There was a bit of relief for fans on Saturday night at the Boone Speedway. The previous night had been awful with the heat and humidity, so the more comfortable conditions were welcomed! There were 122 cars competing and the 14 heats and the one B required, were completed in just one hour.
The Mod Lites saw a new winner as Ed Zehm took the checkers. Zehm, though no stranger to the track or victory lane in the past, scored his first win of the year at the speedway. The 15-lap race went green-to-checkers, with Zehm in command all of those laps. Joel Keenan finished in second, a distance behind. Third was Matthew Goodin, fourth Joel Keenan, and Josh May took fifth. The race did end under a yellow/checkered situation, when Tim Hennigar came to a rest in turn four at the top of the berm when contact with another car caused his situation. He was just seconds from finishing in third place as the cars raced to the checkers.
The Northern SportMods had 27 cars strong. All cars advanced to the A feature. Darren Huntley led the field with Daniel Tasler in tow through lap ten. Third place runner, Eric Elliott saw his chance and took it, passing both Huntley and Tasler to take over the lead a couple of laps later. Elliott pulled away to take the flying checkers and the win. This was Elliott's second win of the year. Huntley kept the runner up spot and Geoff Olson came from starting 15th, to capture the third spot. Daniel Tasler was fourth and Cory Rose, fifth.
The IMCA modifieds ran their 20-lapper next. Rookie Matthew Meinecke in his brightly colored car #5M, sat on the pole along side veteran driver, Craig Carlson. Mike VanGenderen, who sat right behind the polesitter, wasted no time in taking his #57V to the lead, taking over by lap four. Row four starters, Randy Havlik and Jake Durbin, advanced to second and third and would continue to chase the elusive VanGenderen to the checkers. This was VanGenderen's fourth win of the season, and a repeat from last week. Havlik finished in second, Durbin in third. Denny Rosenberg took the fourth position and rookie in the modified class, Matthew Meinecke, rounded out the top five.
The IMCA stock cars were up next for their 18-lap A feature. Eric Brown was in charge the entire race, jumping to the lead from his outside front row starting spot. A couple of yellow flags flew, bunching the field, but Brown pulled away each time, keeping his lead. Rod Richards dogged Brown most of the race, to finish second. Trent Murphy was scored in third place, Michael Jaennette took fourth and fifth went to Robert Stofer.
The 12-lap hobby stock feature concluded the night's events. Austin Luellen appeared to be on his way to a feature win as he led much of the race. Never count out John Watson, however. Watson, was reeling in Luellen quickly with just a couple of laps remaining and was able to make the pass on the white flag lap. Watson repeated his win from the previous week, making it four wins on the regular season. He had also won the Frostbuster back in early April, making it five times at the track this year. Luellen had to settle for a second place finish, Richard Yaw II took third, fourth belonged to Matt Hudspeth, and fifth went to point leader, Michael Murphy.
As a note, transponders were tested for the first time in the modified class. Sounds like there were a few bugs that need to be worked out, but by Super Nationals time, things should be good to go.
Full results are listed below. More information on the Boone Speedway can be found at www.raceboone.com. Racing continues next week at the speedway with hot laps at 6:45, racing at 7:30. Happy racing!
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