We made our weekly trip west to the Boone Speedway Saturday night and this time, the weather was actually comfortable! Finally a nice night to watch racing without having to wear winter coats! The regular five classes were in competition and four of the five found new faces in Victory Lane. The night saw close and sometimes four-wide racing in most classes, giving the fans a great show.
The Dwarf/Mod Lite feature saw Charlie Brown take his second win of the season. He jumped to the lead and would win going away from the second place finisher, James May. Andy Hennigar came from starting tenth, to finish in third, fourth went to Joel Keenan who has been much improved this year from our observations, and fifth was Mike Kennedy. The race went flag to flag.
The IMCA Northern SportMods started all 26 cars that checked into the pits. As the green flag flew and they raced into the first corner, cars were going four-wide. That type of action soon brought out a yellow as cars made contact and debris was scattered in the corner of turn two as well as sheetmetal dragging from cars. Brian Miller was looking to nab his first win of the season as he led the main event through lap 13 of the 18-lap affair, but upon a restart, he would spin, ending his chance for a victory. Geoff Olson would then be the leader, but it would be short-lived as Des Moines driver, Josh Modde quickly made the pass into first. Modde would then go home to the checkers and take the win, with Olson having to settle for the runner-up spot. Scoring a third place finish was Shawn Hunter, fourth would go to point leader Scott Davis, and fifth was Daniel Tasler.
The IMCA stock cars ran a B main to whittle their starting grid to 24 cars. Strong contender, Donavon Smith had to run that event and won it to qualify for the A feature. Eric Brown would take the lead heading into the first corner, but his car would take a spin in turn one, spoiling his night. Andy Bryant, Trent Murphy, and brothers Jerry and Wayne Gifford dueled for the top positions until Murphy took over in convincing fashion. He would pull away from the pack as he won for the first time this year. Wayne Gifford bested brother Jerry as they took second and third places, with Andy Bryant trailing them for fourth and Michael Jaennette in fifth.
Murphy had put his car upside down at Marshalltown the night before, so it was no doubt, a good feeling to know his car was back in good running condition.
The IMCA modifieds had a shorter car count this week with seventeen cars on hand. With Webster City running the same night and paying a larger purse this year after the fairboard took over the track, has undoubtedly made for part of that reason. Time will tell if that will continue. There was still great competitive cars on hand and on this night, Mike Molle would show his strength as he took the checkers and the win for the first time in 2011. Molle led the entire 20-lap race with Joel Bushore and Russ Dickerson taking second and third behind him. Fourth would go to Robert Avery, and fifth to points leader, Jimmy Gustin.
The IMCA hobby stocks also ran a B main event qualifying the final four positions to tag the feature. The 911 of Darin Rothfus took that win. It was tight racing up front between John Watson, Cory Adams and Tyler Pickett early on but a spin took Pickett out of the picture. Watson would then pull away from Adams the remaining laps and take the win. This was Watson's first win of the regular season at Boone after having taken the Frostbuster special back on April 2nd. Adams took the second place, Randy Embrey was a distant third, fourth went to Matt McDonald and Eric Stanton rounded out the top five.
Regular points racing will continue next week at Boone. For more information, schedules, and point standings, check www.raceboone.com. Full results are listed below. Happy racing!
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