Preble Wins Feature At I-80 Speedway, But Carl Edwards Steals The Show

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 05/20/07) On a night where NASCAR Nextel Cup Star Carl
Edwards entertained the crowd at I-80 Speedway during intermission; Craig
Preble, Todd Hipnar, Jeff Joldersma, and Tom Myers all visited victory lane
as week two of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action was concluded.
Edwards was on hand to watch his younger brother Kenny Edwards race in the
Dodge Super Late Model division, and lent his pit reporting skills at
intermission.

The 25 lap Dodge Super Late Model "A" main event saw the #22 of Craig Preble
jump to an early lead. The race would be slowed on lap 2 when Don Droud and
Vance Tonack tangled in turn three. Preble would keep the top spot for
another five laps until the second yellow of the race flew for Tonack who
made contact with the turn three wall. When the race restarted it was still
Preble, but the #6 of Al Humphrey would challenge Mike Wallace for second.
Wallace would keep Humphrey in his tire tracks, as #53 Joe Kosiski pressured
the #1H of Chad Humston for fourth. As the race was nearing the end, the
yellow would once again fly, as last weeks winner Jay Stewart slowed on the
front stretch. A green-white-checker finish was on hand. On the restart
Humphrey would try for second, but could not make the pass. Craig Preble
would go on to win the event, followed by Wallace, Humphrey, Kosiski, and
Humston.

Tony Leonardo would grab the early race lead in the 20 lap City Weekly "A"
feature. Lap five, the #T3 of Gary Leapley would become race leader, but he
would soon loose it on the following lap to Todd Hipnar. Hipnar would keep
up front for the next seven laps, but Leonardo would loose control of his
#96 and bring out the yellow with seven to go. On the restart was Hipnar
pulling away from the field followed by Ron Tilley who started 19th. Heavy
action was from 3rd on back, where after the restart Andrew Kosiski would
race from 5th to 3rd. Just as soon as Kosiski took the spot, the #55 of Mike
Merrill would make contact with Kosiski, the field would stack up, but all
drivers would keep going. As the checker flew it was Hipnar taking the win.
Tilley was second followed by Merrill, Kosiski, Dave Cook, and Ron Tex Jr.
Speedway Officials would send Merrill back four spots for over aggressive
driving, giving him a seventh place finish.

The Certified Transmission Pro Ams would see Rising Star Denny Berghahn Jr.
take the early lead. A third of the way through the 18 lap race, the #66 of
Jeff Joldersma would pressure Berghahn for the lead, but hope for the pass
would diminish after Joldersma slid high in turn three and four. After a
caution on lap eight, Joldersma would take the lead from Berghahn at the
halfway point. Denny Jr. did not give up, he would follow Joldersma until
the final lap when he made a run on the bottom. Berghahn pulled even with
#66 coming off or turn four, but it was Joldersma who went across the finish
line first by a car length. Joe Feyen finished third, Terry Cleveland
finished fourth, and Rick Negrete finished fifth.

Tom Myers took the lead on lap two and went on to win the 15 lap Hobby Stock
"A" main. Chad Bassinger would finish a close second, followed by Jesse
Sobbing, Josh True, and Jesse McNeal. Since Myers won the race, this weeks
Tom n Tiffs Family Restaurant bonus rolls over to next week, making the
winners purse over $200.

During intermission NASCAR Nextel Cup Star Carl Edwards would make his way
up to the front of the grandstand area. As the racing action came to a halt,
Carl would use his commentary skills announcing the big wheel race between
pit reporter Mark Wyman and two lucky young fans.

Saturday May 26th, opening night of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
Saturday night program at I-80 Speedway gets under way with Crate Late
Models, Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks, Midas B Mods, Stereo West
Auto Toys Hornets, Midwest Linings 305 Sprints and Novice Crates. On Sunday
the 27th, Your Local Area Dodge Dealers presents the sixth annual Alphabet
Soup Race featuring the cars and stars of the MLRA, NCRA, MARS, and CLMA.
Discount coupons for the Alphabet Soup Race are available at area Dodge
Dealerships. Monday ends the Memorial Day weekend at I-80 with the Smash Out
Of School Monster Truck program. Check out the I-80 Speedway website at
www.neracewaypark.com for more information.

I-80 Speedway is located off I-80 at exit 420 between Omaha and Lincoln and
is part of the Nebraska Raceway Park complex, which also includes the Little
Sunset Speedway go-kart track and Soaring Edge Motocross Park. I-80 Speedway
is home to the NASCAR Whelen All American Series (NWAAS) on Saturday and
Sunday nights; the ONLY track in the United States to hold two nights of
NASCAR-sanctioned weekly racing. The Speedway hosts events from April
through September. For track information contact the Omaha general office
during normal business hours Monday thru Friday, 9am-5pm at 402-342-3453 or
the track phone on race days at 402-944-2233. Check out the official I-80
Speedway website at www.neracewaypark.com.

Dodge Super Late Models

"A" Feature: 1) 22 Craig Preble, 2) 1w Mike Wallace, 3) 6 Al Humphrey, 4) 53
Joe Kosiski, 5) 1h Chad Humston, 6) 77 John Nicholson, 7) 26jr Corey
Zeitner, 8) 1m Todd Bell, 9) 89 Jerry Warner, 10) 80 Scott Koskovich, 11) 44
Troy Daly, 12) 28 Billy Leighton Jr., 13) 5 Jeremy Houck, 14) 1 Jason
Hobscheidt, 15) 17 Dave Livingston, 16) 62 Leon Zeitner, 17) 76 Al Zeitner,
18) 3c Mike Collins, 19) 25 Kenny Edwards, 20) 00 Clint Benson, 21) 58 Keith
Mander Jr., 22) 10 Jay Stewart, 23) 92 Josh Most, 24) 1t Vance Tonack, 25)
z62 Justin Zeitner, 26) 11 Don Droud.

Heat 1: 1) 44 Troy Daly, 2) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 3) 89 Jerry Warner, 4) 1t
Vance Tonack, 5) 28 Billy Leighton Jr.

Heat 2: 1) 1h Chad Humston, 2) 53 Joe Kosiski, 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) 11
Don Droud, 5) 77 John Nicholson.

Heat 3: 1) 6 Al Humphrey, 2) 22 Craig Preble, 3) 1w Mike Wallace, 4) 76 Al
Zeitner, 5) 1m Todd Bell.

City Weekly Grand Nationals

"A" Feature: 1) 12 Todd Hipnar, 2) 56 Ron Tilley, 3) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 4) 9
Dave Cook, 5) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 6) 40 Shawn Harker, 7) 55 Mike Merrill, 8) 96c
Cory Hutchinson, 9) 51 Matt Boler, 10) 22m Trevor Millikan, 11) 2 Dwayne
Pospisil, 12) J1 Harley Moen, 13) 29 Lenny Pospisil, 14) 35 Kortney Kosiski,
15) 92 Jacob Brown, 16) 5 Mike Svagera, 17) 15x Scott Krause-Mahan, 18) 18
Lani Schartz, 19) 50 Brad Soll, 20) 20 Lindsey Yost, 21) T3 Gary Leapley,
22) 96 Tony Leonardo, 23) 97d Dave Doll, 24) 55d Curt Drake.

Heat 1: 1) 97d Dave Doll, 2) 96c Cory Hutchinson, 3) 40 Shawn Harker, 4) 55d
Curt Drake, 5) 55 Mike Merrill.

Heat 2: 1) t3 Gary Leapley, 2) 12 Todd Hipner, 3) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 4) 22m
Trevor Millikan, 5) 2x Andrew Kosiski.

Heat 3: 1) 9 Dave Cook, 2) j1 Harley Moen, 3) 92 Jacob Brown, 4) 50 Brad
Soll, 5) 2 Dwayne Pospisil.

Certified Transmission Pro Ams

"A" Feature: 1) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 2) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 3) 25x Joe
Feyen, 4) 12 Terry Cleveland, 5) 72 Rick Negrete, 6) 84 Doug Stevenson, 7) 8
Nick Steier, 8) t72 Thad Thomson, 9) 3t Tim Podraza, 10) 64 Nick Hermsen,
11) 9x John Allensworth, 12) 49x Chad Sanders, 13) 6x Denny Berghahn, 14)
55d Nick Deal, 15) 24 Don Mohr, 16) 36 Shawn Bulin, 17) 7 Jim Kruse, 18) 1j
Jason Edwards, 19) 51 Chris Collins, 20) 55 Ray Dessel, 21) 52 Shane Bales,
22) 4u Randy Preul, 23) 35 Rich Steier.

Heat 1: 1) 52 Shane Bales, 2) 36 Shawn Bulin, 3) 64 Nick Hermsen, 4) 72 Rick
Negrete, 5) 55d Nick Deal.

Heat 2: 1) 25x Joe Feyen, 2) 3t Tim Podraza, 3) 24 Don Mohr, 4) 12 Terry
Cleveland, 5) 84 Doug Stevenson.

Heat 3: 1) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 2) 66 Jeff Joldersma, 3) 6x Denny Berghahn,
4) 9x John Allensworth, 5) 35 Rich Steier.

Hobby Stocks Presented By Tom n Tiffs Family Restaraunt

"A" Feature: 1) 7 Tom Myers, 2) 4x Chad Bassinger, 3) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 4)
2t Josh True, 5) 13 Jesse McNeal, 6) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 7) m70 Rick Munson,
8) 40 Mike Mass, 9) 6 Jimmy Nichols, 10) 12 George Whitmore, 11) 52 Roger
Timperley, 12) 10 Josh Sink, 13) 71 Chuck Peuman, 14) 77 Ben Heyne, 15) 20
Jeremy Auten, 16) 10g Jeremy Garrison.

Heat 1: 1) 7 Tom Myers, 2) 4w Joe Wollenhaupt, 3) 10 Josh Sink, 4) 4x Chad
Bassinger, 5) 71 Chuck Peuman.

Heat 2: 1) 13 Jesse McNeal, 2) 2t Josh True, 3) 99 Jesse Sobbing, 4) 20
Jeremy Auten, 5) 40 Mike Mass.