Prelude to the Super Nationals wins to Gustin, Schmidt, Sproul and Burg
Jimmy Gustin Modified Feature Winner . Photo by Nick Woolley
BOONE, IOWA (September 3, 2016) – The Boone Speedway held the Prelude to the Super Nationals on Saturday night and 288 drivers that were pre-entered, opted to test and tune for next week’s spectacle of dirt track racing.
Jimmy Gustin took the win in the IMCA Modified division, with hopes of keeping up that momentum going into next week. Jay Schmidt wasn’t racing his own car in the IMCA Stock Car class, but still parked it in victory lane. Kansas racer Dakota Sproul looked strong in taking the IMCA Northern SportMod victory, and Andrew Burg took a dominating win in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature.
Jimmy Gustin grabbed the lead from Eric Elliott at lap eight of the 30-lap IMCA Modified feature and from there on, never looked back on his way to the win. Elliott finished a distant runner up, track champion Mike VanGenderen finished third, fourth went to Joel Bushore and Russ Dickerson rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran a 25-lap feature event. Pole sitter Dakota Sproul, from Ellis, Kansas took command quickly and went on to hold that coveted spot the rest of the way to the checkers. Tyler Watts from Beloit, Kansas chased Sproul the entire race, but had to be content with a second place finish. Jake McBirnie finished a close third, fourth was Austin Luellen, and eighteenth place starter, Daniel Gottschalk, another Ellis, Kansas racer, was fifth.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars went 25-laps in their main event. Jay Schmidt, a familiar name at the Boone Speedway, came away with the win, but not in his own car. Schmidt, who was driving the 56T of Justin Temeyer, started fourteenth and had the lead at lap fifteen. From there on, he stretched his lead, and took the comfortable win. Track champion, Donavon Smith was second, Norton, Kansas racer Casey Woken started tenth, and finished third, and fourth went to another Norton, Kansas driver, Jason Davis. Former Super Nationals Stock Car champion, Brandon Czarapata from Pulaski, Wisconsin came from twentieth starting position to finish fifth.
Andrew Burg led the entire 25-lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature to score the win. Burg finished well ahead of second place Eric Stanton, the Boone Speedway track champion. Former Super National and IMCA National Hobby Stock champion, Shannon Anderson came home in third place. Beatrice, Nebraska’s Jesse VanLaningham was fourth and Solomon Bennett completed the top five.
The 34th Annual Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals begins on Labor Day, Monday, September 5 and runs through Saturday, September 10 at the Boone Speedway. Check www.raceboone.com for all the details of America’s Racin’ Vacation.
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