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King of the Hill Late Model Shootout
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| Boen Sweeps Mid-Nebraska |
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| Saturday, 19 July 2008 00:00 |
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 The battle for the runner up position would take place on lap seven as sixth starting Berck would try several times to get underneath Eckrich before finally taking the position one lap later. Boen, who continued to hold his half stretch lead, would then enter lapped traffic on lap nine allowing Berck to slowly close the distance.Berck, the 2002 series champion, would close the deficit to ten car lengths by lap fifteen as both drivers worked through heavy lapped traffic. While the two lead cars began pulling away from the rest of the field, the battle for the third position waged as Eckrich, Bryant Goldsmith and Chris Simpson had their own fierce battle for position. Back up front saw Marquette, Nebraska's Berck close to within three car lengths by lap twenty-two. He would get a strong run around the top in turns one and two and would take the lead down the backstretch one lap later. On lap twenty-three the first of two cautions fell when Jason Landers came to a stop on the bottom of turn four. The restart gave Boen his chance for redemption as he passed former two-time Pump & Pantry late model champion Berck around the top side in turn two to retake the lead. At the races midway point it was Boen with an eight car length over Berck with Eckrich third, Goldsmith fourth and Simpson holding on to the fifth position as the leader continued to stretch his advantage. Boen would enter lapped traffic again on lap thirty-two but worked through them flawlessly, continuing to stretch his lead over Berck. The final caution would wave on with nine laps to go when Simpsons strong fifth place run would end as he came to a stop at the top of turn two. There was no catching Boen on the restart, however, as he would go on to post his third series feature victory of the season aboard the Peterson Fluid Systemes/Road Runner Fabrication sponsored Rocket Chassis. Current series points leader Berck would settle for second, with Erckich coming home third. Goldsmith finished fourth while McKay rounded out the top five. Joe Kosiski finished sixth, followed by Gary Webb, John Kaanta, Jason Friesen and Rob Moss rounded out the top ten. The six, eight lap heat races for the fifty car field were won by Boen, Mike Wiarda, Goldsmith, Berck, McKay and Eckrich while Al Humphrey, Friesen and Jeremy Grady took home the three, ten lap "B" features. Next up for the O'Reilly/NCRA late model division will be Friday and Saturday night, August 1-2 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska with the running of the "King of the Hill" late model shootout in a co-sanctioned event with the Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA). The O'Reilly/NCRA presented by ICM/Ethanol would like to thank the following contingency sponsors in the late model division for the 2008 race season: ICM/Ethanol, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hoosier Racing Tires, Arizona Sport Shirts, Weld Racing Wheels, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Holley Performance Products, INCE Race Cars, GRT Race Cars, Winters Performance Products, Taylor Vertex, Schoenfeld Headers, Auto Meter, Taylor Cable Products, BSB Race Parts, Hatfield Racing Engines, QA1 Motorsports, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Ultra-Shield Race Products, AFCO Racing Shocks, Pro Shocks, Racing Optics and Design 500. O'Reilly Finish Line 1st Heat: 1. Kelly Boen 2. Bo Egge 3. Kelly Dunn 4. Mike Collins 5. Eeric Pember 6. Travis Roth 7. Jim Beaman 8. Dylan Schnor 9. Rusty Miller. 2nd Heat: 1. Mike Wiarda 2. Greg Larson 3. Jerry Warner 4.Steve Foster 5. Brad Wagoner 6. Wylan Petrie 7. Casey Landers 8. Mollie Collins 9. Chad Humston. 3rd Heat: 1. Bryant Goldsmith 2. Joe Kosiski 3. Gary Webb 4. Rob Moss 5. Dave Garman 6. Jason Schobinger 7. Jason Landers 8. Cale Gottschalk. 4th Heat: 1. Kyle Berck 2. Al Humphrey 3. Jeremy Grady 4. Alan Jordaning 5. Delbert Smith 6. Alonzo Grosse 7. Justin Gregg 8. Marty Doner. 5th Heat: 1. Tyler Andrew McKay 2. Jason Friesen 3. Eddie Moore 4. Ben Schaller 5. Bill Koons 6. John Kuchar 7. Shawn Harker 8. Tyler Gottschalk. 6th Heat: 1. Dave Eckrich 2. John Kaanta 3. Chris Simpson 4. Steve Kempt 5. Ted Martin 6. Dean Moore 7. Todd Doty 8. Vince Wagoner. 1st B Feature: 1. Al Humphrey 2. Kelly Dunn 3. John Kuchar 4. Tyler Gottschalk 5. Alonzo Grosse 6. Casey Landers 7. Mollie Collins 8. Steve Kempt 9. Eric Pember 10. Delbert Smith 11. Shawn Harker 12. Ben Schaller 13. Steve Foster DNS: Chad Humston. 2nd B Feature: 1. Jason Friesen 2. Gary Webb 3. Rob Moss 4. Jason Landers 5. Dean Moore 6. Vince Wagoner 7. Wylan Petrie 8. Alan Jordaning 9. Brad Wagoner 10. Ted Martin DNS: Jerry Warner, Todd Doty, Cale Gottschalk. 3rd B Feature: 1. Jeremy Grady 2. Eddie Moore 3. John Kaanta 4. Travis Roth 5. Mike Collins 6. Jim Beaman 7. Dave Garman 8. Justin Gregg 9. Marty Doner 10. Rusty Miller 11. Jason Schobinger 12. Dylan Schnor DNS: Bill Koons. A Feature (50 Laps): 1. Kelly Boen 2. Kyle Berck 3. Dave Eckrich 4. Bryant Goldsmith 5. Andrew McCoy 6. Joe Kosiski 7. Gary Webb 8. John Kaanta 9. Jason Friesen 10. Rob Moss 11. Travis Roth 12. Mike Collins 13. Bo Egge 14. Greg Larson 15. Kelly Dunn 16. Chris Simpson 17. John Kuchar 18. Jason Landers 19. Eddie Moore 20. Jeremy Grady 21. Delbert Smith 22. Steve Foster 23. Shawn Harker 24. Tyler Gottschalk 25. Al Humphrey 26. Mike Wiarda.
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Three-time defending series champion Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colorado out-dueled Kyle Berck to win his second career Pump & Pantry Late Model Nationals feature finale Saturday night as the O'Reilly NCRA Late Models presented by ICM/Ethanol wrapped up two nights at Mid-Nebraska Speedway.