Herbert, Stout, and Bittner Shoot Out Winners!
First female to ever take an A Feature win at the Sandhills Shootout, Tiffany Bitter made history in the IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature. Photo by Tiffany Bittner
By Tamie Thurn
NORTH PLATTE, NE (July 21, 2012) – Lincoln County Ag Society added a different twist to the 2012 Sandhills Shootout by hosting the URSS (United Rebel Sprint Series), IMCA Northern SportMods and IMCA Hobby Stocks. Taking home the big money and recognition were Brian Herbert of Dodge City, Kansas, Shane Stout of North Platte, and Tiffany Bittner of Norfolk.
Hometown driver Tom Belsky led the first three laps for the sprint car race until his car flipped off and over corner one. He was uninjured. That opened the door Brian Herbert to take charge of the race. Like other gunslingers from Dodge City, Herbert was the last man standing at this shootout. Teammates Mike Saathoff of North Platte and Tommy Lee Williams of Hershey made the locals proud by finishing second and third. Wheatridge, Colorado driver Mark Walinder took the fourth spot. Former area Mini-Sprint driver John Webster of North Platte rounded out the top five.
Despite drivers from out of the area coming to compete, the battle at the front of the IMCA Northern SportMod A Feature was all too familiar as Shane Stout duked it out with Cozad driver Colton Osborn. Despite the challenge, Stout never backed down and led every lap with consistency en route to his biggest payday. Max Harder of Blue Springs, current point leader at Beatrice Speedway, finished in the third spot. Rookie Dillon Schultz of North Platte took home fourth. Fifth place went to Hays, Kansas driver Trenton Kleweno. Osborn, Stout, and Denny Egge of Kearney were the heat race winners, and Bryan Herrick of Curtis took the pole dash win.
As the first female to ever take an A Feature win at the Sandhills Shootout, Tiffany Bitter made history in the IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature. Bittner raced hard alongside of Campbell hotshoe and fellow heat race winner Dillon Thompson for much of the race. Accidents slowed the race, including a scary rollover by Anthony Martin of Wilcox, who won the A Feature the night before in McCook. He walked away, but the car will need repairs before it can run again. Despite the battles and cautions, there was no stopping the determination of this gal as she earned every lap in this race. When she took the checkered flag, the crowd was on their feet in appreciation of her performance. Cody Graham of Hays, Kansas finished the night in third spot. Austin Davis of Benkelman was the first regular to finish, taking fourth, just ahead of last week’s winner Brady Weinmann of Arnold. Belvidere driver Robby Marsh was the other Hobby Stock heat race winner for the night. Another point leader from Beatrice Speedway, Adam Armstrong, was the winner of the pole dash.
Results below:
Results:
URSS Sprints
A Feature
1. 97 Brian Herbert
2. 29S Mike Saathoff
3. 29T Tommy Lee Williams
4. 6 Mark Walinder
5. 9 John Webster
6. 12 Darren Berry
7. 21R Jeff Radcliff
8. 22 Greg Reiners
9. 3 Shawn Radcliffe
10. 28 Tom Belsky
IMCA Hobby Stocks
Heat 1
11 Robby Marsh
Heat 2
95 Tiffany Bittner
Heat 3
11T Dillon Thompson
Pole Dash
6A Adam Armstrong
A Feature
1. 95B Tiffany Bittner
2. 11T Dillon Thompson
3. 10 Cody Graham
4. 22 Austin Davis
5. 22W Brady Weinmann
6. 5 Chuck Ledbetter
7. 11 Robby Marsh
8. 72H Kevin Hagan
9. R19 Larry Refior
10. 22G Greg Dannatt
11. 65 Dan Eller
12. 44U Andrew Baumgardner
13. 72B Jacob Hagan
14. 51 Colt Gibbs
15. 13T Tyler Andreasen
16. 1C Cody Ghumm
17. 3R Ron Edge
18. 15X Shane Schneider
19. 6A Adam Armstrong
20. Z34 Brent Schlake
21. 9A Anthony Martin
IMCA Northern Sportmods
Heat 1
1X Denny Egge
Heat 2
50 Colton Osborn
Heat 3
5S Shane Stout
Pole Dash
0 Bryan Herrick
A Feature
1. 5S Shane Stout
2. 50 Colton Osborn
3. 34 Max Harder
4. 55D Dillon Schultz
5. 13 Trenton Kleweno
6. 15K Jamey Kennicutt
7. 8T Ty Rogers
8. 7 Jeremy Halouska
9. 17 Rodger Morash
10. 15KOS Robbie Kosmacek
11.12J Kerry Jones
12.11H Henry Henderson
13. 15 Tanner Wenburg
14. 14J Jeff Jones
15. 34X Matt Caudillo
16. 9 R.C. Heil
17. 1X Denny Egge
18. 0 Bryan Herrick
19. 7W James Kleinheskel
20. 25 Chris Harmon
21. 18A Jacob Adler
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