
start of
the IMCA
Modified
A
Feature
was
delayed
for
nearly
20
minutes
after a
switch
to one
of the
light
poles
was
tripped,
leaving
corner
one in
the
dark.
That
gave the
Modified
drivers
20 more
minutes
to sit
there
and get
more
anxious
for the
race.
When it
was time
to race,
it took
five
tries to
get one
lap in.
The
worst
incident
was when
Troy
Douglas
of
Hershey
launched
his car
up and
over
corner
one
after
trying
to avoid
a car
that had
checked
up.
Douglas’s
car
rolled
after
hitting
the
ground.
Fortunately,
he was
not
hurt.
When the
race got
going,
cash
dash
winner
Robby
Haines
of
Benkelman
found
his way
to the
lead and
tried to
pull
away.
David
Murray,
Jr. of
Oberlin,
Kan.
worked
his way
up to
second
and
eventually
caught
Haines.
The two
had
pulled
away
from the
field
when
they
caught
up to a
slower
car.
Haines
got into
the back
of the
slower
car,
checked
up, and
Murray
ran into
the back
of him,
resulting
in the
Haines
machine
going
for a
ride.
The two
were put
to the
back.
Both
showed
their
displeasure
towards
the
driver
of the
slower
car in a
negative
manner,
and were
disqualified
for the
night.
Bryan
Hagan of
Culbertson
inherited
the
lead,
but only
briefly,
as John
Fabrizius
had his
car set
up
right,
took the
lead
from
him, and
zoomed
away
with the
victory.
Jay
Steffens
of
North Platte
made a
late run
to get
by Hagan
for
second
place.
Bryan held on
for his
best
Modified
finish,
third,
ahead of
Jeremy
Frenier
of Fort
Collins,
Colo.,
and
Brandon
Hagan of
Culbertson.
Don
Hagan,
Jr. of
Culbertson,
Murray,
and
Haines
were the
three
heat
race
winners.
As rough
as the
IMCA
Stock
Car A
Feature
was the
night
before,
the
field of
eighteen
ran a
very
clean
20-lap
event,
slowed
by only
one
caution.
Zach
Schultz
took the
lead
from
fellow
North Platte
driver
Shane
Stout on
lap
three.
Schultz
stayed
out
front
for the
entire
race.
Brady
Koch of
Cambridge
got by
Stout
for
second
place.
John
Huffman
of
McCook
started
back in
row
five,
but
worked
his way
up to
fourth
place at
the
finish,
ahead of
fellow
hometown
driver
Larry
Pollmann.
Schultz,
Earl
Woodward
of Fort
Morgan,
Colo.,
and Bob
Chalupa
of
McCook
won the
heat
races.
Chalupa
also
took the
money in
the cash
dash
win. The
three
IMCA
classes
had cash
dashes,
sponsored
by
Holiday
Inn
Express.
The
weekend
was
tough on
the IMCA
Hobby
Stocks,
and
mechanical
issues
on some
of the
cars
prevented
some of
the
drivers
from
making
it to
the A
Feature.
The ones
that did
put on a
good
race.
Rookie
Corey
Cruzan
of
Maxwell
took the
early
lead in
the
race,
but the
heat
race
winner
was soon
passed
by
Benkelman
driver
Michael
Brunswig.
Cash
dash
winner
Kyle
Bond
worked
his way
from row
four to
second
place,
and with
less
than two
laps to
go, made
his
winning
move on
Brunswig.
Benkelman
drivers
Austin
Davis
and Cody
DeWester
finished
in third
and
fourth,
while
Ogallala
driver
Shane
Klockman
took
home
fifth
place.
Jason
Koch of
Cambridge
was the
other
heat
race
winner.
For the
first
time
this
year,
there
were
enough
Classic
Modifieds
to run
two heat
races at
McCook
Speedway,
with
those
being
won by
Max
Pollmann
of
Trenton
and
Donny
Sailors
of
McCook.
After a
restart,
Loren
Pollmann
grabbed
the
lead,
followed
closely
by
Sailors.
Max
Pollmann
had
worked
his way
to third
place
and had
hopes of
winning
his
fifth
straight
main
event at
McCook
when he
spun
out. He
had to
go to
the back
of the
field,
but did
manage
to get
back to
fifth
place at
the
finish.
His dad
Loren
spun as
well,
but it
was not
until
after he
went
across
the
finish
line
ahead of
the
field,
taking
his
first
win in
nearly
two
years.
Sailors
finished
in
second
place,
in spite
of a
good
battle
with
Devin
Allen of
Culbertson.
Allen
took
third
place,
with Jay
Alberts
of
McCook
finishing
in
fourth
place.
The Mini
Trucks
were
having a
wild
time all
night.
Sara
Murray
of
Oberlin,
Kan.,
won a
wild
heat
race.
The
feature
race was
dotted
with
over a
half
dozen
spins,
and one
truck
sailing
off of
corner
two.
Alex
Silos
was
doing
his own
sailing,
as he
got out
front
early
and
steered
away
from the
rough
waters
behind
him.
Mike
Schrader
of
Benkelman
finished
in
second
place.
Jacob
Olmstead
of
Overton
came
back
from a
trip off
the
track to
finish
in third
place.
Dalton
Dolan of
Oberlin,
Kan.,
came
back to
McCook
despite
rolling
the
night
before
and
finished
in
fourth
place.
Delbert
Ridenour
of
Culbertson
took
fifth
place.
The
drivers
and crew
of
McCook
Speedway
will get
a week
to rest
after
the
weekend,
then
will
come
back on
Saturday
night,
June 30
to do it
all
again.
With it
being a
Saturday
night
race,
the
gates
will
open at
5 p.m.
CDT, and
the
races
will
start at
7. |
McCook Speedway
results, June 22 |
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June 22 was the
opening night
for “Thunder On
The Plains,” and
the sky rumbled
before the races
with actual
thunder. The
storms stayed to
the south and
east of McCook,
and the entire
show went on as
scheduled. David
Murray, Jr. and
Cindy Murray of
Oberlin, Kan.,
Todd Chrisman of
North Platte,
Jason Koch of
Cambridge, and
Max Pollmann of
Trenton seemed
to be on
schedule as
well, getting
their cars and
names back into
victory lane.
For the first
six laps of the
IMCA Modified A
Feature, the
field remained
close to heat
winner Brandon
Hagan of
Culbertson, much
in part to four
caution periods.
David Murray,
also a heat race
winner, had
worked his way
from ninth to
second place in
those six laps,
and restarted on
Hagan’s rear
bumper. On the
start,
Murray was able to get underneath the Culbertson driver and move
to the head of
the field. He
would race
unabated to the
finish line, and
earn his third
win at McCook
Speedway this
year, his
eighteenth for
2007. Behind
Hagan was a good
race for third
place, as Todd
Hartley of
Maywood was
driving the race
of his life,
using the high
line in hopes of
earning a top
four finish..
When the top
went away,
Hartley did as
well, giving up
spots to several
drivers,
including Nick
Tubbs of Colby,
Kan., Robby
Haines of
Benkelman (who
had to come from
sixteenth place
on lap six to
get there), John
Fabrizius of
Colby, Kan. and
Jay Schilling of
McCook. Don
Hagan, Jr. of
Culbertson was
the other heat
race winner for
the IMCA
Modifieds.
The IMCA Stock
Car A Feature
had a rough time
getting started,
as the field
chalked up three
caution periods
before they got
two laps in. The
big one happened
when the second
place car went
for a spin in
front of a tight
field, setting
up a series of
spins and full
speed
collisions. Five
drivers ended
their night of
racing and began
a night of
working on their
cars after that
one. The more
surprising
occurrence was,
there were no
more caution
periods in the
twenty lap race.
Brady Koch of
Cambridge
got by Fort
Morgan, Colo.
driver Jesse
Taylor for the
lead on the
second lap, and
appeared to have
the race under
control. While
he had the front
covered, Todd
Chrisman working
his way from the
field from his
seventh row
starting spot.
Chrisman had
moved to third
place as the
race was getting
into the second
half and was
thinking he
might have a
chance at
Taylor. That was
when one of
Koch’s rear
tires went flat.
As he slowed,
Taylor and
Chrisman gained
great ground on
him.
Taylor tried to go by him on the high side, just as Koch made a
move to go high
to try to get
out of the way.
Chrisman saw the
situation, went
low, got by both
of them, and
took his second
track win of the
year.
Taylor ended up
with other
competition as
well, including
Jason Davis of
Norton, Kan.,
and Casey
Werkmeister of
Maywood. Davis
got by the
Colorado driver
first, but
Werkmeister got
by best,
sneaking by
Davis
on the last lap
to take second
place. Larry
Pollmann of
McCook took home
fifth place
money. Koch,
Zach Schultz of
North Platte,
and Ritchie
Wickizer of
Culbertson were
the IMCA Stock
Car heat race
winners.
Leland Stute of
Benkelman paced
the early
portion of the
IMCA Hobby Stock
A Feature until
fellow hometown
driver Michael
Brunswig zoomed
by to take
command. After
Brunswig used
the high line to
get by Stute, he
changed his mind
and started
working the
bottom of the
track. That
opened the door
for Jason Koch,
who figured out
the high side
was the right
side for his
car. With three
laps to go, Koch
got by and got
himself into
McCook’s victory
interviews for
the first time
this season.
Brunswig
finished in
second place,
followed
by Shane
Klockman of
Ogallala,
Kyle Bond of
Kearney, and
Stute. The #20
cars of Hunter
Cantrall of
Lexington
and Cody
DeWester of
Benkelman won
the heat races.
All eight IMCA
heat race
winners were
paid $50 for
their wins,
sponsored by Car
Quest Auto Parts
of McCook.
Max Pollmann won
his fourth
consecutive
Classic Modified
A Feature at
McCook Speedway,
but it wasn’t as
easy as the
first part of
this sentence
sounds. McCook
driver Matt
Matson ran well
early in the
night, taking
both the heat
race and cash
dash wins, then
pacing much of
the first part
of the main
event. While he
showed the way,
Pollmann and
Devin Allen of
Culbertson
battled behind
him for second
place. At one
point, it
appeared Allen
had second
wrapped up and
was on his way
to challenge
Matson, but
Pollmann found a
new line that
worked for his
P82 machine, and
he cleared both
with four laps
to go. Matson
finished in
second place.
Third place at
the finish line
was so close,
the scorekeepers
were split on
who earned it.
Fortunately for
Jay Alberts,
there are an odd
number of
scorekeepers,
and two of the
three thought he
had a slight
advantage on
Allen. Donny
Sailors of
McCook finished
in fifth place.
Dalton Dolan of
Oberlin, Kan.
gave the crowd a
scare on the
opening lap of
the Mini-Truck A
Feature when he
rolled his
vehicle three
times in corner
one.
Fortunately, he
walked away.
Cindy Murray
took the lead
when racing
resumed, and for
a while, seemed
like she would
have a
unchallenged
time of doing
so. However,
heat race victor
Royal Fisher of
Oberlin, Kan.
found his way
through the
field and took
the lead on lap
six. Murray
regrouped after
that happened,
and on the last
lap, made the
pass that would
get her her
first win of the
year at McCook
Speedway. Fisher
was followed at
the line by Alex
Silos of North
Platte, Delbert
Ridenour of
Culbertson, and
Robin Runge of
Palisade.
Racing resumes
tonight at
McCook Speedway
at 7 PM, Central
Time. The IMCA
Stock Cars will
race for $500 to
win, and the
IMCA Hobby
Stocks will race
for $250 to win. |
McCook Speedway results,
June 8
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by Darin Racek - 6/9/2007 |
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The track crew at McCook
Speedway worked on the holes
that were plaguing the track
in previous races for the
June 8 show. The track was
smooth, but it became dry
slick, and the drivers had
to adjust their styles.
David Murray, Jr. and Royal
Fisher of Oberlin,
Kan.,
Jason Davis of Norton, Kan.,
Justin Wagner of Culbertson,
and Max Pollmann of
Trenton
made the best adjustments to
their cars and styled their
way to A Feature victories.
It was a special night for
the IMCA Modifieds, as extra
money was added to give the
winner of the A Feature $500
to win. The field was
aligned by the draw, with
Nick Tubbs of
Colby, Kansas
on the pole and Chad Dolan
of Gibbon on the outside of
the front row. Tubbs took
the lead on the start, but
lost it to Dolan, who used
the outside line to get by
him on lap three. Dolan
tried to stretch out a lead,
but a couple of cautions in
the next few laps kept the
field close. Heat race
winners Jay Steffens of
North Platte and David
Murray found their way to
second place and began to do
battle. Once Murray was
clear, he tracked down
Dolan, who was still using a
higher line. Murray stuck
his car to the bottom, and
on lap 14, made the final
lead pass for the night.
Steffens, who also won the
$100 Cash Dash, caught Dolan
in the waning laps and moved
into second place with one
lap to go, but Dolan got
back by on the last lap for
an exciting second-place
finish. Following Steffens
was John Fabrizius of Colby,
Kansas and Robby Haines of
Benkelman. The other IMCA
Modified heat winner was
Brandon Hagan of Culbertson.
If there is a word that
closely describes the IMCA
Stock Car A Feature,
“pandemonium” would be it.
Four times, the caution flag
waved in the first two laps.
Heat winner Ritchie Wickizer
of Culbertson inherited the
lead after previous leader
Brandon Anderson of McCook
looped his car. Wickizer
maintained the lead until a
lap nine restart found him
starting with a flat tire.
By the time he got to the
pits, he had two flats.
Rookie Larry Pollmann of
McCook inherited the lead,
challenged by Jason Davis
and North Platte driver Todd
Chrisman. With a handful of
laps to go, Pollmann spun,
handing Davis the lead. He
held his line, and held off
Chrisman for his first
McCook Speedway feature win
of the year. Dave Plowman of
Gretna
started in the back, stayed
out of all of the trouble,
and went home with a clean
race car and a third place
finish. Caleb Peters of
Oberlin, Kansas
and Lloyd Meeske of Champion
rounded out the top five.
Zach Schultz of North Platte
and John Huffman of McCook
earned the other two Stock
Car heat race victories.
John’s dad Jim Huffman got
the lead on the opening lap
of the IMCA Hobby Stock A
Feature. As in the Stock Car
Feature, cautions kept the
field close. Justin Wagner,
a victim of an early race
caution, used the cautions
and the dry slick track to
his advantage and worked his
way back through the field.
With three laps to go,
Wagner found the way by Jim
Huffman and took off with
the win. Huffman held onto
second place. The battle for
third was exciting at the
end, and heat race winner
Austin Davis of Benkelman
just nipped Ogallala’s
Shane Klockman at
the line for the spot. Jason
Koch of Cambridge rounded
out the top five. Michael
Brunswig of Benkelman was
the winner of the other IMCA
Hobby Stock Heat race.
Max Pollmann wasted no time
in the caution-free Classic
Modified main event. The
heat race victor started in
row two and had made his
final pass by corner three
of the opening lap. Devin
Allen of Culbertson started
a little bit further back an
had to work hard to find his
way to second place. Fellow
Culbertson driver Mike
Brenning made a late pass on
McCook’s Donny Sailors to
finish in third. Loren
Pollmann of
Trenton
was the last driver to get
his car into the top five.
After an opening lap tangle,
the Mini-Trucks ran all 10
laps without another wave of
the yellow flag. Royal
Fisher showed he had the
fastest truck for the night,
taking first the heat race
win, then getting his second
win of the night when it
counted financially, the A
Feature. Alex Silos of North
Platte started in the back
of the field after the
opening lap trouble, drove
to second place, and did
give Royal a scare. However,
a bobble in corner two with
two laps to go was enough to
get him out of contention
for the win, but not enough
to knock him from second
place. Dalton Dolan of
Oberlin, Kansas found his
way to third place come the
end of the race. Delbert
Ridenour of Culbertson
finished in fourth, and Mike
Schrader of Benkelman, in
his first night out, rounded
out the top five. All
starters in the Mini-Truck A
Feature finished, and on the
lead lap.
The next race in Southwest
Nebraska will be at
Culbertson Speedway on
Friday, June 15, beginning
at 8 p.m. CDT. The next
event at McCook Speedway
will be “Thunder On The
Plains” on June 22 and 23.
On Friday night, all five
classes will run, with extra
money in the purse of the
Mini-Trucks and Classic
Modifieds. The races will
start at 8 p.m. June 23 will
have a complete show as well
beginning at 7 p.m. The IMCA
Stock Cars will be running
for $500 to win the A
Feature. The three IMCA
classes will run Cash
Dashes, and all heat race
winners for the night will
receive $50. |
Lincoln Co Raceway results, June 9 |
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by Darin Racek - 6/10/2007 |
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An incredible amount of cars showed up
at Lincoln County Raceway as the Blood,
Sweat, and Tears IMCA Modifieds came to
North Platte to do battle with the
locals on June 9, but there were more
cars in all four classes. Drivers in the
pits came from
Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, and
Canada. David Murray of Oberlin, Kansas,
Todd Chrisman of North Platte, Derek
Theim of Columbus, and John Webster
overcame the numbers and took home the A
Feature victories.
When it was time to get racing, 36 IMCA
Modified drivers had signed in for the
night’s events. The Modifieds drew for
positions for four heat races, with the
top three in each heat qualifying for
the A Feature, and the remainder of the
field filling two B Features, of which
six cars from each were added to build a
field of 24 for the A. Ronnie Wallace of
North Platte rocked the house by being
the first local to win the first
Modified heat of the night. The
second-place car failed to scale after
the heat, and was relegated to the B
Feature. Although they are the top two
drives in BST points, David Murray and
Fort Morgan, Colo., driver Jeremy
Frenier had made it to the two previous
races in North Platte, and they took the
wins for heats two and three. Jim Mlady
of North Platte took the fourth heat
win, but a yellow flag on the last lap
forced the scorekeepers to score the
rest of the field on how the last
completed lap aligned, minus the cars
involved in the yellow. Last week’s A
Feature winner, Robby Haines of
Benkelman, won a wild first B Feature.
Brendon Labatte of Weyburn,
Saskatchewan, Canada, earned the second
B Feature win for the Great White North.
Ronnie Wallace and Andrew Dillenburg of
North Platte
drew the front row for the 25-lap A
Feature. Three cautions on during the
first nine laps kept the field close.
The BST side-by-side restarts where
everyone second place on back started
side-by-side kept the field even closer.
David Murray was one of the drivers who
was enjoying the restarts, moving
forward from his sixth-row starting
spot. After the lap nine caution,
Wallace seemed to maintain a good lead
over then second place
Murray.
Unfortunately, another caution four laps
later again put
Murray
on his tail. After the restart, the two
leaders got together in corner three.
Wallace pushed up the track, Murray held
his low line, and took control of the
race. Wallace couldn’t troll him in, and
Murray went on to take the IMCA Modified
Feature win. As he runs for both BST and
Lincoln County Raceway, it was a draw as
to which series had the to call the
winner his own. Wallace and Dillenburg
did the hometown crowd proud by
finishing in second and third places.
Chad Dolan of Gibbon, in his first race
at the track this year, finished in
fourth place, while Brandon Hagan of
Culbertson finished ahead of Jeremy
Frenier for fifth place.
When the officials started 23 IMCA Stock
Cars in their A Feature, people wondered
what was wrong with the officials for
doing so. The field of drivers impressed
and amazed the fans, running the 20-lap
race with only two cautions, one of
those for a car the flagmen felt was not
far enough into the infield. While good
racing could be found throughout the
field, McCook driver John Huffman was
showing the way around the 3/8-mile
track. Todd Chrisman started in the
fifth row and was working his way
through the field when the caution flag
waved for the stalled car. At that time,
he found himself in third, but within
two laps, Chrisman found his way to the
front and held on for his third straight
win. The rookie Huffman held onto second
place. Sixth row starter Shawn Bigham of
Imperial found his way to third place at
the finish, and had his shocks claimed
by Adam Kackmeister. He accepted the
claim. North Platte drivers Mikey Dancer
and Zach Schultz finished in fourth and
fifth places. Schultz, Chrisman, and
Shane Stout won the IMCA Stock Car heat
races.
Everyone knew there was an extra $250
for the IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature,
courtesy of NAPA, and the drivers raced
liked it was for ten times that amount.
A pileup on the opening lap reset the
field with
Shane Klockman of Ogallala
and NAPA Cash Dash winner Austin Davis
on the front row. Davis garnered the
lead for a while, until heat winner
Derek Thiem was work from his fourth row
starting position to challenge for the
lead. Theim took control on lap five.
Despite several more extra curricular
cautions, the theme for the remaining
ten laps was Joe Theim leading. Austin
Davis finished in second place. Despite
a spin with six laps to go,
Klockman
came back to take third spot, with Eric
Picquet finishing fourth, and fellow
Platter Rick Eller made a late charge to
finish in the top five.
John Webster enjoyed a caution-free Mini
Sprint A Feature. The heat winner sat on
the pole and drove off for a healthy
lead. Previous A Feature winners Josh
Sabin and Jeremy Herbst of
North Platte
were hot on his tail, and challenging
each other for second spot. They had
caught Webster with the laps to go, but
they tangled long enough for Webster to
get away and finish first. Sabin was
able to finish in second place, with
Herbst right behind him. Arden Myers of
McCook and Bob Swedeen of Alliance
rounded out the top five.
With only a few days to prepare, the
Lincoln County Raceway crew gears up for
the “Run For The Money” show on Tuesday,
June 12, starting at 7 p.m. CDT. Based
on 25 cars, the IMCA Modifieds will run
for $1,000, the IMCA Stock Cars $800,
and the IMCA Hobby Stocks $250. The BST
Modifieds plan to be in the area to keep
the Modified number high, and with other
tracks in Nebraska and Kansas having the
night off, there should be many more
cars in all three classes. Grandstand
admission is $12 for adults, $6 for
children 6 - 12, and free for children
under 6. |
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Lincoln Co Raceway
results, June 2 |
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by Darin Racek - 6/3/2007 |
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Because of the cloudy week, everyone
forgot there was nearly a full moon for
June 2 at Lincoln County Raceway, but
the drivers reminded the crowd with some
crazy happenings. At the end of the
night, Robby Haines of Benkelman, Todd
Chrisman and Josh Sabin of
North Platte,
Aaron Koch of Cambridge, and Travis
Bayne of Windsor, Colo. were the drivers
beaming brightly, as they took the A
Feature wins.
An incredible 26 IMCA Modifieds filled
the pits, and it took four heat races
and a B Feature to set up the eighteen
car field A Feature. The eighteen
drivers that made the A Main impressed
and pleased the fans by driving 20 laps
without a caution period. Robby Haines
had won a heat race and the cash dash
for the night, but felt like he might
have used up his luck before the A
Feature. However, the car was set up
perfectly, and Haines hit his spots to
pull away for the win and the sweep.
Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte had to
work hard to get by fellow hometown
driver Dan Carl for second place, but
once he got here, he was unchallenged.
Jay Steffens of North Platte was near
the top five the entire night and
finished in third place. With the field
so spread out, the next few drivers had
no idea where they finished. However,
Maxwell’s Charley Brown finished in
fourth, Brandon Hagan of Culbertson
fifth, and Dave Pedersen of Brady took
home sixth place. Brandon’s father Don
Hagan, Jr. was the B Feature winner.
Besides Haines, David Murray of Oberlin,
Kan., Dan Carl, and Jamey Kennicutt of
Gothenburg were the other heat race
winners.
The Colorado Mod Lites of Eastern
Colorado and the Outlaw Vintage Lite
Series of Eastern Nebraska went
head-to-head June 2 at Lincoln County
Raceway. It came down to two Colorado
drivers and former North Platte
residents at the end. Tracy Bayne of
Fort Collins, Colo., paced the race from
the third lap to nearly the end, when
his brother Travis Bayne of Windsor,
Colo. drove his Mini Mod underneath him
in corner two and stole the win. Cousin
Brad Bayne of Nunn, Colo., was
three-wheeling his way for much of the
race up the third place spot at the
finish. Roger Hornby finished a top four
sweep of the finishing spots by Colorado
Lite drivers. Chick DeMoss of Lincoln
was the best Outlaw Vintage Lite
finisher with his fifth-place finish.
DeMoss and Tracy and Travis Bayne were
also the winners of the heat races.
Todd Chrisman won his second consecutive
IMCA Stock Car A Feature, but it wasn’t
easy. Fellow heat race winner Mikey
Dancer of North Platte had his car set
up well, and he enjoyed the lead up to
the first caution. Brandon Clough lost
the rear end out of his car after
clipping the stopped car of Dan Eller.
After a lengthy cleanup, Chrisman
stepped up to challenge Dancer, and on
lap nine, found a way around. Dancer had
the lead again on lap 10, only to give
it back on lap 11. That was when the
Chrisman and his number 11 decided it
was time to share the lead no more.
Shane Stout’s third-place finish meant
the three heat winners swept the top
three spot, and Zach Schultz’s
fourth-place finish meant a sweep of
those spots by North Platte drivers.
Colton Osborn of Cozad finished in fifth
place.
The IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature started
off with a crash, as Eric Picquet of
North Platte rolled his car one time
after completing one lap. The red flag
came out as the rescue teams hurried
over to the car, but by the time they
got there, Picquet had driven away. He
even managed to bring the car back out
on the track after his crew worked on it
and finished only one lap down.
Shane Klockman of Ogallala paced
the early part of the race and appeared
to be on the way for the win. That was
before Derek Thiem of Columbus and Aaron
Koch of Cambridge caught him and turned
up the heat. Unfortunately for
Shane, he spun his car out
halfway through the race, and was
collected by Austin Davis of Benkelman.
Thiem inherited the lead briefly. Aaron
Koch passed him on the opening lap and
survived three more caution periods to
stay out front for the win. Thiem
finished in second place, ahead of heat
winner Michael Woodhead of Holyoke,
Colo. John Groshans of Wray, Colo.
earned fourth spot, while newcomer Ethan
Johnson of Broken Bow finished in fifth
place. Klockman was the
other IMCA Hobby Stock heat winner.
Josh Sabin broke though with the heat
race and A Feature win in the
Mini-Sprint class. His drive to victory
broke a string of six straight feature
wins by Jeremy Herbst of
North Platte,
who finished in second place. J. R. Way
of Lexington held off double-duty Jamey
Kennicutt for third place. Arden Myers
rounded out the top five.
Lincoln County Raceway will be back in
action next week, June 9. The IMCA
Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby
Stocks, and Mini-Sprints will be back.
There will be a $250 bonus for the
winner of the IMCA Hobby Stock A
Feature, courtesy of NAPA. The gates
open at 5 p.m. CDT, and the races will
start at 7. |
Lincoln County Raceway results, May 12 |
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by
Darin Racek - 5/14/2007 |
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May
12 was opening night at Lincoln County Raceway in
North Platte. The pits were full of cars, and the
grandstands were full of people ready for the
Saturday night thunder made by the cars on the
track. David Murray, Jr. of Oberlin, Kan., Todd
Chrisman and Jeremy Herbst of North Platte, Derek Thiem of
Columbus, and Tony Gregg of Hastings had the
lightning to go with the thunder, as they took home
the five A Feature wins. David Murray, Jr. started
on the pole of the IMCA Modified A Feature and led
all twenty laps for the opening night win. Fellow
heat race winner Ronnie Wallace of North Platte took
home second place. The battle behind was good all
night, first with Don Hagan, Jr. of Culbertson
battling with Mike Saathoff of North Platte for
third place. After Hagan found his groove, he drove
away for third. Saathoff then battled Charley Brown
of Maxwell and heat winner Jim Mlady of North
Platte, and the three ran in a group for five laps.
Near the end of the race, Mlady cleared himself of
the other two to earn the fourth spot, and Eddie
Edwards of McCook snuck by the other two to take
home fifth place. Dave Pedersen of Brady was the B
Feature winner, and Andrew Dillenburg of
North Platte
was the other heat winner.
Todd
Chrisman had the broom out, as he swept his heat
race, the cash dash, and the IMCA Stock Car A
Feature. Heat winner Shane Stout of North Platte had
the initial lead, but lost it to fellow hometown
driver Zach Schultz. Despite Chrisman getting by him
on lap eight, Schultz stayed right him, and
challenged him to the end. Lloyd Meeske of Champion,
John Huffman of McCook, and Travis Tilford of North
Platte rounded out the top five. Kyle Werkmeister of
Maywood
was declared the B Feature. Mikey Dancer of North
Platte and rookie Colton Osborn of Cozad were the
other heat race winners.
The
IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature went the entire distance
without a caution, the only of the IMCA sanctioned
features to do so. Derek Thiem took the lead during
the first lapped, but was challenged by fellow heat
race winner Shane Klockman of Ogallala. Klockman
spun in corner two while trying to make a move, and
that dropped him out of contention. Michael Brunswig
of Benkelman began reeling Thiem in, but the
Columbus driver was too big of a fish to reel in on
this particular night. A couple of Colorado drivers
finished in the top five, as Ron Edge of Amherst and
Jim Moore of Longmont took home third and fourth.
Greg Lower, driving his son and last year’s Hobby
Stock champion Thomas Lower’s car, finished in
fifth.
After troubles in the Mini Sprint heat race, Jeremy
Herbst had his crew went to work on his car for the
A Feature. They fixed it good, and it went the
twenty laps in the Mini Sprint A Feature at the
front without problems. Heat race winner Arden Myers
of McCook finished in second place. Josh Sabin of
North Platte made a late run to sneak home in third
place. Toph Harmon of Holbrook and Trent Hansen of
North Platte rounded out the top five.
The
Super Late Models were invited to run May 12, to
give them an opportunity to try the track for the
June 29 special, and to give the fans a show. They
tried to put on the show too hard opening lap in the
heat race after former North Platte residents Kenny
McCarty, now of Rogers, Ark., and Steve Kempt of
Shelton connected on the front stretch. Kempt spun,
but kept his foot in it and got it righted. McCarty,
unfortunately, hit the wall and was there for a ride
as it skidded along the top of the wall on the front
stretch. He was not injured. Heat race winner and
former NCRA champion Tony Gregg of Hastings repeated
his performance in the A Feature, taking the win.
Shane Lewis of North Platte took home second place
in the feature, after Kempt spun in the waning laps.
Kempt was able to get his car righted to finish in
third. Ron Lee of Valentine took the fourth spot,
and Charley Brown, driving for Gary Long of
Valentine, finished in fifth place.
After taking a week off for graduation, Lincoln
County Raceway will be back in action on Saturday,
May 26, with a Sprint Car Special. The American
Sprint Car Association Rocky Mountain 360 Sprint
Cars and National Championship Racing Association
360 Sprints will square off, beginning at 7 p.m.,
CDT. The Mini Sprints will be the support class.
May
12 results
IMCA
Modified
Heat
1
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
12J-Jay Steffens
4C-Charley Brown
Heat
2
71-Andrew Dillenburg
17J-Jeremy Frenier
94H-Don Hagan, Jr
Heat
3
97M-David Murray, Jr.
7R-Vince Leibert
29S-Mike Saathoff
Heat
4
19J-Jim Mlady
9-R.
C. Heil
69-Brad Turner
B
Feature
4P-Dave Pedersen
98-Eddie Edwards
31-Dan Carl
15-Jamey Kennicutt
20K-Kyle Clough
14-Jason Gallentine
4KJ-Terry Houchin
0K-Cory Kelley
2-Jeremy Herbst (DNF)
9R-Robby Haines (DNF)
1-Troy Douglas (DNF)
A
Feature
97M-David Murray, Jr.
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
94H-Don Hagan, Jr
19J-Jim Mlady
98-Eddie Edwards
4C-Charley Brown
12J-Jay Steffens
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