138 teams pulled into the pits for Moms Rock! Night, presented by Pepsi Saturday evening at Eagle Raceway. It was cloudy and breezy, but that didn’t matter to the fans or racers. There was great racing and plenty of action throughout the night.
The first lap of the Racesaver IMCA Sprint Car A saw the pack backed up in turns 3 & 4. Trevor Grossenbacher’s 35 went flipping, destroying the car after contact with the 4X of Jason Danley. Brandon Horton and Doug Lovegrove were also involved and went to the pits.
When a lap was officially in the books Boyd Peterson’s 57B, the 93 of Ryan King, Joey Danley in the 14 and the 73 of Lee Bowes led the field. King grabbed the lead on lap 2 and Danley also passed Peterson to move to second. Jason Danley spun in turn 1 the next time around. Joey Danley got the lead on the restart, but the yellow lights were lit when Peterson did a 360 degree spin and went to the infield. That moved Bowes to third and the 5 of Ron Love into fourth. On the restart it was Shayle Bade’s turn to do a 360 spin and send the 03 to the infield. Bowes took second on the restart. Peterson again did a 360 degree spin the next lap and the yellow flag flew again as Peterson was disqualified for two unassisted yellows. King again took over the second spot on the restart as Tyler Drueke moved into fourth in the #12 before taking third on lap 7. Drueke advanced to second with 14 laps left.
Bowes passed King with 6 to go. Drueke got past Danley with 2 laps remaining to take the lead. The first four to the checkers were Drueke, Danley, Bowes and Love. However, after lengthy teching both Drueke and Danley were disqualified for their engines being over the maximum valve lift limit. That gave the win to Bowes with Love, King and Matt Richards rounding out the top 4.
This was the first ever sprint car victory for Bowes, who stated “That’s not the way that we wanted to get a win, but I’ll take it. It’s great to get a win in my 5th year of sprint car racing, after being away from racing of any kind for 15 years. This was a long time coming, and I’m just thrilled to get my first. I want to wish a happy Mother’s Day to my mother Donna and my wife Nicholle. A big thank you to my Dad, Jay Bogue and Jeff Printz for sticking around all of those long nights. I don’t have any sponsors this year, because I wasn’t sure how much I was going to be able to race”.
IMCA Sprint Results
A Feature:
1. Lee Bowes (Lincoln, NE), 2. Ron Love (Lincoln, NE), 3. Ryan King (Bennet, NE), 4. Matt Richards (Lincoln, NE), 5. Terry Richards (Denton, NE), 6. Shayle Bade (Lincoln, ne), 7. Clint Benson (Papillion, NE), 8. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 9. Richard Weers (Lincoln, NE), 10. Blain Petersen (Essex, IA), 11. Jason Danley (Lincoln, NE), 12. Tim Hilfiker (Greenwood, NE), 13. Shon Pointer (Grand Island, NE), 14. Boyd Peterson (Ithaca, NE), 15. Mike Boston (Lincoln, NE), 16. Trevor Grossenbacher (Hickman, NE), 17. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 18. Brandon Horton (Omaha, NE), 19. Tyler Drueke (Eagle, NE), 20. Joey Danley (Lincoln, NE)
B Feature:
1. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 2. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 3. Brandon Horton (Omaha, NE), 4. Blain Petersen (Essex, IA), 5. Shon Pointer (Grand Island, NE), 6. Adam Gullion (Lincoln, NE), 7. Nick Bryan (Lincoln, NE), 8. Nate Weiler (Omaha, NE), 9. Joe Miller (Vail, IA), 10. Jimmy Grasso (Omaha, NE), 11. Rick Hansen (Norfolk, NE), 12. Chase Weiler (Lincoln, NE), 13. Keith Dragoo (Lincoln, NE), 14. Toby Chapman (Panama, NE)
Heat 1:
1. Jason Danley (Lincoln, NE), 2. Ryan King (Bennet, NE), 3. Boyd Peterson (Ithaca, NE), 4. Mike Boston (Lincoln, NE), 5. Richard Weers (Lincoln, NE), 6. Brandon Horton (Omaha, NE), 7. Keith Dragoo (Lincoln, NE), 8. Nate Weiler (Omaha, NE), 9. Jimmy Grasso (Omaha, NE), 10. Adam Gullion (Lincoln, NE)
Heat 2:
1. Trevor Grossenbacher (Hickman, NE), 2. Ron Love (Lincoln, NE), 3. Joey Danley (Lincoln, NE), 4. Clint Benson (Papillion, NE), 5. Shayle Bade (Lincoln, ne), 6. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 7. Nick Bryan (Lincoln, NE), 8. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 9. Joe Miller (Vail, IA), 10. Chase Weiler (Lincoln, NE)
Heat 3:
1. Lee Bowes (Lincoln, NE), 2. Tim Hilfiker (Greenwood, NE), 3. Tyler Drueke (Eagle, NE), 4. Matt Richards (Lincoln, NE), 5. Terry Richards (Denton, NE), 6. Rick Hansen (Norfolk, NE), 7. Blain Petersen (Essex, IA), 8. Toby Chapman (Panama, NE), 9. Shon Pointer (Grand Island, NE)