Humphrey Continues Crate Late Model Dominance At I-80 Speedway

By: Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 06/23/07) As the checkered flag flew to end the nights
racing, it was Al Humphrey who would take the victory in the Great Clips
Late Models making it two wins in a row and three on the season. Marty
Steinbach, Scott Carlson, Nick Clifford, Steve McConnell, Ryan Gladwin, and
Darrin Hoegran would also visit victory lane as Great Clips presented the
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" main event saw the #56 of Ron
Tilley jump to an early lead from his outside front row starting position.
With Tilley out front, it was obvious to see the fastest car in the field
was the #55 of Al Humphrey. Humphrey would make his way into the top three
spots within the first hand full of laps. Humphrey would challenge Tilley
for the lead with the #55 hugging the bottom and Tilley's #56 sticking to
the top. Humphrey would take the top spot around the halfway mark, with
Tilley close behind. Tilley would make a charge at Humphrey with five laps
to go, but Humphrey was able to hold him off on his way to victory. ARCA
driver Josh Krug would finish third in his first start of the year at I-80.
Jeff Tilley came home fourth in his first start as well, while Dave Doll
finished fifth.

Marty Steinbach would come from the 12th starting position to win the 18 lap
Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stock feature event. Joe Feyen would
challenge Steinbach in the remaining few laps, but it was Steinbach who had
the preferred groove on his way to victory. Following Feyen was Doug
Stevenson, Shawn Bulin, and Chad Sanders.

Scott Carlson would take the victory in the 15 lap Midas B-Mod feature
event. Carlson would start his #1s in the 10th starting position and work
his way up to fifth in the first five laps. After a lap six restart, Carlson
would make the move of the race driving from fifth to second in one
straightaway. Carlson would then pass Lacey Tuttle for the lead on route to
victory. Mark Mcneal drove his #17h to second, followed by Roger Harpster,
Tuttle, and Larry Robinson Sr.

Nick Clifford would lead the first 10 laps of the 12 lap Midwest Linings 305
Sprint Car "A" feature. Clifford would be passed by the #9t of Mike
Masonbrink with two laps to go, and Masonbrink would take the win. As the
#9t crossed the scales it weighed light, giving the win to Clifford. Dan
Satriano, Steve Hurst and Michael Oliver rounded out the field.

The 12 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornet feature event saw the most
exciting finish of the night. Steve McConnell would start outside front row
and take the lead early on in the event. Pete Fink Jr. would start third and
challenge McConnell on the inside. Fink and McConnell would battle side by
side until entering turn three on the final lap. Fink would drive deep into
the corner pushing high into McConnell's line. Steve's #33 M&M car would use
the cross over move to get under Fink's #13. Coming off turn four the two
leaders would split a lap car and all three would make contact. McConnell's
car would turn straight for the wall, but he would gather it up and take the
checkers first. Justin Soule would sneak by Fink at the line for second. Joe
Baker and Cory Askeland rounded out the field.

Ryan Gladwin would take the victory in the Novice Crate Late Model "A"
feature event. Lindsey Yost would put it all out on the line for the win on
the last corner, just to come home second. Amanda Leonardo finished third,
followed by Rob Kosiski and Scott Keffer.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets would see Darrin Hoegren take
the lead on the final lap on his way to victory. Russell Johnson would come
home second, followed by Brett Smith, Alex Fink, and Sarah Preble.

Results From 6/23/07 (Top 10)

Great Clips Crate Late Models:

1) 55 Al Humphrey, 2) 56 Ron Tilley, 3) 4k Josh Krug, 4) 56x Jeff Tilley, 5)
97d Dave Doll, 6) 17 Dave Livingston, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 17v Rick
Vanderheiden, 9) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 10) 50 Brad Soll.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks

1) 5 Marty Steinbach, 2) 25x Joe Feyen, 3) 84 Doug Stevenson, 4) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 5) 49x Chad Sanders, 6) 72 Rick Negrete, 7) 24 Don Mohr, 8) 90 Andy
Miller, 9) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 10) 55d Nick Deal.

Midas B-Mods

1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 17h Mark Mcneal, 3) 08 Roger Harpster, 4) z00 Lacey
Tuttle, 5) 53 Larry Robinson Sr., 6) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 7) 48o Greg Tichy,
8) 12 Buddy Ray Jones, 9) 48 Kyle Harpster, 10) 9 Hank Dewild.

Midwest Linings 305 Sprint Cars

1) 99c Nick Clifford, 2) 95 Dan Satriano, 3) 45 Steve Hurst, 4) 96.1 Michael
Oliver, 5) 9t Mike Masonbrink(DQ).

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets

1) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 2) 16j Justin Soule, 3) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 4) 9x Joe
Baker, 5) 28 Cory Askeland, 6) 37 Nate Christensen, 7) 81 Steve England, 8)
38 Will Mcconnell, 9) 23 Ole Olsen, 10) b22 Nathan Brown.

Novice Crate:

1) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 2) 20 Lindsey Yost, 3) 96jr Amanda Leonardo, 4) 52 Rob
Kosiski, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 18 Laini Schwartz, 7) 44 Steve Saunders.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:

1) 19 Darrin Hoegran, 2) 61j Russel Johnson, 3) 50 Brett Smith, 4) 2 Alex
Fink, 5) 97s Sarah Preble, 6) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 7) 6t Tim Berghahn, 8) 60
Thomas Liechti, 9) 1 Rafeal Arsidio