Pleasant weather greeted the fans and drivers at Boone on Saturday night for another night of racing. A nice field of cars was on hand with several new drivers signing in. Several area tracks had been cancelled due to the rain on Friday and Saturday, so they were needing their "fix" of racing. It's always nice to see new-to-the-track cars out there trying their hand on the oval.
The first feature of the night was the Dwarf/Mod Lites and it would see them go flag to flag. Pole sitter, Dusty Masolini would take advantage of his starting spot and take the lead as soon as the race went green. He would maintain that lead throughout the race and take the win. Congratulations to 22 year old Masolini who we have seen make vast improvements over the last couple of years we have been watching him race. Coming home second was Ed Zehm who had started in 10th position, third went to Eric Hendrickson, fourth to Charlie Brown and fifth to Andy Hennigar.
The IMCA Northern SportMods had 37 cars competing for the night and it took two B mains to whittle the starting feature to 24 cars. Those consolation winners were Eric Elliott and Paul Nagle. Several cautions would bring the action to a halt. With a handful of laps to go, it would be Scott Davis putting the pressure on leader Dustin Dalton with Iowa State student Geoff Olson riding in third. Davis would make the pass on Dalton to take over the lead and at the checkers it would be Davis winning; coming from his 11th starting postion. Dalton would finish second, and Geoff Olson would make his way from 8th position to take third. Fourth was Matthew Meinecke who also came through the field impressively from starting 10th, and rounding out the top five was Paul Nagle who had to make the feature by winning his B main.
The modifieds took to the track next for their main event. Adam Larson would get the lead before halfway and he would keep that lead easily even after caution caused restarts. Larson took the win with a comfortable lead over Des Moine's Greg Cox. Third went to Todd Shute, fourth to Craig Carlson, and fifth to Jay Schmidt. We have seen Larson win multiple times this year at Marshalltown, but this would be his first win at the Boone Speedway.
Terry Cornelison would lead much of the stock car feature with Robert Stofer in tow. Coming through the pack would be Bryan Trogdon and Donavon Smith to make the race interesting. Those three plus Wayne Gifford and Trent Murphy would all pass Cornelison. In the final laps it would be Murphy, Stofer, Trogdon, Smith and Gifford putting on quite the show for the fans. At the finish line, it would be Trent Murphy once again taking the win--his fourth of the year at Boone, including the early Shakedown event--Stofer would maintain second, Donavon Smith took third, Trogdon fourth and Wayne Gifford was fifth.
Two hobby stock features would end the show with Alan VanGorp taking the checkers first.
Early leader Devin Smith would have to exit the track, handing the lead over to VanGorp. This would be VanGorp's second win at Boone this season. Second place went to Beau Kaplan who came from well back in the starting field, as did third place finisher Michael Murphy. Fourth went to "visitor" Blake Miller from Des Moines and fifth was Dean Hartwig. Miller would find himself going home lighter, as he was claimed by the 8B of Bobby Smith. We understand Miller came to the track by himself, so certainly hope he had some fellow racers step up and help out on the motor pull.
The final hobby feature saw veteran Larry Embrey start from the pole. He would keep that postion until the checkers flew and add yet another victory to his many many wins. Embrey must be nearing his 70th birthday and as Bill Haglund announced, still racing and winning even after hip and knee replacement surgeries. Cory Gustoff took second after Tim Hadley lost that position on the last lap with a flat tire. Third would go to Eric Stanton, fourth to Clint Luellen and fifth to Richard Yaw II.
With many special events coming up around the state and surrounding area, we hope to be taking in some of those shows. Hope you can too.
Full results are listed below. Happy racing!
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