By Clint Brown July 23, 2005
Brian Birkhofer grabbed the top spot on the second lap and held on to take the opening night win at the Pump and Pantry Late Model Nationals at Mid-Nebraska Raceway in Doniphan, NE. The O'Reilly MLRA, WDRL, NCRA, and WDRA co-sanctioned the event.
Birkhofer started outside of row one and battled with polesitter Denny Eckrich throughout the first lap and was finally able to power to the front going down the backstretch on lap two. Eckrich wasn't about to let Birkhofer break free and continued to apply pressure on the leader until a lap nine caution flag flew to bunch the field back up. On the restart Birkhofer continued to hold the top spot while Eckrich shadowed his every move. Over the final dozen laps Birkhofer continued to hold the lead with Eckrich in tow while Darren Miller and Kyle Berck moved into position to make it a four way battle for the top position. In the end Birkhofer had just enough to hold off Eckrich at the line and take the win with Miller, Berck and Steve Kosiski completing the top five.
Heat race action saw Brian Birkhofer, Al Humphrey, Steve Kosiski, Denny Eckrich, and Darren Miller come out on top while Alan Vaughn and John Anderson won the two consolation races. Birkhofer also came out on top of the dash to set the first four rows of the feature event.
Creighton, MO's David Turner came out on top of the Challenge of Champions with Justin Fegers, CJ Lyle, Jason Bodenhamer, and Johnny Bone, Jr. rounding out the top five spots. The Challenge of Champions was reserved to the top three passing points earners for each series competing on the night.
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Full Results
Mid-Nebraska Speedway
July 22, 2005
Heat 1
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Kyle Berck, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean Moore, 6) Eric Pember, 7) John Anderson, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett LaFollette, 10) Rusty Miller
Heat 2
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Mike Conkwright, 3) Ken Braack, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5) Bryant Goldsmith, 6) Bill Koons, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Junior Coover, 9) Greg Larson
Heat 3
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) Mark Wyman, 3) Joe Kosiski, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5) Gary Dechant, 6) Al Zeitner, 7) Chris Mayes, 8) Darrick Klima, 9) Delbert Smith
Heat 4
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) David Turner, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5) Gary Gorby, 6) Dave Garman, 7) Mike Wiarda, 8) Corey Zeitner
Heat 5
1) Darren Miller, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Keith Foss, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5) Craig Muirhead, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Gary Billings, DNS - Kelly Boen
Challenge of Champions
1) David Turner, 2) Justin Fegers, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5) Johnny Bone Jr., 6) Darren Miller, 7) Scott Daly, 8) Gary Dechant, 9) Steve Kosiski, 10) Ken Braack, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Mike Conkwright
B Feature #1
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Johnny Bone Jr., 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean Moore, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Gary Dechant, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett LaFollette, 10) Darrick Klima, 11) Chris Mayes, 12) Rusty Miller, 13) Al Zeitner, 14) Mike Wiarda, DNS, Delbert Smith, Billy Murphy
B Feature #2
1) John Anderson, 2) Kelly Boen, 3) Bryant Goldsmith, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5) Eric Pember, 6) Ken Braack, 7) Corey Zeitner, 8) Scott Daly, 9) Mike Danburg, 10) Bill Koons, 11) Terry Melton, 12) Gary Gorby, 13) Junior Coover, 14) Dave Garman, 15) Gary Billings, 16) Greg Larson
Dash
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Brian Birkhofer, 3) David Turner, 4) Darren Miller, 5) Justin Fegers, 6) Steve Kosiski, 7) Al Humphrey, 8) Mike Conkwright
A Feature
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Darren Miller, 4) Kyle Berck, 5) Steve Kosiski, 6) Justin Fegers, 7) John Anderson, 8) Kelly Boen, 9) Delbert Smtih, 10) Mark Wyman, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Johnny Bone Jr., 13) Alan Vaughn, 14) Dave Eckrich, 15) Joe Kosiski, 16) Dean Moore, 17) Keith Foss,
18) Erick Pember, 19) Mike Conkwright, 20) David Turner, 21) CJ Lyle, 22) Brett LaFollette, 23) Al Purkey, 24) Terry Melton, 25) Gary Dechant, 26) Jason Bodenhamer
Brian Birkhofer grabbed the top spot on the second lap and held on to take the opening night win at the Pump and Pantry Late Model Nationals at Mid-Nebraska Raceway in Doniphan, NE. The O'Reilly MLRA, WDRL, NCRA, and WDRA co-sanctioned the event.
Birkhofer started outside of row one and battled with polesitter Denny Eckrich throughout the first lap and was finally able to power to the front going down the backstretch on lap two. Eckrich wasn't about to let Birkhofer break free and continued to apply pressure on the leader until a lap nine caution flag flew to bunch the field back up. On the restart Birkhofer continued to hold the top spot while Eckrich shadowed his every move. Over the final dozen laps Birkhofer continued to hold the lead with Eckrich in tow while Darren Miller and Kyle Berck moved into position to make it a four way battle for the top position. In the end Birkhofer had just enough to hold off Eckrich at the line and take the win with Miller, Berck and Steve Kosiski completing the top five.
Heat race action saw Brian Birkhofer, Al Humphrey, Steve Kosiski, Denny Eckrich, and Darren Miller come out on top while Alan Vaughn and John Anderson won the two consolation races. Birkhofer also came out on top of the dash to set the first four rows of the feature event.
Creighton, MO's David Turner came out on top of the Challenge of Champions with Justin Fegers, CJ Lyle, Jason Bodenhamer, and Johnny Bone, Jr. rounding out the top five spots. The Challenge of Champions was reserved to the top three passing points earners for each series competing on the night.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
Please support these sponsors who support O'Reilly MLRA Racing O'Reilly Auto Parts/Hoosier Race Tires/Hatfield Racing Engines/Larry Shaw Race Cars/GRT Race Cars/AFCO/Driveline Shop/ATL Fuel Cells/Intensitee/Leaf Racewear/Sunoco/Simons Petroleum/Weld Wheels/Chase Race Decals/Gameday Trophy/Bodee's Race Bodies/Smitty's Racing Engines/Duralite Wheels/Holley/Lunati/Rod End Supply/Schoenfeld Headers/Kluhsman Racing Components/Performance Bodies/SportsNutz
Full Results
Mid-Nebraska Speedway
July 22, 2005
Heat 1
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Kyle Berck, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean Moore, 6) Eric Pember, 7) John Anderson, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett LaFollette, 10) Rusty Miller
Heat 2
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Mike Conkwright, 3) Ken Braack, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5) Bryant Goldsmith, 6) Bill Koons, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Junior Coover, 9) Greg Larson
Heat 3
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) Mark Wyman, 3) Joe Kosiski, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5) Gary Dechant, 6) Al Zeitner, 7) Chris Mayes, 8) Darrick Klima, 9) Delbert Smith
Heat 4
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) David Turner, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5) Gary Gorby, 6) Dave Garman, 7) Mike Wiarda, 8) Corey Zeitner
Heat 5
1) Darren Miller, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Keith Foss, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5) Craig Muirhead, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Gary Billings, DNS - Kelly Boen
Challenge of Champions
1) David Turner, 2) Justin Fegers, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5) Johnny Bone Jr., 6) Darren Miller, 7) Scott Daly, 8) Gary Dechant, 9) Steve Kosiski, 10) Ken Braack, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Mike Conkwright
B Feature #1
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Johnny Bone Jr., 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean Moore, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Gary Dechant, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett LaFollette, 10) Darrick Klima, 11) Chris Mayes, 12) Rusty Miller, 13) Al Zeitner, 14) Mike Wiarda, DNS, Delbert Smith, Billy Murphy
B Feature #2
1) John Anderson, 2) Kelly Boen, 3) Bryant Goldsmith, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5) Eric Pember, 6) Ken Braack, 7) Corey Zeitner, 8) Scott Daly, 9) Mike Danburg, 10) Bill Koons, 11) Terry Melton, 12) Gary Gorby, 13) Junior Coover, 14) Dave Garman, 15) Gary Billings, 16) Greg Larson
Dash
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Brian Birkhofer, 3) David Turner, 4) Darren Miller, 5) Justin Fegers, 6) Steve Kosiski, 7) Al Humphrey, 8) Mike Conkwright
A Feature
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Darren Miller, 4) Kyle Berck, 5) Steve Kosiski, 6) Justin Fegers, 7) John Anderson, 8) Kelly Boen, 9) Delbert Smtih, 10) Mark Wyman, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Johnny Bone Jr., 13) Alan Vaughn, 14) Dave Eckrich, 15) Joe Kosiski, 16) Dean Moore, 17) Keith Foss,
18) Erick Pember, 19) Mike Conkwright, 20) David Turner, 21) CJ Lyle, 22) Brett LaFollette, 23) Al Purkey, 24) Terry Melton, 25) Gary Dechant, 26) Jason Bodenhamer
