It was a rainy forecast for much of the state of Iowa on Saturday and dark clouds were looming all around as we headed to the Boone Speedway. We drove through rain on the way to the track, but once again, the clouds parted and not even a sprinkle fell. There were two very close finishes in the Modified and Stock Car features, determined at the finish line. Only the Modified class had a new face go to victory lane, as all other classes saw repeat winners.
Charlie Brown won the Mod Lite feature. He passed brother Terry Brown at lap nine and never looked back in winning the 15-lap event. Terry Brown finished as the runner up, Mike Kennedy was third, point leader James May increased his lead by taking fourth and Randy Bryan completed the top five. The race went non-stop to the checkers. This was Charlie Brown's third win at the track this year.
Lynn Brockett led the pack of SportMods through lap four of the 18-lap feature. But as often been the case lately, Ben Kates flew to the lead with just a handful of laps in the books. From there on, it was pretty clear sailing to the checkers for the young Tonganoxie, Kansas driver. A caution at lap sixteen proved not to be a concern, as he motored off on the restart the remaining two laps to the win. Johnathon Logue got around Brockett with less than a handful of laps remaining, and set his sights on the leader, but could do no better than the runner up position. Brockett held on to third, Mike Stark was fourth, and Jerry Hinton was fifth. Kates passed Hinton for the points lead at the track, and scored his fourth regular season win of the year, also having taken the Frostbuster victory.
It was a happy John Watson with his 12-lap Hobby Stock caution free win. Watson came from starting twelfth and took the lead from Dustin Lynch with a lap to go. The final lap also had other tight contests determined, as Cody Gustoff surged to second, ahead of Shannon Anderson in third. Lynch got shuffled back but still scored fourth and Eric Stanton came from eleventh to take fifth. Watson jumped from his car after his victory, and ran to the grandstand fence for a quick celebration with fans. Watson leads the Hobby Stock points by a slim three point margin over Shannon Anderson. This was his second win for 2014 at the track.
The Modified feature went right down to the wire. Matthew Meinecke nabbed the lead from Kent Croskey on the backstretch of lap four, and stretched out his lead, appearing to be on his way to his first Modified victory at Boone. Meanwhile, there was some good racing going on behind him. David Brown and Jon Snyder were locked in a battle for second, Snyder eventually winning that duel. Kyle Brown was on the move from starting eleventh, and now up to fourth and Mike VanGenderen, "The Flying Dutchman", was hot on their trail in fifth. Meinecke continued his run at the front, as the white flag flew, Snyder gaining ground. As the leaders came out of turn four,--- enter a lap car. Meinecke was already committed to the top line, the lap car blocking him. Snyder dove to the inside, and saw a clear track ahead, getting to the checkers and the win first. Meinecke had to settle for what had to be a disappointing runner up spot. Kyle Brown put the move on his dad, David with a couple of laps remaining, and scored third place, David taking fourth, and Mike VanGenderen rounded out the top five. Snyder won for the first time at Boone this year. Kyle Brown took over the points lead from Jimmy Gustin....holding a slight three point advantage.
The night's racing ended with another intense shoot out in the IMCA Stock Car class. Matt West shot to the lead from his front row starting spot, holding off Cory Bushnell through lap ten. Jerry Gifford got to third by lap four after starting tenth, and was challenging Bushnell soon after. Point leader Jay Schmidt had his Black Betty ride coming with a full head of steam and was in fourth by lap eleven. As the laps wound down, Bushnell took over the lead, West out of the game with a flat tire, and Schmidt to the runner up spot with two to go. Schmidt nosed ahead with a lap to go, and was able to hold off Bushnell for the win at the finish line. Jerry Gifford finished third, veteran racer Craig Carlson ran up front most of the race and scored a fourth place finish over Mike Goldsberry in fifth. The edge of your seat feature went caution free. This was Schmidt's third win of the year at Boone.
It was another night of watching the radar and the sky. Several tracks around the area had their night washed out, rain shortened or delayed. But once again, that bubble that often seems to cover the Boone Speedway, saw the clouds part and not a drop of rain fell.
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