Modified driver Mike VanGenderen and Mod Lite racer, Bryan Zehm,
returned to victory lane on Saturday night for the second time of the
regular season at the Boone Speedway. Jay Schmidt made it to the
winner's circle in the IMCA Stock Car class, after starting the year off
right by taking the win in the Frostbuster special. Jake McBirnie won
the Northern SportMod feature for the first time as did Hobby Stock
driver Cody Gustoff.
Mike VanGenderen started ninth and ran down
pole sitter Joel Bushore in the 20-lap Modified event, pursuing him
relentlessly from lap six, until finally making the pass with a handful
of laps remaining. Those final laps saw VanGenderen pull away and take
the comfortable win. Bushore held on to second place. Third went to
Tony Cox, seventh place starter Eric Elliott finished fourth and
eleventh place starter, Jimmy Gustin completed the top five.
VanGenderen also won back on April 23.
After suffering
mechanical issues in last week's IMCA Stock Car feature, Jay Schmidt got
back on track and snapped up a feature win. Schmidt slid under Michael
Murphy out of turn four to take the lead at lap six. Schmidt never
looked back from there, on his way to the checkers. Veteran racer Terry
Pruitt finished second and Rod Richards came from eleventh starting
spot, to finish third. Last week's winner Trent Murphy was fourth after
starting in twelfth, and Cory Bushnell was fifth. The defending track
champion, this was Schmidt's first season point's win, after beginning
the year with a Frostbuster special victory.
Cody Gustoff led
the 12-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature from start to finish in securing
his first visit to the winner's circle this season. John Watson
challenged Gustoff the entire race, but had to settle for the runner up
spot. Last week's winner, Solomon Bennett was in hot pursuit, running in
third, when his motor blew, ending his night with just a few laps
remaining. Third then went to Iowa City racer, Daniel Wauters, who
started twelfth. This was Wauters' first appearance at the track.
Aaron Rudolph and Jack Phillips rounded out the top five.
It was a
shoot out between Brandon Williams and Jake McBirnie in the 18-lap IMCA
Northern SportMod main event, thrilling the crowd. The two swapped
leads several times before McBirnie claimed the final lead in the
closing moments, sealing the win. Williams had to settle for second.
Cory Rose, who led the opening laps, was third, fourth went to ninth
place starter, Jonathan Logue, and Sam Wieben made it to fifth after
starting eleventh. This was McBirnie's first win of the 2016 season at
Boone. He is the defending track champion in the division.
Bryan
Zehm took his second win of the season in the Mod Lite division. Zehm
started seventh, took the lead at lap eight, and never relinquished it
to the checkers. Madrid driver, Justin Rankin finished second, third
went to Randy Bryan, fourth to Cory Sauerman and Charlie Brown was
fifth. There was a scary moment at lap ten, when Larry Sorenson rolled
violently between turns three and four. Thankfully, he was okay.
It
was another chilly night for racing, but luckily the wind died down
giving the fans a bit of a break. After Mother Nature threw a wrench in
mid-week and Friday night racing, it was good to finally get back to
the racing scene.
There are many specials coming up, so be sure and
check the calendar at Positively Racing for a race you may wish to
attend over and above your weekly track's program.
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