Smith flies fastest at Eagle

By Greg Soukup

EAGLE, Neb. (May 3) – After starting mi-dpack, Dylan Smith finished first in Saturday’s Kaplan University IMCA Modified feature at Eagle Raceway.

Smith passed Clint Homan for the lead with three laps to go and won pulling away.

“I started 12th and to be honest, the bottom line looked ominous in the beginning but I tried it. When I got up to seventh or eighth, everyone else was running the bottom so I moved up top,” Smith said. “Heck, my right rear was bouncing off the wall in turn two! Then toward the end we caught a lapped car and that’s what helped me pass for the win.”

Clint Benson worked his way to the front of the Mud in America IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car field, passing Shayle Bade on lap 14 and leading to the checkers.

“This was a different track tonight but I was confident. We’re really starting the year off good,” he said from victory lane. “I could run where I wanted, but I decided to run high in three and four because nobody else was going there.”

Benji Legg snared the lead with just two laps to go and won the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod main. Adam Armstrong topped the Valentino’s IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Winner of the Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compact feature was Matt Moyer.

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