We spent what has become a traditional Memorial Day at the Boone Speedway for the Deery Brothers Late Model race. The weather tried to put a damper on the races as it appeared rain could be moving toward the track. But once again, Boone had their luck hold and the races were completed just as sprinkles began as the final race of the evening ended. There were plenty of racecars filling the pits and by our count, 167 drivers competed after a couple of "stragglers" tagged the line-ups.
The IMCA Northern SportMods were the first to run their feature. This class is just exploding on the scene and every track we attend will usually have consulation features run to complete the A main field. The winner on this night would be the pole-sitter of Brett Meyer. Coming home second would be Mike Pruitt, third Jared Timmerman, fourth Luke Wanninger and fifth would be Scott Davis.
The Deery Brothers IMCA late models would run their feature next. It's always a treat to see the late models at Boone. There were 36 cars in attendance and through the four heat races and two B mains, the field of 20 cars was set, with four provisional starters added to the end of the A main. An eight car mishap between turns three and four with only three laps down, stopped the early action and resulted in those cars having to tag the field. Webster City driver, "Hollywood" Jason Hahne in his good looking #76 car, kept his pole-sitting car out front for over half of the 4o-lap race, but soon after, it was Red Oak's Josh Most taking over the lead. Most would keep his car out front and take his first ever Deery Brothers win. Hahne would take second; a best ever finish for him in the series. Third place finisher, Craig Roberts may have had his best finish in the series as well and behind him came a hard charging Todd Cooney in fourth and rounding out the top five was veteran Jeff Aikey.
Up next was the hobby stockers in their 15-lap feature. The two front-row starters would remain out front the entire race with Lake City's Devin Smith taking first and Daniel Hilsabeck
crossing the line in second. Michael Murphy would come home in third, Richard Yaw II in fourth, and Aaron Rudolph finished in fifth.
It was no stranger to Victory Lane in the modified race as John Logue put his familiar car #69 across the finish line first. He had battled with then leader Jimmy Gustin earlier, but just a slight bobble by Gustin, and Logue slipped by for the lead. Gustin would remain in second and take the runner-up position, while Cale Sponsler would make his way through the pack from starting in 18th place, to take third. Fourth was Bill Davis, Jr. who has been on a recent successful run, and fifth was hometown Boone driver, Russ Dickerson. Earlier in the evening, Logue was presented with a plaque and banner, commemorating his 100th career IMCA modified win he achieved early in April.
The final event of the evening was the IMCA stock cars. Battling up front early was Donavon Smith, his brother David Smith, Brian Efkamp and Bryan Trogdon. Those cars would make for an interesting race but later a mishap with a lap car would find the Smith brothers spinning in turn one losing many positions before they were able to resume. Trogdon would catch lap traffic, but as visiting announcer Blake Anderson, who was helping with the announcing duties for the special event said, "he's getting through traffic like a hot knife through butter". Trogdon took the feature win with Jefferson's Trent Murphy in second, veteran driver Brian Efkamp in third, "Hot" Rod Richards in fourth, and pole-sitter Tim French in fifth. Raindrops began to fall during the end of this feature, but the race was completed under green.
This traditional Memorial Day weekend show is always a treat but we always need to reflect on the true reason for the Holiday. Thanks to those men and women who served this great country to keep it free.
Full results are listed below. Happy racing!
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