From Scott Wolfe
Stewart, OH — (June 14, 2013) — Jimmy Nier, Piketon, Ohio claimed his second Skyline Speedway win of the year in the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association A-main.
In the wake of the tragic fatal accident of NASCAR and World of Outlaw star Jason Leffler, sprint car stat Danny Smith sold his shirts and donated not just the proceeds but the entire amount of sales totaling $2,159 to Charlie Leffler, the five year old son of Jason Leffler. The gesture was a first class act from a true champion in Danny and Stephanie Smith.
Veteran driver “No Fear” Jimmy Nier claimed his second win of the season in the OVSCA 410 Sprint main. Nier sat on the outside pole as second heat winner alongside first heat winner Mark Imler. Imler spun the wheels in the middle of the turn and collected the cars of Lance Webb, Kory Crabtree, Dave Dickson, and Andre Layfield. Crabtree, Dickson, and Layfield went to the tail. That set the stage for some high-speed adrenaline rushes for the fans.
On the restart Wes McGlumphy had the pole, but Nier throttle up as McGlumphy appeared to ring his tires. Ryan Broughton momentarily took the lead, but that was as close as anyone came to the barnstorming Nier. Nier slowly pulled away and continued to stretch his lead to the finish.
Young drivers Broughton and Nathan Skaggs held off the challenges of Danny Smith in a run for the top three. After a tail restart, Layfield had worked his way to a top five only to fade to seventh behind a recovering McGlumphy and Josh Davis. Wayne McPeek had a great run going from 16th to 6th, but blew a tire on the 23rd circuit. Jimmy Stinson had a great run going as well, but looped it on the do-over of the 23rd circuit and went pitside.
McGlumphy restarted well to move up two spots, while another hard-charge Kory Crabtree sliced-and-diced to a top ten ahead of veterans Keith Baxter and Dave Dickson. In the Sprints the hard charger was Kory Crabtree moving up nine positions from 17th to 8th. Dickson moved up from 18th to tenth and Layfield 15th to 7th.
During hot laps, Aaron Higgins jumped the cushion and flipped hard numerous times off the backstretch and out of the ball park in turn three. Higgins was momentarily shaken, but uninjured.
Rounding out the top ten behind Nier were Broughton, Nathan Skaggs, Danny Smith, Wes McGlumphy, Josh Davis, Andre Layfield, Kory Crabtree, Keith Baxter, and Dave Dickson.
410 Sprint Cars (24)
Fast Time: Danny Smith 12:77
Alky Race Fuels Heat One: Mark Imler, Ryan Broughton, Danny Smith, Keith Baxter, Greg Mitchell, Bob Tucker, David Smith, John Shewbrooks
Racegear by Impact Heat Two: Jimmy Nier, Nathan Skaggs, Josh Davis, Andre Layfield, Eddie Slone, Nick Ley, Brian Benson, Jeff Conrad (DNS)
Octane Race Products Heat Three: Wes McGlumphy, Lance Webb, Kory Crabtree, Dave Dickson, Jimmy Stinson, Wayne McPeek, Eric Martin
B-Main: Wayne McPeek, Nick Ley, Eric Martin, Bob Tucker, Brian Benson, David Smith, John Shewbrooks
Feature: Jimmy Nier, Ryan Broughton, Nathan Skaggs, Danny Smith, Wes McGlumphy, Josh Davis, Andre Layfield, Kory Crabtree, Keith Baxter, Dave Dickson, Greg Mitchell, Eddie Slone, Eric Martin, Nick Ley, Jimmy Stinson, Wayne McPeek, Mark Imler, Lance Webb