Jade Hastings won his third feature of the season last Friday night at River Cities Speedway which was also the fourth and final race of the 2024 Wayne Anderson Cup. Hastings’ win, the 27th of his career, helped to extend his point lead and also broke a tie with 2009 champion Bobby Martin and moved him into a tie with Brad Pake for sixth on the all-time wins list.
Zach Omdahl in the Minn-Kota Power Co-op No. 17 and Tom Egeland in the Egeland Racing Engines No. 14 won the heat races and made up the front row at the start of the 30-lap Anderson Cup finale. Hastings took second on the initial start in the Ault Construction No. 8H as Omdahl led the opening lap.
Omdahl brought the field back to green, getting off to a great restart and pulling away by about ten car lengths before that start was washed out due to the second caution of the race. Omdahl repeated his great start from the previous attempt and continued to lead while Weston Olson moved into the third spot in the Olson Underground No. 27.
On lap seven, Omdahl continued to lead by a straightaway as Olson pulled to the inside of Hastings in an attempt to take the second spot. With ten laps in the books, the leaders continued to run around the cushion of the quarter-mile Bullring while lapping through traffic.
Hastings had all but erased Omdahl's lead when Weston Olson peeked to Hastings’ inside and briefly took the second spot. Nick Omdahl also joined the mix in the CMS No. 0 as Hastings got second back from Olson with 13 to go, bringing Nick Omdahl with him as Zach Omdahl jumped over the cushion in turn three which brought out a caution.
Hastings acquired the lead at that point and lined up with Olson to his outside on the double file restart. Nick Omdahl again took the second spot on the restart, though within two laps the top three had pulled away to a good ten car length distance from each other.
The split between the top three. grew past the ten to go mark as Hastings worked flawlessly through lap traffic. In the closing laps, Hastings' lead was nearly a half track as he went on to pick up the win over Nick Omdahl and Weston Olson. Jack Croaker was fourth in the Hugo’s Family Marketplace Eight-Ball and Adam Sobolik completed the top five in the Evil Iron Classics No. 52.
“We’ve been struggling, so it's nice to get Mark [Dobmeier] out of here and have a confidence night,” Hastings said in victory lane post-race. “We tried some things and I felt really good. You just never know until the 13 [Mark Dobmeier] comes back if you're good or not but that’s as fast as I’ve felt here in probably over a month.”
Hastings also dedicated the victory to series co-founder Jeff Leebrick who passed away the week prior. Leebrick was also an integral part of the formation of SJS Racing’s move to Sprint Cars back in 2014.
Racing action continues Friday night at River Cities as the series will be in action during the track’s annual Hall of Fame night. Two former NOSA regulars, Mike Johnson and Sam Braaten, will be inducted during intermission of Friday’s races which will begin at seven o’clock.
Omdahl brought the field back to green, getting off to a great restart and pulling away by about ten car lengths before that start was washed out due to the second caution of the race. Omdahl repeated his great start from the previous attempt and continued to lead while Weston Olson moved into the third spot in the Olson Underground No. 27.
On lap seven, Omdahl continued to lead by a straightaway as Olson pulled to the inside of Hastings in an attempt to take the second spot. With ten laps in the books, the leaders continued to run around the cushion of the quarter-mile Bullring while lapping through traffic.
Hastings had all but erased Omdahl's lead when Weston Olson peeked to Hastings’ inside and briefly took the second spot. Nick Omdahl also joined the mix in the CMS No. 0 as Hastings got second back from Olson with 13 to go, bringing Nick Omdahl with him as Zach Omdahl jumped over the cushion in turn three which brought out a caution.
Hastings acquired the lead at that point and lined up with Olson to his outside on the double file restart. Nick Omdahl again took the second spot on the restart, though within two laps the top three had pulled away to a good ten car length distance from each other.
The split between the top three. grew past the ten to go mark as Hastings worked flawlessly through lap traffic. In the closing laps, Hastings' lead was nearly a half track as he went on to pick up the win over Nick Omdahl and Weston Olson. Jack Croaker was fourth in the Hugo’s Family Marketplace Eight-Ball and Adam Sobolik completed the top five in the Evil Iron Classics No. 52.
“We’ve been struggling, so it's nice to get Mark [Dobmeier] out of here and have a confidence night,” Hastings said in victory lane post-race. “We tried some things and I felt really good. You just never know until the 13 [Mark Dobmeier] comes back if you're good or not but that’s as fast as I’ve felt here in probably over a month.”
Hastings also dedicated the victory to series co-founder Jeff Leebrick who passed away the week prior. Leebrick was also an integral part of the formation of SJS Racing’s move to Sprint Cars back in 2014.
Racing action continues Friday night at River Cities as the series will be in action during the track’s annual Hall of Fame night. Two former NOSA regulars, Mike Johnson and Sam Braaten, will be inducted during intermission of Friday’s races which will begin at seven o’clock.
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