National Championship Racing Association
| Home | Media Guide | Sponsors | Links |
| Standings | Schedules |
Rules |
Contact Us |
Anderson Outruns Boen, Phillips at McCool
By David
Smith, Jr.
MCCOOL
JUNCTION, Neb. (Aug 1, 2008)
–
John Anderson of Omaha, Nebraska took the lead on lap
four and never looked back to win the O'Reilly/NCRA late
model presented by ICM/Ethanol feature Friday night at
Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska.
The race was a co-sanctioned event with the Midwest Late
Model Racing Association (MLRA) and the Topless Outlaw
Racing Association (TORA).
After the eight car redraw which saw Terry Phillips and Kelly Boen the top drivers in passing points, Travis Roth and Larry Clawson started on the front row for the twenty-five lap feature with Clawson jumping out into the lead as the green flag fell. Anderson, who started fifth, worked his way up into the third position before taking over the runner up position from Roth one lap later.
Lap four saw Anderson make a run down low on the leader entering turns one and two and took the lead over Clawson while three-time and defending series champion Kelly Boen followed the Omaha, Nebraska veteran into the second position. Clawson tried to keep pace but slapped the wall coming out of turn two on lap later while the first caution of the feature waved when Jason Bodenhammer spun on the backstretch. Both drivers were done for the night.
On the restart it was Anderson, followed by Boen, Travis Dickes, Phillips and Roth as Boen challenged for the top spot by running the top in turns one and two. Both drivers raced side by side down the backstretch with Anderson keeping the advantage. Meanwhile, the battle for the second position was heating up as Phillips began pressuring Boen for the runner up spot.
Anderson began to stretch his lead to ten car lengths as the leaders began entering laped traffic on lap seven. It was no problem for Anderson as he threaded his way through the backmarkers with ease before the final caution of the night fell on lap nine when Kelly Dunn went for a spin in turn four on lap nine.
On the final restart Anderson again maintained control and began separating himself from the rest of the field as Boen and Phillips continued their battle for the second position. Boen would eventually separate himself from Phillips while back up front the leader opened a half stretch lead by the races midway point.
It was smooth sailing the rest of the way as Anderson went unchallenged to take the half stretch victory, his first of the season for NCRA. Boen came home second with Phillips settling for third. Dickes came home fourth with David Turner rounding out the top five. Jeremy Payne and Jason Friesen both put on the best passing performance of the feature as Payne started twenty-second and finished sixth while Friesen started twenty-fourth and came home tenth.
The five, ten lap heat races for the fifty-three car field were won by Dickes, Clawson, Eric Turner, Anderson and Phillips. The three "B" features were won by Delbert Smith, Joe Kosiski and Jason Bodenhammer.
After the eight car redraw which saw Terry Phillips and Kelly Boen the top drivers in passing points, Travis Roth and Larry Clawson started on the front row for the twenty-five lap feature with Clawson jumping out into the lead as the green flag fell. Anderson, who started fifth, worked his way up into the third position before taking over the runner up position from Roth one lap later.
Lap four saw Anderson make a run down low on the leader entering turns one and two and took the lead over Clawson while three-time and defending series champion Kelly Boen followed the Omaha, Nebraska veteran into the second position. Clawson tried to keep pace but slapped the wall coming out of turn two on lap later while the first caution of the feature waved when Jason Bodenhammer spun on the backstretch. Both drivers were done for the night.
On the restart it was Anderson, followed by Boen, Travis Dickes, Phillips and Roth as Boen challenged for the top spot by running the top in turns one and two. Both drivers raced side by side down the backstretch with Anderson keeping the advantage. Meanwhile, the battle for the second position was heating up as Phillips began pressuring Boen for the runner up spot.
Anderson began to stretch his lead to ten car lengths as the leaders began entering laped traffic on lap seven. It was no problem for Anderson as he threaded his way through the backmarkers with ease before the final caution of the night fell on lap nine when Kelly Dunn went for a spin in turn four on lap nine.
On the final restart Anderson again maintained control and began separating himself from the rest of the field as Boen and Phillips continued their battle for the second position. Boen would eventually separate himself from Phillips while back up front the leader opened a half stretch lead by the races midway point.
It was smooth sailing the rest of the way as Anderson went unchallenged to take the half stretch victory, his first of the season for NCRA. Boen came home second with Phillips settling for third. Dickes came home fourth with David Turner rounding out the top five. Jeremy Payne and Jason Friesen both put on the best passing performance of the feature as Payne started twenty-second and finished sixth while Friesen started twenty-fourth and came home tenth.
The five, ten lap heat races for the fifty-three car field were won by Dickes, Clawson, Eric Turner, Anderson and Phillips. The three "B" features were won by Delbert Smith, Joe Kosiski and Jason Bodenhammer.
O'Reilly
Finish Line
1st Heat: 1.
Travis Dickes 2. Kelly Dunn 3. Les Siebert 4. Jason Bodahmer
5. Al Purkey 6. Chad Humston 7. Gary Webb 8. Steve Kempt 9.
P.J. Haskins 10. Alonzo Grosse 1. Jason Friesen
2nd Heat: 1.
Larry Clawson 2. Travis Roth 3. David Turner 4. Vince
Wagoner 5. Criag Preble 6. Chad Frewaldt 7. Brantlee
Gotschall 8. John Kuchar 9. Todd Bell 10. Phil Barrow
3rd Heat: 1.
Eric Turner 2. Bryant Goldsmith 3. Ted Martin 4. Dave
Conkwright 5. Bill Koons 6. Camron Winter 7. Mike Conkwright
8. Steve Foster 9. Jeremy Payne 10. Wylan Petrie
4th Heat: 1.
John Anderson 2. Kelly Boen 3. Kyle Berck 4. Delbert Smith
5. Al Humphrey 6. Marty Doner 7. Bobbie Anderson 8. Alan
Jordening 9. Denny Woodworth 10. Todd Doty
5th Heat:
1. Terry Phillips 2. Bo Egge 3. Joe Kosiski 4. Mike Danburg
5. Greg Larsen 6. Mike Wiarda 7. Ben Schaller 8. Steve
Hensen 9. Junior Coover 10. Craig Baukema.
1st B Feature:
1. Delbert Smith 2. Mike Conkwright 3. Shawn Harker 4.
Steve Kempt 5. Gary Webb 6. Denny Woodworth 7. Wylan
Petrie 8. Vince Wagoner 9. Junior Coover 10. Ted
Martin 11. Craig Preble 12. Jason Friesen
2nd B Feature:
1. Joe Kosiski 2. Greg Larsen 3. Ben Schaller 4. Mike
Danburg 5. Bill Koons 6. Steve Foster 7. Phil Barrow 8.
Mike Wiarda 9. Alonzo Grosse 10. P.J. Haskins 11. Chad
Frewaldt 12. Camron Winter 13. Todd Doty
3rd B Feature:
1. Jason Bodahmer 2. Dave Conkwright 3. Chad Humston 4.
Al Humphrey 5. Brantlee Gotschall 6. Marty Doner 7.
Bobie Anderson 8. John Kuchar 9. Alan Jordening 10.
Craig Baukema 11. Seve Hansen 12. Todd Bell 13. Jeremy
Payne.
A Feature: 1. John Anderson 2. Kelly Boen 3. Terry Phillips 4. Travis Dickes 5. David Turner 6. Jeremy Payne 7. Kyle Berck 8. Joe Kosiski 9. Al Purkey 10. Jason Friesen 1. Bo Egge 12. Dave Conkwright 13. Travis Roth 14. Delbert Smith 15. Denny Woodworth 16. Bryant Goldsmith 17. Mike Wiarda 18. Les Siebert 19. Kelly Dunn 20. Mike Conkwright 21. Eric Turner 22. Greg Larsen 23. Larry Clawson 24. Jason Bodahmer.
A Feature: 1. John Anderson 2. Kelly Boen 3. Terry Phillips 4. Travis Dickes 5. David Turner 6. Jeremy Payne 7. Kyle Berck 8. Joe Kosiski 9. Al Purkey 10. Jason Friesen 1. Bo Egge 12. Dave Conkwright 13. Travis Roth 14. Delbert Smith 15. Denny Woodworth 16. Bryant Goldsmith 17. Mike Wiarda 18. Les Siebert 19. Kelly Dunn 20. Mike Conkwright 21. Eric Turner 22. Greg Larsen 23. Larry Clawson 24. Jason Bodahmer.