September 8
Eagle Raceway,
Eagle, NE
Sanction: Malvern Bank West Series (Nebraska Cup) - $2,000
Information provided by: Todd Boyd, series and track reports (last updated September 9, 7:21 am)
Berck flies like an Eagle to $2,000 victory
Nebraska Cup
- Kyle Berck
- Jason O'Brien
- Brian Kosiski
- Corey Zeitner
- Jake Neal
- Tad Pospisil
- Josh Leonard
- Andrew Kosiski
- Ben Schaller
- Bill Leighton Jr.
- Rob Mayea
- Chris Spieker
- Jason Hobscheidt
- Zach Zeitner
- Kale Kosiski
- Mike Morton Jr.
- Curt Schroeder
- Jim Johnson
- Paul Conrad
- Troy Daly
- Jason Wallace
- Tracy Harr
Kyle Berck heads for his fifth Malvern Bank tour victory of 2019.
What won the race: Extending his series points lead, polesitter Kyle Berck of Marquette, Neb., led all 25 laps of Sunday's Nebraska Cup at Eagle Raceway for his fifth Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series victory of the season. Running unchallenged, Berck earned $2,000 in the caution-free feature as he took the checkers 2.676 seconds ahead of Jason O'Brien.
Key notes: Berck has won four of the tour's five visits to Eagle (Jesse Sobbing won 2018's Eagle stop). ... Fourteen drivers finished on the lead lap and 20 of 22 starters were running at the finish. ... Along with Late Models, the Nebraska Cup included the Precise Racing Products Sprint Series, Nebraska 360 Sprints and two other divisions. ... The event wraps up Eagle’s season. … Hoosier Tire and Duros Dent Works were event sponsors.
On the move: Corey Zeitner of Omaha, Neb., started ninth and finished fourth.
Winner's sponsors: Berck’s Missile Chassis has a Scott Bailey Racing Engine with sonsorship from Aurora Cooperative, Strobel Manufacturing, Herk’s Welding and Irrigation, Preferred Popcorn, Campbell Family Farm, Mike Larson Excavation, Five Star Truck Center and Steven Buffalo Meats & Hunts.
Points chase: Heading into the event, Kyle Berck (1,504 points) led Ben Schaller (1,502) and Bill Leighton Jr. (1,484).
Current weather: Cloudy, 70°F
Car count: 29
Fast qualifier: Ben Schaller
Time: 14.122 seconds
Polesitter: Kyle Berck
Heat race winners: Andrew Kosiski, Corey Zeitner, Josh Leonard, Jake Neal
Consolation race winners: Kale Kosiski, Zach Zeitner
Provisional starters: Curt Schroeder, Jason Wallace
Next series race: September 14, Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA) $4,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.