It was a warm night at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night. A good crowd was on hand for "Scout Night" where those wearing their uniforms were admitted free and got a free hot dog to boot. A good field of 139 race cars came to play on this night as well. More than a few yellow flags would fly during the night, and two drivers would go home with back-to-back wins.
The Mod Lite feature had a blip when Josh May put his ride on it's side in turn two. He was okay, but the incident would hurt his point's chase as he was tied with Randy Bryan going into the night. The win was looking to go to Mike Kennedy as he was leading comfortably in the late going. He wasn't counting on that being snatched away from him at the last corner, however. It was veteran Ed Zehm who made that last corner pass on Kennedy; grabbing the lead and the win away from him. Zehm claimed his first win of the season, Kennedy having to settle for second. Third went to Mike Morrill who had started back in the sixth row, fourth was Jeff Stensland and fifth went to Andy Hennigar.
The IMCA SportMod feature came next. The last few laps were a shoot out between leader Daniel Tasler, and point leader Eric Elliott. Elliott fought past Tasler on the backstretch of the last lap but it was a real battle to the finish line, with a bit of "rubbin' is racin'." In the end, Elliott managed to pull off the win, taking his first victory at the track this year. Tasler was no doubt a disappointed runner up. Following Tasler to finish third was Anthony Onstot. Onstot had led much of of the race but lost the lead after one of several restarts due to yellow flags. Fourth place was Andy Tiernan and fifth, Cory Rose.
It was "a barn burner" in the IMCA Modified feature with great action going on between Jake Durbin and Todd Shute up front. Shute was able to make the pass on Durbin late, and would come home with the victory for the second straight week, Durbin having to settle for runner up. Jimmy Gustin started deep in the field and worked his way through the pack to take third. Russ Dickerson took fourth and Mike VanGenderen, who had started alongside Gustin near the back, came home to finish fifth.
The IMCA Stock Cars found a new winner to add to the books when Mike Munson took the win. Munson led the entire race to capture the victory. Wayne Gifford, the point leader, finished in second place. Gifford would pass Munson, but a yellow would come out after the field had taken the white flag, reverting the finish back to the previous lap. The yellow/checkered finish ended when a car was sitting facing traffic right at the flagstand. Donavon Smith was third, followed by Rod Richards in fourth and Norm Belew ran one of his best races of the season, to capture fifth.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks ended the night's racing and who should be back in the winner's circle but none other than John Watson. Watson is putting his name on the track, claiming it as his own. Watson came from row six to the lead by lap five. This would be his third straight win, his fourth regular season win, and then throw in the Frostbuster win, making it five just this year at Boone. His 2011 campaign was just as successful too. Aaron Rudolph finished in second, third went to Curt Reed who began the race back in row nine, fourth was Cory Adams, and Clint Rothfus, early leader held on to finish fifth.
Next up at the Boone Speedway will be their annual Memorial Day IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series for late models. Joining them on the roster will be the IMCA SportMods, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and the Mod Lites. It will be an early start time, with the grandstand opening at 3 p.m, hot laps scheduled for 4, and racing at 5. The next regular points race will be next Saturday night, June 2. It will be a special "School's Out" night with free admission to those 17 and under. Hot laps for regular night racing is always 6:45, and racing at 7:30.
This is a getting to be a busy racing time, so hunt out a race to attend. Not hard to do with all the specials going on during this time. You can check out some potential events under the calendar portion of www.positivelyracing.com for one you might like to attend. Happy racing!
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