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Icebreaker Challenge 2008 Day 1 EAGLE, NE (April 5)Mother Nature may have gotten the first word at the first day of the Icebreaker Challenge, thanks to warm temperatures and a strong unforgiving south wind; but the racers and fans definitely had the last say as the track became racier as the event unfolded. Although the 12 heat races were dusty, by the time the feature races were run, the fastest times of the night were being run. The IMCA Sport Compacts A Main was run first. Kennin Colestock lead in his #7 with Jake Sells’ 21 in second place and Dan Rhiley in third in the #2. It took Rhiley only 3 laps to pass Sells for second, but just 4 laps later Rhiley and Colestock’s 7 made contact which eventually resulted in both cars leaving the race. That put Sells in first, followed by Justin Busboom in the #62 and the #26 of Derek Dreamer. Just 2 laps later Busboom took over the point and held it to the finish line. Although this is only Justin’s 3rd year racing a Sport Compact, he has already claimed the last two Icebreaker Challenges. “I need to thank my father, who is my only help with the racecar” Justin said. “I really only started this to have fun, and thanks to Roger Hadan and the fans, I have that chance”. Justin’s sponsors are All Care, Reddick Plumbing and JCM Electric. The Budweiser Championship 360 Sprint cars were up next. On the second attempt at a start the 9N spun in turn 1, which resulted in the 32 of Chris Roseland spinning also. Unfortunately Trevor Grossenbacher was left with nowhere to go and ended up rolling his #35. Fortunately Noone was hurt. On the ensuing restart, two-time defending track champion Mike Boston snagged the lead in his #51 with the 18 of Ryan Roberts and the 82 of Jason Danley close behind. Roberts wasted no time moving around Boston as he took over first place on the second lap with Danley also passing Boston on the next lap. 2 laps later Jack Dover moved past Boston to snare 3rd. Two more laps were in the books when a steering component broke on Roberts’ sprinter, causing him to spin and collect Danley. At that time, the running order was Dover, the #1 of Eric Lutz, the 4 of Mike Chadd and the 51 of Boston. On the restart Boston slowed in turn 1, moving the 23W of Scott Winters into fourth position. The next lap Chadd got around Lutz for second, only to be repassed 2 laps later. Chadd and Lutz continued to battle, exchanging positions several times. On the 14th circuit Don Dround Jr. got around Chadd to take over third spot. A few laps later Lutz bobbled in turn 4, allowing Droud Jr. to garner second place. All the while, Dover continued unchallenged for the win. “I had a lot of confidence on the drive here, just a really good feeling about tonight” Dover stated. “Even though we fought the track all night, guessing on set-ups, we got lucky on the one for the feature and hit it perfectly” he continued. “I love Eagle Raceway, and wish we could run here more often. But, we’ve decided to not run any one track this year. We’re going to just travel quite a bit, giving me time on lots of new tracks. And that’s what I need to improve. We’ve already been to 7 different tracks this year in fact” he finished. Dover’s sponsors include ATV Motorsports, Keizer, Trail Performance, Eagle, 3D Auto Transport, Langfeldt, Eckley Racing Engines, Chad Nolte Repair, Thorpe’s Auto Body, Speedway, Clifford Cycles, Butlerbuilt, Oliver Racing Parts, Jesel Valvetrain Innovations, Crow Safety Gear and Springborg. The final A Feature of the evening saw the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models on Eagle’s high banks. Mike Garland held first place in his G1, followed by the #42 of Tom Darbyshire and the #30 of Todd Cooney. Action was fast and furious throughout the field, with 3-wide racing all over the track. On the third lap Darbyshire moved his #42 into first, and the next lap Andy Nezworski moved his #7 into third. 2 laps later the 23R of Craig Roberts also passed Cooney to grab third. On lap 10, the 23R moved into second only to be overtaken by both the 7 and the 30. It took Cooney only 6 more laps to move into first, a position he held to the end of the race. That did not mean that the racing was over, because the 23R and the #14 of Dan McLaughlin fought to the bitter end, with McLaughlin finally crossing the finish line in second place behind Cooney. “I couldn’t believe how well the track came in. By feature time, you could run anywhere; high, low or through the middle. It just took patience, and I lost mine in the beginning. I ended up hitting the wall because I tried to go where I shouldn’t have, and really I should have lost the race. But, I backed off, settled down and just kept moving up.” Cooney’s sponsors are Watter’s Auto Land, Chase Graphics and Innovaton Index Plates. The action continues Sunday, as the Icebreaker Challenge has it’s second show. Sunday’s racing will feature the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models, the Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints, the IMCA Modifieds and the IMCA Hobby Stocks. Hot laps will start at 2 P.M. with racing at 3. Be sure to come out and see the excitement at Eagle Raceway, America’s Home Track. Race Results for 4-5-08 IMCA Deery Brother’s Late Models A Feature: 1) 30 Todd Cooney 2) 14 Boone McLaughlin 3) 23r Craig Roberts 4) 0f Jason Franklin 5) 45 Mike Klinkkammer 6) 42 Tom Darbyshire 7) 7 Andy Nezworski 8) 12n Terry Neal 9) 22 Charlie McKenna 10) G1 Mike Garland 11) 99d Darrel De France 12) TJ Criss 13) 75 Clint Wendel 14) z50 Joe Zrostlik 15) 21g Corey Goldreck 16) 76 Jason Hahne 17) 46 Nate Buesling 18) 14w Kyle Wahlert 19) 58 Hershel Roberts 20) 21 Ben Nading 21) 9 Bobby Hansen 22) 93 Jay Johnson 23) 8 Al Johnson 24) 1st Justin Reed 360 Sprints A Feature: 1) 53 Jack Dover 2) 1x Don Droud Jr 3) 1 Eric Lutz 4) 4 Mike Chadd 5) 76 Jay Russell 6) 57x Jake Peters 7) 82 Jason Danley 8) 44 Larry Pinegar III 9) 91 Brad Krutz 10) 32 Chris Roseland 11) 4j Lee Gross 12) 24j Jeff Reiman 13) 3 Jeff Griffis 14) 29 Russ Hall 15) 23w Scott Winters 16) 24b Frank Galusha 17) 51 Mike Boston 18) 18 Ryan Roberts 19) 9n ? 20) 35 Trevor Grossenbaucher IMCA Sport Compacts A Feature: 1) 62 Justin Busboom 2) 21 Jake Sells 3) 26 Derek Dreamer 4) 18r Ron Frank 5) 29 Matt Myer 6) 00 Barry Kinnersley 7) 24 Mike Rice 8) 33 Jeremy Noonan 9) 33s Andrew Smith 10) 55 Garret Rech 11) 51 Amanda Rhiley 12) 48 Scott Bumgardner 13) 6 Roger Elliott 14) 14 Joey Danley 15) 28 Richard Meyers 16) 18 Maynard Kinnersley 17) 7 Kennin Colestock 18) 2 Dan Rhiley 19) 10st Kevin Staak 20) 31 Chris LaChapelle |