Eagle Nationals

Eagle, Nebraska (June 9, 2012) After making it back to back wins with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV on night one of the Eagle Nationals, Brady Bacon took his streak to three in a row with the weekend sweep of the Hinchman Racewear Eagle Nationals; putting the No. 99 within five markers of the series points lead.

“I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect race track” commented Bacon in victory lane. “The bottom was really good but it was also really hard to run but if you could hit it just right you could get all kinds of drive.”

Drawing the outside of the front row, Bacon would battle wheel to wheel with Jack Dover before the red for the No. 6 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. brought the field to a stop with one lap in the books. Getting the jump on the restart, the Certified Transmission No. 53 of Jack Dover pulled to a sizable lead as the race approached slower traffic.

Pulling to back bumper of Dover, the Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 of Brady Bacon used slower traffic to his advantage; taking the race lead on the twelfth circuit only to see the caution fly for the spun No. 18r of Ryan Roberts.

Reverting to the last fully completed lap, Bacon kept pace with Dover on the restart with Wayne Johnson in tow. Building momentum with a combination of lines, Bacon would bolt back into the top spot on lap sixteen.

Pulling to a sizable advantage, Bacon would leave the battle for second to five drivers as Jack Dover worked to keep ahead of Wayne Johnson as the MVT No. 41 of Jason Johnson, who started eleventh, working into fourth ahead of Seth Bergman and Johnny Herrera before the caution waved for the spun No. 31 of Mark Pace; leaving only twelve laps remaining.

Back to green for the final dash to the finish, Bacon would use several slower cars in the line-up to pull to a half-track advantage with second up for grabs. Making the late race charge, the Lincoln Auto Auction No. 41 of Jason Johnson and MVT No. 45x of Johnny Herrera worked past Jack Dover and Wayne Johnson going side by side for the final two laps as Brady Bacon cruised to the win.

Johnny Herrera was able to steal away the runner up spot on the white flag lap, leaving Jason Johnson to settle for third. Wayne Johnson battled to fourth at the checkered flag with Brady Loyet bouncing back from as far back as ninth to round out the top five.

Seth Bergman finished sixth with Jack Dover fading to seventh in the closing laps. Danny Wood held on to eighth with Trevor Grossenbacher taking ninth while Logan Forler posted his second straight top ten of the season by rounding out the top ten.

Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV

Eagle Raceway - Eagle, Nebraska

Eagle Nationals Night #2

June 9, 2012

Car Count: 30

(Event Car Count: 33)

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[4]; 2. 12-Tyler Drueke[2]; 3. 41-Jason Johnson[5]; 4. 31-Mark Pace[1]; 5. 18r-Ryan Roberts[6]; 6. 24bh-Eric Lutz[8]; 7. 2-Dustin Morgan[7]; DNF 21v-Taylor Velasquez[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Danny Wood[1]; 2. 48-Jake Martens[4]; 3. 5h-Logan Forler[3]; 4. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[6]; 5. 6g-Bryan Gossel[2]; 6. 4-Jordan Boston[5]; 7. 28-Ken Klabunde[7]; 8. 17-Gage Dorr[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 2. 53-Jack Dover[6]; 3. 23s-Stu Snyder[8]; 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera[7]; DNF 77-John Klabunde[1]; DNF 2A-Randy Hibbs[4]; DNF 32-Adam Gullion[5]; DNS 14G-Gene Ackland

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 31-Mark Pace[2]; 2. 28-Ken Klabunde[9]; 3. 4-Jordan

Eagle, Nebraska (June 8, 2012) It seems that Brady Bacon’s season has turned a corner as the Broken Arrow native captured his second Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour victory in a row.

Receiving a well-deserved Champagne shower from second finishing Brad Loyet, the driver of the Fatheadz Eyewear 99, who started ninth, utilized the inside groove for the first third of the nights feature before bolting to the high line of Eagle Raceway to capture the lead on the twelfth circuit.

“We were a little tight in turn one but were super good on the bottom of three and four” commented Brady. “We turned things around at Jetmore and hopefully we can keep the hot streak alive.”

Holding a straight-a-way advantage in the middle portion of the night’s 30 lap feature event, Bacon sat well ahead of the battles from second through sixth with second finishing Loyet holding off several charges from Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region regular Trevor Grossenbacher.

“I just over thought it; I should have just stuck to the top. The lap I went to the bottom he got around me” relayed Loyet during his post-race interview. “We’re knocking on the door for that first win. I’ve had great cars and good finishes but I like winning and I want it bad; I want it real bad.”

Making his second Lucas Oil ASCS feature appearance, Trevor Grossenbacher held onto the show position after nearly losing the spot to Wayne Johnson in the later portion of the nights feature event. Johnson would hold onto fourth at the checkered flag; just one spot ahead of series rival Jason Johnson who picked up the Pitstopusa.com Hard Charger of the Night after a crash in his heat relegated the MVT 41 into the B-Feature which put Johnson starting nineteenth in the night’s feature event.

Seth Bergman came from eleventh to finish sixth with Danny Wood holding onto seventh. Spending the first few laps’ battling for the runner up spot before tagging the wall, the 45x of Johnny Herrera charged from twentieth to finish eighth, getting around the hard charging 53 of Jack Dover who finish ninth. Logan Forler, who also raced into the feature via the B-Main, was able to race from seventeenth to round out the top ten.

Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV

Eagle Raceway - Eagle, Nebraska

Eagle Nationals Night #1

June 8, 2012

Car Count: 33

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Boston[1]; 2. 2x-Don Droud Jr[2]; 3. 13v-Seth Brahmer[4]; 4. 77-John Klabunde[5]; 5. 14G-Gene Ackland[3]; 6. 24bh-Eric Lutz[7]; 7. 6g-Bryan Gossel[9]; 8. 18r-Ryan Roberts[8]; DNF 21v-Taylor Velasquez[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet[1]; 2. 77x-Wayne Johnson[3]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 4. 53-Jack Dover[5]; 5. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[4]; DNF 71-Tige Jensen[6]; DNF 2-Dustin Morgan[7]; DNF 41-Jason Johnson[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Danny Wood[4]; 2. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher[1]; 3. 4-Jordan Boston[2]; 4. 48-Jake Martens[3]; 5. 5h-Logan Forler[5]; 6. 12-Tyler Drueke[8]; 7. 31-Mark Pace[7]; DNF 32-Adam Gullion[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon[1]; 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera[4]; 3. 23s-Stu Snyder[2]; 4. 6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[6]; 5. 2A-Randy Hibbs[3]; 6. 44-Doug Lovegrove[5]; 7. 17-Gage Dorr[7]; 8. 27-Mark Finnell[8]

B Feature (15 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[3]; 2. 5h-Logan Forler[2]; 3. 12-Tyler Drueke[1]; 4. 41-Jason Johnson[14]; 5. 31-Mark Pace[11]; 6. 14G-Gene Ackland[5]; 7. 18r-Ryan Roberts[13]; 8. 6g-Bryan Gossel[7]; 9. 24bh-Eric Lutz[4]; 10. 44-Doug Lovegrove[9]; 11. 32-Adam G

Reigning NASCAR Nationwide Champion Leads Star Studded Field To Eagle Nationals

PETERSEN MEDIA- The Eagle Nationals at the Eagle Raceway in Nebraska have been a staple since 1981, and the 2012 edition will be the third consecutive year its sanctioned by the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by MavTv as they invade the worlds fastest 1/3 mile oval on June 8th and 9th.

“Our vision at TBJ Promotions is to bring the ASCS National Tour to premiere racetracks across the country,” explained TBJ Promotions owner, Tony Bruce, Jr. “Eagle Raceway and it’s fan base is second to none and we look forward to having one of the best Eagle Nationals yet in 2012.”

Those same awesome fans will now be rewarded for their efforts as reigning NASCAR Nationwide Champion, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr will throw his hat into the mix as he will pilot a second Stenhouse/Jason Johnson Racing entry and team with the always strong Jason Johnson.

“I’m very excited to get back on the dirt, and mix it up,” said Stenhouse. “It’s been a treat to team up with JJR this year, and I am just itching to hop in one of these strong cars and put on a show.”

Stenhouse’s teammate, Jason Johnson, enters the event second in the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour standings and took the top prize of this exact event back in 2010.

“This is a great event and I would like nothing more then to get our car back in victory lane and give us a shot in the arm in the standings,” said the defending Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour owner’s champion. “It will be fun racing with Ricky (Stenhouse), but we’ve got to rough him up a little and keep him behind us,”

During last year’s rain shortened event, it was Nebraska product, Jack Dover using a late race charge to capitalize on a Jordan Boston miscue, and win the Eagle Nationals just one year after taking a hard lick at racy 1/3 mile oval.

“It’s always great getting to race close to home, and to win this race last year during a spotty season was huge,” said Dover. “We’ve been all over the map this year, and I would love nothing more than to grab a win in front of the awesome crowd that always shows up at Eagle.”

Though Dover hails from Nebraska, Jordan Boston will lead a strong local contingent into the 2012 Eagle Nationals, and he will do so with a chip on his shoulder.

During last year’s event, Boston made his presence felt as he took it to the National boys for the first 28th laps, before he lost the handle exiting turn four, losing the lead, and salvaging a third place finish.

“It would have been huge last year if we could of held on to the lead and picked up that win,” said Boston. “They always say you have to lose one before you can win it, so hopefully this year we are in that same position again.”

This event typically brings capacity crowds to the Eagle Raceway and TBJ Promotions is currently offering advanced, discounted tickets at our website, www.tbjpromotions.com.

ON TAP: The Eagle Nationals are slated for June 8th and 9th at the Eagle Raceway in Eagle, NE. Racing starts at 7:00pm both nights, and tickets can be purchased at discounted rates at www.tbjpromotions.com

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By Lonnie Wheatley
EAGLE, Neb. (June 11, 2011) – A full-time Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National title contender in 2010, Springfield, Nebraska's Jack Dover has just made spot starts in National action thus far in 2011.
The 21-year-old made the most of his latest start, racing into the lead on the 28th of 30 laps to win Saturday night’s Eagle Nationals atop the 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway clay oval in front of a vocal home-track crowd. Dover pocketed $6,000 for his fifth career ASCS National triumph and first of this year.
Reeling in race-long leader Jordan Boston in the waning laps, Dover was handed the lead when Boston spun exiting turn four on the 28th round. Boston salvaged a third-place finish in his first career ASCS National feature start behind Dover and runner-up Johnny Herrera.
“I think I would have got by him (Boston) anyway, but you never can tell,” Dover explained.
After winning his heat race in impressive fashion, Boston drew the pole of the main event with Washington’s Seth Bergman alongside. The pair raced wheel-to-wheel over the initial pair of circuits in front of fourth-starter Dover before Boston finally established command.
With Boston cruising out front, Dover finally made his way past Bergman for second on the 20th circuit, just moments for the race’s third and final caution flag flew when Logan Forler came to a stop in turn four after slapping the retaining wall with his right rear tire.
With a pair of lapped cars separating Boston from Dover on the restart, including the leader’s father Mike Boston, Boston jumped out to a strong lead. Dover wasted little time disposing of the lappers though, and with a handful of laps remaining he began to reel in the leader.
Dover had closed in on Boston’s tailtank entering turn three on the 28th lap and was poised to make a bid for the lead. He never had to though, as Boston got caught in the middle of the track trying to work traffic, got too loose and did a quick 360-degree spin on the low side exiting turn four.
Dover dashed on to the stripe unabated aboard the Shaver-powered Thorpe’s Body Shop/Homepride Roofing No. 53 Eagle, with Herrera making a charge from sixth to second over the final half of the race aboard the Wesmar-powered Champion Oil No. 45x Maxim.
Boston salvaged a podium finish by crossing the stripe third in the No. 4 entry, with Bergman posting his top Lucas Oil Sprint Car finish of the year by taking fourth in the Petersen Motorsports Wesmar-powered Superior Marine No. 23 Eagle.
Brady Bacon cracked ASCS National top five for the second time this year by rounding out the top five in the Wesmar-powered Fatheadz Eyewear No. 99 Triple X, with Shane Stewart posting Hard Charger honors by racing from 23rd to sixth.
Pulling double duty as racer and promoter for the night, Tony Bruce, Jr., raced from 18th to seventh in the main event, with Danny Wood, Scott Winters and Gary Wright completing the top ten.
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 4-Jordan Boston, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 57-Shane Stewart, 7. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 8. 81-Danny Wood, 9. 24b-Scott Winters, 10. 9-Gary Wright, 11. 0-Zach Chappell, 12. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13. 35-Trevor Grossenbacher, 14. 28-Jeff Swindell, 15. 51-Mike Boston, 16. 88-Tim Crawley, 17. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 18. 12-Tyler Drueke, 19. 2L-Logan Forler, 20. 91-Mitchell Moore, 21. 77-John Klabunde, 22. 38-Wayne Johnson, 23. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 24. 41-Jason Johnson.

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Jason Johnson Soars to Lucas Oil ASCS Glory in Eagle Nationals!

Lonnie Wheatley, EAGLE, Neb. (June 12, 2010) – It took until nearly the middle of June, but Louisiana’s Jason Johnson finally cracked Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National victory lane by capturing top honors in Saturday night’s 30-lap Eagle Nationals championship finale atop the 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway dirt oval.

“The Ragin’ Cajun” raced into the lead from the second row on the opening circuit and led all the way on the top side of the track, taking the checkered flag just ahead of the closing duo of Jack Dover and Shane Stewart.

“When you start up front like that, you have to capitalize and try to get wins,” Johnson explained in victory lane.

While Johnson’s 44th career ASCS National win marked his first as a car owner aboard the Don Ott-powered Jason Johnson Motorsports Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim, he denied local hero Jack Dover a near storybook win after a trip to the hospital following a nasty last-lap crash while running second a night earlier.

“I wasn’t gonna race tonight, but I went out in the heat race and felt good on the first lap,” Dover explained after an overnight stay under observation.

Dover raced his way into Saturday’s redraw with some thrilling sliders from seventh to finish second in the fourth heat behind the night’s top point earner, Ricky Logan, who also took a quick trip to the hospital on Friday night after also being rendered unconscious.

Dover lined up on the front row outside of the feature, with third-place Friday finisher Zach Chappell on the pole. However, it was fourth-starter Johnson that moved to second in the opening pair of corners and then slid past Dover for the lead in turns three and four on the opening circuit.

While Johnson cruised out front much of the way, Chappell and Dover engaged in a spirited duel for second over the middle half of the race, with Dover finally gaining command after a lap 19 caution for Logan, who came to a stop in turn four.

Johnson broke free once again on the lap 20 restart, opening up a ten car-length advantage. But, as the laps wound down, Dover began to reel in the leader along with Shane Stewart, who took third away from Chappell on the 21st round after starting ninth.

Johnson reached the checkered flag just in time, a mere two car-lengths ahead of Dover’s familiar Shaver-powered 3D Auto Transport No. 53 Eagle.

“I knew he’d (Dover) be the guy to beat,” Johnson commented. “He runs here week in and week out anytime we have a weekend off, he knows how to get around this place.”

The 20-year-old Dover stayed in the thick of the points race with a runner-up finish just one night after it looked as if there may be some down time, commenting that, “I wasn’t expecting to race tonight and we ended up second behind Jason, so we’re happy.”

Rebounding from a Friday night flip as well, reigning series champion Stewart worked his way into the show position aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T.

The Bixby, OK, shoe would have liked more though, explaining, “That’s a couple of nights in a row we had a good enough car to win the race and we’re not the winner, so I’m not 100% happy.” Stewart continued, “Third place is good after last night though, but we’re getting pretty antsy to get this car back in victory lane where it belongs."

Chappell reeled off his third top-five finish in a row aboard David Chappell’s

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Wood Back in Lucas Oil ASCS Victory Lane after Wild Eagle Prelim

Lonnie Wheatley, EAGLE, Neb. (June 11, 2010) – Danny Wood celebrated yet another 29th birthday in grand fashion by breaking back into Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters victory lane after topping Friday night’s tumultuous 25-lap Eagle Nationals preliminary main event in the series debut atop the 1/3-mile Eagle Raceway.

The Norman, OK, driver scooted underneath Jack Dover for the lead on the second round and stayed ahead of the mayhem that ensued behind him over the remaining distance to secure his ninth career ASCS National feature win and first aboard Mike Hammers’ Fisher-powered H&H Enterprises/State Wide Services No. 94 Maxim.

“These guys give me great equipment and I’m glad we were finally able to produce a win for them,” Wood commented afterward. “Hopefully we can carry this momentum forward and put this team up there where it belongs.”

After winning the night’s opening heat race for the 43-car field, Wood raced into the lead on the second circuit when Eagle ace Dover nearly got upside down in turn one on a lap two restart.

Dover kept the heat on throughout and made one last charge for the lead on the final circuit, only to take a wild ride in turn two that set up a green-white-checkered run to the stripe.

“It’s bittersweet, you want everyone to come out and have fun and be safe, hopefully those guys are alright,” Wood commented about Dover and Ricky Logan, who were both transported to a local hospital for observation after separate incidents during the main event.

Following Dover’s last-lap crash, Wood raced to the checkered flag in front of Travis Rilat and Zach Chappell, with Jason Johnson picking off the fourth and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s Eagle Nationals finale after fourth-runner Brady Bacon slowed with a cut tire in the final pair of laps while running fourth.

“It doesn’t get any sweeter than this, we wanted to win on a night like tonight, I just turned 29 years old ya know,” the veteran shoe kidded after finishing off his birthday with a feature win.

Rilat shook off the effects of several recent DNF’s by claiming runner-up honors in the Shark-powered F&J Construction No. 29 Triple X, explaining that, “I probably could have drove the car a lot harder, but we just had to play it smart and get locked in for tomorrow night and make up some of the ground we’ve lost over the last few weeks.”

Chappell posted his second podium finish in a row by crossing the stripe third in David Chappell’s Wesmar-powered Legend’s Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim. “I feel like I’m getting older, I told myself to just calm down and put it in the trailer on all four and here we are on the podium, so we’re happy,” the 28-year-old past ASCS National champion explained after the rough and tumble affair.

After winning a “B” Main, 2008 series champion Jason Johnson rallied from 17th to fourth in the Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim, with ASCS Midwest contender Eric Lutz posting his best career National finish by rounding out the top five in the Bruns-powered Dell Rapids Chevrolet No. 5 Maxim.

Washington’s Austen Wheatley survived a pair of early incidents to rank as the top finishing Brodix Rookie of the Year contender of the night by finishing sixth after starting 16th, while Tony Bruce, Jr., climbed from 23rd to seventh after using his second provisional of the year.

Billy Alley crossed the stripe in e

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