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Oberlin Duo Do The Double at McCook Speedway
By Darin Racek
McCOOK, NE (June 25) - With four make up A Features before the regular show,
everyone knew it was going to be a long night at McCook Speedway with lots
of racing. As promoter Dennis McFarland opted to allow cars not there at
June 11to run those make up features, there were extra cars on hand. By the
end of the night, the A Feature winners were David Murray of Oberlin,
Kansas, Casey Werkmeister of Maywood, Colton and Cale Osborn of Cozad,
Dalton Dolan of Oberlin, Kansas, and Jon Plowman of Woodbine, Iowa.
Jeremy Herbst of North Platte and Cole Hodges were having a good battle for
the lead in the open IMCA Modified A Feature. About the time Herbst passed
Hodges on lap five, David Murray slipped underneath Hodges and Herbst for
the lead. Brandon Hagan of McCook came on strong late in the race, but even
a caution with four laps to go get him up to Murray. Herbst held on for
third place, while Jeremy Frenier finished in fourth place. In the last
corner of the last lap, Hodges spun, entangling other cars with him. The
finish for the rest of the field was determined how they completed with lap
nineteen, which Hodges at the rear of the line of the lead lap and Jay
Steffens of North Platte in fifth place.
After having a terrible accident in Holyoke, Colorado Sunday, McCook racer
Ronnie Wallace looked to put the ghosts of that wreck behind him. Racing the
car Brian Hagan of Culbertson ran the last two years, Wallace started the
second Modified A Feature in row three, working his way into the lad on lap
five. Wallace had a good lead on the field and on heat race winners Jeremy
Frenier and David Murray, who were running in second and third places. After
Wallace completed lap ten, it appeared the car shut off. He drove the car
off of corner two, calling it a night. Frenier enjoyed the lead for only a
lap, as Murray took the lead on lap twelve and never looked back for his
second win of the night. Jay Schilling of McCook found the right groove for
his car late in the race and got by Frenier for the second spot. Brandon
Hagan and Zach Schultz of North Platte rounded out the field. Clinton
Hockersmith of Oakley, Kansas, won the night’s other IMCA Modified A
Feature.
There have been some IMCA Stock Car A Features in the area that have looked
more like wars than races of late, and the first Stock feature of the night
was no exception. Seven cautions slowed this twenty lap affair. Casey Woken
of Ogallala paced the early race, with his car set up in a way the left
front tire was coming off of the ground in corner two. Four tires are faster
than three, and Cole Osborn proved it after a lap eight restart, taking the
lead. Near the end of the race, the win came down between Osborn, Dave
Plowman of Gretna, and Casey Werkmeister, who worked though the field after
being put to the back on lap two. When they came around for the white flag,
Plowman made the move up high for the lead. Osborn moved up into him,
allowing Werkmeister to move into second place. In corner two, Plowman got
into Werkmeister, which got him a trip to the back of the field. Osborne
stayed ahead of Werkmeister on that final one lap restart for his first
McCook Speedway win of the year. Woken finished in third, with Jason Davis
of Norton, Kansas and Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood rounding out the top five.
Only a dozen Stock Cars started the second main event, but all finished the
race, on the lead lap, and without a caution period. Casey Werkmeister got
by Eric Hasenauer of North Platte and Brandon Clough of Wallace for the lead
on lap three. Lloyd Meeske of Champion tracked him down first, and then Dave
Plowman joined the battle. Plowman was able to sneak by Meeske, but not
Werkmeister, who finished one short earlier of making it a double feature
win night. Davis finished in fourth again, this time ahead of Larry Pollmann
of McCook. Osborn, Plowman, and Meeske took the heat wins for the night.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks had only caution period during their two A Features.
Dalton Dolan started on the pole of the first one, but lost the lead to
Richard Boon of Benkelman. After Boon spun out with a flat tire on lap
seven, Dolan took the lead back and held onto it for his first ever IMCA
Hobby Stock feature win. Cody DeWester of McCook, Todd Pankonin of
Benkelman, Litton Stute of Benkelman, and Allen Wissmann of Bertrand rounded
out the top five.
After Boon and Dolan won the two heat races, Boon took command of the second
A Feature. Dolan fell behind he, Pankonin, Wissmann, and DeWester when he
found out how good his car could run in the high line. On the seventh lap,
Pankonin, the leader by then, and the rest caught slower traffic on the
lower side of the track. Dolan drove it hard up high, and by corner three,
had the lead. He held off a late charge by Pankonin to earn his second win
of the night. Boon, Wissmann, and DeWester rounded out the top five.
The first IMCA Northern SportMod A Feature presented the crowd with a
first-time winner as well. Mitch Hamilton of McCook was hoping to the
first-time winner, pacing the race until he fell off the backstretch on lap
seven. That handed the lead to Bryan Herrick of Curtis. That has often meant
in the past two seasons that Herrick would go on for the win, but with one
lap to go, sixteen-year-old Jon Plowman powered by for his first SportMod A
Feature win. Herrick was followed by Colton Osborn, Jacob Adler of Holyoke,
Colorado, and Chad Young of Imperial.
Later in the night, The SportMods had an awful time of getting the first lap
in. After four tries, heat winner Colton Osborn finally led the field to the
completion of lap one. Shane Stout of North Platte, the other heat winner,
would keep it a close race, but never get close enough to make a lead
change. Plowman backed his win up with a third place finish in the second A.
Herrick and Matt Matson of McCook were the other top five finishers.
Some McCook Speedway schedules show a rain date for July 2. However, that
date will NOT be used. The next race at McCook Speedway will be on Friday
night, July 9, with the racing starting at 8 p.m., Central Time. It will be
another Burger King 9 for 9 night for the IMCA Modifieds. Mini-Sprints will
be on the card as well.
June 25 results
IMCA Modifieds
June 11 Feature
97M-David Murray, Jr.
121-Brandon Hagan
20-Jeremy Herbst
17J-Jeremy Frenier
XII-Jay Steffens
55Z-Zach Schultz
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
94H-Don Hagan, Jr.
07S-Jay Schilling
19-Chuck Stryker
4P-Dave Pedersen
H02-Clinton Hockersmith
18S-Brent Bohmont
34JW-Cole Hodges
24R-Rick Eidal (DNF)
23-Royce Clapp (DNF)
23S-Josh Sabin (DNS)
Heat 1
97M-David Murray, Jr.
07S-Jay Schilling
94H-Don Hagan, Jr.
Heat 2
H02-Clinton Hockersmith
121-Brandon Hagan
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
Heat 3
17J-Jeremy Frenier
55Z-Zach Schultz
20-Jeremy Herbst
A Feature
97M-David Murray, Jr.
07S-Jay Schilling
17J-Jeremy Frenier
121-Brandon Hagan
55Z-Zach Schultz
4P-Dave Pedersen
H02-Clinton Hockersmith
20-Jeremy Herbst
18S-Brent Bohmont
23-Royce Clapp (DNF)
3RW-Ronnie Wallace (DNF)
94H-Don Hagan, Jr. (DNF)
19-Chuck Stryker (DNF)
IMCA Stock Cars
June 11 Feature
6C-Cale Osborn
24W-Casey Werkmeister
35JW-Casey Woken
76-Jason Davis
42W-Kyle Werkmeister
24-Bob Chalupa
8-Travis Tilford
32-Lloyd Meeske
413-Larry Pollmann
11K-Kyle Clough
P42-Dave Plowman
09H-Bob Hoing
20B-Brandon Clough (DNF)
51B-Brett Gartrell (DNF)
05-Jesse Taylor (DNF)
72-Eric Hasenauer (DNF)
Heat 1
6C-Cale Osborn
35JW-Casey Woken
24W-Casey Werkmeister
Heat 2
P42-Dave Plowman
413-Larry Pollmann
72-Eric Hasenauer
Heat 3
32-Lloyd Meeske
76-Jason Davis
20B-Brandon Clough
A Feature
24W-Casey Werkmeister
P42-Dave Plowman
32-Lloyd Meeske
76-Jason Davis
413-Larry Pollmann
8-Travis Tilford
6C-Cale Osborn
72-Eric Hasenauer
20B-Brandon Clough
35JW-Casey Woken
42W-Kyle Werkmeister
09H-Bob Hoing
24-Bob Chalupa (DNS)
11K-Kyle Clough (DNS)
IMCA Hobby Stocks
June 11 Feature
3D-Dalton Dolan
20K-Cody DeWester
16D-Todd Pankonin
10L-Litton Stute
2AW-Allen Wissmann
33-Richard Boon
5-Chuck Ledbetter
3L-Leland Stute
44U-Andrew Baumgardner
24-Ray Caldwell (DNF)
13T-Tyler Andreasen (DNS)
Heat 1
33-Richard Boon
2AW-Allen Wissmann
16D-Todd Pankonin
Heat 2
3D-Dalton Dolan
3L-Leland Stute
20K-Cody DeWester
A Feature
3D-Dalton Dolan
16D-Todd Pankonin
33-Richard Boon
2AW-Allen Wissmann
20K-Cody DeWester
3L-Leland Stute
10L-Litton Stute
5-Chuck Ledbetter
24-Ray Caldwell
44U-Andrew Baumgardner
IMCA N SportMod
June 11 Feature
17-Jon Plowman
0-Bryan Herrick
50-Colton Osborn
18A-Jacob Adler
33-Chad Young
98-Matt Matson
33T-Tim Cooper
77H-Mitch Hamilton
P83-Alex Pollmann (DNF)
727-Barry Brush (DNF)
5S-Shane Stout (DNS)
Heat 1
50-Colton Osborn
98-Matt Matson
18A-Jacob Adler
Heat 2
5S-Shane Stout
17-Jon Plowman
0-Bryan Herrick
A Feature
50-Colton Osborn
5S-Shane Stout
17-Jon Plowman
0-Bryan Herrick
98-Matt Matson
18A-Jacob Adler
33-Chad Young
727-Barry Brush (DNF)
33T-Tim Cooper (DNF)
P82-Max Pollmann (DNF)
P83-Alex Pollmann (DNF)
77H-Mitch Hamilton (DNS)
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