For those that may have arrived a little late last night at the Boone Speedway, you missed out on the bonus race of the night. The rained out Hobby Stock feature from last week was run the very first thing....starting at 7:15. They did a quick farm session immediately after that was completed......then it was on to the regular program of the night.
The make up feature for the Hobby Stocks was originally announced to take up where it left off last week, at two laps down. However, that call was revised to having it a complete restart and the full twelve laps were run. Shaun Wirtz led the first five laps, but was soon to be chased by Shannon Anderson in second. Anderson, who had started tenth, wasted no time in making the pass for the lead and then pulled away for the easy victory. Aaron Rudolph finished a distant second, and a distance behind him in third was Eric Stanton. Stanton had to fend off Adam Bonnett in fourth at the line. He was followed by Curt Reed who rounded out the top five.
The first of the regular night's A mains was the usual MADCRA Mod Lite's. Last week's winner Mike Morrill put his #6 ride to the lead by lap two and was never seriously challenged from there on, repeating his victory. Josh May came from starting tenth to take the runner up spot. Travis Stensland outlasted Dusty Masolini as they went third and fourth in that order; Randy Bryan finishing fifth.
In the beginning of the SportMod feature, we were fearing that the full "super" moon was having it's affect on the drivers. But after the third yellow, things went pretty smoothly. Cody Hennings was leading as the field restarted on lap five of that third caution, but he soon had company! Eric Elliott had flown through the field from his sixteenth starting position and was soon giving the leader fits. Elliott had the lead by lap nine and though one more yellow would rise up to stop the momentum of the field, Elliott pulled away to the easy win. Hennings held the runner up spot, veteran Rick Ringgenberg finished in third and Cory Rose came from row five to finish fourth and fifth place finisher Geoff Olson came from row seven to complete the top five. This was Elliott's second win at the speedway this year.
The IMCA Modified's got after it next for the 20-lapper. Early leader Joel Bushore was flying on the topside as were most of the challengers directly behind him. One of those, Jimmy Gustin who had started tenth, got on Bushore's bumper, and began harassing the youngster. A lap car a bit after mid-way of the race, was all it took for Gustin to take advantage of the situation, making the pass for the lead by swooping to the low side. Bushore hung close but it was no cigar on this night, as Gustin took the win, his second of the regular season. He also won the track's Frostbuster opener. It was close for third place but Jake Durbin would win out over Todd Shute, and fifth went to Randy Havlik. As a note, Shute gave some live streaming viewers a fun prospective. We understand he had an Xsan camera on board as they did a bit of testing and tuning with thoughts of the Super Nationals looming in the not too distant future.
The IMCA Stock Cars put on their usual exciting show for the fans. Josh Daniels put his 25J to the point early on, and was dogged much of the race by his father Bob Daniels in the 25D. Most of his pursuers were following the leader's lead, and making the bottom portion of the track work for them. However, one car had opted for the top.....and he was flying! Wayne Gifford was the odd man out, but it seemed to be working for him as he reeled in cars. At the checkers though, it was Daniels taking the win, and Gifford could garner no more than the runner up spot. Third went to Cory Bushnell with his tattered right side minus much sheetmetal, the winner's dad Bob Daniels hung around the front to finish in fourth and Donavon Smith was fifth.
There was still one more feature remaining to close out the night. The second of the night Hobby Stock feature got off to a bad start when David Rieks got it up on the right side out of turn two....showing the entire bottom of his car, and then ending that with a head on sudden stop into the wall. Thankfully he was okay.
Shannon Anderson took the lead away from Matt McAtee on lap two and looked comfortable but Eric Stanton had other ideas as he came up from row six to put the pressure on the leader. That was all he had though, as Anderson took the win----his second of the night, Stanton taking second. Third was early leader Matt McAtee, fourth went to Bill Richards and Curt Reed was fifth.
It has been announced that the next three shows, which include next week June 29, the special July 4 Eve of Destruction and huge fireworks display, and the July 6 regular program will have an increase in admission. The two weekly shows will include the 305 Sprints. All three shows will have a grandstand admission of $15, with kids $7. Pit passes for the driver only will be $20 and all others at $25. Just as a heads up to everyone.
Happy racing!
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