April 22, 2025

Woken wins IMCA Stock Car feature at Lincoln County

SC-Casey-Woken-OT — Tenth starting Casey Woken was first to the checkers in Saturday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature at Lincoln County Raceway. (Photo by Steve Towery)

By Kelly Ninas

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 2) – Saying that the competition was fierce would be an understatement when watching action at Lincoln County Raceway Saturday night.

There were four lead changes in an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature that saw Casey Woken drive from 10^th starting to the top of the podium. Andrew Baumgardner also drove from the fifth row to score top Mach-1 Sport Compact honors.

Taking advantage of a tacky track, Colton Osborn was the victor in the IMCA Modified feature. Osborn started in the second row and took the lead on the seventh lap as he never looked back on his way to the checkers.

Jamey Kennicutt led every lap to earn the win in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main and a see-saw battle in the waning laps of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature went the way of Luke Wassom.

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