2/1/2019
Malvern Bank 360 Sprints
Dover, Martin, & Bade Crowned at 2018 Banquet!
2018 Carpletland Nebraska 360 Sprint Series presented by Malvern Bank Banquet, Omaha, Nebraska (January 25, 2019)— It was a season of highs and lows for the men and women of the series, but it was Jack Dover who conquered the season and became series champion for the third time in the last 4 seasons. Jack compiled an astounding 7 wins, 15 top 5’s, 17 top 10’s in 19 feature starts. It was an extremely rough start for the Springfield, Nebraska driver with wing issues plaguing his early start with the series. Things all began to settle when Jack had one of the best weekends of his career at the Jackson 360 Nationals in Jackson, Minnesota. He took home just north of $14,000 in the weekend event adding 2 wins to his totals and capping off a final win with the series the following weekend at Junction Motor Speedway.
Jack Dover wasn’t the only champion crowned in 2018 as Jason Martin took the I-80 Speedway Championship pocketing $2500 for his efforts. I-80 Speedway and Nickell Construction of Lincoln, Nebraska made this all possible working together and putting the money to make this happen. Six races were scheduled at I-80 Speedway and the highest points total in these six races crowned us a track Champion. With three events falling to rain and a rescheduled event giving us four races, Jason was able to pick up 2 wins and finished in the top 5 in the other 2 events. Jason also went on to finish second is series points ending an up and down year for the Lincoln, Nebraska driver.
New to the series threw many for a shock as series president, Dennis Parker, unveiled the “Bobby Parker Rookie of the Year,” a tribute to his late father and open wheel legend! The first full-time series woman driver, Shayle Bade, surprised many as she took her talents from a 305ci sprint car to travel full-time with the series in a 360ci sprint car. Her talents didn’t go unnoticed as the young lady from Lincoln, Nebraska shined throughout the 2018 season finishing 4th in series points, 4th in the Nickell Construction I-80 points championship, and those efforts crowned her the Bobby Parker Rookie of the Year presented by SSS Motorsports! She finished with 3 top 5’s, 6 top 10’s, in 13 feature starts. She was awarded $500 for the rookie of the year honor and this was all made possible from SSS Motorsports and Luke Cochran.
2018 Final Season Standings
Pos Driver Points Gap
1 Jack Dover 2532 -
2 Jason Martin 2322 210
3 Cody Ledger 2193 339
4 Shayle Bade 1729 803
5 John Klabunde 1665 867
6 Jody Rosenboom 1418 1114
7 Seth Brahmer 1386 1146
8 Ryan Roberts 1371 1161
9 Lee Grosz 1298 1234
10 Gregg Bakker 1234 1298
2018 Final Nickell Construction I-80 Speedway Standings
Jason Martin
Jack Dover
Don Droud Jr.
Shayle Bade
Ryan Roberts
Cody Ledger
Seth Brahmer
Mason Daniel
John Klabunde
Stuart Snyder
Again, we would like to thank our series sponsors for a fantastic 2018 season: CarpetLand, Malvern Bank, Hoosier Racing Tires, Saldana Racing Products, Keizer Race Wheels, Speedway Graphics, Electrical Systems Inc, Speedway Motors, and SSS Motorsports.
A big thank you goes out to our beautiful trophy sponsor, SSS Motorsports (Luke Cochran)!
We wouldn’t be able to bring such an amazing group of drivers to area tracks without all of our sponsors!
News regarding the 2019 will be coming in the following weeks.
Article Credit: Travis Johnson
Submitted By: Travis Johnson
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