Murray, Chrisman, Klockman, Herbst Hit Jackpot at Lincoln County Raceway
By Darin Racek

NORTH PLATTE, NE (July 7) - Races were held on July 7 at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, and many people thought the luck was with them on this seventh day of the seventh month of the year ‘07. David Murray, Jr. of Oberlin, Kan., Todd Chrisman and Jeremy Herbst of North Platte, and Shane Klockman of Ogallala were the ones that hit the jackpot that night.

The IMCA Modified A Feature had a scary scene on lap four of the race. D. J. Pedersen of Brady shot his car off of corner one and rolled one-and-a-half times. He did everything he had to do to avoid injury and did so. Robby Haines of Benkelman was leading at the time, earning the lead using both the low and high lines to get there. David Murray, Jr. was also using various lines to work his way forward, and on lap nine, got by Haines. He stayed out in front for his fourth Lincoln County Raceway win of the year and his 20th IMCA Modified Feature win this year, in what he thinks has been 35 starts. Haines held onto second place. On the last lap, Andrew Dillenburg snuck around fellow North Platte driver Ronnie Wallace for third place. Jeremy Herbst rounded out the top five. Haines, Murray, and Herbst were heat race winners. Murray also won the cash dash.

Jeremy Herbst did double duty, running his Mini Sprint as well as a Modified. The Mini Sprints had a terrible time getting started, as it took four times to get one lap in. Fortunately, fourth time was a charm, and they finished the race without another stoppage. Herbst started on the front row alongside J. R. Way of Lexington and disappeared when the race finally started. Josh Sabin of North Platte worked his way into second place, but ran out of time to catch Herbst, who was also the heat race winner. Way finished in third place, while John Webster of North Platte was the last driver to finish the race.

The IMCA Stock Car A Feature had several surprises for everyone. Charley Brown of Maxwell, another double duty driver, took the lead on the opening lap of the race. Mikey Dancer of North Platte, who spent ample time after his honeymoon working on his racecar, appeared to be ready to pay off for that hard work as he took the lead from Brown on lap six. He maintained the top spot until Todd Chrisman finished working his way from row six and worked his way by Dancer on lap eleven. Dancer’s car gave up the ghost with four laps to go, handing second over to Justin Bussell of Imperial, who also started on row six. Bussell came charging, but Chrisman was determined to drive on for his fourth track win in five tries this season. A bunch of drivers that needed good finishes had them, including third place Kent Lower, fourth place Kerry Jones, and fifth place Adam Kackmeister, all of North Platte. Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood joined Chrisman and Dancer as IMCA Stock Car heat race winners that night.

Shane Klockman opened the IMCA Hobby Stock main event with the lead. The race slowed after Tyler Blake of North Platte played pinball, bouncing his car off of the stopped car of Joe Thiem, also of North Platte, and into Wray, Colo. driver John Groshans. After that mess was cleaned up, Austin Davis of Benkelman began working on fellow heat race winner Klockman for the lead. Klockman spun while leading on lap eight and handed the lead over to Davis. Fortunately for him, Eric Piquet of North Platte spun in a separate incident, bringing out the caution before another lap was completed. Klockman learned from his mistake and kept his car straight while leading. He held on for his first IMCA Hobby Stock win of the year. Davis finished in second place, ahead of Miles White of North Platte, Derek Thiem of Columbus, and Michael Brunswig of Benkelman.

Lincoln County Raceway will be back in action on Saturday, July 14. The gates open at 5 p. m., and the races will start at 7 p. m., Central Time. The Late Models will join the five regular classes that night.


July 7 results
IMCA Modified
Heat 1
9R-Robby Haines
20K-Kyle Clough
21H-Brandon Hagan

Heat 2
97M-David Murray, Jr.
2X-Mark Grubbs
71-Andrew Dillenburg

Heat 3
2-Jeremy Herbst
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
19J-Jim Mlady

Cash Dash
97M-David Murray, Jr.

A Feature
97M-David Murray, Jr.
9R-Robby Haines
71-Andrew Dillenburg
3RW-Ronnie Wallace
2-Jeremy Herbst
21H-Brandon Hagan
4C-Charley Brown
17J-Jeremy Frenier
29S-Mike Saathoff
19J-Jim Mlady
15-Jamey Kennicutt
2X-Mark Grubbs
20K-Kyle Clough
4KJ-Terry Houchin
17-Dallas Tobey
25-Toph Harmon
31-Dan Carl
14-Jason Gallentine (DNF)
11F-Luke Frosh (DNF)
4P-Dave Pedersen (DNF)
4DJ-D. J. Pedersen (DNF)

IMCA Stock Car
Heat 1
11-Todd Chrisman
24KC-Casey Werkmeister
8-Travis Tilford

Heat 2
42KC-Kyle Werkmeister
4K-Kent Lower
55Z-Zach Schultz

Heat 3
45-Mikey Dancer
8J-Charley Brown
11B-Justin Bussell

A Feature
11-Todd Chrisman
11B-Justin Bussell
4K-Kent Lower
12J-Kerry Jones
69-Adam Kackmeister
8-Travis Tilford
47-Russ Small, Sr.
55Z-Zach Schultz
24KC-Casey Werkmeister
26-Brad Kohler
5S-Shane Stout
42KC-Kyle Werkmeister
75-Dan Eller
45-Mikey Dancer (DNF)
20B-Brandon Clough (DNF)
23-Scotty White (DNF)
8J-Charley Brown (DNF)
3-John Huffman (DNF)
25-Dustin Harvey (DNF)
50-Colton Osborn (DNS)

IMCA Hobby Stock
Heat 1
22-Austin Davis
88-Michael Woodhead
17X-Miles White

Heat 2
33-Shane Klockman
17-Derek Thiem
X5-Eric Picquet

A Feature
33-Shane Klockman
22-Austin Davis
17X-Miles White
17-Derek Thiem
32M-Michael Brunswig
3T-Greg Lower
X5-Eric Picquet
88-Michael Woodhead
65-Rick Eller
8C-Corey Cruzan (DNF)
48TS-Tyler Blake (DNF)
20J-John Groshans (DNF)
93-Joe Thiem (DNF)

Mini-Sprints
Heat
20-Jeremy Herbst
23S-Josh Sabin
28-J.R. Way

A Feature
20-Jeremy Herbst
23S-Josh Sabin
28-J.R. Way
9-John Webster
3H-Bobby Houser (DNF)
2K-Kurt Morland (DNF)
42-Arden Myers (DNF)