What is becoming one of the hottest races of the year, the Off Road Speedway in Norfolk, Nebraska has delivered yet again on a beautiful summer evening in northeast Nebraska. Another huge crowd on hand witnessed the closest racing we have seen all year with the races being labeled as "slide job city."
Heat #1 Results: 1-Boston.J 2-Ledger.C 3-Artz.T 4-Rosenboom.J 5-Brahmer.S 6-Jacobsma.J 7-Schuetz.G 8-Hansen.R
Heat #2 Results: 1-Klabunde.J 2-Droud.D 3-Bickett.R 4-Ballenger.D 5-Lambertz.J 6-Holliman.T 7-O'banion.B
Heat #3 Results: 1-Roberts.R 2-Dover.J 3-Martin.J 4-Barber.T 5-Lutz.E 6-Peterson.D 7-McGillivray.C
Last years winner, Jack Dover paced the field all 25 laps of Saturday’s main event at the Off Road Speedway, but it wasn’t an easy win at the event co-sanctioned by the Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprint Series presented by Malvern Bank and Property Solutions of American Midwest Sprint Touring Series.
Dover had luck on his side when he drew the Saldana Racing Products Pole Award for the feature on the high-banked quarter mile in Norfolk, Nebraska. The Gasman used that starting spot to take in initial lead ahead of Ryan Bickett.
Don Droud, Jr., and Jordan Boston were exchanging slide jobs in a battle for fifth as the caution waved on lap four for Brant O’Banion who looped his #47 in turn two.
Four laps after the restart, the lead pack entered heavy lap traffic, that at one point was three wide in front of Dover. That allowed Ryan Roberts to close in on the leader. Roberts and Jason Martin then started a fierce fight for second, with each driver throwing massive slidejobs and then turning back under the other entering the next set of turns. Martin then has a misstep in turn one, taking the #36 up and over the cushion, dropping several spots.
However, “The Hitman” wasn’t done. Martin charged back to the second spot when the caution waved for Jordan Boston on lap 18. Boston was running fifth at the time of yellow.
On the resulting restart, it was another big slide job in turn two, this time for the lead. Martin slid up in front of the nose of Dover’s #53, but Dover was able to return the favor entering turn three.
Dover would lead from there to the checkered for his third win of the season with the Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprint Series presented by Malvern Bank and the Property Solutions of America Midwest Sprint Touring Series. Martin was second ahead of Roberts. Cody Ledger crossed the line fourth. The Speedway Motors, AutoLand Hard Charger was Eric Lutz who finished fifth after starting fifteenth.
Results (25 Laps)
1 1 Jack Dover Springfield, NE 53
2 5 Jason Martin Lincoln, NE 36
3 4 Ryan Roberts Aurora, NE 18
4 7 Cody Ledger Omaha, NE 35L
5 15 Eric Lutz Sioux Falls, SD 5
6 6 Don Droud Jr Lincoln, NE 2
7 10 Seth Brahmer Norfolk, NE 13V
8 2 Ryan Bickett Ramona, SD 17H
9 13 Dusty Ballenger Harrisburg, SD 2D
10 3 Jordan Boston Crete, NE 82
11 8 John Klabunde Ft. Calhoun, NE 77
12 12 Jody Rosenboom Rock Rapids, IA 14R
13 17 Dylan Peterson Sioux Falls, SD 25
14 11 John Lambertz Sioux Falls, SD 12L
15 16 Tadd Holliman Murray, NE 41P
16 9 TJ Artz Lincoln, NE 57
17 20 Greg Schuetz Norfolk, NE 63
18 14 Tommy Barber Brandon, SD 75X
19 18 Brant O'banion Norfolk, NE 47
20 19 Rick Hansen Omaha, NE 36K
Contingency Winners
Electrical Systems Inc Podium Draw- Ryan Roberts
Speedway Motors Hard Charger Award- Eric Lutz
M&W Aluminum Products, Inc. Certificate- Jody L Rosenboom
BR Motorsports Certificate- Jordan Boston
King Racing Products Certificate- Brant O'Banion
Keizer Sprint Wheels Certificate- Ryan Roberts
Saldana Racing Products Pole Award- Jack Dover
The Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprint Car Series presented by Malvern Bank will take a brief 2 week stop on our tour and return to action at Knoxville Raceway July, 1. This is a co-sanctioned event with the Upper Midwest Sprint Touring Series.
For our schedule, please visit www.nebraska360sprintseries.com and visit our Facebook page to stay up to date on live results as they happen.
- Travis Johnson on Jun 20, 2017
- Article Date: 6/20/2017 by Shawn Neisteadt & Travis Johnson