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Berck Wins Night 1 at Cornhusker Classic
GREENWOOD, NE (September 23) - Kyle Berck passed Jason Rauen on lap 9 and
never looked back, as he cruised to his first Lucas Oil MLRA win of the
season Friday night, in the Cornhusker Classic, at I-80 Speedway in
Greenwood, NE. "We have won several races with the SLMR Series and in the
modified, but hadn't picked off a win in the open series. It's nice to do
that, even thought it's the end of the year," stated Berck in AAA Missouri
Victory Lane. Berck had several solid runs in previous Lucas Oil MLRA
competition this year, scoring two 2nd place finishes and also a 5th place
run. "This track's been good to me this year, and it certainly feels like
home here. The car was really good on the bottom and the top."
The initial restart was waved off when Kelly Boen and Al Humphrey made
contact while coming to the green flag. Racing was intense through the field
over the opening 10 laps with several drivers swapping spots and others
coming through the field. Joe Kosiski brought out the only other caution on
lap 10, when he broke a tie rod. The cushion built in each corner as the
race progressed. Berck found it and set an unbelievable pace in the final 15
laps. Denny Eckrich finished 2nd, and John Anderson was 3rd.
The night's five heat races were really good as Jason Rauen, Charlie McKenna
and Kyle Berck all won from the 5th starting position. Kelly Boen won from
6th, and Al Humphrey went from 10th to 2nd. His efforts earned him the pole
for the Lucas Cattle Company A Feature. Denny Eckrich also won his heat
race.
Action continues Saturday with the final night of competition for the Lucas
Oil MLRA and Dart Corn Belt Clash. In other racing action, Kyle Berck won
his modified heat race and dash placing him on the pole for Sunday's $4,000
to win modified feature. Berck was on the track in four separate races
Friday, winning each. Jason O'Brien was running 4th in his heat race and hit
the wall going in to turn 1. His car flipped, but fortunately he was able to
climb out of it and walk away from the accident.
September 23rd Contingency Awards
Performance Bodies - Al Humphrey
KRC Hard Charger - John Anderson
KRC Hard Luck - Jason O'Brien
Weld Wheels - Chad Simpson
BSB Manufacturing - Bill Koons
R2C Performance Filters - Jase Kaser
Keizer Wheels - Mike Wiarda
SafeRacer.com - Kyle Berck
Racing Optics - Scott Koskovich
Rod End Supply - Bill Leighton and Craig Preble
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Jason Rauen 2. Al Humphrey 3. Justin
Mitchell 4. Leon Zeitner 5. John Hampel 6. Robbie Anderson 7. Andrew Kosiski
8. Mike Wallace 9. Troy Daly 10 Dustin Reeh
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. Charlie McKenna 2. Steve Kempt 3.
Jill George 4. Jase Kaser 5. Bill Koons 6. Dustin Walker 7. Jeff Kroger 8.
Justin Zeitner 9. Joe Walkenhorst 10. Corey Zeitner
Racing Optics Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Kelly Boen 2. John Anderson 3. Jason
Utter 4. Chris Simpson 5. Dave Eckrich 6. Joe Kosiski 7. Bo Egge 8. Brian
Kenkel 9. Bill Leighton 10. Mike Collins
Peterson Fluid Systems Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. Denny Eckrich 2. Travis Dickes
3. Chad Simpson 4. Dylan Smith 5. Jay Stewart 6. Rob Moss 7. Ron Tex 8. Mike
Wiarda 9. Scott Koskovich
Hatfield Racing Engines Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. Kyle Berck 2. Tim Isenberg 3.
Al Purkey 4. Craig Preble 5. Scott Daly 6. Jesse Kroger 7. Ross Evans 8.
Jason O'Brien 9. Kevin Sather
Hoosier Racing Tire B Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. Dave Eckrich 2. Mike Collins 3.
Dylan Smith 4. Rob Moss 5. Jase Kaser 6. Bill Leighton 7. Scott Daly 8.
Brian Kenkel 9. Bill Koons 10. Mike Wallace 11. Dustin Walker 12. Andrew
Kosiski 13. Troy Daly 14. Jesse Kroger 15. Ron Tex 16. Jason O'Brien
Sunoco Racing Fuels B Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. Chris Simpson 2. Joe Kosiski 3.
John Hampel 4. Craig Preble 5. Justin Zeitner 6. Jay Stewart 7. Mike Wiarda
8. Robbie Anderson 9. Bo Egge 10. Scott Koskovich 11. Dustin Reeh 12. Joe
Walkenhorst 13. Jeff Kroger 14. Ross Evans 15. Kevin Sather 16. Corey
Zeitner
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (25 Laps): 1. Kyle Berck 2. Denny Eckrich 3.
John Anderson 4. Jason Rauen 5. Chad Simpson 6. Tim Isenberg 7. Al Humphrey
8. Dave Eckrich 9. Travis Dickes 10. Leon Zeitner 11. Kelly Boen 12. Al
Purkey 13. Chris Simpson 14. Jason Utter 15. Rob Moss 16. John Hampel 17.
Jill George 18. Mike Wiarda 19. Justin Zeitner 20. Dustin Walker 21. Charlie
McKenna 22. Joe Walkenhorst 23. Steve Kempt 24. Dylan Smith 25. Joe Kosiski
26. Mike Collins 27. Justin Mitchell 28. Kevin Sather
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