1st Outdoor event in Nebraska a cold windy success!

Nebraska Diesel Show 

April 27, 2019 

  

As always when doing these early Spring shows the weather is a consideration for success. This event was no different so when I arrived at the Kearney Raceway Park on Friday it was Sunny, 70 degrees and a bit windy (10 mph) and I unloaded and met with the track about conditions and scheduling for the next day.

By Saturday morning a cold front had moved in with 35-45 mph winds and temperature was warmest in the morning at 50 degrees falling to 41 by evening. In normal conditions I would have called the event but NOT with these Nebraska diesel crowd!

Day started out rough with very high winds, we barely got 20ft popup put together with strap downs to the fence and sandbags on the legs along with rubber-banding all of the literature and decals.  

However more and more people and trucks came through the gate closer to noon when the winds dropped to 15-20 mph and the sun broke through the clouds. Diesel enthusiasts in Carhart coats and sock hats brought their many different diesel vehicles into the track for grudge racing (110 trucks teched), dyno competition, show-n-shine, burnout contest and sled pulling.

By evening the winds died down and the sun came out steady but the temperatures started to drop, still pretty pleasant for the sled pulls. Crowds were good all through the afternoon till the sun started to go down. We saw and talked to people from Colorado, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and of course Nebraska.

Despite the weather concerns we consider this show a success with lots of diesel trucks, good amount of people, constant traffic at the tent and lots of competition on both tracks!

Winners:

Sled Pull Winners:

3.0 Super Class

1^stPlace = Bryan Banghart – 1992 Dodge – 342.13 ft

2^nd– AJ Eilert – 1994 Dodge – 313.10 ft

3^rd– Russ Horns – 1996 Dodge – 305.89 ft

4^th– Matt Heideman – 2005 GMC – 256.80 ft

Hot Work Stock

1^st– Jeremy Stickney – 2005 Dodge – 266.27 ft

2^nd– Daniel Topham – 2006 Ford – 250.71 ft

3^rd– Matthew Schepler – 2013 Ford – 248.61 ft

4^th– Zack Larson – 1998 Dodge – 229.98 ft

5^th– John Topham - 2003 Ford – 224.04

Work Stock

1^st- Kaleb Henebry – 2001 Chevy – 290.22 ft

2^nd– Matthew Schepler – 2013 – 238.27 ft

3^rd– Garret Kruger – 2001 Ford – 223.99 ft

4^th– Zack Larson – 1998 Dodge – 209.67 ft

5^th– John Schmidt – 2005 Excursion – 193.69 ft

6^th– Nick Manhart – 2009 Ford – 182.84 ft

7^th– Logan Klingson – 2015 Chevy – 175.82 ft

Open Class

1^st– Bronson Gibbons – 1942 Ford – 306.60 ft

2^nd– Mark Gibbons – 1942 Chevy – 301.18 ft

3^rd– Brandon Kibbee – 1952 Big Hooker – 296.47 ft

4^th– Will Gibbons – 1975 Ford – 282.38 ft

Dyno Competition

Highest Horsepower/Chevy – Michael Duesbur

Highest HP Ford – Brook Huffman

Highest HP Dodge – Leo Kochanowicz