There was a definite chill in the air last night at Boone, and those not bringing along a sweatshirt or jacket, may have wished they had! There was no lack of hot racing however, as all classes got after it. According to my count, 134 cars came to play, some ending the night luckier than others.
They mixed the running order up a bit again last night. The first feature was the IMCA Hobby Stocks. A driver sealed his name in the Boone winner's book for the first time as Matthew Sorenson nabbed a victory. In doing so, he out lasted Aaron Rudolph who took the runner up spot. The only driver digging on the bottom was Eric Stanton and he made it work as he drove from starting eleventh, to capture third. Fourth was Norwalk, Iowa's Michael Powell and visiting driver from Bethany, Missouri, Lee Farmer made his trip worth while and got a top five finish. It appears that Stanton has taken over the point lead from Shannon Anderson by about a handful of points.
Veteran Ed Zehm put his #41Z Mod Lite into victory lane in their 15-lap race. Zehm, who started sixth, had the lead at lap seven when a red flag situation occurred. The 4L of Larry Sorenson took a tumble between turns three and four....in front of the approaching pack and nearly taking out the leader. Thankfully he was okay. They rolled him back over and he drove off into the pits. As the race got back underway, Zehm had company in the name of Josh May who sat directly behind him on the restart. Then two others joined in the fun as Andy Hennigar and Dusty Masolini ganged up on the leader as well. Zehm however was able to fend them all off and took the checkers first. Hennigar got to second, challenged the leader, but fell short and had to settle for second. Dusty Masolini was scored in third after getting around Josh May in fourth, in the closing moments. Travis Stensland rounded out the top five. Zehm scored a victory for the second time this year.
Johnathon Logue, son of veteran racer John Logue, led the pack in the first two laps of the 18-lap SportMod feature. Randy Roberts had other ideas though, as he took the top spot away at lap three. He was soon to be chased by Tonganoxie, Kansas driver, Ben Kates when he swung around Logue to snatch second. The drivers would stay in that order to the checkers flying...Roberts taking the win, Kates scoring the runner up spot and Logue held on to take third. Fourth was Rick Ringgenberg and Lynn Brockett was fifth. Roberts took his third win at Boone this year. Sixth place finisher, Eric Elliott continues to holds a nice lead in the points chase.
The Modifieds ran their usual 20-lap feature. Matthew Meinecke led this one the first three laps until Shay Woods, Humeston, Iowa driver, took over the helm. Kyle Brown took over second at lap five. At lap twelve, Meinecke gained the lead, but only for a brief moment as he lost the handle or had some issue with the car....we didn't see what happened, but he fell back. Wood got the lead back then, Brown in tow. The only car now trying the high side of the track, was Kyle Strickler, "The High Side Tickler" , driver out of North Carolina who has been racing in the area as of late. But as he tried his usual route up high, Jammin' Jimmy Gustin was putting excitement in the crowd as well, but he was choosing the lower path as he attempted to hold off Jon Snyder. Woods would hold off his charging competitors and score the win, his first this year. Kyle Brown held the runner up spot, Gustin who came from starting twelfth, took third, Snyder was fourth and Strickler took the fifth position. Gustin continues to hold the points. Second place in points going into the night was Scott Davis, who had trouble in hot laps, and did not run. Russ Dickerson now holds down second place in points.
Don't EVER go home without seeing the Stock Car feature! It is often one of, if not THE best feature of the night....in our humble opinion. Eric Brown held the advantage in this 18-lap affair until loosing the lead to Mike Goldsberry with a handful of laps in the book. Cory Bushnell got into the mix as well, as he held third spot. And who was that in fourth place but Donavon Smith who had started tenth and was really on the move. But then, my pen suddenly had the #19J in fifth jotted down as the cars passed the flagstand! Where the heck had he suddenly appeared from? A glance at the starting line up showed Jay Schmidt had started sixteenth, and he had "Black Betty", (as he affectionately calls his ride) on the move! The closing laps of this one were a dandy! Goldsberry continued to lead, but Smith had gotten to second and Schmidt into third. A three-wide battle down the back stretch was only the beginning of a spectacular finish. With two laps to go, Schmidt came off of corner four and swung to the lead around Smith who had briefly taken the point spot, but it was still going to be a shoot out to the checkers. Schmidt held on to that coveted top spot and scored the win, his fourth of the season, Goldsberry scraped hard to make it to second just ahead of Smith in third. Eric Brown hung around the front and scored fourth place as did Corey Bushnell in fifth.
Lots more racing to be found folks. Check out the calendar at www.positivelyracing.com and find a race of your choice to attend. Happy racing!
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