By Greg Soukup
EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 10, 2024) – For those of you who aren’t familiar with Billy Alley, he was a fixture at Eagle Raceway and other tracks until his father passed away in 2020.
Alley decided to step away from the sport he loved and just came back to Eagle last week, finishing 11th in the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car ‘B’ feature.
Saturday night proved to be his triumphant return as Alley led every lap in winning the Work Hard, Play Hard Night main event, beating Stu Snyder, Gene Ackland and Jason Danley to the stripe in a green, white, checkered finish.
“It’s a tough deal out here, racing against the cars at Eagle Raceway. When I stepped away I never thought I would be back,” said Alley. “I tried to figure out how many years I’ve been away from Eagle but I never thought I was going to win a Sprint Car race again in my life, let alone here at Eagle Raceway.
“It’s a pretty proud moment for me. I’m happy and grateful that Toby Chapman drug me out and said, ‘Let’s go do it.’ I think I fed the itch and we’ll get after it a little more next year.’
He’ll finish the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season at Eagle and likely compete at the IMCA RaceSaver Nationals as well.
“I’m taking it one race at a time. There’s no plans, but Toby’s having fun I think and we haven’t torn much up yet so we’ll just keep going as it comes,” he said.
Dan Jackson and Adam Wasserman were back-to-back winners in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock divisions, respectively.
Bob Zoubek got the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified win when Chad Andersen was docked a spot for rough driving.
And Cole Wayman’s fourth Friesen Performance INCA Northern SportMod win of the season at Eagle came from the 12th starting spot.
There are just two regular season race nights left this year. Next week is Buckets of Fun Night, presented by Mom’s Popcorn and Great Clips. It’s also Junior Fan Club Night and those fans 12 and under receive free admission. There also will be free race car rides for the kids at intermission.
Front gates open at 5:15 p.m. with hot laps starting at 5:30 p.m. and racing to follow. All five weekly divisions will be in action.
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