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Lutters Wins URSS Loot at Dawson County Raceway June 15 By Darin Racek LEXINGTON, NE (June 15) - A big crowd was on hand to watch an overfilled pit of racecars do battle on Father’s Day at Dawson County Raceway in Lexington. The United Rebel Sprint Series helped fill the pits with fifteen-305 Sprint Cars from Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado. At the end of the night, Ken Lutters of Ransom, Kan., Jay Steffens of North Platte, Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood, and Jim Buss of Blue Hill overfilled their bounties by taking the A Feature wins for the night. The URSS 305 Sprint cars were slowed only three times for cautions during their 20 lap A Feature. Hill City, Kansas driver Jeff Radcliffe enjoyed the benefits of starting up front and took off with the early lead. Smokey Fairbank of Ransom, Kansas made a very quick charge from his third row starting spot to take the lead by lap three. His fellow hometown driver and third row starter Ken Lutters worked his way a little slower to the front, but caught Fairbank by lap seven, and made a power pass to take the lead on lap nine. The third caution occurred shortly after, setting up an eleven lap run to the finish. Ken Lutters had found his line and stayed with it, opening up nearly a straightaway lead over his competitors en route to his second career URSS A Feature victory. John Johnson of Utica, Kansas made two late passes in the last two laps to sneak away with a second place finish, and make the biggest move through the field, advancing seven spots from the start to finish. Despite his car smoking, Smokey Fairbank finished in third, ahead of Jeff Radcliffe. Bill Hays of Elwood ended his run in front of his local fans by finishing in the top five. The Sprints laid a lot of rubber on the track, and that made for a smooth, but slick track for the other classes. Passing appeared difficult on the bottom, but Jay Steffens made it work for him in the IMCA Modified A Feature. Aided by a couple of cautions, Steffens would set off and pick off drivers in front of him on the two restarts, until he finally motored by Jamey Kennicutt of Gothenburg on lap four. Chad Dolan of Gibbon followed suit, but by the time he was able to get to second spot, Steffens had already checked out. Steve Aitken of Cozad finished in third place, followed by Charley Brown of Maxwell and Mitch Kline of Norton, Kansas. David Jewett, Jr. of Lexington won the IMCA Modified B Feature. Kyle Werkmeister has had a horrible year in the IMCA Stock Car class, including nearly destroying a race car. Although not feeling like he shook the 800-pound gorilla on his back, he felt like 400 pounds was gone after he won his first ever IMCA Stock Car A Feature. He got out in front early and ran the high line, followed by Jeff Whiting of Gothenburg, who has had troubles of his own. With two laps to go, Whiting had a run on Werkmeister coming out of corner two, but got too high after Werkmeister came back up the track, losing some ground. Kyle nearly made the same mistake for Jason Smidt of Minden on the last lap, but was able to shut the door for the win. Casey Werkmeister of Maywood made it a good night for the family as he finished in third. Whiting was happy to finish the race, and to have a top four. Colton Osborn of Cozad rounded out the top five. The IMCA Hobby Stock A Feature was only slowed by two caution periods and gave the crowd another exciting finish. After Kyle Bond of Gibbon took the lead from Ethan Johnson of Broken Bow, he tried to run away and hide from the field. He ran, but couldn’t hide from Jim Buss. Buss caught him with two laps to go. Coming to take the white flag, the two cars were almost side-by-side. Bond appeared to have the advantage in corner one, but when they came out of corner two, Buss had him cleared and stayed out front to get his second win of the weekend, with the first one coming Friday night in McCook. Jeromy Wagner of Kensington, Kansas got by Ethan Johnson for third place. Aaron Koch of Cambridge finished in fifth place. Grand Island driver Tim Miller won the Hobby Stock B Feature. Dawson County Raceway will take a week off, but will be back in action on
Sunday night, June 29. The gates will open at 5 PM for the fans, and the
racing for the IMCA-sanctioned classes Modifieds, Stock Cars, and Hobby
Stocks will start at 7 PM. |