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April 16, 2017 at 01:28:33 PM
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By Greg Soukup

After the initial race for the Sprint Series of Nebraska was rained out, the series moved to Eagle Raceway this past Saturday as part of the Icebreaker Challenge. A total of 34 sprinters towed in to do battle on the high banks.

All preliminary races were run without serious incident.

When the A Feature began, Tyler Drueke took advantage of his front row outside starting position and passed the flag stand first in his #12. Adam Gullion’s 91, the 7KX of Toby Chapman and Jason Martin’s 36 were hot on his push bumper however. Chapman and Martin swapped the third spot the next two laps with Chapman holding on to the spot on lap 3. Lap 5 saw Ron Love spin out on the back stretch in his #5. 1 lap after the restart both Chapman and Martin passed Gullion to move to second and third. Despite a furious battle amongst the top 4 their spots remained unchanged to the checkers with Drueke, Chapman, Martin and Gullion the top 4.

“We led the whole thing, but it wasn’t really easy. The top was really fast, and Adam tried to squeeze us going into turn one. I committed to trying to beat him around the outside. When I did that, Toby Chapman was coming from third and he slid us both! Well, when he did that I pretty much had the choice made for me. I was committed to the outside because if I’d tried to brake or anything I think I would have hopped his right rear coming off of turn two. So, I squeezed around the outside of him and from what my crew guys told me, we got a pretty good lead. I knew we had a pretty good race car, thanks to Matt Zoz, Dustin Gerdes, my brother Austin and my Dad. They prepared me a heck of a race car. It sounded like I kind of checked out that first five laps, but I started catching lapped traffic. I got behind Ron Love and Trevor Grossenbacher. They ended up getting together down the back straightaway. When I went to avoid them, I squeezed between Love and the wall. I smacked it pretty hard with the right rear and I broke the top Jacobs Ladder strap. The car was really good before that, but that made it really evil. I actually thought that I’d cut down the right rear! I remember looking at the leader board and seeing there was 18 to go. I thought to myself “There is no way we’re going to make it to the end of this!!”. I had to start using a lot of brake to keep the car settled down. I know that slowed our pace down quite a bit because Toby Chapman started trying to slide us quite a bit after that, but we crossed him up and got him back. After I used up my brakes and the pedal went right to the firewall, I started cheating the cushion a little bit. The top was SO fast that it made passing lapped cars really hard. There was enough moisture on the bottom that you could pull off a big slide job, and that was about the only way that you could pass anybody. We definitely had to earn that one; it wasn’t just given to us! In my interview for the fans in the stands I said ‘How are we going to top this one the rest of the year?’. I like those ones where we just check out, take the money and go home. But, nobody pays to go watch church, so there’s no way they should have to pay to watch a boring race” stated Drueke. Tyler’s sponsors include Speedway Motors Racing Engines, Danner Spray Foam, Drueke Trucking and Ranch, Zoz Farms, Jeffres Truicking and J & J Chassis.

Next up on the schedule will see the Sprint Series of Nebraska haul to US 30 Speedway on Thursday April 27th.

SSN Sprint A-Feature

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Tyler Drueke                  12
2.  Toby Chapman                  7KX
3.  Jason123 Martin               36
4.  Adam Gullion                  91
5.  Jason Danley                  4X
6.  Joey Danley                   14
7.  Jack Dover                    84
8.  Shayle Bade                   03
9.  Matt Richards                 1R
10. Stu Snyder                    23S
11. Ryan King                     93
12. Gene Ackland                  14G
13. Terry Richards                18
14. Trevor Grossenbacher          35
15. Clint Benson                  100
16. Dan Satriano                  17
17. Zach Blurton                  2J
18. Kaleb Johnson                 22
19. Nathan Weiler                 4W
20. Ron Love                      5

SSN Sprint B-Feature

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Trevor Grossenbacher          35
2.  Zach Blurton                  2J
3.  Nathan Weiler                 4W
4.  Kaleb Johnson                 22
5.  Tim Fricke                    62
6.  Doug Lovegrove                44
7.  Austin McLean                 83
8.  Mike Johnston                 14J
9.  Chase Weiler                  0
10. Boyd Peterson                 57B
11. Jimmy Grasso                  8G
12. Kayla Stoops                  18K
13. Neil Nickolite                12N
14. Chevy Hadan                   4
15. Mike Boston                   51
16. Cody Ledger                   47
17. Jason Miller                  77
DNS  Danny Nekolite                22D
DNS  Shon Pointer                  20P

SSN Sprint Heat 1

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Tyler Drueke                  12
2.  Dan Satriano                  17
3.  Ron Love                      5
4.  Shayle Bade                   03
5.  Mike Johnston                 14J
6.  Tim Fricke                    62
7.  Boyd Peterson                 57B
8.  Chevy Hadan                   4
9.  Shon Pointer                  20P

SSN Sprint Heat 2

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Stu Snyder                    23S
2.  Gene Ackland                  14G
3.  Adam Gullion                  91
4.  Clint Benson                  100
5.  Nathan Weiler                 4W
6.  Chase Weiler                  0
7.  Doug Lovegrove                44
8.  Jimmy Grasso                  8G
9.  Neil Nickolite                12N

SSN Sprint Heat 3

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Toby Chapman                  7KX
2.  Matt Richards                 1R
3.  Joey Danley                   14
4.  Jack Dover                    84
5.  Kaleb Johnson                 22
6.  Austin McLean                 83
7.  Mike Boston                   51
8.  Trevor Grossenbacher          35
9.  Jason Miller                  77

SSN Sprint Heat 4

     Driver                        Nbr
     ------------------------------ -----
1.  Jason Danley                  4X
2.  Terry Richards                18
3.  Jason123 Martin               36
4.  Ryan King                     93
5.  Zach Blurton                  2J
6.  Cody Ledger                   47
7.  Kayla Stoops                  18K
8.  Danny Nekolite                22D


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