Eagle 5/19: Krutz, Alcorn, Keaton and Prall Win McDonald's Jr. Fan Club Night

From Eagle Raceway:

A large crowd turned out for McDonalds Junior Fan Club night at
America's Home Track, Eagle Raceway tonight. They were treated to a
great night of racing as 145 cars passed through the pit gates.

After all was said and done, there were a total of 16 heats; with 6 in
the Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds. Those were followed by 3 heats
of Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and 3 heats of Stereo West Auto Tuners
IMCA Sport Compacts. Last for heats were 4 sets of Budweiser
Championship 360 Sprints.

As a tribute to the diligent efforts of Eagle's track prep crew, most of
the heats were run with times only ½ second off of the respective track
records. Despite the tacky track there was only one incident of note in
the heat races when second generation driver Ryan Kitchen rolled his
sprint in between turns three and four. Ryan suffered no ill effects and
managed to get his racer repaired in time to come out for the B Feature.

There was also one mishap in the Budweiser 360 Sprint B Feature when 2
more young drivers, following in their father's footsteps tangled on the
backstretch. Jordan Boston and Trevor Grossenbacher got together coming
out of turn 2 and Grossenbacher struck the backstretch wall and rolled
over. Again, the only damage was to the cars.

The sprint B Main was captured by the 32 of Chris Roseland, followed by
the 96KX of Adam Gullion, the 8B of Bobby Becker and Terry Holliman in
the 23.

Kyle Vanover came in first in the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock B
Feature, with the 20 of Chad Borgman finishing second, the S53 of Scott
Robinson third and Travis Runcie's 33 in fourth.

The first Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modified B Main event saw Josh
Carpenter's 3X come home the victor over Bob Ruisinger's 7 and the 75J
of Jesse Robinson. The second B Main ended with defending track champion
Chris Alcorn in the front, the 4JR of David Jewett Jr second and Brent
Schlake's Z34 finishing third. Bob Zoubek brought the 5S home for the
win in the third and final Modified B with the 24 of Dan Bohlmeyer
second and Ed "Doc" Raines in third in his 11AA.

Dan Rhiley won the Stereo West Auto Toys IMCA Sport Compact B Feature,
followed by Rich White in the 0, Jack Prall III in his 44, Jake Brinson
in the 3X and the 26 of Derrick Dreamer.

The Sport Compact A Feature saw the 4 of Jeff Creek take the early lead,
followed by the 33 of Jeremy Noonan and Joey Danley in the 14. Midway
through the race Mike Rice rolled his number 24 racer in turn 4. After
it was righted, Rice drove it back to the pits. Jeff Creek, Danley and
the 45 of Jack Prall IV traded positions back and forth as the 18 of
Maynard Kinnersly moved into 4 and the 62 of Justin Busboom took over
5th. With only 6 laps left, Jeff Creek spun. Prall IV took over the
point with Danley moving to second and Kinnersley to third.

With 3 laps left, Jeremy Noonan had his right rear tire buckle under,
causing him to flip through turns 1 and 2. From there the race went
green, white, checkered with Prall IV winning, with Busboom edging
Kinnersley for second place in a near photo finish.

The Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stock Feature event saw Dan Noonan's #12 take
the point early on, followed by the 10 of Brad Schreiner, the 3K of
Jerry Keaton and the 28B of Rick Bradley. Keaton moved into first place
with just 8 laps left, followed by Noonan, Bradley and the M70 of Rick
Munson. Keaton managed to maintain his lead as the race was shortened
due to time limitations.

"I've been racing Hobby Stocks for 4 years now, 2 in Bakersfield,
California and the last 2 years here. After all that time, I managed to
finally win my first Feature race. It's been a real struggle all 4
years, but this makes it all worth it" Keaton said. "The track was nice
and tacky tonight, just the way I like it. I started in 6th, but just
kept moving forward" he added. "I want to thank all my sponsors,
including Ron & Sons Automotive, Jack's Machine Shop in Hooper where I
work, Impressive Signs and the Sodbuster Saloon" Jerry said. Keaton also
thanked his pit crew; Lee Kracht and Carla Keaton his wife. "It's about
time I finally got a win, it's a great feeling. It's lots and lots of
work to get out here every week" he stated.

"Last of all I want to really, really thank Roger for all his help. This
is a great track, and I want to thank him for all he does for racing and
the racers" Keaton said.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modified Feature began with Brian
Schmidt's 22 in front, with Jeff Spring's 1X in second, Sean Burkland's
B9 in third and the 1R of Matt Richards in fourth. By the 2nd lap,
Burkland had moved past Spring. Burkland then moved around Schmidt for
the lead with 13 laps left, followed by the #3 of Chris Alcorn. Alcorn
then passed Burkland in heavy traffic with just 6 laps left. A caution
came out, causing officials to shorten the race.

After a green/white/checkered finish, Alcorn held off Burkland with the
27 of Clint Homan ending up third followed by Schmidt in fourth.

"We started outside the 7th row after coming from the B Feature. Even
though the track was tacky and fast, I'd rather see it the way it was
last week. When you have a dry-slick track, everyone has to slow down
and think. If it's tacky, the inexperienced drivers don't take their
time, so they have no time to think" Alcorn said. This is Chris' second
year back at Eagle Raceway, after having run here a number of years in
the 1990's under both the Beecham's and Craig Cormack. Chris stated "I
hope you can interview me again this year, so I have a chance to work on
what I have to say". Chris' sponsors include Doctor John's, Heavy
Company, Spanel Engines, L & L Motorsports, The Alley Bar, ATH
Motorsports and Independent Equipment. "I want to thank my crew also.
They're Jeff, Jim, Phil, Lonnie and Sarah" he added.

Frank Galusha took the early lead of the Budweiser Championship 360
Sprint A Feature from the pole position in the 24B, with Jay Jordan's
19J and Mark Pace's 31 in close pursuit. His lead was short-lived,
however when his sprinter slowed in turns 1 and 2 of the second lap.
This moved Jordan into the lead, which he held until 4 laps down as he
spun in turns 3 and 4. That put Pace's 31 in the lead, followed by Jay
Russell in the 76, Tadd Holliman's 23R in third, Brad Krutz in the 91
fourth and defending track champion Mike Boston's 15 in fifth.

Just 3 laps later, Russell and Krutz moved up into first and second. 1
more lap saw Boston in third. The next few laps saw Boston and the #3 of
Jeff Griffis battling tooth and nail for position. With 11 laps left,
Krutz moved into second place behind Russell with Griffis in fourth
behind Boston. 2 laps later, Boston jumped the berm in turn 1, allowing
Griffis to pass him. With just 6 laps left Russell's right rear tire
began losing air, causing him to drop back. This put Krutz in first and
allowed Griffis to take over second place on the last lap. Krutz
maintained his lead to the finish with Griffis second, Russell third and
Boston coming home fourth.

Asked about his victory, Krutz said "This is actually my second A
Feature win. I had one a couple of years ago in Gary Swenson's 24B.
After that year, I sat out a season and ½ when we had our daughter. I
only ran about 6 or 7 times last year with an old car of Brent Morris'."
"The track was a little too moist for my liking tonight, and a little
rough in spots. I figured I had to just 'cowboy up' and find the line
that the car liked" he added. "I want to thank my car owner Brent Morris
for giving me this new car this year. I really don't have any sponsors,
other than Brent; but Cori Eckley helps out an awful lot," he stated. "I
really had fun tonight. Racing with Mike and Jeff definitely makes you
sit up in the seat" he said.

Don't forget to come out next week for Eagle Raceway's first "Fan
Appreciation Night", with General Admission tickets just $5. There will
also be a stunt airplane show, featuring Bobby Cox.

Thanks for supporting Eagle Raceway…America's Home Track!

Saturday, May 19th Race Results:

Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints-
A Feature-
1) 91 Brad Krutz
2) 3 Jeff Griffis
3) 76 Jay Russell
4) 51 Mike Boston
5) 31 Mark Pace
6) 84 Toby Chapman
7) 14g Gene Ackland
8) 23r Tadd Holliman
9) 96kx Adam Gullion
10) 45 Jeff Lowery
11) 2x Rodney Droud
12) 32 Chris Roseland
13) 8b Bobbie Becker
14) 28 Ken Klabunde
15) 19j Jay Jordan
16) 23 Terry Holliman
17) 77 John Klabunde
18) 71 Tige Jensen
19) 24b Frank Galusha
20) 6 Nick Bryan

B Feature-
1) 17 Gage Dorr
2) 7x Kevin Danley
3) 4 Mike Chadd
4) 44 Doug Lovegrove
5) 35 Trevor Grossenbaucher
6) 2 Jordan Boston
7) 71r Lonnie Jensen
8) 17b Jason Becker
9) 21 Ryan Kitchen
10) 3g Bill Garrow (DNS B)

Monster IMCA Modifieds-
A Feature-
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) b9 Sean Burklund
3) 27 Clint Homan
4) 22 Brian Schmidt
5) 94 Dan Nelson
6) 1r Matt Richards
7) 3x Don Brinson
8) 4jr David Jewett Jr
9) 44 Tom Lenz
10) 75j Jesse Robinson
11) 1x Jeff Spring
12) 11x Steve Devitt
13) 24 Dan Bohlmeyer
14) 8c Chad Andersen
15) 7 Bob Ruisinger
16) 2m Mike Meyer
17) s56 Scott Bivens
18) 5s Bob Zoubek
19) 34
20) 11aa Ed Raines
21) 76 Lance Borgman

B Feature #1-
1) 52 Sean Manning
2) 00 Tim Pickens
3) 95r Lucas Robinson
4) 57 Brian Cudley
5) 29 Jeff Mazza
6) 28n Dan Neeman
7) 8a Dusty Andersen
8) 95 Dylan Smith
9) 21t Tracy Harr
10) 19j Jeff Jones
11) 27m Brian Murphy
12) 1m Robert Brinkman

B Feature #2-
1) 3a Aaron Pella
2) 81 Melvin Densberger
3) z62 Dan McKeighan
4) v45 Rik Gropp
5) 4d Pat Donovan
6) 42k Jan Korth
7) 33x Mike Sherwood
8) 1z Norm Ziegenbein
9) 2ez Mark Kaspar (DNS B)
10) 24x Darren Hosick (DNS B)
11) 47x (DNS Heat or B)

B Feature #3-
1) 30 Jordan Grabouski
2) 13 Doug Deterding
3) 10k Don McCown
4) 19 Scott Anderson
5) 3t Tom Spanel
6) 5st Dan Wayman
7) 73 James Oaks
8) 48b Don Chilen
9) 12x George Haney
10) 47xx
11) 8 Larry Goertz (DNS B)
12) 93L Jason Brinkman (DNS B)

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks-
A Feature-
1) 3k Jerry Keaton
2) 12 Dan Noonan
3) 28b Rick Bradley
4) 20 Chad Borgman
5) 92 Don Hall Jr
6) m70 Rick Munson
7) 1r RJ Macku
8) 34 Max Harder
9) 86 Justin Wulf
10) 121 Robert Tippery
11) 10k Lee Kracht
12) 19 Kyle Vanover
13) 11x Richard Small
14) 4j Jamie Bruce
15) s53 Scott Robinson
16) 33 Travis Runcie
17) 38c Casey Moyer
18) 98 Daniel Jackson
19) 11c Eric Chab
20) 42 Rob Brown

B Feature-
1) 52v Kevin VanLaningham
2) 4 Troy Mencke
3) 38 Josh Houseman
4) 14 Ron Novak
5) 21h Shane Hiatt
6) 94 Mike Hansen
7) 21k Brandon Kresha
8) 22 Nick Beckman
9) 32 Trevor Kropp (DNS B)
10) 9 Rex Schreiner (DNS B)
11) 53 Don Kros (DNS B)
12) 21 Derick Noonan (DNS B)

Stereo West Auto Toy's IMCA Sport Compacts-
A Feature-
1) 45 Jack Prall IV
2) 62 Justin Busboom
3) 18 Maynard Kinnersley
4) 10 Kenny Danley
5) 2 Dan Rhiley
6) 28 Rich Meyers III
7) 0 Rich white
8) 2k Kyle Schamp
9) 26 Derick Dreamer
10) 00 Barry Kinnersley
11) 3n Neil Pella
12) 21 Jake Sells
13) 44 Jack Prall III
14) 3x Jake Brinson
15) 14 Joey Danley
16) 4 Jeff Creek
17) 33 Jeremy Noonan
18) 99 Jason Tadlock
19) 99t Tony Rost
20) 24 Mike Rice

B Feature-
1) 63 Mike Simpson
2) 13j Jared Deterding
3) 17 Scott Parde
4) b32 Brian Haller
5) 3 Harry White
6) 59 Jessica Tadlock
7) 51 Amanda Rhiley
8) 2m David White