Speed Bowl WILL race on Sept. 17

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (August 30)—The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, will get in their season finale on Sunday evening, September, 17, after IMCA approved the race Wednesday.
Originally IMCA would not approve the make-up date at Red Cloud due to Lexington, NE, also rescheduling their final race on that date because of a rainout on Sunday, August 27. Since Lexington normally runs on Sunday nights, IMCA approved their make-up date and would not sanction the Red Cloud race. However, promoters at both tracks conferred and felt that very few drivers competed regularly at both tracks and both contacted IMCA. IMCA then gave approval to The Speed Bowl to race on Sept. 17, along with Lexington.
The Red Cloud finale will get underway at 6:00 p.m. with make-up features for both the IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds to be run first. Then a complete regular race program will be run, followed by mechanics and powder puff races. Late Models will NOT be on the Sept. 17 race card.
The Cruiser feature was completed on Friday evening, August 18, and 8 laps of the 14-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature was completed before the race was red-flagged because of rain. The hobby stock feature has been declared official as the race was past the halfway mark, and race leader Jamie Reiman of Blue Hill was declared the winner.

I-80 Wingless/ASCS Photos

Here's some shots from the August 15 I-80 Speedway Heartland Nationals featuring Wingless 410, ASCS 360 & 305 sprints and Hornets.

I-80 8-15-06 Wingless/ASCS/305/Hornets

Eagle 8-26-06

Feature Results for 8-26-06

Tuner A feature
1 22 Mike Boehmer
2 44 Jack Prall, III
3 1k Kevn Kuker
4 2 Dan Rhiley
5 0 Rich White
6 62 Justin Busboom
7 10j Doug Lyons
8 99x Jason Tadlock
9 2k Kyle Schamp
10 0k Maynard Kinnersley
11 B32 Brian Haller
12 0R Amanda Rhiley
13 9 Mark McKinney
14 9c Jeremy Conkle
15 3n Neil Pella
16 01 Adrian Dover
17 00 Barry Kinnersley
18 3x Jake Brinson
19 3 Mike Mook

Hobby A feature
1 21 Derick Noonan
2 14 Ron Novak
3 10 Brad Schreiner
4 92 Don Hall Jr
5 20 Chad Borgman
6 32 Trevor Kropp
7 1r RJ Macku
8 57 Brian Cudly
9 9 Rex Schreiner
10 86 Justin Wulf
11 94 Mike Hansen
12 4 Troy Mencke
13 42 Rob Brown
14 28b Rick Bradley
15 3k Jerry Keaton
16 M70 Rick Munson
17 95x Bill Parbe
DQ 19 Kyle Vanover
DQ 33 Travis Runcie
DQ 72 Jesse Vanlaningham

Hobby B Feature
1 86 Justin Wulf
2 33 Travis Runcie
3 95x Bill Parbe
4 57 Brian Cudly
5 32 Trevor Kropp
6 T54 Thomas Creek
7 88 Mike McIntire
8 3j TBA
9 7 TBA
10 95 Max Sharpe
11 39 Paul Burck
12 53 Jeff Kros

Modified A feature

1 4x Kevin Larkins
2 99n Sean Burklund
3 3 Chris Alcorn
4 13 Doug Deterding
5 27 Clint Homan
6 21t Tracy Harr
7 21 Phil Penney
8 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
9 3w Stacey Wilhelm
10 12x Goerge Haney
11 11x Steve Devitt
12 5st Dan Wayman
13 1z Norm Ziegenbein
14 7 Bob Rusinger
15 4jr Dave Jewett, Jr
16 24t Terry Hurt
17 8a Dustin Anderson
18 V45 Rik Gropp
19 2m Mike Meyer
20 10k Don McCown

B feature 1
1 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
2 7 Bob Rusiger
3 s56 Scott Bivens
4 3a Aaron Pella
5 00 Tim Pickens
6 27m Bryan Murphy
7 4t Jerry Trejo
8 75j Jesse Robinson
9 7h Dennis Harsh
10 51 Cliff Turner
11 5p Bob Phillips

B feature 2
1 3 Chris Alcorn
2 4jr Dave Jewett Jr
3 45m Brandon Johnson
4 93L Jason Brinkman
5 95b Nik Bonney
6 2EZ Mark Kasper
7 8a Dusty Anderson
8 42k Jan Korth
9 4d Pat Donovan
10 52 Sean Manning

Sprint A feature
1 13f Larry Pinegar, II
2 53 Jack Dover
3 91 Brad Krutz
4 96kx Adam Gullion
5 4c Dean Chadd
6 84 Toby Chapman
7 4s Stu Snyder
8 7L Rob Lipker
9 23r Tadd Holliman
10 28 Ken Klabunde
11 77 John Klabunde
12 14g Gene Ackland
13 17 Gage Dorr
14 18 Ryan Roberts
15 3 Jeff Griffis
16 71 Tige Jensen
17 71x Kellen Love
18 23 Terry Holliman
19 51 Mike Boston
20 19j Jay Jordan


Sprint B feature
1 53 Jack Dover
2 4c Dean Chadd
3 96kx Adam Gullion
4 7L Rob Lipker
5 28 Ken Klabunde
6 76 Jay Russell
7 9j Mark Schmidt
8 21 Ryan Kitchen
9 7x Kevin Danley
10 17b Jason Becker
11 57 Rodney Droud

show up 29 Roger Sluka

I-80 Saturday 8-26-06

HOBSCHEIDT, HARTMAN, RICHARDS, KURTZER & CHRISTENSEN WINNERS IN WEEK 3 OF THE CHASE

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 8/26/06) The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Race for the Chase saw repeat winners in all classes; Jason Hobscheidt, Scotty Hartman, Floyd Richards, Austin Kurtzer and Nate Christensen.

The Certified Transmission Pro-am 18 lap feature saw Rick Negrete jump to the early lead. But point leader Scotty Hartman got a good jump from his 6 th row outside start and by lap 2 he was up to second. On lap 5 Hartman took the lead with Chad Sanders and Jason Cieslik giving chase. Cieslik moved into second on lap 12 and proceeded to make this a close race. On the last lap out of turn 4 Cieslik dropped to the inside of Hartman and got right up alongside of him. But Hartman was not to be denied and powered to his 6 th win of the year and third straight in the Race for the Chase. Cieslik held on to second ahead of Sanders, Terry leveland and Nick Hermsen.

The Dodge Crate Late Model 20 lap feature saw Tony Leonardo grab the early lead with Shawn Harker right behind him. As they completed lap 1 Harker had the lead. Jason Hobscheidt started the feature on the inside of row 4 and by lap 3 he was up to 4 th . On lap 5 Hobscheidt took the lead and sped away from the rest of the field. Point leader Billy Leighton Jr. moved to second on lap 10 but could not reel in Hobscheidt. For Hobscheidt it was his 4 th win of the season. Brad Perdue grabbed third ahead of Harker, Brad Soll and Craig Preble.

The Sports Mod feature saw Larry Robinson Sr. take the early lead only to have “Fearless Floyd” Richards pass him out of turn 3. Richards maintained the lead til the bitter end picking up his 4 th feature win of the year. In doing so Richards took over the point lead by 2 over Robinson and Harry Nixon. Nixon's car had transmission problems in the heat race, so he jumped into Mike Christiansen's car and came home with a 6 th place finish. Jim Hendricks had his best finish of the year in third ahead of Jim Fritz and Lacey Tuttle.

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets feature belonged to Austin Kurtzer who led from start to finish. Kurtzer had several bad weeks that saw hin drop from first to ninth in points. So with a low point average he started on the outside front row. Brandon Wergin made an attempt to stay close, but had to settle for 2nd ahead of Point leader Lindsey Yost, Kevin Stanzel and Joe McConnell.

The TFN Novice Hornet feature Deanna Wallace and Sara Doll broke out front With Wallace taking the lead in turn 2. Point leader Nate Christensen took the lead On lap 4 and cruised to his 9 th feature win. Justin Soule came on to finish 2nd Ahead of Steve McConnell, Thomas Liechti and Will McConnell.

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the start of The Labor Day Weekend Extravaganza with double Late Model features along with the Pro-ams, Sports Mods and Tobacco Free Nebraska Hornets. The grandstands open at 4:30 with hot laps at 6:30 and racing set to get under way at 7.

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

Nebraska Raceway Park I-80 Speedway NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series

Division IV

Dodge Crate Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 2) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 3) 25 Brad Perdue, 4) 40 Shawn Harker, 5) 50 Brad Soll, 6) 97d Craig Preble, 7) 17 Dave Livingston, 8) j1 Jay Burdic, 9) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 10) 3 Mike Wallace, 11) 7 Gary Joens Jr., 12) 2x Scott Carlson, 13) 96 Tony Leonardo, 14) 56t Ron Tilley, 15) 33x Brian Kenkel, 16) 22m Trevor Millikan, 17) 22 Kent Schimenti, 18) 41 Scott Green, 19) 38L Larry Lindstrom, 20) 92k Rob Kosiski, 21) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 22) 2 Dwane Pospisill, 23) 25x Kenny Edwards

1 st Heat: 1) Wallace, 2) Pospisill, 3) Edwards, 4) Joens, 5) Tex, 6) Schimenti, 7) Amanda Leonardo

2 nd Heat: 1) Soll, 2) Leighton, 3) Preble, 4) Perdue, 5) Tony Leonardo, 6) Millikan, 7) Lindstrom

3 rd Heat: 1) Burdic, 2) Hobscheidt, 3) Harker, 4) Livingston, 5) Kenkel, 6) Carlson, 7) Green

Certified Transmission Pro-ams

A-Feature: 1) 88 Scotty Hartman, 2) 16j Jason Cieslik, 3) 49x Chad Sanders, 4) 12 Terry Cleveland, 5) 64 Nick Hermsen, 6) 25x Joe Feyen, 7) 33x Chuck Dillon, 8) 8 Nick Steier, 9) 35 Rich Steier, 10) 2 Steve Peoples, 11) 49 Jeff Atkins, 12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 15 Andy Thompsen, 14) 83 John Hickman, 15) 71x Jeff Kupke, 16) 55 Ray Dessel, 17) 9x John Allensworth, 18) 56 Jeremy Longmeyer, 19) 4U Randy Preul, 20) 84 Doug Stevenson, 21) 72 Rick Negrete, 22) T72 Thad Thomson, 23) 28 Mike Powell, 24) 36 Shawn Bulin

B-Feature: 1) Dessel, 2) Hickman, 3) Stevenson, 4) Atkins, 5) Thompsen, 6) Powell, 7) 48 Larry Robinson Jr.

1 st Heat: 1) Thomson, 2) Feyen, 3) Longmeyer, 4) Mohr, 5) Allensworth, 6) N. Steier, 7) Atkins

2 nd Heat: 1) Bulin, 2) Cleveland, 3) Preul, 4) Hermsen, 5) Dillon, 6) Peoples, 7) Dessel

3 rd Heat: 1) Hartman, 2) Negrete, 3) Cieslik, 4) R. Steier, 5) Sanders, 6) Kupke, 7) Shane Bales

Sport Mods

A-Feature: 1) 71 Floyd Richards, 2) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 3) 33 Jim Hendricks, 4) 21 Jim Fritz, 5) Z00 Lacey Tuttle, 6) 5 Harry Nixon, 7) 48 Kyle Harpster, 8) 52 Daryl Weilage, 9) 0H Scott Plantz, 10) 6 Brett Sheppard, 11) 52x Mike Christiansen(DNS)

1 st Heat: 1) Richards, 2) Weilage, 3) Christiansen, 4) Hendricks, 5) Tuttle

2 nd Heat: 1) Fritz, 2) Robinson, 3) Harpster, 4) Sheppard, 5) Nixon

Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 57 Austin Kurtzer, 2) 61b Brandon Wergin, 3) 20 Lindsey Yost, 4) 30 Kevin Stanzel, 5) 36 Joe McConnell, 6) 16j Perry Soule, 7) 61 Chuck Wergin, 8) 81 Steve England, 9) 28 Cory Askeland, 10) 33 Tim Shidler, 11) 4 Travis Meyer, 12) 10 Joe Thomas, 13) 19 Darin Hoegren, 14) 15 Jamie Spanel, 15) 96 Cory Hutchison, 16) 85 Mike Kennedy, 17) 7 Jason Clark, 18) 60 Dave LaFleur, 19) 78 Randy Allen, 20) 40 Mike Barton, 21) B52 Skip Brown, 22) 34 Ward Neesen, 23) 11 Jerry Barrett, 24) 13 James Hayes, 25) 9x Joe baker, 26) 44 Steven Saunders, 27) Ole Olson(DNS)

1 st Heat: 1) Kurtzer, 2) England, 3) B. Wergin, 4) J. McConnell, 5) Baker, 6) Askeland, 7) Stanzel

2 nd Heat: 1) Hutchison, 2) Yost, 3) Hoegren, 4) Soule, 5) Allen, 6) Thomas, 7) Neesen

3 rd Heat: 1) Meyer, 2) Spanel, 3) LaFleur, 4) C. Wergin, 5) Shidler, 6) Kennedy, 7) Brown

Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 37 Nate Christensen, 2) 16j Justin Soule, 3) 33 Steve McConnell, 4) 60 Thomas Liechti, 5) 38 Will McConnell, 6) 97s Sarah Doll, 7) 13 Bryan Hull, 8) 4 Deanna Wallace, 9) 3c Brady DeYeager, 10) B52 Nathan Brown, 11) 12 Alex Fink, 12) 11 Megan Duffy, 13) 35 Nicole Duffy, 14) 74 Megan Christensen, 15) 78 Trish Hultgren, 16) 23 Lynn Carlson (DNS)

1 st Heat: 1) Liechti, 2) N. Christensen, 3) Hull, 4) Wallace, 5) Brown, 6) Hultgren, 7) N. Duffy

2 nd Heat: 1) S. McConnell, 2) Soule, 3) W. McConnell, 4) Doll, 5) Fink, 6) M. Christensen, 7) DeYeager

I-80 Cornhusker Classic Sept. 22 & 23

Greenwood, NE (8/28/06) Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway is pleased to announce the details of the 2006 Cornhusker Classic scheduled for September 22 nd and 23 rd with a rain date of Sunday, September 24 th if it’s needed. 6 divisions of race cars will compete for over $80,000 in awards and prize money over the 2 day event. The WDRL Super Late Models will headline this year’s event with Hobby Stocks, Pro Stocks (ProAms and Stock Cars), Grand Nationals, Modifieds, IMCA/CNCTA Late Models rounding out the star studded event.

The Trail Performance/Trade Center Automotive 305 Sprint Cars, B-Mods and Tobacco FREE Nebraska Hornets will be in competition in the 1 st Annual Cornhusker Nationals scheduled for Saturday, October 7 th. The 3rd Annual Crash-O-Rama will also be on the card that night and will be run immediately following the Nationals.

Friday, September 22 nd will kick off the weekend with a complete WDRL race show (25 laps) plus qualifying heat races for all other competing divisions. Friday’s gate times will be announced after all of the related activities are set. The racing action is tentatively scheduled to start at 7pm.

The racing on Saturday will consist of another complete WDRL race show (50 laps) for the Super Late Models and last chance races and A-Feature events for the Stereo West Hobby Stocks, Certified Transmission Pro-Ams and Stock Cars, Home Pride Pro Modifieds, Grand Nationals and IMCA/CNCTA Late Models.

Saturday’s Gate times are also pending completion of the related activities schedule. Race time is tentatively set for 6:30pm.

A flyer and an entry form, giving a condensed version of the schedule, rules, starting times, entry fees and purses, will be available on the Nebraska Raceway Park/I-80 Speedway web site at www.neracewaypark.com or via the USPS by calling 402-342-3453 during normal business hours. All early entry fees must be received at the I-80 Speedway office prior to the close of business (5PM) on September 18, 2005.

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Red Cloud program rained out, rescheduled

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (August 25)—Rains late Friday afternoon forced track officials at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE, to postpone the season finale scheduled for Friday, August 25.

The August 25th program has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 17, at 6:00 p.m. The make-up features from the August 18th program will be run first, followed by a complete race program.

Swenson Holds Off Humston to Win Mid-Nebr NCRA 360

From Randy Fisher: DONIPHAN, Neb. -- It took three times but Chuck Swenson found out it was a charm as he lead all 25 laps to the checker Thursday at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in the O’Reilly NCRA 360 Sprint Car Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol.

Swenson started on the outside of the first row and jumped into high gear when the green flag fell. He roared by pole sitter J.D. Johnson to take the lead going into turn one. But it was all for naught as series point leader Garry Lee Maier spun exiting turn two, which brought out the caution and sent him to the back of the field on the restart.

On the second try, Swenson again jumped into the lead. Track officials thought he jumped too quickly and the field regrouped on the false start.

But the Watertown, S.D., driver was not to be denied on the third try to get this race underway. Just as he had twice before – but this time without any cautions – Swenson powered by Johnson and into the lead, as J.D. settled into second.

Chad Humston was a fan favorite all night, hailing from nearby Giltner, Neb. He started fifth in the feature and moved up two spots on the first lap.

Rounding out the early top five were Brian Brown and Toby Chapman.

Swenson continued to pull away from Johnson and by lap five, lead by a half-straightaway.

Johnson suddenly had his hands full keeping Humston at bay for second. Humston looked low a couple of times and finally made the pass stick the following lap.

While Humston was pushing Johnson back to third, Dustin Lindquist has moved up a couple of spots into fourth ahead of Brown.

The running order stayed the same with about the same distance between the top five drivers when Swenson encountered lapped traffic on lap 12. That gave Humston a chance to move up behind the leader.

For several laps, Humston tried to slip to the inside going into the turns. But each time, Swenson would pull away exiting the turns and maintain his lead.

On the 23rd lap, Humston used the traffic to his advantage as he went by Swenson on the high side exiting turn four, or so it seemed at the time.

Just before Humston got to the start stand, the caution came out for one of the back markers, Rick Ideus, who had spun in the middle of turn four.

With the caution, scoring reverted to the last completed lap, which moved Swenson back in front of Humston for the lead on the restart.

The restart came with just three laps left around the 3/8ths-mile oval. And Swenson once again got the job done, streaking away from Humston with the green.

No one could catch Swenson the final three laps to the checker as he won for the second time this year in the NCRA 360 Sprint Car Series.

Humston held on to finish second amidst a round of applause from his fans who were present. Johnson finished third, followed by Lindquist and Brown.

“I knew Chad was there when he caught me,” Swenson said in the winner’s circle. “I was worried about that last restart.”

Humston was beaming afterwards, despite finishing second.

“Chuck showed me the door a couple of times,” he said. “I tried to jump in there but just didn’t have anything for him.”

Maier, the season point leader and defending series champion, rebounded from his first lap spin to finish ninth. Johnson, second in points, has two wins, a second, and a third in his last three races as he continues to cut into Maier’s lead with just a few races to go in the season.

Heat # 1: 1. Toby Chapman, Lincoln, Neb.; 2. Dustin Lindquist, Floodwood, Minn.; 3. Marc Robe, Wichita, Kan.; 4. Gavin Punch, Collinsville, Okla.; 5. Mike Chadd, Lincoln, Neb.; 6. Mike Peters, Wichita, Kan.; 7. Kevin Hulse, Grand Island, Neb.; 8. Roger Sundquist, Lewis, Neb.

Heat # 2: 1. Brian Brown, Higginsville, Mo.; 2. J.D. Johnson, Goddard, Kan.; 3. Seth Brahmer, Wisner, Neb.; 4. Brian Herbert, Dodge City, Kan.; 5. Jason Danley, Lincoln, Neb.; 6. Jake Martens, Fairview, Okla.; 7. Preston Pebbles II, Lubbock, Texas.

Heat # 3: 1. Chuck Swenson, Watertown, S.D., 2. Chad Humston, Giltner, Neb.; 3. Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, Kan.; 4. Jon Freeman, Salina, Kan.; 5. Rick Ideus, Silver City, Iowa; 6. Billy Alley, Lincoln, Neb.; 7. Luke Cranston, Ness City, Kan.

B feature (all finishers transferred to A): 1. Jon Freeman, 2. Brian Herbert, 3. Rick Ideus, 4. Mike Chadd, 5. Jason Danley, 6. Billy Alley, 7. Kevin Hulse, 8. Luke Cranston, 9. Roger Sundquist, 10. Mike Peters, 11. Jake Martens, DNS – Preston Peebles.

A feature: 1. Chuck Swenson, 2. Chad Humston, 3. J.D. Johnson, 4. Dustin Lindquist, 5. Brian Brown, 6. Toby Chapman, 7. Seth Brahmer, 8. Marc Robe, 9. Garry Lee Maier, 10. Gavin Punch, 11. Mike Chadd, 12. Jon Freeman, 13. Mike Peters, 14. Jason Danley, 15. Brian Herbert, 16. Kevin Hulse, 17. Rick Ideus, 18. Jake Martens, 19. Roger Sundquist, 20. Billy Alley, 21. Luke Cranston.

Lincoln Journal Star: Tracks try the unusual to bring in new fans

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star

Roger Hadan knew he had to take some chances.

Attendance at Eagle Raceway had waned in some eyes over recent seasons, and the track’s owner said he would close the facility unless someone stepped forward to operate the track.

Hadan, Eagle’s offseason savior, had plenty of ideas of how to get fans to the racetrack on Saturday nights. Only, some of those ideas didn’t set well with long-time fans, folks he couldn’t necessarily afford to chase away while trying to drum up new business.

“They were dead set that Eagle was not to become a circus,” Hadan said this week. “But I think we’ve got to do whatever it takes to put people in the seats.”

As Eagle’s season winds down — only two points nights remain — there is no big top over the familiar dirt oval east of Lincoln. There have been some great feature races in the perennial sprint and modified divisions.

Yet 2006 might be remembered locally as the year of the gimmick...(click for full article)

This weekend at I-80

ENGINE BUILDING CONTEST AND CRAFTSMAN TOOLS HIGHLIGHT ACTION PACKED WEEKEND OF RACING

Greenwood, Nebraska (August 23, 2006) This Saturday, August 26th, Cookies Food Products presents the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series and Kids Candy Grab. Fans will see action-packed racing in the Chase for the Championship featuring the Crate Late Models, Certified Transmission Pro Ams, B-Modifieds, Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro Hornets and Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets. Also on tap, the speedway will host for the first time the Southeast Community College Diamler-Chrysler College Automotive Program Engine Building contest at intermission with special scholarships totaling $1,500 being awarded to the contestants in honor of Larry Protaskey, a long time official of the Speedway who recently passed away.

As a special bonus to I-80 Speedway racers on this night, Craftsman Tools will give each driver a $5 gift card and each feature winner will be presented with $125 in gift card good at area Sears stores. With the added Craftsman Tools bonus cards the Late Models will be racing for $525 to win, the Certified Transmission Pro-Ams $325 to win, the B-Mods $250 to win and the pro Hornets $185 to win.

Ticket prices for Saturday's events are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and students, and kids ages 10 and under are FREE. The grandstands open at 4:30pm, hot laps are scheduled for 6:30pm and the racing action set to begin at 7:00pm.

Craftsman Tools will present the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series on Sunday, August 27th. All drivers will receive a $5 gift card good for Craftsman Tools at local Sears stores and Craftsman Tools will provide $125 in gift cards to each A-feature winner. With the Craftsman certificates added, the Dodge Super Late Models will compete for $775, NRP Grand Nationals for $375, Home Pride Modifieds for $525, and Stereo West Auto Toys for $350 which also includes Tom and Tiff's Family Restaurant $100 bonus! The Dr. Danger Daredevil show scheduled for the evening has been cancelled.

Admission on Sunday is adults $10, seniors and students $8 and kids 10 and under are always FREE. On Sunday the pit gate opens at 4pm, the grandstand gate opens at 4:30pm, with hot laps at 6pm and racing at 6:30pm.

Upcoming events at I-80 Speedway include the Labor Day Weekend Extravaganza featuring the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series with double Late Model Features on Saturday, September 2nd. Nebraska-Iowa Supply nd Sunoco Race Fuels will present the second day of the Labor Day Weekend Extravaganza featuring the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series with Double Late Model Features on Sunday, September 3rd.

Nebraska State Fair special scheduled Sept. 1 at Lincoln

From IMCA

LINCOLN, Neb. (Aug. 22) – Three IMCA divisions comprise the Friday, Sept. 1 race program at the 14th annual Nebraska State Fair Championship special.

Sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars are Hobby Stocks will be featured at State Fair Park Raceway in Lincoln. Modi­fieds vie for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $100 to start the main event. First place in the Stock Car feature pays $400 and the Hobbies run for a $250 top prize.

IMCA national, regional and Smiley’s Racing Products state points will be given, along with numerous awards to designated place finishers and non qualifiers. Heat winners will receive prize packages from Speedway Motors.

The Modified winner also joins the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, to be held during the 2007 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Pit passes are $20. Admission is $5, with no charge for kids six years of age and younger.

More information about the Nebraska State Fair Championships is available from promoter Johnny Saathoff at 402 228-1596 or 402 223-9696 on race day.

The Chadd Flip Sequence

After much-deserved razzing, here's the flagstand-smacking sequence from July 29. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. Click for a larger version.

Goldsmith Grabs Super Latemodel Win at I-80 Speedway

By Joey Sparano


(GREENWOOD NEB., 08/20/06) The teenage phenom Bryant Goldsmith raced from the eighth starting position to win the Dodge Super Latemodel "A" feature at the I-80 Speedway. J.C. Wyman and Ron Tex Jr. would each pick up their first feature win of the season, as Jesse Sobbing took his second win in a row on 3M night.

The 25 lap NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series "A" main event would see the #26JR of Corey Zeitner take the early lead. Zeitner would maintain the top spot, but the car on the move was the #24 of Bryant Goldsmith. Goldsmith, who started fourth row outside, would make his way up to third by lap six. He would then launch by Zeitner for the lead at the half way point. Goldsmith would race to a straightaway lead until lap 22, thats when the yellow would fly for Robbie Andersen who hit the front stretch wall. Under the yellow, the current NWRS National Points Leader Joe Kosiski headed pit side with a flat left front tire. Kosiski would come back to finish 13th. Goldsmith would survive another late race caution and go on to take his first victory at the I-80 Speedway. Scott Koskovich would have a great second place run, he would be followed by Ed Kosiski, Leon Zeitner, and Billy Leighton Jr.

The Home Pride Modified feature event would be a caution fest. The 18 lap feature would have seven yellows in the first eleven laps. During all the yellows J.C. Wyman would inherit the lead. Wyman ended up being the class of the field as he was unchallanged for the top spot. With the win, Wyman jumped from ninth in points to inside the top five. Bob Zoubek, Jerimiah Sillman, Jeremy Leiting, and Stacey Wilhelm rounded out the top five.

Ron Tex Jr. would take the lead early in the the Grand National "A" feature. The race would go 20 laps straight and Tex would take the feature win over Gary Leapley and Joey Bauer Jr. Points leader Dave Livingston finished fourth with Brad Perdue taking fifth.

The 15 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby stock feature saw Ron Allen take the early lead on lap one. By lap two, 12th place starter and current points leader Jesse Sobbing would take the lead. Sobbing would then never look back as he took his fourth win of the season, and his second in a row. Sobbing would also receive the $100 Tom & Tiff's Family Restaurant bonus. Jerod Weston and Jeremy Swanson would finish second and third after they both started in the seventh row. Josh True and Tom Myers rounded out the top five.

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

2006 Dodge Super Latemodel NASCAR Divisional Standings
Pos. Car # Driver Points
1) 53 Joe Kosiski 672
2) 9 Ed Kosiski 670
3) 62 Leon Zeitner 600
4) 24 Bryant Goldsmith 512
5) 80 Scott Koskovich 504
6) 76 Al Zeitner 470
7) 28 Billy Leighton Jr. 458
8) 33 Jeff Tilley 434
9) 00 Clint Benson 412
10) 89 Jerry Warner 402

I-80 Speedway Results From 08/20/06

Dodge Super Latemodels

"A" Feature: 1) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 2) 80 Scott Koskovich, 3) 9 Ed Kosiski, 4) 62 Leon Zeitner, 5) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 6) 89 Jerry Warner, 7) 44 Troy Daly, 8) 92 Josh Most, 9) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 10) 4 Russ Haden, 11) 50j Jay Cooper, 12) 5 Jeremy Houck, 13) 53 Joe Kosiski, 14) 33 Jeff Tilley, 15) 45 Barry Sorensen, 16) 1t Vance Tonack, 17) 1m Todd Bell, 18) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 19) z62 Justin Zeitner, 20) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 21) 21 Mike Nanfito, 22) 82 Robbie Andersen, 23) 1L Mike Wallace, 24) 76 Al Zeitner(DQ).

"B" Feature: 1) 44z Alonzo Grosse, 2) 33 Jeff Tilley, 3) 21 Mike Nanfito, 4) 50j Jay Cooper, 5) z62 Justin Zeitner, 6) 58 Keith Mander Jr., 7) 3 John Anderson, 8) 10 Jay Stewart, 9) 69j Jay Norton, 10) 00 Clint Benson.

Heat 1: 1) 1m Todd Bell, 2) 26jr Corey Zeitner, 3) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 4) 44 Troy Daly, 5) 53 Joe Kosiski, 6) 45 Barry Sorensen.

Heat 2: 1) 76 Al Zeitner, 2) 82 Robbie Andersen, 3) 9 Ed Kosiski, 4) 4 Russ Haden, 5) 89 Jerry Warner, 6) 1t Vance Tonack.

Heat 3: 1) 62 Leon Zeitner, 2) 24 Bryant Goldsmith, 3) 1L Mike Wallace, 4) 80 Scott Koskovich, 5) 5 Jeremy Houck, 6) 92 Josh Most.

Home Pride Modifieds

"A" Feature: 1) 4 J.C. Wyman, 2) 5s Bob Zoubek, 3) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 4) 21j Jeremy Leiting, 5) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 6) 3x Mike Johnson, 7) 43 Brian Foote, 8) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 9) 70 Jesse Dennis, 10)74 Justin Clark, 11) 77f Larry Foote, 12) 1c Nick Carlson, 13) 1r Matt Richards, 14) 1 Jeremy Holdapp, 15) h1 Lowell Holland, 16) 21n Dave Newton, 17) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 18) 53 Staci Stava, 19) 34 James Showers, 20) 1s Scott Carlson, 21) 72 Mike Lineberry, 22) 48 Kyle Harpster.

Heat 1: 1) 21j Jeremy Leiting, 2) 69x Bill Bader Jr., 3) 5s Bob Zoubek, 4)1s Scott Carlson, 5) 43 Brian Foote, 6) 1r Matt Richards.

Heat 2: 1) 4 J.C. Wyman, 2) z00 Lacey Tuttle, 3) 48 Kyle Harpster, 4) 34 James Showers, 5) 74 Justin Clark, 6) 1c Nick Carlson.

Heat 3: 1) 53 Staci Stava, 2) 52s Jerimiah Sillman, 3) 3w Stacey Wilhelm, 4) 77f Larry Foote, 5) 3x Mike Johnson, 6) 70 Jesse Dennis.

Grand Nationals

"A" Feature: 1) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 2) t3 Gary Leapley, 3) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 4) 17 Dave Livingston, 5) 25x Brad Perdue, 6) 12 Todd Hipnar, 7) j1 Harley Moen, 8) 25 Kenny Edwards, 9) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 10) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 11) 50 Brad Soll, 12) 9 Dave Cook, 13) 10 Rick Stolley, 14) 97d Dave Doll, 15) 56t Ron Tilley, 16) 15 Jase Kaser, 17) 88 Brian Scott, 18) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 19) 93 Kevin Gigax, 20) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 21) 56 Jason Longmeyer, 22) 91 Steve Farnsworth, 23) 41 Jason Miller, 24) 9x Kathy Cook.

"B" Feature: 1) 9x Kathy Cook, 2) 15 Jase Kaser, 3) 93 Kevin Gigax, 4) 91 Steve Farnsworth, 5) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 6) 41 Jason Miller, 7) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 8) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 9) 38 Paul Moore, 10) 23 Dave Hanke.

Heat 1: 1) 9 Dave Cook, 2) 83 Joey Bauer Jr., 3) t3 Gary Leapley, 4) 25 Kenny Edwards, 5) 25x Brad Perdue, 6) 56 Jason Longmeyer.

Heat 2: 1) 17 Dave Livingston, 2) 1 Jason Hobsheidt, 3) 10 Rick Stolley, 4) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 5) 12 Todd Hipnar, 6) 88 Brian Scott.

Heat 3: 1) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 2) 56t Ron Tilley, 3) 97d Dave Doll, 4) j1 Harley Moen, 5) 50 Brad Soll, 6) 29 Lennie Pospisil.

Stereo West Auto Toys Hobby Stocks

"A" Feature: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 86j Jerod Weston, 3) 68 Jeremy Swanson, 4) 2t Josh True, 5) 7 Tom Myers, 6) 6a Jeremy Auten, 7) 51s Jeremy Smith, 8) 66 Bob Kracher, 9) m70 Rick Munson, 10) 26x Ron Allen, 11) 4x Chad Bassinger, 12) 15m Brandon Richards, 13) 9 Roger Timperley, 14) 4 George Whitmore, 15) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal, 16) 40 Mike Mass, 17) 3k Jerry Keaton, 18) 70t Todd Schmitt, 19) 73 Travis Alley, 20) 12g Jeremy Ribbey, 21) 1 Justin Leach, 22) 14 Greg Houdesheldt, 23) 26 Nate Thompson, 24) 67 Jason Halagarde, 25) 88 Mike Mclntire.

Heat 1: 1) 68 Jeremy Swanson, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) m70 Rick Munson, 4) 26x Ron Allen, 5) 4 George Whitmore, 6) 15m Brandon Richards.

Heat 2: 1) 66 Bob Kracher, 2) 86j Jerod Weston, 3) 7 Tom Myers, 4) 4x Chad Bassinger, 5) 12g Jeremy Ribbey, 6) 11x Kenny Toliver-Humpal.

Heat 3: 1) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 2) 3k Jerry Keaton, 3) 40 Mike Mass, 4) 6a Jeremy Auten, 5) 51s Jeremy Smith, 6) 1 Justin Leach.

Beatrice Sat. Aug 19

SAATHOFF, BORGMAN, EVERS, BORGMAN, WATTS, HAKE and LITTLE/LITTLE TAKE HOME WINS AT BEATRICE SPEEDWAY
By Scott Wisdom

Johnny Saathoff of Beatrice charged through the field taking the lead from Brent Schlake before halfway and then ran away from any challengers winning the A Feature in the IMCA Modifieds by a straightaway over David Trauernicht, Brent Schlake, Tom Petracek and Brandon Johnson.

Lance Borgman of Beatrice continued his domination of the IMCA Stock Cars after battling Josh Carpenter for most of the feature. Carpenter, Eric Rempel, Tyler Phelps and Hugh Carmichael rounded out the front 5.

Craig Evers of Beatrice took home the win in the Limited Modifieds by holding off Benji Legg, Tyler Snyder, Justin Hill and Bill Lux.

Chad Borgman of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Hobby Stocks by holding off Kyle Vanover, Greg Post, Adam Armstrong and Jesse Vanlaningham.

Jeff Watts of Wymore took home his 5th win of 2006 in the Factory Stocks by besting Mike Schwartz, Neal Mittan, Ronda Mewes and Lyle Slama.

Garrett Hake of Concordia picked up another win in the IMCA Sport Compacts by passing Nate Canham at the flag stand to take the win. Canham, Nina Breeden, Peter Kruse and Josh Voorhees completed the front 5.

Aaron and Jarron Little of Malcolm took top honors in the Cruisers followed by Jeff Stohs and Daniel Holle, Darren Meinke and Nathan Rosentreader, Shawn and Shane Slezak and Kyle and Keith Brunkow.

Results

IMCA Modifieds
1) 96j Johnny Saathoff
2) 45 David Trauernicht
3) z34 Brent Schlake
4) 44x Tom Petracek
5) 45m Brandon Johnson
6) 24 Daniel Bohlmeyer
7) 4j Jordy Nelson
8) 18k Spencer Sutton
9) 7b Chris Burk
10) 52L Jason Logan
11) 15h Carl Hund
12) 96 Gary Saathoff
13) 94 Dan Nelson
14) 5s Bob Zoubek
15) 29 Greg Metz
16) 98 Todd Laflin

IMCA Stock Cars
1) 76 Lance Borgman
2) 3 Josh Carpenter
3) 31 Eric Rempel
4) 6 Tyler Phelps
5) 22 Hugh Carmichael
6) 17 Brett Behrends
7) 29j James Griffith
8) c15 Eric Weyer
9) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
10) 89 Samuel Howard
11) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny

Limited Modifieds
1) 2x Craig Evers
2) 25 Benji Legg
3) 20 Tyler Snyder
4) 92 Justin Hill
5) 1b Bill Lux
6) 76m Nick Warnke
7) 5 Tom Vanover JR
8) 52 Kevin Vanlaningham
9) 97 Mark Saathoff
10) 14 Mike Snyder
11) 22a Brent Alverson
12) 12k Ron Karpisek
13) 3 Paul Huss
14) 17h Max Roberts
15) 8 Daniel McKnight
16) 27 Justin Fritzson
17) 3d Daryl Dorn
18) 24 Daron Williams
19) 30 David Jueneman
20) y85 Joel Hespen
21) 1x Mike Sherwood

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 20 Chad Borgman
2) 19 Kyle Vanover
3) d64 Greg Post
4) 6a Adam Armstrong
5) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham
6) 21 Aron DeWalt
7) 1 Brian Langdale
8) 7 Matt Fralin
9) 11 Eric Chab
10) 33 Travis Runcie
11) 95 Billy Parde
12) 2 Ryan Roschewski
13) 4t Lisa Wagner
14) t54 Tom Creek
15) 34 Max Harder

Factory Stocks
1) 66 Jeff Watts
2) 35 Mike Schwartz
3) 5m Neal Mittan
4) 89 Ronda Mewes
5) 15s Lyle Slama
6) 9 Gary Laflin
7) 03 Aaron Roth
8) 69 Delmar Wells
9) 23 Cary Ames
10) 54m Mike Pracheil
11) 3 Bob Latta
12) 6 Ernie Reiss
13) 6r Roy Armstrong
14) m64 Matt Post
15) 7x Kyle Ames
16) 32 Jordan Grabouski
17) 6b Travis Burger

Cruisers
1) 16oz Little/Little
2) 92 Stohs/Holle
3) c4 Meinke/Rosentreader
4) 35s Slezak/Slezak
5) 79 Brunkow/Brunkow
6) 13 Wilkinson/Hippen
7) 82 Becker/Minge
8) 38 Wilcox/Blakemore
9) 2 Voorhees/Brumback
10) 386 Langdale/Arntt
11) 73 Dobrovolny/Becker
12) 4 Atkinson/Dobrovolny
13) 3L Laflin/Busboom
14) h2o Schlabach/Schalbach

IMCA Sport Compacts
1) 1h Garrett Hake
2) 19 Nate Canham
3) 6x Nina Breeden
4) x69 Peter Kruse
5) 4v Josh Voorhees
6) 7 Janie Fralin
7) 82 Jay Kreft

I-80 Saturday Aug 19 Results

HARTMAN MAKES IT 2 IN A ROW IN CHASE; LIVINGSTON &
NIXON RETURN TO WINNERS CIRCLE

Jim Brennan

(Greenwood, Ne., 8/19/06) The NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Race for
the Chase saw Scotty Hartman make it 2 in a row in the Pro-ams while Dave
Livingston and Harry Nixon returned to the winners circle in the Late Model
And Sports Mod classes.

The Certified Transmission Pro-am 18 lap feature saw Larry Robinson Jr. jump
out front from his outside front row start. Robinson looked like he would be heading
to the winners circle until lap 6 when he retired with a flat tire. Shawn Bulin
inherited the lead at this point. But Hartman was on the move taking over second on
lap 8 when Thad Thomson spun out. Hartman took the lead on lap 10 and then survived
a restart on lap 11 to record his 2nd straight win in the Race for the Chase and fifth
win overall. Bulin held on to 2nd ahead of Joe Feyen, Shane Bales and Terry Cleveland.
Nick Steier, Chad Sanders, Ray Dessel, Jeff Atkins and Jason Cieslik rounded out
the top 10.

The Dodge Crate Late Model 20 lap feature started out with a bang as five cars tangled
in turn 4 bringing out the red flag. It started when Todd Morgan got sideways and
collected the cars of Scott Green, Shawn Harker, Kortney Kosiski and Kenny Edwards.
Green and Harker were able to restart but the others went to the pits. When the green
Flew again Trevor Millikan jumped out to the early lead ahead of Livingston. But by
the time the first lap ended Livingston had the lead in a brand new car. But the car was
pushing in the corners and Livingston wore himself out trying to keep the car turning
left. Livingston managed to put it away after a restart on lap 17 and recorded his first win since July eighth and his 4th of the year. Dave Doll had a strong finish to come home
second ahead of Billy Leighton Jr., Ron Tex Jr. and Scott Carlson. Leighton reclaimed
the point lead as Jason Hobscheidt finished 8th.

The B-Mod feature saw Jim Hendricks grab the early lead only to lose it to Harry
Nixon in turn 3. Nixon would be challenged by Roger Harpster first and the Daryl
Weilage late. Weilage was just inside his rear quarter as the checkered flag fell.
Harpster held on to third ahead of Floyd Richards and Jim Fritz. For Nixon it was
his 7th win of the season. But Weilage took over the point lead by 1 over Nixon.

The Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets saw Austin Kurtzer take the early lead,
but by lap 3 Cory Hutchison was challenging. Hutchison took the lead on lap 6
but lost it on the next lap to second generation driver, Joe McConnell in the M & M’s
#36. McConnell held on for his first win of the season over Jamie Spanel, Lindsey
Yost, Steve England and Travis Meyer.

The TFN Novice Hornet feature saw another McConnell brother, Steve, take the
early lead over Nathan Brown. McConnell would hold the lead til lap 6 when point
leader Nate Christensen passed him. Christensen went on to record his eighth feature
win of the year. Kelson Kurtzer closed strong to take 2nd ahead of Steve McConnell,
Brown and Will McConnell.

NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series action continues next Saturday with the Crate
Late Models, Pro-ams, B-Mods, Pro-Hornets and Novice Hornets. Hot laps are
at 6:30 with the first green flag dropping at 7. It will Cookies Food Products night
with a kids candy grab at intermission.

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

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

Dodge Crate Late Models

A-Feature: 1) 17 Dave Livingston, 2) 97d Dave Doll, 3) 28 Billy Leighton Jr.,
4) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 5) 2x Scott Carlson, 6) 25 Brad Perdue, 7) 3 Mike Wallace,
8) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 9) 18j Jon Schwartz, 10) 22m Trevor Millikan,
11) 7 Gary Joens Jr., 12) j1 Jay Burdic, 13) 50 Brad Soll, 14) 20 Randy
Archer, 15) 55d Curt Drake, 16) 2 Dwane Pospisill, 17) 40 Shawn Harker,
18) 41 Scott Green, 19) 96 Tony Leonardo, 20) Laini Schwartz, 21) 2d Todd
Morgan(DNF), 22) Kenny Edwards(DNF), 23) 35 Kortney Kosiski(DNF)

1st Heat: 1) Carlson, 2) Pospisill, 3) Burdic, 4) Joens, 5) Tex, 6) Edwards,
7) Perdue

2nd Heat: 1) Harker, 2) Morgan, 3) Doll, 4) Livingston, 5) Leighton,
6) Archer, 7) Leonardo

3rd Heat: 1) Millikan, 2) Wallace, 3) Hobscheidt, 4) Soll, 5) J. Schwartz,
6) Green, 7) L. Schwartz

Certified Transmission Pro-ams

A-Feature: 1) 88 Scotty Hartman, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 25x Joe Feyen, 4) 52
Shane Bales, 5) 12 Terry Cleveland, 6) 8 Nick Steier, 7) 49x Chad Sanders,
8) 55 Ray Dessel, 9) 49 Jeff Atkins, 10) 16j Jason Cieslik, 11) 64 Nick Hermsen,
12) 24 Don Mohr, 13) 35 Rich Steier, 14) 4u Randy Preul, 15) 9x John
Allensworth, 16) 20 Mike Gillespie, 17) 15 Andy Thompsen, 18) 85 John
Riggleman, 19) 72 Rick Negrete, 20) 09c Eric Cunningham, 21) T72 Thad
Thomson, 22) 71x Jeff Kupke, 23) 48 Larry Robinson Jr., 56 Jeremy
Longmeyer

1st Heat: 1) Robinson, 2) Bulin, 3) Cieslik, 4) Dessel, 5) Bales, 6) Hermsen,
7) N. Steier

2nd Heat: 1) Hartman, 2) T. Thomson, 3) Negrete, 4) Sanders, 5) Longmeyer,
6) Riggleman, 7) Allensworth

3rd Heat: 1) Feyen, 2) Mohr, 3) Cleveland, 4) Kupke, 5) Atkins, 6) Preul,
7) Gillespie

Sport Mods

A-Feature: 1) 5 Harry Nixon, 2) 52 Daryl Weilage, 3) 48 Roger Harpster,
4) 71 Floyd Richards, 5) 21 Jim Fritz, 6) 33 Jim Hendricks, 7) 20 Ben Romey,
8) 6 Bret Shepperd, 9) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 10) 0H Scott Plantz,
11) 52x Mike Christiansen

1st Heat: 1) Hendricks, 2) Harpster, 3) Fritz, 4) Weilage, 5) Robinson, 6) Plantz

2nd Heat: 1) Nixon, 2) Richards, 3) Christiansen, 4) Shepperd, 5) Romey

Tobacco Free Nebraska Pro-Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 36 Joe McConnell, 2) 15 Jamie Spanel, 3) 20 Lindsey Yost,
4) 81 Steve England, 5) 4 Travis Meyer, 6) 16j Perry Soule, 7) 30 Kevin
Stanzel, 8) 60 Dave LaFleur, 9) 19 Darin Hoegren, 10) 61b Brandon
Wergin, 11) 33 Tim Shidler, 12) 10 Joe Thomas, 13) 57 Austin Kurtzer,
14) 61 Chuck Wergin, 15) 99x Jason Tadlock, 16) 78 Randy Allen,
17) 42 Brian Castilla, 18) 9x Joe Baker, 19) B52 Skip Brown, 20) 13
James Hayes, 21) 96 Cory Hutchison, 22) 23 Ole Olson

1st Heat: 1) Baker, 2) Meyer, 3) Spanel, 4) B. Wergin, 5) Yost, 6) C.
Wergin, 7) Shidler

2nd Heat: 1) Kurtzer, 2) England, 3) Stanzel, 4) Soule, 5) Thomas,
6) Tadlock, 7) Hayes

3rd Heat: 1) McConnell, 2) Hutchison, 3) Olson, 4) Hoegren, 5) LaFleur,
6) Allen, 7) Brown


Tobacco Free Nebraska Novice Hornets

A-Feature: 1) 37 Nate Christensen, 2) 57 Kelson Kurtzer, 3) 33 Steve
McConnell, 4) B52 Nathan Brown, 5) 38 Will McConnell, 6) 60
Thomas Liechti, 7) 16j Justin Soule, 8) 23 Lynn Carlson, 9) 13
Bryan Hull, 10) 3c Brady Deyeager, 11) 06 Andrew Cuva, 12) 97s
Sara Doll, 13) 4 Deanna Wallace, 14) 11 Alex Fink, 15) 1 Pete Fink
Jr., 16) 1T Ben Duffy, 17) 52 Rachel Leapley, 18) 74 Megan
Christensen, 19) 96 Amanda Leonardo, 20) 78 Trish Hultgren

1st Heat: 1) S. McConnell, 2) Kurtzer, 3) W. McConnell, 4) Brown,
5) Leonardo, 6) Liechti, 7) Hull

2nd Heat: 1) N. Christensen, 2) Doll, 3) Wallace, 4) Hultgren, 5) Soule,
6) Deyeager, 7) Carlson

Eagle Raceway 8-19 Results

Larkins, Jordan, Kropp and Rhiley Eagle Winners

By Jason Orth

Eagle, Neb., (Aug. 19, 2006) – The point leaders faltered while a former champ showed he still had what it takes to win Saturday night at Eagle Raceway. Mike Boston, the sprint point leader failed to make the A feature, Mike Meyer couldn’t make it back to the track in time in the Modified A, while six-time Modified champ Kevin Larkins made a rare return visit and torched the field. Trevor Kropp won his first A feature at Eagle in the Hobby Stocks while Dan Rhiley moved closer toward a championship in the Tuners.

While Mike Boston failed to qualify from the B feature to the A, the point race in the sprint division had a chance to be blown wide open. However, second place Jeff Griffis came to a stop on lap five, while third place Ryan Roberts rolled hard on lap eight. They would finish 19th and 18th , respectively. Meanwhile, Dean Chadd began to dominate the field, extending his lead to nearly a quarter-lap until he made contact with the lapped car of Gene Ackland. Chadd spun in turn four and was hit by second-place Brad Krutz.

Jay Jordan inherited the lead and was untouchable on the fast track. Jordan crossed the flag ahead of Jack Dover, Terry Holliman, Mark Pace and Toby Chapman. Gage Dorr picked up his best finish at Eagle in sixth place.

Kevin Larkins was known for making his way through traffic quickly when he dominated the Eagle Raceway modifieds throughout the 1990s. Nothing changed as Larkins blasted through the field and took the lead by lap six. The six-time champ pulled out to a half-lap lead over Chris Alcorn, setting a new track record in the process. Larkins’ 15.316-second time on lap thirteen obliterated the 15.822 second mark turned by Jon Schwartz in 2005.

A late race yellow flag bunched the field back up, but it would make no difference as Larkins won by half a straightaway over Alcorn, Clint Homan, Terry Hurt and Tim Pickens. Point leader Mike Meyer was caught up in an opening lap crash and failed to make the call by the time the green flag flew. He would finish 20th and gave up the point lead to Alcorn. The gap between first and second now sits at five points with two shows remaining.

Trevor Kropp made a low, turn four pass stick with five laps down to take the lead from Derick Noonan in the Hobby Stock A feature. Brian Cudly charged forward and with five laps left hounded Kropp throughout each corner, but Kropp kept his cool and won by three lengths. Cudly followed in second with Noonan in third, Shane Hiatt fourth and Don Hall, Jr. fifth.

The entire ten-lap Tuner A feature was all about side-by-side races for the win. Jack Prall Jr and Jack Prall, III battled during the first half of the race, but Barry Kinnersley and point leader Dan Rhiley moved to the front and took the top two spots shortly after. Kinnersley held off Rhiley until the last lap when Rhiley pulled alongside in turn three and won by just one car length. Kinnersley, Kevin Kuker, Neil Pella and Josh Trail rounded out the top five. Feature

Results for 8-19-06

Sprints
A feature
1 19j Jay Jordan
2 53 Jack Dover
3 23 Terry Holliman
4 31 Mark Pace
5 84 Toby Chapman
6 17 Gage Dorr
7 7L Rob Lipker
8 76 Jay Russell
9 4 Mike Chadd
10 96kx Adam Gullion
11 13f Larry Pinegar, II
12 14g Gene Ackland
13 71 Tige Jensen
14 23r Tadd Holliman
15 4c Dean Chadd
16 91 Brad Krutz
17 28 Ken Klabunde
18 18 Ryan Roberts
19 3 Jeff Griffis
20 14 Josh Riggins

B feature
1 14g Gene Ackland
2 4 Mike Chadd
3 13f Larry Pinegar, II
4 3 Jeff Griffis
5 51 Mike Boston
6 77 John Klabunde
7 71x Kellen Love
8 21 Ryan Kitchen
9 52 Curtis Franks
10 7x Kevin Danley
11 29 Roger Sluka
12 17b Jason Becker
13 3g Bill Garrow
14 57 Rodney Droud

Modified
A feature

1 4x Kevin Larkins
2 3 Chris Alcorn
3 27 Clint Homan
4 24t Terry Hurt
5 0 Tim Pickens
6 2ez Mark Kaspar
7 21 Phil Penney
8 3a Aaron Pella
9 5st Dan Wayman
10 V45 Rik Gropp
11 75j Jesse Robinson
12 12x George Haney
13 4t Jerry Trejo
14 13 Doug Deterding
15 44 Tom Lenz
16 3w Stacey Wilhelm
17 8a Dusty Anderson
18 7 Bob Rusiger
19 21t Tracy Harr
20 2m Mike Meyer

B feature 1
1 3w Stacey Wilhelm
2 3a Aaron Pella
3 51 Cliff Turner
4 4d Pat Donovan
5 10k Don McCown
6 8 Larry Goertz
7 11aa Ed Raines
8 42k Jan Korth

B feature 2
1 8a Dusty Anderson
2 5st Dan Wayman
3 24x Darren Hosick
4 27m Brian Murphy
5 4jr Dave Jewett, Jr.
6 1z Norm Zigenbein
7 28n Daniel Neeman

Tuner A feature
1 2 Mike Rhiley
2 00 Barry Kinnersley
3 1k Kevin Kuker
4 3n Neil Pella
5 01 Josh Trail
6 44 Jack Prall III
7 67 Jack Prall Jr
8 12x Mark Schumacker
9 B32 Brian Haller
10 62 Justin Busboom
11 10j Doug Lyons
12 0 Rich WHite
13 2k Kyle Schamp
14 0R Amanda Rhiley
15 9c Jeremy Conkle
16 3 Bernie Bryan
17 3x Jake Brinson
18 40 Jean Schutz
19 22 Mike Boehmer

Hobby A feature
1 32 Trevor Kropp
2 57 Brian Cudly
3 21 Derick Noonan
4 21h Shane Hiatt
5 92 Don Hall, Jr
6 M70 Rich Munson
7 1x Rich Small
8 10 Brad Schreiner
9 28b Rick Bradley
10 86 Justin Wulf
11 94 Mike Hansen
12 42 Rob Brown
13 3k Jerry Keaton
14 9 Rex Schreiner
15 52 Jeff Kros
16 98 Dan Jackson
17 4 Troy Mencke
18 67 Jason Halagarda
19 1r RJ Macku
20 70 Earl Schmitt
21 14 Ron Novak
22 95 Max Sharpe
23 88 Mike McIntire

The Pace Lap – Monday Aug. 21

- Roger Hadan floated the idea of “racing ‘till the snow flies” Saturday night. – Yikes. While I love the thought of shooting races in October, there’s a point when everyone is at their limit. Over the past years, I’ve been a fan of REDUCING the number of shows to help cut costs. With seasons that have gone from four months to half a year and more, tons of faux touring series races and specials, how much is enough? How much can hobby racers bear financially, and how much time can they bear to devote? One good point made on the message boards is that tempers of drivers (and officials) is getting thin – anyone at Eagle Saturday night saw a prime example in the sprint heat.

- Something more positive: what a great sight to see all those bikes going away to lucky kids courtesy of Bryan Racing, Eagle Raceway and all the folks who helped out on kids night.

- The NST race at JMS seemed to go quite well, with a good crowd by all accounts. I think I was surprised at the level of attendance given the proximity to Knoxville Speedweek (as I choose to call it). Maybe the fan base out there is a little different and not all attached to sprint cars?

- The Wingless/ASCS show at I-80 was a heck of a show. That’s the best I’ve seen the track ever. Didn’t make for a ton of broadslides, but the race was intense with the winner only being in a wingless car for the fourth time. Unfortunately, it was an awful night for Mike Oliver. Anyone who hasn’t seen the damage caused by his encounter with turn four in the 305 feature should take a look. It’s a wonder he wasn’t injured.

- With the sad accident with Steve King at Knoxville, the question of steering gear has become an issue in sprint cars. Chad Fegley pointed out that he has the main shaft magnafluxed after each front end collision and has had 4 cracked shafts! Doug Lovegrove’s crash at I-80 was blamed on steering failure. This didn’t seem to be a problem a few years ago, is it time to look at the design again?

- Maybe this isn’t the way they want it, but the Eagle Raceway modified point battle between Chris Alcorn and Mike Meyer is being settled in the pits. After Alcorn failed to make it out from the pits during an A feature yellow on August 5, Meyer won the race and took back the point lead. However Saturday Meyer was unable to get his damage fixed in time after an opening lap tussle and sat out the remainder of the A feature, giving the lead back to Alcorn.

- Speaking of track champions, Kevin Larkins, the “other” 6-time Eagle Raceway Champion torched the field Saturday night at Eagle, setting the new track record in the A FEATURE – obliterating the old mark by half a second.

- There is but one race left in the 2006 season at Butler County Motorplex: the final point night with Modifieds, Late Models, IMCA Stocks, Hobbies and Hornets. With the Bivens family making it clear that BCM is for sale and all indications saying that unless a buyer is found, there will be no racing…could this be the last race for the high-banked 1/3 mile?

- There’s been some debate over whether Eagle’s Nebraska Cup should be a point show. Some feel that the fact other cars who don’t run Eagle each week would attend and mess with the norm and affect things. I can understand to a point, but in the past the Icebreaker Challenge has probably brought MORE cars, and it’s been a point show so I don’t know how this is different. I also don't know how a night when one or two new cars show up versus five or six, which is all I expect. One argument for the points show is that it would motivate cars running for points to show up. In the past few years, there’s been plenty of no-shows by guys just tired or broke, especially with the drop in purse. UPDATE, the NE Cup for Sprints has been changed to just "season finale."

Red Cloud program rain shortened

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (August18)—Mother nature intervened during the racing program Friday evening, August 18, at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE. After 8 laps of the 14-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature were completed, a slow steady rained forced track officials to postpone the remainder of the program until next Friday, August 25. The make-up features for the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Modifieds and Late Models will run first, followed by the regular race program. Powder Puff races will cap off the final night of racing action this season at Red Cloud.

At press time, track officials were uncertain about the IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Jamie Reiman of Blue Hill was leading when the program was halted.

The Cruisers did get their feature complete before the rains came. Point leaders Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings passed early leaders Joe & Jacob Krone late in the race to claim their 8th win of the season at the 3/8-mile oval. The Krones finished second, followed by Josh & Vic Jacobitz. The Krones won the heat race.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock

Heat 1: 1. Jim Buss, 2. Brandon Naasz, 3. Jamie Reiman, 4. Jared Lewis.

Heat 2: 1. Scott Befort, 2. T.C. McCain, 3. Delbert Selvage, 4. Rocky Zimmerman.

Feature: Rained out.
IMCA Stock Car

Heat 1: 1. Jason McCartney, 2. Lance Borgman, 3. Cory Struckhoff, 4. Josh Hudson.

Heat 2: 1. Geoff Jermark, 2. Matt Streit, 3. Chad Wulf, 4. Jason Schoenberger.

Feature: 1. Rained out.
IMCA Modified

Heat 1: 1. Brandon Blochlinger, 2. Larry Sutton, 3. Brian Calhoon, 4. Tim Watts.

Heat 2: 1. Joby Hanson, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Lonnie Schriner, 4. Jon Thompson.

Feature: 1. Rained out.
Cruiser

Heat: 1. Joe Krone/Jacob Krone, 2. Josh Jacobitz/Vic Jacobitz, 3. Adam Sidlo/E.J. Kothe, 4. Jesse Taylor/Keith Bary.

Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Krone/Krone, 3. Jacobitz/Jacobitz, 4. David Theer/Troy Himmelberg, 5. Taylor/Bary, 6. Robert Mason/Lance Ellis (DNF), 7. Joe Hersh/Pat Hersh (DNS).
Late Models

Heat 1: 1. Steve Kempt, 2. Tony Gregg, 3. Ron Lee, 4. Shane Lewis.

Heat 2: 1. Mike Wiarda, 2. Eddie Moore, 3. Rusty Miller.

Cash Dash: Moore.

Feature: Rained out.

Beatrice Fall Nationals

The 10th Annual Beatrice Speedway Fall Nationals will be September 15th and 16th 2006.

IMCA Sport Compacts have been added to the Fall Nationals, paying $200.00 to the winner. This is an IMCA Sanctioned Race, it will count for National points. IMCA Sport Compacts will race Saturday the 16th only.

Factory Stocks will recieve $500.00 to win. Beatrice Factory Stock Rules will apply

Limited/Sportmods will pay $700.00 to win. Beatrice Limited Modified Rules will apply.

Cruisers will pay $750.00 to win.

Cruiser rules-3800lb weight rule, 4300lbs if running a small block GM motor, NO Aluminum heads, NO double pumper or Predator carbs, Any 60 series tires or USED IMCA American racer tires, tires may be grooved in the original tread pattern only, 110 in min wheel base. Claim is $800.00 or swap, claim refusal is an automatic disqualification.

Anyone needing a copy of the flyer can e-mail Tim at tfralin@charter.net

Photos!

Holy Ansel Adams, Batman! I've finally got some more pics from 7-29 and 8-5 at Eagle. I'll have some from I-80 Tues. night soon.

Eagle 7-29 photos

Eagle 8-5-06 photos

Alley Aces ASCS @ I-80

Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (August 15, 2006) – Defending American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region champion Billy Alley notched his first series win of the season by wiring the field in Tuesday night's 20-lap feature at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway.

Dominant all the way, Alley took the lead from the pole at the outset then survived a late caution to score his second win aboard Mark Burch's Engler Tool & Machine/Big Game Tree Stands No. 1m Wolfweld after capturing an ASCS Knoxville Nationals preliminary win in the familiar machine.

"Mark Burch always gives me really good stuff to drive," Alley explained in victory lane. "The combination between Mark and I has been kinda like a Rubik's Cube, it takes some work to get all six sides working but we're getting it there now."

Alley gunned into the lead at the drop of the green and led 16-year-old Jack Dover, Mike Chadd, Rick Ideus and ninth-starter Justin Henderson in the early stages. After the race's first caution with seven laps in the books, Dover surrendered the runner-up slot when he retired to the pit area with brake failure.

Alley again checked out, as the trio of Chadd, Ideus and Henderson intensified the battle for second by eventually racing in three-wide formation entering turn one on the 15th lap with Jeff Mitrisin hot on their heels.

A caution flew a lap later with Henderson in second behind Alley, as Chadd checked into the work area with a flat right front tire.

Following a final caution for the disabled mount of Preston Peebles II, Henderson closed to Alley's rear nerf bar with just two laps remaining. Alley was the class of the field on this night though, checking out to a comfortable 15 car-length advantage by the time the checkered flag flew.

Mitrisin battled past Henderson on the white flag lap to take the runner-up slot, with Henderson settling for the show position. Ideus crossed the stripe fourth, with rookie shoe Mark Pace rounding out the top five.

Jon Corbin claimed sixth, with Ken Klabunde, 19th-starter John Klabunde, Chadd and Gage Dorr completing the top ten.

Heat race wins were claimed by Alley, Chadd and Dover.

ASCS Midwest Region Results:

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1m-Billy Alley, 2. 84-Toby Chapman, 3. 18-Tim Newman, 4. 15-Jon Corbin, 5. 2-Rodney Droud, 6. 44-Preston Peebles II, 7. 77-John Klabunde.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Mike Chadd, 2. 5b-Rick Ideus, 3. 24a-Justin Henderson, 4. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 5. 17-Gage Dorr, 6. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 7. 57-Don Stoutner.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 10-Shane Hollingsworth, 3. 31-Mark Pace, 4. 28-Ken Klabunde, 5. 71x-Kellen Love, 6. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 7. 7-Roger Sundquist.

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1m-Billy Alley, 2. 10-Jeff Mitrisin, 3. 24a-Justin Henderson, 4. 5b-Rick Ideus, 5. 31-Mark Pace, 6. 15-Jon Corbin, 7. 28-Ken Klabunde, 8. 77-John Klabunde, 9. 4-Mike Chadd, 10. 17-Gage Dorr, 11. 71x-Kellen Love, 12. 18-Tim Newman, 13. 9J-Mark Schmidt, 14. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 15. 7-Roger Sundquist, 16. 44-Preston Peebles II, 17. 2-Rodney Droud, 18. 84-Toby Chapman, 19. 53-Jack Dover, 20. 57-Don Stoutner. DNS: 18r-Ryan Roberts.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Toby Chapman 1,452, 2. Jack Dover 1,389, 3. Mike Chadd 1,335, 4. Rick Ideus 1,255, 5. Jason Danley 1,211, 6. Jake Peters 1,099, 7. Chad Humston 1,039, 8. Luke Cranston 989, 9. Mark Pace 987, 10. Chuck Swenson 968.

I-80 305 and Hornet Results

Trail Performance/Trade Center Automotive 305 Sprint Cars

A Feature: 1) 99s Matthew Stelzer, 2) 82 Michael Brown, 3) 5r Randy Bantam,
4) 45 Steve Hurst, 5) 96.1 Michael Oliver, 6) 9T Trish Dover

Heat: 1) Dover, 2) Oliver, 3) Hurst, 4) Stelzer, 5) Brown, 6) Bantam

Tobacco Free Nebraska Hornets

1st A Feature: 1) 30 Kevin Stanzel, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 57 Austin
Kurtzer,
4) 57K Kelson Kurtzer, 5) 28 Cory Askeland, 6) 33 Steve McConnell, 7) 23
Ole Olson, 8) B52 Skip Brown, 9) 2 Kyle Schamp, 10) 01 Adrian Dover,
11) 85 Mike Kennedy, 12) 1 Robert Brinkman, 13) 44 Steven Saunders, 14)
40 Jean Schultz, 15) 7 Jason Clark, 16) 9x Joe Baker, 17) 18 Korey Collins

2nd A-Feature: 1) 16j Perry Soule, 2) 99 Rick Havenridge, 3) 36 Joe
McCommell,
4) 61b Brandon Wergin, 5) 81 Steve England, 6) 00 Barry Kinnersly, 7) 10 Joe
Thomas, 8) 38 Will McConnell, 9) 61 Chuck Wergin, 10) 41 Mike Gillespie,
11) 60 Thomas Liechti, 12) 13 James Hayes, 13) 11 Clay Nelson, 14) 16 Justin
Soule, 15) 23L Mark Lammer, 16) 34 Ward Neesen

Ballou wins nonwing race at I-80 Speedway

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star

GREENWOOD — Robert Ballou phoned home to tell his family he was pulling the wing off his sprint car on Tuesday. But if his fourth nonwing race was any indication, he may put the wrenches away.

The Rocklin, Calif., driver put a masterful slide job on pole-sitter Bud Kaeding to take the lead on lap 14 and drove away to claim the win the Huskerland Non-Wing Nationals at I-80 Speedway.

Ballou, who ran sixth in Saturday’s D feature at the Knoxville Nationals, outperformed nonwing veterans including Kaeding, Jon Stanbrough, Levi Jones and Cory Kruseman, who came into Tuesday’s event leading the Sprint Bandit points standings.

The Bandits’ Tour ‘N Topless series moves to Wichita, Kan., tonight.

In Tuesday’s preliminary feature, reigning ASCS Midwest Region champion Billy Alley was in a class of his own. Driving the Burch Motorsports No. 1M from the pole position, Alley accumulated a full straightaway lead just seven laps in and cruised to an easy victory over fellow Knoxville Raceway regular Jeff Mitrisin.

Meanwhile, it was rough going behind Alley. Running second, Jack Dover came to a stop on a lap-seven restart, handing the runner-up spot over to Mike Chadd. Then on lap 14, Chadd squeezed into the wall in turns three and four and went to the work area with a flat tire.

With Dover’s troubles, Toby Chapman looked to be in position to clinch the Midwest Region points title with one event remaining. But running in the top 10, Chapman experienced problems that forced him to the pits on lap 11.

Unofficially, Chapman finished 17th, one spot ahead of Dover.

Tuesday’s leading finishers in the ASCS divisions:

SPRINT BANDIT 410s: 1. Robert Ballou; 2. Bud Kaeding; 3. Jon Stanbrough; 4. Levi Jones; 5.

MIDWEST REGION 360s: 1. Billy Alley; 2. Jeff Mitrisin; 3. Justin Henderson; 4. Rick Ideus; 5. Mark Pace.

Kaeding Tops NST Field at JMS

By Craig Murphy - National Sprint Tour

McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. – After a crazy Saturday night at Knoxville, things returned to normal for the National Sprint Tour Monday night, Aug. 14 at Junction Motor Speedway.
In other words, Tim Kaeding won with Danny Lasoski and Steve Kinser close behind.

Lasoski started from pole and led early in the 30-lap main. The lead lasted until lap 15, when Kaeding trapped Lasoski in traffic to grab the lead.

“It’s sometimes better to be in second,” Lasoski said. “Tim did a good job there. He got me caught behind traffic. I wasn’t aware it was that good up high.”

Neither was Kaeding.

“I really didn’t think the top was going to be that good,” said Kaeding, who went on to claim his 12th win in the 30th race of the season. “I wanted to get some momentum up. I got lucky, because it stuck up there.”

Kaeding was glad to see Lasoski mired in traffic.

“Traffic can help out big time,” Kaeding said. “We’ve got 12 wins. Unbelievable. I just wish those two guys (Lasoski and Kinser) would have a bad night.”

As it was, both Lasoski and Kinser battled up front yet again. Kinser got by Lasoski for second on lap 20, though Lasoski regained the position for good on lap 28 while Kinser was third. Dean Jacobs posted his first top-five NST finish with a fourth, while Wayne Johnson was fifth.
Rounding out the top-10 were Jason Meyers, Shane Stewart, Kyle Hirst, Jason Solwold and Travis Rilat.

Even with the lead, Kaeding was aware it was anything but safe with Kinser breathing down his neck late.

“You can’t ever count Steve out,” Kaeding said. “That’s why he’s The King.”
Kinser, meanwhile, had his hands full both with his tires and Lasoski.

“I just didn’t make it,” Kinser said. “There’s not much to tell. They laid rubber. I killed my tires and got real loose. Again.”

Rest of article is here

Junction Motor Speedway National Sprint Tour results
August 14, 2006
McCool Junction, Nebraska

A-Feature Finish
1 TIM KAEDING 11K
2 DANNY LASOSKI 83
3 STEVE KINSER 11
4 DEAN JACOBS 6
5 Wayne Johnson 14AJ
6 JASON MEYERS 14
7 SHANE STEWART 26
8 Kyle Hirst 99
9 JASON SOLWOLD R19
10 Travis Rilat 29
11 Jonathan Allard O
12 KERRY MADSEN 11H
13 Chad Hillier 5
14 Robert Ballou 12
15 JASON SIDES 7S
16 Ricky Logan 55
17 Seth Brahmer 13
18 Mike Chadd 4
19 Jamie McDonald 3NZ
20 Trever Green 11AU
21 Kellen Love 71X
22 BRIAN PAULUS 28
23 Tony Kaus 3K
24 PAUL McMAHAN 20
25 Bryan Gosel 6G
26 Don Stoutner 57

NST at JMS Support Class Update

The Modified portion of Monday nights NST 410 Sprint program will pay $500.00 to win - $50.00 to start. No entry or registration fee for Modifieds. Race time is 7:30. An arrangement has been made with the National Sprint Tour sanctioning body concerning Modified Pit Passes. Up to three Modified pit passes including the driver, will be available per competing Modified at $20.00 each. All other pit passes are $40.00.

For more information, call 402-773-5538 ext 9 or visit the JMS website at;

www.JunctionMotorSpeedway.com

Thayer County Speedway Race Results 8-13-06

Modified

1) 45m Brandon Johnson
2) 44x Tom Petracek
3) 96 Gary Saathoff
4) 50 Scott Smith
5) 3g Quentin Gilmore
6) 41j Dave Jeffries
7) 24jt Jeff Linners
8) 52l Jason Logan
9) 8 Justin Bell

Stock Car

1) 63 Mike Nichols
2) 64 Shawn Alberts
3) 76 Lance Borgman
4) 00 Darren Nutsch
5) y2j Jeremy Bell
6) 3 Josh Carpenter

Hobby Stock

1) 19 Kyle Vanover
2) 20 Chad Borgman
3) 97 Wade Wagenblast
4) 14j Brett Jackson
5) 8 Murray Haugen
6) 2w Luke Wassom
7) 32 Chris Lohrey
8) 2jw Joston Wassom
9) 23 Andy Lovegrove

Sport Compact

1) 7 Janie Fralin
2) 1h Garrett Hake
3) 82 Jay Kreft
4) 19 Nate Canham
5) 77s Seth Ambrose

B-Mods

1) 5 Tom Vanover
2) 14 Mike Snyder
3) 20 Tyler Snyder
4) 76m Nick Warnke
5) 3x Quentin Swartz

Cruisers

1) 42b Eketer/ Miller
2) 3 Hake/ Beaumont
3) 32 Taylor/ Bary
4) 55 White/ Frye
5) 36dd Popelka/ VanNortwick
6) 53x Geiber/ Wilber
7) 3.2 Novak/ Zach
8) 35s Slezak/ Slezak

Metz, Phelps, Evers, Mittan, Runcie and Prall win at Beatrice Speedway

By Scott Wisdom

Greg Metz of Washington,KS battled early on in the A Feature with David Trauernicht
until taking the lead and running away from the competion in route to his second
Feature win of 2006 at Beatrice. He held off Chris Alcorn, Bob Zoubek, Johnny
Saathoff and Gary Saathoff took take home the win.

Tyler Phelps of Beatrice took home the win in the IMCA Stock Cars taking the lead
early and dominating the competition to earn top honors. Lance Borgman, James
Griffith, Josh Carpenter and Jeff Joldersma rounded out the front 5.

Craig Evers of Beatrice took home the win in the Limited Modifieds after passing
David Jueneman he went on unchallenged for the win. David Jueneman, Nick Warnke,
Tom Vanover JR and Kevin Vanlaningham followed him over the line.

Neal Mittan of Wymore took home the win in the Factory Stocks. Roy Armstrong, Jeff
Watts, Kurt Phelps and Lyle Slama rounded out the first 5.

Travis Runcie of Beatrice took home the top honors in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. He was
chased across the line by Brian Langdale, Brian Schmidt, Aron DeWalt and Greg Post
rounded out the first 5. The only thing to dampen Runcie's night was to lose his
carb his claimed by the t54 of Tom Creek.

Jack Prall III of Union took home the win in the IMCA Sport Compacts. He was
followed across the line by Garrett Hake, Jay Kreft, Josh Weins and Nate Canham.

Results
IMCA Modifieds
1) 29 Greg Metz
2) 3 Chris Alcorn
3) 5s Bob Zoubek
4) 96j Johnny Saathoff
5) 96 Gary Saathoff
6) 44x Tom Petracek
7) 52L Jason Logan
8) 4j Jordy Nelson
9) 45m Brandon Johnson
10) 94 Dan Nelson
11) 45 David Trauernicht
12) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
13) 33j Josh Pfeiffer
14) 02 Cliff Shepard
15) 52 Sean Manning
16) z34 Brent Schlake
17) 71m Eric McMillan
18) 7b Chris Burk
19) 93L Jason Brinkman
20) s56 Scott Bivens
21) 3w Stacey Wilhelm
22) 18k Spencer Sutton
23) dx64 Jordan Grabouski
24) 98 Todd Laflin

IMCA Stock Cars
1) 6 Tyler Phelps
2) 76 Lance Borgman
3) 29J James Griffith
4) 3 Josh Carpenter
5) 66 Jeff Joldersma
6) 99 Darcy Dobrovolny
7) 31 Eric Rempel
8) 21 Jay Holle
9) 22 Hugh Carmichael
10) 89 Samuel Howard
11) 73 Dallas Dobrovolny

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

Factory Stocks
1) 5m Neal Mittan
2) 6r Roy Armstrong
3) 66 Jeff Watts
4) 7 Kurt Phelps
5) 15s Lyle Slama
6) 69 Tim Hessheimer Sr
7) 9 Gary Laflin
8) 54 Mike Pracheil
9) 6b Travis Burger
10) 54m Gary McGinty
11) 23 Cary Ames
12) 6 Ernie Reiss
13) 4 Greg Crannell
14) 89 Ronda Mewes
15) 35 Mike Schwartz
16) 3 Bob Latta
17) m64 Matt Post
18) 32 Jordan Grabouski
19) 34 Aaron Little
20) 8j Jerry Brown JR
21) 03 Aaron Roth

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 33 Travis Runcie
2) 1 Brian Langdale
3) 22 Brian Schmidt
4) 21 Aron DeWalt
5) d64 Greg Post
6) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham
7) 2 Ryan Roschewski
8) 8 Murray Haugen
9) 11 Eric Chab
10) 20 Chad Borgman
11) 6a Adam Armstrong
12) 32 Trevor Kropp
13) 19 Kyle Vanover
14) t54 Tom Creek
15) 34 Max Harder
16) 95 Bill Parde
17) 4t Lisa Wagner
18) 7 Matt Fralin

IMCA Sport Compacts
1) 44 Jack Prall III
2) 1h Garrett Hake
3) 82 Jay Kreft
4) 69 Josh Wiens
5) 19 Nate Canham
6) 6x Nina Breeden
7) 69x Peter Kruse
8) 7 Janie Fralin

I-80 Scheduled to resume action Sunday

Unfortunately Sunday's races rained out, but they are ready for Tuesday's Sprint show.

From Tom Gutowski, NRP GM

A big THANK YOU to everyone that gave so generously of their time, energy and sweat yesterday and also to those of you that donated the many items we needed at NRP/I-80 Speedway. Once again the racing family has shown why they are the best! Thank you all!

There will NOT be a work party needed on Saturday. Everything that we needed help with is done and now we can finish the organizing and restocking today and be ready to resume racing on Sunday.

Thank you again for all of your words of encouragement, help and generosity!

O'Reilly Sprint Bandits COMP Cams TNT – Five Nights of Dyno-Mite!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 11, 2006)- Next Tuesday night, August 15, marks the first of five consecutive nights of explosive O'Reilly Sprint Bandits COMP Cams Tour 'N Topless racing action, featuring the super-charged excitement of 410-ci non-wing "Traditional" Sprint Cars.

The Second Annual Sprint Bandits TNT Midwest Swing will include events at four different tracks throughout Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, with non-wing aces including defending TNT champion Levi Jones, Jon Stanbrough, Dave Darland, Dickie Gaines, Charles Davis, Jr., Brady Short, Bud Kaeding, Mat Neely, Jeremy Sherman, R.J. Johnson and current TNT point leader Cory Kruseman among those taking on winged stars going topless for the week such as Jesse Hockett, Travis Rilat, Larry Neighbors, Zach Chappell and Preston Peebles II among others.

In addition to the more than $85,000 up for grabs in the five feature events, another $7,350 will be doled out to the top five point earners over the handful of events with the champion taking away an extra $2,500. The runner-up will score an extra $1,500, with $1,250, $1,100 and $1,000 awarded to the third, fourth and fifth-ranked drivers, respectively.

Action kicks off with the Second Annual Huskerland Non-Wing 410 Sprint Car Nationals at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE, on Tuesday night with an Open Wheel spectacular that also includes the ASCS Midwest Region as well as 305-ci Sprints. Levi Jones topped last year's inaugural edition of the event in a remarkable feature that included three and four-wide racing and slide jobs throughout.

On Wednesday night, the wingless warriors return to 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS, for the first time since 2001 when Mike Kirby topped the Walt McWhorter Memorial.

Round Three unfolds Thursday night, August 17, when the series introduces 410-ci wingless Sprint Car racing to the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks", Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. The event will be preceded by an autograph session from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with Mat Neely's Lucas Oil Products Sprint Car on display as well.

The five-night swing culminates with the annual two-night affair at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS, on Friday and Saturday, with the Saturday, August 19, winner of the Ron Shuman Classic pocketing a cool $10,000. California's Bud Kaeding is the reigning winner of the Lakeside Classic after also winning in 2002, while Jesse Hockett picked off back-to-back wins in 2003 and 2004.

While the Lakeside finale offers up a $10,000 winner's share, the events at I-80 Speedway, 81 Speedway and Lucas Oil Speedway each pay a handsome $4,000 to win.

Indiana's Brady Short kicked off the 2006 season with an O'Reilly Sprint Bandits COMP Cams Tour 'N Topless win at Tampa's East Bay Raceway Park on January 31, with Cory Kruseman topping the second East Bay prelim as well as the $10,000 to win finale.

Arizona's Jerry Coons, Jr., collected $30,000 by winning Tuesday's Ultimate Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, IA. Coons has his sights set on more TNT wins as he will take in the events at I-80 Speedway, 81 Speedway and Lucas Oil Speedway.

The high-banked, 4/10-mile I-80 Speedway dirt oval is located in Greenwood, NE, off I-80 Exit 420 between Lincoln and Omaha. For more information, contact the track at 402-342-3453.

The semi-banked, 3/8-mile 81 Speedway dirt oval is located on the north edge of Wichita, KS, off I-135 Exit 16, then 0.7 miles west on 77th Street. For more information, contact the track at 316-755-1781.

The semi-banked, 3/8-mile Lucas Oil Speedway clay oval is located in Wheatland, MO, 0.2 miles south of U.S. 54 on SR 83, then east. For more information, contact the track at 417-282-5984.

The semi-banked, ½-mile Lakeside Speedway dirt oval is located in Kansas City, KS, off I-435 Exit 18, then one mile northwest on State Road 5. For more information, contact the track at 913-299-2040.

Additional information regarding the O’Reilly Sprint Bandits is available at www.sprintbandits.com or by calling 918-838-3777.

Chapman Leads ASCS Midwest Region into Tuesday Night I-80 Special

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 11, 2006) – Lincoln, Nebraska's Toby Chapman is just two steps away from a first career championship. Chapman can come one step closer in next Tuesday night's American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region event at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway.

After a runner-up finish in 2005 ASCS Midwest Region points, Chapman holds a 61-point lead over 16-year-old Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, entering Tuesday night's event that also features the O'Reilly Sprint Bandits COMP Cams Tour 'N Topless series atop the semi-banked, 4/10-mile clay oval.

Chapman, who scored his first career ASCS win in Midwest Region action at U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, MO, on June 23, and young hotshoe Dover lead a strong field of contenders into the event, with Lincoln's Jason Danley currently third in points, just 66 points behind Dover.

Lincoln's Mike Chadd enters the event ranked fourth, just eight markers behind Danley, with Rick Ideus of Silver City, IA, rounding out the current top five.

The balance of the current top ten includes Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD), Chad Humston (Giltner, NE), Luke Cranston (Ness City, KS), Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) and Brian Brown (Grain Valley, MO"

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with grand stand gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps commence at 6:45 p.m., with racing action going green at 7:30 p.m.

Schatz takes Knoxville Nationals

A feature Results... complete results here

1 15 Donny Schatz
2 9 Joey Saldana
3 41 Jason Johnson
4 83 Danny Lasoski
5 14 Jason Meyers
6 11 Steve Kinser
7 7 Craig Dollansky
8 14AJ Wayne Johnson
9 44 Don Droud
10 21x Daryn Pittman
11 20 Paul McMahan
12 22 Fred Rahmer
13 4J Jeff Shepard
14 11K Tim Kaeding
15 1z Dusty Zomer
16 2L Ed Lynch
17 26 Shane Stewart
18 1s Sammy Swindell
19 24x Terry McCarl
20 17G Billy Alley
21 44G Kaley Gharst
22 18 Tony Bruce
23 28 Brian Paulus
24 R19 Jason Solwold
25 29 Travis Rilat

Schriner, Schoenberger win at Red Cloud

By Mike Hughes

RED CLOUD, NE (August 11)—‘The Red Cloud Rocket’ Lonnie Schriner and Jason Schoenberger won feature races in their respective divisions in racing action Friday night, August 11, at The Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE.

Dwight Housh of Glen Elder, KS, led the first 8 laps of the IMCA Modified feature. However, after the third restart of the race on lap 8 for a stalled car, Schriner drove by Housh when the green flag reappeared and took the top spot. Jon Thompson moved to second by the halfway mark of the 20-lap race and hounded Schriner the second half of the race but could not make the pass and had to settle for the runner-up spot. Brandon Blochlinger finished third, followed by Tim Watts and Dusty Blake. Heat race winners were Thompson, Schriner and Housh.

Schoenberger, of Gorham, KS, led all 18 laps of the IMCA Stock Car feature. A late race caution on lap 17 when Josh Carpenter blew gave the field a chance but Schoenberger was up to the task to score his first win at the 3/8-mile oval this season. Heat two winner Geoff Jermark placed second, followed by Brett Behrends, Josh Hudson and Cory Struckhoff. Schoenberger won the other heat race.

Blue Hill’s Jamie Reiman has been the man to beat in the IMCA Hobby Stock division recently. Reiman led all 14 laps to score his third win of the season at Red Cloud, and his second in a row. Point leader Jim Buss made a challenge the last few laps but had to settle for second. Jeromy Wagner, heat two victor Jared Lewis and Mike Shriver rounded out the top five. The first heat race was won by Reiman.

Six Cruisers started the 10-lap feature but only 3 were running at the checkers in the caution plagued event. Point leaders Adam Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings took the lead at the halfway mark and went on for their seventh win of the year. Joe & Pat Hersh finished second, followed by heat race winners Joe & Jacob Krone.

F & F Construction and the Valley Bowl, both of Red Cloud, were the evening’s race sponsor and put up extra purse money for all four divisions.

Racing returns to The Speed Bowl Friday night, August 18, with the regular four divisions in competition. Race time is 8:00 p.m.



RESULTS
IMCA Hobby Stock

Heat 1: 1. Jamie Reiman, 2. Joe McDole, 3. Jim Buss, 4. Jerry Hudson.

Heat 2: 1. Jared Lewis, 2. Jeromy Wagner, 3. Mike Shriver, 4. Rocky Zimmerman.

Feature: 1. Reiman, 2. Buss, 3. Wagner, 4. Lewis, 5. Shriver, 6. Chase Carraher, 7. McDole, 8. Zimmerman, 9. Doug Baetz, 10. Wade Wagenblast, 11. Matt Henke, 12. T.C. McCain, 13. Hudson (DNF), 14. Delbert Selvage (DNF).
IMCA Stock Car

Heat 1: 1. Jason Schoenberger, 2. Brett Behrends, 3. Troy Attwood, 4. Josh Hudson.

Heat 2: 1. Geoff Jermark, 2. Matt Streit, 3. Cory Struckhoff, 4. Lance Borgman.

Feature: 1. Schoenberger, 2. Jermark, 3. Behrends, 4. Hudson, 5. Struckhoff, 6. Streit, 7. Jason McCartney, 8. Jason Smidt, 9. Borgman, 10. Attwood, 11. Brant Beam, 12. Chad Wulf, 13. Josh Carpenter (DNF).
IMCA Modified

Heat 1: 1. Jon Thompson, 2. Jason Schoenberger, 3. Lonnie Veteto, 4. Brandon Blochlinger.

Heat 2: 1. Lonnie Schriner, 2. Jeff Brooks, 3. Larry Sutton, 4. Joby Hanson.

Heat 3: 1. Dwight Housh, 2. Dusty Blake, 3. Tim Watts, 4. Brian Calhoon.

Feature: 1. Schriner, 2. Thompson, 3. Blochlinger, 4. Watts, 5. Blake, 6. Schoenberger, 7. Hanson, 8. Veteto, 9. Sutton, 10. Brooks, 11. Randy Fogo, 12. Jeff Linner, 13. Chad Timm, 14. Dwight Housh (DNF), 15. Caesare Linner (DNF), 16. Calhoon (DNF), 17. Devon Housh (DNS).
Cruiser

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

Feature: 1. Sidlo/Kothe, 2. Hersh/Hersh, 3. Krone/Krone, 4. Jesse Taylor/Keith Bury (DNF), 5. Theer/Himmelberg (DNF), DQ – Ron Duffy/Kent Duffy.

Droud, Alley make Knoxville A main

JournalStar.com

Two Lincoln drivers in Knoxville Nationals finals field

BY LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
Friday, Aug 11, 2006 - 11:48:21 pm CDT

Two Lincoln drivers — Billy Alley and Don Droud Jr. — have secured starting spots in the $140,000-to-win A feature for the Knoxville Nationals tonight in Knoxville, Iowa.

Both Alley and Droud Jr. were fastest in time trials on their respective qualifying nights this week, performances that went a long way in securing their spots in the biggest sprint-car race of the season.

Coverage of tonight’s features will begin at 9 p.m. on SPEED (cable channel 231).

Alley, the current points leader on a weekly basis at Knoxville Raceway, will start 13th in tonight’s 24-car main event.

Droud Jr., who only secured a ride at Knoxville within the last two weeks, will start no further back than the fifth row. As one of the top 10 point-getters after Wednesday and Thursday, Droud Jr. earned a spot in Friday night’s scramble. Scramble results, combined with qualifying, determined tonight’s top 10 starting spots.

The front row is likely to include Donny Schatz and Craig Dollansky. The only former Knoxville Nationals champions currently locked into the feature are 12-time winner Steve Kinser and 1983 winner Sammy Swindell.

Kinser and Swindell will start side-by-side in row 10.

— Todd Henrichs

NRP Storm Damage Report

See photos of the damage here

From Tom Gutowski, NRP Gen. Manager

I want to start off by thanking everyone who has stopped by or called and offered their help and support. I’m going to describe what I saw, pretty much as I saw it when I arrived at the track at 8:15am....about 45 minutes after I got the call that the Greenwood Fire Dept. had been dispatched to the track.

First and foremost, we’re so very lucky that nobody was hurt or injured as a result of the microburst (http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/whys/ubrst.htm ) that the weather service said hit our facility. Copart’s security cameras recorded a large flash at approx. 3:15am, the time we figure that all of this happened.

Thankfully Doug was attending the races in Knoxville but he had headed for his usual overnight stop in Winterset, IA before heading home in the morning. If they were full he said he would have driven straight back and probably would have been in his bed when the storm hit. Thankfully, they had a room and he wasn’t inside the mobile home when it was destroyed. I had dinner with Doug tonight and he is doing well but shaken by what might have been.

Corey, who takes care of our MX facility for practices and watches over it during the week, wasn’t so lucky. He was in his trailer when the storm hit and it moved a couple of feet in two different directions but he is fine and his camper was not damaged.

Jon Schwartz’s motor home was on its side and was missing a number of front end trim and bumper cover pieces. The insides were a mess.

Steve Kosiski's camper trailer suffered much the same fate. His slick golf cart now has Doug’s trailer sitting on top of it.

The I-80 pit shack was not so lucky but it’s salvageable. It ended up in the ditch with JR’s end of the building (the pass window) half gone and Don’s end of the building (driver check-in) having all of the windows blown out. The roof shingles are a mess but the roof looks solid.

Our grandstand ticket building is destroyed as well as the building that served as Little Sunset’s pit shack. They were moved a number of feet and flattened. They are junk. (3 of the 4,000 lb concrete barriers at LSS that had a small, 4 x 8 billboard on them were flipped over and into the drainage ditch! The big steel storage container that we all thought was OK was actually laying on it’s roof! There were at least 6 cage karts and most of LSS's track equipment inside.)

The bleachers on top of the CFB&G would have ended up in turn 1 & 2 but the railing on the back side stopped it from going any further. They’re pretty bent up and basically scrap iron now.

The 5 year old plastic fence (that obviously was having problems of it’s own without this) is gone and scattered everywhere.

Other damage included many billboards, large and small, both scoreboards, the Cookies Pavilion roof and many of the picnic tables, all over the grounds.

The turn 3 wheel fence, with the big fabric billboards on them, was laid over, pulling the concrete anchors out of the ground or shattering the concrete. At least 2 of the 5/8” cables were broken!

Two of the traffic lights (turn 3 and 4), including one set of the Whelan strobe lights (turn 3), were pretty torn up. Others were turned in their mounts but not damaged (we think).

The infield concession trailer is toast and everything inside of it too. It’s about 100’ from where it should be and rolled at least 5 or 6 times during its journey. Total Performance Parts’ storage container was moved but stayed upright.

It’s amazing that the grandstands, scoring tower, VIP booth and the decks were not damaged at all! Damage on all 4 sides and nothing that we can see is really damaged that badly. Go figure.

The entire facility is without power but we hope to bring it online tomorrow once we get everything shut off so we can bring it back online one circuit breaker at a time. We’ll need to check everything to be sure it works properly.

None of the light poles show any damage but “shaken” lamps have a way of not working.

Also, when the buildings were lifted up, moved and/or destroyed, they pulled the underground electrical wiring until it snapped. Hopefully we’re not going to have a big problem there.

Enough about that – it’s time to move forward and go racing!

A big thank you to Dave Doll and Double D Excavating for bringing two portable offices and a 36’ trash container, which will go a long way in helping us get back up and running.

A big thank you also goes to Nubbin’ for his generosity with window A/C units and everyone else who gave us tips on where we might locate things or have volunteered to help with the cleanup.

Another big thank you to Steve McKee and Scott Saltzman for pitching in and getting the pit shack ½ way together. You guys are always among the first to pitch in.

I will try to call all of you tomorrow that have posted, but if you don’t hear from me by noon, please call my cell 402-350-6120. I must’ve had over 100 calls today, especially counting the insurance stuff, so it’s easy for an old guy to get lost in all of that.

Our plan is to spend Friday and Saturday cleaning up, powering up the facility and getting the necessary buildings, equipment and safety items in 100% working order and to race Sunday.

I’m sending over 70 photos to our web site guy and hope he can get them up on the web site ASAP. He is on a family emergency trip to WV so be patient.

If you have any questions, please email me at tgutowski@aol.com.

Finally, to close this long post, I want to thank each and every one of YOU, our racers and fans, AND the owners (and their families) for not giving up, for going forward, for rebuilding this facility, not only after the storm, but the efforts before the storm too.

Thank you everyone!!!

Tom G

I-80 Needs your help

For those sprint car fans, and race fans in general, NRP needs your help after suffering storm damage. Friday's races at Little Sunset and Soaring Edge are canceled, as are Saturday's races. The decisions on Sunday and Tuesday's Wingless 410/ASCS show have yet to be made.

Message Board - dirtdrivers.com: "NRP is looking to purchase or rent some small office trailers to temporarily replace some of the outbuildings at the track. (The pitshack at Little Sunset is one of those that needs replacing). Also needed is a 14-18 foot office trailer (definetely not larger than 18 ft) that could be used as a front gate ticket booth.

Also needed: tables, bar stools and large window air units for the ticket trailers. If anyone is cleaning out their garage...keep us in mind! When the front gate ticket shack was destroyed, and the I-80 pit ticket shack moved 15 feet, all of the stool and tables inside were broken. (And Don & Ron's windows were busted out so now they can't close them on you!)

They also are looking for a mobile home to replace Doug's.

Cleanup will start at the track tomorrow between 9am and 10am, and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Hornet drivers: Tommy said none of the cars were turned over, and none looked physically damaged. The #19 was apparently on jacks, but is now on the ground but upright.

If you do go to the track, they are asking you to stay on the roads, and to be very careful. It is very muddy, and parts of the parking lot have been washed away. There is no power out there so there will be no lights once it gets dark."

Steve King Passes Away

Unfortunately, the worst has happened. This is from Steve's website 88king.com:

Steve passed away at 15:32 today, August 10.
He loved you all. Thank you so much for your support. Please keep our family in your prayers. Arrangement details will be posted once they have been made.

King in Critical Condition after Knoxville Crash

Sprint-car driver remains in critical condition after Knoxville accident
ROB GRAY
DES MOINES REGISTER STAFF WRITER
August 10, 2006


Sprint-car driver Steve King, who was injured in a crash during Wednesday's Knoxville Nationals, is in critical condition with a life-threatening head injury at a Des Moines hospital, officials at the hospital and track said this afternoon.

Knoxville officials earlier today erroneously said that King, of Jetmore, Kan., had died.

Ralph Capitani, race director at Knoxville Raceway, said he was given inaccurate information from a member of a pit crew when contacted by The Register.

Capitani said at 3:30 p.m. today that he did not know more specifics. A spokesperson at Mercy confirmed again that King is listed in critical condition.

Preliminary reports from Knoxville Raceway indicate the wreck involved only King and happened when a part broke, sending his No. 88 car into the Turn 3 fence during a preliminary feature.

King was taken by helicopter to Mercy late Wednesday night to undergo treatment for a brain injury, according to his Web site.

Capitani said earlier today that races would go on as scheduled.

“Our hearts, our souls, our prayers are certainly with the family,” Capitani said. “He’s a fine young man."

There have been 14 racing-related deaths at Knoxville, according to Capitani and Des Moines Register research. The most recent death was June 16, when Courtney Roger Schuur of Fridley, Minn., was killed during a sprint-car exhibition race held as part of a once-a-year “old-timers” event.

An update this morning on King’s Web site — www.88king.com — asked people to “pray specifically that God will reduce the swelling on his brain, stop any internal bleeding and start the healing process.”

King is a fourth-generation farmer who received a degree in animal sciences from Kansas State. He was the 2002 and 2003 NCRA 360 Division champion.

The 46th Knoxville Nationals are scheduled to conclude Saturday night.