Carl Comes Back To Win Wild Feature at Lincoln County Raceway
By Darin Racek

NORTH PLATTE, Ne. (May 20, 2006) - The race car drivers put on a good show at Lincoln County Raceway on May 20 in the four regular classes, as well as the visiting Colorado Mod Lites. Dan Carl and Todd Chrisman of North Platte, Jason Koch of Cambridge, Arden Myers of McCook, and Duane Bayne of Nunn, Colo., were the stars of the show, winning the five A Feature races.

There was a considerable amount of action during the IMCA Modified A Feature. Heat winner Ronnie Wallace of North Platte took the lead on lap two of the race, only to give it to Robby Haines of Benkelman on the next one. Heat race winner Dan Carl was moving through the field towards the front when his right front tire went flat. Fortunately for him, the caution came out for another car on lap six, allowing him to get the tire changed without losing a lap. Haines and Wallace put on a show up front, with Wallace getting by Haines on lap fifteen, only to let the Benkelman driver sneak back underneath before the lap was completed. The caution flag waved for the sixth and final time as the cars took the white flag, setting up a one lap shoot out. Wallace tried to get under Haines again, but spun in corner two. Haines’s car pushed up in corner four allowing the third place car on the restart, that of Dan Carl, to sneak underneath and snatch the win. Charley Brown of Maxwell and Jim Mlady of North Platte also snuck underneath Haines for second and third places. Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Stock Car A Feature was a hard fought battle within the race, but a delight to watch. Shane Stout of North Platte took the lead after leader Casey Werkmeister of Maywood spun in corner two. He enjoyed the lead until Todd Chrisman was able to drive a lower line to edge Stout for the lead on lap seven. For the next five laps, the two heat race winners went side-by-side. A debris caution got the two to single file out, with Chrisman on top. After the restart, Stout had to hold off Brady Koch of Cambridge. B Feature winner Justin Bussell of Imperial then joined the battle for second, and that allowed Chrisman to pull ahead for a safe victory. Stout worked hard to keep the runner-up spot at the end of the race. Justin Bussell finished in third place, ahead of Koch and Bryan Hagan of Culbertson. Charley Brown was the other winner of the IMCA Stock Car heat race.

The heat race winners in the IMCA Hobby Stock division paced the top spot for much of the race. Thomas Lower of North Platte took the lead at the start of the event. Jason Koch eventually worked his way to the front, closely followed by Lower, cash dash winner John Huffman of McCook, and Justin Wagner. Lower would spin out of contention, but Koch would hang on to take his second win in two nights, winning the night before in McCook. Huffman and Wagner would trade second place until the end, with the spot going to the McCook driver. Austin Davis of Benkelman and Bret Hagan of Gibbon finished in fourth and fifth places.

Arden Myers gave as dominant performance as he has given in the past few years during the Mini-Sprint A Feature. He took the lead at the beginning of the race and had a straightaway lead at the end. His fellow heat winner Toph Harmon of Holbrook spent most of the race in second place, but was finally passed with a lap to go by J. R. Way of Lexington and Rick Putnam of Gothenburg. Tom Koster of North Platte earned the fifth place finish.

The small, yet mighty Colorado Mod Lites buzzed around the big 3/8 mile track at a furious pace. Travis Bayne of Windsor, Colo., was his heat race winner and zoomed out to the lead in the A Feature. Unfortunately, he spun, handing it over to another former IMCA Modified driver, Danny Councilman of Erie, Colo. Councilman would soon be challenged by Jacob Muhlbauer of Eads, Colo., and Duane Bayne at the front. Bayne worked Councilman until he was finally able to sneak by with four laps to go, and went on for the win. Councilman held Muhlbauer off for second place. Tracy Bayne of Nunn, Colo., finished in fourth, while Travis Bayne recovered to finish in fifth.

Lincoln County Raceway will be next in action on Saturday night, May 27. The gates open at 5 PM, and the thunder begins at 7 PM.


May 20 results
IMCA Modified
Heat 1
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
29S-Mike Saathoff
71-Andrew Dillenburg

Heat 2
31-Dan Carl
9R-Robby Haines
94H-Don Hagan, Jr.

A Feature
31-Dan Carl
4C-Charley Brown
19J-Jim Mlady
9R-Robby Haines
71-Andrew Dillenburg
20-Jeremy Herbst
12J-Jay Steffens
69-Brad Turner
4KJ-Terry Houchin
14-Jason Gallentine
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
99-Bob Aspenleiter (DNF)
29S-Mike Saathoff (DNF)
83C-Chris Stevens (DNF)
94H-Don Hagan, Jr. (DNF)
A19-Art Porter (DNS)

IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1
5B-Charley Brown
7A-Steve Aitken
64-Kenny McCarty

Heat 2
5S-Shane Stout
25H-Bryan Hagan
45-Mikey Dancer

Heat 3
11-Todd Chrisman
25KO-Brady Koch
55Z-Zach Schultz

B Feature
11B-Justin Bussell
1R-Bill Dover
42KC-Kyle Werkmeister
72D-Justin Gentry
69-Adam Kackmeister
99-Tony Ditch
7-Jeremy Halouska
4K-Kent Lower
75-Dan Eller (DNF)
28-Alex Silos (DNF)
18-Stew Holmes (DNS)
8-Jeff Ward (DNS)
67-Terry Fletcher (DNS)

A Feature
11-Todd Chrisman
5S-Shane Stout
11B-Justin Bussell
25KO-Brady Koch
25H-Bryan Hagan
45-Mikey Dancer
7A-Steve Aitken
8B-Shawn Bigham
72D-Justin Gentry
12J-Kerry Jones
69-Adam Kackmeister
1R-Bill Dover
99-Tony Ditch
5B-Charley Brown
55Z-Zach Schultz (DNF)
24KC-Casey Werkmeister (DNF)
64-Kenny McCarty (DNF)
42KC-Kyle Werkmeister (DNF)

IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1
74KO-Jason Koch
22-Austin Davis
X5-Eric Picquet

Heat 2
3T-Thomas Lower
2-Justin Wagner
3-John Huffmann

Cash Dash
3-John Huffmann

A Feature
74KO-Jason Koch
3-John Huffmann
2-Justin Wagner
22-Austin Davis
3H-Bret Hagan
3T-Thomas Lower
14M-Martha Newman
23H-Bruce Hagan, Sr. (DNF)
X5-Eric Picquet (DNF)
33-Shane Klockman (DNF)

Mini-Sprints
Heat 1
42-Arden Myers
4-Rick Putnam
20K-Cory Kelley

Heat 2
25-Toph Harmon
23S-Josh Sabin
28-J. R. Way

A Feature
42-Arden Myers
28-J. R. Way
4-Rick Putnam
25-Toph Harmon
7-Tom Koster
23S-Josh Sabin
20K-Cory Kelley
14-Troy Douglas
1-Meddie Cote
5-Randy Miller
54-Brian Piel
15-Jamey Kennicutt (DNF)
9-Trent Hansen (DNS)

Colorado Mod Lites
Heat
17-Travis Bayne
8-Duane Bayne
82-Jacob Muhlbauer

A Feature
8-Duane Bayne
7-Danny Concilman
82-Jacob Muhlbauer
21-Tracy Bayne
17-Travis Bayne
28-Chris Baker
3-Brad Bayne
07-Gary Skappel