By Greg Soukup
It’s hard to believe that the weather could have been much better as a large crowd filed into the stands for Fan With A Can Night, presented by Froggy 98 and Hoosier Tire. Saturday night at Eagle Raceway saw 146 teams show up and put on great racing all evening.
No major incidents occurred during the preliminary events.
The Racesaver IMCA Sprint Car A Feature’s first circuit was led by Mike Houseman in the 4L. Hot on his push bar were the 7KX of Toby Chapman, Ryan King’s 93 and Shon Pointer in the 20P. Chapman passed Houseman on lap 2 as Shayle Bade took fourth. Bade jumped up to second the next lap. Trevor Grossenbacher put the #35 into fourth after another circuit and moved to third the next lap. Jake Bubak put the 9X into fourth after another lap. Nick Bryan looped the #52 at the bottom of turn 3. Bubak moved to third on lap 13 and advanced to second the next time around. Grossenbacher moved up to third with 9 to go and Tyler Drueke put the 12 into fourth the next lap. Bubak took the lead with 2 to go when Chapman bobbled in turn 2, but Houseman spun in turn 4 to negate the pass. The final change in the top 4 came on the last lap when Drueke passed Grossenbacher for third. The top 4 were Chapman, Bubak, Drueke and Grossenbacher.
Chapman said “The track was slick by the time our feature got run. I got lucky and got to the front first. I couldn’t believe it when the yellow came out after I messed up and lost the lead! It was great to get my first win this year, but the one I really want is the day before Labor Day at the Nationals”. Chapman’s sponsors include FMS Racing, Meyers Race Engines, Holle Home Improvement, Palmyra Bar, Panama Locker, Huenink Refuse and Thirty-One.
Next Saturday is Junior Fan Club and Scout Night. Front gates open at 5:15, hot laps begin at 5:30 and racing kicks off 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 passed costing $25. The Racesaver IMCA Sprints, Kaplan University IMCA Modifieds, NAPA Sport Modifieds, Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks and Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compacts will all be in competition.
RESULTS:
Sprints
A-Feature 1. Toby Chapman 7KX 2. Jake Bubak 9X 3. Tyler Drueke 12 4. Trevor Grossenbacher 35 5. Doug Lovegrove 1 6. Shon Pointer 20P 7. Shayle Bade 03 8. Brandon Horton 1B 9. Adam Gullion 91 10. Terry Richards 18 11. Tim Hilfiker 20 12. Mike Boston 51 13. Ron Love 5 14. Clint Benson 100 15. Ryan King 93 16. Dan Satriano 95 17. Nick Bryan 52 18. Matt Richards 1R 19. Mike Houseman 4L 20. Chase Weiler 0
Sprints B-Feature 1. Terry Richards 18 2. Nick Bryan 52 3. Brandon Horton 1B 4. Chase Weiler 0 5. Mike Johnston 14J 6. Nate Weiler 4W 7. Gene Ackland 14G 8. Dan Nekolite 22D 9. Lee Bowes 73 10. Jimmy Grasso 8G 11. Boyd Peterson 57B 12. Tim Fricke 62 13. Jeremy Shultz 33S 14. Dwight Carter 4U
Sprints Heat 1 1. Matt Richards 1R 2. Tyler Drueke 12 3. Tim Hilfiker 20 4. Dan Satriano 95 5. Terry Richards 18 6. Gene Ackland 14G 7. Tim Fricke 62 8. Jeremy Shultz 33S
Sprints Heat 2 1. Toby Chapman 7KX 2. Mike Boston 51 3. Shayle Bade 03 4. Jake Bubak 9X 5. Nick Bryan 52 6. Dwight Carter 4U 7. Jimmy Grasso 8G 8. Boyd Peterson 57B
Sprints Heat 3 1. Mike Houseman 4L 2. Adam Gullion 91 3. Ryan King 93 4. Clint Benson 100 5. Chase Weiler 0 6. Nate Weiler 4W 7. Mike Johnston 14J
Sprints Heat 4 1. Trevor Grossenbacher 35 2. Doug Lovegrove 1 3. Shon Pointer 20P 4. Ron Love 5 5. Brandon Horton 1B 6. Dan Nekolite 22D 7. Lee Bowes 73