Bruce made no bobbles over the final two laps and took the checkered flag, with Hockett settling for runner-up honors in his own No. 77 entry. Eighth-starter Brown from Missouri made a late move to snare the show position, with Oklahoma’s Bacon crossing the stripe fourth.
Droud rounded out the top five to rank as the top finishing Nebraska rep, with South Dakota’s Justin Henderson advancing from 14th to sixth and second-ranked ASCS Midwest shoe Chad Humston in seventh.
After slapping the wall and cutting his right rear tire in heat race action, Mike Boston rallied from the tail of a “B” Main to take the second and final transfer position away from Bronson Maeschen in the final corner and then picked up Hard Charger honors by racing from 18th to eighth in the main event.
While he was denied a third consecutive Nebraska Cup triumph, Jack Dover managed to pick off ten positions by charging from 19th to ninth with Billy Alley climbing from 17th to complete the top ten.
Ackland, Droud, Stuart Snyder, Henderson, Bruce and Jason Martin topped heat race action for Saturday night’s 52-car field, with Jason Danley, Ryan Anderson and Alley winning the 12-lap “B” Mains. After a 19th-place finish in the main event, Danley can secure the ASCS Midwest Region championship by taking a competitive green flag in Sunday night’s $2,001-to-win season finale at the Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, NE.
Joe McCarthy got upside down on the frontstretch in the night’s fifth heat, while Eric Lutz went for a wild turn one ride in the sixth heat at the same time that Kevin Ingle turned over on the frontstretch in a three-car scrum off turn four.
Mike Gabelhouse flipped in turn four in the first “B” Main, while Lee Grosz tagged the turn one wall to avoid a spinning car just ahead while leading the second “B” Main.
There were no injuries.
ASCS Midwest Results from Eagle Raceway’s Nebraska Cup:
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 77x-Jesse Hockett, 3. 21x-Brian Brown, 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 6. 99jr-Justin Henderson, 7. 1m-Chad Humston, 8. 88-Mike Boston, 9. 24a-Jack Dover, 10. 22x-Billy Alley, 11. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 12. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 13. 71-Tige Jensen, 14. 71r-Ryan Anderson, 15. 23-Terry Holliman, 16. 36-Jason Martin, 17. 23s-Stuart Snyder, 18. 4m-Randi Miller, 19. 82-Jason Danley, 20. 14g-Gene Ackland.
ASCS Midwest Points (Top Ten): 1. Jason Danley 1,562, 2. Chad Humston 1,486, 3. Eric Lutz 1,254, 4. Jack Dover 1,246, 5. Brian Brown 1,140, 6. Lee Grosz 1,108, 7. (tie) Jonathan Cornell and Don Droud, Jr. 1,072, 9. Mike Boston 1,013, 10. Ryan Anderson 835.
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