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It was a hell of a show,first time ever a sprint car took a checkerd flag at the beaver, Luke Cranston took the checkerd with a good solid run with Jason Martin coming in on his tail, GOOD show guys. In the Imca mods Brendon Gemmill and Cody Gearhart put on a hell of a show with Gemmill coming out with the win. The Sport mods Brandon Smith took off and man did he take off with Jeff Kaup coming in 2nd, it was a good turn out for the sportmods on the first night, keep them coming guys, thanks for putting on a good show. The Imca Stockcars, Mike Wadel Jumped out to the lead with Brandon Fisher rite on his tail giving the crowd a good show, By the end of the feature Wadel held Fisher off for the checkerd. The hobbys, good o Doug Shultz ending up with the win with David Burrows folloing in 2nd. It was a very good opener for us after all the hard work that we have put in this track, 600 people in the stands 310 in the pits, only better things to come. THANKS to the Fans, Drivers, Sponcers, and Track help on making the first night a very good one. Glen Thompson

Race Results for 4-17-2011

Hobby Stocks

Heat #1

1 ) 45 Michael Wright 2 ) 22 David Burrows 3 ) 8 Chad Garrison 4 ) DNF 22K Rodney Krontz 5 ) BF 30J Jesse Hull

Heat #2

1 ) 14N Doug Shultz 2 ) 25 Blake Casey 3 ) 76 Brandon McLeMore 4 ) DNF 42 Zach McLeMore 5 ) DNS 69 Michael Hesston

Hobby A Feature

1 ) 14N Doug Shultz 2 ) 22 David Burrows 3 ) 45 Mark Wright 4 ) 76 Brandon McLeMore 5 ) 25 Blake Casey 6 ) DNF 8 Chad Garrison 7 ) DNF 30J Jesse Hull 8 ) DNS 22k Rodney Krontz 9 ) DNS 42 Zach McLeMore 10 ) DNS 69 Michael Hesston

Stocks

Heat #1

1 ) 28 Ty Shaffer 2 ) 44 Randy Dowell 3 ) 12 Tucker Barnes 4 ) 32 Michael Wright 5 ) 27 Donald Kaup 6 ) DNS 67 Edwin Elliott

Heat #2

1 ) 20m Mike Wadel 2 ) 14 Brandon Fisher 3 ) 46 Cole Wilson 4 ) 45 Ray Elfers 5 ) 93 Jon Elfers 6 ) DNF 15 Joe Thomas

Stock A Feature

1 ) 20m Mike Wadel 2 ) 14 Brandon Fisher 3 ) 46 Cole Wilson 4 ) 12 Tucker Barnes 5 ) 28 Ty Shaffer 6 ) Randy Dowell 7 ) 93 John Elfers 8 ) Edwin Elliott 9 ) 45 Ray Elfers 10 ) 27 Donald Kaup 11 ) DNF 32 Michael Wright 12 ) DNS 15 Joe Thomas

Sport Mods

Heat #1

1 ) B4 Jerod Baird 2 ) 22 Dan Rogers 3 ) 79c John Colbert 4 ) DNF 4p Daylon Bergeron

Heat #2

1 ) 69 Brandon Smith 2 ) 92 Jeff Kaup 3 ) 99 Cole Traugott 4 ) 85c Clay Sellard

Sport Mod A Feature

1 ) 69 Brandon Smith 2 ) 92 Jeff Kaup 3 ) 85c Clay Sellard 4 ) 4p Daylon Bergeron 5 ) 99 Cole Traugott 6 ) 22 Dan Rogers 7 ) B4 Jerod Baird 8 ) 79c John Colbert

IMCA Mods

Heat#1

1 ) G3 Brendon Gemmill 2 ) 1m Cody Gearhart 3 ) 186 Jeremy Gossett 4 ) 3c Casey Jo Wanger

Heat #2

1 ) 22 Nick Shenberger 2 ) 05 Rick Taylor 3 ) 34 Charlie DeLay 4 ) DNF 16A Jamie Akridge

Heat #3

1 ) 5j John Schwab 2 ) 3H Ryan Heger 3 ) 25H Ron Heger 4 ) 32 Jason Edwards

IMCA Mod A

1 ) G3 Brendon Gemmill 2 ) 1m Cody Gearhart 3 ) 3H Ryan Heger 4 ) 5j John Schwab 5 ) 34 Charlie Delay 6 ) 25H Ron Heger 7 ) 32 Jason Edwards 8 ) 22 Nick Shenberger 9 ) DNF 05 Rick Taylor 10 ) DNF 3c Casey Jo Wanger 11 ) 16A Jamie Akridge 12 ) DNF 186 Jeremy Gossett

BEAVER, Okla. - Luke Cranston remembers the first time he raced a 305 sprint car.

He'll especially remembers his last race as well.

The Plains driver won the 2011 season-opener of the United Rebel Sprint Series on Sunday night at Beaver County Raceway in Beaver, Okla.

In the early years of the URSS, Cranston pieced together a sprint car and had a motor put together by Craig Myers of Myers Engine Service.

"I was pretty sad the very first year of it," Cranston said. "Now it's grown to what it has."

The series, in its sixth season, debuted Sunday at Beaver's 3/8-mile dirt oval and put on a heck of a show for the fans in the stands.

It was capped by Cranston's first-ever URSS victory as seventeen cars started the A-main.

Cranston, who grew up in Ness City, started on the pole alongside Kaden Taylor. Cranston would bolt to the lead and eventually lead every lap of the 25-lap feature.

But it didn't come easy with a host of talented drivers nipping at his heels.

Taylor would hold down the second spot until lap eight. That's when Liberal's Jason Martin, who started outside the fourth row, had worked his way to pressure Cranston as Taylor settled into third and 2008 national champ Brian Herbert was fourth and Mike Woodruff was fifth.

Woodruff would move up to fourth on the next lap and into third on lap 11.

The lone caution came when 2010 national champ Ty Williams flew off the track in turn 1, relegating him to the back on lap 15. Woodruff ran into bad luck on the same lap, hitting an inside tire on the track and hurting his ride enough to end his night.

Cranston held down the lead, followed by Martin, Herbert, Taylor and Jetmore's Ray Seemann.

Seemann got by Taylor on lap 16 to move into fourth, and the top four would remain the same until the checkered flag waved on lap 25.

The only movement in the top five came in the form of Steve Milton, who passed Taylor on lap 18 to move into fifth - where he would finish.

URSS founder Rick Salem said the race was a good start to the 2010 season.

"It was a good race," Salem said. "Martin was coming. If there wouldn't have been a caution, he might have got him. That put him back on Cranston's bumper, and he made him stay there with him the rest of the way."

Martin picked up the Keizer Aluminum Racing Wheels Hard-Charger award, moving from eighth to second.

But the winner's check went to Cranston, who plans to compete in enough URSS events this season to make a run at a potential national championship if things pan out.

Hill City's Jeff Radcliffe, Martin and Williams each won a heat race.

The Rebels return to Beaver on May 8.

Nice job Glen!m Thanks for the results. Great to hear a good sprint car story.

"They're steering them sum bi***es with their right 
foot!"