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BEATRICE, Neb. (March 29) – With half a lap
left, Ricky Alvarado had to be asking himself what he’d have to do to get
from fourth to the front of the Friday night Spring Nationals IMCA Modified
feature field.
When the checkers flew and the excitement had
died down, he was celebrating a victory at Beatrice’s season opener for the
second straight year.
Alvarado prevailed after Jay Noteboom and
Johnny Saathoff spun out while fighting for the lead. David Murray Jr.
couldn’t keep the handle dueling with Alvarado on the last turn, and the
Colorado flyer sped to the $1,500 top prize.
Noteboom started on the pole, with defending
national champion Dylan Smith to his outside, and quickly pulled away while
Smith tussled with Murray, Alvarado, and Jeff Jones.
The first lap led to a yellow flag after a
pileup starting just past the top five that collected nearly half the pack.
Another yellow came a lap after the re-start, but once underway the race
went the rest of the 30 laps without interruption.
Noteboom had no problem most of the race, but
seven-time Spring Nationals winner Saathoff slowly snuck into the top five
and started reeling in Noteboom with five laps to go.
On the white flag lap entering turn three,
Saathoff went for the win and made contact with Noteboom, knocking both
sideways. Murray and Alvarado dodged the two leaders and each went for the
victory.
Exiting turn four, Alvarado missed the errant
Murray and motored to the win. Smith, Jones and Darrick Klima completed the
top four in the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier.
Defending national champion Jesse Sobbing and
2009 runner-up Tyler Frye ran 1-2 in another Beatrice barnburner.
Mike Tanner led the Karl Chevrolet Northern
SportMod feature early before Frye worked his way to the front.
Sobbing had started further back in the pack
but made his way into second with just a few laps remaining. He took the
lead from Frye with two to go but Frye didn't give up.
Entering turn three on the white flag lap, Frye
went for the win and got into Sobbing a little bit but couldn't get past
him. Tanner and Max Harder were third and fourth, respectively.
Brandon Johnson held off Blain Petersen and
avoided lapped traffic in winning the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Hans
Houfek and Roy Armstrong followed.
Ole Olsen dominated the Mach-1 Sport Compact
main, winning ahead of Nicholas Lindblad, Mike Simpson and Neal Reynolds.
Saturday’s Spring Nationals program was lost to
inclement weather and could not be rescheduled. The program had been
postponed a week because of rain, cold and resulting track conditions.
Feature Results
Modifieds –
1. Ricky Alvarado; 2. Dylan Smith; 3. Jeff Jones; 4. Darrick Klima; 5. Terry
Phillips; 6. Chad Andersen; 7. Brian Foote; 8. Johnny Saathoff; 9. Jordy
Nelson; 10. Brandon Blochlinger; 11. Rodger Peck; 12. Josh Gilman; 13. Joel
Cleveland; 14. Mike Albertsen; 15. Mike O’Patik; 16. Tyler Iverson; 17.
Jordan Grabouski; 18. Jay Noteboom; 19. David Murray Jr.; 20. Ronnie
Wallace; 21. Corey Lagroon; 22. Dan Nelson; 23. Davin Emmel; 24. Matt Bonine;
25. Chris Abelson.
Hobby Stocks – 1. Brandon Johnson;
2. Blain Petersen; 3. Hans Houfek; 4. Roy Armstrong; 5. R.J. Macku; 6. Shane
Slezak; 7. Jesse Vanlaningham; 8. Josh Kennell; 9. Ryan Roschewski; 10.
Leland Stute; 11. Litton Stute; 12. Brandon Wergin; 13. James Pittman; 14.
Eric Chab; 15. Eric Stanton; 16. Jason Kohl; 17. Lonnie Greuter.
Northern SportMods – 1. Jesse
Sobbing; 2. Tyler Frye; 3. Mike Tanner; 4. Max Harder; 5. Greg Metz; 6.
Dusty Leonard; 7. Gary Saathoff; 8. Kyle Olberding; 9. Scott Davis; 10. Chad
Louk; 11. Kyle Prauner; 12. Nathan Kobes; 13. Jason Nelssen; 14. Nelson
Vollbrecht; 15. Chad Borgman; 16. Dustin Rohr; 17. Anthony Asher; 18. Adam
Armstrong; 19. Brian Kosiski; 20. Kurt Moeding; 21. Trevor Kopp; 22. Josh
Rice; 23. Nicholas Topil; 24. Jerry Hinton. Sport Compacts – 1. Ole Olsen; 2. Nicholas Lindblad; 3. Mike Simpson; 4. Neal Reynolds; 5. Jamie Rice; 6. John Sedlachek; 7. Brock McDougall; 8. Justice Colson; 9. Mary Lenz; 10. Jessie Fuller; 11. Allen Rice; 12. Travis Clark; 13. Trace Ayers; 14. Brandon Lobdell; 15. Kaylee Diekman; 16. Taylor Griffin; 17. Shelby Barnard; 18. Kevin Cather.
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