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Record 347 cars for Spring Nationals, Noteboom wins Saturday IMCA Modified feature at Beatrice
BEATRICE, Neb. (March 12) – The guy who had the best seat in the house pointed out that the Saturday night Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event at Beatrice Speedway’s record-setting Spring Nationals had to be fun for the fans, too. A record 347 cars, from 16 states and Canada, competed at the 23rd annual special and Jay Noteboom got the best of fellow hard chargers Dylan Smith and Terry Phillips in a three-wide Modified battle on Saturday that went to the wire following a late caution. Noteboom, who’d started 15th, was less than a car length ahead of the 13th starting Smith at the finish. Friday winner Phillips started 23rd and ended in third. Jacob Murray found the fastest lines as well, advancing 16 spots to end in fourth. “The track was pretty racy everywhere. I went high on turn one and was able to get a pretty good run up there,” Noteboom said following his first IMCA win of the season, and career 154th victory in the sanctioned division. “On the last lap I went to [Read More]