It was off to the Boone Speedway last night, and once again, we were watching the sky. Seems many times this season as we've headed out to a race, it is the same old thing....wondering what the weather was going to do at whatever track we were headed toward. Last night, we escaped the "R" word again.
A couple of drivers got their first win of the season at Boone, two drivers matched their wins from last week while another repeated from an early season victory.
The Mod Lite division ran their A main first and Bryan Zehm took home another victory. He was one of the drivers matching a win from last Saturday night. Zehm started eighth and had to overtake early leader Mike Kennedy. He got the job done at lap eight and from there on, drove his #46Z to victory. Point leader, Josh May worked his way from twelfth starting spot, overtook Kennedy in the closing laps, as they finished second and third in that order. Fourth was Cory Sauerman and Terry Brown was fifth.
A new face visited Victory Lane last night in the IMCA Northern SportMod class. Ninth place starter Jonathan Logue got to the lead quickly, snatching it up at lap four. He held off last week's winner Jake McBirnie. McBirnie did all he could to reel in the leader, setting his ride on the topside, but falling short and having to settle for the runner up spot. Third was Andy Tiernan, Randy Roberts was fourth and Brandon Williams rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lapper didn't start off well. The race went red as soon as the race began, when Stephen Doss tipped his machine on it's side at the very top of turn one. He was okay. When things got underway, it was Dustin Graham leading the charge, but Solomon Bennett took over at lap five. From there on, he enjoyed his ride at the front of the pack, and sealed his second win of the year in comfortable fashion. The race for second was a close one, with Graham just holding off eighth place starter Chad Legere. Last week's winner, Andrew Burg came from tenth starting spot, to finish fourth, and Dean Hartwig was fifth.
Up next, 20-laps of IMCA Modified racing, the "Ground Pounders", as announcer Jerry VanSickel calls them, and rightfully so. David Brown started on the pole and jumped to the immediate lead when the race went green. Joel Bushore had started right behind him, and tucked in behind him. Brown was holding the lead, Bushore not able to find a way around him, through the halfway mark of the race. Meanwhile, Kyle Brown, son of the leader, had swung to the topside of the track, and was reeling in the leaders. It became a "three horse race" with a handful of laps remaining, until David Brown suffered a flat tire, taking him out of the contest. Son, Kyle Brown's fate was much better, as he motored home to his first win of the year at Boone. Bushore finished in second, Scott Davis took third place, fourth went to Devin Havlik, and point leader Jammin' Jimmy Gustin, who had started twelfth on the grid, went home with a fifth place finish.
Tenth place starter, Trent Murphy came out of no where and into the lead by lap two of the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car main feature. Twelfth place starter Donavon Smith also made headway quickly, and up to third behind veteran Robert Stofer at lap five. Meanwhile, another car on the move, was the 19J of Jay Schmidt. Schmidt, who had not made the invert in his heat had to start back in twentieth spot, but went to work on the topside, and started reeling in car after car. A yellow at lap eleven, found Schmidt running fourth behind Murphy, Stofer, and Smith. The final few laps saw Murphy keep tight hold on his lead, and he scored the win for the second consecutive week. Smith was able to make the pass and score a second place finish. Schmidt made his preferred line at the top of the speedway work for him, garnering a third place finish. Fourth was Stofer and "Hot" Rod Richards finished fifth.
Next week at Boone, it will be mid-season championships. Seems like racing just started! Hot laps are 6:45 and racing at 7:30.
The busy racing season has begun, and this week we hope to make two special events. First up on Tuesday, June 9, will be the Hawkeye Dirt Tour in Maquoketa, Iowa at the Jackson County Speedway. Also running will be the IMCA Deery Brothers Late Model Series. We have been to many tracks in Iowa, but this will be our first trip to this track. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 with racing to follow. The IMCA Northern SportMods will also be on tap.
Then on Thursday, June 11, it will be the long anticipated appearance of the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. There will not be a race on their usual Wednesday night of racing this week. Joining the MLRA class, will be IMCA Late Models....unusual to see two different Late Model classes running at the same track. Adding to that impressive line up are the IMCA Modifieds for their Hawkeye Dirt Tour series. There will also be the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, and the IMCA Hobby Stocks. It is mid-season championships, and those last three classes will only be running features as to our understanding. Things will get underway with hot laps at 6:45 and racing at 7:15.
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