5/19/2007 - Junction Motor Speedway Results

By Scott Onnen
Junction Motor Speedway welcomed the Future Farmers of America to the track this past Saturday. The grandstands were filled with chapters from area high schools. At intermission, some of the chapter leaders spoke of the importance of agriculture in our state. Each Saturday holds its own excitement and this night was no different.

The Feature races started with the Stock Cars and a battle for Andy Wilkinson (York) & Mel Franz (Henderson) fighting for 1st & 2nd. Andy Wilkinson took the lead for 5 laps before Mel dropped to the inside to regain the lead. Then a struggle went on for 2nd with the Wilkinsons, Andy and Jason, going side-by-side before Jason took over and tried taking the lead from Mel with two laps to go. A caution was thrown to stop the race and influenced the outcome. When the green flag was thrown again, Mel lost the lead in traffic to fall back to fourth and Jason Wilkinson (Neligh) claimed the victory.

The Holiday Inn Four Cylinders were going well until the yellow flag came out and #50 Andy Sole (Nelson) rear-ended the leader Chuck Wergin (Milford). Last weeks feature winner, Jeremy Foos, was in the 6J car right behind him. Wergin had a bulls-eye on him as Foos took a turn at bumping him, which sent Foos to the rear of the field. The penalty allowed Troy Hofmann (Sutton) in the 10T and the # 2 of Lance Hiebner (Henderson) to pick up 2nd and 3rd. The race finally finished in that order after a total of four cautions were thrown.

One lap into the A-feature race of Cruisers there was already a caution. After a restart, a wheel went flying off of the 21g car of Chris and Josh Graczyk to cause another restart. Following such a painful start, 68 Stacey Orlando and Brent Hager (Henderson) held the lead until the 42b of Greg Ekeler and John Miller (Exeter) bumped them over to take the lead. But it was not over as the 69j of Vic and Josh Jacobitz (Nelson) started battling the 42b for the lead until Ekeler and Miller lost a wheel to give Vic and Josh the win.

From the fourth row of the Modifieds, Wade Cross moved up quickly to claim third. Justin Bell (Omaha) ran strong and built a lead on the pack. After a car spun out, the first caution was thrown. Justin Bell didn’t want to see that color because he held a strong lead on Wade Cross (Phillips) and now would have a hard time holding him off. After the green flag, Cross immediately took the lead from Bell in the back straight away. Bell fought for the lead but spun out with 3 laps to go to end in the back. Scott Styskal (David City) tried challenging Cross for the lead but was unable to take it. Justin Bell was able to claw his way all the way back up the pack to finish fourth.

Denton Buller (York) started off on the inside of row one of the Late Models, but he quickly gave up the spot to Don Smith Jr. (Norfolk) The front six cars made it around to the back straight away when John Bridges (Columbus) took the lead. The 5x of Mike Marushak (David City) was holding second until he slowed down and ended up going to the infield. Chad Humston (Giltner) kept working his way, from the fourth row where he started, toward the front until the caution flag waved in the wind. There were four cautions in a row with various issues taking place before the last six laps could be completed. Humston repeatedly tried to take the lead in the corners but could never close the deal. Bridges was able to hang on to win the A-feature for the second consecutive week.

The Hobby Stocks finished up the night of racing due to greeting fans under the grandstands at the beginning of the night. With three laps in, the familiar flag of the night, the yellow one, came out for a flat tire for the leader, Jared Timmermans (Grafton). Wade Wagonblast (Deshler) assumed the lead followed by Levi Gunn (Superior). Brent Kassik (Milligan) made a huge move from the back of the traffic to take fourth. Gunn started contending for 1st running side-by-side with Wagonblast. Gunn took the lead with five laps to go and held on for the win.

Junction Motor Speedway presents two nights of racing on Friday and Saturday, May 25 &26, with the POWRi Midgets coming to town. ASCS and NCRA 360 Sprint Cars will run with the POWRi Midgets on Friday evening. POWRi Midgets return Saturday night with the weekly racing series less Late Models. Gates open at 5pm with racing starting at 7pm both nights. For advance tickets, contact Friesen Chevrolet in Sutton or the Junction Motor Speedway website at www.junctionmotorspeedway.com.

NAPA CNCTA Late Models A Main
1) z17 John Bridges
2) 1 Chad Humston
3) 6 Al Humphrey
4) 18 Don Smith Jr
5) 82 Robbie Andersen
6) 1x Bo Egge
7) 16 Alex Humphrey
8) 16x Tom Svoboda
9) 105 Denton Buller
10) 0 Mike Hetrick
11) 66 Mike Fegter
12) 6m Heath Clausen
13) 29 Billy Koons, Jr.
14) 55 David Easterday
15) 5x Mike Marushak

JMS Modifieds A Main
1) 21 Wade Cross
2) 26 Scott Styskal
3) 52 Dean Wilkinson
4) 8 Justin Bell
5) 55 Shane Stutzman
6) 52s Jeremiah Sillman
7) 07 Mike Goldfuss
8) 47L John Lee
9) 64 Dusty Blake

Stock Cars A Main
1) 52 Jason Wilkinson
2) 5 Brent Drohman
3) 22s Shane Stutzman
4) 19 Mel Franz
5) 15s Herb Slough
6) 15 Andy Wilkinson
7) 55 Ron L. Veleba
8) 27 Bryce Taylor

Hobby Stocks A Main
1) 7d Levi Gunn
2) 97 Wade Wagenblast
3) 27 Jason Wilkinson
4) 21k Brent Kassik
5) 35s Shane Slezak
6) 15x Shane Schneider
7) 57jr Micah Veleba
8) 72 Jeff Timmermans
9) 12s Todd Slama
10) 67 Darin Verba
11) 61b Brandon Wergin
12) 53 Tyler Easterday
13) 2 Jerod Timmermans

Two Person Cruisers A Main
1) 69J Vic Jacobitz
/ Josh Jacobitz
2) 21 Dustin Nunnenkamp
/ Austin Carlson
3) 22 John Verba
/ Steve Verba
4) 77 Ken Barry
/ Drew Barry
5) 68 Stacey Orlando
/ Brent Hager
6) 11 Bill Lewis
/ Jim Lewis
7) 42b Greg Ekeler
/ John Miller
8) 01 Teri Aspegren
/ Steph Aspegren
9) 99 John Miller
/Bill Slezak
10) 21g Chris Graczyk
/ Josh Graczyk
11) e2 Lee Hanthorn
/ Missy Nichols
12) 8 J Edward Epp
/ Aaron Epp

Holiday Inn 4 Cylinder Front Wheel Drive A Main
1) 61 Charles"Chuck" Wergin
2) 10t Troy Hofmann
3) 2 Lance Hiebner
4) 3k Alex Koehler
5) 44 Caleb Hetrick
6) 99 Ryan Pedersen
7) 7 Ira Baker Jr
8) 50 Andy Sole
9) 26 Michael Wiese
10) 6j Jeremy Foos