The racing action was smoking hot at Dawson County Raceway in Lexington, Nebraska on Sunday as competitors jostled for position with limited events remaining, seeking the most points possible to snare post season accolades and the honor of winning the Jeremy Trompke Memorial hardware.

Earning trips to the winners circle on Sunday evening to take home the coveted Trompke trophies were: Colton Osborn, Chad Dolan, Kevin Safranek, Mike Nichols, Dillon Thompson and Brad Bayne.

Leading the final five laps was enough for Colton Osborn of Cozad to claim the checkered flags in the IMCA Modified Feature event. Osborn started in the fourth row and was able to work his way into contention just past the halfway point of the race. Leading the most laps in the event was the runner-up finisher Cale Osborn of Cozad. Cale grabbed the lead on the fifth lap and was the point until his brother Colton snared the lead on the 15th circuit. Cale Osborn put the pressure on Colton Osborn for the waning laps, but was forced to settle for second place. The Eddyville Flyer Chuck Stryker started on the front row and staying in contention throughout the event to earn third place honors. Jay Steffens of North Platte and Cozad’s Steve Aitken were the earlier in the evening heat race winners.

Hitting a hot streak, Gibbon’s Chad Dolan darted to the lead on the opening lap from his fourth row starting position and never looked back, despite the abundance of caution flags that flew during the IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature. Dolan led all 20 laps of the feature to earn the victory. Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg drove from the fifth row starting position to earn a podium finish, along with putting heavy pressure on eventual victor Dolan in the waning laps. Kennicutt crossed the stripe in second place overall. The ‘Ageless Wonder’ Denny Egge of Kearney was high on the steering wheel to drive his hotrod to a third place finish, coming from the fifth row starting position. Dolan and Hunter Cantrell were the heat race winners in the division.

Powering his way to the front and showing great driving prowess was veteran wheelman Kevin Safranek of Merna to win the Grand National Late Model checkered flag. Safranek claimed the lead on the 14th lap and he never looked back to earn the victory. Finishing with the fury to put the pressure cooker on Safranek was Dylan Schmer of Aurora, who was forced to settle for second place honors. Early leader Brandon Leonard of Gibbon paced the field for the initial 13 circuits, fell off the pace of the leaders, but recovered quite nicely with a third place finish. Josh Leonard of Gibbon and Hastings hotshoe Jarred Hackler won the earlier heat races in the division.

Wasting no time to get to the front and pace the field was Mike Nichols of Harlan Iowa as he earned the victory in the IMCA Stock Car Feature in fine fashion. Nichols drove his way to the lead on the third lap and he was able to remain in front throughout the remainder of the event. Casey Werkmeister of Maywood was the runner-up finisher as he worked through traffic to earn the second place honor, after starting in the rear of the field at the onset. Coming home third overall and earning a podium finish was the ‘Flying Farmer’ Kyle Clough of Wallace. Clough started in the fourth row and was able to dart into contention early and avoid incidents to earn the trip to the podium. Nichols was joined by Lexington’s Darin Racek in claiming heat race victories.

Earning the big payday in the Jeremy Trompke Memorial event was Dillon Thompson of Campbell, as he won the IMCA Feature in the Hobby Stock division. Thompson was able to drive his way to the lead on the fifth lap and despite heavy pressure from challengers was able to hold down the fort and earn the victory. Early leader Robert Leonard of Gibbon was second overall after leading the first four laps. Beatrice hotshoe Adam Armstrong started in the third row and he was able to show great consistency to avoid incidents and earn a show position finish on the podium. Sal Hernandez of Columbus and Colton Pfeifer of Stockton, Kansas rounded out the top five finishers in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Nearing the halfway point, the time was now for Brad Bayne of Greeley, Colorado to power his way to the lead and never relinquish the lead and earn the Outlaw Vintage Lites Series victory at Dawson County Raceway. Bayne was inside the top five from the onset, but it wasn’t until the sixth lap that he drove to the point and never looked back. Crossing the stripe second overall was Brandon Vantine of Milford. Vantine led a trio of laps in the early going and didn’t waver in earning the podium finish. Doug Pollock of Tekamah was third overall. Brad Bayne and his father Duane Bayne earned heat race wins in the division. Greeley, Colorado veteran driver Duane Bayne went for a wild ride, rolling numerous times off of turn four during the feature event.

Dawson County Raceway is back in action this weekend with big purses being posted for the IMCA Modified’s and Northern Sport Modifieds battling for $1500 and $1000 to the victor. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the racing action is scheduled to start with the drop of the green flag at 6:30 p.m.

(Unofficial Results)

–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 6c-Cale Osborn; 3. 19-Chuck Stryker; 4. 7a-Steve Aitken; 5. XII-Jay Steffens; 6. 34jw-Cole Hodges; 7. 4c-Charley Brown; 8. 81-Mike Densberger; 9. 727-Todd Schwarz; 10. 1c-Cole Egge; 11. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 12. 0-Kyle Rohleder.

Heat Race winners: XII-Jay Steffens; 7a-Steve Aitken.

–IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature: 1. 87d-Chad Dolan; 2. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 3. 1x-Denny Egge; 4. 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 5. 20-Hunter Cantrell; 6. 68-Craig Howard; 7. 12j-Kerry Jones; 8. 23mm-Casey Clausen; 9. 20b-Brandon Clough; 10. 15j-Herb Slough; 11. 15r-Robbie Kosmacek; 12. 2c-JR Ewing.

Heat Race winners: 87d-Chad Dolan; 20-Hunter Cantrall.

–Grand National Late Models Feature: 1. 28-Kevin Safranek; 2. 5s-Dylan Schmer; 3. 88-Brandon Leonard; 4. 85-Josh Leonard; 5. 55-Jake Neighbors; 6. 85x-Robbie Leonard; 7. 3h-Jarred Hackler; 8. 83-Denton Duncan; 9. 51-Les Siebert; 10. 13t-Tyler Andreasen; 11. 1s-Chris Stevens.

Heat Race winners: 85-Josh Leonard; 3h-Jarred Hackler.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 63-Mike Nichols; 2. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 3. 11k-Kyle Clough; 4. 72-Robert Walker; 5. 77-Jed Williams; 6. 24-Bob Chalupa; 7. 49-Zach Zentner; 8. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 9. 09h-Bob Hoing; 10. 25-Jared Brooks; 11. 00-Sarah Klein; 12. 57x-Scott Stoll.

Heat Race winners: 63-Mike Nichols; 31-Darin Racek.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 11-Dillon Thompson; 2. 85-Robert Leonard; 3. 6a-Adam Armstrong; 4. 04-Sal Hernandez; 5. 71-Colton Pfeifer; 6. 2x-Travis Kernick; 7. 54p-Kyle Pfeifer; 8. 98z-Zach Olmstead; 9. 26-Ryan Gardine; 10. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 11. 30a-Adam Morgan; 12. 95b-Tiffany Bittner.

Heat Race winners: 0-Kyle Bond; 88j-Jacob Olmstead.

–OVLS Feature: 1. 3b-Brad Bayne; 2. 11b-Brandon Vantine; 3. 12s-Doug Pollock; 4. 1taz-Terry Vantine; 5. 70-Larry Fox; 6. 70n-Ben Bohuslavsky; 7. 21t-Taylor Pollock; 8. 51-Derek Benes; 9. 3r-Duane Bayne; 10. 15-Brandon Spanjer.

Heat Race winners: 3b-Brad Bayne; 3r-Duane Bayne.

Lighting up the night sky were the IMCA Superstars that compete at Dawson County Raceway along with the visiting Great Plains IMCA Stock Car Series that rocketed around dirt oval in Lexington, Nebraska on Sunday evening.

The big winner in the stock car division was Casey Werkmeister of Maywood, Nebraska. Werkmeister was joined by Kyle Rohleder, Chad Dolan and Dillon Thompson in the winners circle.

Completing the sweep was easier said than done for Casey Werkmeister, as the Maywood Missle captured the win in the Feature, Pole Dash and his heat race for the IMCA Stock Cars. By winning the Pole Dash, Werkmeister chose to pocket the cash for the win and invert the top twelve starting positions in the feature event. It took Werkmeister most of the Feature to work through traffic, but he led the laps that meant the most in leading the final five laps to capture the victory. On the back bumper of the winner, Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa was second overall in the Feature, after leading the four laps prior to Werkmeister snaring the lead. Lance Borgman of Beatrice, Nebraska started inside the top five and was able to stay away from incidents and was able to earn a podium finish in third place overall. Jason Rogers of Selden, Kansas and Maywood’s Kyle Werkmeister rounded out the top five finishers in the feature.

Winning his second straight feature at DCR in the IMCA Modified division was Kyle Rohleder of Wakeeney, Kansas. Rohleder has hit a hot streak at the Lexington oval, with his third feature win of the 2014 season after he drove around the cushion to gain the lead on the sixth place to cruise to the victory. Clay Sellard of Ellis, Kansas was able to work his way into contention from his fifth row starting position to net a runner-up finish. Jeremy Herbst of North Platte, Nebraska was the early leader from the onset and he was able to stay among the frontrunners to earn the third place accolades.

Getting to the front early and avoiding traffic, Chad Dolan of Gibbon, Nebraska powered his way to the IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature win. Dolan got to the front and led the fourth lap by less than a fender, before relinquishing the lead to Dillon Schultz of North Platte. By the eighth lap, Dolan had regained the lead and this time he would not look back as he was smooth sailing to the checkered flag finish.

During a seventh lap traffic jam, Dillon Thompson of Campbell darted from the smoke and into the lead to hold onto the victory in the IMCA Hobby Stock division. Thompson snared the lead on the seventh lap and was able to hold off the tough challenge on his rear bumper for the remainder of the feature event. Kyle Bond of Gibbon, Nebraska was high on the wheel from the onset and was able to earn a runner-up finish. In his best finish of the 2014 season at DCR, Ryan Gardine of Bertrand, Nebraska was third overall in the feature, after leading the first six laps of the event.

The racing action will continue to be action-packed this coming week, as the IMCA drivers pilot their hotrods in hopes of earning a trip to the winners circle on Jeremy Trompke Memorial Night at Dawson County Raceway this Sunday, August 10th.

(Unofficial Results)

–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 0-Kyle Rohleder; 2. 85c-Clay Sellard; 3. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 4. 81-Mike Densberger; 5. 6c-Cale Osborn; 6. 4c-Charley Brown; 7. 19-Chuck Stryker; 8. 34jw-Cole Hodges; 9. XII-Jay Steffens; 10. 727-Todd Schwarz; 11. 1c-Cole Egge; 12. 7a-Steve Aitken.

Heat Race Winners: 0-Kyle Rohleder; 50c-Colton Osborn.

–IMCA Northern Sport Mod Feature: 1. 87d-Chad Dolan; 2. 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 3. 55d-Dillon Schultz; 4. 1x-Denny Egge; 5. 20b-Brandon Clough; 6. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 7. 11r-Eric Pfeifer; 8. 12j-Kerry Jones; 9. 68-Craig Howard; 10. 20-Hunter Cantrall; 11. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 12. 33-Chad Young.

Heat Race Winners: 87d-Chad Dolan; 0hp-Bryan Herrick.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 63-Mike Nichols; 3. 76-Lance Borgman; 4. 37-Jason Rogers; 5. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 6. 2m-Angel Munoz; 7. 11k-Kyle Clough; 8. 52-Jason Wilkinson; 9. 20m-Perry Meisner; 10. 8r-Nolan Remus; 11. 76x-Jason Davis; 12. 35jw-Casey Woken.

Heat Race Winners: 63-Mike Nichols; 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 37x-Jeff Tubbs; 42w-Kyle Werkmeister.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 11-Dillon Thompson; 2. 0-Kyle Bond; 3. 26-Ryan Gardine; 4. 88j-Jacob Olmstead; 5. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 6. 85-Robert Leonard; 7. 2x-Travis Kernick; 8. 54p-Kyle Pfeifer; 9. 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 10. 30a-Adam Morgan; 11. 53e-Tyler Easterday; 12. 44-Caleb Hetrick.

Heat Race Winners: 44-Caleb Hetrick; 0-Kyle Bond.

The racers that compete at Dawson County Raceway went way beyond the expectations of the fans in the stands in presenting an encore-racing program that rivaled the fireworks shows displayed on the Independence Day holiday on Sunday evening in Lexington, Nebraska.

Lightning up the night with their stellar efforts that resulted in trips to the winners circle were IMCA hotshoes: Colton Osborn, Brandon Clough, Casey Werkmeister, Kyle Bond and Grand National veteran Josh Leonard on Sunday.

Grabbing the lead at the halfway point, the Cozad cruiser Colton Osborn was able to power his way to the IMCA Modified Feature victory. Osborn snared the lead on the 11th circuit and never looked back after starting in the fifth row. Close behind Colton was brother Cale Osborn in second place overall, after he started in the fourth row and had a strong final five laps to earn runner-up accolades. Making the long-haul from Lincoln was worth it, as Mike Densberger was among the leaders throughout the feature and his efforts to avoid incidents resulted in a third place finish. Densberger along with Chuck Stryker of Eddyville were the earlier in the evening heat race winners.

Doing his best to trump the field, Gibbon’s Josh Leonard swept the checkered flags in the Grand National races that he competed in on Sunday. In the Feature, Leonard went to the cushion and was on a rail like a runaway freight train, as he refused to lose and drove away for the victory. Jarred Hackler of Hastings started in the third row, but was quickly in contention for a podium finish and his efforts paid off with a runner-up finish. Veteran wheelman Robbie Leonard was third overall in the Feature after winning his initial heat race earlier in the evening.

Breaking through to the top of the podium in the IMCA Northern Sport Modified division with his first Feature win of 2014 at Dawson County Raceway was Brandon Clough of Wallace. Clough has been a mainstay inside the top five and flirted with winning but it was his night this time around as he scored the win from his front row starting position. Continuing his hot streak on ovals in Southwest Nebraska, Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg was the runner-up as he was able to drive to the podium from his fourth row starting position during the early laps to avoid accidents deep in the field. Making a late charge from his fourth row starting position, the Ageless Wonder, Denny Egge of Kearney was third overall with a strong final five laps.  Clough and Kennicutt were the heat race winners in the division.

No stranger to the winners circle, Casey Werkmeister recovered quite nicely from a setback earlier in the weekend where he blew up a motor to finished with back-to-back feature wins in the IMCA Stock Car division in North Platte on Saturday and Lexington on Sunday. Werkmeister darted to the front on the fifth lap, after getting a great start to be among the leaders just prior to the fifth circuit. Making a late charge and challenging for the lead in the waning laps was Cozad’s Colton Osborn, who was forced to settle for runner-up honors. Leading the initial four laps of the feature was Jeff Whiting of Gothenburg, who was able to stay up on the wheel and pedal his way to a third place finish. Whiting and Werkmeister were the heat race winners in the Stock Car division.

Doing their best to put on the best show possible for the fans in the stands, fan favorites Dillon Thompson and Kyle Bond put on a whale of show along with Tiffany Bittner, as the trio ran away and hid from the rest of the field of IMCA Hobby Stocks on Sunday. Bond of Gibbon was able to drive his way to the point on the second circuit and never look back to claim the victory. Close behind with many challenges for the lead was Thompson of Campbell, who crossed the finish line in second place overall.  Having to come from deep, as a result of getting stuck in traffic, Norfolk’s Tiffany Bittner closed the gap in the waning laps with fast lap times to finish third overall.

(Unofficial Results)

–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 6c-Cale Osborn; 3. 81-Mike Densberger; 4. 7a-Steve Aitken; 5. 34jw-Cole Hodges; 6. XII-Jay Steffens; 7. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 8. 1c-Cole Egge; 9. 30x-Micah Veleba; 10. 19-Chuck Stryker.

Heat Race Winners: 81-Mike Densberger; 19-Chuck Stryker.

–Grand National Late Model Feature: 1. 85-Josh Leonard; 2. 3h-Jarred Hackler; 3. 85x-Robbie Leonard; 4. 51-Les Siebert; 5. 23-Tom Kubicka; 6. 55-Jake Neighbors; 7. 5s-Dylan Schmer; 8. 83-Denton Duncan; 9. 88-Brandon Leonard; 10. 28-Kevin Safranek.

Heat Race Winners: 85-Josh Leonard; 85x-Robbie Leonard.

–IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature: 1. 20b-Brandon Clough; 2,. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 3. 1x-Denny Egge; 4. 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 5. 12j-Kerry Jones; 6. 15r-Robbie Kosmacek; 7. 33-Chad Young; 8. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 9. 68-Craig Howard; 10. 67-Terry Fletcher.

Heat Race Winners: 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 20b-Brandon Clough.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 50c-Colton Osborn; 3. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 4. 35jw-Casey Woken; 5. 19-Dana Morgan; 6. 45-Mikey Dancer; 7. 24-Bob Chalupa; 8. 29e-Brendan Eilts; 9. 99k-David Easterday; 10. 00-Sara Klein.

Heat Race Winners: 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 16w-Jeff Whiting.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 0-Kyle Bond; 2. 11-Dillon Thompson; 3. 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 4. R89-Nate Refior; 5. 26-Ryan Gardine; 6. 85-Robert Leonard; 7. 2c-Zach Canas; 8. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 9. 53e-Tyler Easterday; 10. 2x-Travis Kernick.

Heat Race Winners: 0-Kyle Bond; 11-Dillon Thompson.

Perseverance and hardwork paid off by the drivers and crews as they were able to ward off the weather threats to dash the evening of racing at Dawson County Raceway in Lexington, Nebraska with an IMCA show and United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS) special that featured three-wide racing that kept the fans in the stands on the edge of their seats on Sunday evening.

Leading the lap that mattered the most was Jason Martin of Lincoln, Nebraska as he executed a slide job with success through corners three and four on the final lap to earn the URSS Feature win. Martin started in the fifth row and earned the hard charger award for his efforts. North Platte, Nebraska hotshoe John Webster snared the lead on the second lap and was flying high in pacing the field all the way through lap traffic, as he was scary fast to lead until lap 24 when Martin passed Webster and won the drag race to the finish line. Staying consistent throughout the feature event was Luke Cranston of Plains, Kansas; as he avoided incident by running in the top five from beginning to end from his outside second row starting position to earn a podium finish in third place. Steve Richardson of Liberal, Kansas along with Webster were the heat race victors.

Grabbing the lead on lap 14, veteran David Murray Jr. of Oberlin, Kansas was able to hold off the challengers in the final laps to add another IMCA Modified feature victory to his mantle. Murray started in the second row and was among the leaders throughout, as he was able to power past Jay Steffens of North Platte who led the initial 13 laps of the event and never relinquish his run to the checkered flag.  Cole Hodges of Ogallala was high on the wheel to pilot his hotrod to a runner-up finish from his third row starting position. Charging to the front from a fourth row-starting position, with a gumption-powered start was Colton Osborn of Cozad. Jay Steffens and McCook’s Ronnie Wallace claimed heat race victories in the division.

Fast at the finish was Chad Dolan of Gibbon in pacing the field during the final five laps to earn a IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature victory. Dolan started in the third row to be within striking distance from the onset of the feature event. Runner-up finisher Jamey Kennicutt was the leader prior to Dolan, as the Gothenburg hotshoe snared the lead on the sixth circuit. Chad Young of Ogallala drove his way onto the podium to finish third from a deep in the field, seventh row starting position. Kennicutt and Denny Egge of Kearney were the heat race winners.

Breaking through for the feature victory in the IMCA Stock Car division was North Platte fan-favorite Mikey Dancer. Dancer was up on the wheel with gumption in leading the final 11 laps of an accident-riddled feature. Colton Osborn was able to work the top and bottom grooves to finish second overall and hold off the challenges from Harlan, Iowa’s Mike Nichols, who finished third in the spotlighted event. Osborn and Dancer were joined by Cale Osborn of Cozad in winning heat races in the division.

Doing the unthinkable in one of the most competitive divisions in Lexington, Overton’s Jacob Olmstead led from the beginning to take the checkered flag in the IMCA Hobby Stock Feature. Olmstead started on the outside of the first row to earn the early edge that resulted in a victory. Campbell’s Dillon Thompson earned runner-up honors. Olmstead, Thompson and Gibbon’s Kyle Bond were three-wide for many laps in the closing circuits of the feature, before a tough-break sent Bond to the rear of the field on a yellow flag. Getting into the mix on the final laps was Tiffany Bittner of Norfolk, as she earned third place honors. Thompson and Bittner started their nights off right with heat race wins.

The race action is red-hot at the Dawson County Raceway, where only the best go three abreast with IMCA divisions being joined by Super Late Model Racing Assocation (SLMR) hotrods this coming Sunday, June 15th. Gates open at 5 p.m. with the drop of the green flag at 6:30 p.m.

(Unofficial Results)

–URSS FEATURE: 1. 5x-Jason Martin; 2. 9-John Webster; 3. 20-Luke Cranston; 4. 0-Steve Richardson; 5. 2j-Zach Blurton; 6. 12-Darren Berry; 7. 88j-Jeremy Huish; 8. 24-Kade Hagans; 9. 21r-Jeff Radcliffe; 10. 22-Greg Reiners.

Heat 1: 1. 9-John Webster; 2. 21r-Jeff Radcliffe; 3. 20-Luke Cranston.

Heat 2: 1. 0-Steve Richardson; 2. 20b-Nate Berry; 3. 88j-Jeremy Huish.

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

Heat 1: 1. XII-Jay Steffens; 2. 50c-Colton Osborn; 3. 6c-Cale Osborn.

Heat 2: 1. 3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 2. 19-Chuck Stryker; 3. 81-Mike Densberger.

–IMCA Northern Sport Modifieds Feature: 1. 87d-Chad Dolan; 2. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 3. 33-Chad Young; 4. 1x-Denny Egge; 5. 68-Craig Howard; 6. 20-Hunter Cantrall; 7. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 8. 23mm-Casey Clausen; 9. 12j-Kerry Jones; 10. 1-Paul Donovan.

Heat 1: 1. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 2. 87d-Chad Dolan; 3. 23mm-Casey Clausen.

Heat 2: 1. 1x-Denny Egge; 2. 0-Bryan Herrick; 3. 8c-Corey Cruzan.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 45-Mikey Dancer; 2. 50c-Colton Osborn; 3. 63-Mike Nichols; 4. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 5. 29e-Brendan Eilts; 6. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 7. 77-Jed Williams; 8. 10k-Kurt Trusty; 9. 09h-Bob Hoing; 10. 11k-Kyle Clough.

Heat 1: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 63-Mike Nichols; 3. 21-Shane Stutzman.

Heat 2: 1. 6c-Cale Osborn; 2. 52-Jason Wilkinson; 3. 35jw-Casey Woken.

Heat 3: 1. 45-Mikey Dancer; 2. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 3. 10k-Kurt Trusty.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 88j-Jacob Olmstead; 2. 11-Dillon Thompson; 3. 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 4. 9a-Anthony Martin; 5. 44-Caleb Hetrick; 6. 53e-Tyler Easterday; 7. 2c-Zach Canas; 8. 2x-Travis Kernick; 9. 0-Kyle Bond; 10. 89-Michael Zerr.

Heat 1: 1. 95b-Tiffany Bittner; 2. R89-Nate Refior; 3. 85-Robert Leonard.

Heat 2: 1. 11-Dillon Thompson; 2. 2c-Zach Canas; 3. 9a-Anthony Martin.

Getting their 2014 season at Dawson County Raceway started off right with a trip to the winners circle was Colton Osborn, Jamey Kennicutt, Mike Nichols and Dillon Thompson on Sunday night in Lexington.

It was an Osborn night in the IMCA Modified division with Colton Osborn of Cozad leading the final ten laps of the feature to cruise to the victory. Osborn started in the inside of row four and showed great patience and prospered with a car that handled quite well from the top to the bottom of the race track. Osborn took over the lead from his brother Cale Osborn of Cozad on lap 10, as a result of Cale getting a new right rear tire after leading the initial nine laps of the contest. Charging forward after a slow start, Ronnie Wallace of McCook was setup to be fast at the right time as he passed into the runner-up position in the last eight laps of the race to finish second overall. Veteran hotshoe David Murrary Jr. of Oberlin, Kansas showcased great consistency to avoid incidents and earn a podium finish in third place. Both Colton and Cale Osborn claimed heat race wins.

In a very competitive race, Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg was able to stay near the front throughout the Feature for the IMCA Northern Sport Modifieds to lead the most important laps to earn a season opening victory. Heat race victor Kennicutt started in the fourth row and worked his way into the lead on lap six, as he was dueling with runner-up Denny Egge of Kearney throughout the contest. Kennicutt and Egge were the only two drivers to lead a lap. Heat race winner Egge led the first five laps and the four laps just prior to the white flag being waved. Working the high groove with precision was North Platte’s Zach Schultz with a third place finish from his fourth row starting position.

No stranger to victory lane; Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa started on the pole and never trailed in the heated-battles of the IMCA Stock Car Feature. Nichols did have company in the front of the field, but Nichols showed great prowess and ability to snare the victory. Mikey Dancer of North Platte, piloted his Chevy Monte Carlo to a stellar second place finish, after dropping back early on and charging forward with gumption in the closing laps. Reigning season track champion Casey Werkmeister of Maywood was ‘en fuego’ with his new set of wheels rolling up a third place finish. Nichols, Werkmeister and Colton Osborn of Cozad claimed heat race wins in early evening action of the Stock Car division.

In the closest finish of the night, Dillon Thompson of Campbell was the victor by the slimmest of margins over Kyle Bond of Gibbon to earn the first place hardware in the IMCA Hobby Stock division on opening night. Heat race victor Thompson led the first 13 laps and then led the lap that matters the most by less than the length of a fender. Heat race winner Kyle Bond stormed forward from his fourth row starting position to earn the runner-up honors. Bond led the white flag lap and for many laps prior had turned circuits with Thompson in his crosshairs. Having the best seat in the house watching Bond and Thompson duel was the Wilcox wheelman, Anthony Martin who finished third overall. Martin was in the mix from the drop of the green flag to earn the checkered flag honors.

Racing action returns to the fast-paced 3/8 mile dirt oval on the Dawson County Fairgrounds on Sunday, May 11th. Gates open at 5 p.m. with the drop of the green flag being at 6:30 p.m.

Unofficial Results:

–IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 3. 97m-David Murrary Jr; 4. 50-Scott Smith; 5. 17j-Jeremy Frenier; 6. XII-Jay Steffens; 7. 59m-Travis Mack; 8. 25-Trevor Baker; 9. 1c-Cole Egge; 10. 6c-Cale Osborn; 11. 29e-Brooke Eilts; 12. 19-Chuck Stryker; 13. 2-Jeremy Herbst; 14. 23s-Josh Sabin.

Heat 1: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 97m-David Murrary Jr; 3. 50-Scott Smith.

Heat 2: 1. 6c-Cale Osborn; 2. 3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 3. 59m-Travis Mack.

–IMCA Northern Sport Mod Feature: 1. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 2. 1x-Denny Egge; 3. 55z- Zach Schultz; 4. 23mm-Casey Clausen; 5. 25-Toph Harmon; 6. 1-Paul Donovan; 7. 15j-Herb Slough; 8. 13-Terry Dressel; 9. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 10. 68-Craig Howard; 11. 0-Bryan Herrick; 12. 12j-Kerry Jones; 13. 33-Chad Young.

Heat 1: 1. 1-Paul Donovan; 2. 11h-Henry Henderson; 3. 55z-Zach Schultz.

Heat 2: 1. 15k-Jamey Kennicutt; 2. 87d-Chad Dolan; 3. 55d-Dillon Schultz.

Heat 3: 1. 1x-Denny Egge; 2. 25-Toph Harmon; 3. 23mm-Casey Clausen.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 63-Mike Nichols; 2. 45-Mikey Dancer; 3. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 4. 77-Jed Williams; 5. 35jw-Casey Woken; 6. 11k-Kyle Clough; 7. 29e-Brendan Eilts; 8. 21-Shane Stutzman; 9. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 10. 09h-Bob Hoing; 11. 10k-Kurt Trusty; 12. 24-Bob Chalupa; 13. 57-Dan Stoll; 14. 72-Robert Walker 15. 00-Sara Klein.

Heat 1: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 6c-Cale Osborn; 3. 72-Robert Walker.

Heat 2: 1. 63-Mike Nichols; 2. 45-Mikey Dancer; 3. 77-Jed Williams.

Heat 3: 1. 50c-Colton Osborn; 2. 35jw-Casey Woken; 3. 29e-Brendan Eilts.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 11-Dillon Thompson; 2. 0-Kyle Bond; 3. 9a-Anthony Martin; 4. 85-Robert Leonard; 5. 44-Caleb Hetrick; 6. 2x-Travis Kernick; 7. 2c-Zach Canas; 8. 30a-Adam Morgan; 9. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 10. 26-Ryan Gardine; 11. 89-Michael Zerr; 12. 53e-Tyler Easterday; 13. 80-Jim Rayburn; 14. 88j-Jacob Olmstead.