Butler County Motorplex – Rising City, NE – May 1
Tyler Frye started his first night at the facility in a positive manner as he took the lead on lap two in the first IMCA Sport Mod heat race. Frye continued for the win with Nathan Kobus, Buddy Ray Jones, and Rod Bronson rounding out the top four. Jim Hendricks controlled the second heat as he lead the entire race. Josh Blumer was second, Rick Rohr third and Denny Berghahn Jr was fourth.
Tom Svoboda won the first of three IMCA Modified heat races for the night. Bob Zoubek, Scott Bivens, and James Kleinheksel rounded out the top four. Mike Densberger grabbed the lead in heat two and led until the final three laps as Sean Burklund took the lead and the win. Terry Richards, Shane Stutzman and Densberger rounded out the field. Scott Styskal dominated the final Modified heat as he led the entire race. Matt Bonnie, Chris Alcorn, and Clint Homan took the remaining three qualifying positions.
Rudy Brunkhorst led the first half of heat number one in the IMCA Hobby Stock division but Dusty Poessnecker took control at that point in the race and continued for the win. Brunkhorst held on to second followed by Lee Kracht and Mike Goldfuss. Tony Scheffler grabbed the lead in the second heat race but lost an engine with three laps remaining. Nick Topil took the win followed by James Pittman, Tim Pritchett Jr., and Branden Wergin. Jerrid Becker took the lead as the third Hobby Stock heat race began but Travis Mooney took control on lap two. Brandon Kresha took control on lap four and continued for the win. Jeremy Hoskinson was second Travis Burger third and Mooney finished fourth.
The IMCA Sport Compact first heat of the night foun Mike Simpson taking the lead from Levi Stoakes on lap two. Simpson continued for the witn with Matt Fralin second, Stoakes was third and Jeff Davis fourth. Jeremy Noonan won the second heat race with second going to Drae Swarthout, third Derek Lamberson, fourth Nic Hitz
The program for the night also included the Outlaw Vintage Lites. The Speedway did not receive a list of names from their organization so we can not provide information about their heat races and feature other than to say they were an excellent addition to the racing for the night.
John Saathoff won the IMCA Modified feature after starting pole position. Randy Brown was second, Brian Levander third and Shane Hiatt fourth.
Matt Fralin from Beatrice controlled the IMCA Sport Compact A-feature with the win after taking the lead from Levi Stoakes on lap two. Jeremy Noonan was second, Derek Lamberson third and Mike Simpson fourth.
Lee Kracht took the front position in the IMCA Hobby Stock A-feature and continued to lead until the final six laps as Nick Topil took control on lap ten. Dusty Poessnecker stole the win on the final lap as he nanaged to get past Topil. Nick Topil held on for second with Brandon Kresha third and Lee Kracht was fourth.
Jim Hendricks took the lead as the IMCA Sport Mod began. Denny Berghahn Jr. took the lead on lap eight and continued to for his third win in a row. Hendricks held on for second with Rick Rohr third and Rod Bronson was fourth.
The IMCA Modified A-feature found Scott Bivens taking the early lead. Shane Stutzman moved into the front of the pack on lap six and continued for the win. James Kleinheksel managed to take second with Bivens third and Sean Burklund was fourth. RaceDayPrints - IMCA Sport Compact Results Heat 1: 63 Mike Simpson, 7 Matt Fralin, 3H Levi Stoakes, 32J Jeff Davis Heat 2: 33 Jeremy Noonan, 23 Drae Swarthout, 31 Derek Lamberson, 11 Nic Hitz
A Feature: 7 Matt Fralin, 33 Jeremy Noonan, 31 Derek Lamberson, 63 Mike Simpson, 3H Levi Stoakes, 32J Jeff Davis, 66 Trevor Noonan, 21D Amanda Davis, 1 Jeremy Dirt, 87 Nick Lindblad, 2 Hunter Wergin,23 Drea Swarthout, 11 Nic Hitz
IMCA Hobby Stock Results Heat 1: 22Jr Dusty Poessnecker, 57J Rudy Brunkhorst, 10K Lee Kracht, 07 Mike Goldfuss Heat 2: 7T Nick Topil, 65 James Pittman, 16 Tim Pritchett Jr., 61B Branden Wergin Heat 3: 21 Brandon Kresha, 26 Jeremy Hoskinson
A-Feature: 22Jr. Dusty Poessnecker, 7T Nick Topil, 21 Brandon Kresha, 10K Lee Kracht, 26 Jeremy Hoskinson, 79s Quinten Spragg, 12 Jim Buss, 57J Rudy Brunkhorst, 6B Travis Burger, 25 Brady Fernau, 8 Murray Haugen II, 3H Kyle Hein, 65 James Pittman, 33 Eric Hanson, 68 Damon Richards, 71K Josh Kennell, 18 Dion Kovar, 10x Ryan Gilland, 4B Brent Van Diest, 9J Jerrid Becker, 61B Branden Wergin, 07 Mike Goldfuss, 82 Travis Mooney, 16 Tim Prichett Jr., not able to start 1 Tony Scheffler, 17H Craig Huffless
IMCA Sport Mod Results Heat 1: 55 Tyler Frye, 15 Nathan Kobus, 25 Buddy Ray Jones, 54R Rod Bronson Heat 2: 33 Jim Hendricks, 21 Josh Blumer, 74 Rick Rohr, 6 Denny Berghahn Jr.
A –Feature: 6 Denny Berghahn Jr, 55 Tylr Frye, 33 Jim Hendricks, 74 Rick Rohr, 54R Rod Bronson, 26x Ron Allen, 23 Steve Swarthout, 27 Kyle Becker, 15K Anthony Kobus, 07 Brandon Jessen, 25 Buddy Ray Jones, 15 Nathan Kobus, 21 Josh Blumer, 35Kevin Kloke
IMCA Modified Results Heat 1: 16 Tom Svoboda, 5s Bob Zoubek, 10 Scott Bivens, 7w James Kleinheksel Heat 2: B9 Sean Burklund, 18 Terry Richards, 22x Shane Stutzman, 81 Mike Densberger Heat 3: 26 Scott Styskal, 14 Matt Bonnie, 3 Chris Alcorn, 27 Clint Homan
A Feature: Results
B-Feature: 96 John Saathoff, 16B Randy Brown, 3x Brian Levander, 21H Shane Hiatt, 2x Mike Stearns, 76 Lance Borgman, 33R Tim Richmond, 0 Jim Krupicka, 74 Jared Weichert, Z00 Lacey Tuttle, 13Q Jeremy Peckman, 86 Greg Johns, 2R Dan Rhiley, 10x Kenny Danley, not able to start was 5x Dana Dankert and 1MF Robert Brinkman |