Eagle Raceway 4/28 - Boston, Alcorn, VanLaningham and Rhiley take Spring Fling Wins

From Eagle Raceway

America's Home Track, Eagle Raceway's Spring Fling, presented by Auto
Trans Matic, started this week's program under a sunny sky on a balmy
spring afternoon. That quickly turned to a cool evening with a large
crowd on hand to watch yet another great night of racing.

All told, there were 129 cars that checked into the pits to participate
in 14 heats, 4 B Features and 4 A-Mains. The heats were run with very
little trouble, but once the B Features started there were numerous
incidents.

Once the second Monster Energy Drink Modified B started, the first of
several major accidents on the night occurred when Steve Sheppard lost
control and ran nearly head-on into the backstretch wall coming out of
turn 2. After being fitted with a neck brace and being checked over by
the emergency crew he was released. Sheppard said afterwards that
although he didn't think he was seriously injured he was beginning to
feel a twinge running down his back.

In the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B-Main there was a minor
incident when the #69 of Anthony White rolled his racer in turn 1.

In the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock Feature there was a large melee in
turns 1 and 2 on the very first lap, involving numerous cars. On the
restart the 8C of Chad Anderson took the lead. Clint Holman had moved
into 2nd place behind Anderson while running the high groove. With only
9 laps left, defending Modified Champion Chris Alcorn had moved up to
third from his 9 row starting spot after transferring out of his B
Feature. That same lap, Anderson spun in turn 4, bringing out yet
another caution. Within 2 laps of restarting, Alcorn had raced his way
into 1st place, and managed to hold off his competitors and win another
A Feature.

In the Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compact main event, there was a
large crash at the backstretch entrance to the pits. Altogether 4 cars
were involved, resulting in the driver of the #10j Doug Lyons being
extricated from his racer and being knocked unconscious and being
transported to Bryan-LGH West in Lincoln. On the initial restart, Jason
Tavlock rolled his racer over in turn 3, resulting in a fire in the
engine compartment. When the race was started again, last years Sport
Compact Points Champion Dan Riley moved into first place and held on for
the victory.

The Budweiser Championship 360 Main Event saw young driver Trevor
Grossenbacher roll his car betweens turn 1 and 2 on the 6th lap. Initial
leader Josh Riggins held the lead until lap 9 when Toby Chapman drove
his #84 around him. 5 laps later, the #30 of Joe Miller rolled his
sprinter in turn #4. By lap 17, Mark Pace had moved into the second
position and the next lap Mike Boston moved up to third from the outside
of row #5. Shortly thereafter he jumped into second.

Chapman and Boston fought tooth and nail until the finish, which saw
Boston edge Chapman at the finish line by the slimmest of margins. The
actual outcome had to be determined by transponder readings.

Afterwards, Mike said he was more than happy with the win. "I actually
would have settled for second place, because I think Toby had the better
car tonight" he said. "This was a great way to welcome our new sponsors
Subway, Cornhusker Racing and the One-Eyed Dog Saloon. "I also want to
thank Eckley Racing Engines for the new ASCS motor they just built for
us. It definitely helped with the win", Mike related.

The Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature saw Kevin VanLaningham jump
to the lead on the first lap and never look back. At times he enjoyed
almost a half-lap lead.

When asked about his victory, Kevin said "We had another good run, just
like last week. But, if you use your head, avoid the wrecks and trust
fate you'll do great". "Without luck, you have nothing. I'm going with
my luck, and just hoping to have fun".

When asked if he planned to run for the points championship at Eagle
this year, Kevin stated "After racing at Beatrice for the last 8 years,
we decided to come to Eagle this year and just have fun. Eagle is a very
laid back place, and it's always enjoyable racing here". "It was kind of
weird driving up here to race, and seeing all those cars going the other
way to run at Beatrice" Kevin said, adding "But as I said, this year
it's for fun and Eagle's always fun".

Kevin wanted to be sure and thank his sponsors, which include Schmidt
Machine, Denny's Hot Rod Repair, Jet Racing and Floors Inc.

April 28th Race Results:

Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints-
1) 51 Mike Boston
2) 84 Toby Chapman
3) 71 Tige Jensen
4) 3 Jeff Griffis
5) 14 Josh Riggins
6) 32 Chris Roseland
7) 14g Gene Ackland
8) 96kx Adam Gullion
9) 23 Terry Holliman
10) 21 Ryan Kitchen
11) 19j Jay Jordan
12) 23r Tadd Holliman
13) 31 Mark pace
14) 17 Gage Dorr
15) 6 Nick Bryan
16) 90 Roy Peltz
17) 77 John Klabunde
18) 28 Ken Klabunde
19) 8b Bobby Becker
20) 30 Joe Miller
21) 7x Kevin Danley
22) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
23) 44 Doug Lovegrove
24) 33 Terry Cadwallader DNS
25) 24b Frank Galusha DNS
26) 76 Jay Russell DNS

Monster IMCA Modifieds-
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 27 Clint Homan
3) b9 Sean Burklund
4) 19j Jeff Jones
5) v45 Rik Gropp
6) 95 Dylan Smith
7) 8a Dusty Andersen
8) 11aa Ed Raines
9) 00 Tim Pickens
10) 8c Chad Andersen
11) 24x Darren Hosick
12) 3w Stacey Wilhelm
13) 2ez Mark Kaspar
14) 3a Aaron Pella
15) 8 Larry Goertz
16) 42k Jan Korth
17) 12x George Haney
18) 24t Terry Hurt
19) 19 Scott Anderson
20) 81 Melvin Densberger
21) s56 Scott Bivens
22) 13 Doug Deterding
23) 4jr David Jewett Jr
24) 5s Bob Zoubek
25) 21t Tracy Harr

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks-
1) 52v Kevin Vanlaningham
2) 86 Justin Wulf
3) m70 Rick Munson
4) 11x Rich Small
5) 28b Rick Bradley
6) 1r RJ Macku
7) 4j Jamie Bruce
8) 42 Rob Brown
9) 21k Brandon Kresha
10) 3k Jerry Keaton
11) 121 Robert Tippery
12) 7m Tom Myers
13) 92 Don Hall Jr
14) Nick Beckman
15) 21h
16) s53 Scott Robinson
17) 10 Brad Schreiner
18) 9 Rex Schreiner
19) 4 Troy Mencke
20) 38c Casey Moyer
21) 98 Dan Jackson
22) 14 Ron Novak
23) 94 Mike Hansen
24) 12 Dan Noonan

Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compacts-
1) 2 Dan Rhiley
2) 2k Kyle Schamp
3) 57 Austin Kurtzen
4) 0 Rich White
5) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
6) 15 Jamie Spanel
7) 45 Jack Prall IV
8) 77 Jason Miller
9) 3 Harry White
10) 63 Mike Simpson
11) 35t Travis Schneider
12) 13j Jared Deterding
13) 59 Jessica Tadlock
14) 2m David White
15) 51 Amanda Rhiley
16) 99 Jason Tadlock
17) 10 Kenny Danley
18) 99t Tony Rost
19) 44 Jack Prall III
20) 10j Doug Lyons
21) 28h Jeremy Conkel
22) 3n Neil Pella
23) 62 Justin Busboom
24) 8j Jason Pella
25) b32 Brian Haller