After being involved in a serious accident at Lakeside Speedway on April 28, Kelly Boen is home recovering from his injuries. The two-time defending late model series champion hit a rut and flipped his car during the feature.

 Boen suffered a broken collarbone and a compression fracture of the vertebra between his shoulder blades. Initial diagnosis is that he would be out of action from three to five months. However, in a May 3 telephone interview, Boen said he may not be out of action quite that long.

 Normally, this type of injury would take roughly 16 weeks to heal. After seeing a specialist in Denver, Boen said the specialist told him they might be able to expedite that time frame considerably.

 “I’d say in about eight weeks I’ll be back pretty close (80%) to peak performance,” Boen said.  “Anything before that is a bonus.”

 Kelly’s Web site (www.07motorsports.com) initially indicated he may be able to return by the NCRA late model series opener May 25 in Doniphan, Neb. But Boen won’t know any more until X-rays are taken again May 23.

 “The X-rays will tell no lies,” he said. “Whatever the X-ray says is what we’ll do.”

 Even at that, Kelly said he doesn’t expect to be released May 23, but did say, “As soon as they clear me, I’ll be back racing.”

 Pictures of Boen’s 07 racecar as it was being unloaded from the trailer at the shop in Colorado can be found at the link to the Big West Racing forum site:

 www.bigwestracing.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=84572#post84572

Everyone connected with the NCRA wishes Kelly a speedy recovery.