Ice Breaker Challenge entries top 270

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EAGLE, Neb. – Entries for the weekend’s Ice Breaker Challenge presented by Auto Trans Matic at Eagle Raceway now number more than 270. 

IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win on Friday, April 19 and for $2,000 to win on Satur­day, April 20. Both events are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars vie for $1,000 to win, and a minimum of $250 to start, their night two Sprint Series of Nebraska headliner. 

Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods run for $500 to win both nights. The Modified or Northern SportMod driver winning main events each night goes home with a Twice As Nice $1,000 bonus. 

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win on Fri­day. Mach-1 Sport Compacts chase a $150 top check on Saturday.

Pre-entered drivers include: 

IMCA Modifieds

Chad Andersen, Fort Calhoun

Scott Bivens, Ceresco

Josh Blumer, Marysville, Kan.

Karl Brewer, Vermillion, S.D.

Jason Britton, Lincoln

John Burrow Jr., Denver, Colo.

Travis Denning, Sterling

Mike Densberger, Lincoln

Jared Deterding, Lincoln

Trey Duensing, Byron

Ken Eckhoff, Hooper

Randy Foote, Stanton, Iowa 

Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice

Rik Gropp, Lincoln

Chevy Hadan, Bennington

Travis Hatcher, Honey Creek, Iowa

Nick Hermsen, Omaha 

Shane Hiatt, Rising City

Clint Homan, Bellevue

Terry Hurt, Fort Calhoun

Ryan Jenkins, Omaha

Kevin Kloke, David City

Jan Korth, Lincoln

Nathan Landauer, Davey

Mike Lineberry, Omaha

Jim Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa

R.J. Merchant   Sioux City, Iowa

Dan Nelson, Holmesville

Jordy Nelson, Marysville, Kan.

Jay Noteboom, Hinton, Iowa

William Nusser, Larned, Kan.

Aaron Pella, Lincoln

Mike Petersilie, Hoisington, Kan.

Tim Pickens, Bellevue

Jesse Richter, Great Bend, Kan.

Anthony Roth, Columbus

Trent Roth, Columbus

Bob Ruisinger, Bennet

Jaxon Saathoff, Beatrice

Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice

Jeff Schroyer, Elkhorn

Pete Shoup, Lincoln

Jesse Skalicky, Fargo, N.D.

Brandon Spanjer, Crete

Larry Sutton, Beloit, Kan.

Tyler Sutton, Beloit, Kan.

Austin Svoboda, David City

Chad Ten Napel, Sioux City, Iowa

Nate Thompson, Fremont

Anthony Valim, Palmer Lake, Colo.

Brandon Verbeek, Hickman

Hunter Weber, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Justin Wulf, Arlington

Justin Zeitner, Malvern, Iowa

Norm Ziegenbein, Lincoln

Bob Zoubek, Dorchester

IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars

Aaron Allgood, Lincoln

Tom Belsky, North Platte

Mike Boston, Lincoln

Dwight Carter, Lincoln

Jason Danley, Lincoln

Joey Danley, Lincoln

Tyler Drueke, Eagle

Nick Fricke, Lincoln

Zach Glaser, Cleveland, Minn.

Jimmy Grasso, Omaha

Trey Gropp, Lincoln

Trevor Grossenbacher, Bennet

Adam Gullion, Lincoln

Paul Hendrickson, Lincoln

Tim Hilfiker, Greenwood

Brandon Horton, Waterloo

Mike Houseman, Des Moines, Iowa

Steve Hurst, Fremont

Andrew Jackson, Fremont

Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.D​.

Ryan King, Bennet

Ryan Kitchen, Seward

Chad Koch, Lincoln

Cody Ledger, Omaha

Doug Lovegrove, Waverly

Austin McLean, Loveland, Colo.

Jason Martin, Lincoln

Jason Miller, Omaha

Danny Nekolite, O’Neill

Rick Pendergast, Norfolk

Boyd Peterson, Ithaca

Shon Pointer, Grand Island

Dustin Reeh, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Matt Richards, Lincoln

Terry Richards, Denton

Josh Riggins, Lincoln

Stuart Snyder, Lincoln

Kayla Stoops, Kennard

Mark Vanderheiden, Papillion

Richard Weers, Lincoln

Chase Weiler, Lincoln

Nathan Weiler, Omaha

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars

Darrin Adamy, David City

Doug Adamy, Columbus

Justin Addison, Norfolk

Jeff Atkins, Hubbard

Eric Bartels, Plymouth

Matt Boucher, Murdock

John Bruegman, Elkhorn

Chad Bruns, Wayne

Neil Bruns, Norfolk

Paul Burck, Beatrice

Aaron Cain, Sioux City, Iowa

Scott Carlson, Plattsmouth

David Easterday, Riverdale

Tyler Easterday, Lexington

Garrett Freese, Plymouth

Todd Gereau, Sioux City, Iowa

Jeremie Gibbs, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice

Kurt Hansen, Elk Horn, Iowa

Ryan Harris, Hubbard

Gary Laflin, Beatrice

Les Lundquist, Sioux City, Iowa

Jake McCloud, Carter Lake, Iowa

John Meyer, Odell

Tejay Mielke, Norfolk 

Tyler Phelps, Beatrice

Dave Plowman, Omaha

Eric Rempel, Palmyra

Damon Richards, David City

David Sherwood, Beatrice

Marty Steinbach, Fremont

Shane Stutzman, Milford

Greg Taylor, Sioux City, Iowa

Kyle Vanover, Beatrice

Barrett Wagoner, Colby, Kan.

Jeff Whiting, Gothenburg

IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks

Roy Armstrong, Beatrice

Chantel Bade, Lincoln

Ben Becher, Lincoln

Nick Beckman, Lincoln

Matt Beckner, Lincoln

Ben Belcher, Lincoln

Travis Blythe, Beatrice

Jamie Bruce, Lincoln 

Nick Bruegman, Elkhorn

Justin Busboom, Lincoln 

Dave Carter, Inglewood

Joe Copeland, La Vista

Kyle Davis, Hinton, Iowa

Tanner Dowty, Fremont

Troy Dowty, Fremont

Brooke Fluckiger, Columbus

Ryan Gilland, Sterling

Robert Gould, Eagle

Blake Haas, Malcolm

Anna Hadan, Omaha

Don Hall Jr., Lincoln

Mike Hansen, Weeping Water

Jacob Harms, Beatrice

Daniel Jackson, Lincoln

Jared Jackson, Lincoln

Tyler Jackson, Lincoln

Aaron Johnston, Lincoln

Colby Kaspar, Columbus 

Albert Kiihne, Lincoln

Cole Krichau, Lincoln

Tim LaPointe, Lincoln

Brian Lemke, Lincoln

Brint Lemke, Lincoln

Andrew Lewis, Roca

Nathan Refior, Sutton

Dillon Richards, Beatrice

Brett Saathoff, Lincoln

Tyler Saathoff, Holland

Scott Santee, Omaha

Khrysta Stransky, Lincoln​

Jeff Ware, Columbus

Jeff Watts, Beatrice

Brandon Wergin, Milford

Hunter Wergin, Milford

Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods

Matt Andrews, Malcolm

Jeremy Baker, Nebraska City

Brian Barber, Platte Center

Lance Borgman, Beatrice

Jeff Brunssen, LeMars, Iowa

Amber Cook, Lincoln

Chris DeMara, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

Patrick Donovan, Sterling

Jeremy Down, Nebraska City

Robert Draper, Valparaiso

Thomas Etherton, Denton

Joe Feyen, Plattsmouth

Richard Flock, Malcolm

Randy Fox, Lincoln

Blake Haas, Malcolm

Jarred Hackler, Juniata

Derek Hall, Lincoln

Jason Harms, David City

Jason Heaps, Lincoln

James Hines, Bellevue

James Hopkins, Waterloo

Tyler Hopkins, Lincoln

Lee Horky, Fairbury

David Johnson, Columbus​

Melissa Knecht, Omaha

Anthony Kobus, David City

Dion Kovar, Rising City

Jake Kubik, Stuart

Colby Langenberg, Norfolk

Braydon Latture, Omaha

Mary Lenz, Elmwood

Sean Manning, Bennington

Rusty Montagne, North Sioux City, S.D​.

Danny Morris, Bellevue​

Nicholas Morris, Bellevue

Steven Muhlecke, Omaha

Derick Noonan, Lincoln

Trevor Noonan, Dorchester

Devyn Peterson, Milford

Josh Pfeifer, St. Paul

Tyler Phelps, Beatrice

Seth Pinney, Homer

Clifford Poessnecker, Lincoln

Thomas Powell, Hickman

Amanda Rhiley, Bennington

Cade Richards, Lincoln

Beau Riffel, Fremont

Gary Saathoff, Beatrice

Mark Saathoff, Beatrice

Deven Schelm, Omaha

Mike Scheinost, Ceresco

Joe Schidler, Omaha

Ahnna Schouten, Omaha

Arie Schouten, Omaha

Brad Schreiner, Weeping Water

Eric Sloan, Norfolk

Roger Sluka, Lincoln

Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa

Logan Thomsen, Lincoln

Kyle Trout, Bellevue

Brett Vonderheiden, Stuart, Iowa

Adam Vrbka, Eagle

Cole Wayman, Lincoln

Mach-1 Sport Compacts

Jeremy Bohlen, Percival, Iowa

Devin Bruce, Bennet

Justin Callender, Lincoln

Brian Cronin, Lincoln

Sarah Cronin, Lincoln

Bradley Gallagher, Louisville

John Glasscock, Lincoln

Kasha Hall, Lincoln

Shawn Hein, Beatrice

Aaron Hickley, Sterling

Brian Haller, Hastings

Ray Harrington, Lincoln

Aaron Hickley, Sterling

Tim Horsham, Raymond

Fred Johnson, Hallam

Josh Johnson, Lincoln

Kyle Kimball, Nemaha

Cole Krichau, Lincoln

R.J. Maas, Wilber

Tyler Masek, Raymond

Luke Nicholson, Ashland

Michelle Nicholson, Ashland

Steffen Oaks, Lincoln

Kyle Owen, Nebraska City

Louis Pavey, Douglas

Spencer Pavey III, Sterling

Kelly Petersen, Lincoln

Adam Reifler, Lincoln

Steven Rol, Hastings

Braydon Thornton, Nebraska City

Amanda Triplette, Washington

Terry Tritt, York

Bryan Vannausdle, Nebraska City

Nathan Wahlstrom, Beatrice

Bryce Walker, Omaha

Makayla Winningham, Lincoln

Joshua Young, Beatrice

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