National Championship Racing Association

Boen Cruises to O'Reilly NCRA Late Model Victory

By David Smith, Jr.
MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (June 28, 2008) - Three-time defending series champion Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colorado started on the outside front row and never looked back as he won his first O'Reilly/NCRA late model presented by ICM/Ethanol feature for the 2008 race season Saturday night at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska. The race was co-sanctioned by the Topless Outlaw Racing Association (TORA).
 
Boen got the jump on pole sitter Delbert Smith at the start of the thirty lap feature and quickly set sail away from the rest of the field.  Bryant Goldsmith, Chad Humston and John Anderson filled out the top five as Boen opened up a half stretch advantage on the rest of the field.
 
Just passed the halfway mark the first and only caution of the feature fell when Craig Preble came to a stop at the top of turn four.
 
Once racing resumed there was no catching Boen as the series all-time late model feature winner picked up his 29th career victory. Smith held off Goldsmith to earn the runnerup position followed by Anderson and Humston. Shawn Hawker led all rookies with a seventeenth place feature finish.
 
Kyle Berck, Anderson, Jason Friesen, Casey Landers and Smith topped the ten lap heat races for the forty-five car field while Eddie Moore and Craig Preble took home the two, fifteen lap "B" features.
 
 
 
O'Reilly Finish Line 
A Feature: 1. 07 Kelly Boen 2. 92 Delbert Smith 3. 24 Bryant Goldsmith 4. 2 John Anderson 5. 1 Chad Humston 6. 1f Jason Friesen 7. 17m Edward Moore 8. 22c Dave Conkwright 9. 14 Kyle Berck 10. 6 Allen "Al" Humphrey 11. 98 Ben Schaller 12. 22 Craig Preble 13. 4 Dave Darman 14. 15w Mike Wiarda 15. 3c Mike Collins 16. 53 Joe Kosiski 17. 40 Shawn Harker 18. 76 Al Zeitner 19. 89 Jerry Warner 20. 23 Casey Landers 21. 701 David Brack 22. 99 Camron Winter.

1st B Feature: 1. 17m Edward Moore 2. 98 Ben Schaller 3. 76 Al Zeitner 4. 40 Shawn Harker 5. 4 Dave Darman 6. 15r Ryan Reiden 7. 31 Kelly Dunn 8. 25t Tyler Gottschalk 9. 28c Cale Gottschalk 10. 54 Marty Doner 11. 7c Ted Martin 12. 15b Brad Wayener 13. 21 Steve Foster 14. 21c Mike Conkwright 15. 66 Todd Doty 16. 1m Todd Bell 17. 21t Travis Dickes.
 
2nd B Feature: 1. 22 Craig Preble 2. 22c Dave Conkwright 3. 15w Mike Wiarda 4. 701 David Brack 5. 99 Camren Winter 6. 2x Andrew Kosiski 7. 24j Jason Landers 8. 53 Joe Kosiski 9. 82 Robbie Andersen 10. 1x Bo Egge 11. 93 Alan Jordening 12. 0m Mollee Collins 13. 89 Jerry Warner 14. 64 Greg Larsen 15. 49 Wylan Petrie 16. 29 Billy Koons, Jr. 17. 90 Steve Kempt.
 
Heat 1: 1. Kyle Berck 2. Mike Collins 3. Chad Humston 4. Steve Foster 5. Dave Conkwright 6. Camron Winter 7. Robbie Anderson 8. Brad Wagner 9. Ted Martin.
 
Heat 2: 1. John Anderson 2. Bryant Goldsmith 3. Kelly Boen 4. Ben Schaller 5. Shawn Harker 6. Tyler Gottschalk 7. Todd Bell 8. Wylan Petrie 9. Alan Jordening.
 
Heat 3: 1. Jason Friesen 2. Todd Doty 3. Andrew Kosiski 4. Mike Woods 5. David Brack 6. Bill Koons 7. Jason Landers 8. Steve Kempt DNS. Travis Dickes.
 
Heat 4: 1. Casey Landers 2. Al Humphries 3. Mike Conkwright 4. Al Zeitner 5. Joe Kosiski 6. Dave Darman 7. Ryan Reirden 8. Marty Doner 9. Mollee Collins.
 
Heat 5: 1. Delbert Smith 2. Craig Peble 3. Bo Egge 4. Eddie Moore 5. Kelly Dunn 6. Greg Larson 7. Cale Gottschalk 8. Jerry Warner.