By Greg Soukup
There was a great fan turnout for Kid’s Night, presented by Casey’s, Colby Ridge and Froggy 98 Saturday night at Eagle Raceway. The temperatures were high, but so were the spirits of 108 lucky boys and 108 fortunate girls who went home with brand new bikes; supplied by the racers, fans and Eagle Raceway.
All preliminary events went off without major incidents.
Chase Weiler’s 0 led lap 1 of the Racesaver IMCA Sprint Car main event with Ryan King’s 93, the 84 of Jack Dover and Matt Richards’ 1R rounding out the top 4. Dover snagged the lead on lap 2 as Richards moved to third. Richards advanced to second the next lap with King retaining third and Shon Pointer putting the 20P into fourth. Pointer passed King the next time around and Toby Chapman also got around Pointer after another lap to put the 7KX into fourth. King did a 360 degree spin in the infield of turn 2 on lap 12 to bring out a caution. After 1 failed restart, Stu Snyder put the 23S into fourth. Snyder moved up to third 2 laps later but Chapman went over a rear wheel of the 12 of Tyler Drueke and smacked the turn 4 wall and stopped. Snyder again moved to third on the restart and Jason Martin grabbed fourth the next lap. 1 more circuit was in the books when Snyder advanced to second. Martin moved up to third with 8 to go as Drueke took over fourth. From there to the finish the biggest battle was for second as Martin and Snyder battled back and forth for second with Martin prevailing and putting the pressure on Dover for the win. But, at the checkers it was Dover, Martin, Snyder and Drueke.
This win made Dover 2 for 3 at Eagle the last 3 weeks. “I want to thank Chris Roseland for giving me the chance to drive his car again. Also, thanks to Rick and Steve for their work on the car. I thought we had tightened the car up too much, but it ended up we should have gone even further. We’re trying to do a tune-up for the Racesaver IMCA Sprint Nationals and pushing to get better” stated Dover. Dover’s sponsors include Backlund Plumbing and Omaha WinWater Company.
Next weekend is the Summer Sizzle! Front gates open at 5:15. Adult admission is just $10, youths 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under are free. Hot laps start at 5:30 with racing at 6:30. All classes will be in action.
Pit gates open at 4:00 and pit admission is $25.
RESULTS:
IMCA Sprint 07/23/2016
A Feature: 1. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE), 2. Jason Martin (Lincoln, NE), 3. Stu Snyder (Waverly, NE), 4. Tyler Drueke (Eagle, NE), 5. Matt Richards (Lincoln, NE), 6. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 7. Shon Pointer (Grand Island, NE), 8. Adam Gullion (Lincoln, NE), 9. Shayle Bade (Lincoln, ne), 10. Nate Weiler (Omaha, NE), 11. Toby Chapman (Panama, NE), 12. Mike Boston (Lincoln, NE), 13. Clint Benson (Papillion, NE), 14. Nick Bryan (Lincoln, NE), 15. Terry Richards (Denton, NE), 16. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 17. Tim Hilfiker (Greenwood, NE), 18. Chase Weiler (Lincoln, NE), 19. Ryan King (Bennet, NE), 20. Brandon Horton (Omaha, NE)
B Feature: 1. Adam Gullion (Lincoln, NE), 2. Shayle Bade (Lincoln, ne), 3. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 4. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 5. Terry Richards (Denton, NE), 6. Keith Dragoo (Lincoln, NE), 7. Dwight Carter (Lincoln, NE), 8. Dan Satriano (Papillion, NE), 9. Boyd Peterson (Ithaca, NE), 10. Kellen Love (Lincoln, NE)
Heat 1: 1. Mike Boston (Lincoln, NE), 2. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE), 3. Nate Weiler (Omaha, NE), 4. Jason Martin (Lincoln, NE), 5. Brandon Horton (Omaha, NE), 6. Keith Dragoo (Lincoln, NE), 7. Terry Richards (Denton, NE), 8. Dwight Carter (Lincoln, NE), 9. Kellen Love (Lincoln, NE)
Heat 2: 1. Shon Pointer (Grand Island, NE), 2. Clint Benson (Papillion, NE), 3. Tyler Drueke (Eagle, NE), 4. Ryan King (Bennet, NE), 5. Tim Hilfiker (Greenwood, NE), 6. Adam Gullion (Lincoln, NE), 7. Shayle Bade (Lincoln, ne), 8. Boyd Peterson (Ithaca, NE)
Heat 3: 1. Stu Snyder (Waverly, NE), 2. Toby Chapman (Panama, NE), 3. Chase Weiler (Lincoln, NE), 4. Matt Richards (Lincoln, NE), 5. Nick Bryan (Lincoln, NE), 6. Gene Ackland (Martell, NE), 7. Doug Lovegrove (Waverly, NE), 8. Dan Satriano (Papillion, NE)