McCook man motors to win at Speedway

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Celebrating in style, the competitors at Lincoln County Raceway have a lot to be thankful for and it showed during the Thanksgiving in July races that featured five IMCA classes challenging for accolades Saturday evening.

The most thankful competitors included the quartet of Colton Osborn, McCook’s Paul Donovan, Luke Wassom and Christian Destefano, who all punched their tickets to the winner’s circle.

Starting on the pole and staying up front was the formula for success for Paul Donovan in winning the IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature.

Donovan held off all challengers during the waning laps to earn the victory.

Starting the feature in the fourth row, it took nearly half of the highlighted event for Gothenburg’s Jamey Kennicutt to climb into the runner-up position. Kennicutt would then put his best foot forward on the final laps to finish strong and earn a runner-up finish for his efforts.

Leading all but one lap, Colton Osborn of Cozad was a force to be reckoned with in claiming the checkered flag in the IMCA Modified feature.

At the drop of the green flag, Bryan Herrick of Curtis led the first lap before he relinquished the lead to Osborn who would never look back in winning top honors and driving his way to the winner’s circle.

Just like his modified victory, Colton Osborn of Cozad led all but the first lap in the IMCA Stock Car feature to earn his second victory of the evening.

To achieve the double-vision success, Osborn drove his way to the front from his third row starting position and with stand the caution flags that extinguished his big cushions over the rest of the field.