There were no new winners in the IMCA classes last night at the Boone Speedway, though some had a dry spell before their return to the winner's circle. The MADCRA Mod Lite class however, did see a driver take the checkers for the first time this year.
Things were moved around a bit last night in the running order of the features, so the first feature to come to the track was the usual tail-end of the night Hobby Stocks. Chris Hupp looked to be on his way to his first feature win of the year after his recent return to action. However, by lap six of the 12-lap race, Eric Stanton had worked his way up into the runner up position after starting eleventh. Stanton pressured Hupp for a couple of laps before finally taking over the lead with just two laps remaining. Stanton kept his lead to the checkers, scoring his second win at Boone this year. Hupp held on to second over Matt McDonald in third, Aaron Rudolph in fourth and Shaun Wirtz who started twelfth, nabbed fifth place.
The Mod Lites came next and their 15-lap feature had barely taken the initial green when it was red flagged. Veteran Mike Morrill found himself tipped over low in corner four, but was rolled over, seemed none the less for wear, and tagged the field. Another veteran to the class, Ed Zehm took the lead from the get go of this one, looked comfortable in that spot, and sent his #41Z to victory lane. Dusty Masolini tried to catch Zehm for most of the race to no avail, and settled for second. Third went to Josh May, who came from row six, fourth was Andy Hennigar who started back in seventeenth place, and rounding out the top five was Terry Brown. Ed Zehm scored a win for the first time since last June.
The IMCA Northern SportMod feature was led early on by Brandon Brinton. His night would end shortly after Brandon Williams, made the pass for the lead, when Brinton's machine lost power and he had to exit to the pits. Williams then had clear sailing ahead, and motored home to his second win of the season. Tim Love came from row five to take the runner up spot and Cody Hennings finished third. Eric Elliott regrouped after an incident in his heat race damaged his ride, had to tag the field of the feature, and flew to a fourth place finish. Lynn Brockett completed the top five positions.
The always entertaining IMCA Stock Cars were up next for their 18-lapper. This one would go the entire way caution free. This was refreshing, as it seems there has been an abundance of the yellow rag waving everywhere lately! Jerry Gifford got by veteran Larry Crocheck early on and was looking strong and on his way to a victory. Donavon Smith had other ideas! Smith, who started thirteenth, worked his way methodically through the pack and was running in second by the halfway mark. Smith annoyed the leader for several laps before getting the lead at lap fourteen and took a comfortable win at the checkers---his second of the year. Jerry Gifford held second place and third went to Trent Murphy who had started twelfth, and Jay Schmidt was fourth. Schmidt left "Black Betty" (his newest car) home for the night and brought out his previous car for a night of action. That nearly ended in the heat race when he ended up in the backstretch wall, had to start in twentieth starting position, but sent the older car through the field in fine fashion. Early leader Larry Crocheck hung around the front of the pack and secured a fifth place finish.
The IMCA Modifieds got their turn on the "end of the night track". Matthew Meinecke led the opening circuits but it was Jake "The Snake" Durbin taking over by lap five. Durbin still led at lap eleven when a caution flew for an incident in turn four. Jimmy Gustin was dead in the water, having had a car drive over his ride, sending him out of contention for a win on this night. Durbin held his point spot after a final restart situation at lap fourteen, holding off Meinecke...who continues his "oh so close to a win" finish, as he took second. Jon Snyder was scored in third, fourth was Cale Sponsler and Kyle Brown, who was docked for jumping twice, still finished with a top five. This was Durbin's second win at the track this year after winning back on May 11.
Fun activities are on the docket for next week at the Boone Speedway when it will be "Christmas in July". Who knows what will take place...hopefully not SNOW, but rumor has it that Santa will make an appearance...perhaps wearing shorts!
We have a busy week ahead on our racing schedule. Hopefully we get our string of night's in without Mother Nature coming into the picture and ruining it at some point. Tuesday will be the Hawkeye Dirt Tour in Osky and they will follow up with their second night of racing during the Southern Iowa Fair with their regular Wednesday night of racing. Both night's will be a draw/redraw format for all classes. For more details check out www.oskyspeedway.com. Then on Thursday night we will head to the historic half-mile at the Knoxville Raceway for the annual Harris Clash. This is always a "must see" on our calendar. Then the weekend will hold our regular night's at Marshalltown and Boone. Do check out the calendar of events at www.positivelyracing.com for a wide choice of races you might like to attend at this busy season. Happy racing!
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