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)