7/1/05
Junction Motor Speedway
McCool Junction, NE
ESTS
20 cars
Heat one (started): 1. Chris Roseland 84 (2) 2. Jason Danley 82 (1) 3. Mike Chadd 4 (3) 4. Mike Masonbrink 17m (4) 5. Gene Ackland 14G (6) 6. Stuart Snyder 21s (7) 7. Dirk Mitchell 2m (5)
Roseland got the jump on the start and led the distance in a mostly single-file affair on the lightning quick surface.
Heat two (started): 1. Rodney Droud 96KX (2) 2. Don Droud Jr. 24A (1) 3. Brian Brown 21 (3) 4. Jake Peters 1m (5) 5. Rick Ideus 3R (4) 6. Ken Klabunde 28 (6) 7. Jamie Turpin 32 (7)
Droud dusted the field, leading flag to flag in another follow the leader heat race.
Heat three (started): 1. Toby Chapman 20x (1) 2. Brad Wright 27 (4) 3. Doug Lovegrove 44 (3) 4. Bryan Gossel 6G (5) 5. Seth Brahmer 13 (6) 6. Chad Humston 23c (2)
Chapman contacted Humston on the initial try at green flag racing. The result was an exit for Humston who left with a flat left rear. Chapman led the distance. Brahmer exited on lap three.
A main (started): 1. Brown (2) 2. Chadd (1) 3. R. Droud (8) 4. Peters (5) 5. Danley (10) 6. Humston (18) 7. D. Droud (11) 8. Gossel (6) 9. Chapman (9) 10. Ackland (13) 11. Lovegrove (3) 12. Ideus (14) 13. Wright (12) 14. Brahmer (15) 15. Turpin (20) 16. Masonbrink (4) 17. Klabunde (17) 18. Snyder (16) 19. Roseland (7) 20. Mitchell (19)
A three was drawn putting those running third in the heats at the front of the feature event, followed by 4th place finishers, heat winners and 2nd place finishers. Chadd jumped to the point with Brown and Masonbrink in tow. Gossel made a move forward, getting by Masonbrink for third. As the two lead machines entered dense lapped traffic, Mitchell exited on lap eight. At the halfway mark, R. Droud took Gossel to trail the lead pair when Gossels nose wing flipped up, affecting his handling. Two laps later, Brown made his winning move in traffic and held on through two cautions in the 25 lapper to take his second ESTS win at JMS this season. Gossel held on to fourth for much of the contest, but couldnt hold off the efforts of Peters, Danley, the hard-charger of the event, Humston and D. Droud. Roseland dropped out on lap 18 while running 8th. Snyder and Klabunde exited on lap 19. Masonbrink had a strong top ten run thwarted when he came to rest on lap 23.