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Droud a NCRA Sprint Winner at Mid-Nebraska!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Doniphan, Nebraska – August 17, 2013 - Don Droud, Jr. took advantage of race leader Jack Dover’s misfortune to become the first repeat winner of the season as he won the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products 360-ci sprint car feature Saturday night during the tours annual appearance at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska. The event was a combined effort with the new Nebraska 360 sprint car series.

S&S Trailer Sales pole sitter Dover and Droud started on the front row for the twenty-five lap feature with Dover taking the lead as the green flag fell. Eighth starting Danny Lasoski would make his presence known during the mid race stages and would briefly take the lead before Dover regained the top position.
With just three laps to go Dover would come to a stop on the backstretch and enter the work area. He would later retire with a DNF.

Droud, aboard the familiar #1x Ochs Brothers MAP Inc./Heeke Farms/Ruff Bailey Cattle Company sponsored, Don Ott powered Schnee chassis would take over on the restart and would hold to claim the victory. Lasoski would settle for second while Billy Alley came home third. Three-time and defending tour champion C.J. Johnson picked off nine cars and came home fourth while Jordan Boston rounded out the top five.

It was a tough night for current point leader Mike Peters and runner up Danny Wood as both drivers failed to qualify out of their respective “B” features.

The five heat races for the forty car field were won by Adam Gullion, Gage Dorr, Jason Danley, Droud and Boston while Cody Ledger and Tyler Drueke won the two, twelve lap “B” features.

The tour will take a week off before making their annual Labor Day weekend appearance at the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Sunday night, September 1.

NCRA 360-ci Sprints
Mid-Nebraska Speedway/Doniphan, Nebraska
08/17/13
40 Cars
1st Heat: 1) Adam Gullion, 2) Wyatt Burks, 3) Danny Lasoski, 4) Cody Ledger, 5) Seth Brahmer, 6) Ryan Kitchen, 7) Danny Wood, 8) Tadd Holliman
2nd Heat: 1) Gage Dorr, 2) Jake Martens, 3) John Klabunde, 4) Tyler Drueke, 5) Trevor Grossenbacher, 6) Jeff Stasa, 7) Jeff Lowery, 8) Jason Medlock
3rd Heat: 1) Jason Danley, 2) Billy Alley, 3) Tige Jensen, 4) Frank Galusha, 5) Luke Cranston, 6) Mike Peters, 7) Josh Riggins, 8) Raymond Seeman
4th Heat: 1) Don Droud, Jr., 2) Randy Hibbs, 3) Ryan Roberts, 4) Jeremy Campbell, 5) Jon Freeman, 6) Jeff Carlson, 7) Rodney Droud, 8) Jason Brickmon
5th Heat: 1) Jordan Boston, 2) Jack Dover, 3) C.J. Johnson, 4) Mark Pace, 5) J.D. Johnson, 6) Rocky Blabunde, 7) Jason Becker, 8) Zack Davis

1st B Feature: 1) 35L Cody Ledger, 2) 13V Seth Brahmer, 3) 10c Jeremy Campbell, 4) 41P Jeff Carlson, 5) 71 Tige Jensen, 6) 14 Josh Riggins, 7) 21 Ryan Kitchen, 8) 45 Jeff Lowery, 9) 41 Jason Brickmon, 10) 05 Juston Medlock, 11) 20 Luke Cranston, 12) 98 J.D. Johnson, 13) 17b Jason Becker
2nd Heat: 1) 12 Tyler Drueke, 2) 2F Frank Galusha, 3) 81 Jon Freeman, 4) 51 Mike Peters, 5) 2 Rodney Droud, 6) 31 Mark Pace, 7) 91 Jeff Stasa, 8) 35 Trevor Grossenbacher, 9) 28 Rocky Klabunde, 10) 3Z Zack Davis, 11) 72 Raymond Seeman, 12) 19 Tadd Holliman, 13) 81w Danny Wood

A Feature: 1) 1x Don Droud, Jr., 2) 1m Danny Lasoski, 3) 3 Billy Alley, 4) e85 C.J. Johnson, 5) 24b Jordan Boston, 6) 48 Jake Martens, 7) 10c Jeremy Campbell, 8) 82 Jason Danley, 9) 12 Tyler Drueke, 10) 2a Randy Hibbs, 11) 35L Cody Ledger, 12) 13v Seth Brahmer, 13) 2F Frank Galusha, 14) 32 Adam Gullion, 15) 77 John Klabunde, 16) 11w Wyatt Burks, 17) 81 Jon Freeman, 18) 18 Ryan Roberts, 19) 17 Gage Dorr, 20) 53 Jack Dover  

David Smith, Jr.
NCRA Public Relations
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Sharpensteen Sharp in NCRA Modified Victory in Amarillo!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Amarillo, Texas – August 17, 2013 - Alan Sharpensteen started on the pole and never looked back as he brought one home for the hometown crowd in winning the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products modified feature Saturday night as the Kansas based tour made the long tow to Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas.

While Sharpensteen started on the pole for the thirty lap feature, the victory was not easy as outside front row started Dee Gossett pressured him for the lead the entire event.

Two consecutive caution flags for debris on lap four slowed the pace early and once racing action resumed; the rest of the event went caution free.

 Sharpensteen worked the bottom portion of the three-eighths mile oval while Gossett kept working the middle and top. Gossett pulled even several times and looked poised to pass for the lead but the leaders momentum kept him out front.

At the races midway point, Sharpensteen picked up an extra $100 sponsored by “In Memory of G.W. Elkins,” courtesy of Pete Elkins. G. W. was one of the founding fathers of the NCRA when the series was born back in 1971 and was the track owner/promoter of the former Amarillo facility west of town.
Gossett had one last chance on the final lap as the leaders entered lapped traffic down the backstretch but Sharpensteen would hold on to take the $1100 victory and first ever with the series.

Matt Newkirk ran third for over half of the event but fifth starting Josh Lanterman battled for the position the whole way, finally taking that spot with ten laps to go. However Lanterman would lose that spot on the last lap as tour regular Jason McGehee passed him on the backstretch to take home third. Lanterman settled for fourth while thirteenth starting Dustin Belcher got hooked up during the mid portion of the event and would move into fifth with three laps to go and hold on to round out the top five.

Two provisional starters put on a passing performance in the feature finale and both picked up an extra $100 for the races “hard charger,” courtesy of Barry Weaver and AAA Windshield. Superior, Nebraska driver Jon Thompson started 21st and came home sixth while local Dustin Austin started 24th and would finish twelfth, both passing the same amount of cars.

In all thirteen tour regulars made the tow to Amarillo, where it was announced by track owner Bill Worthon the tour would be back once again in 2014.

The four, ten lap heat races for the thirty-two car field were won by Sharpensteen, Gossett, Newkirk and Lanterman while Don Hodge and Brochu both took home the two, twelve lap “B” features.

The unofficial point standings after this event saw current point leader Marc Hurd’s point lead cut into half as he finished a disappointing eighteenth in the feature finale. Heading into Labor Day weekends double header at 81 Speedway in Park City and the Belleville High Banks Speedway only fifty points separate the top five in the standings.

NCRA Modifieds
Route 66 Motor Speedway/Amarillo, Texas
08/17/13
32 Cars
1st Heat: 1) Alan Sharpensteen, 2) Chad Austin, 3) Dan Powers, 4) Kyler Calkin, 5) JR Sandlion, 6) Marc Hurd, 7) Neil Debord, 8) Jon Thompson
2nd Heat: 1) Dee Gossett, 2) S Shane Sprinkle, 3) Joe Adams, 4) Derek Scott, 5) Mike Stroud, 6) Jimmy Brozek, 7) Braden Woods
3rd Heat: 1) Matt Newkirk, 2) Phillip Houston, 3) Don Hodge, 4) Dustin Austin, 5) Dustin Belcher, 6) Justin Moler, 7) Gene Weaver, 8) Monte Bolton
4) Josh Lanterman, 2) Jason McGehee  3) Mark Myers, 4) A.J. Brochu, 5) Logan Cabbell, 6) Jeremy Gossett, 7) Ryan Dalrgrympl, 8) Gary Silacci, Sr.
1st B Feature: 1) Don Hodge, 2) Dustin Belcher, 3) Kyler Calkin, 4) Monte Bolton, 5) Marc Hurd, 6) Logan Cabbell, 7) Dustin Austin, 8) Jon Thompson, 9) Justin Moler, 10) JR Sandlion, 11) Neil Debord, DNS: Gene Weaver
2nd B Feature: 1) A.J. Brochu, 2) Jeremy Gossett, 3) Mike Stroud, 4) Mark Myers, 5) Braden White, 6) Ryan Dalrymple, 7) Gary Silacci, Sr., 8) Jimmy Brozek, 9) Deaton O’Dell, 10) Derek Scott
A Feature: 1) Alan Sharpensteen, 2) Dee Gossett, 3) Jason McGehee, 4) Josh Lanterman, 5) Dustin Belcher, 6) Jon Thompson, 7) A.J. Brochu, 8) Matt Newkirk, 9) Phillip Houston, 10) Dan Powers, 11) Don Hodge, 12) Dustin Austin, 13) Braden Woods, 14) Kyler Calkin, 15) Logan Cabbell, 16) Justin Moler, 17) Ryan Dalrymple, 18) Marc Hurd, 19) Joe Adams, 20) Mike Bolton, 21) Jeremy Gossett, 22) Mike Stroud, 23) Chad Austin, 24) Mark Myers