2006 Season Official Point Standings
2006
Season champions crowned at Red
Cloud
By
Mike Hughes
RED CLOUD, NE (September 17)—The
Speed Bowl in Red Cloud, NE,
wrapped up the 2006 racing season
on Sunday evening, September 17.
Make-up features for the IMCA
Stock Cars and IMCA Modifieds were
ran from a previous rainout,
followed by a complete race
program.
In the
make-up IMCA Stock Car feature,
Lance Borgman of Beatrice won a
drag race with Jason McCartney of
Smith Center, KS, out of turn 4 on
the final lap to pick up the win.
McCartney led the whole race but
lost out at the wire and had to
settle for second. Chad Wulf was
third, followed by
Josh Hudson and
Matt Streit.
Points Champs LT - RT Cruiser
Sidlo & Kothe; Jim Buss IMCA
Hobby Stock;
Mary Struckhoff for
Hudson IMCA Stock Car & Lonnie
Schriner IMCA Modified
Photo courtesy of Jim Myers
Beatrice’s Jordan Grabouski took
the lead from Brian Calhoon on lap
14 of the 18-lap make-up IMCA
Modified feature to earn his
second win of the season at Red
Cloud. Calhoon held on for
second, followed by Lonnie
Schriner, Clint Homan and Joby
Hanson.
Adam
Sidlo & E.J. Kothe of Hastings led
all 8 laps of the Cruiser feature
to pick up their 9th
win of the year and the track
championship. Ron & Kent Duffy
finished second in the feature
race, followed by Joe & Jacob
Krone.
Jim
Buss of Hastings took the lead at
the halfway mark of the 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature from
early leader Rocky Zimmerman of
Ayr and appeared to be heading off
for his 8th win of the
season. But Buss broke on lap 9,
giving the lead back to Zimmerman
who went on to record his second
feature win. Joe McDole, Jerry
Hudson, Mike Shriver and Jamie
Reiman rounded out the top five.
Buss had a sizeable point lead
though and won the points title.
Heat race winners were McDole and
Zimmerman.
Eric
Rempel of Palmyra took the lead
from Chad Wulf on lap 2 of the
14-lap IMCA Stock Car feature and
drove away to the checkers. Heat
one winner Cory Struckhoff
finished second, followed by
second heat winner Jason
McCartney, Matt Streit and Ron
Olson. Josh Hudson of Kensington
was crowned the points champion,
securing the title in the make-up
feature earlier in the night.
All
eyes were on Red Cloud’s
Lonnie Schriner and Tim Watts of Beloit,
KS, in the IMCA Modified feature
as only four points separated the
two at the start of the race.
Schriner grabbed the lead from
Lonnie Veteto on lap 4 of the
20-lap race and was not to be
denied as he drove away for his 4th
win of the season and the track
championship. Veteto held on to
the runner-up spot, followed by
Dusty Blake, Jason Schoenberger
and Clint Homan. Blake, Schriner
and Watts won the three heat
races.
Mechanics and Powder Puff races
completed the final race program.
Track
officials would like to thank all
the track sponsors, track
personnel, racers and fans for
their support during the 2006
season.
2006 Season Official Point Standings
| Point System: |
40 points awarded for 1st Place in Feature |
|
subtract 1 point for each position finished behind 1st |
|
0 pts for not running heat race and feature races |
