Running like the wind is an understatement when circling the Dawson County Raceway oval in Lexington, Nebraska as the IMCA divisions were joined by the Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) series to put the fans in the stands on the edge of their seats on Sunday evening.

No stranger to victory lane, Kyle Berck of Marquette, Nebraska won his third straight Feature event when the SLMR series visits Lexington’s Dawson County Raceway. Berck cashed in with passing points in the heat race to start on the outside of row one and he darted like a missile to the lead and was working through lap traffic when the lone yellow flew with less than 10 laps remaining. Berke led from the beginning until the checkered flag, with heavy pressure being applied in the waning laps by Justin Zeitner of LaVista, Nebraska who was forced to settle for second place after winning an opening night heat race and drawing the inside row three starting slot. Staying among the leaders throughout the contest with great consistency, Corey Zeitner of Omaha, Nebraska earned a podium finish in third place. Rocketing around the Lexington oval with success, Bill Leighton Jr of Omaha and Hasting hotshoe Justin Gregg finished fourth and fifth in the fast-paced Feature event.

Grabbing the lead on lap six on a very dry-slick oval, Veteran pilot David Murray Jr of Oberlin, Kansas cashed in on the opportunity and was able to hold off all challengers to claim his second straight IMCA Modified Feature at Dawson County Raceway. Earning the hardcharger award for the division was Colton Osborn of Cozad, as he earned runner-up honors after starting in the sixth row at the drop of the green flag. Holding the lead before Murray took the point was Cozad’s Cale Osborn on laps four and five. Osborn continued to battle on the oval with stellar driving to earn third place accolades. Jeremy Herbst of North Platte was the early leader from the onset. Murray and Cale Osborn won the early heat races in the division.

In the shuffle near the front of the field, Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg was able to persevere and then drive away with the Feature victory in the IMCA Northern Sport Mod main event. Kennicutt led the final eight laps of the feature after starting in the fifth row of the feature. Rallying to the front during the waning laps of the feature was Kearney’s Denny Egge. Egge started in the fifth row along side Kennicutt. Jumping the cushion in the second corner could have been costly, but it was veteran Chad Dolan of Gibbon that stayed with his lines and was able to cross the finish line in third place. Dolan and Kennicutt were the heat race victors.

Getting collected in early lap incidents wasn’t enough to halt the progress of Mike Nichols to claim the Feature victory in the IMCA Stock Car division. Nichols of Harlan, Iowa was able to garner the lead by less than a fender on the seventh lap and he continued to pace the field throughout the rest of the main event. The ‘Flyin Farmer’ Kyle Clough of Wallace started in the fifth row and took over the runner-up position where he would finish when Cozad’s Colton Osborn pulled into the pits on a yellow flag after driving from the eleventh row to second place. Clough put heavy pressure on Nichols on the final circuits. The leader during the early stages of the feature was Casey Woken of Ogallala and he was able to earn a podium finish in third place in the feature, his best finish at Dawson County Raceway this year. Winning preliminary heat races in the division were: Casey Werkmeister of Maywood, Bob Chalupa of McCook and Gothenburg’s Jeff Whiting.

Leaving no doubt, Gibbon’s Kyle Bond was high on the wheel to drive away and hide in the front of the field to earn another podium finish in the IMCA Hobby Stock Feature, his first win at DCR in 2014.  Bond tip-toed through the competition until he snared the lead on lap six to drive away and hide after winning the night’s heat race along with Tiffany Bittner. Caleb Hetrick of Grand Island earned a runner-up finish in the feature during his first full-time season at Dawson County Raceway. Rounding out your podium finishers was Campbell’s Dillon Thompson in third place overall.

 

Unofficial Results:

–Super Late Model Racing (SLMR) Feature: 1. 14-Kyle Berck; 2. z62-Justin Zeitner; 3. 26jr-Corey Zeitner; 4. 24-Bill Leighton Jr; 5. 1-Justin Gregg; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil; 7. 6-Dylan Smith; 8. 5x-Mike Marushak; 9. 52-Brian Kosiski; 10. 4-JC Wyman; 11. 15w-Mike Wiarda; 12. 5s-Dylan Schmer; 13. 51-Les Seibert; 14. 83d-Denton Duncan; 15. 27-Bryce Taylor.

Heat Race Winners: 26jr-Corey Zeitner; z62-Justin Zeitner; 1-Justin Gregg.

–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 97m-David Murray Jr; 2. 50c-Colton Osborn; 3. 6c-Cale Osborn; 4. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 5. 34jw-Cole Hodges; 6. 4c-Charley Brown; 7. 81-Mike Densberger; 8. 19-Chuck Stryker; 9. 50-Scott Smith; 10. XII-Jay Steffens; 11. 112-Tyler Smith; 12. 1c-Cole Egge.

Heat Race Winners: 97m-David Murray Jr; 6c-Cale Osborn.

–IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature: 1. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 2. 1x-Denny Egge; 3. 87d-Chad Dolan; 4. 15j-Herb Slough; 5. 23mm-Casey Clausen; 6. 25-Toph Harmon; 7. 12j-Kerry Jones; 8. 1-Paul Donovan; 9. 68-Craig Howard; 10. 79s-James Stewart; 11. 33-Chad Young; 12. 0hp-Bryan Herrick.

Heat Race Winners: 87d-Chad Dolan; 15k-Jamey Kennicutt.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 63-Mike Nichols; 2. 11k-Kyle Clough; 3. 35jw-Casey Woken; 4. 29e-Brendan Eilts; 5. 10k-Kurt Trusty; 6. 24-Bob Chalupa; 7. 25-Jared Brooks; 8. 09h-Bob Hoing; 9. 45-Mikey Dancer; 10. 19-Dana Morgan; 11. 00-Sara Klein; 12. 99k-Dave Easterday.

Heat Race Winners: 1. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 2. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 24-Bob Chalupa.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 0-Kyle Bond; 2. 44-Caleb Hetrick; 3. 11-Dillon Thompson; 4. 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 5. 85-Robert Leonard; 6. 88j-Jacob Olmstead; 7. 53e-Tyler Easterday; 8. 9a-Anthony Martin; 9. 26-Ryan Gardine; 10. 2c-Zach Canas; 11. 2x-Travis Kernick; 12. 5-Chuck Ledbetter.

Heat Race Winners: 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 0-Kyle Bond.