By Greg Soukup
A sunny afternoon greeted the large crowd who came to Eagle Raceway Saturday for Junior Fan Club Night, presented by Great Clips and Village Pointe Toyota. A full field of cars showed up to take on the competition under sunny conditions with temperatures in the mid-80s, cooling off to the low 70’s by feature time.
There were no serious incidents in the preliminary action.
Lap 1 of the big dance for the Twin Rivers IMCA Racesaver Sprint Cars saw Doug Lovegrove’s 55 in first, Shon Pointers 20P second, the 4X of Jason Danley third and Alex Davenport’s 25A in fourth. Dan Nickolite vaulted up to third on lap 2 in the 22D as Stu Snyder moved to fourth in the #5. Snyder passed Nickolite for third the following lap. Pointer got past Lovegrove the next time around for the lead. Tyler Drueke took over the fourth position the next lap in the #12. Snyder snared the lead with 17 to go. Points leader Joey Danley suffered a popped tire with 3 to go and headed to the pits to have his right rear replaced so he could rejoin the action. The 5A of Andrew Jackson spun on the front stretch on the restart. A circuit following the restart Shayle Bade looped the 03 in turn 2. From there to the checkers the top 4 remained unchanged with Snyder taking home the win, Lovegrove second, Pointer third and Drueke fourth.
Stu told me “We won here earlier this year, then we got a second and a second, and then it rained. We just haven’t been good the last couple of weeks. We didn’t do good last week, or last night. We went to Speedway today and got some new torsion bars. We got our new shocks and got our motor back from Meyers, so we put them all in and swapped the motor for the loaner we had been using. We still had a little issue with this engine, but it hit on all 8! It was really fun to drive. It got a little bit expensive tonight; the rear tires are bald but it happens. It’s almost July, it’s hot and windy. Hopefully, we can keep this thing rolling because we’ve got a busy week next week! It was kind of a worrisome night. We had a stumble in the engine, so we changed mags, but it still did it about halfway through the feature but hopefully we’ll figure it out. I want to thank KRL Motorsports for giving me the opportunity to race their car”. Stu’s sponsors include Meyers Racing Engines, Harris Decals, Momentum Racing Components, Simpson Racing Products, JR1 Chassis, Mr. Yards and More, Tailored Computers, Hozby Power, Ultraline Hobbies, Smith Repair, KED Trucking and KP Designs.
Next Saturday is Freedom Fest. Presented by A1 Iron and Twin Rivers. Following the racing there will be a huge free fireworks display.
All 5 classes will be in competition including the Twin Rivers Sprint Cars, Nebraska Lottery Modifieds, Avid Realty SportMods, Valentino’s Hobby Stocks & A1 Iron Stock Cars.
Front gates open at 5:15 with adult admission being $15, kids 6-12 are just $5 and those 5 and under are free.
Pit gates open at 3:30 with pit passes costing $30. Hot laps begin at 5:30.
RESULTS:
Sprint-IMCA A-Feature
1. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 2. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 3. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 4. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 5. Josh Riggins Lincoln, Ne. 6. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 7. Alex Davenport Lincoln, Ne. 8. Daniel Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 9. Gunnar Pike South Bend, Ne. 10. Derek Kral(r) York, Ne. 11. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 12. Joey Danley Martell, Ne. 13. Brandon Bosma Rock Rapids, Ia. 14. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 15. Shayle Bade Lincoln, Ne. 16. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 17. Cole Vanderheiden(r) Papillion, Ne. 18. Jay Russell Wathena, Ks. 19. Andrew Jackson Fremont, Ne. 20. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA B-Feature
1. Joey Danley Martell, Ne. 2. Brandon Bosma Rock Rapids, Ia. 3. Jay Russell Wathena, Ks. 4. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 5. Toby Chapman Panama, Ne. 6. Brandon Horton Waterloo, Ne. 7. Mike Houseman Jr Des Moines, Ia. 8. Bill Garrow Lincoln, Ne. 9. Mike Boston Lincoln, Ne. 10. Matt Frederickson Aurelia, Ia. 11. Bret Klabunde Ft. Calhoun, Ne. 12. Alex Salzman Lincoln, Ne. DNS. Steve Hurst(r) Ames, Ne. DNS. Nathan Weiler Omaha, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 1
1. Derek Kral(r) York, Ne. 2. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 3. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 4. Shayle Bade Lincoln, Ne. 5. Brandon Bosma Rock Rapids, Ia. 6. Mike Houseman Jr Des Moines, Ia. 7. Alex Salzman Lincoln, Ne. 8. Steve Hurst(r) Ames, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 2
1. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 2. Alex Davenport Lincoln, Ne. 3. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 4. Gunnar Pike South Bend, Ne. 5. Joey Danley Martell, Ne. 6. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 7. Matt Frederickson Aurelia, Ia. 8. Nathan Weiler Omaha, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 3
1. Andrew Jackson Fremont, Ne. 2. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 3. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 4. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne. 5. Jay Russell Wathena, Ks. 6. Bill Garrow Lincoln, Ne. 7. Toby Chapman Panama, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 4
1. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 2. Cole Vanderheiden(r) Papillion, Ne. 3. Daniel Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 4. Josh Riggins Lincoln, Ne. 5. Brandon Horton Waterloo, Ne. 6. Bret Klabunde Ft. Calhoun, Ne. DNS. Mike Boston Lincoln, Ne.