Boen
Victorious in MARS/NCRA Creek
County Showdown
By
David Smith, Jr.
Kellyville, Oklahoma (May 7,
2010) - In just his
third night out in the Terry
Pannell owned #33x late model
stock car, four time series
champion Kelly Boen of
Henderson, Colorado wasted
little time putting the car into
victory lane as he took the
victory in the second night of
“Showdown in the Heartland II”
as the MARS DIRTCar series and
the O’Reilly/NCRA late model
divisions both made their first
ever appearance at Creek County
Speedway in Kellyville,
Oklahoma.
Boen
started on the pole for the
thirty lap feature and wasted
little time getting to the front
as the green flag fell. Third
starting Al Purkey quickly drove
underneath outside front row
starter Will Vaught and
pressured Boen throughout the
early stages of the race as the
twenty-four car field made their
way around the tight quarter
mile oval.
Five
car lengths separated the two
front runners as they began
entering lapped traffic on lap
nine. This allowed Purkey, the
former two time O’Reilly/NCRA
late model champion, to close to
within one car length of Boen
with both drivers swapping sheet
metal. This also allowed Vaught
to regain his form and make it a
three car battle for the lead
for the next several laps before
the first caution of the race
fell at the races midway point
for debris in turn two.
Ronnie Warman would bring out a
spin on the attempted restart
and just one lap after going
green, the caution waved once
again on lap sixteen when sixth
running Dean Moore, who received
The Brake Man “tough brake”
award, came to a stop in
turn three with mechanical
problems.
The
restart would see Boen quickly
open a five car length advantage
over Purkey with Vaught still
holding down the third position.
Wallace and eleventh starting
Jack Sullivan, aboard the GRT
Race Cars house car were your
top five for the next several
laps before the final caution of
the evening fell on lap
twenty-seven when Bill Koons
spun in turn four.
The
final restart with just three
laps to go saw a flurry of
action as Vaught ducked
underneath Purkey in turns one
and two to take over the runner
up position. Purkey would look
to get back that second position
the next time around trying the
top side of the track in turns
one and two. But nothing was
there for the Coffeyville,
Kansas veteran and Purkey would
fade back to a seventh place
finish.
Back
up front with one lap to go,
Vaught looked to have a run on
Boen entering turns three and
four. But the career leader in
feature wins for NCRA held off
the challenge and Boen was able
to hold on for the one car
length victory at the stripe.
“I
wanted real bad to get this one
for Terry (Pannell) as I feel I
have let him down these past
three races,” said Boen in
victory lane. “He was nice
enough to give me a phone call
over the winter to drive his car
and I was glad to do it. I am
available anytime he is ready to
race.” Sullivan’s charge from
eleventh ended with a strong
third place finish while
seventeenth starting Eric Turner
came home fourth. Wallace
would settle for a fifth place
finish. Kenny Schrader of
Concord, North Carolina would
work his way up from his ninth
starting position to finish
sixth.
Twenty-nine cars done battle in
the four heat races with Moore,
Boen, Wallace and Vaught picking
up the ten lap victories while
Turner held off Raymond Merrill
for the ten lap “B” feature
honors.
The
next stop for night three of the
“Showdown in the Heartland II”
will take place Saturday night
at Brill Motor Speedway in
Meeker, Oklahoma where gates
open at 4:30 PM and racing set
for 7:00 PM. NASCAR star
Schrader will once again be on
hand to sign autographs and
compete in his Federal Auto
Parts late model stock car.
The
National Championship Racing
Association would like to thank
the following contributors for
their involvement with the late
model division for the 2010 race
season:
Official Sponsors: O’Reilly Auto
Parts, Hoosier Racing Tires,
Sunoco Race Fuels
Official Contingency
Partners: Arizona Sports Shirts,
Bernheisel Racing Components,
Hatfield Racing Engines, Hooker
Harness, Keizer Aluminum Wheels,
Lazer Chassis, Peterson Fluid
Systems, Pro Shocks, Racing
Optics, Real Racing Wheels, Rod
End Supply, Saldana Racing
Products, Schoenfeld Headers,
Taylor Cable Products, The Joie
of Seating, Ultra-Shield Race
Products, Vertex Magnetos,
Winters Performance Products.
Creek County Speedway - Kellyville,
Oklahoma -
May 7, 2010
HEAT 1: 1, Dean
Moore. 2, Zac Simmons. 3, Larry
Campbell. 4, Darrell Mooneyham.
5, Dustin Mooneyham. 6, Jeremy
Payne. 7, Justin Wells.
HEAT 2: 1,
Kelly Boen. 2, Gary Christian.
3, Bill Koons. 4, Rylan Long. 5,
Jason Obrien. 6, Waylan Petrie.
7, Jerry Warner.
HEAT 3: 1,
Wendell Wallace. 2, Ken
Schrader. 3, Jack Sullivan. 4,
Ronnie Warman. 5, Raymond
Merrill. 6, Corey Zeitner. 7,
Justin Asplin.
HEAT 4: 1, Will
Vaught. 2, Al Purkey. 3, Terry
Phillips. 4, Jase Kaser. 5, Eric
Turner. 6, Jason Trevathan. 7,
Jason Redman. 8, Shawn Harker.
B
FEATURE: 1,
Eric Turner. 2, Raymond Merrill.
3, Corey Zeitner. 4, Dustin
Mooneyham. 5, Justin Asplin. 6,
Jason Trevathan. 7, Waylan
Petrie. 8, Jason Redman. 9,
Shawn Harker. DNS: Jeremy Payne,
Ronnie Warman, Jase Kaser. 13,
Jason Obrien, Jerry Warner,
Justin Wells.
A FEATURE 1, Kelly
Boen. 2, Will Vaught. 3, Jack
Sullivan. 4, Eric Turner. 5,
Wendell Wallace. 6, Ken
Schrader. 7, Al Purkey. 8, Terry
Phillips. 9, Rylan Long. 10,
Larry Campbell. 11, Jeremy
Payne. 12, Dean Moore. 13, Gary
Christian. 14, Jason Obrien. 15,
Jase Kaser. 16, Justin Asplin.
17, Bill Koons. 18, Darrell
Mooneyham. 19, Dustin Mooneyham.
20, Raymond Merrill. 21, Zac
Simmons. 22, Waylan Petrie. 23,
Corey Zeitner. 24, Shawn Harker.
