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| Chad Dolan |
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Hometown: Gibbon, NE Spouse: Jamie Kids: Kody, Sadie and Bailee (Cocker Spaniels) Occupation: Co-Owner of Central Nebraska Cremation and Transport. Hobbies: Cars Heroes: My Dad Personal Vehicle: 2005 Dodge Truck Favorite Food: Chicken Favorite Drink: Cranberry Juice Favorite Color: Black Favorite Sports Teams: Dolan Motorsports Favorite TV Shows: House Favorite Movies: Harlem Nights, The Rock Favorite Drivers: Jan Opperman (rest in peace, Jan!) Favorite Music: Country Favorite Performer: Greenday
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About Chad: My racing career started as a young child going to the races at Platte Valley Speedway in Lexington, Neb. I grew up watching racers such as Denny Egge, Kenny McCarty, Wendell Stevens and Don Vonderfecht.
Knowing that I always wanted to race I got the opportunity when I was 14 to start packing the track in my brother Mark's Sportsman car. When I was 15 I started hot lapping every week, and when I turned 16 Mark and I alternated nights driving the Sportsman Car #87.
My first heat race win included the all-stars of that time: Denny Egge, Terry McCarty, Doug Stange and Jerry Hackler.
My mom and dad have had so much influence on my racing career to them I owe more than I can express. I have driven racecars in Nevada, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Arkansas. I drove for Stan and Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa, at the Southern Challenge in Abilene, Texas, and they taught me a lot about racing at big shows.
I feel very fortunate to have raced with some of the best in the business, including David Murray Jr., Johnny Saathoff, Ronnie Wallace, Jon Thompson, Kenny McCarty and many others on a weekly basis.
I want to thank the following people for all of the help that I have had learning the racing business and without them we would not have had the success we have had: Jay Neal and staff at BSB Manufacturing, Stan and Mike Nichols, my ENTIRE FAMILY for supporting me, Denny Egge, Kevin Shaw, Wayne Brooks, Scott Sueferer and many others.
And thank you to the grace of God for allowing me to be surrounded by the best people in the business! |
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Career Highlights: Six-time IMCA Modified Track Champion; 2 Time Duel in the Desert A-Main Qualifier; Top 5 Southern Challenge at Abilene Speedway; IMCA Thunder Series race winner at Elmwood Park Speedway; multiple wins.
States Competed in: Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Nevada.
1996 - Top-10 in track points at Platte Valley Speedway. 1997 - Runner-up at Dawson County Raceway. 1997 - Fifth in track points at Mid-Nebraska Speedway. 1997 - Top-5 finish at Nebraska State Fair Special. 1998 - Third in track points at River Valley Raceway. 1999 - Runner-up in points at Dawson County Speedway. 2000 - Fourth in track points at Dawson County Raceway. 2000 - Seventh in $5,000-to-win Sandhills Shootout. 2000 - Dawson County Fair Race win. 2001 - Culbertson Speedway IMCA Track Championship. 2001 - Third place in track points at Elmwood Park Speedway. 2001 - Runner-up at Dawson County Raceway. 2001 - Dawson County Fair Race win. 2002 - Runner-up at Dawson County Speedway. 2002 - Dawson County Fair Race win. 2002 - Twenty-five top-5 finishes. 2003 - Fifth in track points at Dawson County Raceway. 2004 - Top-10 finish in $5,000-to-win Sandhills Shootout. 2004 - Dawson County Speedway runner-up in track points. 2004 - Duel in the Desert feature qualifier in Las Vegas. 2004 - Top-5 Southern Challenge finish in Abilene, Texas. 2005 - Dawson County Speedway Track Championship. 2005 - Independence Day Shootout win at Boone County. 2005 - Sixth place finish in $3,000-to-win Octoberfest. 2005 - Runner-up in Don & Ruth Hagan Memorial Race. 2005 - IMCA Supernationals participant. 2005 - Wayne Brooks/Kevin Shaw Certificate of Completion, Batesville, Ark. 2005 - Plum Creek Motors 8-lap Shootout win. 2006 - Don Hagan Trucking Shootout win. 2006 - Kansas Thunder Series feature win in Norton. 2006 - Runner-up in Nebraskaland Days Shootout. 2006 - Multiple heat and feature wins. 2006 - Dawson County Speedway IMCA Track Championship. 2006 - IMCA Supernationals participant. Three-Time IMCA Ron Efkamp Memorial Qualifier participant 2007 - Multiple heat and feature wins 2007 - 8th Colby $5000 to win 2007 - 6th Sandhills Shootout $5000 to win 2007 - BST 2nd place at Dawson County Speedway 2007 - 2nd place Special Event McCook Speedway 2007 - Duel in the Desert Las Vegas Feature Qualifier 15th out of 200. 2008 - 6th Place Finish Inaugural Race At Death Valley Raceway in Aramgosa, Nevada. 2008 - Possumtown 50 WINNER! 2008 - 5 A Mains in a Row at Mid-Nebraska Speedway. 2008 - 9 A Feature Wins and 17 Heat Race Wins. 2008 - Team Race Competitor Oklahoma Special. 2008 - Dawson County Speedway IMCA CHAMPION. 2008 - Most Feature Wins at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Modified Division. 2008 - Runner-Up at 2nd Annual Platte River Shootout. 2008 - Heat Winner Duel in the Desert Las Vegas. 2009 - 4th Place Finish at 3rd Annual Platte River Shootout. 2009 - IMCA TRACK CHAMPION MID-NEBRASKA SPEEDWAY 2009 - IMCA TRACK CHAMPION DAWSON COUNTY RACEWAY 2009 - 13TH IN THE CENTRAL REGION IMCA POINTS NUMEROUS HEAT AND FEATURE WINS. 2009 - 1 of 33 drivers out of 6700 registered in IMCA to Win 2 or more Championships. |
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Career Goals: Goals that I have from here forward are to win and place well in different areas of the United States. |
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