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