Five-Mile Feature Decided By A Tenth Of A Second!

Belleville, Kansas (July 3, 2023) – The first feature of the Monday night program came down to an old fashioned Kansas/Nebraska showdown on the Short Track. Steve Swarthout of Beatrice, Nebraska held the lead as the 18-car field clicked off the laps. Fairbury’s Lee Horky and Belleville’s Tyler Frye caught the leader with four laps left and shuffled Swarthout back to third-place on Lap 17. Horky held a slight lead as he ripped the top shelf of the ¼-mile oval. Frye battled door-to-door holding the low groove as the pair raced to the checkered flag. By aid of the transponders, the final separation at the end of the 20-lap feature was a scant .101 of a second with Horky crossing the line in first. Frye, Lance Borgman, Swarthout, and Zach Nitsch rounded out the Top-Five. Heat race winners were Tyler Watts, Terry Richards, Jr., and Borgman.

SPORTMODS : A Feature (20 Laps)
1. Horky [4];
2. Frye [9];
3. Borgman [8];
4. Swarthout [1];
5. Nitsch [10];
6. Nerud [17];
7. Richards Jr [2];
8. Hein [7];
9. Miller [13];
10. Judy [3];
11. Hoerle [16];
12. Vodicka [14];
13. Burke [12];
14. Jensen [11];
15. Watts [6];
16. Jacobson [15];
17. Huffman [18];
18. Gruber [5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps):

1. 77W-Tyler Watts
2. 007-Zach Nitsch
3. 5HShawn Hein
4. 77-Tyler Frye
5. 4M-Matthew Miller
6. 21-Lee Hoerle

Heat 2 (8 Laps):

1. 18X-Terry Richards Jr
2. CB25-Chris Burke
3. 23X-Steve Swarthout
4. 5S-Sterling Judy
5. V8-Billy Vodicka
6. 5T-Tyler Nerud

Heat 3 (8 Laps):

1. 76-Lance Borgman
2. 7-Lee Horky
3. 25-Jonathan Jensen
4. 27G-Kamren Gruber
5. 7D-Dylan Jacobson
6. 120-Stacey Huffman