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Points races near end at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 17, 2024) – With one final night of racing remaining on the Off Road Speedway schedule for 2024, the points races in four IMCA divisions are nearly finished as Championship Night draws near. On Saturday night, Cory Dumpert moved up nine spots from a starting position in the fifth row to earn his fourth IMCA Sunoco Late Model win of the season at Norfolk. Dumpert, who currently sits atop the national IMCA Late Models points list while pursuing his sixth national championship, didn’t get to the front until just seven laps remained. After race leader Matt Haase was passed by Chase Osborne during lap nine of what had been a two-car battle for the lead, Dumpert began to move forward. Within three laps, Dumpert had joined the leaders, then passed both Haase and Dumpert on consecutive laps to take the lead. That effort was negated when primary points challenger Anthony Roth went into the wall on turn two to force the race’s only caution, but Dumpert immediately returned [Read More]

Off Road winners are Mielke, Landauer, Kirk

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 10, 2024) – Tejay Mielke, Travis Landauer and Willy Kirk all won IMCA main events Saturday at Off Road Speedway. Mielke began the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature in the middle of the pack but used two caution restarts to move into the top five, battling with Cameron Wilkinson and Justin Bertschinger to challenge race leader Kyle Wilkinson. Mielke pulled away from that competition to pursue Kyle Wilkinson, closed the distance, then passed on the outside of turn four to take over the lead. Four laps later, despite one final caution, Mielke took the checkered flag for the win. Cameron Wilkinson, meanwhile, had been in third place behind the leaders but passed brother Kyle immediately after that last caution, spun out as the cars entered turn four on the final lap, leaving brother Kyle to secure second place with Derek Sehi finishing third. In the IMCA Sunoo Hobby Stock feature, Landauer parlayed a chance to start on the pole into a wire-to-wire win, while the other front-row starter, [Read More]

Collisions, cautions and competitive racing at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 3, 2024) – Competition during Saturday night’s program at Off Road Speedway included battles not only for the lead, but also for positions among the top five. As a result, collisions and cautions, and even a pair of roll-overs, created a busy night for the track’s wrecker service as damaged cars were escorted to the pit area. Jordan Uehling, who had led all of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature’s prior 14 laps, spun out after making contact with the rear of Gage Koch’s car as the two exited turn four, followed closely by cars driven by Nate Buck and Jason Wilkinson. Video of the race convinced race officials that Koch had attempted a slide job as he entered turn four and, as his car skidded up the track impeded Uehling, who could not avoid contact which caused the spin-out. The ruling determined Uehling as the feature winner and Koch, who had crossed the finish line first, was moved back one position to second. Meanwhile, Buck and Wilkinson were [Read More]

Season enters home stretch at Off Road

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 27, 2024) – Following Saturday’s regular program, the racing season at Off Road Speedway is now ready to enter the home stretch. Just four events are scheduled during the month of August, including a pair of memorial specials honoring Bob Haase and Lynn Langenburg, as well as championship night where unofficial points winners will be determined across the track’s five divisions. On Saturday, Cory Dumpert and Anthony Roth started side-by-side in the fourth row of the IMCA Sunoco Late Model field, then established a two-car chase well ahead of the rest of the pack before finishing first and second, respectively. Dumpert broke away following a caution four laps into the race with Roth in pursuit but unable to find an opening, even when the two cars caught up to lapped traffic with 10 laps left. Joey Haase was third, coming out on top of a near photo finish with Beau Johnson as the two reached the flag stand. Feature winner in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks was Dakota [Read More]

Off Road Speedway offers double features

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 12, 2024) – Racing fans were treated to a slate of double features in four of five divisions in a rare Friday night offering at Off Road Speedway. Likewise, with the season winding down, drivers were offered double the chances to make a move on the various points lists and none did more to improve their situation than Nate Buck, who won both features in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The evening began with feature races postponed from last week’s weather-shortened special Ray Haase Tribute event including the sanctioned Hobby Stocks, Stock Cars and Northern SportMods before moving to the regular program of racing. Buck finished ahead of Mark Arduser and Parker Vollbrecht in the make-up feature then, in Friday’s scheduled event, moved quickly from the fifth row, keyed by momentum gained while exiting turn two on the outside during the fourth lap, that propelled his car down the backstretch and continued for two more laps before he finally wrestled the lead away from race leader Landyn Roebuck. The [Read More]

Sobbing wins inaugural Ray Haase Tribute Race

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 3, 2024) – Off Road Speedway hosted a special event Wednesday night honoring Ray “the Hummer” Haase, a long-time racer who, with his brother Robert, were the founders of Riviera Raceway. As part of the ceremony, Haase’s well-known No. 02 car served as a pace car leading 21 IMCA Sunoco Late Models through parade laps just before the start of the inaugural Ray Haase Tribute Race at Off Road Speedway. The feature race, won by Jesse Sobbing, finished a weather-abbreviated program of heat races, time trials, and “B” features in six classes, with features to be completed on Friday, July 12 along with a regular night of racing. Four qualifying trials and an equal number of heats pared the 34 Late Models entries from Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois into a starting field which included a number of prominent drivers, including Cory Dumpert and Anthony Roth, the top two points leaders at Off Road Speedway, along with Sobbing, Tad Pospisil, and Justin Zeitner. Sobbing made the most of [Read More]

Unusual night of races during Off Road Speedway’s regular program

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (June 22, 2024) – Interestingly, the feature races at Off Road Speedway’s regular program of racing on Saturday were anything but regular with an abundance of collisions, cautions and curious finishes. There was, perhaps not coincidentally, a full moon looming in the hazy eastern sky. Four attempts were necessary, for example, to begin the first feature of the evening, the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Polesitter Cole Rosencrans promptly took the lead, but Cameron Wilkinson, with five wins already this season, quickly became a contender by moving up from the fourth row into second place. Within the first six laps, Tejay Mielke joined Rosencrans and Wilkinson in what soon became a three-car battle. Wilkinson finally seized the lead coming out of turn four midway through the 18-lap race, while Mielke looked for chances to pass and Rosencrans remained a close third. The opportunity presented itself briefly when the trio caught up to lapped traffic entering turn three. Wilkinson appeared trapped on the low side of the track but moved up [Read More]

IMCA Late Models race for Sunoco bonuses at US 30, Off Road

VINTON, Iowa (June 18, 2024) – A pair of $250 Sunoco Race Fuels bonuses will be awarded this week, to IMCA Late Model drivers racing at Nebraska venues US 30 Speedway and Off Road Speedway. The division title sponsor gives those bonuses, and a five gallon fuel jug, to feature winners Thursday, June 20 at Columbus and Saturday, June 22 at Norfolk. Drivers are eligible to get the bonus one time: In the event of a repeat winner, the runner-up or next eligible driver goes home with the money and fuel jug. Hot laps are at 7:20 p.m. and racing follows the 7:55 p.m. playing of the National Anthem for the Ladies Night show at US 30. Pit passes are $30 and spectator admission is $15 for adults and free for kids ages 11 and under. Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. at Off Road. Pit passes are $30 while spectator admission is $15 for ages 16 and over, $10 for ages 10-15 and free for [Read More]

Competitive races, close finishes at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (June 8, 2024) – The competitive nature of the feature races and a number of close finishes kept fans’ riveted to the finish line during Saturday night racing at Off Road Speedway. Those finishes included Cameron Meyer’s green, white, checkered victory in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature, Cameron Wilkinson’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win, and a late pass by Jason Wilkinson to secure second behind Trevor Frisch in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Meyer, whose win was his third at Off Road Speedway this season and second consecutive trip to victory lane at the track, started the 15-lap race five rows back and steadily moved up to force his way into a five-car battle for the lead. James Roebuck, who led 12 laps after passing pole-sitter Stephanie Reynolds, was challenged by Colby Langenberg, Meyer, Kyle Wilkinson and newcomer Shawn Kelley for most of those laps while five cautions contributed to the pursuers remaining in position to take advantage of any possible mistake by a car in front [Read More]

IMCA wins at Off Road go to Mielke, Landauer, Meyer

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdaylynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (June 1, 2024) – His early surge from the third row ended up taking Tejay Mielke all the way to victory lane Saturday at Off Road Speedway. Mielke broke through a cluster of four IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, including the rides of polesitter Nate Desive, Ron Pettitt, Jeremy Hoskinson and Derek Sehi, all of whom were contending for the lead. Once the hometown racer got to the front, however, those drivers, joined by Cameron Wilkinson, spent the remainder of the 15-lap feature racing for second place behind Mielke. Wilkinson closed the gap and, with five laps remaining, settled in on Hoskinson’s rear bumper. As the two cars entered turn three, Wilkinson used the high side of the track to make the pass coming out of turn four to edge Hoskinson at the flag stand with Wilkinson taking second while Hoskinson was third. In a similarly close finish, Travis Landauer won his first-ever IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature at Off Road Speedway. Landauer, whose starting position in the 16-car field [Read More]