By Greg Soukup
Saturday night’s Royal Flush Rush, presented by Colby Ridge and Runner Freight saw 150 teams fill the pits at Eagle Raceway. Both the weather and the track went through lots of changes; we had intermittent rain, spots of sunshine and brisk winds while the track that started out narrow and tacky finished wide and racy. Heats saw 3 and 4-wide racing with lap times close to the track record.
All preliminary races were run without significant occurences.
The IMCA Racesaver Sprint Car A Feature had Brandon Horton’s 1B lead the first lap with Paul Hendrickson’s 19JR, and Ryan Kitchen in the 21 and Neil Nickolite close behind. Kitchen advanced to second on lap 3 with Nickolite following him into third the following circuit as Shon Pointer put the 20P into fourth. Nickolite passed Kitchen for second on lap 5, only to lose the spot back to him 2 laps later. Toby Chapman’s #7 slowed on lap 10 with a failed driveline, causing the yellow lights to come on in the corners. Trevor Grossenbacher used the restart to put the #35 into fourth, moving to third with 12 circuits remaining. The next time around Ryan King moved the 93 into fourth. There were 10 to go when Grossenbacher moved up to second. Pointer again moved to fourth 3 laps later. Grossenbacher took over the lead with 4 to go. With only 2 circuits remaining Jason Martin moved to fourth in his 5X as Pointer advanced to third. Pointer got up to second on the final lap making the final top 4 Grossenbacher, Pointer, Horton and Martin.
Grossenbacher began the feature in the 12th spot on the starting grid. “We’ve been good all 3 nights this year. It’s just that we haven’t gotten the results. The first night we ran into a little trouble, and last week we needed a caution to bunch everyone up but didn’t get it. This week we got our caution, and that made the difference. The car handled perfectly tonight, the motor ran good and everything worked the way that it should. The track was awesome! I mean, there was 2 lanes to race in, the top was really fun in 1 and 2. In 3 and 4 you had to slow down and go around the bottom, but the track was good and racy”. Grossenbacher’s sponsors include Husker Diesel, True North Construction, WC’s South, Lincoln WinNelson, Restore A Muscle Car, Stop ‘N Shop, Lincoln Battery, SkyTop Towers, Central Body Shop and Speedway Motors Engines and Racing Shocks.
Next weekend Pepsi and the Lincoln Stars present Queen of Hearts Ladies Night. Blinky the Clown will be there from 5:30 to 7:30. There will be Pepsi Bowling at intermission.
Front gates open at 5:15, hot laps begin at 5:30 with racing at 6:30. Adult admission is $10, youths 6-12 are just $5 and children 5 and under are free.
Pit gates open at 4 P.M. with pit passes costing $25.
The ATV Motorsports IMCA Sport Compacts, Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks, Purdue IMCA Sport Modifieds, Runner Freight IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Racesaver Sprint Cars will all be in action.
RESULTS:
IMCA Sprint A-Feature 1. Trevor Grossenbacher Hickman, Ne. 2. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 3. Brandon Horton Omaha, Ne. 4. Jason Martin Lincoln, Ne. 5. Ryan Kitchen(r) Lincoln, Ne. 6. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 7. Ryan King Bennet, Ne. 8. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 9. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 10. Nathan Weiler Lavista, Ne. 11. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 12. Neil Nickolite Bellwood, Ne. 13. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 14. Zach Blurton Quinter, Ks. 15. Joey Danley Lincoln, Ne. 16. Matt Richards Lincoln, Ne. 17. Paul Hendrickson Lincoln, Ne. 18. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 19. Josh Riggins(r) Lincoln, Ne. 20. Toby Chapman Panama, Ne.
IMCA Sprint B-Feature 1. Jason Martin Lincoln, Ne. 2. Josh Riggins(r) Lincoln, Ne. 3. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 4. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 5. Mike Boston Lincoln, Ne. 6. Dan Satriano Papillion, Ne. 7. Cody Ledger Omaha, Ne. 8. Nate Johnson Hastings, Ne. 9. Danny Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 10. Tim Hilfiker Greenwood, Ne. 11. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 12. Trey Gropp(r) Lincoln, Ne. 13. Jimmy Grasso Omaha, Ne. 14. Boyd Peterson Ithaca, Ne. 15. Dwight Carter Lincoln, Ne. DQ. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne.
IMCA Sprint C-Feature 1. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 2. Mike Boston Lincoln, Ne. 3. Trey Gropp(r) Lincoln, Ne. 4. Danny Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 5. Keith Dragoo Greenwood, Ne. 6. Tim Fricke Lincoln, Ne. 7. Tige Jensen(r) Lincoln, Ne. 8. Mark Pace Lincoln, Ne. 9. Rick Hansen Omaha, Ne. 10. Jason Miller Omaha, Ne. DNS. Lee Bowes Lincoln, Ne.
IMCA Sprint Heat 1 1. Paul Hendrickson Lincoln, Ne. 2. Joey Danley Lincoln, Ne. 3. Jason Danley Lincoln, Ne. 4. Nathan Weiler Lavista, Ne. 5. Dwight Carter Lincoln, Ne. 6. Chase Weiler Lincoln, Ne. 7. Dan Satriano Papillion, Ne. 8. Trey Gropp(r) Lincoln, Ne. 9. Tim Fricke Lincoln, Ne. DNS. Mark Pace Lincoln, Ne.
IMCA Sprint Heat 2 1. Gene Ackland Martell, Ne. 2. Brandon Horton Omaha, Ne. 3. Ryan Kitchen(r) Lincoln, Ne. 4. Zach Blurton Quinter, Ks. 5. Doug Lovegrove Waverly, Ne. 6. Tim Hilfiker Greenwood, Ne. 7. Nate Johnson Hastings, Ne. 8. Keith Dragoo Greenwood, Ne. 9. Jason Miller Omaha, Ne. DQ. Mike Boston Lincoln, Ne.
IMCA Sprint Heat 3 1. Shon Pointer Grand Island, Ne. 2. Clint Benson Papillion, Ne. 3. Toby Chapman Panama, Ne. 4. Tyler Drueke Eagle, Ne. 5. Cody Ledger Omaha, Ne. 6. Jimmy Grasso Omaha, Ne. 7. Adam Gullion Lincoln, Ne. 8. Stuart Snyder Lincoln, Ne. 9. Lee Bowes Lincoln, Ne. 10. Tige Jensen(r) Lincoln, Ne.
IMCA Sprint Heat 4 1. Neil Nickolite Bellwood, Ne. 2. Ryan King Bennet, Ne. 3. Trevor Grossenbacher Hickman, Ne. 4. Matt Richards Lincoln, Ne. 5. Josh Riggins(r) Lincoln, Ne. 6. Jason Martin Lincoln, Ne. 7. Boyd Peterson Ithaca, Ne. 8. Danny Nekolite O'neill, Ne. 9. Rick Hansen Omaha, Ne.