Post by LMR on 08/13/11 at 12:44am
Junction Motor Speedway
August 12, 2011
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Boen and Berck Top Two at Junction Motor Speedway
MLRA PR
McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (August 12) - Henderson, Colorado's Kelly Boen won Friday night's Lucas Oil MLRA feature in thrilling fashion over Marquette, Nebraska's Kyle Berck. The win came by half of a nose for Boen. "I want to thank Greg Lee, he pieced this car together for us," Boen said to the fans following the race. "We hadn't been racing our own stuff for a long time. Now, we decided to go back and race our own stuff for a while. Terry Pannell, the guy that was letting me drive his other car, he's been such a great guy, and I want to thank him."
This was Boen's 7th win in the last 10 MLRA races at Junction Motor Speedway. However, it was his race car's first win at the York County oval. "It's pretty good," said Boen of his Rocket Chassis. "I've got to believe if we're going to win tomorrow, we're going to have to get a little faster. "Kyle made it a little too interesting at the end."
Berck was pleased with his performance. He now has three runner up finishes in Lucas Oil MLRA competition this season. "I got a little rhythm going on the bottom," Berck said of his late race charge to get around Dave Eckrich. "I kept eyeballing that top side. I wanted to go up there so bad, but the car didn't want to. That last lap I thought, he's protecting. He hasn't been up there. I just gritted my teeth going down the back straightaway and I said, I'm going to beat him off turn four. We needed about 50 more horsepower to do that. We had a good run. It was fun, I really thought I had him. That's as close as it gets and we'll try again tomorrow night." Berck firmly holds third place in the championship standings.
The 25 lap feature had several cautions sprinkled throughout. A lap 8 incident involving multiple cars, included series point leaders Al Purkey and John Anderson. Anderson received the more serious damage of the two. He went to the pits a couple of times for work, before retiring to an 18th place finish. Purkey had some rear sheet metal damage and stuck it out for a 12th place finish, gaining 14 points over Anderson in the process. This now pushes Purkey's lead to 34 points over Anderson.
Dave Eckrich had one of his stronger runs of the season tonight. He went from 5th to 2nd immediately, and wound up 3rd. Mike Collins and Travis Dickes finished 4th and 5th.
Heat race wins went to Dean Moore, Travis Dickes and Kelly Boen.
Saturday evening, action will continue at Junction Motor Speedway. Pits open at 4:00 PM and grandstands open at 5:00 PM. Racing starts at 7:00 PM. Admission is $15. Kids 6-12 are $4 and 5 and under are free. Pit passes are $20 for NASCAR members and $30 for non-NASCAR members.
MLRA/NCRA Late Models
A-Main
1 1 07 Kelly Boen
2 4 14B Kyle Berck
3 5 58E Dave Eckrich
4 14 3C Mike Collins
5 3 21T Travis Dickes
6 6 53K Joe Kosiski
7 9 24B Bill Leighton Jr
8 8 1X Bo Egge
9 2 14D Dean Moore
10 18 80K Scott Koskovich
11 12 33P Al Purkey
12 17 90K Steve Kempt
13 10 6H Al Humphrey
14 19 82A Robbie Anderson
15 16 2X Andrew Kosiski
16 21 14X Dustin Walker
17 22 15W Brad Wagoner
18 11 2J John Anderson
19 7 51F Matt Furman
20 13 15K Jase Kaser
21 15 33BK Brian Kenkel
22 20 1W Mike Wiarda
23 23 44TD Troy Daly
Heat #1
1 14D Dean Moore
2 53K Joe Kosiski
3 24B Bill Leighton Jr
4 1X Bo Egge
5 3C Mike Collins
6 2X Andrew Kosiski
7 V10 Vince Wagoner
8 2P Dwayne Pospisil
9 43B T J Botts
Heat #2
1 21T Travis Dickes
2 14B Kyle Berck
3 58E Dave Eckrich
4 33P Al Purkey
5 15K Jase Kaser
6 90K Steve Kempt
7 82A Robbie Anderson
8 14X Dustin Walker
9 44TD Troy Daly
Heat #3
1 07 Kelly Boen
2 51F Matt Furman
3 6H Al Humphrey
4 2J John Anderson
5 33BK Brian Kenkel
6 80K Scott Koskovich
7 1W Mike Wiarda
8 15W Brad Wagoner
9 90W Joe Walkenhorst
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Modified
1 33Z Kyle Berck
2 15 Andy Wilkinson
3 55 Shane Stutzman
4 10B Robert Brinkman
5 75 Jon Thompson
6 95 Robert Wilson
7 1S Shane Thome
8 7A Bruce Hascell
9 8 Justin Bell
10 20M Mark Leiting
11 50 Scott Smith
12 25H Adrian Hein Jr
13 8K Nick Kepler
14 59M Travis Mack
15 50J Jason Balaban
16 53 Staci Stava
Hobby Stock
1 15M Mallet Meyer
2 21 Brandon Kresha
3 7 Mike Goldfuss
4 3H Kyle Hein
5 13 Max Marget
6 72 Jeff Timmermans
7 55T Travis Thelander
8 1 Tom Dunker
9 18A Wade Baldwin
10 2X Dillon Burklund
4 Cylinder
1 69 Billy Gregg
2 12 Dalton Siebke
3 13X Justin Coleson
4 69X Richard Crow
5 12M Ronda Mewes
6 24S Shelby Barnard
7 27 Miranda Lineweber
8 17 Amanda Cordis
9 12K Kaylee Diekman
