Soll And Tex's Photo Finish Ends Exciting Night At I-80 Speedway

By Joey Sparano

(GREENWOOD NEB., 07/14/07) With over 100 cars entered in the pit area,
the racing was as hot on the track as it was off. With the Great Clips
Crate Late Model feature coming down to a photo finish; Nick Deal, Scott
Carlson, Justin Soule, Steve Saunders, and Alex Fink all visited victory
lane as Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment presented the NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series.

The 25 lap Great Clips Crate Late Model "A" feature event seen the #50
of Brad Soll jump out to an early lead from his inside row one starting
position. With Soll out front by a large margin, the fourth place
starter Mike Svagera pulled into second. Svagera would chase down Soll
and challenge him for the lead when the yellow would fly for the first
time on lap 8 for points leader Jason Hobscheidt. With Hobscheidt in
the pit area with rear suspension failure, it was Soll taking the green
flag to restart the race. As the leader hit the back chute, trouble
struck for the #40 of Shawn Harker. Harker's car would climb the wall
and do a flip in the air. Luckily the car would land on all four wheels
and Harker was able to climb out uninjured. After the race got
restarted, the race would be halted another three times before the final
yellow on lap 15. Then it was on! By this point in the race the #8x of
Ron Tex Jr. had worked his way into the top five from his 15th place
starting position. With a half dozen laps remaining, Tex drove into
second and challenged Soll for the lead. Tex would have the advantage
through turns one and two, but Soll would make up the ground in turns
three and four. The two would cross the finish line side by side with
Soll holding the advantage by feet every lap. As the white flag was
displayed, Tex would lead his first lap of the race. The green and white
#8x would hold the lead going down the back straightaway and into turn
three. When it appeared that Tex had the race won, Soll would have other
plans. Soll's #50 would hook up on the outside groove and pull even with
Tex's machine. The two would then bump, and at the line it was Brad Soll
taking the win by a photo finish. Tex would settle for second. Dave
Livingston, Ron Tilley, and Todd Morgan rounded out the top five.

Nick Deal would take the early lead in the 18 lap Ty's Outdoor Power
Equipment Pro Stock "A" feature. Deal would stay out front as a host a
of yellows plagued the race. With veteran Scotty Hartman on his tail,
Deal would keep his orange #55 to the top of the speedway. Then as the
checkered flag fell, it was the youngster Deal taking win; his second of
the season. Hartman would finish second. Chad Sanders came home third in
his #49x machine. Shawn Bulin and Tim Podraza finished fourth and fifth.

The 15 lap Midas B-Mod "A" main event would see three caution flags
before one lap would be complete. Once one lap got knocked off the
board, the race became the Scott Carlson show. Carlson would drive from
the 12th starting position to the lead in less than a hand full of laps.
Jared Hoefelman would use a series of yellow flags to work his way to
the second position. As the white flag flew, Carlson would have a
comfortable advantage over Hoefelman's #15h. Then as Carlson was
completing the final lap, there would be a spin in turn four causing the
yellow flag to be displayed and setting up a green-white-checkered
finish. As the cars restarted Hoefelman would try to make a run on the
bottom side of the speedway, but Carlson was to much as he went on to
victory. Hoefelman, Jim Fritz, Jeremy Longmeyer, and Greg Tichy were the
remainder of the top five.

The Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets feature event would see an action
packed first couple of laps as the cars raced three and four wide
throughout the pack. The early favorite in the race were Steve
Mcconnell, Joe Baker, and Ole Olson. As halfway approached, Olson would
make contact with Baker going into turn three, Baker then would make
contact with Mcconnell causing his #33 to get sideways in front of the
field. Some how all three drivers kept their cars going in the right
direction! With the the banging taking place, Baker would take over the
top spot. As the white flag was being displayed, Baker would loose the
lead to Justin Soule who started tenth. Soule would lead the final two
laps on route to victory. Baker, Olson, Austin Kurtzer, and Mcconnell
rounded out the top five.

The Novice Crate feature race would see a strange ending as the yellow
flag was displayed just before the checkered flag came out. After the
cars drove onto the scales, the entire seven car field would be sent
back onto the track for a two lap shootout. Steven Saunders would lead
the final two laps to win the event. Rob Kosiski and Lindsey Yost
finished second and third. Amanda Leonardo and Scott Keffer finished
fourth and fifth.

The 8 lap Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornet feature seen Alex Fink
drive to victory from his front row starting spot. Sarah Preble, Kennin
Colestock, Darrin Hoegren, and Dan Rasmussen rounded out the top five.

I-80 Speeway Results From 7/14/07

Great Clips Crate Late Models:
1) 50 Brad Soll, 2) 8x Ron Tex Jr., 3) 17 Dave Livingston, 4) 56 Ron
Tilley, 5) 2d Todd Morgan, 6) 97d Dave Doll, 7) 51 Matt Buller, 8) 5
Mike Svagera, 9) 3z Justin Zeitner, 10) 2x Andrew Kosiski, 11) 7 Gary
Joens Jr., 12) 80 Kenny Edwards, 13) 17v Rick Vanderheiden, 14) 22 Kent
Schimenti, 15) 1 Jason Hobscheidt, 16) 2 Dwane Pospisil, 17) 4k Josh
Krug, 18) 35 Kortney Kosiski, 19) 3 Mike Collins, 20) 40 Shawn Harker,
21) 29 Lennie Pospisil, 22) 38 Ray Baughn.

Ty's Outdoor Power Equipment Pro Stocks:
1) 55d Nick Deal, 2) 88 Scotty Hartman, 3) 49x Chad Sanders, 4) 36 Shawn
Bulin, 5) 3t Tim Podraza, 6) 24 Don Mohr, 7) 12 Terry Cleveland, 8) 2
Steve Peoples, 9) 52 Shane Bales, 10) 16j Jason Cieslik, 11) 49 Jeff
Atkins, 12) 20 Michael Gillespie, 13) 6x Denny Berghahn Sr., 14) 72 Rick
Negrete, 15) 74 Alan Schmitt, 16) 28 Mike Powell, 17) 9 Chris Wredt, 18)
25x Joe Feyen, 19) 6 Denny Berghahn Jr., 20) 84 Doug Stevenson, 21) 48
Larry Robinson Jr., 22) 92 Tony Barnes.

Midas B-Mods
1) 1s Scott Carlson, 2) 15h Jared Hoefelman, 3) 21 Jim Fritz, 4) 56
Jeremy Longmeyer, 5) 48o Greg Tichy, 6) 08 Roger Harpster, 7) 6 Bill
Bader Jr., 8) 1 Dave Lefleur, 9) 83 Nick Hermsen, 10) 33 Jim Hendricks
Jr., 11) 96c Kyle Chalek, 12) 5 Harry Nixon, 13) 53 Larry Robinson Sr.,
14) 52x Ethan Christiansen, 15) 5c Jim Bicking, 16) 12 Buddy Ray Jones,
17) 48 Kyle Harpster, 18) 9 Hank Dewild, 19) z00 Lacey Tuttle.

Stereo West Auto Toys Pro Hornets:
1) 16j Justin Soule, 2) 9x Joe Baker, 3) 23 Ole Olson, 4) 57 Austin
Kurtzer, 5) 33 Steve Mcconnell, 6) 9k Mike Kline, 7) 15 Jamie Spanel, 8)
15x Cory Powers, 9) 13 Pete Fink Jr., 10) 55 Mark Lamar, 11) 85 Mike
Kennedy, 12) 81 Steve England, 13) 28 Cory Askeland, 14) 89 Andrew Cuva,
15) 23s Joshua Schlotfeld, 16) 38 Will Mcconnell, 17) 87 Teresa Allen,
18) 74c Dave Christensen, 19) 34w Ward Neesen, 20) b22 Nathan Brown, 21)
b52 Skip Brown.

Novice Crate:
1) 44 Steve Saunders, 2) 52 Rob Kosiski, 3) 20 Lindsey Yost, 4) 96jr
Amanda Leonardo, 5) 10k Scott Keffer, 6) 56x Ryan Gladwin, 7) 3 Mollee
Collins.

Stereo West Auto Toys Novice Hornets:
1) 2 Alex Fink, 2) 97s Sarah Preble, 3) 7 Kennin Colestock, 4) 19 Darrin
Hoegren, 5) b52 Dan Rasmussen, 6) 61j Russell Johnson, 7) 35 Steve
Logan, 8) 55 Lynn Carlson, 9) 6t Tim Berghahn, 10) 40 Luke Topp, 11) 1
Matt Slominsky, 12) 3 Shevi Collins.