The Boone Speedway had their regular season opener this past Saturday night. It was also a familiar occurrence to watch developing storms just skirt the area leaving the facility without a drop of rain and only a lightshow to the north. We have seen this happen over and over again at Boone Speedway.
All five classes competed for points with the Dwarf/Mod Lites up first on the track for their feature. Josh May made it look easy as he picked up the win after leading the entire event. He is no stranger to Victory Lane having won numerous times last year. Following him for second was David Schmalzried, third went to Jeff Stensland, fourth to Bryan Zehm in the 46Z car (I must remember this car, as the number was a bit difficult to read from the grandstands)and fifth was James May, father of winner Josh May.
The Northern SportMods had a field of 45 cars on hand which required the running of two B main events to get their feature pared down to 24 cars. Eric Elliott and Nick Roberts won those two contests. Randy Roberts pretty much dominated the 18-lap race as he pulled away from the competition and took the win. Clint Luellen finished a distance behind Roberts to take the runner-up position and he was followed by a visitor from Wisconsin, Troy Jerovetz who was third. Fourth went to hometown driver, Scott Davis and Kyle Brown from Kellogg, Iowa rounded out the top five. The race went caution free.
The IMCA modifieds saw all 23 cars on hand start their A main feature. Luke Wanninger was the man in charge early on but would slip back to fifth place and on lap 16, his car would jump the berm in turn two, pirouette on its nose, and come down hard on his top. Wanninger was okay, but it appeared his car sustained some major damage. As action resumed with just four laps to go, Cale Sponsler led the pack with several cars hot on his heels and challenging. Sponsler was able to hold off those challenges, and take the win. Todd Shute, Jimmy Gustin and Justin Sackett finished a close second, third and fourth, in that order. Rounding out the top five was Russ Dickerson.
The IMCA stock cars had a nice car count of 31 cars requiring a B main. That B main was won by Alan VanGorp in the 19A car. Eric Brown in the 24 car, back after several year's absence, led that first lap and was looking strong, only to have mechanical problems and exit the race. Randy Killen would then be the leader and went on to the win without ever relinquishing the lead. Damon Murty came through the pack from starting ninth to take the second position, third went to Cory Bushnell, fourth to Trent Murphy and fifth to Josh Daniels.
Ending the night's racing action was the Hobby Stock feature. Only one feature was run tonight which also required a B Main. It was won by Donnie Gustoff. The feature wasn't much of a contest for winner Michael Murphy as he started on the pole and led the entire 12-lap race. Finishing in second place a distance behind the winner, was the familiar #40 of Randy Embrey. Third went to Eric Stanton, fourth to Chris Hupp and John Watson came from starting 10th, to take the fifth place.
Racing will continue next Saturday night at the Boone Speedway with racing scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information check www.raceboone.com. Until next time, Happy Racing!!
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