Jackson Great Lakes Shootout Results and Stories

Jackson Motorplex 5/18/18

Jackson Motorplex
Jackson, MN

Great Lakes Shootout

23 410’s
5 Non-wing NSL 360’s
21 305’s

410’s

Chad Kemenah (14th car out to time) set the new standard at the newly re-configured 4/10-mile oval at 13.198 seconds.  Justin Henderson (16th car out) was second quick, followed by Kerry Madsen (21st), Matt Juhl (4th), Austin McCarl (10th), Lynton Jeffrey (20th), Brian Brown (19th), Parker Price-Miller (5th), Carson McCarl (1st) and Thomas Kennedy (13th).  Eric Schulz and Kevin Ingle did not get a time in.  The newly shaped track saw turns three and four pulled in.  The result is shorter straights and sweeping corners.  The pits are now outside turns one and two, and tall fences surround the track.  The camping area has also been manicured as well as many other updates.  Tonight, the track was rather heavy to start with, but lent to good racing come feature time, and no intermissions for track prep issues.  A big congratulations goes out to track owner Tod Quiring, general manager Doug Johnson and all the staff in Jackson!

Heat one (started): 1. Scott Winters 23w (1) 2. Brown 21 (4) 3. Kemenah 10H (6) 4. Travis Whitney 16 (2) 5. Kennedy 21K (3) 6. Juhl 09 (5) 7. Kevin Ingle 2K (8) 8. Colin Smith o5 (7)

Winters led Whitney, Brown and Kemenah early in the 10-lapper.  Brown snagged second using the low side to get by Whiteny on lap two.  Kemenah followed a lap later.

Heat two (started): 1. RJ Johnson 19 (1) 2. Price-Miller 4 (4) 3. Tasker Phillips 7w (2) 4. Henderson 83x (6)  5. A. McCarl 2KS (5) 6. Skylar Prochaska 35 (3) 7. Jordan Martens 13JM (7) DNS – Eric Schulz 4x
 
Johnson led the distance in a mostly single-file affair.

Heat three (started): 1. Cory Eliason 83 (3) 2. Chris Martin 44 (2) 3. Madsen 2 (6) 4. Alan Gilbertson 97 (1) 5. C. McCarl 7 (4) 6. Jeffrey 12 (5) 7. Tori Knutson 14K (7)

Eliason dominated this one.  Behind him, Martin passed Gilbertson for second at the halfway point.  Madsen followed him a lap later.

A main (started): 1. Eliason (1) 2. Brown (3) 3. Kemenah (6) 4. Henderson (4) 5. Madsen (5) 6. A. McCarl (7) 7. Juhl (8) 8. Phillips (14) 9. Jeffrey (11) 10. Winters (9) 11. Martin (12) 12. C. McCarl (13) 13. RJ Johnson (10) 14. Prochaska (17) 15. Gilbertson (18) 16. Smith (19) 17. Knutson (21) 18. Kennedy (15) 19. Whitney (16) 20. Price-Miller (2) 21. Martens (20) 22. Schulz (22) DNS – Ingle


Eliason led Price-Miller, Brown and Henderson early in the 30-lapper.  Two laps in, Price-Miller stopped and was done with expected electrical problems ending his second place run.  Eliason led Brown, Henderson, Kemenah and Madsen back to green.  The lineup was the same after a lap three Winters spin brought yellow.  Kemenah used the low side to gain third from Henderson on the restart.  Five laps in, contact between Phillips and Whitney saw the latter get into the wall and off on the hook.  Eliason pulled away again, but a great battle developed between Kemenah and Brown for second.  Both held the spot, before Brown gained it back for good on lap nine.  Eliason entered lapped traffic on lap eleven.  Brown was good in traffic and started gaining on the leader.  A good race was developing when Kennedy spun with twelve laps to go.  Henderson had gained third from Kemenah, but Chad would grab it back on this restart.  Eliason was back in traffic with six laps to go, and Brown was gaining again.  He briefly took the lead on lap 27, but Eliason shot back by and found clean air the last two laps to pull away for the $5,000 win.

Brandon Halverson NSL Non-wing 360’s

Heat (started): 1. Clinton Bruns 7 (2) 2. Alex Schriever 0 (1) 3. Brandon Stevenson 0x (3) 4. Andy Anderson 17A (4) DNS – Brandon Halverson 13MJ

Halverson didn’t start after suffering brake issues in hot laps.  Bruns led the distance in an entertaining 6-lap heat that saw Stevenson and Schriever exchange second several times, including the last lap.  Anderson spun and exited on lap three.

A main (started): 1. Halverson (5) 2. Schriever (2) 3. Stevenson (3) 4. Bruns (1) 5. Anderson (4)


Bruns led the 12-lapper early over Stevenson and Halverson.  Halverson grabbed second on lap two.  Schriever would gain third on the next lap, but Stevenson would regain the spot in some great racing the next time around.  Halverson pounded the cushion to take the lead from Bruns on the fifth lap.  Schriever would grab second on lap seven, and Stevenson would take third on lap 9.  The lead four were still in the same zip code as Halverson took the checkers.

Brady Forbrook 305’s

Heat one (started): 1. Colin Smith o5 (2) 2. Elliot Amdahl 51A (1) 3. Jacob Hughes 8 (3) 4. Trevor Serbus 10 (6) 5. Brandon Allen 05x (4) 6. Keith Weber 9 (7) 7. Dalyn Cody 11 (5)

Amdahl led the 8-lapper early over Smith and Hughes.  The fast track saw Smith shoot by on the low side on lap three.

Heat two (started): 1. Nate Eakin 4sn (3) 2. Bill Johnson 56 (5) 3. Kaleb Johnson 22 (2) 4. Jeremy Schultz 33s (7) 5. Chris Duffy 87 (4) 6. Dave Becker 7 (6) 7. Micah Slendy 8K (1)

Eakin led early over K. Johnson, B. Johnson and Becker.  Slendy and Becker would both stop five laps in.  Eakin led the restart over K. Johnson, B. Johnson, Schultz and Duffy.  B. Johnson got a run on K. Johnson at the cone and took over second.  Eakin led the rest of the way.

Heat three (started): 1. Brady Forbrook 5 (2) 2. Brandon Bosma 23 (3) 3. Jesse Lindberg 7L (4) 4. Jared Jansen 81 (6) 5. Shane Fick 7x (7) 6. Mike Stegenga 35 (1) 7. John Sullivan 7s (5)

A three-wide battle for the lead when the green dropped saw Forbrook emerge over Bosma and Stegenga.  Lindberg would battle his way into third on the second lap.

A main (started): 1. Forbrook (2) 2. Hughes (4) 3. K. Johnson (1) 4. Amdahl (3) 5. Serbus (11) 6. Fick (15) 7. Smith (7) 8. Jansen (5) 9. Allen (13) 10. Bosma (6) 11. Stegenga (17) 12. Sullivan (14) 13. Eakin (9) 14. Schultz (8) 15. Duffy (10) 16. Weber (12) 17. Cody (16) DNS – B. Johnson, Lindberg, Becker, Slendy


Weber spun before a lap could be completed.  Forbrook shot out to a lead before Cody flipped hard in turn three two laps in.  Forbrook  led Hughes, Amdahl, Smith and K. Johnson back to green.  K. Johnson would move up to fourth on lap four.  Bosma would move into fifth on lap six.  Forbrook was into lapped traffic by lap nine, but two laps later, Schultz stopped, bringing the yellow.  Eakin pulled off during the caution while running seventh.  Bosma would spin out of fifth with seven to go, bringing the final slowdown.  Forbrook pulled away each time to grab the win over Hughes.  K. Johnson grabbed third with five to go.  Fick was the hard-charger.