Nickles victorious in Run For The Rabbit at Limaland

LIMA — After postponing twice due to weather, ‘Run For The Rabbit’, the annual event honoring the memory of Limaland favorite Travis “The Rabbit” Miller, was held at Limaland Motorsports park Friday night under beautiful weather conditions.

Harrod’s Jac Nickles piloted his yellow No.31 to victory in the GLSS Ohio CAT Sprint Car Series A feature.

In Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature action No. 60 Todd Sherman picked up the win, then jumped in his No. 65 DIRTcar UMP Modified to win that feature as well.

Kicking off feature action were the Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks with their 15-lap A Main.

No. 74D Craig Dippman and No. 1 Dylan Drake led the field to the initial green, with No. 60 Todd Sherman being the victim of the field checking up in front of him and spinning, forcing him to go to the tail as the field would face a complete restart.

Dippman led the initial 5 laps before slowing with mechanical problems, forcing him out of the race. No. 82 Chris Douglas inherited the lead with Drake in second until Drake spun in turn 4 on lap six, bringing out the caution once again.

Sherman put on a clinic by making his way through the field to take the lead on lap eight and survived multiple cautions to pick up the win. Douglas finished second, with No. 22T Tony Anderson third, UNOH Racer Houston Null fourth in the No. 11, and No. 8 Zach Rush completing the top 5.

Next up was the GLSS Ohio CAT Sprint Car 25 lap A Main honoring the memory of Travis Miller, who competed in the 360 Sprint Cars until he passed away in 1999.

Wapakoneta’s Devon Dobie in the No. 23 and Jac Nickles in No. 31 led the 21-car field to the green flag with Dobie taking the early lead. Nickles slipped past Dobie to grab the top spot on lap 2, before action was slowed a lap later for a 3-car pileup in turn 2 that saw the No. 20i of Kelsey Ivy tip onto its side, bringing out the red flag. Ivy would walk away unharmed.

As racing resumed, Kasey Jedrzejek powered by on the outside of Nickles in turn one, looking to grab his second straight Limaland victory in the Ed Neumeister-owned No. 11N. Nickles kept Jedrzejek in striking distance while having to hold off challenges from the No. X of Mike Keegan.

On lap 20, Nickles found his opportunity to slip past Jedrzejek on the inside of turn 4, taking the lead and cruising to his first GLSS victory. Jedrzejek was second, with No. 71H Max Stambaugh third, Keegan fourth and No. 22H Randy Hannagan fifth.

Completing the night was the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds in their 20-lap feature event.

No. 4 Jason Kinney and UNOH Racer Brayden Weller in the UNOH No. 01 made up the front row. Kinney led early, with Weller second, as UNOH Racer Randy Giroux in the No. 1 would battle with No. 65 Todd Sherman for third.

Caution flags on laps two, three, and four would slow competition until the field ran green to the finish, Sherman battled past Weller for second, and No. 16 Jeff Koz did the same to grab third. Sherman grabbed the lead on lap 7, and never looked back, winning over Koz, No. 5X Jerry Bowersock, Kinney and Giroux.

Limaland Motorsports Park is back in action next Friday, July 26th for Season Championship Night, presented by Alexander and Bebout. This wraps up the season points standings for 2024 in both the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, and Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks.

Also scheduled to be in action is Dirt Track Truck Series. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., Grandstand Gates open at 5 p.m., Hot laps at 6:30 p.m., and racing at 7:30 p.m.

General Admission for ages 16 and older is $12, ages 11 to 15 is $6, and kids 10 and younger are admitted FREE. Pit passes for all ages are $30. For details on this and all events, visit www.limaland.com

LOCK SIXTEEN THUNDERSTOCKS – 16 entries

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 60-Todd Sherman[4]; 2. 82-Chris Douglas[6]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[5]; 4. 11-Houston Null[7]; 5. 8-Zach Rush[10]; 6. 7-Dan Wooten[12]; 7. 27-Frank Paladino[3]; 8. 17H-Devon Helmig[11]; 9. 01-Tyler Matheny[13]; 10. 1W-Mark Wooten[9]; 11. 00-Jayden Brooking[14]; 12. 26-Justin Long[15]; 13. 28V-Shawn Valenti[8]; 14. 1-Dylan Drake[2]; 15. 74D-Craig Dippman[1]; 16. 00P-Dean Pitts[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Todd Sherman[4]; 2. 1-Dylan Drake[1]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 4. 11-Houston Null[5]; 5. 1W-Mark Wooten[6]; 6. 17H-Devon Helmig[8]; 7. 01-Tyler Matheny[7]; 8. (DNF) 26-Justin Long[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Frank Paladino[1]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman[4]; 3. 82-Chris Douglas[2]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti[3]; 5. 8-Zach Rush[5]; 6. 7-Dan Wooten[6]; 7. 00-Jayden Brooking[7]; 8. (DNF) 00P-Dean Pitts[8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 60-Todd Sherman, 00:14.998[15]; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman, 00:15.271[16]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson, 00:15.478[12]; 4. 28V-Shawn Valenti, 00:15.587[1]; 5. 26-Justin Long, 00:15.683[7]; 6. 82-Chris Douglas, 00:15.710[5]; 7. 1-Dylan Drake, 00:15.748[8]; 8. 27-Frank Paladino, 00:15.947[4]; 9. 11-Houston Null, 00:15.969[11]; 10. 8-Zach Rush, 00:15.997[10]; 11. 1W-Mark Wooten, 00:16.100[9]; 12. 7-Dan Wooten, 00:16.110[2]; 13. 01-Tyler Matheny, 00:16.270[6]; 14. 00-Jayden Brooking, 00:16.370[14]; 15. 17H-Devon Helmig, 00:16.415[13]; 16. 00P-Dean Pitts, 00:16.783[3]

GREAT LAKES SUPER SPRINTS – 21 entries

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 31-Jac Nickles[2]; 2. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[6]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 5. 22H-Randy Hannagan[9]; 6. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 7. 66-Chase Dunham[11]; 8. 7C-Phil Gressman[13]; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[10]; 10. 2S-Matt Foos[12]; 11. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15];

12. 37-Noah Dunlap[16]; 13. 17-Jared Horstman[8]; 14. 23-Devon Dobie[1]; 15. 88N-Frank Neill[17]; 16. 24-Kobe Allison[19]; 17. 83-Adam Cruea[20]; 18. 11H-Caleb Harmon[7]; 19. 18-Brian Razum[21]; 20. 19P-Brady Parmeley[18]; 21. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[14]

Engler Machine Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[2]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan[3]; 4. 2S-Matt Foos[6]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5]; 6. 37-Noah Dunlap[7]; 7. (DNS) 24-Kobe Allison

Howard Johnson Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jac Nickles[1]; 2. 11H-Caleb Harmon[2]; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[5]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 5. 49T-Gregg Dalman[3]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill[6]; 7. 83-Adam Cruea[7]

Ohio Cat The Rental Store Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Dustin Daggett[3]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[1]; 3. 66-Chase Dunham[2]; 4. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie[4]; 6. 19P-Brady Parmeley[7]; 7. 18-Brian Razum[6]

Qualifying 1 (99 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:11.710[7]; 2. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:11.879[5]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:11.914[1]; 4. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 00:11.930[3]; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:11.952[6]; 6. 2S-Matt Foos, 00:12.164[2]; 7. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.399[4]

Qualifying 2 (99 Laps): 1. X-Mike Keegan, 00:11.807[5]; 2. 31-Jac Nickles, 00:12.259[6]; 3. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:12.378[4]; 4. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.410[1]; 5. 11G-Luke Griffith, 00:12.502[7]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.528[3]; 7. 83-Adam Cruea, 00:12.705[2]

Qualifying 3 (99 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:11.954[2]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:11.964[1]; 3. 66-Chase Dunham, 00:12.026[6]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:12.294[7]; 5. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:12.349[3]; 6. 18-Brian Razum, 00:12.920[4]; 7. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:13.351[5]

Hot Laps 1 (99 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Dobie, 00:11.730[6]; 2. X-Mike Keegan, 00:11.966[14]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:12.030[9]; 4. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.123[19]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:12.172[21]; 6. 24-Kobe Allison, 00:12.275[13]; 7. 31-Jac Nickles, 00:12.282[17]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:12.311[16]; 9. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:12.312[3]; 10. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:12.342[1]; 11. 2S-Matt Foos, 00:12.351[4]; 12. 88N-Frank Neill, 00:12.396[8]; 13. 11G-Luke Griffith, 00:12.409[20]; 14. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:12.481[2]; 15. 11H-Caleb Harmon, 00:12.486[11]; 16. 22H-Randy Hannagan, 00:12.500[7]; 17. 37-Noah Dunlap, 00:12.583[10]; 18. 83-Adam Cruea, 00:12.682[5]; 19. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:13.399[15]; 20. 18-Brian Razum, 00:14.051[12]; 21. (DNS) 66-Chase Dunham

UMP MODIFIEDS – 29 entries

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 65-Todd Sherman[4]; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[5]; 3. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 4. 4-Jason Kinney[1]; 5. 1-Randy Giroux[3]; 6. 82-Brennan Sherman[8]; 7. 34X-Shane O’Connor[9]; 8. 01X-Aidan Hinds[12]; 9. 01-Brayden Weller[2]; 10. 22T-Tony Anderson[10]; 11. 45P-Brian Post[6]; 12. 9R-Garrett Rons[13]; 13. 71-Chris Hicks[19]; 14. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[18]; 15. 4M-Dustin Moore[17]; 16. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[20]; 17. 78-Andy Welch[15]; 18. 22C-Chad Coleman[14]; 19. 36-Brandon Vaughan[16]; 20. 17-Jarrod Klay[11]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4M-Dustin Moore[1]; 2. 71-Chris Hicks[2]; 3. 17R-Nick Rosselit[4]; 4. 1X-Jerry Butler[3]; 5. (DNF) 69JR-Travis White Jr[7]; 6. (DNS) 58P-James Post; 7. (DNS) 89-Bobby Rose

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[2]; 2. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[1]; 3. C4-Alex Siefer[4]; 4. 9C-Troy Cattarene[5]; 5. 419-Buzz Jacobs[6]; 6. (DQ) 9PG-Percy Gendreau[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Todd Sherman[2]; 2. 16-Jeff Koz[4]; 3. 34X-Shane O’Connor[3]; 4. 9R-Garrett Rons[1]; 5. 4M-Dustin Moore[6]; 6. 1X-Jerry Butler[5]; 7. (DNS) 58P-James Post; 8. (DNS) 69JR-Travis White Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Randy Giroux[3]; 2. 45P-Brian Post[1]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[5]; 4. 22C-Chad Coleman[6]; 5. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[7]; 6. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[4]; 7. (DNS) 9C-Troy Cattarene

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Brayden Weller[1]; 2. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[2]; 3. 17-Jarrod Klay[3]; 4. 78-Andy Welch[5]; 5. 71-Chris Hicks[6]; 6. 17R-Nick Rosselit[7]; 7. 89-Bobby Rose[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jason Kinney[2]; 2. 82-Brennan Sherman[1]; 3. 01X-Aidan Hinds[3]; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan[4]; 5. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[5]; 6. C4-Alex Siefer[7]; 7. (DNF) 419-Buzz Jacobs[6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 16-Jeff Koz, 00:14.251[12]; 2. 9PG-Percy Gendreau, 00:14.303[15]; 3. 89-Bobby Rose, 00:14.333[5]; 4. 36-Brandon Vaughan, 00:14.513[28]; 5. 34X-Shane O’Connor, 00:14.531[21]; 6. 1-Randy Giroux, 00:14.543[24]; 7. 17-Jarrod Klay, 00:14.544[18]; 8. 01X-Aidan Hinds, 00:14.577[11]; 9. 65-Todd Sherman, 00:14.626[17]; 10. 9C-Troy Cattarene, 00:14.740[22]; 11. 5X-Jerry Bowersock, 00:14.806[26]; 12. 4-Jason Kinney, 00:14.835[2]; 13. 9R-Garrett Rons, 00:14.883[14]; 14. 45P-Brian Post, 00:14.950[9]; 15. 01-Brayden Weller, 00:15.015[7]; 16. 82-Brennan Sherman, 00:15.106[25]; 17. 1X-Jerry Butler, 00:15.144[19]; 18. 22T-Tony Anderson,

00:15.154[4]; 19. 78-Andy Welch, 00:15.199[29]; 20. 11G-Kevin Grilliot, 00:15.218[8]; 21. 4M-Dustin Moore, 00:15.226[16]; 22. 22C-Chad Coleman, 00:15.349[3]; 23. 71-Chris Hicks, 00:15.453[1]; 24. 419-Buzz Jacobs, 00:15.521[20]; 25. 58P-James Post, 00:15.607[10]; 26. (DNS) 32-Scott Boyd Jr, 00:15.607; 27. (DNS) 17R-Nick Rosselit, 00:15.607; 28. (DNS) C4-Alex Siefer, 00:15.607; 29. (DNS) 69JR-Travis White Jr, 00:15.607

Gerry Keysor wrote this story for LimaScores.com