Trauernicht, Rempel and Husted win opening night pole dashes at Octoberfest

By Scott Wisdom

Beatrice Speedway's Octoberfest 2006 got under way with 119 cars
checking into the pits for the first night.

David Trauernicht of Beatrice took his Holtmeier Farms, Seneca
Sanitation, Tank It Food and Fuel, Reedy Machine and Fab,Yancy's
Automotive, Fat Guy's BBQ Sauce sponsored Larry Shaw race car home to
the pole for tommorows $3000 to win Octoberfest IMCA Modifieds. He and
Johnny Saathoff put on an exciting show for the fan with a 3 lap shoot
out to end the pole dash with Trauernicht hold him off. Saathoff, Kevin
Larkins, Dan Nelson, Chris Alcorn, Daniel Bohlmeyer, Jordy Nelson, Brian
Knoell and Clint Homan completed the first night qualifiers.

Eric Rempel in his Redline Race Graphics sponsored Littleman Chassis
took home the pole dash win in the $1250 to win IMCA Stock Cars. Lance
Borgman, Todd Mabbitt, Jeremy Bell, Tyler Phelps, Andy Wilkinson, Josh
Daniels and David Murk completed the first night qualifiers.

Kent Husted took the top honors in pole dash for the $1000 to win IMCA
Hobby Socks. He was chased across the line by Roy Armstrong, Eric Chab,
Ryan Roschewski, Max Harder, Aron DeWalt and Brady Schoen to round out
the first night qualifiers.

Results
IMCA Modifieds
1) 45 David Trauernicht
2) 96j Johnny Saathoff
3) 4x Kevin Larkins
4) 94 Dan Nelson
5) 3 Chris Alcorn
6) 24 Daniel Bohlmeyer
7) 4j Jordy Nelson
8) b6 Brian Knoell
9) 27 Clint Homan
10) 5s Bob Zoubek
11) s56 Scott Bivens
12) 30 Jordan Grabouski
13) 35 Tim Echevarria
14) 99 Shawn Strand
15) 29c Drew Christiansen
16) 3z Mike Albertson
17) 50 Scott Smith
18) 95 Dylan Smith
19) 94h Don Hagan
20) 3a Aaron Pella
21) 45m Brandon Johnson
22) 8j Justin Bell
23) 64 Dusty Blake
24) 29 Greg Metz
25) 69 Justin Gregg

IMCA Stock Cars
1) 31 Eric Rempel
2) 76 Lance Borgman
3) 1sw Todd Mabbitt
4) y2j Jeremy Bell
5) 6 Tyler Phelps
6) 15 Andy Wilkinson
7) 25j Josh Daniels
8) m30 David Murk
9) 55 Cory Bushnell
10) 2 Bryan Lariviere
11) 22 Hugh Carmichael
12) 27 Gary Bass
13) 5 Jim Stolzenburg
14) 8t Travis Tilford
15) 20s Gene Stigall
16) 21f Terry Franz
17) 66 Jeff Joldersma
18) 21 Jay Holle
19) 45 Michael Dancer
20) 3 Josh Carpenter
21) 55z Zack Schultz
22) 6x Ernie Reiss

IMCA Hobby Stocks
1) 01 Kent Husted
2) 6r Roy Armstrong
3) 11 Eric Chab
4) 2 Ryan Roschewski
5) 34 Max Harder
6) 21 Aron DeWalt
7) 12s Brady Schoen
8) 19 Kyle Vanover
9) d64 Greg Post
10) 6a Adam Armstrong
11) 72 Jesse Vanlaningham
12) 22x Brian Schmidt
13) 32m Michael Brunswig
14) 4t Lisa Wagner
15) 20 Chad Borgman
16) 33 BJ Dauer
17) 6s Tony Spunaugle
18) 12j Jim Buss
19) 7 Matt Fralin
20) 8 Murray Haugen II