By NE 360 Sprints PR (McCool Junction, NE) -- A cool evening in south-central Nebraska brought 16 cars to the very fast speedway south of York, Nebraska. Two heat races and the top 8 in passing points from those heats made up the 8 lap dash to determine the first 8 starting positions in the A main.
Jack Dover, who has been unstoppable as of late, took home $14,000 last weekend in an unsanctioned show at Jackson Motorplex. He extended his points lead over Jason Martin with one event left on the schedule with tonight’s win. Jack virtually has the points championship locked up as long something catastrophic doesn't happen at the last race here in a few weeks! The win tonight just pushes him that much closer in securing his 3rd championship in 4 years!
“We had an awesome car and the nose wing fell down and I think it made the car a little better and that just shows how good we are rolling right now. We have had a 1st, 3rd, 1st, and 1st place finishes in the last 4 races as we head to Eagle Raceway tomorrow to run our 305. I just want to thank Backlund Plumbing, Carpetland, Liquid Trucking, Certified Transmission, SSS Motorsports, Speedway Racing Engines and Spike Chassis. I have a great crew, Dave, Alex, Ben and everyone who makes this possible.”
Jack Dover and Shayle Bade made up the front row of the 25 lap A feature. Dover jetted himself to the lead on the start of the race with Made following suit. Jason Martin and Cody Ledger ran third and fourth. Only 5 laps in, Dover ran into lap traffic as he stretched his lead over Bade by 8 cars. On lap 7, Shayle Bade jumped the cushion slightly that allowed Jason Martin to get within 3 cars of Bade but a few laps later she extended her 2nd place lead to 8 cars over Martin. Half way through, Dover still lead over Bade followed by Jason Martin, Cody Ledger and Ryan Roberts. With 5 togo, Martin was able to take over the 2nd spot of Bade. The caution flew with 2 laps left as Nathan Mills jumped the cushion in turn 3 slamming his car into the turn 4 wall leaving a green, white, checker finish.
Dover brought the field to the green flag with 2 laps togo. All it took was a great restart for Dover as was able to hold on and take the win! Jason Martin finished second followed by, Ryan Roberts, Cody Ledger and Shayle Bade.
Heat 1 (Results) 8 Laps
Seth Brahmer
Ryan Roberts
Jack Dover
Don Droud Jr
John Klabunde
Brad Comegys
Nathan Mills
Blain Petersen
Heat 2 (Results) 8 Laps
Jason Martin
Shayle Bade
Jason Danley
Cody Ledger
Frank Galusha
Tadd Holliman
Doug Lovegrove
Bobby Becker
Dash (Results) 8 Laps
Jack Dover
Shayle Bade
Jason Martin
Cody Ledger
Ryan Roberts
Seth Brahmer
Jason Danley
Brad Comegys
A Feature (Results)
Jack Dover
Jason Martin
Ryan Roberts
Cody Ledger
Shayle Bade
Seth Brahmer
John Klabunde
Frank Galusha
Jason Danley
Brad Comegys
Tadd Holliman
Nathan Mills
Bobby Becker
Balin Petersen
Doug Lovegrove
Don Droud Jr
Contingency Awards
Saldana Racing Products Pole Award: Jack Dover
Speedway Motors Hard Charger $200 Certificate:
Keizer Race Wheels Certificate: John Klabunde
Electrical Systems Inc $300 Podium Draw: Seth Brahmer
Points (As of September 8, 2018)
Pos Driver Points Gap
1 Jack Dover 2532 -
2 Jason Martin 2322 210
3 Cody Ledger 2193 339
4 Shayle Bade 1729 803
5 John Klabunde 1665 867
6 Jody Rosenboom 1418 1114
7 Seth Brahmer 1386 1146
8 Lee Grosz 1371 1161
9 Gregg Bakker 1298 1234
10 Eric Lutz 1234 1298
The series will be end their season on September 29 at I-80 Speedway for the annual Casey’s Midwest Fall Brawl. This event will pay $4000 to win and $450 to start with $3500 in lap money being awarded. Currently 360 sprint track points at I-80 Speedway has Jason Martin with an 8 point lead over Dover but series standings has Dover leading over Martin by 210 points. You don’t want to miss out on this excellent paying race and who will wrap up the season and call themselves “Champion!”
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