5/23/13
I-80 Speedway
Greenwood, NE
ASCS National Series
35 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Logan Forler 2L (1*) 2. Brad Loyet o5 (4*) 3. Frank Galusha 2F (2*) 4. Billy Alley 3 (8*) 5. Randy Hibbs 2A (6*) 6. John Klabunde 77 (3) 7. Johnny Herrera 45x (7) 8. Tyler Drueke 12 (9) 9. Gage Dorr 17 (5)
Forler led the 8-lap distance for the win. Alley and Hibbs had a good race for fourth, before Alley took over and applied pressure to Galusha for third. Hibbs suffered a fuel line fire at the conclusion of the race. He was not seriously injured, but he was done for the night.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dustin Morgan 93 (1*) 2. Jason Danley 82x (2*) 3. Jordan Boston 4 (4*) 4. Jeff Swindell 94 (8*) 5. Ryan Roberts 18R (6) 6. Jordan Martens 48 (9*) 7. Derrik Lusk 93L (5) 8. Tige Jensen 71 (7) 9. Brandon Hahn 29 (3)
Morgan led flag to flag. Hahn exited on lap five. Swindell was the mover. The bottom was the preferred line in the first two heats, but that would change.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brian Brown 21 (6*) 2. Wayne Johnson 77x (5*) 3. Danny Lasoski 1m (9*) 4. Mark Pace 31 (2) 5. Seth Bergman 23 (3) 6. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (8) 7. Trevor Grossenbacher 35 (4) 8. Jeff Lowery 45 (1) 9. Cody Ledger 35L (7)
Pace led lap one before W. Johnson took command on the low side from row three on lap two. Brown advanced to second by Pace by lap six. With the top coming in, he gained on W. Johnson and passed him in the last corner for the win. Lasoski was the other charger coming from the tail to third.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jason Johnson 41 (5*) 2. Lucas Wolfe 82 (6*) 3. Jack Dover 53 (7*) 4. Doug Lovegrove 44 (1) 5. Cole Wood 17w (4) 6. Dusty Ballenger 2D (3) 7. Wyatt Burks 11w (2) 8. Stu Snyder 23s (8)
Lovegrove led early. J. Johnson made quick strides on the cushion and circled the leader on lap three. He won going away. Wolfe and Dover snuck under Lovegrove on the last lap to complete charges to second and third.
B main (started): 1. Roberts (1) 2. Bruce (3) 3. Pace (2) 4. Herrera (7) 5. Lusk (9) 6. Wood (5) / 7. Drueke (10) 8. Grossenbacher (12) 9. Bergman (6) 10. Ballenger (8) 11. Ledger (16) 12. Snyder (11) 13. Burks (14) 14. Lovegrove (4) 15. Dorr (17) 16. Lowery (13) 17. Hahn (15) DNS – Klabunde, Jensen
Roberts dominated the 15-lapper. Herrera came from row four to fourth early on. Lusk did well to charge into a transfer after a good battle with Bergman.
A main (started): 1. Lasoski (3) 2. Brown (8) 3. Loyet (4) 4. Forler (7) 5. Alley (10) 6. W. Johnson (1) 7. Herrera (18) 8. J. Johnson (2) 9. Morgan (9) 10. Wolfe (5) 11. Swindell (11) 12. Dover (6) 13. Danley (12) 14. Roberts (17) 15. Pace (19) 16. Bergman (22, pr.) 17. Lusk (21) 18. Galusha (14) 19. Bruce (16) 20. Wood (20) 21. Boston (13) 22. Martens (15) DNS – Hibbs
Late action in the heats set up a 30-lap thriller. J. Johnson took off to an early lead over fellow front row starter W. Johnson. Brown was quickly in third from eighth. Lasoski got by Brown on lap four for third, and by W. Johnson for second a lap later. At that time, Wood spun, setting up a restart that saw J. Johnson leading Lasoski, W. Johnson, Brown and Dover. Brown took over third two laps later, as the action heated up with Lasoski pressuring J. Johnson and Brown and W. Johnson going at it. Meanwhile, Loyet moved into fifth and Alley and Forler battled for sixth. Loyet moved into fourth on lap ten and Alley followed him into fifth as Martens brought out a caution when he stopped on the frontstretch. After the green fell, Laoski pressure J. Johnson and got under him for the lead to complete lap 13. Three laps later J. Johnson cut a brake line and spun out of second. Brown trailed Lasoski on the restart. Loyet was now third ahead of a dueling Alley and W. Johnson. A second Wood spin with two laps to go, set up a Dash for the finish. Lasoski pulled away for the win ahead of Brown and Loyet. Forler made a late charge for fourth, and Alley made a last corner pass of W. Johnson to round out the top five. Herrera salvaged a tough night and was hard-charger, getting by 11 cars. J. Johnson recovered from the tail for an eighth place finish.