2/16/2020
IMCA Lone Star Stock Car Tour
Westin Abbey aces IMCA Lone Star Tour opener at Abilen
ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 15) – Following his opening night Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour win Saturday at Abilene Speedway, Westin Abbey can take aim at a much bigger payday.
The three-time and defending EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region champion topped the main event for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, earning $1,000 and a shot at a $10,000 bonus if he can win Texas Motor Speedway’s Wednesday night Dirty 30 show as well.
Eighty drivers from 11 states saw tour action at Abilene. Ninth in Friday’s Ice Breaker show, Abbey won the first of 10 heat races, started outside the front row and caught Derek Green for the lead midway through the 30-lapper.
Green, the Friday night winner, ran side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper with Abbey the last half of the race. The front pair caught up to lapped traffic with two laps left but Abbey found the fastest way through and left Green to settle for second.
“We didn’t know what the car was going to do. We changed a lot of stuff after the heat race,” Abbey said from victory lane. “We just put the car on the top (line) and stuck to it.”
Abbey’s career 58th feature win came ahead of Green, early leader Tommy Fair, Brian Blessington and multi-time Abilene track champion Jason Adcock.
Jesse Sobbing started 15th and finished sixth in the Stock Car feature, tuning up for the IMCA Modified feature he’d lead start to finish.
Those $1,000 checkers were good for a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berth as well as a potential $10,000 Wednesday night bonus as well.
Sobbing led all 30 laps of the Modified main after drawing the pole. Josh McGaha, a six-time Abilene track champion, ran second most of the way before Jeffrey Abbey snuck by in the green, white, checkered finish.
Chris Elliott started 16th and finished fourth; hard charger Tyler Iverson drove from 18th starting to round out the top five.
Fifty-two Modifieds saw track time Saturday, also from 11 states.
One thousand dollar to win features for both Stock Cars and Modifieds are on the race night program for night two of the Lone Star Tour Sunday at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco.
Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m.
Feature Results
Stock Cars – 1. Westin Abbey, Comanche; 2. Derek Green, Granada, Minn.; 3. Tommy Fain, Abilene; 4. Brian Blessington, Breda, Iowa; 5. Jason Adcock, San Angelo; 6. Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa; 7. Todd Van Eaton, Orient, Iowa; 8. George Egbert III, Salado; 9. Abe Huls, Carthage, Ill.; 10. Jeff Mueller, Albion, Iowa; 11. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche; 12. Matt Guillaume, Haslet; 13. Elijah Zevenbergen, Ocheyedan, Iowa; 14. Dean Cornelius, New Prague, Minn.; 15. G.W. Egbert IV, Belton; 16. Chad Schroeder, Belle Plaine, Minn.; 17. Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa; 18. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa; 19. Mike Petersilie, Hoisington, Kan.; 20. Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
Modifieds – 1. Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa; 2. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche; 3. Josh McGaha, Abilene; 4. Chris Elliott, Abilene; 5. Tyler Iverson, Albion, Neb.; 6. Chad Melton, Mineral Wells; 7. Fred Wojtek, Blackwell; 8. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb.; 9. John Gober, Poolville; 10. Dustin Robinson, Post; 11. Cody Tidwell, Round Rock; 12. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D.; 13. Mark Carrell, Redmond, Ore.; 14. Clay Money, Penikee, Kan.; 15. Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa; 16. Danny Hogue, Abilene; 17. Austin Howes, Memphis, Mo.; 18. P. Egbert, Burleson; 19. Jim Thies, Mapleton, Iowa; 20. Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.; 21. William Gould, Calera, Okla.
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Article Credit: IMCA
Submitted By: Jerry Vansickel
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