Cooney, Dover, Busboom win Eagle Icebreaker Opening night

From Eagle Raceway.com:

Mother Nature may have gotten the first word at the first day of the
Icebreaker Challenge, thanks to warm temperatures and a strong unforgiving
south wind; but the racers and fans definitely had the last say as the track
became racier as the event unfolded. Although the 12 heat races were dusty,
by the time the feature races were run, the fastest times of the night were
being run.

The IMCA Sport Compacts A Main was run first. Scott Lee took the early lead
in his #7 with Jake Sells' 21 in second place and Dan Rhiley in third in the
#2. It took Rhiley only 3 laps to pass Sells for second, but just 4 laps
later Rhiley and Lee's 7 made contact which eventually resulted in both cars
leaving the race. That put Sells in first, followed by Justin Busboom in the
#62 and the #26 of Derek Dreamer. Just 2 laps later Busboom took over the
point and held it to the finish line.

Although this is only Justin's 3rd year racing a Sport Compact, he has
already claimed the last two Icebreaker Challenges. "I need to thank my
father, who is my only help with the racecar" Justin said. "I really only
started this to have fun, and thanks to Roger Hadan and the fans, I have
that chance". Justin's sponsors are All Care, Reddick Plumbing and JCM
Electric.

The Budweiser Championship 360 Sprint cars were up next. On the second
attempt at a start the 9N car spun in turn 1, which resulted in the 32 of
Chris Roseland spinning also. Unfortunately Trevor Grossenbacher was left
with nowhere to go and ended up rolling his #35. Fortunately noone was hurt.
On the ensuing restart, two-time defending track champion Mike Boston
snagged the lead in his #51 with the 18 of Ryan Roberts and the 82 of Jason
Danley close behind. Roberts wasted no time moving around Boston as he took
over first place on the second lap with Danley also passing Boston on the
next lap. 2 laps later Jack Dover moved past Boston to snare 3rd. Two more
laps were in the books when a steering component broke on Roberts' sprinter,
causing him to spin and collect Danley. At that time, the running order was
Dover, the #1 of Eric Lutz, the 4 of Mike Chadd and the 51 of Boston. On the
restart Boston slowed in turn 1, moving the 23W of Winters into fourth
position. The next lap Chadd got around Lutz for second, only to be repassed
2 laps later. Chadd and Lutz continued to battle, exchanging positions
several times. On the 14th circuit Don Dround Jr. got around Chadd to take
over third spot. A few laps later Lutz bobbled in turn 4, allowing Droud Jr.
to garner second place. All the while, Dover continued unchallenged for the
win.

"I had a lot of confidence on the drive here, just a really good feeling
about tonight" Dover stated. "Even though we fought the track all night,
guessing on set-ups, we got lucky on the one for the feature and hit it
perfectly" he continued. "I love Eagle Raceway, and wish we could run here
more often. But, we've decided to not run any one track this year. We're
going to just travel quite a bit, giving me time on lots of new tracks. And
that's what I need to improve. We've already been to 7 different tracks this
year in fact" he finished. Dover's sponsors include ATV Motorsports, Keizer,
Trail Performance, Eagle, 3D Auto Transport, Langfeldt, Eckley Racing
Engines, Chad Nolte Repair, Thorpe's Auto Body, Speedway, Clifford Cycles,
Butlerbuilt, Oliver Racing Parts, Jesel Valvetrain Innovations, Crow Safety
Gear and Springborg.

The final A Feature of the evening saw the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series
Late Models on Eagle's high banks. Mike Garland held first place in his G1,
followed by the #42 car and the #30 of Todd Cooney. Action was fast and
furious throughout the field, with 3-wide racing all over the track. On the
third lap #42 moved his car into first, and the next lap Andy Nezworski
moved his #7 into third. 2 laps later the 23R car also passed Cooney to grab
third. On lap 10, the 23R moved into second only to be overtaken by both the
7 and the 30. It took Cooney only 6 more laps to move into first, a position
he held to the end of the race. That did not mean that the racing was over,
because the 23R and the #14 of Dan McLaughlin fought to the bitter end, with
McLaughlin finally crossing the finish line in second place behind Cooney.

"I couldn't believe how well the track came in. By feature time, you could
run anywhere; high, low or through the middle. It just took patience, and I
lost mine in the beginning. I ended up hitting the wall because I tried to
go where I shouldn't have, and really I should have lost the race. But, I
backed off, settled down and just kept moving up."