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Berck Lays Claim to NCRA Late Model Nationals!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Doniphan, Nebraska – July 13, 2013 - Kyle Berck passed mid race leader Jimmy Segraves with ten laps to go and went on the rest of the way to claim his second straight Chuck Bosselman Memorial/NCRA Late Model Nationals Saturday night as the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products late models made their annual trip to Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska Saturday night. 

Justin Gregg and Wade Cross started on the front row for the thirty lap feature but it was fourth starting Bill Leighton taking the lead at the initial start. The race quickly went yellow when drivers went five wide around the three-eighths mile oval and entering turn three, the final result was spin outs and crashes.
On the complete restart Leighton again jumped out front and was chased by Segraves and Berck with the leader opening up a three car length advantage.

Then on lap nine Segraves, fresh off his first career series win at the Belleville High Banks just one week ago, took the lead from Leighton and would open a five car length lead.

Cautions for spins occurred on laps eleven and seventeen and on after a restart on lap seventeen, a four car pileup on the front stretch brought out the red flag. During this time Leighton would have to go pit side with mechanical gremlins but would restart at the tail of the field once racing action went green.
When racing action finally resumed, Berck was on Segraves bumper and on lap nineteen would make a pass for the lead.

From then on there was no catching Berck as he went on to claim his fourth career NCRA late model nationals victory and the first with the series in 2013.

Third starting Al Humphreys stayed in the top five all race long and would pass Segraves late to finish second.  G&G Dozer rookie of the year contender Jacob McGee turned out another strong performance and also got by Segraves to come home third. Segraves would settle for fourth while Mike Wiarda rounded out the top five.

The three heat races for the thirty car field were won y Berck, Gregg and Leighton while Billy Murphy claimed the twelve lap “B” feature.

The next event for the NCRA late model division will take place on Friday and Saturday night, August 9-10, as the tour heads to Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska for the annual running of the “King of the Hill Late Model Nationals” in a co-sanctioned event with the MARS DIRTCar and Lucas Oil MLRA late model series.
NCRA Late Models

Mid-Nebraska Speedway/Doniphan, Nebraska
July 13, 2013
31 Cars
1st Heat: 1) 14 Kyle Berck, 2) 21 Wade Cross, 3) 90 Steve Kempt, 4) 10 Jacob McGee, 5) 07 Ben Dunlap, 6) 83D Dustin Duncan, 7) 15B Brad Wagoner, 8) 38 Lester Duncan, 9) 77 Jeremy Petty, 10) 7c Gary Gorby
2nd Heat: 1) 1 Justin Gregg, 2) 6 Al Humphrey, 3) 3 Jimmy Segraves, 4) 85J Josh Leonard, 5) 28 Kevin Safranek, 6) 1v Gale Vogt, 7) 3A Andy Gregg, 8) 39 Ty Leonard, 9) 25 J.J. Rodeman, 10) 7 E.J. Flynn
3rd Heat: 1) 24 Bill Leighton, 2) 15w Mike Wiarda, 3) 36jr Corey Zeitner, 4) 33x Brian Renkel, 5) 51 Les Seibert, 6) 9 Billy Murphy, 7) 85 Rob Leonard, 8) 10w JR Loover, 9) 22 Chris Avery, 10) 27 Bryce Taylor, 11) 1s

B Feature: 1) Billy Murphy, 2) Les Seibert, 3) Dustin Duncan, 4) Brad Wagoner, 5) Gale Vogt, 6) Andy Gregg, 7) Rob Leonard, 8) Ty Leonard, 9) Bryce Taylor, 10) E.J. Flynn, 11) Chris Avery, 12) Lester Duncan, 13) J.R. Loover, 14) J.J. Rodeman, 15) 1s, 16) Jeremy Petty, 17) Gary Gorby

A Feature: 1) Kyle Berck, 2) Al Humprhey, 3) Jacob McGee, 4) Jimmy Segraves, 5) Mike Wiarda, 6) Justin Gregg, 7) Josh Leonard, 8) Bill Leighton, 9) Billy Murphy, 10) Brad Wagoner, 11) Dustin Duncan, 12) Brian Renkel, 13) Gale Vogt, 14) Steve Kempt, 15) Ben Dunlap, 16) Corey Zeitner, 17) Andy Gregg, 18) Wade Cross, 19) Kevin Safranek, 20) Les Siebert  

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Dover Claims NCRA Sprint Victory at Hutch Nationals!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Hutchinson, Kansas – July 13, 2013 - Jack Dover of Springfield, Nebraska shot out front when the green flag fell and never looked back to claim the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products 360-ci sprint car victory Saturday night and etched his name into history in picking up his first career Hutchinson Grand Nationals championship during the 57th running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts presented Midwest Ford/Toyota of Hutchinson sponsored event atop the famed half mile Kansas State Fairground oval in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Ryan Roberts and J.D. Johnson started on the front row for the twenty-five lap feature but it was Dover who shot around the front row from this third starting position to take the lead coming out of turn two. Dover would quickly open a full stretch lead before the first caution waved on lap two when defending Hutchinson Nationals champion Jeremy Campbell came to a stop at the top of turn four.

Dover, aboard the family owned #53 Certified Transmission/Home Pride Companies/The Oil Medics/Trail Performance sponsored, Roush/Yates powered Eagle chassis, pulled away from the field on the restart while Roberts and Johnson continued their battle for the runner up position.

Consecutive spins in turns three and four on lap five and six respectively by Brad Graham and Kasey Beckham slowed the pace of the feature and when racing action finally got going, so did Dover as he quickly opened a ten car length lead.

Lapped traffic would come into play at the races midway point with Roberts getting as close to five car lengths behind Dover and on lap fifteen had caught the leader and was poised to make a bid for the lead when A.J. Selenke, who was running sixth, appeared to have something break entering turn one and backed it in to the wall.

During the races midway point, seventh starting C.J. Johnson began making his way into the top five and got around J.D. Johnson for third before the lap fifteen caution flag appeared.

After the final caution of the feature would appear on the attempted lap fifteen restart when Jon Freeman tagged the front stretch wall, Dover would again get the jump on Roberts while C.J. Johnson and J.D. Johnson battled for the third position.

But the final restart was as close as Roberts would get as Dover would go the final ten laps unchallenged to become the eleventh different driver to have won the Hutchinson Grand Nationals in the past eleven years and pick up the $3000 paycheck.

When asked about his victory on the famed half mile oval, “I know all about the history here and I am very excited for the win. I had my car set up for the first part of the race and the track started taking rubber around lap eight. I knew Ryan was behind me but I felt pretty comfortable out front.”

Roberts settled for second, a half straightaway behind, while C.J. and J.D. Johnson finished third and fourth respectively. Current series point leader Mike Peters, who started fourteenth, worked his way up through the field and would round out the top five.

The eight lap heat race for the twenty-four car field were won by J.D. Johnson, Danny Wood and Roberts.
The next scheduled stop for the NCRA 360-ci sprint car division is to take place at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska with a combined event with the Nebraska 360 sprint car series on Saturday night, August 17th.

NCRA 360 Sprints
Kansas State Fairgrounds/Hutchinson, Kansas
July 13, 2013
24 Cars

1st Heat: 1) J.D. Johnson, 2) Jack Dover, 3) Brad Graham, 4) Ray Seeman, 5) Mike Peters, 6) Jeremy Campbell, 7) Jordan Boston, 8) Kasey Beckham

2nd Heat: 1) Danny Wood, 2) Wyatt Burks, 3) Marc Robe, 4) C.J. Johnson, 5) Danny Jennings, 6) Luke Cranston, 7) Jason Martin, 8) Josh Fairbanks

3rd Heat: 1) Ryan Roberts 2) A.J. Selenke, 3) Michelle Decker, 4) Chad Ely, 5) Jason Schroeder, 6) Jon Freeman, 7) Jeff Stasa

A Feature: 1) 53 (4) Jack Dover, 2) 18 (1) Ryan Roberts, 3) e85 (7) C.J. Johnson, 4) 98 (2) J.D. Johnson, 5) 49 (14) Mike Peters, 6) 81w (3) Danny Wood, 7) 22au (8) Chad Ely, 8)24b (19)  Jordan Boston, 9) 7 (10) Michelle Decker, 10) 1j (13) Danny Jennings, 11) 21 (9) Marc Robe, 12) 72 (12) Ray Seeman, 13) 20 (17) Luke Cranston, 14) 81 (18) Jon Freeman, 15) 5 (15) Jason Schroeder, 16) 43 (6) A.J. Selenke, 17) 99 (23) Josh Fairbanks, 18) 36 (20) Jason Martin, 19) 11w (5) Wyatt Burks, 20) 04 (11) Brad Graham, 21) b3 (22) Kasey Beckham, 22) 91 (21) Jeff Stasa, 23)10c 16)  Jeremy Campbell, DNS: Jake Martens    
Lap Leaders: Dover 1-25

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Franz Outlast Davis for NCRA Hutch Modified Victory!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Hutchinson, Kansas – July 13, 2013 - In one of the most exciting modified races in the events history, Brian Franz outlasted Tyler Davis to claim the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products modified feature finale Saturday night atop the famed half mile oval at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas during the 57th running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Hutchinson Grand Nationals presented by Midwest Ford/Toyota of Hutchinson.

It was an all-Enid, Oklahoma front row for the twenty-five lap feature as A.J. Brochu and Joe Adams paced the field and when the green flag fell it was Adams jumping out into the lead. The start was quickly aborted when third and fifth starting Kip Hughes and defending tour champion Marc Hurd got together in turn three.
On the complete restart Adams again jumped out into the lead with Brochu, fourth starting Davis and Franz giving chase. Adams would hold a five car length lead over Davis before Davis would close the gap to one car length on lap ten.

Lapped traffic would come into play at the races midway point and Davis took advantage, driving underneath the leader heading down the back stretch to take the lead on lap twelve. Franz would follow him into the runner up position dropping Adams back to third.

Davis would hold a slim two car length lead over the former five-time series champion and on lap eighteen, Franz would attempt to take the lead down low in one and two. But Davis would keep the point heading down the back stretch to lead lap eighteen. One lap later, Franz would pull even with Davis in turns one and two and take the lead heading down the back stretch.

Heavy lapped traffic awaited the front runners on lap nineteen which allowed Davis to stay on the leader’s rear bumper. With two laps to go the race got real interesting as Davis would make a bid for the lead and coming down front stretch, passed Franz for the apparent lead. However a two car tangle on the front straightaway would abort the pass for the lead giving Franz the top spot with two laps to go.

On the final restart Franz, aboard his familiar #86 MMT Millennium/Precise Racing Products/Kaotic Wraps sponsored, Leon Dewitt powered GRT Race Car would get a good jump on Davis and despite getting crossed up coming out of turn four on the last lap, would hold on to take the three car length victory and his second career Hutch Nationals championship, this worth $2000.

“This one feels better than that first because my car worked really great tonight,” said Franz. “Tyler drove a heck of a race. I knew at the start I couldn’t hold back and had to get the lead as quick as I could. We were just real good tonight.”

Adams would finish third with Jon Thompson and Brochu rounding out the top five.

Two sets of heat races were run on Friday night with points accumulated from both setting up Saturday nights “C, B and A” feature lines ups for championship Saturday night. The ten lap “C” feature was won by Dustin Belcher while Dan Powers claimed the twelve lap “B” feature.

The next scheduled race for the NCRA modified division will take place on Saturday night, August 17th in the tours second appearance ever at the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas.

NCRA Modifieds
Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, Kansas
July 13, 2013
35 Cars

C Feature: 1) Dustin Belcher, 2) Neil Dossie, 3) Johnny Whitmore, 4) Tim Eaton, 5) Clint Smith, 6) Ross Shipman, 7) Jeremy Mahoney, 8) Barry Gifford, 9) Bob Lane, 10) Jim Graves, 11) Jimmy Brozek, 12) Aron Rayl, 13) JR Sandalia, 14) Lucas Gibbs, 15) Don Hodge

B Feature: 1) Dan Powers, 2) Josh Lanterman, 3) Dustin Belcher, 4) Jason Wedel, 5) Tanner Mullens, 6) Kevin Newell, 7) Neil Dossie, 8) Carson McKeen, 9) Ross Shipman, 10) Justin Moler, 11) Craig Miller, 12) Jeremy Mahoney, 13) Jim Graves, 14) Tim Eaton, 15) Brandon Miller, 16) Barry Gifford, 17) Johnny Whitmore, 18) Gary Kilbourn, 19) Clint Smith, 20) Bob Lane

A Feature: 1)  Brian Franz, 2) Tyler Davis, 3) Joe Adams, 4) Jon Thompson, 5) A.J. Brochu, 6) Marc Hurd, 7) Josh Lanterman, 8) Tanner Mullens, 9) Strawn Taylor, 10) Dan Powers, 11) Dustin Belcher, 12) Ross Shipman, 13) Justin Moler, 14) Jeremy Mahoney, 15) Jase Wedel, 16) Jason McGehee, 17) Jim Graves, 18) Tommy Miller, 19) Craig Miller, 20) Tim Eaton, 21) Neil Dossie, 22) Kevin Newell, 23) Carson McKeen, 24) Kip Hughes
Lap leaders: Adams 1-12, Davis 13-18, Franz 14-25