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Boston, Richards, Beckman and Rice Win Freedom Fest By Greg Soukup EAGLE, NE (June 28) - Thanks to a couple of gifts of Mother Nature’s ‘Liquid Love’ during the week, coupled with cloudy skies and cooler than normal June temperatures, Freedom Fest 2008 at “America’s Home Track” Eagle Raceway was held on a very tacky track which only got faster as the night wore on. The large crowd was treated to fantastic racing all evening, topped by a fabulous fireworks display celebrating those who serve us and our country daily. After the balloon salute, the heat races in all classes went without a hitch. At intermission, Mike Cacak was notified that he would be receiving the Gordie Shuck Award for Sportsmanship and his contribution to the racing community over the years. As you know, Mike suffered critical injuries just 1 year ago this weekend but has returned to his duties at Eagle Raceway. The formal presentation will be done at the Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame banquet in October. The first A Feature was for the Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts. Joey Danley took the lead in his #14 with Mike Rice’s 24, Maynard Kinnersley’s 18 and Mike Simpson’s 63 right behind him. Simpson relinquished the fourth spot on lap 2 when Barry Kinnersley moved his 00 around Simpson on the high side. Danley held the lead until lap 4 when his right front tire and wheel came off in turns 1 and 2. This caused a major pileup and allowed Matt Moyer to take fourth. At that time the running order was Rice, Maynard Kinnersley, Barry Kinnersley and Moyer. Although the top four remained unchanged to the checkers, there was a fierce battle between father and son for second as Barry attempted to move past Maynard. Despite all of his efforts, Maynard managed to hold him off. “Although the track was slick, I had fun. But, I always have fun racing out here at Eagle” Rice stated. Mike’s sponsors include M & M Construction, Pro Washing, the Naked Canvas Body Art, Auggie’s Performance Shop, Big Dan’s body & Paint, Long John Silvers & Kentucky Fried Chicken, Low Budget Customs, Derrick Noonan and The Car Wash. The Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks were next on the card. The 71K of Josh Kennel came back to the flag stand with the lead on the first lap. Eric Hansen’s #33, Rick Bradley’s 28B and the #94 of Mike Hansen were in second through fourth. It took only 1 lap for Nick Beckman to move his #22 past Hansen for the fourth position, and the next lap he got around both Kennell who slowed to fourth and Bradley to take over second. As the leaders came around through turns 3 & 4 a car stopped against the front stretch wall, causing a melee behind him. This brought out a red flag which Hansen failed to heed, causing him to be disqualified. This put Beckman in first, Kennel back in second, Bradley in third and the #42 of Rob Brown in fourth. At the restart Bradley moved around Kennell for second and Brown lost his right rear wheel and tire. Brown limped his racer into the pits so the action continued. Shane Hiatt moved up to third in his 21H. Kevin Anderson got his 22K around Kennell for fourth with just 9 laps to go and moved up to third with just 2 laps remaining. For the last two laps Bradley, Anderson and Hiatt waged a fierce battle. At the checkered flag it was Beckman, Bradley, Anderson and Hiatt. “I really needed this one after all of the bad luck and flat tires I’ve been having lately. I should have won last week if it wasn’t for a popped tire, so this felt really great tonight” Beckman said. “First of all, I want to thank the fans, my friends and my family for coming out and cheering us on. I also need to thank my parents and of course my wife. Last, I need to thank everyone I race with every week. They all make this whole thing fun and make it possible for me to race” he continued. “I need to send a special thanks to Speedy Steve’s High Performance for this great motor. That helped us win this thing tonight” Nick finished. Beckman’s sponsors include Denny’s Auto Sales, Clouse Trucking, Athey Painting, Dickey & Burham, Terry’s Body Shop and spider Race Cars. The Monster Energy Drink IMCA Modifieds then took to the track. Mannix Winningham took his #1M to the front with the 73 of James Oaks, the 5p of Bob Philipps and Brian Cudly’s 57 close on his heels. Cudly took second on the second circuit and was followed by both the 18 of Terry Richards and the 7 of Bob Ruisinger on lap three. It took 3 more laps before Ruisinger relinquished the fourth spot to Dylan Smith’s 95. On the same lap Richards advanced to second behind Winningham. At that time it was Winningham, Richards, Smith and Ruisinger. With 11 laps left Chris Alcorn moved up to fourth and then to third on the next lap. With 8 laps remaining Winningham dropped back to fourth with Richards in the lead, Smith in second and Alcorn in third. With just 2 laps left Smith advanced to second, and although he gave it his all he couldn’t pass Richards. “To be honest, we weren’t even going to come tonight. We raced at Rising City last night and ran fourth behind Chris Alcorn. Then we took our kids to Yankton South Dakota this morning and didn’t get back until 2:30 this afternoon. But, we got a phone call saying ‘You want to go to the track tonight and race?’. The car hadn’t been touched since last night; we hadn’t washed it or change anything. So we just hooked up the trailer and left” Richards said. “What helped me win was that last yellow flag. I’m not sure I could have held Dylan off, but I had gotten to see where he was running. So, I changed my line. That yellow really paid off in the long run” he finished. Richards’ sponsors include TR’s Tool Service, Razor Chassis, Demon Decals, Core Financial, Wachovia Securities and JR Motorsports. The Budweiser 360 Championship Sprints A Feature was the finale of the racing. Trevor Grossenbacher hit the turn 1 wall during buzz laps and rolled his #35. Trevor was unhurt, but could not continue. Gage Dorr snagged the lead from his pole position in his #17 followed by the 28 of Ken Klabunde, the 77 of John Klabunde and Kevin Danley’s 7X. The top four remained unchanged until lap 8 when Mike Boston got around Danley to take fourth. 2 laps later Nick Bryan hit nearly the same spot that Grossenbacher had in turn one and rolled his #6. Boston took advantage of the restart, getting around John Klabunde for third and then 2 laps later passing John Klabunde to take second. With 10 laps left Boston went high around Dorr and began to pull away, winning by over a half of a lap. “The track was really great tonight. It just kept getting faster and faster the more we raced on it” Boston stated. When asked if he thought he could have passed Dorr had it not been for the red flag brought out by Bryan, Mike said “I didn’t even know where he was until I was right behind him. That’s the advantage of not leading. When you’re ahead, you have to worry about hitting your marks every lap. But when you are coming from behind, you can see where the drivers ahead of you are running and then change your line…try different ones. That’s pretty much what I did” he continued. “Everyone out here is a great racer. They all run you clean and you never have to worry about any of them. That’s why I love Eagle” he said. “I want to thank most of all Rick and Michele Bowers for giving me the chance to run their sprinter. It’s great equipment, and that makes it easy to end up front” he finished. Boston’s sponsors include Eckley Racing Engines, Trade Center Automotive, CMart of Crete, Vision Sports, Lincoln Drywall and One Eyed Dog Saloon. Next week at Eagle Raceway features two nights of racing action. First, on Thursday July 3rd, the Super Late Model Mixer featuring the WDRL/NCRA Late Models as well as Wingless Sprints take to the high banks. Front gates open at 5:30, with time trials at 6:30 and racing at 7:30. Then on Saturday July 5th Colby Ridge and the Brew present Christmas in July Fan Appreciation Night. Adult fans will receive $5 off of their general admission with a donated NEW toy. All toys collected will be given to Toys for Tots which is coordinated by the US Marine Corp volunteers. These volunteers will be on site collecting the toy donations. Hot laps will start at 6:00 with racing at 7:00. Eagle Raceway Results for 6-28-08: Budweiser 360 Sprints: A Feature- 1) 51 Mike Boston 2) 17 Gage Dorr 3) 28 Ken Klabunde 4) 77 John Klabunde 5) 7x Kevin Danley 6) 3 Jeff Griffis 7) 23 Terry Holliman 8) 31 Mark Pace 9) 8b Bobby Becker 10) 76 Jay Russell 11) 32 Chris Roseland 12) 14 Josh Riggins 13) 82 Jason Danley 14) 24b Frank Galusha 15) 23r Tadd Holliman 16) 57 Jayson Bogue 17) 6 Nick Bryan 18) 27 Brad Wright 19) 71 Tige Jensen 20) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher (DNS) B Feature- 1) 24b Frank Galusha 2) 23r Tadd Holliman 3) 6 Nick bryan 4) 27 Brad Wright 5) 57 Jayson Bogue 6) 3r Mike Beckerman 7) 33 Terry Cadwallader 8) 17b Jason Becker Monster IMCA Modifieds: A Feature- 1) 18 Terry Richards 2) 95 Dylan Smith 3) 3 Chris Alcorn 4) 1m Mannix Winningham 5) 3w Stacey Wilhelm 6) 11aa Ed Raines 7) v45 Rik Gropp 8) 11n Nathan Landauer 9) 5p Bob Philipps 10) 3a Aaron Pella 11) 57 Brian Cudly 12) 11x Steve Devitt 13) 12x George Haney 14) 73 James Oaks 15) 7 Bob Ruisinger 16) 22j Justin Jurgens 17) 00 Tim Pickens 18) 4jr David Jewett Jr 19) s56 Scott Bivens 20) 4 Chevy Hadan B Feature#1- 1) 11x Steve Devitt 2) 3a Aaron Pella 3) 5st Dan Wayman 4) 24x Darren Hosick 5) 21t Tracy Harr 6) 95r Lucas Robinson 7) 44 Tom Lenz 8) 41 Clint Hummer 9) 13 Doug Deterding 10) 48b Don Chilen 11) 29 Jeff Mazza 12) 75j Jesse Robinson (DNS) B Feature#2- 1) 4 Chevy Hadan 2) v45 Rik Gropp 3) 0 Jim Krupicka 4) 81 Mike Densberger 5) 42k Jan Korth 6) 4t Jerry Trejo 7) 10 Kenny Danley 8) 8c Chad Andersen 9) 49 Ross Engel 10) 19 Scott Anderson 11) 2k Kyle Schamp Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks: A Feature- 1) 22 Nick Beckman 2) 28b Rick Bradley 3) 22k Kevin Anderson 4) 21h Shane Hiatt 5) 38c Casey Moyer 6) 10k Lee Kracht 7) 3k Jerry Keaton 8) 71k Josh Kennell 9) 98 Dan Jackson 10) 21 Derick Noonan 11) 92 Don Hall Jr 12) 53 Don Kros 13) b4 Ben Becher 14) 12 Dan Noonan 15) 17h Craig Huffless 16) 86 Justin Wulf 17) 42 Rob Brown 18) 33 Eric Hansen 19) 94 Mike Hansen 20) 14 Ron Novak 21) 9er Charlie Bartels 22) 93x Phil Stransky 23) 20t Steve Shepard (DNS) 24) 32h Harold Silvey (DNS) Auto Trans Matic IMCA Sport Compacts: A Feature- 1) 24 Mike Rice 2) 18 Maynard Kinnersley 3) 00 Barry Kinnersley 4) 29 Matt Moyer 5) 62 Justin Busboom 6) 63 Mike Simpson 7) 45 Jack Prall IV 8) 33s Andrew Smith 9) 18r Ron Frank 10) 51 Amanda Rhiley 11) 44 Jack Prall III 12) 26t Tyler Drueke 13) 95c Bob Cigelman 14) 77 Jason Miller 15) 72 Ben Simpson 16) 88m Meloney McVicker 17) 14 Kevin Danley 18) 21 Jake Sells 19) 26 Derek Dreamer 20) 22 Elliott Halvorsen B Feature- 1) 77 Jason Miller 2) 51 Amanda Rhiley 3) 95c Bob Cigelman 4) 22 Elliott Halvorsen 5) 2 Dan Rhiley 6) 49 Nick Sommerfeld 7) 28h Jeremy Conkel 8) 10st Kevin Staack 9) 31 Chris LaChapelle 10) 5 Larry Cronin 11) 33 Jeremy Noonan (DNS) 12) 16j Hailey Jackson (DNS) 13) 7v Adam Vrbka (DNS) 14) 4u James Snelling (DNS) 15) 86 Scott Pascoe (DNS) 16) s6 Ryan McMahon (DNS) |