The forecast wasn't sounding good for some of the area racing on Saturday night. Boone Speedway was one of those, but with their reputation for getting the show in, we were hoping the track would win out. The rain held off for two features, but interrupted racing in the Hobby Stock main event, and the races were canceled. It and the Modified and Stock Car features will be completed next Saturday.
The Mod Lite 15-lap feature had a strange twist when leader Travis Stensland's car spewed a cloud of white smoke with just two laps remaining. He was attempting to limp his disabled car to the infield when second place Cory Dennis came upon him too quickly and could not avoid contact. This sent Dennis into a roll in front of the grandstand. Thankfully, Dennis popped out of his roof hatch, unscathed. Stensland was one of the first to reach Dennis after the incident. The Mod Lite drivers are a close knit group who are always helping each other.
When the race picked back up, it was Kevin Grisham inheriting the lead for the green-white-checkered charge to the checkers. Grisham saw his hopes for a win dashed on the final lap, when Josh May made the pass, beating him to the finish line for the win. Grisham had to settle for the runner up spot, Justin Rankin took third, fourth went to Joel Keenan and Randy Bryan completed the top five. May won for the fourth time this season, and is the point leader.
May had quite the weekend up to this point. The previous night at Marshalltown, he had won his 100th feature. Saturday, he got married! Saturday night, he won #101. If the rain holds off, he will be going for #102 at the Stuart Speedway tonight.
Curtis Veber held down the top spot in the early going of the 18-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. A yellow flew at lap six, when a 3-car tangle occurred on the backstretch. For the restart, Veber now had Jonathon Logue breathing down his neck. It didn't take long for Logue to make the pass for the lead and from there on kept his ride there all the way to the checkers flying. Jake McBirnie had started on the tail of the field and made spectacular headway, picking off car after car. He passed Veber on the final lap to take second place, Veber going third. Fourth was Randy Roberts and Michael Murphy was fifth. This was Logue's fourth win this year. McBirnie is the point leader.
The 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stocks came to the track next. Korbin Nourse was looking strong, leading the early laps when a yellow flew at lap four. By that time, Eric Stanton had moved to the #2 position after starting tenth, and was hungry for the restart. Stanton made the pass in corner two just after lap five was scored and was in command at lap six. Then.....came the rain. Mother Nature just had to spoil the rest of the night's program. The call came to cancel as it appeared a bigger cell was moving toward the Speedway.
Next Saturday, August 15, the first thing on the agenda will be the completion of the Hobby Stock feature. Then, the two classes left waiting in the wings, the IMCA Stock Cars and Modifieds, will run their features. There will then be a complete show for all five classes. As of now, the show will begin at the regular scheduled times with hot laps at 6:45 and racing at 7:30.
As a note, drivers are required to run transponders at Boone. Drivers need to have them mounted and working for their heats---or they will be penalized. This has happened several times lately, though the drivers have all been warned. Don't let this happen to you or your driver.
Mother Nature is working over time again. The races at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton, Iowa have already been washed out for tonight. Be sure and check before you head to any other track in your area. Thanks for reading!
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