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2-A NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018

By SETH MARSHALLFor the Osborne family, stock car racing

is more than just fun — it is a family pas-sion.

Robert Osborne, 48, and his son, Chase,21, are both Late Model Stock Car racersand Late Model championship winners.

Robert has racked up a legion of titlessince he started racing when he was 14years old, while Chase started at age 12.Last year was Chase’s time to shine as hewon his first Late Model championshipwhile racing against a field that includedhis dad.

Their garage wall is lined with all theirtrophies they’ve won over the years. Belowthe trophies sit their cars — Robert’s blacknumber 35 car and Chase’s number 14 yel-low car, each with Chevy motors under thehood.

Robert has been racing for 36 yearswhile this will be Chase’s 10th year racing.

“I’ve won 30 championships over theyears in all the different classes,” he said.“I started in the Bomber class, the lowerclass.”

For Chase, this year marks his sixthyear racing Late Model cars. It took him awhile to take the crown in the class.

“Last year was my first year winningthe championship,” Chase said.

Robert and Chase shared a proud mo-ment during last year’s championship race.

Chase was 21 when he won his first cham-pionship and Robert was 21 as well whenhe notched his first.

“I race against my dad, but we get alongpretty good,” Chase said. “Whoever wins,we are happy for each other.”

Both work to keep calm during theirraces. Chase and Robert both say a littleprayer before the action begins. But, mostimportantly, they keep their minds on thetrack when they drive.

“There is a lot of adrenaline,” Chasesaid. “For me to be successful is to keep myhead in the car. Trying to keep your mind

straight is the biggest thing.”It’s the same for Robert. Knowing who

you are racing against is important, theysaid, but it can be a challenge. During anyone race, 18 to 40 cars compete.

Every night after work, Robert andChase will come to the garage and workon their cars to make them ready for thenext race. They have a pit crew, which theycredit for their success, even as they close-ly check their cars before each run.

They pay close attention, too, to thetracks, which can differ a lot. Some havetighter corners or are on a wider incline.They need to be mindful of the angles andthe track conditions. Otherwise, they say,racing can become a contact sport — some-thing they prefer to avoid.

“Sometimes there is no way around it,”Chase said. “There is nowhere else to go,and you just end up in it.”

Chase has been in several wrecks andis glad for the many safety precautions hetakes. Both Chase and Robert wear fire-proof suits, neck braces and helmets. Theyalso outfit their cars with durable cages toprotect themselves in a rollover, and theypack fire extinguishers.

In any given race, the Osbornes lineup against contenders of a broad range ofages. Chase was one of the youngest in LateModel cars to race last year. Most racersare not allowed to race until they turn 14

years old. That can be interesting, he said,when you must go to school the next day.

“Most of my friends thought it was pret-ty cool,” Chase said. “Once I got out of highschool and into college, I found friends wholoved it.”

Robert just kept going since he was 14.He would race every season. But the high-light for him was seeing Chase win his firstthe first Late Model race.

It happened when Robert and Chasewere racing at the the former RivieraRaceway in Norfolk. Robert was gettinginto it with another driver. A caution warn-ing went up after a wreck, and Robertwas placed in the back with eight laps togo. Robert moved all the way through thefield and placed second, with Chase zippingahead to take first.

“No catching him,” Robert said. “No wayI could have gotten to him.”

The future for both Osbornes is differ-ent. Chase plans to move into SLMR orSuper Late Model Racing. That will meanhe will travel around more from state tostate. Robert, on the other hand, can seehimself slowing down a bit in time.

One of these years I’m going to quit,”Robert said. “Just finally hang her up.”

Whenever that happens, the Osbornefamily will always have racing as theirfamily outing. Racing and cars will alwaysbe an Osborne passion.

Last season, son followed dad’s footsteps by winning Late Model title

Racing a passion for Osborne family

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PARKED IN A garage are Late Models belonging to Chase (left) and Robert Osborne of Norfolk. Between the two, the Osbornes have won 30 championships.

Chase (left) and Robert Osborne

NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 3-A

By SYDNEY BRUN-OZUNA

When Brad and ShellyKesting drive up in theirChevrolet SUV, it’s not hardto tell which sport gets theirpulses revved up.

Their license plate reads“GONRACN,” and for goodreason: Brad and Shellyrarely go a weekend with-out visiting a racetrack.

They have been to about80 different racetracks inat least 10 states since 2000,and try to go to five or sixnew tracks every year.

“We just like enjoyingthe atmosphere of racing,”Brad said.

The Kestings have beenmarried for 39 years and,naturally, they met throughracing. Shelly’s dad drovethe car that Brad’s dadowned.

But having one’s entirefamily involved in racing isnot unusual, they said.

Both have been “trackrats” since they were youngkids watching their fathersrace. Not only were bothof their fathers heavilyinvolved in the sport, butboth of their brothers, theiryoungest son, and nephewshave all raced.

It’s the community as-pect that Brad and Shellylove the most. They watchother sports, but not with asmuch frequency or fervor.

“You go to basketball andfootball, you have a fewpeople you kind of like toassociate with, but racing isa family,” Shelly said.

Brad added: “In racing,you can talk to 300 people anight. You build friendshipsfrom that.”

The two met a couple 10years ago whom they still

call frequently. “We satwith them three nights in arow in Iowa, made a friend-ship, and it’s a lifelongfriendship,” Brad said.

Racing is more thanwatching cars circlearound a track — it’s aboutthe people you meet, Bradsaid.

‘”You can sit and talkto people all night and not

even watch a race,” he said.This isn’t to say Brad and

Shelly don’t love the races.They can easily describethe thrill of watching thecars go around and cheer-ing for “your guy,” hopinghe wins.

“In racing, there’s alwaysaction,” Brad said.

With 20 to 30 races anight and plenty of inter-

esting people with similarinterests to talk to, there’snever a dull moment in rac-ing.

“It’s addictive,” Bradsaid. “Once you go quite abit, it gets in your blood.”

Even with all this excite-ment, neither of them hasever been behind the wheelof a stock car.

“I really never even had

the desire to drive a car,”Brad said. “I just work onthem and go watch.”

Brad started racing go-karts shortly after gettingmarried but stopped afterjust a few years.

“We started a family,that’s probably why I quit,”he said. Shelly added: “Ittakes too much time andmoney.”

Not only is it a full-timecommitment, but it can bedangerous.

Twenty cars driving asfast as they can around adirt track can lead to prob-lems. People get hurt, rollover and hit walls whiledriving. They crash theircars, get injured and, insome cases, have to stopracing altogether.

The Kestings even saw aman get killed in a race inKnoxville, Iowa.

“It did give me shivers,”Brad said. “To me, thoseguys are putting theirheart out on the line everytime they buckle into thosecars.”

The decision to race, de-spite the risk, speaks to thededication so many racershave to the sport. This dedi-cation is echoed in the un-wavering support of racingfrom superfans like Bradand Shelly.

Family outings at theirgrandchildren’s schoolsports events have takenthe Kestings away fromthe track at times lately, butthey find themselves com-ing back time and again.

Racing is an experience,not just a sport. Shelly ex-plained that the most ex-citing feeling is having adriver who you want towin and cheering while thepeople next to you cheer onsomeone else.

“It’s just fun to yell forsomebody,” she said.

The Kestings have beenin racing for their entirelives and they don’t see thatchanging.

“We’ll always like racing.We grew up together in it,”Brad said.

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BRAD AND SHELLY KESTING of Norfolk have been married for 39 years after meeting via racing.

4-A NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018

By AINOA CHACON DE ANZOLAFinding time to be a dad, a hus-

band and a certified public ac-countant — all the while stayingat the top of Nebraska’s elite dirt-track racing division — makes fora tough juggling act.

But that is what 29-year-oldTad Pospisil does.

Pospisil, currently one of thebest dirt-track racers in the Mid-west, said it helps to stay humble.Fortunately, he adds, the toughcompetition he faces on the trackhelps him do that.

“In this sport, you have to knownot to be too greedy. One nightyou win and the other you don’teven finish the race,” the Norfol-kan said. “It is such a humblingsport.”

Last summer, Pospisil shotstraight to the top. He won 10races and reached the top five 35times in the 42 Super Late ModelRacing (SLMR) series races hetook part in.

It took him a lot of hard workto get there, he said. He is thank-ful for having been lucky withsponsorship and the people whopushed him to make the most ofhis passion.

“I got hooked up with a lotof people who really got me in-trigued into the dynamics of rac-ing,” Pospisil said. “My drive tosucceed and learn from it mademe spend the necessary amountof time on it to be the best I can be.It just keeps going from there.”

His goal this season is to bumpup his numbers. At this point, theonly thing he can hope for is towin more races, Pospisil said.

Pospisil’s passion for racing isin his DNA.

Following in the tracks of hisgrandfather, Jerry, and his father,Shannon, he started racing go-karts when he was just 8 yearsold.

“I love the competitive na-ture of it. I’ve been doing it all ofmy life. It is an inherited love, Iguess,” he said.

As a kid, he admired the accom-plishments of the elder Pospisils.Wanting to be better than themand making them feel proud ofhim pushed him to be where heis at now. They taught him that ifyou don’t strive to win, then whatis the point?

Jerry Pospisil, who owns thecar his grandson drives, takes

great pride in Tad. And that’s notjust for his racing, but for the wayhe leads his busy life.

“I’m so proud of what he hasdone and his accomplishments,but it’s his demeanor, how he actson the track and off the track,”Jerry said. “He is a good man.He’s not loud-mouthed, he doesn’tswear, he’s just a great, greatfamily man.”

The sport, of course, has ce-mented ties between the men.

“He and I always had a racing

bond. He is competitive, too, soit works well that we both are,”Jerry said. “The race doesn’t al-ways go the way we and we get ateach other a bit, but at the end ofthe night you know you know wejust have to go onto the next race,go with the flow.”

No racer will win every race,but taking the bad things andturning them into something posi-tive builds character.

It’s also a matter of under-standing risks. There is dangerin racing fast cars, the Pospisilssaid. Tad recalls friends who,after being severely injured, hadto give up racing.

Tad has been involved in threeaccidents where the cars gotwrecked, but he avoided seriousinjury.

Growing up with a father whoraces, Pospisil’s wife, Brooke, isconscious of the dangers.

“She and I know that it is a dan-gerous sport where we try to beas safe as possible, but once youare strapped behind the seat bell,an accident could happen at anytime,” Tad Pospisil said. “You justdon’t know when.”

At the level Tad competes, rac-

ing starts becoming more of abusiness than a hobby. The invest-ments and marketing involvedare substantial.

Racing is an sport that requiresdedication, getting the right con-nections and having people whohave faith in you.

“I am very grateful for thepeople I’ve gotten help from alongthe way,” Pospisil said.

He describes racing as a bigfamily in which everyone is will-ing to lend a hand — even be-tween contestants.

Jerry, who passed the passionfor the sport onto the next twogenerations, is thankful for hisgrandson and the community thatsurrounds him and the sport.

“My family is all that way,they’re great racers but they’reall good people,” Jerry said. “I’mjust proud of how they presentthemselves to the community.And every parent, every grand-parent is going to say that. But allyou have to do with Tad and Shan-non is ask people. They’ll tell youthe same thing that I’m tellingyou. It’s neat. It really is neat.”

Last season, the SLMR driver finished in the top 5 in 35 of 42 races

Pospisil at the top of his game

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LAST SEASON, Tad Pospisil won the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series championship; the Gail’s Gold Rush Super Late Model Series championship; the Ne-braska State NASCAR championship; the I-80 Speedway (Greenwood) track championship and the U.S. 30 Speedway (Columbus) track championship.

Tad Pospisil

NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 5-A

Special to the Daily News

Too much of a good thing sent the Haus-er father-and-son racing team back to thedrawing board.

In 2012, Scott Hauser suggested hisdad, Robert, that they build a front-enginedragster similar to the one he raced in the1970s. Robert was more than excited at theprospect of joining forces with his son tobuild a car.

They ordered a basic tubing kit, built ajig and with a set of blueprints, welded andassembled a 205-inch front motor dragsterthat became a complete success at racingvenues throughout the Midwest.

As they logged races and the tuning pro-gressed, the car continued to run quicker,faster — and more dangerous to drive.

The car was purposely built with a lowstance to enhance air flow and give it aprofessional look, but the low stance alsomade it hard to see past the super charger.To drive the car, Scott had to look aroundthe motor to see the strip. And, with the carrunning the quarter mile in seven seconds— with speeds approaching 200 miles perhour -- Scott said it was time to change to arear-engine dragster.

The duo went back to the drawing board,studying rear-engine dragsters at nationalevents and talking to professional enginebuilders who build dragsters for the TopDragster class in National Hot Rod Asso-ciation.

Robert also toured the McKinney Rac-ing facility in Lafayette, Ind. McKinneyspecializes in building Nitro dragsters andfunny car chassis. Representatives therepointed out how to reinforce the chassisstress points, as well as what needed to bedone in the building process to keep the carsafe.

Scott laid out the perimeters for a rear-engine dragster. He knew what he wantedfor engine setback, and how far the rearaxle should be from the driver cage. Hethen calculated the overall wheelbaseshould be 275 inches. The chassis buildsheet was in place.

The tubing used to build the chassis wassupplied by A.E.D Motor Sports Products;the chassis design was patterned after theMcKinney Corp.’s top fuel dragster.

Robert thought building this second carwould be “a piece of cake.”

“We had the jig and the experience ofbuilding a dragster,” he said.

But the reality proved to be a bit differ-ent: Building a 275-inch car requires brac-ing placed to keep the chassis sturdy butat the same time flexible. The motor in thefront car is securely bolted to the chassis,the motor in the rear car sits on mountsthat can be moved forward or backwardso the weight of the motor can be shifted tomeet track conditions.

The front-engine car has a hood over thedriver compartment and some short sidepanels. Fastening these panels was rela-tively easy. The rear car has a full body.The body panels, which were built in house,had to be designed to flex along with theframe. Many of the body parts are carbonfiber, which were also built in house.

To add stability at high speeds, the caremploys front canard wings with spillplates and a 50-inch wing in the rear. Thewings apply down pressure at higherspeeds, which aids in steering stability andtraction.

To protect the driver in the event of anengine explosion, NHRA requires a deflec-tor plate between the engine and drivercage. The cage hoop is also encased with acarbon fiber hood for added protection.

To power the car they turned to enginebuilder Ken Murray of Ken’s Custom Auto-motive in Winnipeg, Canada, who designedand built a 540-cubic-inch motor to run onmenthol alcohol.

After two “shake down” passes, Scottsaid the biggest difference he could see be-tween the front-motor and rear-motor cars

was the fact that he could see the strip andwhere he was going.

“I can actually see the front wheels,which I couldn’t do in the front motor car,”Scott said. “And, I can hear the whine ofthe super charger. In the front car, all Icould hear was the roar of the headers.”

In building the motor, Ken’s Customstarted with a BIG M Dart Block, then fit-ted it with a Callies billet crankshaft andCallies “H” beam rods that are pinned toDiamond pistons. A Crower steel billet roll-er cam is turned by a Milodon Gear Drive.

Brodek Aluminum heads hold stainlesssteel valves, which are opened with a Jeselrocker arm system. A Titan oil pump keepsthe engine well lubricated.

A Blower Shop intake ties the motor toan 8-71 roots style blower, which pulls airthrough the Enderle “Big & Ugly” injectorhat. The Enderle fuel pump pushes fuel to aset of nozzles in the hat that fog the motorfor cooling purposes, and a second set ofnozzles are plumbed directly into the in-take ports. A MSD Pro Mag backed by aPower Grid controller sends spark to theplugs.

Power is sent to the rear tires via a billetconverter tied to a Reid two speed trans-mission. A Mark Williams rear axle relaysthe power to bead locks wrapped with 16-inch Goodyear tires.

The car is slowed by Wilwood discbrakes and two 12 foot RMS drag shoots.

But it appears nothing else can stop theHauser racing team when it comes to inge-nuity.

Hauser racing goes back to drawing board

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6-A NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018

By JAY PRAUNERjprauner@norfolkdailynews.com

Each spring the Wilkinsons get an itch …an itch to go fast.

It’s been happing for decades.Dirt-track racing in Northeast Nebraska

traces back to the early 1960s and you’d behard pressed to find an extended stretch inwhich a Wilkinson wasn’t competing.

“There were five of us that kind of gotthis all started. My brothers - Little Ron,Gary, Bud - myself, and our cousin BigRon.” said 68-year-old Dean Wilkinson ofOakdale.

Dean was the last of the five to start … atage 15, 53 years ago.

This season, he, his son, Jason, and hisgrandsons, Kyle and Cameron are carry-ing on the tradition.

“It’s a family deal and what more fun canyou have?” Wilkinson said. “We’re all in itcompeting against each other, and helpingeach other out. We all enjoy it.”

In his prime, Dean drove to back-to-backpoint titles at Riviera Raceway in Norfolkin a 1971 Camero.

“I remember one championship nightrace I was third in points and starting be-hind Jerry Suhr and Don Weyrich. I knew Icouldn’t outrun them but I could stay withthem,” Wilkinson said. “About halfwaythrough the race they tangled up and I tookthe lead and went on to win.”

After taking a short hiatus due the com-mitment to milking cows, the track calledDean back.

“My sons Jason and Justin wanted tostart racing so we built them each a carand bought an open trailer to haul them in,”Wilkinson said. “Trouble was, the trailercould hold three cars, so had room for an-other one so we built another one and I’vebeen racing ever since.”

For the past several seasons, just like theold days, there have been multiple Wilkin-sons at the track.

Dean, Jason, and Kyle compete in theStreet Stock division and Cameron runs inthe Hobby Stock division.

“I’m not real crazy about running

against the kids,” Dean said. “I really want-ed to go Late Model this year, but it justdidn’t pan out.”

What has panned out, however, is a nicecareer for 44-year-old Jason, who has accu-mulated 21 track titles.

“Of course I had been chomping at thebit to get into a car ever since I was 12,”Jason said. “Once I got out of college I de-cided it was my turn to have some fun andI built a car from scratch and been doing itever since.”

In his very first season, in his third race,Jason took the checkered flag.

“About four years into it, I wasn’t re-ally winning consistently, so I went out andbought a more competitive car.” Jason said.

It was more than competitive winningthe prestigious Boone Super Nationals in2010 and 2015.

“I really didn’t realize what I had donein 2010. Back then, I thought it was just an-

other race,” Jason said. “Turns out we werethe first Nebraskan to ever win it, and atthat time, came from the furthest back towin. I appreciated it a lot more in 2015.”

Now Kyle and Cameron are busy mak-ing names for themselves.

“I’m told I was two-weeks-old when Iwent to my first race,” said Kyle, a 2014graduate of Neligh-Oakdale High School.“I don’t think I’ve missed going racing withthe family since.”

Cameron and Kyle started racing thesame season.

“Riviera had a four-cylinder class thatyou had to be a least 12-years-old,” Jasonsaid. “I think Kyle was 14 and we kind offibbed and said Cameron was 12, but hewas only 11.”

Kyle recalled his first race against hisdad.

“I was taking it easy, still learning theropes and dad pulled up beside me,” Kyle

said. “It kind of spooked me and I gotsquirrely and spun out.”

For Jason, running against his dad andkids hasn’t been as bad as he thought itwould be.

“I find myself not wanting to ruffleKyle’s feathers as much, but as for dad, hey,its racing and you’re going to make contactevery once in a while,”

The team, which will primarily runat Off Road Speedway near Norfolk andBoone County Speedway in Albion this sea-son, now travels in a 2005 Peterbuilt semithat hauls four cars.

“Those rides to and from the track aresome of the best and worst times depend-ing on what happened on the track - but Iwould want it any other way,” said Kyle,who last year won the Street Stock pointchampionship at U.S. 30 Speedway in Co-lumbus.

At age 17, Cameron has enjoyed successat an early age.

“Last year was my best year,” saidCameron, a junior at Neligh Oakdale HighSchool. “I tied for the Hobby Stock pointstitle at Off Road Speedway.”

Like Kyle, Cameron loves the life-style.

“My dad didn’t push me in it. A lot of peo-ple think that because of my name I had toget into it,” Cameron said. “Once I grew upand got more involved, I knew it was some-thing I wanted to do.”

Hopefully, for as long as grandpa has.

“I think it’s cool grandpa still races. If hewants to race, he needs to keep doing it,”Cameron said. “He always says he doesn’tknow if he’s going to race next year, but weusually know the answer to that and he’sgoing to race one way or another.”

2018 could be a sentimental one the iconcar No. 52.

“This is probably going to be my lastyear. We’ll have to see how my healthholds up and things,” Dean said. “It willbe hard to quit. I’ve raced everything thathad wheels on it. I started in a 1932 ChevyCoupe. Man, I’d give anything to have thatcar back.”

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Family racing tradition runs deep JAKE WRAGGE/DAILY NEWS

THE WILKINSONS (from left) Dean, Jason, Kyle and Cameron stand by their respective dirt-track race cars on their farm on the southwest edge of Oakdale.

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THE WILKINSONS (from left) Dean, Jason, Kyle and Cameron stand by their respective dirt-track race cars on their farm on the southwest edge of Oakdale.

NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 7-A

By GRACE GORENFLOAlmost a half-century ago, Jerry Pospi-

sil zipped around Norfolk’s Riviera racetrack in a classic 1930 Ford Model A Coupe,getting an initial taste at age 19 for some-thing that has been his passion ever since.

Today, now in his 70s, Pospisil runs theOff Road Speedway, the Norfolk track thattook over for Riviera when it closed. Hismain job as track promoter is to stir thatsame sort of passion in others, puttingmore than 500 fans in the stands for eachrace, plus several hundred crew membersand staff in the pit area.

“Even at my age, I have to stay activeenough that I cannot stay home,” he said.“I have to be involved with something, and

racing is — and has been — my hobby. I’vedone it all, but racing is my game.”

Year-round, Pospisil works to raisemoney from sponsors, and today Off Roadhas almost 40 local and area businessessponsoring it.

He said the race track doesn’t make a lotof money on admissions, so sponsorshipspay the bills.

“Racing is done for the fun of it and thecommunity of it,” he said. “What keeps thisrace track alive is the sponsors — the peo-ple who put the money in this thing. We’realways looking for new sponsors.”

Pospisil also oversees others who keepthe track in tip-top shape. It takes a team torun the place and keep visitors happy.

“The better you can treat the racer, themore racers you’re going to have and themore spectators you’re going to have,”Pospisil said. “You just really have to treatthem as best as you can possibly treatthem.”

Off Road, Pospisil said, is a top-notchrace facility. Since it opened three yearsago, he said improvements have been madeeach season.

The track’s yellow clay was replacedwith black river dirt, which Pospisil saideliminated any dust, making the track fastand smooth. The track was widened to 90feet in the corners and almost 70 feet in thestraightaways, which he said makes OffRoad far wider than many other tracks.

This year, the crew added more dirt,more bleachers and put up a scoring tower.The tower, Pospisil said, is very important.

“We went to transponders, which meansthe cars are all digitally timed when theygo by,” he said. “The scorekeepers just lookat the sheet to see their finishes; you don’thave to be hand-scoring them and all that.We’ve just modernized everything.”

Also new for the coming season: a go-kart track, close to where the cars run.Now, Pospisil said, the racers are buyinggo-karts for their children to race on Sun-day afternoons.

Most children who want to switch fromgo-karts to race cars start thinking aboutit at the age of 15, the promoter said. Formany, it’s just natural as they follow intheir father’s footsteps.

Pospisil said there are many familiesthat race together and some who bring upto five cars to the track.

“Racing is, in my opinion, the best fam-ily sport that you can get involved with —from the grandpa to the grandson,” Pospisilsaid. “It’s just a tight, family sport. I don’tknow any other sport that’s like that.”

Beyond its importance to fans, thespeedway helps rev up Norfolk’s economy,too, Pospisil said. At one point, he said, theNorfolk Area Chamber of Commerce cal-culated that $1 turns over in the commu-nity 10 times. Using that number, Off Roadis responsible for close to $1 million in eco-

nomic activity.Owner Kevin Signor, he said, purchased

the property not so much because he is arace fan but because he knew the commu-nity needed just such a venue.

“He decided to build it and it was justlike ‘Field of Dreams,’ “ Pospisil said. “Youbuild it, the people will come.”

And come they have.On an average Saturday night, Pospisil

said, 75 cars race — putting 250-300 peo-ple in the pit — with about 500 fans in thecrowd.

On nights with specials, the crowd growsand can top 1,000. This season, Off Roadwill host 360 Sprint cars twice; the SuperLate models will come once; there will be aLynn Langenberg memorial, and the Rob-ert Haase memorial will be held toward theend of the season.

Off Road will also have three specialracing nights, Pospisil said, called “Drawand Redraw.” At the start of the night, theracers will draw for a starting number forthe heat race. Later, they will draw againfor the feature race.

“The fast guys have a lot better chanceof winning more money,” Pospisil said.“Those three nights are a bigger pay.”

When the season will start, however,usually depends on the weather. Tradition-ally, Pospisil said, the season starts whenit’s warm enough. Off Road had plannedon April 14 for opening night, but, with therecent weather, he doesn’t believe that willhappen.

“I’ve got a temperature in my head of 52degrees,” he said. “I don’t know what thatmeans but, to me, if it’s 52 degrees outsideat 6 o’clock at night, we’re going to go.”

The cold doesn’t seem to bother Pospi-sil and other fans who have the adrenalinerush of racing to warm their hearts. Thefeeling can even top that among fans of an-other Nebraska sport.

“That guy plays football, he has 16games, but it isn’t until the championshipthat he gets that adrenaline,” the promotersaid. “With racing, it’s every ... time you getin that race car.”

Off Road Speedway promoter enjoys sport from several angles

Pospisil: Racing is my game

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By BEN BUCHNAT

After Kyle Prauner flipped hiscar again and again in a spec-tacular crash last June at a trackin Corning, Iowa, he managed towalk away unhurt.

His car, however, turned into amass of red, black and blue junk.

It was the kind of thing thatmight turn someone away fromracing for good, if only becausesuch cars costing in the neighbor-hood of 15 to 20 thousand dollars.

But not Prauner.Prauner had jumped two

classes last season, moving upfrom International Motor Con-test Association (IMCA) to UnitedStates Modified Touring Series(USMTS). He knew he was takinga big risk.

At the start of the season, itlooked like it was going to be awinning gamble. Racing is costlyand the goal is to make enoughmoney to keep going. In USMTS,making the main event typical-ly earns a driver at least $300.Prauner said he needed to win$300 a night to keep his racing op-eration afloat, and he did so in astring of races.

“We made them all,” Praunersaid. ‘It was going very well.”

But in Corning, Prauner’s early

success came to a screechinghalt. The nasty crash — capturedin photos that live on via the inter-net — ended his USMTS season.

“It seemed like it took forever,”Prauner said. “Just wrecking androlling and banging, it was vio-lent.”

The crash destroyed the carso severely that Prauner couldn’teven salvage any usable partsfrom it.

“It was just a pile, literally a pileof stuff,” Prauner said. “I couldn’teven piece it out and sell anythingto make any money back to tryand move forward because it’s allbent or broken,”

Prauner returned to Norfolkto compete in local races, eventhough he said he probably couldhave scraped together a car tocontinue with USMTS.

“Kind of went back to my com-fort zone,” Prauner said.

Prauner ended up winning halfthe races he competed in Norfolkonce he came back, but that didn’tprove satisfying enough.

So Prauner decided to comeback.

“I just think we left some stuffon the table,” Prauner said. “Ithink we can do better.’”

Prauner said he understands

winning in USMTS is a big chal-lenge. Much of his competitionraces full time compared tothe mostly part-timers he racesagainst in Norfolk. However, hesaid staying in the top 10 for mostraces is a reasonable goal for histeam.

“If I could live in the top 10, Icould profit,” Prauner said.

To get to the top 10, Praunerwill be coming back this year toUSMTS with a more powerfuland expensive engine.

“I’ve never experienced any-thing quite like that,” Prauner

said. “They just sit there and kindof rumble you when you’re sittingin staging. And then you get onthe track and hit the gas, it goes.”

The increased speed and levelof competition was another keyfactor in Prauner returning toUSMTS.

“It’s a rush more than any-thing,” Prauner said. “And that’skind of probably why we wentback to it to.”

Prauner heads back into thetouring series with the supportof his family. Prauner’s father,Jerry, who raced for over twodecades, loved him racing on theUSMTS. Prauner’s wife, Nikki,took a little more convincing.

“At first last year, she wasn’treal into it cause of all the travel-ing and being away from home,”Prauner said. “But actually shecame back around.”

Prauner got the approval fromhis family, but funding his rac-ing operation was still a concern.Prauner said he gets money tofund his racing from a varietyof sponsorships and and sellingextra parts when needed.

“You’re always wondering howyou’re going to come up withenough money to keep doing this,”Prauner said.

He said his funding comesfrom family, friends and otherswho help out.

“That’s what’s interestingabout it — that you get people thatactually just want to help you,”Prauner said. “They want to helpyou go have fun.”

With the 2018 USMTS seasonstarting to pick up, Prauner’shome life is also about to changein a major way. His second childis due in May.

“It makes you want to behome,” Prauner said.

Prauner said he realizes thathis touring racing days are prob-ably limited now, with a growingfamily at home.

“That’s another reason I decid-ed to jump back into it,” Praunersaid. “I only have so much moretime to do it.”

Prauner said once his kids startgrowing older, some of the timehe devotes to racing will be tosupport them in their extracur-ricular activities. This means thatPrauner wouldn’t have the time totour every few weeks on USMTS.

“It’s kind of now or never,”Prauner said. “If we want to tryand do this, we have to try and doit now because I don’t know howmuch longer I’ll be able to.”

Despite costly season-ending crash, Prauner back for more in touring series

Unfinished business lures driver back

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KYLE PRAUNER of Norfolk is airborne in this June 2017 photo from a United States Modified Touring Series race at Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa.

Kyle Prauner

By MIKE RENNINGsports@norfolkdailynews.com

In the spirit of making lemonade out oflemons, silver linings and glasses half full,Bobby Lincoln had an epiphany back in1984.

Lincoln, who was a self-described “ad-equate” driver at the time, found himselfwaiting to be extricated from a mangledrace war.

The track where the crash occurred hadno emergency responders stationed thereduring the race, so the action was stopped.Lincoln was trapped in the wreck untilemergency personnel arrived some 30minutes later.

“I remember sitting in the car for whatseemed like forever,” Lincoln said. “Mydad was leaning over the car, makingsure I was all right and I told him that wasenough racing, I was done with it.”

Lincoln’s father was none other thanDuane “Abe” Lincoln, who founded US30Speedway in Columbus the following year.

“My dad just said, ‘You love racing toomuch to just quit,’ and I knew he was right,”Lincoln said. “Racing was and always hasbeen a part of our family.”

That’s when the lemonade was made.Lincoln decided to do his part to ensure

no driver had to wait for rescue personnelto arrive after a crash or in an emergencysituation. That’s why he started the Speed-way Specialists.

“This was back in the 1980s, so a lot ofthings in auto racing weren’t as advancedas they are now,” Lincoln said. “I justthought for the love of the sport and thesafety of the drivers, something needed tobe done at the track.”

Lincoln got in touch with Carol “Speedy”Hill of Omaha. The two would becomegreat friends and Hill would become Lin-coln’s mentor for the next quarter of a cen-tury.

“He was a remarkable man,” Lincolnsaid. “He showed me exactly what I neededto do and exactly how to do it.”

Hill had experience all over the countrykeeping racers safe. “He went all the wayfrom Indianapolis to Daytona,” Lincolnsaid.

What Lincoln needed to do was developa first-responder group at the track to getdrivers out of crashes and to safety asquickly as possible. He gathered two teamsof five members and modified a couple ofChevrolet Blazers to be on site at the track.

Each Blazer is equipped to handle almostany emergency that would occur duringthe races. Each has 310 pounds of Purple Kto help extinguish fires, Jaws of Life equip-ment, 25 gallons of liquid foam to also helpwith fires and a Kenrick Extrication Boardthat immobilizes a driver being extricatedfrom a race car.

Speedway Specialists have existed forthe past 29 years and members of the creware from Columbus, Madison, Norfolk,Deshler and York, along with one memberfrom Almena, Kan.

“Most of the guys have been with us forat least 10 years,” Lincoln said.

Lincoln said the safety factor for rac-ing has improved immensely over the pastnearly 30 years, especially in the equip-ment for the drivers and the fuel cells.

“The driver’s compartment is the big-gest improvement over the past 20 yearsor so,” Lincoln said. “They are buckled inthere tight, which helps.

“Recently, they also beefed up the fuelcells on the car itself, which helps keep thefuel in the cell during a crash. And the suitsthe drivers wear are very, very safe.”

Each member of the Specialists’ teamhas a fire suit for protection.

“We can actually go into a fire if neces-sary,” Lincoln said. “If a car does catch onfire after a crash, we have to be ready toget in there and get the driver out.”

The crew members also have a crashsimulator that they will take around tolocal fire departments during the offsea-son which lets drivers experience how toget out of an upside-down car if necessary.

Lincoln estimates his crew are gonethree to four nights a week and go to tracksall over the Midwest.

With all of the technical aspects of beinga Speedway Specialist, Lincoln said thereason his crew is so adept at what they dois simple.

“We all have a passion for racing andkeeping everyone safe,” he said.

The remarkable thing about his crew isthe fact they are all volunteers — not one ofthem receives any compensation.

The crew works weekly programs atU.S. 30 Speedway and Off Road Speedwaynear Norfolk.

“I think one of our crew members de-scribed us the best,” Lincoln said “He said,‘We’re just a bunch of misfits that fit.’ ”

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First-hand accident experience inspires man to help race car drivers in need

Misfits the right fit for Speedway Specialists

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SPEEDWAY SPECIALIST spring into action after a fire erupted under the hood of Pilger driver Bo Koenig’s Sport Compact car in this July 2017 photo.

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By DENISE MUNOZDictionaries define stock car

racing as a form of competitionwhere cars speed around ovaltracks. To the Kimmel family,however, the sport means muchmore.

It’s family.Jim Kimmel, a veteran racer

from Norfolk, has seen manychanges in the sport. One thingthat hasn’t changed, however, isthe importance of family in rac-ing.

Thirty years ago, when Kim-mel first picked up racing as ahobby, he made his own car parts.Three decades later, Jim buys thecar parts he customizes his stockcar with.

The expenses and process ofpreparing a car for a stock racehave certainly changed and sohave the people close to him whoshare his love for the sport.

In the past, Jim had his wifeand friends by his side at thetracks. Now he has a son andgrandson to work on cars, raceand bond with.

Hobbies like this one can be ex-pensive, as the Kimmels know alltoo well. To cut back on costs, thefamily shares one stock car. Jimand his son, Nic, take turns withit.

“We spend what we have,” Jimsaid. “Racing was more fun 15years ago when money wasn’t theissue, but I’d never give up on rac-ing. It’s my life.”

Jim’s grandson, Gage, at agesix, is still too young to take partin the stock car races, but by the

time he gets behind the wheel hewill be a true expert, Jim said.

Since Gage was in diapers, he’sbeen around his grandfather andfather in the garage and in thepits during races. Nic grew up inthe same environment, but as ateenager.

“When Nic was growing up, weknew where he was at Friday andSaturday nights,” said Nic’s moth-er, Rhonda. “He was with us.”

Gage recognizes most stock

car racing terms and he under-stands the culture of stock carracing. He even has a go-kart ofhis own.

“It’s mainly about the kids,”Rhonda said. “That’s our future ofracing.”

Gage’s go-kart matches thestock car his father and grandfa-ther race. It has the same fluores-cent green and blue color schemeand design.

The only difference is the num-

ber. Jim and Nic are known forbeing 17k on the track, mean-while Gage’s go-kart is the num-ber 99G.

When Norfolk race fans seecar number 17k on the track, Jimsaid they have the same question:“Is that Jim or Nic behind thewheel?”

Once the races start, however,fans who know the family closelyimmediately know the answer.

“We may use the same car, butwe drive differently,” Jim said.“Nic is more careful. I’m afraid Ican be quite reckless behind thewheel.”

A few years ago, Jim said he gotin an accident. He wasn’t injured,but his car suffered damage.

“I knew I was fine,” Jim said. “Iwas more worried about the car.”

With a totaled car, Jim said heand Nic still had a race approach-ing and needed a solution to theproblem.

“We never miss out on a race,”Nic said. “There was no way I wasgoing to let this stop me from rac-ing.”

Luckily, he counted on his fam-ily for help. Jim’s friends, whoare more like family to him, havebeen there through some of histoughest times — on and off of thetrack.

On this particular occasion, inthe middle of the week, eight ofJim’s friends volunteered to helphim fix his car. By the end of theweek, his car was up and ready.

“People were amazed at howfast we finished,” Nic said. “Theyhelped us get it back together.”

Jim said that during times likethese, his friends have shownthey are true family.

“Family sticks together,” Jimsaid

Jim said racing has changedhis life for good. He accepts it canbe an expensive and dangeroushobby, but it’s worth it.

“People call it a bad habit, I callit fun,” Jim said.

Rhonda, who has supportedher son’s and husband’s hobbyfor years, has another way to de-scribe stock car racing.

“Rush hour traffic,” she said.“Except cars drive bumper tobumper.”

Within the stock car racing cul-ture, each racer has a differentreason for doing it. The Kimmelsdo it for fun, but if there’s a trophyto win, it creates another incen-tive to win.

“The 4-foot tall trophies, I al-ways wanted one,” Nic said. “Iwon two back-to-back.”

Jim and Nic have won severalraces and championships, butthey value the memories theycreate more than the recognitionof winning. To them, the trophiessymbolize pride and memorieswith family and friends.

Jim and Nic agree that mostracers value trophies for this rea-son. Money comes and goes, soracers value trophy over moneyprizes.

“They drive harder for the tro-phy,” Jim said. “They’ll almosttotal their car trying to win thething.”

Three generations of Kimmels eager to race this season

Father, son share driving duties

DARIN EPPERLY/DAILY NEWS

SHOWN ABOVE is a Hobby Stock race car, which will be driven by Jim Kimmel at Off Road Speedway on Saturday nights and by his son, Nic, at Boone County Race-way in Albion on Friday nights. Also pictured is a Cage Kart that will be driven this season at Off Road Speedway by Nic’s son, Gage.

(From left) Jim, Gage and Nic Kimmel

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Stuart RacewayStuart Raceway is a ¼-mile dirt oval located in the City Park in Stuart and races on

Sundays. Classifications of racing include IMCA Sport Compact; IMCA Hobby Stock; IMCA Stock Car; IMCA Northern SportMod and Limited Winged Sprint.

NEW THIS SEASON, ALL RACES START AT 6 P.M.

2018 SCHEDULE

Boone County Raceway in AlbionBoone County Raceway is a ⅜-mile dirt oval in Albion. Classifications of racing include

Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts every Friday at 8 p.m.

2018 SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, APRIL 13Test and Tune/Show and Shine

FRIDAY, APRIL 20Regular program

FRIDAY, APRIL 27Regular program

FRIDAY, MAY 4Regular program plus Bike Night/Live

Video Streaming

FRIDAY, MAY 11Regular program plus Mother’s Night

FRIDAY, MAY 18No races due to graduation

FRIDAY, MAY 25Regular program/Veterans Day

FRIDAY, JUNE 1Regular program plus GOTRA races

FRIDAY, JUNE 8Regular program plus Ping Pong Drop

FRIDAY, JUNE 15Regular program sponsored by Central

Plains Corn Growers Ass.

FRIDAY, JUNE 22Regular program

FRIDAY, JUNE 29Regular program/Kids’ Night/Coin Toss

THURSDAY, JULY 5Regular program plus Stock Car Shootout

and fireworks

FRIDAY, JULY 6No races due to fair

TUESDAY, JULY 10 Fair Races

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Fair Races/Second annual Sport Mod

Nationals

FRIDAY, JULY 13 No races due to fair

FRIDAY, JULY 20No races due to Silver Dollar Nationals

FRIDAY, JULY 27Regular program plus Bike Night

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3Regular program plus Midwest Classic

Stockcar Association races

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10Regular program/Book Bag Night

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17Championship Night/Fireman & Safety

Crew Night

SATURDAY, MAY 5Stock Car Show 2-5 p.m.Tech, Test, Tune 6-8 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 20Opening Night sponsored by Schaaf

Insurance Agency/Central Bar & Grill

SUNDAY, MAY 27Regular program sponsored by Krot-

ters Home and Auto Centers

SUNDAY, JUNE 3Regular program plus GOTRA cars

sponsored by Bushel Basket/Wallinger Financial Service

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sponsored by Shamrock Diesel Repair

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 Regular program sponsored by South-

side Mini Mart/Stuart Village Inn

SUNDAY, JUNE 24Regular program plus Powder Puff

Race sponored by Stuart Locker & Live-stock/Reliable Tax Solutions

SUNDAY, JULY 1Regular program plus fireworks spon-

sored by Tri-County Bank/Community Wealth Specialists

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Malone’s Auto Body/Someplace Else Bar

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Iron Bar & Grill

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5Championship Night

U.S. 30 Speedway in ColumbusU.S. 30 Speedway is a 1-e-mile dirt oval located southwest of Columbus and races on Thursday nights. Classifications of racing include Late Models; IMCA Sport Compact; IMCA Hobby

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2018 SCHEDULEAPRIL 21 - Regular Race Night 28 - Regular Race Night

MAY 5 - Regular Race Night 12 - Regular Race Night plus GOTRA, Draw/Redraw 19 - Regular Race Night 26 - Regular Classes + MALVERN BANK SLMR(NO GRAND NATIONAL or SPORT MODS)

JUNE 2 - Regular Race Night 9 - Regular Race Night plus MIDWEST STOCK CARS 16 - Regular Race Night (Bike giveaway) 23 - Regular Race + 360 Sprint Cars sponsored by Big Daddy Race Cars(NO GRAND NATIONAL or COMPACTS) 30 - Closed (Big Bang Boom)

JULY 3 - Regular Race Night, Draw/Redraw 7 - Regular Race Night (Lynn Langenberg Memorial) 14 - CLOSED (Madison County Fair) 21 - CLOSED (Silver Dollar Nationals) 28 - Regular Race Night (Kids get free rides in a race car)

AUGUST 4 - Regular Race Night 11 - Regular Race Night 18 - Regular Race Night plus 360 Sprints (NO GRAND NATIONAL orHOBBY STOCKS) 25 - Regular Race Night

SEPTEMBER 1 - Championship Night (Regular classes) 8 - Regular Race Night plus GOTRA, Draw/Redraw 15- Closed for Tractor Pull 21 & 22 - Bob Haase Memorial Championship, Draw/Redraw

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(OTHER CLASSES TO BE ADDED) ($1000 to win, $200 to start A feature for Memorial Race)

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