By Randy Pospishil
NORFOLK, Neb. (July 12, 2024) – Racing fans were treated to a slate of double features in four of five divisions in a rare Friday night offering at Off Road Speedway.
Likewise, with the season winding down, drivers were offered double the chances to make a move on the various points lists and none did more to improve their situation than Nate Buck, who won both features in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks.
The evening began with feature races postponed from last week’s weather-shortened special Ray Haase Tribute event including the sanctioned Hobby Stocks, Stock Cars and Northern SportMods before moving to the regular program of racing.
Buck finished ahead of Mark Arduser and Parker Vollbrecht in the make-up feature then, in Friday’s scheduled event, moved quickly from the fifth row, keyed by momentum gained while exiting turn two on the outside during the fourth lap, that propelled his car down the backstretch and continued for two more laps before he finally wrestled the lead away from race leader Landyn Roebuck.
The pair of victories double his win total at the track to four. Roebuck finished second while Shannon Pospisil took third.
Cameron Wilkinson added to his points lead in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division with a second place finish in the make-up feature behind Ron Pettitt before winning the regular program’s feature.
The Neligh racer charged forward from a starting position in the fifth row, catching race leader Austin Brauner just three laps into the 15-lap race and, just four laps later, passed Brauner on the inside to secure his fourth Off Road Speedway win of the season.
Brauner held on for second, with Eric Haase in third.
Colby Langenberg also added some points to his third-place total in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods point standings, ending the early feature in third before winning the main event in the regular program.
Similarly, Langenberg moved forward from the inside of the fifth row, then broke away from a three-wide battle with Kyle Wilkinson and Willy Kirk during the restart following a caution with seven laps remaining to ease into second place behind Jonathan Jensen.
Three laps later, Langenberg pulled even with Jensen down the backstretch, completing the pass as the duo exited turn four.
Langenberg secured the lead during the final four laps for the win, his first at Off Road Speedway this year, while Kirk was second with Wilkinson finishing third.
Alex Banks and Cory Dumpert finished in first and second place, respectively, in the IMCA Sunoco Late Model feature. Anthony Roth took third.
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