Eagle Raceway Results and Stories

Saturday, May 27, 2017
by Greg Soukup

Eagle Raceway’s annual Driver Appreciation Night, presented by Great Clips, was held Saturday night. Despite the long morning rains, Eagle’s crack track prep crew worked the track to be sure that the 167 teams on site had a place to race and to give the overflow crowd a fabulous night of racing.

The heats and preliminary features were held without significant happenings.

The finale was the A Feature for the Racesaver IMCA Sprint Cars. Tyler Drueke’s 12 and the 03 of Shayle Bade made contact in turn 3 on the initial lap, sending Drueke flipping into turn 4. As the red lights were lit Matt Richards was slowing to stop the 1R and had a used spindle break. The front end dug in and sent him flipping in turn 1. When a lap was finally in the books the 17 of Dan Satriano, Gene Ackland’s 14G, the 35 of Trevor Grossenbacher and Shon Pointer’s 20P were the top 4. Ackland moved to the lead on lap 2. Lap 4 saw Grossenbacher take over second. Pointer advanced to third on lap 9 as Grossenbacher moved to the lead. The next lap saw Joey Danley put the #14 into fourth. Pointer took over the third spot with 11 laps remaining. The final change in the top 4 came with 8 to go as Danley moved up to second, making the final top 4 Grossenbacher, Danley, Pointer and Ackland.

Grossenbacher said “We’re finally on a roll. The season started out kind of slow for us, but now it’s picking up. Hopefully it will carry over to the Sprint Series of Nebraska show Sunday. We haven’t had the best luck at that track, but maybe we can knock that one off of the list. A lot of people don’t like the track the way it was tonight here, but that’s my favorite kind of track. It was rough and fast, and I like that! You have to just pony up and go. Even with the rain Roger does a great job of giving us a good track every night. Two weeks ago I told him we need to have more tracks like that, and we lucked out, having another one tonight. That fits my driving style, so it worked out good”. Grossenbacher’s sponsors include Lincoln.org, Lincoln Winnelson, Stop and Shop, SkyTop Towers and WC’s South.

Next weekend is Student Burn Out Night, sponsored by Budweiser. Happy D Klown will be there from 5:30 to 7:30 for the kids and Celerion will be in the courtyard. After the regular racing is complete, there will be school bus races! All 5 regular classes will be there competing. The Racesaver IMCA Sprints, Kaplan University IMCA Modifieds, Hoosier Tire IMCA Sport Modifieds, Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mountain Dew IMCA Sport Compacts will be there as usual. Front gates open at 5:15, hot laps kick off at 5:30 and racing will start at 6:30. Adult admission is only $10, youths 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under are free.

Pit gates open at 4:00 with pit passes being $25.

RESULTS:

IMCA Sprint A-Feature
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Trevor Grossenbacher  35 
  Hickman, Ne
 2.  Joey Danley  14 
  Lincoln, Ne
 3.  Shon Pointer  20P 
  Grand Island, Ne
 4.  Gene Ackland  14G 
  Martell, Ne
 5.  Jason Danley  4X 
  Lincoln, Ne
 6.  Stu Snyder  23S 
  Waverly, Ne
 7.  Adam Gullion  91 
  Lincoln, Ne
 8.  Mike Boston  51 
  Lincoln, Ne
 9.  Dan Satriano  17 
  Papillion, Ne
 10. Clint Benson  100 
  Papillion, Ne
 11. Austin McLean  83 
  Loveland, Co
 12. Jimmy Grasso  8G 
  Omaha, Ne
 13. Shiveley Drew  03X 
 14. Ryan King  93 
  Bennet, Ne
 15. Doug Lovegrove  44 
  Waverly, Ne
 16. Chase Weiler  0 
  Lincoln, Ne
 17. Nathan Weiler  4W 
  Lavista, Ne
 18. Matt Richards  1R 
  Lincoln, Ne
 19. Tyler Drueke  12 
  Eagle, Ne
 20. Shayle Bade  03 
  Lincoln, Ne

IMCA Sprint B-Feature
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Adam Gullion  91 
  Lincoln, Ne
 2.  Jimmy Grasso  8G 
  Omaha, Ne
 3.  Ryan King  93 
  Bennet, Ne
 4.  Nathan Weiler  4W 
  Lavista, Ne
 5.  Nick Bryan  52 
  Lincoln, Ne
 6.  Brandon Horton  1B 
  Omaha, Ne
 7.  Terry Richards  18 
  Denton, Ne
 8.  Richard Weers  55 
  Lincoln, Ne
 9.  Boyd Peterson  57B 
  Ithaca, Ne
 10. Neil Nickolite  12N 
  Bellwood, Ne
 11. Tim Hilfiker  20 
  Greenwood, Ne
 12. Bill Garrow  3G 
  Lincoln, Ne
 13. Keith Dragoo  77D 
  Lincoln, Ne
 14. Jason Miller  77 
  Omaha, Ne
 15. Paul Hendrickson  19JR 
  Lincoln, Ne
DNS  Tim Fricke  62 
  Lincoln, Ne
DNS  Toby Chapman  7KX 
  Panama, Ne

IMCA Sprint Heat 1
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Dan Satriano  17 
  Papillion, Ne
 2.  Austin McLean  83 
  Loveland, Co
 3.  Shayle Bade  03 
  Lincoln, Ne
 4.  Shiveley Drew  03X 
 5.  Keith Dragoo  77D 
  Lincoln, Ne
 6.  Jason Miller  77 
  Omaha, Ne
 7.  Tim Fricke  62 
  Lincoln, Ne
 8.  Terry Richards  18 
  Denton, Ne
DNS  Toby Chapman  7KX 
  Panama, Ne

IMCA Sprint Heat 2
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Clint Benson  100 
  Papillion, Ne
 2.  Trevor Grossenbacher  35 
  Hickman, Ne
 3.  Stu Snyder  23S 
  Waverly, Ne
 4.  Mike Boston  51 
  Lincoln, Ne
 5.  Richard Weers  55 
  Lincoln, Ne
 6.  Nathan Weiler  4W 
  Lavista, Ne
 7.  Boyd Peterson  57B 
  Ithaca, Ne
 8.  Tim Hilfiker  20 
  Greenwood, Ne

IMCA Sprint Heat 3
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Matt Richards  1R 
  Lincoln, Ne
 2.  Gene Ackland  14G 
  Martell, Ne
 3.  Tyler Drueke  12 
  Eagle, Ne
 4.  Chase Weiler  0 
  Lincoln, Ne
 5.  Adam Gullion  91 
  Lincoln, Ne
 6.  Jimmy Grasso  8G 
  Omaha, Ne
 7.  Nick Bryan  52 
  Lincoln, Ne
 8.  Paul Hendrickson  19JR 
  Lincoln, Ne

IMCA Sprint Heat 4
  Driver  Nbr 
  ------------------------------ -----
 1.  Shon Pointer  20P 
  Grand Island, Ne
 2.  Jason Danley  4X 
  Lincoln, Ne
 3.  Joey Danley  14 
  Lincoln, Ne
 4.  Doug Lovegrove  44 
  Waverly, Ne
 5.  Brandon Horton  1B 
  Omaha, Ne
 6.  Ryan King  93 
  Bennet, Ne
 7.  Bill Garrow  3G 
  Lincoln, Ne
 8.  Neil Nickolite  12N 
  Bellwood, Ne