National Championship Racing Association

Anderson Leads NCRA Late Models into Hutch, Dodge City
 
PARK CITY, Kan. (July 24, 2007) – Another busy weekend of racing is on tap for the O’Reilly NCRA Late Model Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol. After the two-day Late Model Nationals at Mid-Nebraska Speedway last weekend, they will hit the dirt twice this week as well.
 
Friday it’s NCRA versus TORA in a co-sanctioned show at Hutchinson (Kan.) Raceway Park. It is their first head-to-head confrontation in several years.
 
Saturday the series rolls into Dodge City (Kan.) Raceway Park for a wild-west shootout. This will be their only trip of the season to Dodge City. In their only appearance last year, Steve Kosiski took the checker ahead of Kelly Boen and Delbert Smith. Over the last three seasons (2004-06), Boen has two wins and a second in five shows here.
 
Last weekend at Mid-Nebraska, two-time defending series champion Boen and 2002 champ Kyle Berck rumbled with each other as they both grabbed victories.
 
Boen, from Henderson, Colo., won his second race of the season Friday with Berck in second. Saturday they reversed roles as Berck, from nearby Marquette, Neb., bagged the $4,000 payday with his first series win this year, with Boen the runner-up.
 
Point leader John Anderson was third each day, adding to his remarkable string of feature results. He has finished no worse than fourth in each of the eight features this year. The Omaha, Neb., driver has two wins, a second, four thirds, and one fourth.
 
Anderson’s performance last weekend kept him on top of the standings, but just barely. He holds a slim 15-point margin over Boen, while Berck moved up to third. He replaced Delbert Smith, who’s two DNFs dropped him two spots to fifth. With a pair of top five finishes, Mike Wiarda moved from fifth to fourth in the standings.
 
For more information about the series, either visit the NCRA Web site at www.ncraracing.org or call the NCRA office at (316) 755-1781.