By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

All night Saturday, drivers struggled to stay on the track at Rolling Plains Motorspeedway as recent rains created a slick track and exciting racing.

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CRAZY CRUISERS

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On the first lap of the feature the 14, driven by Nathan Baumann, Russell, spun causing a caution that would start an exciting night of racing. Only two laps later, the 10-4, driven by Brennen Nech, Kensington spun bringing out another caution followed by a spin a few laps later by the 89 driven by Justin Yarmer, Russell, just before the halfway point.

After the restart, the 14 started putting pressure on the 89 taking the high side, while the 89 stayed low. The two cars battled for first until with a few laps to go the 14 went over the edge of the backstretch bringing out the caution.

After getting back on the track with one to go, the 14 went high, but could not catch the 89, who would win the race for the second time in a row at RPM.

“They (the 14) were making us work for it,” Yarmer said after the race.

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IMCA SPORT COMPACTS

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SIMPSON FARMS

In the Sport Compacts feature event, the 18h, driven by Weston Groth, Hays, took the lead on lap one. On lap two the T21, driven by Ted Trumbo, St. Francis, would almost go over the backstretch, but recovered.

The 26, driven by Jesse McClurg, Logan, would not be able to keep the car on the track and goes over the edge of the backstretch a lap later as the 18H held the lead.

Around the halfway point, the 16, driven by Jakob Schwien, Russell started putting some pressure on the 18H going neck and neck until pushing into the lead while the 76 slid into second.

The 76 would stay right on the 16 until the last lap when the 16 pulled away for the win by a car length.

“Man that was fun,” Schwien said. “You could race anywhere on the track.”

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IMCA SPORTMOD

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In the Sport Modified feature, the 11C quickly pulled several car lengths ahead of the pack quickly the rest of the group fought for position until lap three when the 2BA, driven by Jacey Archer, Quinter, spun after contact.

After the restart, the 3, driven by Adam Weber, WaKeeney, would go over the edge of the backstretch bringing out another caution.

On the next restart, with 17 to go the 1S, driven by Cody Stefanski, Great Bend, would slip into the infield while the 83, driven by Tracy Holloway, Osborne, would go low to take the lead.

But it would not hold with the 08, driven by Dakota Sproul, Hays, pulling the same move to take the lead only a lap later.

After race-ending trouble with the 77W, driven by Tyler Watts, Beloit, bringing out the caution, the 19, driven by Terry Collins, Ellinwood, would fail to start on the restart bringing on a caution.

During the next restart the 2BA, would spin, once again bringing out the yellow.

With 15 to go, the restarts went to single file after five cautions in only the first five laps of the race.

After the restart, the 08 would get low of the 11C for second and would later get high of the 83 taking the lead.

Following the halfway mark, the 08 would take a commanding lead finishing the almost a quarter of the track ahead of the 83.

For the second event in a row at RPM, the 08 would take the checkered flag.

Sproul would say after the event that after two years of driving the car he is very comfortable with it.

“We got this thing really tuned.”

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IMCA STOCK CAR

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Right out of the gate, the stocks went three wide, as the 57, driven by Dalton Bauer, Ness City, would push through for the lead as the battle for second would heat up going three wide on lap 4.

Following a caution caused by contact between the 38, driven by Shaylon Holloway, Osborne, and the 16, driven by William Bauer, Ness City, the 37, driven by Jason Rogers, Selden, would challenge the 57 for the lead.

The two would go back and forth until a caution was brought out after the 54P driven by Kyle Pfeifer, Hill City, made contact with the 57.

With five to go, the 37 would take the lead on the restart and would pull away from the rest of the pack while the 54P and 57 would fight for second.

The 37, who finished third during the last RPM event, would win the race.

“I didn’t know if I was going to get it done or not,” Rogers said following the race and said the track was typically Hays with “a lot of character.”

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IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

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After the green flag drop the 29, driven by Skyler Wissman, Hays, would pull into the lead as the 77, driven by Cody Williams, Minneapolis, and the 22R, driven by Lyle Russell, Hays would battle hard for second, but by the next lap the 77 would pull ahead until the 54B, driven by Brennen Nech, Kensington would spin in turn four bringing out the caution.

On the restart, the 77 would take the lead staying high while the 711, driven by Brady Bencken, Oakley, would go low.

Within a lap, the two were side-by-side with the 711 slowly pulling ahead for the lead.

The 711 would hold the lead after a caution caused by the B20, driven by Brock Lehman, Abilene, getting turned around.

The B20 would spin again on the restart but did not bring out a caution.

The 711 would continue to hold the lead until another caution flag after the 37, driven by Bingston Rodger, Selden, would spin on the track.

Following the restart, the 711 would begin dominating the field pulling 3 car lengths ahead of the 77 by the halfway mark.

Just after halfway through the feature, the 18M, driven by Austin Meis, Hays, would spin into the infield bringing out another caution.

On the restart with six to go, to the 711 would slide back into the lead and stay in front to win.

“Starting that far back, I didn’t know what would happen,” Bencken said.

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