4/8/11
I-80 Speedway
Greenwood, NE
ASCS-Midwest
45 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jason Danley 82 (1*) 2. Ryan Roberts 18R (3*) 3. Jack Dover 53 (7*) 4. Mark Pace 31 (2) 5. CJ Johnson 45x (9) 6. Toby Chapman 32 (5) 7. Jake Ossenfort 99J (8) 8. Thomas Kennedy 20K (6) 9. Ryan Bickett 17B (4)
Danley led the 10-lap distance. Roberts got off to a slow start and was running fourth by a lap seven caution for a stopped Bickett. Danley led Pace, T. Kennedy, Roberts and Dover back to green. Roberts and Dover shot around Pace and T. Kennedy into second and third on the restart.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Russ Hall 45c (1*) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (3*) 3. Danny Lasoski 33 (9*) 4. Justyn Cox 21c (6) 5. Chad Meyer 1w (5) 6. Jordan Boston 4 (8) 7. Jody Rosenboom 14 (7) 8. Tyler Drueke 12 (4) 9. John Klabunde 77 (2)
Hall was impressive in leading flag to flag. The only yellow came on lap four when Klabunde lost his right front wheel while running second. The restart saw Hall ahead of Bruce, a surging Lasoski from the tail, Drueke and Cox. Hall was able to hold off Bruce with solid runs in both one and two and three and four.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Bryan Gossel 6G (1*) 2. Seth Bergman 23 (7*) 3. Jared Goerges 9 (2) 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (9*) 5. Ryan Anderson 71R (8) 6. Robby Wolfgang 7K (4) 7. Danielle Ossenfort 10D (3) 8. Gage Dorr 17 (6) 9. Chad Humston 1m (5)
Gossel left the field behind in this one, despite one caution on lap three for Humston, who went up in smoke and was done for the night. Bergman made the move of the race, and probably the move of the night, when he put himself in a feature redraw position (top eight) by passing Hafertepe and Goerges for second on the last lap.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Don Droud Jr. 2 (3*) 2. Wayne Johnson 38 (5*) 3. Trevor Grossenbacher 35 (1) 4. Lee Grosz 4J (9*) 5. Terry McCarl 24A (6) 6. Mike Hess 51 (8) 7. Doug Lovegrove 44 (2) 8. Ryan Kitchen 21x (4) 9. Tige Jensen 71 (7)
Droud shot around the front row starters early to lead flag to flag. W. Johnson made his move into second by lap two. Grosz was impressive from the tail to get fourth, while McCarl held onto fifth despite a collapsed nosewing in Gary Swenson's car.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brian Brown 21 (6*) 2. Logan Forler 2L (2) 3. Gregg Bakker 11x (5) 4. Lou Kennedy Jr. 21K (8*) 5. Jeremiah Jordahl 3J (1) 6. Lance Fassbender 7 (4) 7. Jeff Osborne 0 (7) 8. Billy Alley 22 (9) 9. Mitch Runge 28 (3)
Forler led lap one before a lap three yellow for Alley, who was running fifth. A reverse camber issue saw the left front wheel detach from the axle. The restart saw Forler ahead of Brown, Jordahl, Fassbender and Bakker. Forler made his machine wide on a choppy heavy surface, but Brown threw a duckunder move on him entering turn one on the last lap to gain the win.
B main one (started): 1. Bakker (1) 2. Ry. Anderson (3) 3. J. Ossenfort (8) 4. CJ Johnson (2) 5. Pace (5) / 6. Klabunde (15) 7. Fassbender (9) 8. Jordahl (7) 9. Kitchen (13) 10. Lovegrove (11) 11. Runge (14) 12. Dorr (12) 13. Osborne (10) 14. Hess (6) 15. Grossenbacher (4) DNS – Humston
Bakker led the 12-lap distance in commanding fashion. The only stoppage came with three in the books, when Grossenbacher, who was running second, got upside down in turn four. He was uninjured. Hess exited from fifth place under the red. The restart saw Bakker leading CJ Johnson, Anderson, Pace and Jordahl back to green. Ossenfort used the high side on both ends to circle around Jordahl, Pace and CJ Johnson to nail down third.
B main two (started): 1. Cox (2) 2. Forler (1) 3. Boston (5) 4. McCarl (4) 5. Meyer (6) / 6. Rosenboom (9) 7. Alley (13) 8. Wolfgang (8) 9. Bickett (14) 10. Chapman (7) 11. D. Ossenfort (10) 12. Drueke (12) 13. Goerges (3) 14. T. Kennedy (11) DNS – Jensen
Cox was impressive in leading the distance with Forler in tow. Lap five saw T. Kennedy get into the wall. Goerges was running fifth when he exited after going up in smoke. The restart with eight to go, saw Cox leading Forler, McCarl, Boston and Meyer. All would transfer to the main event.
A main (started): 1. Bergman (2) 2. Brown (5) 3. Droud Jr. (1) 4. W. Johnson (6) 5. Dover (4) 6. Grosz (3) 7. Bruce Jr. (14) 8. Hall (10) 9. Bakker (15) 10. Meyer (24) 11. Forler (16) 12. Danley (9) 13. Ossenfort (19) 14. Anderson (17) 15. Boston (20) 16. Pace (23) 17. CJ Johnson (21) 18. Lasoski (7) 19. Hafertepe Jr. (8) 20. Gossel (11) 21. Cox (16) 22. Roberts (13) 23. McCarl (22) 24. L. Kennedy (12)
L. Kennedy contacted the turn four wall before a lap could be completed. Droud led the first lap before Bergman took control on lap two when the race went green. Brown was into second on the lightning fast track by lap 8 of the 25-lapper. Roberts was out of tear-offs when he stopped and exited on lap ten. The restart saw Bergman leading Brown, who was hot on the leader in lapped traffic before the caution. Droud restarted third ahead of Dover and Grosz. Three laps later, Cox, who had advanced into the top ten, had his front end fold up, and his night was done. Bergman pulled away from the field and had no peer as the last 12 laps went non-stop. The battled for third, fourth and fifth waged as Droud, Dover and W. Johnson battled in the final stages. Droud would come home third, ahead of W. Johnson and Dover. Bergman was paid $3,000 for his first career ASCS-Midwest win. Meyer was the hard-charger, moving up 14 spots.