By Greg Soukup
Eagle Rumble, presented by Theron Ahlman of Modern Real Estate and Demon Decals last night can only be described as GREAT!!! A great crowd of fans, a great car count and great racing all night, coupled with the kids color run at intermission couldn’t be described otherwise.
There were no serious incidents all evening.
Last out on the high banks were the Duros Dent Works IMCA Racesaver Sprints. Nate Johnson’s 97, the 17 of Dan Satriano, Jake Galusha in the 2E and Ryan King’s 93 were the top 4 on lap 1. Galusha took second from Satriano on lap 2 with Trevor Grossenbacher putting the 35 into fourth. Grossenbacher moved up to third the next lap with King retaining fourth. Grossenbacher continued his assault taking second the next time around and moving to the lead after another lap. Joey Danley put the 14 into fourth the following circuit and moved to third the next time around with Galusha holding down the fourth spot. Danley advanced to second the next lap. Lap 10 saw a caution, bunching up the field with Grossenbacher leading, Danley second, Johnson third and Galusha fourth. Jason Danley passed Galusha to put the 4X in fourth but lost the spot back to him after 2 more laps were in the books. Joey Danley got past Grossenbacher with 10 to go as Jason Danley moved up to third. Grossenbacher regained the top spot the next time around. Tyler Drueke took over the fourth spot with 7 to go in the 12. With Grossenbacher being held up by traffic again Joey Danley snatched the lead away on the final lap making the top 4 Joey Danley, Grossenbacher, Jason Danley and Drueke.
Joey said “I think Trevor was the class of the field tonight and I just kind of got lucky. I got to second pretty fast but man, he was in the lead on the second lap it felt like. He was just gone!! Luckily we caught a yellow there after I got to second. That gave me a shot at him, but in clean air I couldn’t touch him. We got to traffic and it slowed him down a little bit and I wasn’t struggling as much in traffic as he was for whatever reason. I got by him once and he came back by me. Then I stuck it in the wall in four and I thought we were done but I sailed back into second. We ran into more traffic and he was really getting held up then. I got to his bumper in turn 2 on the last lap and I decided to just send it and see what happens. It stuck and I couldn’t believe it! I have to thank my dad and Mark and Kyle because they bust their butts for me”. Joey’s sponsors include Empire Fencing, Russell Shoulders Race Engines, Nissen Hardwood Floors, The Wave, Clean Right Street Sweeping and Onyx Wraps.
Next Saturday Duros Dent Works and Nebraska Lottery present Salute to Dads.
Front gates open at 5:00. Adult admission is $12, youths 6-12 is just $5 and children 5 and under are free.
Pit gates open at 3:30 with pit admission being $30.
Hot laps begin at 5:30 with racing kicking off at 6:30. All 5 classes will be in action, including the Duros Dent Works Sprint Cars, Nebraska Lottery Modifieds, A1 Iron/Sany Stock Cars, Modern Real Estate SportMods & Valentino’s Hobby Stocks.
RESULTS:
Sprint-IMCA A-Feature
1. Joey Danley Lincoln, Ne. 2. Trevor Grossenbacher Panama, Ne. 3. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 4. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 5. Jake Galusha(r) Lincoln, Ne. 6. Nate Johnson Hastings, Ne. 7. Josh Riggins Lincoln, Ne. 8. Jay Russell Wathena, Ks. 9. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 10. Cody Ledger Omaha, Ne. 11. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 12. Brandon Horton Waterloo, Ne. 13. Ryan King Bennet, Ne. 14. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 15. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne. 16. Nathan Weiler Lavista, Ne. 17. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 18. Dan Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 19. Dan Satriano Omaha, Ne. 20. Gunnar Pike South Bend, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA B-Feature
1. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 2. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 3. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 4. Nathan Weiler Lavista, Ne. 5. Dan Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 6. Bill Garrow Lincoln, Ne. 7. Alex Davenport Lincoln, Ne. 8. Maxwell Roseland 9. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 10. Brandon Sampson 11. Andrew Jackson Fremont, Ne. 12. Dwight Carter Lincoln, Ne. DNS. Neil Nickolite Bellwood, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 1
1. Dan Satriano Omaha, Ne. 2. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne. 3. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 4. Ryan King Bennet, Ne. 5. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 6. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 7. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 8. Dan Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 9. Alex Davenport Lincoln, Ne. 10. Maxwell Roseland
Sprint-IMCA Heat 2
1. Nate Johnson Hastings, Ne. 2. Brandon Horton Waterloo, Ne. 3. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 4. Trevor Grossenbacher Panama, Ne. 5. Jay Russell Wathena, Ks. 6. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 7. Bill Garrow Lincoln, Ne. 8. Neil Nickolite Bellwood, Ne. 9. Dwight Carter Lincoln, Ne.
Sprint-IMCA Heat 3
1. Jake Galusha(r) Lincoln, Ne. 2. Joey Danley Lincoln, Ne. 3. Josh Riggins Lincoln, Ne. 4. Cody Ledger Omaha, Ne. 5. Gunnar Pike South Bend, Ne. 6. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 7. Nathan Weiler Lavista, Ne. 8. Brandon Sampson 9. Andrew Jackson Fremont, Ne.