Eagle Raceway Results and Stories from August 20

Saturday, August 20, 2016
By Greg Soukup

High Bank Thunder, presented by Kaplan University and Rotellas saw a great car count and a better fan turnout Saturday at Eagle Raceway. Beautiful weather, lots of racing action and a great track made for a fantastic evening.

There were 2 serious incidents in the preliminary action; both in the Racesaver IMCA Sprint Cars. In heat #1, Toby Chapman’s 7KX and the 57B of Boyd Peterson went flipping in turn 1. In the B Feature, Dan Nekolite’s 22B rolled over in turn 4. None of the drivers were seriously injured.

The Racesaver IMCA Sprint Car A Feature saw Brandon Horton’s 1B, the 00 of Gregg Bolte, Clint Benson’s 100 and the 03 of Shayle Bade out front of lap #1. Benson spun in turn 4 on lap 2, putting Jason Danley’s 4X into fourth. Bade took second on the restart and then grabbed the lead the next time around as Danley moved to third. Terry Richards put his #18 into fourth on lap 8 but gave the spot up to Jason Martin’s 5X the next lap. Danley moved up to second on lap 11 as Stu Snyder put his 23S into fourth. 2 laps later Nick Bryan’s 52 flipped in turns 1 and 2. At that time the running order in the top 4 was Bade, Danley, Martin and Snyder. However, Danley headed to the pits putting Horton in fourth. Snyder passed Martin for second on the restart and Jake Bubak put his 9X into fourth. Richards flipped in turn 4 with 8 laps remaining and landed on top of the 20P of Shon Pointer. Pointer was injured and ended up being taken to the hospital for observation. As of the time of this story, his condition was unknown. After the red lights were extinguished, Martin and Snyder exchanged the second spot for 2 laps with Snyder ending up with the spot. At the finish it was Bade, Snyder, Martin and Bubak.

This was Bade’s first Eagle Raceway victory this season. “I’m speechless!! It was great to get a win on my dad’s birthday. There’s nothing better than this. I saw Stu’s nose and told myself ‘You’ve got to get going’. I’m thankful for a win here in 2016 finally, especially right before Nationals. There isn’t anything better than winning at your home track; and when it’s a track famous for sprint car racing like Eagle Raceway, it’s even better!”.

Bade’s sponsors include MDR, Helget Construction Onyx Wraps, Chix Gear Race Wear, Fremont Roofing, Rowe Graphics, TST Photography, Good Life Fitness and 905 Inc.

Next weekend is the final points racing for the 2016 season. The Eagle Shootout will feature the NAPA IMCA Sport Modifieds, Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks, Kaplan University IMCA Modifieds, Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compacts and Racesaver IMCA Sprint Cars.
Front gates will open at 5:15, hot laps start at 5:30 and racing kicks off at 6:30. Adult front gate admission is $10, youths 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under are free.

Pit gates open at 4:00. Pit admission is $25.

RESULTS:

Sprints A-Feature1.  Shayle Bade  03  2.  Stu Snyder  23S  3.  Jason Martin  5X  4.  Jake Bubak  9X  5.  Jack Dover  84  6.  Mike Boston  51  7.  Trevor Grossenbacher  35  8.  Gregg Bolte  00  9.  Adam Gullion  91  10. Ron Love  5  11. Matt Richards  1R  12. Ryan King  93  13. Brandon Horton  1B  14. Terry Richards  18  15. Shon Pointer  20P  16. Jason Danley  4X  17. Nick Bryan  52  18. Clint Benson  100  19. Tim Hilfiker  20  20. Dwight Carter  4U 

Sprints B-Feature 1.  Matt Richards  1R  2.  Trevor Grossenbacher  35  3.  Shon Pointer  20P  4.  Ryan King  93  5.  Ben Woods  11B  6.  Tyler Drueke  12  7.  Blain Petersen  68+1  8.  Doug Lovegrove  1  9.  Nate Weiler  4W  10. Richard Weers  55  11. Chase Weiler  0  12. Lee Bowes  73  13. Dan Nekolite  22D  14. Cody Ledger  47  15. Joey Danley  14  16. Jimmy Grasso  8G  DNS  Boyd Peterson  57B 
DNS  Toby Chapman  7KX  DNS  Dan Satriano  95 

Sprints Heat 1 1.  Jason Martin  5X  2.  Clint Benson  100  3.  Brandon Horton  1B  4.  Dwight Carter  4U  5.  Trevor Grossenbacher  35  6.  Ryan King  93  7.  Boyd Peterson  57B  8.  Toby Chapman  7KX  9.  Joey Danley  14 

Sprints Heat 2 1.  Stu Snyder  23S  2.  Terry Richards  18  3.  Adam Gullion  91  4.  Nick Bryan  52  5.  Matt Richards  1R  6.  Jimmy Grasso  8G  7.  Ben Woods  11B  8.  Tyler Drueke  12  9.  Dan Satriano  95 

Sprints Heat 3 1.  Mike Boston  51  2.  Gregg Bolte  00  3.  Jake Bubak  9X  4.  Tim Hilfiker  20  5.  Doug Lovegrove  1  6.  Cody Ledger  47  7.  Nate Weiler  4W  8.  Chase Weiler  0 
 9.  Blain Petersen  68+1 

Sprints Heat 4  1.  Jason Danley  4X  2.  Shayle Bade  03  3.  Jack Dover  84  4.  Ron Love  5  5.  Dan Nekolite  22D  6.  Lee Bowes  73  7.  Shon Pointer  20P  8.  Richard Weers  55