The racing action was jam-packed with speed during a smashing successful night of racing at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Nebraska on Saturday evening. Earning valuable points with trips to the winners circle were: Colton Osborn, Chad Dolan, Casey Woken, Jacob Olmstead and Andrew Baumgardner. The IMCA Modified’s feature was a dominating performance by Cozad’s Colton Osborn, as he took the lead on the second lap after a caution flag and he never looked back to claim the checkered flag. Coming from deep in the field and challenging Osborn for the lead in the waning laps was John Hansen of Brush, Colorado. Hansen was forced to settle for second place honors. Staying out of trouble and in contention for a podium finish throughout the feature was Jay Steffens of North Platte, who finished third overall. Grabbing the lead at the halfway point, Chad Dolan of Gibbon attempted to run away and hide to cruise to the win in the IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature. Staying up on the wheel for the whole feature event and avoiding incidents, Veteran wheelman Bryan Herrick of Curtis finished second overall. Leading the first nine laps, Mike Saathoff of North Platte scored a third place finish to complement his great start to the 20-lap feature. Saathoff was joined by Terry Fletcher of Hershey and North Platte’s Tony Schultz in winning heat races earlier in the evening. Breaking through for the win after finished second on opening night, Casey Woken scored the victory in the IMCA Stock Car feature event. Woken took the point on the seventh circuit from runner-up finisher Casey Werkmeister of Maywood, who led the first six laps. Werkmeister continued to show consistency throughout the rest of the feature to finish second overall. Starting within the first couple rows, Mikey Dancer of North Platte stayed near the front and his efforts were rewarded with a third place finish. Woken, Werkmeister and Imperial’s Justin Bussell won earlier in the evening heat races. Finishing strong and leading the final four laps, Jacob Olmstead of Overton claimed the top honors in the IMCA Hobby Stock Feature. Olmstead was among the frontrunners for much of the feature. Runner-up finisher Zach Olmstead of Overton piloted his Chevy Malibu to finish second overall after leading lap five through lap 15. Staying up on the wheel throughout the feature event, Austin Davis of Benkelman was the show position finisher. Zach Olmstead and Tanner Clough of Wallace were the heat race winners in the Hobby Stock division. Staying consistent, Andrew Baumgardner of North Platte was in position to snare the lead on the seventh lap and he stepped up to the plate and scored a feature win in the IMCA Sport Compact division. Baumgardner was running in second place until early leader Blake Fletcher of Hershey rolled as a result of a flat tire off of turn two. Finishing second overall in his Moper Magic hotrod was Devin Bjorklund of Cozad. Making a late charge on the waning laps, Alex Fletcher of Hershey was third overall when the checkered flags flew. Racing action returns to the re-configured Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte on June 13th.
(Unofficial Results):
–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 8h-John Hansen; 3. XII-Jay Steffens; 4. 17J-Jeremy Frenier; 5. 34jw-Cole Hodges; 6. 3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 7. 4c-Charley Brown; 8. 3b-Eddie Belec; 9. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 10. 4p-Dave Pedersen. Heat Race Winners: 50c-Osborn, XII-Steffens.
–IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature: 1. 87d-Chad Dolan; 2. 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 3. 29s-Mike Saathoff; 4. 11h-Henry Henderson; 5. 848-Troy Douglas; 6. 41g-Justin Gibbens; 7. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 8. 9-RC Heil; 9. 69-Adam Kackmeister; 10. 11-Tim Cooper. Heat Race Winners: 29s-Saathoff, 67-Terry Fletcher, 55-Tony Schultz.
–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 35jw-Casey Woken; 2. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 3.45-Mikey Dancer; 4. 11k-Kyle Clough; 5. 32-Lloyd Meeske; 6. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 7.72h-Jim Hagan; 8. 09h-Bob Hoing; 9. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 10. 00-Sara Klein. Heat Race Winners: 24w-Werkmeister, 11b-Justin Bussell, 35jw-Woken.
–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 88j-Jacob Olmstead; 2. 98z-Zach Olmstead; 3.22-Austin Davis; 4. 2c-Tyson Canas; 5. 01-Jacob Wolsleben; 6. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 7. 1-Tanner Clough; 8. 12j-Tanner Jones; 9. 65-Rick Eller; 10. 3-Ben Arvdahl. Heat Race Winners: 98z-Olmstead, 1-Clough.
–IMCA Sport Compact Feature: 1. 44u-Andrew Baumgardner; 2. 28d-Devin Bjorklund; 3. 67-Alex Fletcher; 4. 7-Erik Nelson; 5. 33-Andrew McClellen; 6. 67b-Hope Boggs; 7. 74b-Tristan Barnhill; 8. 67x-Blake Fletcher; 9. h0t-Hunter Hoatson; 10. 19b-Jordan Biere. Heat Race Winners: 28d-Bjorklund, 67x-Fletcher.