10/16/2022
RacinBoys
Pospisil wins Final Race at I-80. Sobbing and Kay crowned Late Model Champions
By Anthony Ainslie (Greenwood, NE) -- The 2022 season for the Malvern Bank and Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking Super Late Models Series came to an end Saturday with the final race at the tour’s home track, I-80 Speedway.
The final round of racing for both tours came at the track that started it all. On April 5th, 2008, the Malvern Bank Super Late Models Series had its first ever race at Greenwood, Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway.
On Saturday, both East and West Series came for the final night in the 29-year history of the track. A strong field of 33 cars made the trip to Greenwood to send the race track out in style.
Kyle Berck started off the night by setting the fastest lap in qualifying with a 17.249 second time. In the heats, both series point leaders, Jesse Sobbing and Justin Kay, won heats one and three while Jake Neal and Charlie McKenna won heats two and four. After two B features in which Justin Zeitner and Ben Schaller won, a 26-car field was assembled for a 53-lap main event to decide the championships.
Jake Neal jumped to the lead to kick off the main event. Bill Leighton Jr. proceeded to battle Tad Pospisil for second, and Kyle Berck and Jesse Sobbing went back and forth for the fourth position.
Misfortunes struck Andy Eckrich as he had serious damage 14 laps into the race. He brought out the race’s first yellow flag of the race, and the Oxford, Iowa driver pulled off the track resulting in a 26th place finish.
With 28 laps remaining, Pospisil made the go-ahead move for the lead as he passed Neal coming off turn two. The pass was made just one lap before the caution came out again.
An incident with 23 laps to go took out two heavy-hitters. Jake Neal got sideways in turn one. He came down the track on got tagged hard by Kyle Berck. Berck spun around and brought out the caution. Both drivers would however keep their positions because the caution was considered inadvertent. Neal would try to continue running second and third, but they would both pull in two laps after the restart. Berck and Neal finished 21st and 22nd in the final order.
From there, the race went green to the end. Pospisil continued to lead while Justin Zeitner scythed his way through the pack and made it to second after starting back in 17th. When the final feature went into the record books, it was Tad Pospisil taking the $5,300 top prize. It was also Pospisil’s fourth win of the year, his second of the year at I-80, and his series win since early June. Justin Zeitner took second while Bill Leighton Jr. took third. Jesse Sobbing was fourth, and JC Wyman rounded out the top five.
With his fourth-place finish, Sobbing did enough to win the 2022 Malvern Bank West Series title by just 8 points over Bill Leighton Jr. It was Sobbing’s first career championship with the series. Sobbing also became the first Iowa driver to win the title in series history, and he also became the first driver to win the title without winning a points-paying race. His loan win was at Knoxville Raceway and was not for points.
Meanwhile, with a sixth-place finish was more than enough to secure a second consecutive Haulin’ with Hoker Trucking East Series Championship for Wheatland, Iowa’s Justin Kay. He finished the year with four wins doubling his win total from last season. His run at I-80 was one of his best runs at the 4/10 mile oval.
RESULTS
SUPER LATE MODELS
Malvern Bank Hoker Trucking A Feature 1 (53 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 2. 62Z-Justin Zeitner[17]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[1]; 4. 99-Jesse Sobbing[3]; 5. 4-JC Wyman[7]; 6. 15K-Justin Kay[12]; 7. 58-Dave Eckrich[10]; 8. 32C-Chad Holladay[15]; 9. 62-Zach Zeitner[14]; 10. 98-Ben Schaller[18]; 11. 4K-Josh Krug[9]; 12. 22C-Charlie McKenna[13]; 13. 76-Blair Nothdurft[16]; 14. 52-Brian Kosiski[23]; 15. 6C-Cale Osborn[11]; 16. 07-Matt Ryan[24]; 17. 44-Luke Goedert[22]; 18. 15C-Curt Schroeder[21]; 19. 1J-Jay Burdic[26]; 20. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[8]; 21. 14-Kyle Berck[5]; 22. 1-Jake Neal[2]; 23. 43-Derrick Stewart[20]; 24. 32-Curtis Glover[25]; 25. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]; 26. 56-Andy Eckrich[19]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62Z-Justin Zeitner[1]; 2. 56-Andy Eckrich[2]; 3. 44-Luke Goedert[3]; 4. 6-Al Humphrey[6]; 5. 32-Curtis Glover[4]; 6. 1J-Jay Burdic[5]; 7. 07-Matt Ryan[7]; 8. 36-Chris Johnson[9]; 9. 5S-Jeff Segebart[8]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Ben Schaller[1]; 2. 43-Derrick Stewart[5]; 3. 14L-Logan Duffy[2]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder[6]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski[3]; 6. 44D-Troy Daly[4]; 7. 33-Paul Glendenning[7]; 8. 9-Mark Plowman[8]
Speedway Motors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 2. 4-JC Wyman[4]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 4. 98-Ben Schaller[3]; 5. 14L-Logan Duffy[1]; 6. 44D-Troy Daly[7]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8]; 8. 36-Chris Johnson[9]; 9. 6-Al Humphrey[2]
Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jake Neal[6]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 3. 4K-Josh Krug[4]; 4. 56-Andy Eckrich[3]; 5. 44-Luke Goedert[7]; 6. 32-Curtis Glover[1]; 7. 07-Matt Ryan[8]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[2]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15K-Justin Kay[1]; 2. 6C-Cale Osborn[2]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 4. 62Z-Justin Zeitner[3]; 5. 32C-Chad Holladay[4]; 6. 62-Zach Zeitner[5]; 7. 33-Paul Glendenning[8]; 8. 5S-Jeff Segebart[7]
Ideal Ready Mix Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22C-Charlie McKenna[1]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 3. 58-Dave Eckrich[3]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 5. 76-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 6. 1J-Jay Burdic[7]; 7. 52-Brian Kosiski[2]; 8. 9-Mark Plowman[8]
Qualifying A: 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:17.751[5]; 2. 1-Jake Neal, 00:17.786[16]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:17.863[2]; 4. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:17.973[7]; 5. 4-JC Wyman, 00:18.000[12]; 6. 4K-Josh Krug, 00:18.062[1]; 7. 98-Ben Schaller, 00:18.096[15]; 8. 56-Andy Eckrich, 00:18.248[13]; 9. 6-Al Humphrey, 00:18.260[4]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:18.326[6]; 11. 14L-Logan Duffy, 00:18.342[10]; 12. 32-Curtis Glover, 00:18.507[17]; 13. 44D-Troy Daly, 00:18.541[14]; 14. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:18.661[9]; 15. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:18.736[11]; 16. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:18.737[3]; 17. 36-Chris Johnson, 00:18.855[8]
Qualifying B: 1. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:17.249[10]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:17.567[12]; 3. 62-Zach Zeitner, 00:17.666[16]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:17.821[7]; 5. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:17.858[14]; 6. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:17.897[8]; 7. 62Z-Justin Zeitner, 00:17.913[4]; 8. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:18.076[6]; 9. 6C-Cale Osborn, 00:18.091[1]; 10. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:18.150[2]; 11. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:18.226[3]; 12. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:18.353[9]; 13. 5S-Jeff Segebart, 00:18.663[5]; 14. 1J-Jay Burdic, 00:18.717[11]; 15. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:18.987[13]; 16. 9-Mark Plowman, 00:20.030[15]
MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 201-Jake Neal[2]; 2. 01J-Jacob Hobscheidt[7]; 3. 5-Todd Shute[4]; 4. 35D-Dylan Sillman[1]; 5. 7-Justin Gregg[8]; 6. 6-Ryan Jenkins[6]; 7. 50C-Colton Osborn[5]; 8. 40-Shawn Harker[3]; 9. 70-Jesse Dennis[9]; 10. 21H-Shane Hiatt[10]; 11. 81-Mike Densberger[12]; 12. 2D-Austin Svoboda[11]; 13. 15-Dan Demey[14]; 14. 1S-Scott Carlson[16]; 15. 72-Mike Lineberry[15]; 16. 05R-Robbie Sillman[18]; 17. 1RS-Rodney Stopak[17]; 18. 64-Nick Hermsen[19]; 19. 60-Kevin Zeitner[13]; 20. 25X-Joe Baker[20]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 01J-Jacob Hobscheidt[6]; 2. 5-Todd Shute[2]; 3. 6-Ryan Jenkins[8]; 4. 35D-Dylan Sillman[5]; 5. 2D-Austin Svoboda[1]; 6. 70-Jesse Dennis[10]; 7. 60-Kevin Zeitner[7]; 8. 1S-Scott Carlson[3]; 9. 1RS-Rodney Stopak[9]; 10. 64-Nick Hermsen[4]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 50C-Colton Osborn[1]; 2. 7-Justin Gregg[10]; 3. 40-Shawn Harker[4]; 4. 201-Jake Neal[7]; 5. 21H-Shane Hiatt[6]; 6. 81-Mike Densberger[5]; 7. 15-Dan Demey[2]; 8. 72-Mike Lineberry[9]; 9. 05R-Robbie Sillman[3]; 10. 25X-Joe Baker[8]
STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 35JW-Casey Woken[17]; 2. 77K-Jed Williams[6]; 3. 84-Benji Legg[4]; 4. 37D-Brad Derry[10]; 5. 22S-Shane Stutzman[9]; 6. 55X-Tim Drake[18]; 7. 5B-Matt Boucher[7]; 8. 7A-Steve Aitken[1]; 9. 31-Nick Woodard[21]; 10. 19R-Dustin Reeh[12]; 11. 53E-Tyler Easterday[11]; 12. 6-Jeremy Down[23]; 13. 53R-Lil Larry Robinson[3]; 14. 93-Doug Adamy[14]; 15. 61B-Brandon Wergin[13]; 16. 6B-Nick Bruegman[22]; 17. 14-Tim Cooney[19]; 18. 24-Bob Chalupa[16]; 19. 51-Deven Schelm[20]; 20. 90-Bob Walker[8]; 21. 714-Scott Styskal[2]; 22. 8-Nick Steier[5]; 23. 6M-Dan Markham[24]; 24. 55-Curt Drake[15]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35JW-Casey Woken[8]; 2. 14-Tim Cooney[2]; 3. 31-Nick Woodard[7]; 4. 6-Jeremy Down[4]; 5. 2X-Hunter Wergin[6]; 6. X-Justin Bertschinger[9]; 7. 6JR-Denny Berghahn Jr[3]; 8. 5ELI-Marty Steinbach[1]; 9. 64-John Bruegman; 10. 4-Mike Earll[5]
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55X-Tim Drake[1]; 2. 51-Deven Schelm[2]; 3. 6B-Nick Bruegman[3]; 4. 6M-Dan Markham[8]; 5. 09H-Robert Hoing[6]; 6. 36-Shawn Bulin[4]; 7. 5-Tanner Steinbach[5]; 8. 64-John Bruegman[7]; 9. 72T-Thad Thomson[9]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 90-Bob Walker[4]; 2. 8-Nick Steier[5]; 3. 5B-Matt Boucher[9]; 4. 24-Bob Chalupa[2]; 5. 55-Curt Drake[8]; 6. 6JR-Denny Berghahn Jr[7]; 7. 5-Tanner Steinbach[3]; 8. 31-Nick Woodard[6]; 9. X-Justin Bertschinger[1]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 53R-Lil Larry Robinson[1]; 2. 22S-Shane Stutzman[3]; 3. 84-Benji Legg[8]; 4. 93-Doug Adamy[5]; 5. 14-Tim Cooney[2]; 6. 6-Jeremy Down[6]; 7. 2X-Hunter Wergin[7]; 8. 64-John Bruegman[4]; 9. 72T-Thad Thomson[9]
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. 714-Scott Styskal[1]; 2. 37D-Brad Derry[3]; 3. 53E-Tyler Easterday[4]; 4. 5ELI-Marty Steinbach[2]; 5. 55X-Tim Drake[7]; 6. 36-Shawn Bulin[5]; 7. 4-Mike Earll[8]; 8. 35JW-Casey Woken[6]
Heat 4 (7 Laps): 1. 77K-Jed Williams[2]; 2. 7A-Steve Aitken[4]; 3. 19R-Dustin Reeh[3]; 4. 61B-Brandon Wergin[6]; 5. 51-Deven Schelm[5]; 6. 6B-Nick Bruegman[7]; 7. 09H-Robert Hoing[1]; 8. 6M-Dan Markham[8]
BRAGGING RIGHTS LATE MODELS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 76Z-Zach Zeitner[2]; 2. 18W-Cole Wayman[6]; 3. 92-Jacob Brown[15]; 4. 3-Sterling Perkins[7]; 5. 14-Chase Osborne[1]; 6. 35-Kale Kosiski[13]; 7. 36J-Jim Johnson[9]; 8. 36-Drew Baker[24]; 9. 10-Jack Hearty[5]; 10. 12-Mark Lueken[3]; 11. 24X-Micah Brown[12]; 12. 41-Robbie Jorgensen[11]; 13. 22-Jake Jorgensen[16]; 14. 32-Cory Beckstrom[17]; 15. 71-Mike Morton Jr[21]; 16. 21-Tracy Harr[4]; 17. 18-Jarrett Getzschman[22]; 18. 47-AJ Jorgensen[18]; 19. 83-Jake Bridge[10]; 20. 21T-Tyler Harr[19]; 21. 49-Brock Carlson[8]; 22. 95X-Jimmy Judd[20]; 23. 3X-Hayden Kenkel[23]; 24. 1150-Todd Bell[14]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Cory Beckstrom[1]; 2. 21T-Tyler Harr[8]; 3. 71-Mike Morton Jr[2]; 4. 3X-Hayden Kenkel[4]; 5. 112-Dan Lueken[5]; 6. 6K-Roger Elliot[3]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 8. 69-Travis Collins[7]
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47-AJ Jorgensen[1]; 2. 95X-Jimmy Judd[2]; 3. 18-Jarrett Getzschman[5]; 4. 36-Drew Baker[4]; 5. 97W-Eric Wolf Jr[6]; 6. 44-Caleb Hetrick[3]; 7. 17-Mike Morton Sr[8]; 8. 67-Greg Niemoller[9]; 9. 14K-Bill Kubik[7]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 12-Mark Lueken[1]; 2. 49-Brock Carlson[2]; 3. 83-Jake Bridge[4]; 4. 35-Kale Kosiski[6]; 5. 47-AJ Jorgensen[5]; 6. 6K-Roger Elliot[8]; 7. 112-Dan Lueken[3]; 8. 69-Travis Collins[9]; 9. 67-Greg Niemoller[7]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 76Z-Zach Zeitner[1]; 2. 3-Sterling Perkins[3]; 3. 36J-Jim Johnson[5]; 4. 32-Cory Beckstrom[2]; 5. 71-Mike Morton Jr[4]; 6. 44-Caleb Hetrick[7]; 7. 18-Jarrett Getzschman[6]; 8. 14K-Bill Kubik[8]
Heat 3 (7 Laps): 1. 10-Jack Hearty[4]; 2. 21-Tracy Harr[6]; 3. 41-Robbie Jorgensen[3]; 4. 1150-Todd Bell[5]; 5. 22-Jake Jorgensen[8]; 6. 3X-Hayden Kenkel[1]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 8. 21T-Tyler Harr[2]
Heat 4 (7 Laps): 1. 18W-Cole Wayman[6]; 2. 14-Chase Osborne[4]; 3. 24X-Micah Brown[2]; 4. 92-Jacob Brown[5]; 5. 95X-Jimmy Judd[1]; 6. 36-Drew Baker[3]; 7. 97W-Eric Wolf Jr[7]; 8. 17-Mike Morton Sr[8]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
