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Lutz takes home $10,000 to cap Park Jeff Opener

On a night that saw a near capacity crowd fill the Park Jefferson Speedway Grandstand, it was a South Dakota native taking home the largest first place check this year in the state of South Dakota as Eric Lutz trumped 37 other cars to win the 1st ever South Dakota Sprint Car Nationals presented by Pepsi.

Lutz started outside row one in the feature, but it was second starting Greg Bakker who got the jump on the outset and roared out to an early lead. Bakker was followed by pole sitter Thomas Kennedy and Eric Lutz on a quickly drying track. Bakker continued his domination over the field until a handful of cautions bunched the field back up. As Bakker attempted to move around the lapped machine of Donovan Peters, Lutz was able to get the jump and move into the top spot that he would never relinquish. Lutz held the point through 2 more cautions, and every time Bakker would get a run Lutz was able to hold him off to take home his largest check ever. Greg Bakker finished in second and took home $4,000. In the closing laps, it was Jack Dover who snuck underneath Winnipeg Canda's Thomas Kennedy who finished 4th. Drivers battled a second night of challenging track conditions which saw rubber take hold early in the feature event. The twin consolations were taken by Dusty Ballenger and Jason Martin.

In the Keizer Wheels IMCA RACESaver Sprint Cars it was Jason Martin sweeping the weekend. Martin utilized the top side of the speedway to find traction and was able to take advantage of his pole position starting spot. Dusty Ballenger came from the 4th row to finish second and Elliot Amdahl rounded out the top 3.

The Artworks Graphics IMCA Modifieds saw Jay Noteboom continue to pad his victory totals at Park by coming from deep in the field on to win. Noteboom saw a dramatic sixth to second pass negated with early yellows, then roared around the track on the ensuing green flags to jump to the top spot over 2017 Sport Mod champion Todd Boulware. Shane Demay and track champion Bob Moore rounded out the podium that saw a strong field of 22 modifieds.

Cody Thompson spent the second day confirming that he is ready to seize the mantle of top dog in the IMCA Sport Modieds as he followed up his opening night victory with a second victory on the young season. Karl Brewer and Rusty Montange had a fierce battle to open the feature, but a late yellow allowed Thompson to get the run on both top pilots to take home the checkers. Look for those three drivers to battle all year for IMCA Sport Mod supremecy.

Andy Hoffman picked up where he left off in the Z98 IMCA Hobby Stocks as he swept to victory lane. Hoffman had the covered early has he passed started on the front row next to Knoepfler Chevrolet top mechanic Kent Hustad. Hoffman was never seriously challenged in a 29 car event that saw numerous cautions. Hustand finished second and Corey Probst third.

Racing continues next weekend at Park Jefferson as Zeitner Trucking presents the Malvern Bank SLMR series along with the great weekly action at Park Jefferson.

4/28/2018 at Park Jefferson International Speedway
MSTS/Ne 360 Sprint Cars | Nebraska 360s
Property Solutions of America A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 6-Eric Lutz, [2]; 2. 11X-Gregg Bakker, [3]; 3. 81-Jack Dover, [4]; 4. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, [1]; 5. 13V-Seth Brahmer, [8]; 6. 14-Jody Rosenboom, [6]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [10]; 8. 1B-Jason Martin, [7]; 9. 9N-Wade Nygaard, [5]; 10. 4J-Lee Grosz, [9]; 11. 03-Shayle Bade, [16]; 12. 17B-Ryan Bickett, [15]; 13. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, [18]; 14. 8H-Jade Hastings, [23]; 15. 86-Donovan Peterson, [21]; 16. 17-Lee Goos Jr, [20]; 17. 82-Jordan Boston, [13]; 18. 64-Scotty Thiel, [12]; 19. 23S-Stu Snyder, [14]; 20. 35L-Cody Ledger, [19]; 21. 42-Kevin Flowers, [17]; 22. 75-Tommy Barber, [11]; 23. 0-Renn Weber, [24]; 24. 77-John Klabunde, [22]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 42-Kevin Flowers, [2]; 2. 35L-Cody Ledger, [8]; 3. 86-Donovan Peterson, [1]; 4. 8H-Jade Hastings, [3]; 5. 35-Skylar Prochaska, [4]; 6. 11M-Bendan Mullen, [7]; 7. 2H-Bill Boles, [5]; 8. 29-Lyle Howey III, [6]; 9. (DNF) 2-Dylan Opdahl, [11]; (DNS) 101-Chuck McGillivray, ; (DNS) 10J-Justin Jacobsma,
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, [5]; 2. 17-Lee Goos Jr, [4]; 3. 77-John Klabunde, [6]; 4. 0-Renn Weber, [7]; 5. 48-Taylor Forbes, [3]; 6. 2K-Kevin Ingle, [8]; 7. 42K-Mike Kay, [10]; 8. 88-Travis Reber, [9]; 9. 25-Dylan Peterson, [1]; 10. 20-Brant O'Banion, [2]
Keizer Wheels IMCA Sprint Cars
A Feature 1: 1. 5X-Jason Martin, [1]; 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, [7]; 3. 51A-Elliot Amdahl, [6]; 4. 22-Kaleb Johnson, [9]; 5. 8-Jacob Hughes, [3]; 6. 05-Colin Smith, [4]; 7. 7L-Jesse Lindberg, [5]; 8. 051-Nate Eakin, [8]; 9. 68+1-Blain Petersen, [12]; 10. 35-Mike Stegenga, [16]; 11. 32-Jamie Turpin, [11]; 12. 4-Jeff Pendergast, [10]; 13. 13S-Shane Fick, [14]; 14. 1CC-Clayton Christensen, [15]; 15. 70-Ben Waxdahl, [2]; 16. 43MB-J.D. Hommes, [13]
Heat 1: 1. 51A-Elliot Amdahl, [1]; 2. 2D-Dusty Ballenger, [2]; 3. 7L-Jesse Lindberg, [5]; 4. 8-Jacob Hughes, [8]; 5. 70-Ben Waxdahl, [4]; 6. 32-Jamie Turpin, [7]; 7. 68+1-Blain Petersen, [3]; 8. (DNF) 1CC-Clayton Christensen, [6]
Heat 2: 1. 5X-Jason Martin, [6]; 2. 22-Kaleb Johnson, [3]; 3. 05-Colin Smith, [7]; 4. 051-Nate Eakin, [5]; 5. 4-Jeff Pendergast, [8]; 6. (DNF) 13S-Shane Fick, [1]; 7. (DNF) 43MB-J.D. Hommes, [4]; 8. (DNF) 35-Mike Stegenga, [2]
IMCA Artworks Graphics A Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 7N-Jay Noteboom, [6]; 2. 15M-Shane Demey, [7]; 3. 48-Bob Moore, [9]; 4. 23-Jim Thies, [3]; 5. 1X-Chris Abelson, [14]; 6. 14-Todd Boulware, [2]; 7. 88-Sean Barragan, [1]; 8. 99-Jesse Sobbing, [10]; 9. 3S-Jesse Skalicky, [13]; 10. 10N-Keegan Nordquist, [17]; 11. 55-Jim Cole, [11]; 12. 10-Austin Arneson, [8]; 13. 77-Rj Merchant, [12]; 14. 7S-Bob Fleshman, [19]; 15. 17-Justin Sackett, [16]; 16. C5-Chris Palsrok, [20]; 17. 27-Daniel Loggins, [4]; 18. M80-Jim Mathieson, [18]; 19. 21-Eric Faber, [21]; 20. (DNF) 17X-Mike Greseth, [5]; 21. (DNF) 17L-Nick Lakes, [22]; 22. (DNF) 41-Thor Anderson, [15]
Heat 1: 1. 15M-Shane Demey, [2]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing, [3]; 3. 88-Sean Barragan, [1]; 4. 55-Jim Cole, [5]; 5. 3S-Jesse Skalicky, [6]; 6. 17-Justin Sackett, [7]; 7. 7S-Bob Fleshman, [8]; 8. 21-Eric Faber, [4]
Heat 2: 1. 7N-Jay Noteboom, [7]; 2. 14-Todd Boulware, [1]; 3. 77-Rj Merchant, [3]; 4. 10-Austin Arneson, [4]; 5. 1X-Chris Abelson, [6]; 6. 10N-Keegan Nordquist, [2]; 7. C5-Chris Palsrok, [5]
Heat 3: 1. 17X-Mike Greseth, [3]; 2. 23-Jim Thies, [4]; 3. 48-Bob Moore, [7]; 4. 27-Daniel Loggins, [2]; 5. 41-Thor Anderson, [5]; 6. M80-Jim Mathieson, [6]; 7. 17L-Nick Lakes, [1]
IMCA Sport Modifieds
A Feature 1: 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, [3]; 2. 13K-Karl Brewer, [2]; 3. T1-Rusty Montagne, [1]; 4. 00X-Jeff Brunssen, [5]; 5. 69-Tony Rialson, [10]; 6. 1J-John Foreman, [9]; 7. 14-Aj Boulware, [6]; 8. 10N-Kole Nordquist, [4]; 9. 21-Conner Vande Weerd, [8]; 10. 21B-Kirk Beatty, [14]; 11. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [12]; 12. 3-Nicholas Peters, [7]; 13. 1S-Justin Klynsma, [16]; 14. 16-Aaron Edwardson, [15]; 15. 77G-Mike Grass, [11]; 16. (DNF) 4S-Adam Sage, [13]; (DNS) 212-Kendall Duerksen,
Heat 1: 1. 10N-Kole Nordquist, [1]; 2. T1-Rusty Montagne, [3]; 3. 13K-Karl Brewer, [5]; 4. 21-Conner Vande Weerd, [6]; 5. 00X-Jeff Brunssen, [7]; 6. 77G-Mike Grass, [4]; 7. 4S-Adam Sage, [8]; 8. 16-Aaron Edwardson, [9]; (DNS) 212-Kendall Duerksen,
Heat 2: 1. 3-Nicholas Peters, [1]; 2. 14-Aj Boulware, [2]; 3. 1J-John Foreman, [4]; 4. 25C-Cody Thompson, [3]; 5. 69-Tony Rialson, [5]; 6. 44-Cameron Vande Weerd, [6]; 7. 21B-Kirk Beatty, [7]; 8. 1S-Justin Klynsma, [8]
IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1: 1. 8X-Andy Hoffman, [1]; 2. 011-Kent Hustad, [2]; 3. 75C-Cory Probst, [10]; 4. 17X-Justin Luinenberg, [5]; 5. 77-Craig Clift, [18]; 6. 83X-Justin Frederick, [3]; 7. 26-Tyler Popspisil, [9]; 8. 58-Aaron Shearn, [14]; 9. 34M-David Miller, [12]; 10. 7-Tony Fetterman, [6]; 11. 14Z-Zach Bales, [23]; 12. 01-Derek Husted, [17]; 13. 21L-Ryan Leedom, [8]; 14. 36-richard wynn, [21]; 15. 27-Malik Sampson, [7]; 16. 5-Lenny Tucker, [16]; 17. 90-Lucas Phillips, [19]; 18. 6X-Luke Jackson, [24]; 19. 58J-Justin Shearn, [22]; 20. 28-Adam Lee, [29]; 21. 14S-Aaron Stettnichs, [15]; 22. 3P-Steven Pierce, [27]; 23. 46-Colton Arends, [4]; 24. 35-Jeremy Smith, [11]; 25. 27K-Keegan Sampson, [13]; 26. 25-Shane Krueger, [28]; 27. 2T-Todd Caster, [20]; 28. 722-Lance DeJong, [25]; 29. 6-Martin Smith, [26]
Heat 1: 1. 75C-Cory Probst, [1]; 2. 8X-Andy Hoffman, [5]; 3. 011-Kent Hustad, [4]; 4. 27K-Keegan Sampson, [3]; 5. 34M-David Miller, [7]; 6. 77-Craig Clift, [6]; 7. 14Z-Zach Bales, [2]; 8. 6X-Luke Jackson, [8]
Heat 2: 1. 27-Malik Sampson, [2]; 2. 17X-Justin Luinenberg, [7]; 3. 46-Colton Arends, [1]; 4. 58-Aaron Shearn, [5]; 5. 01-Derek Husted, [3]; 6. (DNF) 722-Lance DeJong, [4]; 7. (DNF) 6-Martin Smith, [6]
Heat 3: 1. 7-Tony Fetterman, [1]; 2. 83X-Justin Frederick, [3]; 3. 28-Adam Lee, [5]; 4. 26-Tyler Popspisil, [4]; 5. 5-Lenny Tucker, [7]; 6. 36-richard wynn, [6]; 7. (DNF) 3P-Steven Pierce, [2]
Heat 4: 1. 35-Jeremy Smith, [1]; 2. 25-Shane Krueger, [3]; 3. 21L-Ryan Leedom, [6]; 4. 14S-Aaron Stettnichs, [2]; 5. 90-Lucas Phillips, [7]; 6. 2T-Todd Caster, [5]; 7. 58J-Justin Shearn, [4]

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