Dancer wins before rain ends night at Culbertson Speedway

Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette Brandon Anderson drives during the IMCA Stock Car Heat 1 race Friday night at Culbertson Speedway. Anderson finished fourth in the heat but did not finish the feature race.

CULBERTSON -- The officials at Culbertson Speedway tried to hasten to get the opening night show completed Friday night.

However, only one A Feature could be completed before the rains fell.

The remaining four A Features will be run June 6, before the scheduled heats and A Features for that night.

The gates open at 6 p.m., and the races will start at 8 p.m.

Mikey Dancer of North Platte managed the lone A Feature win of the night in the IMCA Stock Car A Feature.

Dancer started out front and drove out to a large lead.

A little over halfway, heat winner Casey Werkmeister of Maywood caught him.

As Dancer held him off, heat winner John Huffman of McCook caught them, making it a three car race out front.

With two laps to go, the heat winners started battling for second, and that allowed Dancer to clear himself from them and take the win.

Werkmeister held off Huffman for second place.

Lloyd Meeske of Champion hit the wall in the his heat race, but was able to finished fourth. Jesse Taylor of Fort Morgan, Colo. came in fifth place.

Earlier in the night, John Huffman won his second race, as he also drove in the IMCA Modified class. Fellow McCook driver Ronnie Wallace also earned a win in the division.

The IMCA Hobby Stock heats were won by Benkelman driver Michael Brunswig and Wray, Colo., driver John Groshans.

Dalton Dolan got by fellow Oberlin racer Royal Fisher late to win the Mini-Truck heat race.

Matt Matson of McCook won the Classic Modified heat race.

May 9 results

IMCA Stock Cars

Heat

24W-Casey Werkmeister

24-Bob Chalupa

45-Mikey Dancer

05T-Brandon Anderson

Heat 2

5-John Huffman

05-Jesse Taylor

32-Lloyd Meeske

413-Larry Pollmann

A Feature

45-Mikey Dancer

24W-Casey Werkmeister

5-John Huffman

32-Lloyd Meeske

05-Jesse Taylor

24-Bob Chalupa

05T-Brandon Anderson (DNF)

413-Larry Pollmann (DNF)

IMCA Modifieds

Heat 1

3-John Huffman

8EZ-Brice Riley

9R-Robby Haines

23-Royce Clapp

Heat 2

3RW-Ronnie Wallace

11S-Garrett Sporhase

5-Jeff Meeker

93-James Krehmeyer

00M-James Moore

2J-Jim Gronewold (DNS)

A Feature

Rained out

IMCA Hobby Stocks

Heat

32M-Michael Brunswig

33-Richard Boon

88-Michael Woodhead

34-Josh Bopp

Heat 2

20J-John Groshans

22-Austin Davis

20-Cody DeWester

817-Miles White

13-Bill Triplette

A Feature

Rained out

Classic Modifieds

Heat

98-Matt Matson

R67-Dan Rockwell

P83-Loren Pollmann (DNS)

P82-Max Pollmann (DNS)

A Feature

Rained out

Mini-Trucks

Heat

3D-Dalton Dolan

14F-Royal Fisher

54-Dennis Wasson

69-Delbert Ridenour

86-Jake Sahm

28-Ron Murphy Jr.

12J-Heath Fletcher

75-Bud Wasson

A Feature

Rained out