The Boone Speedway held the Prelude to the Super Nationals on Saturday night and 288 drivers that were pre-entered for the 2016 Super Nationals, used their option to test and tune for next week's spectacle of dirt track racing.
Jimmy Gustin took the win in the IMCA Modified division, with hopes of keeping up that momentum going into next week. Jay Schmidt wasn't racing his own car in the IMCA Stock Car class, but still parked it in victory lane. Kansas racer Dakota Sproul looked strong in taking the IMCA Northern SportMod victory, and Andrew Burg took a dominating win in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature.
Jimmy Gustin grabbed the lead from Eric Elliott at lap eight of the 30-lap IMCA Modified feature and from there on, never looked back on his way to the win. Elliott finished a distant runner up, track champion Mike VanGenderen finished third, fourth went to Joel Bushore and Russ Dickerson rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran a 25-lap feature event. Pole sitter Dakota Sproul, from Ellis, Kansas took command quickly and went on to hold that coveted spot the rest of the way to the checkers. Tyler Watts from Beloit, Kansas chased Sproul the entire race, but had to be content with a second place finish. Jake McBirnie finished a close third, fourth was Austin Luellen, and eighteenth place starter, Daniel Gottschalk, another Ellis, Kansas racer, was fifth.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars went 25-laps in their main event. Jay Schmidt, a familiar name at the Boone Speedway, came away with the win, but not in his own car. Schmidt, who was driving the 56T of Justin Temeyer, started fourteenth and had the lead at lap fifteen. From there on, he stretched his lead, and took the comfortable win. Track champion, Donavon Smith was second, Norton, Kansas racer Casey Woken started tenth, and finished third, and fourth went to another Norton, Kansas driver, Jason Davis. Former Super Nationals Stock Car champion, Brandon Czarapata from Pulaski, Wisconsin came from twentieth starting position to finish fifth.
Andrew Burg led the entire 25-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature to score the win. Burg finished well ahead of second place Eric Stanton, the Boone Speedway track champion. Former Super National and IMCA National Hobby Stock champion, Shannon Anderson came home in third place. Beatrice, Nebraska's Jesse VanLaningham was fourth and Solomon Bennett completed the top five.
The Boone Speedway already looked like "Boone South" upon arrival. The pits and camping spots were already pretty well filled, with more arriving all night long.
Fifteen states, plus Iowa, were represented last night. We noted that Kansas drivers put their stamp on the track, with some good runs all night long.
Jay Schmidt was driving Justin Temeyers car last night. The story we understood was that he wanted Jay to hot lap it and find out what the issue was that he'd been having. Schmidt said, "why not race it and find out", so he did.....and sat it in victory lane! Look for Schmidt to be in his own 19J machine for the up coming Super Nationals though.
It's great to see all the cars and many with new wraps....some not so, and well rubbed. Some cars with their usual look, were completely different. One of note was the 9E of Eric Elliott, which was all red. It may be sporting a more completed wrap by Wednesday when the IMCA Modifieds start their qualifying. The theme for the cars this year is to represent their home state. The OZ car of Hoisington, Kansas driver Mike Petersille was quite clever with its Wizard of Oz wrap.
The 34th Annual Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals begins on Labor Day, Monday, September 5 and runs through Saturday, September 10 at the Boone Speedway. Check www.raceboone.com for all the details of America's Racin' Vacation. The daily schedules are all listed. Please note that the IMCA Late Models will not be running on Labor Day as has been their tradition. Rain changed things around last year, and moving them to Thursday's program worked well, and the call was made to make the move permanent. Racing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. each day. Please take heed of the grandstand rules as well. It is posted that there will be no blankets allowed until 6 p.m. each night and only seat cushion/pillows are allowed...and with NO backs.... not even those that fold down. As far as I know, only Friday and Saturday have reserved seating on the grandstand side, so you can sit on a numbered seat until then.
Please Mother Nature....be kind to the 2016 Super Nationals. Fingers crossed! Hope to see many of you there. Please stop us and say, "Hi". We look forward to seeing racing friends and drivers that we see each year in all the craziness that is the Super Nationals!
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