COLUMBUS -- Columbus’ Troy Bergman took the Open Street Stock points lead in impressive fashion at U.S. 30 Speedway Thursday night.
Bergman led the final seven laps of the 15-lap feature and cruised to his third victory of the season. He came into the race tied with North Bend’s Dusty Poessnecker for the points lead, but he left with a three-point lead with Poessnecker finishing fourth.
The race went caution-free and only took six minutes to complete.
“It was a nice, fast track tonight,” Bergman said. “There were a lot of good cars here, and things just went our way.”
Dwight’s Mike Goldfuss took second, while Doniphan’s Herb Slough finished a distant third. Duncan’s Joe Runquist took sixth, and Columbus’ Rudy Brunkhorst and Terry Wallingford, Jr. finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Bergman said the key to the race was moving to the lead as soon as possible.
“I was able to get out front right away and didn’t get caught up in traffic,” Bergman said.
Rogers’ Eric Cerny was awarded the win in the Hobby Stock feature, even though he didn’t cross the finish line first.
Cerny was leading going into the final turn when Rising City’s Shane Hiatt got into the side of his car and knocked him out of the way and seemingly took the win.
But U.S. 30 track officials ruled that Hiatt wouldn’t have made the pass without making contact and dropped the points leader to a second-place finish.
“It was a good race,” Cerny said. “It was a fast track tonight, and I had a lot of fun. (Hiatt) made good contact with me. It would have been an interesting finish without the contact, and we probably would have finished nose-to-nose. I’m sorry we couldn’t have a better ending, but I’ll take the win.”
Rising City’s Nick Topil took third in the race, and David City’s Brandon Kresha finished fourth.
Columbus’ Zach Reicks and Allen Houdesheldt took fifth and sixth, respectively. Duncan’s Derek Spragg came in ninth.
Nick Wehrle cruised to the win in the Limited Late Models feature. He took the lead on the third lap and led the rest of the way.
The 20-lap race included no cautions and only took eight minutes to complete.
York’s Les Siebert finished second, and Norfolk’s Robert Osborne took third. Albion’s Mike Kelley and Tyler Iverson took fourth and 10th, respectively.
Norfolk’s Jeremy Barg led all 10 laps and took the checkered flag in the Hornets feature.
Norfolk’s Shannon Pospisil finished second, while Cerny took third. Shelby’s Beth Wombacher finished fifth, and Osceola’s Austin Brauner took sixth. Columbus’ Jeremy Shanahan and Dylan Ganskow took ninth and 10th, respectively.
Momentum will be key in the points races with just two weeks of action remaining.
“I want to thank my guys for the good tune up on the car,” Bergman said. “Thanks to all my sponsors for their support and to the Lord for watching over us and keeping us safe. Hopefully, we can carry this momentum through the end of the season.”
U.S. 30 SPEEDWAY
Thursday’s Results
Open Street Stock
FEATURE -- 1. Troy Bergman, 31B, Columbus; 2. Mike Goldfuss, 07, Dwight; 3. Herb Slough, 15S, Doniphan; 4. Dusty Poessnecker, 22P, North Bend; 5. Dave Freudenburg, 24, Norfolk; 6. Joe Runquist, 60, Duncan; 7. Rudy Brunkhorst, 57J, Columbus; 8. Terry Wallingford, Jr., 25T, Columbus; 9. Roger Eaton, 25X, Bruno.
HEAT WINNERS -- Freudenburg; Goldfuss.
Hobby Stock
FEATURE -- 1. Eric Cerny, 15, Rogers; 2. Shane Hiatt, 21H, Rising City; 3. Nick Topil, 7T, Rising City; 4. Brandon Kresha, 21, David City; 5. Zach Reicks, 7R, Columbus; 6. Nelson Vollbrecht, 11X, Stanton; 7. Allen Houdesheldt, 11N, Columbus; 8. Tiffany Bittner, 95B, Norfolk; 9. Derek Spragg, 79S, Duncan; 10. Matt Haase, 94, Norfolk.
HEAT WINNERS -- Hiatt; Cerny; Houdesheldt.
Limited Late Models
FEATURE -- 1. Nick Wehrle, 12W, Madison; 2. Les Siebert, 51, York; 3. Robert Osborne, 35, Norfolk; 4. Mike Kelley, 17, Albion; 5. Jim Johnson, 36, Plainview; 6. Tad Pospisil, 04, Norfolk; 7. Cory Haase, 02, Norfolk; 8. Jeff Haase, 94, Norfolk; 9. Ben Sukup, 07, Norfolk; 10. Tyler Iverson, 1T, Albion.
HEAT WINNERS -- Johnson; Wehrle.
Hornets
FEATURE -- 1. Jeremy Barg, 72, Norfolk; 2. Shannon Pospisil, 00X, Norfolk; 3. Cerny, 00. 4. Tony Rost, 99T, Utica; 5. Beth Wombacher, 09, Shelby; 6. Austin Brauner, 10A, Osceola; 7. Chuck Wergin, 61, Milford; 8. David Dembowski, 52, Grand Island; 9. Jeremy Shanahan, 10, Columbus; 10. Dylan Ganskow, 3D, Columbus.
HEAT WINNERS -- Cerny; Brauner.
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