Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this Friday

LINCOLN, Neb. (October 29, 2008) -- The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held this Friday night, October 3, at the Lincoln Firefighters Reception Hall at 241 Victory Lane in Lincoln, NE. The event will honor Nebraskans with an outstanding history of involvement in auto racing.

The 2008 Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductees include Joe Fahnstock, Lincoln; Terry Fritsch, Omaha; Bob Nickolite, Lincoln; Joe Orth, Lincoln; John Wilkinson, Lincoln; Charlie Williams, Lincoln and Bill Wrich, Kennard.

Dick Berggren, Executive Editor of Speedway Illustrated will be the guest speaker for the event. Doors will open at 5:30, food will be served at 6:00 and the Induction Ceremony will begin at 7:00.

The purpose of the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame is to perpetuate the memory of these individuals who have brought lasting fame to the state of Nebraska through their efforts in auto racing.

Nominees to the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame must have been a resident of the state for at least two years and must be retired for at least four years from the discipline they are being honored for. Active participants in the sport will be considered if they are at least 55 years of age and have been with the sport for at least 30 years.

All candidates must have made positive contributions to the sport of auto racing on a local, regional and go on to some national prominence.

Anyone wishing to nominate a person to the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame can do so by submitting the person's name, with a list of their accomplishments in a short bio to: The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame, Inc., 5527 S. 20th St., Lincoln, NE 68512. You can also call 402-421-2266, or e-mail your nomination to jorth@narhof.com

The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame is located inside the Museum of American Speed at 340 Victory Lane on the Speedway Motors complex in Lincoln, Neb.

The Museum of American Speed hours: May through September, two-hour guided tours begin at 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. October through April, two-hour guided tours begin at 2 p.m. every Friday. Admission is $10 to tour the museum.

For more information about the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame please visit www.narhof.com

Women For Racing Pancake Feed

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at the Gage County Fairgrounds in the 4-H Building
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
All you can eat pancakes. Also serving Farmland sausage, scrambled eggs, orange juice & coffee.
$5 for adults; $3 for children 10 & under

Come support W.F.R. We are a non-profit group raising money for the drivers at Beatrice Speedway.

Kristie Sutton
Women For Racing, President

October Fest special this weekend at Beatrice Speedway

BEATRICE, Neb. (Sept. 30) – Four IMCA divisions headline on-track
action this weekend, at Beatrice Speedway’s October Fest special.

Features for the Modifieds are on both Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3
and 4 cards. Each race pays $1,500 to win and is a qualifying event
for the 2009 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.

Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks both
run for $400 to win Friday and Saturday. Sunday’s IMCA Sport Compact
feature will pay $150 to win.

An open practice session for all classes will be held from 6-9 p.m.
on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7
p.m. on Friday. Gates open at 3 p.m. on Saturday, with hot laps at
5:30 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m.

Gates open at noon on Sunday, hot laps are at 1:30 p.m. and racing
begins at 2:30 p.m.

More information about October Fest is available from promoter Toby
Kruse at 515 231-5444 or the track hotline at 402 228-2264.

I-80 Cornhusker Classic this weekend

Click on the image below for a larger pic

Dover, Swenson Team Up For South Dakota Nationals

 
By Team Dover Media
 
SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (September 17, 2008) -- Jack Dover will add his name to an
illustrious list of drivers this Friday night. Dover will climb aboard
veteran car owner Gary Swenson's 24A Sprint Car on September 19, for the
JSTS (Jackson Speedway Touring Series) South Dakota Nationals at Park
Jefferson Speedway in Jefferson, SD.
 
Dover has racked up fifteen feature victories so far this season including
four ASCS (American Sprint Car Series) Regions as well as an O'Reilly ASCoT
National triumph. In addition, Dover has one NCRA (National Championship
Racing Association and one WOW (Winged Outlaw Warriors) win in 2008.
 
Swenson's accomplishments as a car owner include the 1968 Knoxville
Nationals championship with Ray Lee Goodwin at the wheel. Swenson and
Goodwin also won the 1971 Knoxville Track championship and the IMCA Sprint
Car title in 1972. John Gerloff drove Swenson's car to a win at the Short
Track Nationals in Little Rock, AR., in 1994 and multiple track
championships at Eagle Raceway throughout the 1990's.
 
Gary Swenson has enjoyed a career as a car owner that has spanned nearly 50
years. Swenson was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in
October of 2005 and joined some of his former drivers and past inductees
Cliff Sealock, Lloyd Beckman, Joe Saldana, Don Maxwell, Doug Wolfgang and
Jan Opperman in the hall.
 
Park Jefferson Speedway is located just across the South Dakota/Iowa border
north of Sioux City, IA. Take I-29 north to exit 4, then .2 mile east to SR
105, then 1.8 miles north (east side of SR 105).
 
Jack and Team Dover Motorsports would like to thank their 2008 Sponsors: 3 D
Auto Transport Inc., RMS, Trail Performance Powder Coating, Thorpes Auto
Body, Eckley Racing Engines, Eagle Chassis, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, ATV
Motorsports, Speedway Motors, Speedway Graphics, Langfeldt Overhead Door,
Bell Racing, Butler Built Professional Seat Systems, Design 500 Racewear, FK
Rod Ends, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, BR Motorsports, Pro Shocks, NOS
Energy Drink and BA Photos.
 
Gary Swenson's Sponsors include Gary's Auto Sales, Copple Chevrolet and
Terry's Body Shop.
 
Jack Dover's 2008 feature wins include:
 
1 ASCS National (State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City, OK)
1 ASCS Gulf South (Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX)
2 ASCS Midwest (US 36 Raceway, Osborn, MO; Nebraska Cup Eagle Raceway,
Eagle, NE)
1 ASCS Northern Plains (I-90 Speedway, Hartford, SD)
2 ASCS Midwest/Northern Plains (Crawford County Speedway, Denison, IA; Eagle
Raceway, Eagle, NE)
1 ASCS Rocky Mountain (Black Hills Speedway, Rapid City, SD)
1 Ice Breaker Challenge (Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE)
4 Weekly Shows (Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE)
1 NCRA (Mid-Nebraska Speedway, Doniphan, NE)
1 LOS 360 Nationals Prelim (Lake Ozark Speedway, Eldon, MO)

Eagle 9-7-08 Photos

Here's photos from the Nebraska Cup.

Eagle 9-7-08 NE Cup photos

Tiny Lund Memorial late models will be non-sanctioned

HARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 10) – Late models running in this weekend’s Tiny Lund Memorial special at Shelby County Speedway will not be IMCA- sanctioned. Track officials have decided to allow cars with crate motors to compete in the Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13 event; spec motors only are allowed in IMCA’s Late Model division. Five other divisions will remain sanctioned. The Modified feature pays $3,000 to win, Stock Cars run for $2,000, the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Hobby Stocks both for $1,000 and Sport Compacts for $500. IMCA national, regional and Smiley’s Racing Products state points will be awarded. The Modified feature is also a qualifying event for the 2009 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.

Purse tops $50,000 at Tiny Lund Memorial Nationals

HARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 9) – Shares of a purse topping $50,000 are at
stake when six IMCA divisions take to the track for the 17th annual
Tiny Lund Memo rial Nationals at Shelby County Speedway in Harlan on
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13.

The Modified feature pays $3,000 to win and is a quali fying event
for the 2009 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Late Models
race for a top prize of $2,500, Stock Cars run for $2,000 to win, the
Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Hobby Stocks both for $1,000
and Sport Compacts for $500.

IMCA national, regional and Smiley’s Racing Products state points
will be awarded.

A Thursday, Sept. 11 practice session starts at 7 p.m. and will be
followed by a free supper served to purchasers of $10 pit admission.

Pit gates open at 5 p.m. Friday, with a mandatory driv ers’ meeting
at 7 p.m. and racing to follow. Pit passes are $25 and grandstand
admission is $10 for adults and $6 for students.

Gates open at 4 p.m. Saturday, with the drivers’ meet ing at 6 p.m.
and racing to follow. Pit passes are $30 while grandstand admission
is $15 for adults and $10 for students. Kids ages 10 and under get in
free both nights.

Camping and shower facilities are available on the fairgrounds. Rain
date for the Tiny Lund is Sept. 14.

More information is posted on the www.racescs.com website.

Eagle NE Cup: Dover, Berck, Anderson and Rhiley Roll into Victory Lane

By Greg Soukup

Eagle, Neb (September 7, 2008) - Intermittent cloudy skies, cool
temperatures and a breeze didn't stop the fans from coming out to The
Nebraska Cup presented by Auto Trans Matic and 92.9 The Eagle. The feature
class was the ASCS 360 Sprints, but every class put on great racing for the
season finale at "America's Home Track".

The ASCS Sprint C Feature brought about the only major incident when Taylor
Phillips made contact with the rear of Brad Wright's 27. Both cars ended up
flipping into turn 4, but thankfully both drivers were unhurt.

Jason Miller's #77 led the first lap of the Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport
Compacts followed by the 21 of Jake Sells, Ole Olsen's 23 and the #51 of
Amanda Rhiley. Olson moved past Sells on lap #2 for second. On lap #4 Miller
suffered a problem with his car, slowing down the back stretch and
eventually retiring to the pits. That moved Sells to the lead, Rhiley up to
third and the #22 of Elliot Halvorsen into fourth. Rhiley advanced past
Halvorsen on lap 9, and the following lap got around Sells to take over the
lead. On lap 12 Jeremy Noonan moved into fourth to round out the top 4. The
final results showed Rhiley with the win, Olsen in 2nd, Noonan in third and
Sells in fourth.

Next on the track were the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks. At the end of the
first lap it was the #12 of Dan Noonan out in front with Murray Haugen II's
8 in second, R.J. Macku's 1R in third and the 71K of Josh Kennell in fourth.
Shane Hiatt moved his 21H past Kennell on the second lap to grab fourth, but
relinquished the spot on lap 5 to Kevin Anderson's 22K. On lap 6 Charlie
Bartels' 9 ER made contact with the front stretch wall and rolled over near
the flag stand. Macku took advantage of the restart by passing Haugen for
2nd. Anderson got extremely loose on the next lap, falling out of the top 4
and allowing the 0 of Kyle Bond to take the spot. Macku also snared the
point on the same lap. Anderson was not through however, as he regained 4th
with 4 laps to go. There was a yellow flag with 3 laps left as 2 cars spun
into the infield. Anderson used the restart to take the third spot and then
got up to 2nd the next time around. Haugen and Hiatt got together, resulting
in a yellow flag. The skirmish ended up with Haugen losing his right rear
tire and flattening his left rear. Hiatt was taken into the pits by the tow
truck. At that time the running order was Macku, Anderson, Noonan and Bond.
Anderson challenged Macku on the restart and took first on the final
go-around. At the finish it was Anderson, Macku, Bond and Noonan.

"The track was great, and the racers were even better. Good, clean, hard,
side-by-side racing is what it's all about. This is probably the best time
I've ever had racing in a long while" Anderson said. "I need to thank my
crew first of all. Ron Bohaty, Matt Hudson, Whitney Hudson and Brad Aksamit
work really hard to help me every week. I also want to thank the wonderful
fans here at Eagle Raceway. And lastly I want to thank Roger and Michelle
for giving us such a great place to run at" he finished.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then ran their A Main event. First
back to the flag stand was the 1MF of Robert Brinkman. Matt Richards' 1R was
in second, Bob Zoubek's 5S was in third and the 33Z of Kyle Berck rounded
out the top 5. Richards moved to the point on lap 2, with Berck taking over
3rd. Unfortunately Richards and Brinkman got together with Richards spinning
out and bringing out the caution flag. This put Brinkman back in the lead,
followed by Berck, Zoubek and the 24T of Terry Hurt. On lap 3 Zoubek moved
past Berck to take second and Dylan Smith moved his #95 into the top four
the same lap. Berck made a tremendous move the next time around, taking the
lead. On lap #8 Zoubek moved under Brinkman for second. Brinkman spun out on
the very next lap in turns 1 & 2, relegating him to the rear of the field.
At that time it was Berck, Zoubek, Smith and Hurt. Chris Alcorn moved up to
fourth with 8 laps left, passing Hurt. With 6 laps remaining Stacey Wilhelm
made contact with another car, coming to a halt on the back stretch. Alcorn
managed to get past Smith for third with 3 circuits left. At the checkers it
was Berck, Zoubek, Alcorn and Smith.

"It always so much fun here at Eagle" Berck said. "I raced here years ago,
even won some championships. I still consider Eagle Raceway to be my home
track. The Nebraska Cup has always been good to me, and although it's been
quite awhile, it's always something extra special to win here" he continued.
Berck concluded his interview by relating "I need to thank Neil Zank, my car
owner and my crew chief Ron Dake. They are the ones who allow me to race and
win." Berck's sponsors include Dorothy Lynch, J.R. Motorsports (engine) and
Strobel Construction.

The last event of 2008's season was for the ASCS 360 Sprint Cars. Chad
Humston took advantage of his front row starting spot to run his 1M to the
point, with Mark Pace's 31 in second, the 24B of Frank Galusha in third and
Trevor Grossenbacher's 35 rounding out the top 4. Lap #2 saw Jack Dover's 53
overtake Grossenbacher for fourth. Pace took over the lead on lap 5 when
Humston was forced to the pits with a broken Jacobs ladder and ruined
driveshaft. Galusha took advantage of the restart to overtake Pace for the
point, but Pace repassed him before the line to retain first. The next lap
Galusha made the pass stick and Mike Boston advanced all the way to the
third position. With 8 down Grossenbacher and Tige Jensen in the 57 got
together and stopped on the back stretch. Both race cars were taken to the
pits. On the restart lap Boston and Pace got together allowing Dover to move
up to second and Pace fell to fourth. With just 10 laps left Dover overtook
Galusha, and Boston followed suit on the next lap to grab second. Dover,
although his engine was spouting large amounts of smoke held onto the lead
to the finish. Behind him were Boston, the 22 of Billy Alley and Galusha.
Galusha was disqualified during the tech inspection for having open heads.
That moved Pace back to the fourth spot. Dover's engine expired before he
could return to the front stretch and had to be pushed into the winner's
circle.

"It feels really good to win the ASCS Midwest Region, and almost as good to
get win #14 out of 54 races on the year. Honestly, I didn't tell anyone but
I really didn't think I'd win tonight. That's the first time that's ever
happened to me here" Jack stated. Dover finished by saying "I want to thank
my parents, because without them none of this would be possible, especially
my mom. She does so many things for me I can't even remember them all. I
need to send out a special thanks to Kent and Marge Watson. And, on
Grandparent's night I need to thank mine; Grandma Loretta and Grandpa Tom
Dixon and Grandma Joann and Grandpa Jack Dover". Dover's sponsors include 3
D Auto Transport Inc., RMS, Trail Performance Powder Coating, Thorpes Auto
Body, Eckley Racing Engines, Eagle Chassis, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, ATV
Motorsports, Speedway Motors, Bell Racing, Butler Built Professional Seat
Systems, Design 500 Racewear, FK Rod Ends, Brown and Miller Racing
Solutions, CMET Excavating, NOS Energy Drink and BA Photos.

The next event will be Eagle Raceway's annual Christmas Party on December
13th at the One Eyed Dog Saloon in Eagle, NE. We thank all the drivers, pit
crew members, car owners, sponsors, staff, volunteers and our loyal race
fans for supporting Eagle Raceway.America's Home Track.

Thanks for an awesome 2008 race season!

Eagle Raceway results for September 7th, 2008:

Budweiser ASCS 360 Sprints:
A Feature-
1) 53 Jack Dover
2) 51 Mike Boston
3) 22 Billy Alley
4) 31 Mark Pace
5) 24a Dusty Zomer
6) 1x Don Droud Jr
7) 45 Jeff Lowery
8) 82 Jason Danley
9) 14g Gene Ackland
10) 5L Eric Lutz
11) 94s Natalie Sather
12) x29 Roger Sluka
13) 14 Josh Riggins
14) 7g Mike Gabelhouse
15) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
16) 57 Jayson Bogue
17) 4 Mike Chadd
18) 1m Chad Humston
19) 96kx Adam Gullion
20) 24b Frank Galusha

B Feature-
1) 82 Jason Danley
2) 57 Jayson Bogue
3) 1x Don Droud Jr
4) 14 Josh Riggins
5) 28 Ken Klabunde
6) 32 Chris Roseland
7) 77 John Klabunde
8) 23r Tadd Holliman
9) 71r Ryan Anderson
10) 76 Jay Russell
11) 8b Bobby Becker
12) 17 Gage Dorr
13) 24m John Miller
14) 7x Kevin Danley
15) 8r Gary Reber
16) 99c Nick Clifford

C Feature-
1) 76 Jay Russell
2) 32 Chris Roseland
3) 71r Ryan Anderson
4) 8b Bobby Becker
5) 5 Rick Ideus
6) 23 Terry Holliman
7) 6g Bryan Gossel
8) 20d Dan Nekolite
9) 9j Mark Schmidt
10) 17b Jason Becker
11) 27 Brad Wright
12) 7 Tasker Philips

Pole Dash-
1) 1m Chad Humston
2) 31 Mark Pace
3) 24b Frank Galusha
4) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
5) 94s Natalie Sather
6) 4 Mike Chadd
7) 45 Jeff Lowery
8) 7g Mike Gabelhouse

Monster IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature-
1) 33z Kyle Berck
2) 5s Bob Zoubek
3) 3 Chris Alcorn
4) 95 Dylan Smith
5) 3a Aaron Pella
6) 1r Matt Richards
7) 24t Terry Hurt
8) v45 Rik Gropp
9) 2ez Mark Kaspar
10) 5st Dan Wayman
11) 22s Shane Stutzman
12) s56 Scott Bivens
13) 21v Phil Penney
14) 12x George Haney
15) 3w Stacey Wilhelm
16) 13 Doug Deterding
17) 33j Josh Pfiefer
18) 81 Mike Densberger
19) 1mf Robert Brinkman
20) 95r Lucas Robinson

B Feature #1-
1) 21v Phil Penney
2) 95r Lucas Robinson
3) 8j Joe Borer
4) 21 JJ Fritz
5) 41 Clint Hummer
6) 29 Jeff Mazza
7) 24x Darren Hosick (DNS)
8) 8r Nick Kepler (DNS)
9) 11x Chad Fegley (DNS)

B Feature #2-
1) 3 Chris Alcorn
2) 13 Doug Deterding
3) 11n Nathan Landauer
4) 4 Chevy Hadan
5) 18 Terry Richards
6) 49 Ryan Fuchser
7) 16 Tom Svoboda
8) 20 Mike McCarthy
9) 42k Jan Korth

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks:
A Feature-
1) 22k Kevin Anderson
2) 1r RJ Macku
3) 0 Kyle Bond
4) 12 Dan Noonan
5) 10k Lee Kracht
6) 22 Nick Beckman
7) 14 Ron Novak
8) 71k Josh Kennell
9) 94 Mike Hansen
10) 86j Jerod Weston
11) 4a Aaron Pearson
12) 17h Craig Huffless
13) 8 Murray Haugen II
14) 6b Travis Burger
15) 3k Jerry Keaton
16) 28b Rick Bradley
17) 21h Shane Hiatt
18) 2 Ryan Roschewski
19) 86 Justin Wulf
20) 33 Eric Hanson
21) b4 Ben Becher
22) 9er Charlie Bartels
23) 7 Jesse Sobbing (DNS)
24) d64 Greg Post (DNS)

Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature-
1) 51 Amanda Rhiley
2) 23 Ole Olsen
3) 21 Jake Sells
4) 33 Jeremy Noonan
5) 22 Elliott Halvorsen
6) 55 Garrett Rech
7) 29 Matt Moyer
8) 55L Mark Lamer
9) 44 Jack Prall III
10) 45 Jack Prall IV
11) 23s Josh Scholtfeld
12) 95c Bob Cigelman
13) 21t Brandon Thorton
14) 9x Joe Baker
15) 72 Ben Simpson
16) 32mw John Sedlachek
17) 5 Larry Cronin
18) 32m Ray Harrington
19) 77 Jason Miller
20) 2 Dan Rhiley

B Feature-
1) 44 Jack Prall III
2) 9x Joe Baker
3) 72 Ben Simpson
4) 32mw John Sedlachek
5) 63 Mike Simpson
6) 13 Josh King
7) 10st Kevin Staack
8) 35 Travis Schneider
9) 11 Nic Hitz
10) b32 Brian Haller
11) 16t Tyler Saathoff
12) 88m Meloney McVicker (DNS)

ASCS at Butler County Postponed

RISING CITY, Neb. (September 5, 2008) - The American Sprint Car Series
Midwest Region will get its championship weekend of events under way a day
later than planned, as wet grounds have forced the postponement of Friday
night's scheduled event at the Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, NE.

The ASCS Midwest Region event at the Butler County Motorplex has been reset
for Saturday night, with gates opening at 4:30 p.m. and racing action
getting under way at 7:00 p.m.

The ASCS Midwest Region will then put the wraps on the weekend, as well as
the 2008 season, with Sunday night's Nebraska Cup at Eagle Raceway, which
fires off at 6:00 p.m.

Nebraska Cup - Sunday, Sept. 7th

From Eagle Raceway

Auto Trans Matic and The Eagle present the Nebraska Cup on SUNDAY, September
7th. See only the finest... ASCS Budweiser 360 Sprints, Monster IMCA
Modifieds, Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks and Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport
Compacts battle the high banks of Eagle Raceway...America's Home Track.

Front Gate admission:
Adults $15, Youth(6-13) $5, Children(5 & under) Free

Rain date: Sunday, Sept. 14th

Front Gates open at 4:30pm with Racing at 6:00pm

Hey Kids! It's time to play!
Kid's Activity Area-
4:30-5:00 pm: Free play time
5:00-6:00 pm: Games and Prizes
Featured game- TBA
6:00 pm until end of intermission: Free play time
Children will return to parents at the end of intermission. Play area will
be closed.
(Limited play time in bouncing cages-must take shoes off to enter) Please
respect the rules of the play area.

McDonald's Jr Fan Club members: Jr Fan Club T-shirt design contest rules can
be picked up at the Jr Fan Club table. Designs must be submitted by
September 7th, 2008. Winner will receive a 2009 Youth Season Pass.

Reminder: No outside food or beverages are allowed to be brought into front
gate.

Front Gate accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express for your
convenience.

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

Eagle 8-31-08 Photos

Here's photos from last week at Eagle. Maybe it's heavy on some cars and some drivers but that's the shots I liked and that's just that.


Eagle 8-31-08 Photos

State Fair Results

Sport Mod
1 Benji Legg ,Beatrice Ne
2 Max Harder ,Blue Springs
3 Chad Borgman ,Beatrice Ne
4 RobertTippery ,Council Bluffs
5 Rick Rohr ,Pickrell Ne

Modifieds
1 Jordan Grabouski ,Beatrice Ne
2 Chris Alcorn ,Lincoln Ne
3 Bob Zoubek ,Dorchester Ne
4 Lance Borgman ,Beatrice Ne
5 Dylan Smith ,Osceola Ne

Hobbys
1 Adam Armstrong, Beatrice Ne
2 Jarred Hackler, Hastings Ne
3 Nick Topil ,Rising City
4 Jesse Sobbing,Glenwood Ia
5 Murray Haugen,Deshler Ne

ASCS Midwest Region Ready for Championship Weekend in Nebraska!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 2, 2008) – The American Sprint Car
Series Midwest Region is set to put the wraps on the 2008 season with a pair
of events in Nebraska over this coming weekend.
 
On Friday night, the series makes its annual stop at the high-banked,
3/8-mile Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, NE. Then on Sunday night,
the ASCS Midwest Region's season championship finale takes place with Eagle
Raceway's fabled Nebraska Cup event atop the high-banked, 1/3-mile clay
oval.
 
Originally slated for three nights of action, the weekend triple was reduced
to a double by the late cancellation of the event scheduled for Saturday
night at Minneapolis Speedway in Minneapolis, KS. The Minneapolis event
will not be rescheduled.
 
Trying to put the clamps on the ASCS Midwest Region championship this
weekend in his home state is 18-year-old Springfield, NE, shoe Jack Dover,
who carries a cushy 108 point lead over Bobby Becker into the weekend.
 
Three of Dover's six overall ASCS feature wins this season have come in ASCS
Midwest Region action, with five top-five runs in a half-dozen Midwest
features.
 
Becker holds down the runner-up spot, just ten points ahead of Crete's Mike
Boston, with Missouri's Brian Brown and North Dakota's Natalie Sather
rounding out the current top five.
 
Boston wrapped up his third straight Eagle title last Sunday night, Brown
ranks as the winningest driver in ASCS Midwest Region history and Sather was
the 2007 ASCS Midwest Region champion.
 
Both events feature a $1,500 winner's share.
 
Another $1,500 will be doled out among the top eight drivers in passing
points at Sunday's Nebraska Cup at Eagle Raceway in the form of a Dash for
Cash. The winner will pocket an extra $500. The runner-up collects a $300
bonus, with $200 for third and then $100 for positions four through eight in
the dash.
 
Friday's action at the Butler County Motorplex goes green at 8:00 p.m., with
Sunday's card at Eagle Raceway firing off at 6:00 p.m.
 
The Butler County Motorplex is located near Rising City, NE, eight miles
south of US 30 on US 81, then two miles east on CR 38, then 0.7 miles south
on CR C, then east. For more information, contact the track at
402-542-2222.
 
Eagle Raceway is located near Lincoln, NE, off I-80 Exit 420, then eleven
miles south on SR 63, then west. For more information, contact the track at
402-781-2243 or 402-238-2595.
 
The ASCS Midwest Region will contest eight nights of action at seven
different tracks in 2008 throughout Nebraska and the immediate surrounding
area stretching into Missouri and Iowa.
 
The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with a dozen
different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly
American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car
Series' (ASCS) 17th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights
of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different
states and Canada.
 
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available
at www.ascsracing.com.

Eagle 8-31-08: Droud, Smith, Kennell and Cronin Win the Season Finale

By Greg Soukup

EAGLE, Neb. (August 31, 2008) - The season finale at "America's Home Track"
Eagle Raceway, sponsored by Jack Daniels and The Kat was everything a race
fan could want and much more. Warm temperatures were made bearable by a good
breeze all day and evening, and a smooth track gave the racers the
opportunity to decide the point races on a great surface.

Before the Main Events began, a drawing was held in the infield to determine
the winner of the 2008 Pontiac Sunfire Pace Car. 12 keys were placed into a
bucket and the qualifiers, who had participated in the "Restart Raffle",
each drew one. They then took turns trying the key that they had chosen. The
winner of the car was Cheryl Dittmer of Lincoln, NE. Evidently this was an
omen, as Cheryl is Larry Cronin's mother-in-law.

In the Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compact A Feature the first lap was led
by Larry Cronin's #5, followed by the 77 of Jason Miller, Garrett Rech's 55
and the 29 of Matt Moyer. After the leaders passed the flag stand the first
time Mike Simpson's #63 and the B32 of Brian Haller got together in turns 3
& 4 resulting in Haller's racer ending up on its side and Simpson's mount
running hard into the turn 4 wall. Simpson's ride was towed into the pits,
but Haller was able to drive his racer into the pits after it was righted.
With 4 laps remaining, a yellow flag was thrown as the 32MW of John
Sedlachek stopped in turn #4. On the restart lap Miller slowed and pulled
into the infield and on the next lap Mike Rice pulled around Rech for the
third spot. At the finish it was Cronin, Moyer, Rice and Rech.

"It's about time. Every week it was something, blown tires, getting shoved
into the wall, rolling the car; it all happened to us. I was so afraid of
the motor because I thought it was weak that I almost pulled it and replaced
it this week, but decided not to" Cronin stated. "I race in honor of my
father-in-law Dana Dittmer, so I had to keep at it" he continued. "I need to
thank my wife Melissa and my kids, my crew Thomas Cronin, Tommie Greenfield
& Jeff Ireland for helping every week" he concluded. Cronin's sponsors are
Cheryl Dittmer, Lincoln Laminating, Troy's Automotive and T's Flooring.

The next Feature was for the Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks. Eric Hanson
grabbed the lead in his #33 with the 71K of Josh Kennell and the B4 of Ben
Becher hot on his heels. On the 2nd lap Dan Jackson moved his #98 into the
third spot and Ron Novak pushed his #14 into fourth. 2 laps later Adam
Armstrong, who had won the Hobby Stock race at the Nebraska State Fair
Grounds the evening before jumped all the way to third in his 6A. It took
Adam only 2 more laps to grab the lead. At that point it was Armstrong,
Hanson, Kennell and the 3K of Jerry Keaton. Armstrong then began to pull
away from the rest of the field and moved to over a straightaway lead. As
the racers approached the checkers the #32 car lost his entire rear end and
driveline going into turn #1, causing a green/white/checkered finish. At the
end it was Armstrong coming home first. Crossing the line behind him were
Kennell, the 22 of Nick Beckman, Keaton and Hanson. After going through
tech, it was discovered that Armstrong had non-O.E.M. rear end mounts and he
was disqualified, giving the win to Kennell.

"This is just my first year racing, and getting a win after the season we've
had is more than we hoped for" Kennell said. "I want to thank my family,
friends and my crew for being here with me all year. We started off really
bad, and got slowly better thanks to the advice of a lot of guys in the
class. We improved every week, but it was always something like a blown tire
that took us out" he continued. "We basically raced all year on no money and
a bunch of used parts. My front tires are 2 years old in fact" he added. "I
need to thank all of the fans for their support. I couldn't believe the fan
base that I built. Thanks to everyone for coming out to watch us, because
without them there would be no racing" he finished. Josh's lone sponsor is
College View Auto Sales.

The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds were next on the track. This was the
most closely contested points race of the year, with Chris Alcorn holding a
slim 4 point lead over second place Dylan Smith. Dan Wayman's 5ST lead the
first go-around followed by Mike Densberger's 81, the 13 of Doug Deterding
and the 3A of Aaron Pella. Pella wasn't sitting still though, as he moved
under Deterding on the second lap to take third. Two laps later Smith got
his #95 under Deterding also and took over fourth. The next lap saw the
yellow flag fly as Jerry Trejo's 4T stopped in turn #1. On the restart lap
Smith jumped past both Pella and Densberger to grab second. Alcorn was on
the move also however as he took over fourth with 11 to go. The next lap
Smith overtook Wayman for the lead and Alcorn advanced into third behind
Wayman. Two more laps were in the books when Alcorn got up to second,
passing Wayman. Stacey Wilhelm advanced to the third position with just 4
laps left, moving Densberger to fourth. Try as he might, Alcorn could not
quite pass Smith for the win. At the completion of the race it was Smith,
Alcorn, Wilhelm and Densberger.

"I knew coming in that I was 4 points down to Chris, but all I could do was
win and let him worry about where he finished. We may have come up 3 points
short, but finishing behind Chris at what seems to have become 'his track'
over the last three years is not too bad. After I got the lead we had that
yellow, and I knew Chris was right behind me. I tried to pick it up, and was
just happy with the win. Congratulations to Chris on his third straight
Eagle Raceway points championship" Smith said. He concluded by saying "I owe
it all to the people who are here for me every week. Grandma and Grandpa,
Mom and Dad, Mike and Lisa Goecke, Damion and of course Joni and the girls".
Smith's sponsors include Active Life Family Chiropractic, Jet Racing,
Star-Lite Machine out of Grand Island, Hot Rods by Todd, Marquardt Plumbing,
Augustin Electric, Vrbka Ag Solutions and Burke Show Cattle.

Bobby Becker led the pack of Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints at the end
of the first circuit in his 8B. He had Terry Holliman's 23, Gene Acklund's
14 and the 99C of Nick Clifford close behind him though. Clifford made a
huge move, passing both Acklund and Holliman on lap 4, but slowed 5 laps
later dropping back to fourth again. Mike Boston was flying rapidly through
the field in his #51, taking over the second spot on lap #10. At that time
the order was Becker, Boston, Acklund and the 96KX of Adam Gullion. The next
lap Tige Jensen's 71 went flipping past the flag stand, bringing out the red
flag. Gullion passed Acklund for third shortly after the restart. Don Droud
Jr. raced his 1X up to the fourth spot with 11 laps remaining. The next lap
the yellow flag flew as Jeff Griffis' #3 came to a stop in turns 3 & 4 and
he was pushed into the pits. Gullion got a big run with just 7 laps left,
moving into second behind Boston who had passed Becker for the lead. Droud
moved into second past Gullion on the next lap. With just 5 laps left
Boston's sprinter drove straight into the turn 1 wall at full speed. Boston
was unhurt, but stated that the front axle that they had replaced after his
numerous end-over-end flips in hot laps had simply broken right in the
middle. That put Gullion into the lead with Droud Jr. in second, Becker in
third and Clifford in fourth. On the restart Droud Jr. wasted no time,
grabbing the lead from Gullion as Jason Danley drove his #82 into fourth.
The top four at the finish were Droud Jr., Gullion, Becker and Danley.

"First of all, I want to thank God for a safe race and not letting anyone
get hurt. Then, I need to say thanks to my brother Rodney and my dad Don Sr.
for making me come out tonight. I raced at Knoxville last night and I was
really tired. I didn't feel like racing tonight, but between them and Scott
Deines they convinced me to make the trip" Droud Jr. stated. "The track was
really good tonight; I was really pleased" he finished. Droud Jr.'s sponsors
are Schmieding Concrete, A.S. Inc. and Lincoln Drywall.

After the main racing was completed, the fans were treated to a "Tennessee
Pass-Out" race. 18 Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts opted to participate
in the event. The rules were simple; at the drop of the green flag, if you
get passed, you are eliminated. The eventual winner was Mike Rice's #24.
Mike's prize was $400 in $1 dollar bills.

Next Sunday will be the final evening of the 2008 race season at Eagle
Raceway. The Nebraska Cup featuring A.S.C.S. sprint cars, IMCA Modifieds,
IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport compacts will finish out what has been a
great year of racing at "America's Home Track".

The front gate opens at 4:30 P.M. Admission is Adults-$15, Youth (6-13)-$5
and children under 6 are free. The pit gates will open at 3:00 P.M. Pit
passes will be $25. "Be our guest" passes, and "Buy one get one free"
coupons are not valid for this event.

Drivers; remember that this is an ASCS sanctioned race and the top 5
finishers in the sprint A Feature must comply with ASCS rules. Please have
all paperwork ready ahead of time and turned in to the pit shack personnel
before race time.

Eagle Raceway Results for 8-31-08:

Budweiser 360 Sprints:
A Feature-
1) 1x Don Droud
2) 96kx Adam Gullion
3) 8b Bobby Becker
4) 82 Jason Danley
5) 99c Nick Clifford
6) 24b Frank Galusha
7) 14g Gene Ackland
8) 1m Chad Humston
9) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher
10) 14 Josh Riggins
11) 31 Mark Pace
12) 23 Terry Holliman
13) 76 Jay Russell
14) 77 John Klabunde
15) 17 Gage Dorr
16) 28 Ken Klabunde
17) 51 Mike Boston
18) 3 Jeff Griffis
19) 71x Toby Chapman
20) 71 Tige Jensen

B Feature-
1) 14 Josh Riggins
2) 51 Mike Boston
3) 24b Frank Galusha
4) 71x Toby Chapman
5) 77 John Klabunde
6) 27 Brad Wright
7) 6 Nick Bryan
8) x29 Roger Sluka
9) 9j Mark Schmidt
10) 20d Dan Nekolite
11) 57 Jayson Bogue
12) 23r Tadd Holliman
13) 95 Dan Satriano
14) 17b Jason Becker
15) 24j Jeff Reiman (DNS)

Monster IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature-
1) 95 Dylan Smith
2) 3 Chris Alcorn
3) 3w Stacy Wilhelm
4) 81 Mike Densberger
5) 3a Aaron Pella
6) 5st Dan Wayman
7) b9 Sean Burklund
8) s56 Scott Bivens
9) 18 Terry Richards
10) 13 Doug Deterding
11) 11n Nathan Landauer
12) 11aa Ed Raines
13) v45 Rik Gropp
14) 11x Steve Devitt
15) 8c Chad Andersen
16) 21v Phil Penney
17) 19 Scott Anderson
18) 00 Tim Pickens
19) 12x George Haney
20) 4t Jerry Trejo

B Feature#1-
1) 8c Chad Andersen
2) 00 Tim Pickens
3) 41 Clint Hummer
4) 50 Scott Smith
5) 24x Darren Hosick
6) 21 JJ Fritz
7) 1m Mannix Winningham
8) 7 Bob Ruisinger
9) 0 Jim Krupicka
10) 51 Cliff Turner
11) 2k Kyle Schamp (DNS)

B Feature#2-
1) 4t Jerry Trejo
2) 11x Steve Devitt
3) 42k Jan Korth
4) 49 Ryan Fuchser
5) 44 Tom Lenz
6) 29 Jeff Mazza
7) 8r Nick Kepler
8) 57 Brian Cudly
9) 72 Mike Lineberry
10) 4 Chevy Hadan (DNS)

Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks:
A Feature-
1) 71k Josh Kennell
2) 22 Nick Beckman
3) 3k Jerry Keaton
4) 33 Eric Hanson
5) 14 Ron Novak
6) 86 Justin Wulf
7) 10k Lee Kracht
8) 9er Charlie Bartels
9) 8 Murray Haugen II
10) 38c Casey Moyer
11) b4 Ben Becher
12) 20t Steve Shepard
13) 86j Jerod Weston
14) 77 Keith Dragoo
15) 22k Kevin Anderson
16) 92 Don Hall Jr
17) 12 Dan Noonan
18) 98 Dan Jackson
19) 53 Don Kros
20) 6a Adam Armstrong (DQ)

B Feature-
1) 92 Don Hall Jr
2) 9er Charlie Bartels
3) 38c Casey Moyer
4) 12 Dan Noonan
5) 77 Keith Dragoo
6) 94 Mike Hansen
7) 32 Jim Ryan
8) 32h Harold Silvey
9) 1j Jason Edwards
10) 17h Craig Huffless (DNS)

Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts:
A Feature-
1) 5 Larry Cronin
2) 29 Matt Moyer
3) 24 Mike Rice
4) 55 Garrett Rech
5) 22 Elliott Halvorsen
6) 45 Jack Prall IV
7) 33 Jeremy Noonan
8) 21 Jake Sells
9) 11 Nic Hitz
10) 44 Jack Prall III
11) 62 Justin Busboom
12) 21t Brandon Thorton
13) 18r Ron Frank
14) 16t Tyler Saathoff
15) b32 Brian Haller
16) 77 Jason Miller
17) 32m Ray Harrington
18) 32mw John Sedlachek
19) 10st Kevin Staack
20) 63 Mike Simpson

B Feature-
1) b32 Brian Haller
2) 32mw John Sedlachek
3) 32m Ray Harrington
4) 16t Tyler Saathoff
5) 15 Jake Schneider
6) 24k Carla Keaton
7) 33c Mary Lenz
8) 00 Barry Kinnersley
9) 72 Ben Simpson (DNS)
10) 16 Hailey Jackson (DNS)
11) 95c Bob Cigelman (DNS)
12) 29j Josh Trail (DNS)
13) 18 Maynard Kinnersley (DNS)

Congratulations to the 2008 Track Champions!
Budweiser 360 Sprints: 51 Mike Boston
Monster IMCA Modifieds: 3 Chris Alcorn
Valentino's IMCA Hobby Stocks: 22k Kevin Anderson
Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts: 62 Justin Busboom

2008 ASCS Midwest Regional Championship Tripleheader!

From Chuck Zitterich / ASCS:

Friday Sept. 5th - Rising City, NE
$1500 to win! $250 to start!
ASCS Midwest Regional Championship Night#1
Gates Open 5:00 Noon - Racing @ 8:00PM
ASCS Spec RR Tire Mandatory - Open LR Tires - Mufflers Not Required

Saturday Sept. 6th - Minneapolis, KS
$1500 to win! $250 to start!
ASCS Midwest Regional Championship Night #2
Gates Open 4:00 Noon - Racing @ 7:00PM
ASCS Spec RR Tire Mandatory - Open LR Tires - Mufflers Not Required

(Minneapolis race canceled, see this post)

Sunday Sept. 7th - Eagle, NE
$1500 to win! $250 to start!
Top 8 in points will run Dash for Cash!
Dash Payout - $500-300-200-100-100-100-100-100
ASCS Midwest Regional Championship Night #3
Gates Open 3:00 - Racing @ 6:00PM
ASCS Spec RR Tire Mandatory - Open LR Tires - Mufflers Not Required