Grabouski tops early entry list for Beatrice Spring Nationals

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Grabouski tops early entry list for Beatrice Spring Nationals

 

BEATRICE, Neb. (March 6) – A weekend sweep at Spring Nationals got Jordan Grabouski on track to winning the IMCA Modified national championship last season.

 

The hometown hero is among the nearly 130 drivers in five IMCA divisions already pre-registered for the 2012 season-opening special at Beatrice Speedway, set for Friday and Saturday, March 16-17.

 

Modifieds will race for $1,500 to win and a minimum of $200 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invita­tional ballot qualifiers each evening. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods both race for $400 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $300 to win Friday and Saturday.

 

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given each night. Saturday’s show also boasts a $200 to win feature for IMCA Sport Com­pacts in a national and state points event.

 

Among the drivers joining Grabouski in the predictably talented team of Beatrice regulars are seven-time Spring Nation­als winner Johnny Saathoff and 2011 Fall Nationals winners Dan Nelson and Bob Zoubek.

 

Other defending Spring Nationals winners already set to return to Beatrice are Adam Armstrong and Roy Armstrong in the Hobby Stocks and Tyler Frye in the Northern SportMods.

 

The list of pre-entered drivers, as of Tuesday morning, included:

 

Modifieds – Lance Arneson and Kyle Lentz, both of Green Bay, Wis.; Mike Albertsen of Audubon, Iowa; Bubba Alvarado of Kersey, Colo.; Brent Alverson of Oskaloosa, Kan.; Chad Ander­sen of Fort Calhoon; Bob Aspenleiter and Zach Schultz, both of North Platte; Bill Bader II of Omaha; Clayton Christensen of Spencer, Iowa; Troy Cordes of Dunkerton, Iowa; Brian Cudly and Mike Densberger, both of Lincoln; Brian Foote of Essex, Iowa; Jeremy Frenier and Brett Smith, both of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Jordan Grabouski, Dan Nelson and Johnny Saathoff, all of Be­atrice; Andrew Hille of Hickman; Kyle Krampe of Baxter, Iowa; Jim Krupicka of Denton; Jim Lynch of Bloomfield, Iowa; Darren Meinke of Crete; Chris Mills of Sioux City, Iowa; Jordy Nelson of Marysville, Kan.; Steve Reynolds of Springfield, S.D.; Randy Sandvick of Killdeer, N.D.; Scott Smith of Davenport; Jon Snyder of Ames, Iowa; Rick Speck of Garwin, Iowa; Ricky Stephan of South Sioux City; Mike Van Genderen of Newton, Iowa; and Bob Zoubek of Dorchester.

 

Stock Cars – Andrew Altenburg of Truman, Minn.; Tony Arnold of Sloan, Iowa; Cody Clark of York­town, Iowa; Greg Deters, Eric Weyer and Leif Weyer, all of Centralia, Kan.; Michael Jaen­nette of Newton, Iowa; Darin Racek of Lexington; Ernie Reiss, Kyle Vanover and Lisa Wagner, all of Beatrice; Jay Schmidt of Tama, Iowa; Jesse Taylor of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Dustin Wannarka of Winnebago, Minn.; Jedrek Williams of Deshler; Bill Wood of Mahaska, Kan.; and Elijah Zevenber­gen of Ocheyedan, Iowa.

 

Hobby Stocks – Adam Armstrong, Roy Armstrong, Travis Blythe, Jacob Harms, Mark Saathoff and Brent Schlake, all of Beatrice; Benjamin Arvdal of Fairbury; Brandon Baker of Omaha; David Carter of Fremont; Keith Dragoo, Thom Marsh and Shane Slezak, all of Lincoln; Roy Eakins of Grinnell, Iowa; Mike Hansen of Weeping Water; Jeremy Hoskinson of Norfolk; Scott Husted of Sioux City, Iowa; Mike Johnston of Des Moines, Iowa; Austin Luellen of Minburn, Iowa; Jason McIntyre of Colby, Kan.; Blain Petersen of Essex, Iowa; Scott Pippert of Elberon, Iowa; Brandon Pruitt of Dexter, Iowa; and Brandon Wergin of Milford.

 

Northern SportMods – Shelly Anderson, Derek Hall, Trevor Noonan, Jeremy Noonan, Jeremy Peckham, Don Rinke and Joe Schidler, all of Lincoln; Denny Berghahn of Plattsmouth; Alvie Christof­ferson of St. Joseph, Mo.; Jayme Duinink of Pella, Iowa; Tyler Frye of Belleville, Kan.; Ethyn Hafner of Abilene, Kan.; Max Harder of Blue Springs; Tyler Heetland of Bancroft, Iowa; Nick Hermsen of Omaha; Todd Holliman of Beaver Lake; Racer Hulin of Laurel, Iowa; Daniel Jack­son of Crete; Jeff Jones, Sean Tyson and Glenn Tyson, all of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Randy Krampe of Baxter, Iowa; Brian Langdale of Beatrice; Mary Lenz of Elmwood; Jerad Little of Mal­colm; Ty Luellen and Clinton Luellen, both of Minburn, Iowa; Greg Metz of Washington, Kan.; Kyle Olberding of Seneca, Kan.; Blain Petersen of Essex, Iowa; Kyle Prauner of Norfolk; Mike Pruitt of Redfield, Iowa; Josh Pruitt of Dexter, Iowa; Kevin Schmidt and Dustin Schmidt, both of Fairbury; Ben Schlutze of Algona, Iowa; Jesse Sobbing of Glenwood, Iowa; and Nelson Voll­brecht of Stanton.

 

Sport Compacts – Justice Colson of Grand Island; Jeff Davis, Kevin Fearing, Josh Johnson and Kenneth Roberts, all of Lincoln; Cory Flanigan of Lakeside, Iowa; Jason Kroeger of Manilla, Iowa; Nick Lindblad of Beatrice; Cameron Meyer of Pierce; Matt Moyer of Gretna; Dustin O’Brien of Car­roll, Iowa; Allen Rice of Minneapolis, Kan.; Scott Spellmeier of Marysville, Kan.; Jordan Ueh­ling of Norfolk; and Kevin Zeitner of Bellevue.

 

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. On Saturday, gates open at 2:30 p.m., hot laps are at 5 p.m. and racing is at 6 p.m.

 

Grandstand admission each race night is $14 for adults and $5 for kids 10 and under.

 

An open practice for all divisions runs from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Pit passes are $10 for that session and $25 for Friday and Saturday shows.

 

RACEceivers are required in all divisions. Rain date is Sunday, March 18.

 

More information about Spring Nationals is available from promoter Toby Kruse at 515 231-5444. The track website is www.beatricespeedway.com.