Area drivers start racing season at local tracks

Fort Calhoun student earns high finishes

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Ollie Geiger may have just finished his school work and embarked on summer break, but he's been plenty busy on the race track already.
The Fort Calhoun student and Micro sprint car driver finished second after 20 laps May 21 at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury. That A feature finish came after a May 20 race in Hastings that left him fifth in the Kam Raceway standings.
Geiger, who's also third in the season standings at Eagle Raceway, is just one of many Washington County drivers who've started their racing seasons in recent months. Matt Geiger, for instance, has made laps around the Little Eagle Raceway lately, too.
All of the following results are as of May 25. They were acquired through track web pages and myracepass.com.

Blair drivers
Arie Schouten of Blair is seventh in the Crawford County Speedway Sport Mod standings with two top-10 finishes as of May 20. He's been driving the No. 99RE car in Denison, Iowa, while his sister — Ahnna Schouten — has spent time racing in Kansas this spring.
Micah Brown and his No. 24X Late Model car are ninth in the I-80 Speedway Bragging Rights standings. He's also driven in Corning, Iowa, at Adams County Speedway, while Eric Wolf Jr. is 13th in the I-80 standings.
Blair's Levi Plowman is 16th in the Bragging Rights Late Model standings, though one of his best finishes of late came in Corning. He earned 11th in the A feature there at the wheel of his No. 9 car.
Mark Plowman, meanwhile, is 24th in the Late Model standings, according to the I-80 website.
Jim Blazina has raced against Sports Mods twice at I-80 and once at Crawford County Speedway, earning a seventh-place B feature finish on May 13 in Greenwood.
Ryan Jenkins, who is listed as both a Blair and Omaha driver depending on the track, has a pair of A feature wins at I-80 in the IMCA Modifieds division. He is also 24th in the Eagle Raceway standings.

Fort Calhoun drivers
Four more Fort Calhoun drivers appear in the results of area tracks, too.
Bret Klabunde is sixth in the Race Saver Sprint standings at Crawford County Speedway. His No. 77 sprint car took the checkered flag fifth on May 20th, which was his second top-10 result of the season.
John Klabunde, meanwhile, earned a second-place sprint car finish May 7 at Park Jefferson International Speedway in South Dakota. He's 14th in the I-80 Speedway standings, while also competing once at Off Road Speedway in Norfolk.
Terry Hurt drives the No. 24T IMCA Modified. He's seventh in the Crawford County Speedway standings as of May 20th, while also 12th at Eagle Raceway.
At 10th in the Eagle Raceway standings is Modified driver Chad Andersen.

Arlington driver
Arlington driver Ray Graef Jr. drives the No. 4R Late Model. He is 18th in the Bragging Rights Late Modeal Standings at I-80 with a an eighth-place B feature finish on May 13.

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