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Stout Beats Storms and Stock Cars at Lincoln County Raceway
By Darin Racek
NORTH PLATTE, Nebr. (August 15) - Although there was some trepidation
about the skies, the show at Lincoln County Raceway was able to completed on
August 15, about twenty minutes before the storm hit the fairgrounds.
Charley Brown of Maxwell, Shane Stout and John Webster of North Platte, and
Leland Stute of Benkelman hit the track ready to race and won the night’s A
Feature events.
Corner four appear to have an invisible hand reaching for cars during the
IMCA Modified A Feature, and hand appeared to like cars near the front of
the field. While racing for second place and trying to track down leader
Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte, Jeremy Herbst of North Platte went for
the ride on lap six. On the next green flag lap, leader Dillenburg became
the victim to the force, and that handed the lead to Cole Hodges of
Ogallala. By that time Charley Brown had moved into second place, and after
a couple of laps of working on it, was able to take the lead from Hodges and
held on for his second IMCA Modified win in two weeks. Hodges won the
spirited battle for second place between he, Jeremy Frenier of Fort Morgan,
Colo., and Robby Haines of Benkelman. Jim Mlady of North Platte finished in
fifth place.
The heat races were won by North Platte drivers Tony Schultz and cash dash
winner Jay Steffens.
The IMCA Stock Car drivers must have been thinking more about the impending
storm than racing the A Feature, as it took three tries to get one lap
completed. Shane Stout, who broke a rocker arm during the heat race, took
second from Brandon Clough of Wallace and the lead from heat winner Kyle
Werkmeister of Maywood coming around corner four on lap three. The track was
dry slick, which took away the advantage a driver with a more horsepower
would have, and that was to the advantage of Stout, who thought he may have
broken another rocker arm during the feature. Stout’s left front tire also
had a slow leak, adding to his adversity. In spite of it all, he had a
healthy lead over the field on the last lap, and earned his first Lincoln
County Raceway feature win of the year. Clough, a heat winner, was the
runner-up.
Travis Tilford of North Platte, Charley Brown (also a heat winner), and
Mikey Dancer of North Platte rounded out the top five. All eighteen starters
finished the race.
There were fifteen laps in the IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature, and the drivers
ran the race without a caution. On the opening lap, Dan Morash won the
battle of North Platte, getting by Rick Eller for the lead. Leland Stute
worked his way into second place and tracked down Morash. The two put on a
close race for several laps, with Morash having the slight edge. On lap
nine, Stute had a stout run out of corner two on the heat race winner, drove
to the lead, and on for the win. Austin Davis of Benkelman was also able to
get by Dan for the second spot. Greg Hoing of Johnson Lake, also a heat race
winner, finished in fourth place, while Corey Cruzan of Maxwell finished in
fifth place.
John Webster took the lead of the Mini-Sprint A Feature and stayed ahead of
the field for the entire ten lap event for his second win of the year.
Jeremy Herbst started in the back of the field, yet was able to do enough
passing for the runner-up position. Arden Myers of McCook had the show in
third place, and J. R. Way of Lexington had whatever a person would call
fourth place. Ashleigh Larson of Aurora, Colorado was unable to finish the
race, but the thirteen year-old was credited with fifth place. Myers was the
heat race winner.
The next night of racing at Lincoln County Raceway will be Saturday night,
August 22. The gates open at 5 PM, and the races will start at 7 PM, Central
Time. Two bicycles will be given away at intermission for youngsters.
August 15 results
IMCA Modified
Heat 1
20K-Kyle Clough
4C-Charley Brown
71-Andrew Dillenburg
Heat 2
12J-Jay Steffens
34JW-Cole Hodges
17J-Jeremy Frenier
Cash Dash
12J-Jay Steffens
A Feature
4C-Charley Brown
34JW-Cole Hodges
17J-Jeremy Frenier
9R-Robbie Haines
19J-Jim Mlady
40-Dan Carl
15K-Jamey Kennicutt
20-Tony Schultz (DNF)
14-Jason Gallentine (DNF)
2-Jeremy Herbst (DNF)
71-Andrew Dillenburg (DNF)
20K-Kyle Clough (DNF)
12J-Jay Steffens (DNF)
IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1
20B-Brandon Clough
50-Colton Osborn
09H-Bob Hoing
Heat 2
4C-Charley Brown
5S-Shane Stout
45-Mikey Dancer
Heat 3
42W-Kyle Werkmeister
24W-Casey Werkmeister
6C-Cale Osborn
A Feature
5S-Shane Stout
20B-Brandon Clough
8-Travis Tilford
4C-Charley Brown
45-Mikey Dancer
6C-Cale Osborn
11-Todd Chrisman
1-Brent Gibson
24W-Casey Werkmeister
00-Sara Powers
09H-Bob Hoing
42W-Kyle Werkmeister
35JW-Casey Woken
12J-Kerry Jones
50-Colton Osborn
51B-Brent Gartrell
47Jr-Russ Small, Jr.
75-Dan Eller
IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1
00H-Greg Hoing
3L-Leland Stute
38-Jack Sherman
Heat 2
67-Dan Morash
22-Austin Davis
65-Rick Eller
A Feature
3L-Leland Stute
22-Austin Davis
67-Dan Morash
00H-Greg Hoing
8C-Corey Cruzan
38-Jack Sherman
65-Rick Eller
7S-Scott Gibson
10-Litton Stute (DNF)
Mini-Sprints
Heat
42-Arden Myers
28-J. R. Way
9X-Zach Schultz
A Feature
9-John Webster
20-Jeremy Herbst
42-Arden Myers
28-J. R. Way
13-Ashleigh Larson (DNF)
9X-Zach Schultz (DNS)
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