A hot and muggy night awaited fans and drivers for racing on Saturday night. Racing action saw two drivers get their first wins of the season while other classes saw familiar faces back in the winner's circle. What has become a constant lately, Mother Nature provided us with a looming bank of clouds to the west and north and later a light show. Heavy rains fell Saturday morning--in the 3 inch or more range, but racing went on for the fourteenth straight night at the Boone Speedway. Announcer Johnny Tharp thanked the speedway crew for draining 40,000 gallon of water from the infield during a tireless all-day effort.
Ed Zehm would take his second straight feature win in the Dwarf/Mod Lite feature. He would swing around the outside of Charlie Brown on the white flag lap, after Brown had led all of the previous laps. Brown would take the runner-up spot, third was Randy Bryan who came from starting 12th, fourth was Colby Oberembt, and fifth went to Josh May.
The IMCA SportMod feature found a new face in Victory Lane as Cory Rose put his black #86 in first place. Rose made his first appearance of the year last week, and if memory serves us correctly, may be his first racing at the track in a couple of years. Runner-up spot and third place went to a couple of veteran drivers when Rick Rinngenberg chased Rose to a second place finish and Darren Huntley followed him to score third place. Placing fourth was Jared Timmerman and fifth went to Scott Davis.
The IMCA modified feature saw all 21 cars start their feature. Dallas Center driver J. J. Scott won his first feature event at the Boone Speedway as he led all twenty laps. Todd Shute ran the topside in an effort to catch Scott but had to settle for the bridesmaid position when the checkers flew. Rookie to the division, Daniel Hilsabeck was third, fourth went to seasoned veteran Kelly Lyons, and rounding out the top five was Luke Wanninger.
The stock car feature saw Wayne Gifford score his second feature of the year at the track as he bested Donovan Smith for the win. No doubt, it was a disappointed Jay Schmidt taking third place after having crossed the finish line in first place. It was announced that Schmidt jumped a restart and was docked two positions. Without a caution flag after that, he had no opportunity to be realigned, thus having to take the two position penalty. Fourth went to Trent Murphy and fifth to Kevin Shaw.
Final feature of the evening was the running of only one hobby stock feature after a B Main rounded out the starting 24-car field. Scott Lograsso scored another win for the year. He won comfortably over runner-up Michael Murphy who was also well ahead of third place finisher, Michael Peterson out of Montezuma, Iowa. Fourth would go to the 3A of Austin Luellen, and fifth was the 911 car of Darin Rothfus.
Next Saturday night will be another regular point race starting at 7:30. Don't forget the 4th of July spectacular the following night when Boone hosts the 4th annual Eve of Destruction along with a huge fireworks display sponsored by the city of Boone. The IMCA SportMods will also be racing in a non-points event. Be sure and check http://www.raceboone.com/ for complete official results and more information concerning the track. Let's hope the weather is out of this rainy period, and we have dry weather to enjoy many of the mid-week specials coming up. Happy racing!
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