Thompson, Hudson, Reicks victorious at Speed Bowl

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (April 21)-It was another beautiful evening for racing action at The
Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, Friday evening, April 21, as 65 race teams checked in
for action.

Superior's Jon Thompson made his way to victory lane in the IMCA Modified
A-feature. After leader Darrick Klima spun on lap 12 after being passed by
Thompson, Thompson then pulled away on the restart. The red flag came out on lap
19 when Justin Basart went up and over the guardrail in turn 1. Basart escaped
unharmed but was finished for the race. This set up a green-white-checkered finish
and Thompson was able to hang on for the win. Lonnie Schriner finished second,
trailed by Joby Hanson, Tim Watts and Dusty Blake. Larry Sutton, Thompson, Brian
Calhoon, and Blake all won heat races, while Carl Hund Jr. led the field to the
checkers in the B-main.

Josh Hudson of Kensington, KS, led from green to checkered in the 20-lap IMCA Stock
Car feature. It took 3 tries to get the opening lap in, and once it was completed,
the rest of the race went caution free. Hudson built up a big lead, but late in
the race Cory Struckhoff and heat one winner Troy Attwood closed ground but had to
settle for second and third. Matt Streit and Brett Behrends rounded out the top
five. Hudson won the other heat race.

Hometown driver Zach Reicks led wire-to-wire in the 15-lap caution free IMCA Hobby
Stock feature. Wade Wagenblast closed in late on the leader but had to settle for
the runner-up spot. Rhett Kingsbury finished third, followed by Jim Buss and Jamie
Reiman. Reicks and Buss were victorious in the two heat races.

Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings, NE, took the lead on lap 3 of the Cruiser
feature from heat race winners Joe & Jacob Krone and held on to the winner's
circle. Josh & Vic Jacobitz finished third.

Racing returns to the 3/8-mile oval Friday night, April 28. The green flag flies
at 8:00 p.m.

RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stocks

Feature: 1. Reicks, 2. Wade Wagenblast, 3. Kingsbury, 4. Buss, 5. Reiman, 6. Jared
Lewis, 7. Hudson, 8. Carraher, 9. Selvage, 10. Joe McDole, 11. Naasz, 12. Jason
Nelsson, 13. Zimmerman, 14. T.C. McKain, 15. Matt Henke, 16. Andrew Lovegrove, 17.
Terry Everhart (DNF), 18. Edd Huxoll (DNS).

IMCA Stock Cars

Feature: 1. Hudson, 2. Struckhoff, 3. Attwood, 4. Streit, 5. Behrends, 6. Kreft, 7.
Carpenter, 8. Olson, 9. Chris Hancock (DNF), 10. Chad Wulf (DNF), 11. Geoffrey
Jermark (DNF), 12. Jason McCartney (DNS), 13. Brant Beam (DNS).

IMCA Modifieds

A-Feature: 1. Thompson, 2. Schriner, 3. Hanson, 4. Watts, 5. Blake, 6. Blochlinger,
7. Sutton, 8. Klima, 9. Corman, 10. Calhoon, 11. Hund, 12. Anderson, 13. Putman, 14.
Fogo, 15. Basart (DNF), 16. Jameson (DNF), 17. Smith (DNF), 18. Johnson (DNF), 19.
Veteto (DNF), 20. Grabouski (DNF).

Cruisers

Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Krone/Krone, 3. Jacobitz/Jacobitz, 4. Joe Hersh/Pat
Hersh, 5. Duffy/Duffy, 6. T.J. Jameson/Matthew Niemaier, 7. Robert Mason/Danny
Bliss, 8. Troy Himmelberg/David Theer (DNF), 9. Al Hornbussel/Joe Berentes (DNS).