Grabouski is 3-for-4 at Mid-America Clash

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Jordan Grabouski won three of the four Mid-America Clash features he started, sweeping IMCA Modified features and topping the opening night IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. (Photo by Mike Pfeifer, Flat Out Photography)

SALINA, Kan. (Sept. 25-26) – A driver who had a lot of good nights in 2019 had two more of them to end 2020.

Jordan Grabouski swept Friday and Saturday IMCA Modified features at Salina Speedway’s Mid-America Clash, won the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature on Friday and then ran second to Elijah Zevenbergen in the Saturday show.

The defending national champion in both divisions, Grabouski has followed a more limited sched­ule this year. Some tinkering before hitting the track helped bring back some of that last season’s magic.

“We had a couple pretty good nights there with the Modified. I’ll take them,” Grabouski said follow­ing the $1,550 and $1,500 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. “We have struggled a little bit so we tried some different things setup wise. We were good when we un­loaded and better on the track.”

Clay Money and Shane Hiatt chased Grabouski across the stripe on Friday. Jordy Nelson was second and Josh Vogt third on Saturday.

Grabouski also earned $1,550 for his opening night Stock Car win. Zevenbergen caught him for the lead just past midway in the Saturday Stock feature to land a $1,500 prize.

“Elijah had the faster car both nights,” Grabouski stated. “Friday we snookered him. Saturday he snookered us.”

Zevenbergen had the lead but lost the handle late on opening night. He outran Grabouski and Jason Rogers following a restart with three laps left on Saturday.

“It was awesome racing both nights. It didn’t end up the way we wanted on Friday but we were able to get the job done on Saturday,” said Zevenbergen, also pleased to win the drawing for a dozen custom embroidered hats. “This was just the second time there. It’s a really good track and we had a lot of fun.”

Zach Olmstead and Tathan Burkhart were IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock winners and Jacob Olmstead and Joe Feyen topped Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod features.

Drake Bohlmeyer swept the weekend’s Mach-1 Sport Compact events.

Sept. 25 Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski; 2. Clay Money; 3. Shane Hiatt; 4. Darron Fuqua; 5. Mike Peter­silie; 6. Tyler Sutton; 7. Danny Morrison; 8. Jared Hoefelman; 9. Danny Holt; 10. Brian Knoell; 11. Robert Shepard; 12. Don Geist; 13. Brad Morris; 14. Jimmy Reeves; 15. Curtis Barnes; 16. Josh Vogt; 17. Jordy Nelson; 18. Corey Lagroon; 19. Tim Watts; 20. Kurtis Pihl.

Stock Cars – 1. Jordan Grabouski; 2. Jason Rogers; 3. Jed Williams; 4. Dusty Blake; 5. Shawn Harker; 6. Troy Burkhart; 7. Jeremy Zorn; 8. Joey Richmond; 9. Kenny Ziegler; 10. Greg Schell; 11. Scott Miller; 12. Travis Baird; 13. Larry Sutton; 14. Tracy Schaefer; 15. Patrick Doherty; 16. Colton Miller; 17. Elijah Zevenbergen; 18. Mike Petersilie; 19. Eddie Ingram; 20. Chris Holle.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Zach Olmstead; 2. Duane Wahrman; 3. Pete Beaumont; 4. Michael Wade; 5. Nate Desive; 6. Tathan Burkhart; 7. Dennis Berry; 8. Cody Green; 9. Chris Lierz; 10. Pat Oes­treich; 11. Dion Priddy; 12. Caleb Davis; 13. Tony Slothower; 14. Billy McBride; 15. Shaughn Hen­drix; 16. Cody Williams; 17. Bingston Rogers; 18. Dillon Richards; 19. Lyle Russell; 20. Aaron McBride.

Northern SportMods – 1. Jacob Olmstead; 2. Adam Armstrong; 3. Jesse Levin; 4. Shawn Harker; 5. Lee Horky; 6. Tyler Watts; 7. Rodger Peck; 8. K.C. Mullin; 9. Tyler Wolf; 10. Austin Rog­ers; 11. Eric Spreer; 12. Gary Bradford; 13. Tim Echevarria; 14. Trevor Noonan; 15. Joe Feyen; 16. Warrren Huffman; 17. Jacey Archer; 18. Hunter Vogan; 19. Jeremie Myers; 20. Jeff Davis.

Sport Compacts – 1. Drake Bohlmeyer; 2. Austin Bird; 3. Garrit Caswell; 4. David Kappel; 5. Ashlyn Bird; 6. Alison Bird; 7. Blake Holmes; 8. Lane Crowder; 9. Kaden Murray.

Sept. 25 Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Grabouski; 2. Nelson; 3. Vogt; 4. Fuqua; 5. Lagroon[; 6. Dennie Gieber; 7. Hiatt; 8. Larry Sutton; 9. Zach Nitsch; 10. Barnes; 11. Pihl; 12. Morrison; 13. Watts; 14. Petersilie; 15. Knoell; 16. Jacob Schmutz; 17. Clinton Hockersmith; 18. Scott Smith; 19. Ronnie Burkhardt; 20. Holt.

Stock Cars – 1. Zevenbergen; 2. Grabouski; 3. Rogers; 4. Burkhart; 5. Tyler Sutton; 6. Blake; 7. Baird; 8. Ziegler; 9. Robert Garst; 10. Richmond; 11. Scott Miller; 12. Devin Stock; 13. Austin Ramey; 14. George Ramey; 15. Robert Foster; 16. Harker; 17. Boone Evans; 18. Tim Drake; 19. Schaefer; 20. Christine Holt.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Burkhart; 2. Olmstead; 3. Desive; 4. Wahrman; 5. Davis; 6. Slothower; 7. Rus­sell; 8. Priddy; 9. Berry; 10. Troy Wachsnicht; 11. Beaumont; 12. Rogers; 13. Dan Kruse; 14. Brooke Russell; 15. Richards; 16. Oestreich; 17. Billy McBride; 18. Lierz; 19. Green; 20. Wade.

Northern SportMods – 1. Feyen; 2. Armstrong; 3. Horky; 4. Levin; 5. Mullin; 6. Vogan; 7. Echevar­ria; 8. Shawn Hein; 9. Brian May; 10. Noonan; 11. Olmstead; 12. Rogers; 13. Wolf; 14. Huffman; 15. Mark Smith; 16. Watts; 17. Bradford; 18. Harker; 19. Greg Metz.

Sport Compacts – 1. Bohlmeyer; 2. Kappel; 3. Caswell; 4. Alison Bird; 5. Holmes; 6. Crowder; 7. Ash­lyn Bird; 8. Murray.

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