Boone Speedway was like a carnival on Saturday night...sometimes in more ways than one! Not only were there fun carnival games, face painting, Ditzy the Clown, and balloon animals, in the grandstand area, the racing provide some interesting entertainment as well. The pits were packed with 149 cars, with quite a few first timers. We noticed several cars that usually run Webster City---their season being done as of last week---as well as a couple of traveling racers. Things look to be gearing up for the fast approaching Super Nationals.
Josh May continued his winning ways by nabbing the 15-lap MADCRA Mod Lite feature. May, who leads points, raced his way from starting in twelfth, and into the lead by lap five. He finished a comfortable distance ahead of second place Ed Zehm. Chargin' Charlie Brown was third, followed by Jimmy May, dad of the winner, and Dusty Masolini completed the top five.
The SportMod feature saw cars going three-wide down the back chute. They got lap one in the books, when the yellow flew. The restart had Bill Wears in command, which he held through lap eight. He had been tormented for a while by Taylor Musselman, Ben Kates and Michael Murphy. Kates seized an opportunity and was in the lead by lap nine. Kates put distance between himself and his opponents, and sailed home to his first win at the Boone Speedway. Point leader Eric Elliott, who started alongside Kates in the fifth row, took the runner up spot. Third was Tara Longnecker, fourth went to early leader Bill Wears, and Tim Love was fifth.
It was looking as if Matthew Meinecke was finally going to get that elusive win in the IMCA Modified feature. He led from the drop of the green, and pulled away. Jon Snyder took over second by lap five and now had the task of trying to catch the leader. A yellow at lap ten caused a halt in the action, something that the leader did NOT want to see. The restart had Snyder, and Shay Woods chomping at the bit for more. Russ Dickerson, last week's winner joined in the frey as did Joel Bushore. Woods got to second and closed in on Meinecke. Hard racing down the front, found Woods nearly wheel jumping on top of Meinecke as they raced to corner one. Woods came out the better on that one, taking over the helm. A yellow flew with two laps remaining, which set up a green-white-checkered finish. Under yellow, Russ Dickerson had to exit when his car started sputtering, his night's hope of a repeat win dashed. When the green waved, there was a mad scramble for position, Bushore getting the advantage this time, and sweeping into the lead. Bushore took the white flag as Woods and Meinecke struggled for position, still hoping for a chance at the win. As the cars entered turn one, Woods was too high as he tried getting around Meinecke, slipped off the bank, and tipped over---and a red was thrown. Since the leaders had taken the white, the race was scored complete. Bushore got the victory, Meinecke had to settle for another bridesmaid spot. Jimmy Gustin, added to his point lead by racing from the sixth row to nab the third spot. Fourth went to Kelly Lyons and Scott Davis was fifth.
The Stock Cars ran next, as this week things got back to their regular running order. It seemed to us as if every class was really getting after it last night....guess Super Nationals is getting near....and the Stock Cars continued that theme. It was the brothers Gifford, Jerry and Wayne, getting the crowd's interest at the front for much of the race. They raced closely for lap after lap. Meanwhile, behind the there was frantic jousting for position. Not surprisingly, two of those Jay Schmidt and Damon Murty. Contact between the two resulted with both getting flats, ending hopes for either of them visiting victory lane. After a final yellow flew at lap eleven when Craig Carlson came to a stop near the flagstand, Jerry Gifford was still leading brother Wayne with a pair of #25s, Josh Daniels and Trent Murphy drooling for more. Wayne Gifford gave it a shot by going upstairs, quickly found that was not the best place, loosing several spots before dropping back to the bottom. The rest of the way went green, Jerry Gifford stretching his lead and taking the win. Josh Daniels took the runner up spot over Trent Murphy in third. Fourth went to "HotRod" Richards, fifth was Donavon Smith and Wayne Gifford fell to sixth. Trent Murphy holds on to a nice lead for the points race.
In the final race of the night, the IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lapper, it was the 78X of David Rieks from Eldora showing some muscle as he led the early laps. However, by lap two, another #78 was on the hunt. Shannon Anderson, who started in eleventh, was already up to second. By lap four, Anderson had taken the point, and from there on the race was for second. Anderson took the win, repeating from last week, second went to Eric Stanton, who going into the night was tied for points with Anderson, thus now one point behind. Third was Rieks, Ray Stock, Jr. finished in fourth and Matt Hudsputh took fifth.
We will be catching our breath tonight, taking a night off from the racing road. Tomorrow, bright and early, we plan for a fun day at the Iowa State Fair with family. Tomorrow night, the plan is to catch the Deery Brothers Late Model race at the Fair. Hot laps are scheduled for 5:30 with racing to follow. Joining the Late Models are the IMCA Stock Cars, SportMods, and Hobby Stocks, as well as the Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks. There is no prettier sight than sitting in the grandstand, cars on the track and the Midway lights glowing over turn one. Hope to see you there! Happy racing!
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