Badgley saves the day as Boone Speedway sees three new winners for 2009 season

I debated all day Saturday where I was going to race, and ended up choosing Boone. Since I hadn’t taken my camera on my trip there early this spring, I was itching to get a few shots recorded. I was well rewarded for my choice, as I thought the racing had plenty to show as cars went two, three or four wide during the features. Outside of the sportmods, cautions were at a minimum, so the large crowd that was on hand saw a good show as over 160 cars were in the pits.
I left the house later than I intended to get to the track, so I did my usual scramble gathering things up and throwing them in the car. I forgot one major item, and that was the battery pack I left on the charger and it powers my camera. So much for being prepared at show time.
Fortunately for me, track photographer Bruce Badgley bailed me out and had the batteries I needed to power up my camera. So a very big thank you to Bruce in helping make the following pictures in this blog possible. You can check out Bruce’s work at motorsportsphotography.net. He has the latest from Marshalltown, Boone and Stuart throughout the race season. Thanks again Bruce!

A wheel up - Brian Efkamp lifts the left front as he dives through turn three in his IMCA stock car heat race. - BWJ photo

Heat action - Trent Murphy (25) slips under Don Vis (04) in IMCA stock car heat race action. Murphy would go on to win the stock car main event. - BWJ photo

Three-wide - Cory Bushnell (55), Ty Hill (3W) and Donavon Smith (35) race into turn four in their IMCA stock car heat. - BWJ photo

In addition to the large crowd on hand at Boone, the field of cars was sizable too, with both sportmods and modifieds running B mains, and the hobby stocks running two features. The track was relatively dust-free, and since it was re-worked before the features, it helped in putting on a good show.
Of the six feature winners on Saturday night, three of them were picking up their first wins at Boone in 2009. They were: Adam Larson in IMCA modifieds, Larry Embrey in IMCA hobby stocks and Dusty Masolini in dwarf cars. Boone repeaters included Scott Davis in IMCA sportmods, Trent Murphy in IMCA stock cars and Alan Van Gorp in IMCA hobby stocks.
The pictures are going to do the talking for the rest of this section. You should be able to see that there was plenty of racing to be had last Saturday. Personally I went home thoroughly entertained, having a good fill of position changes and foot-to-the-floor racing. The cool evening coupled with the competitive modified field put in the frame of mind for Super Nationals, but since we have just gotten a good start in to June, I’ll put that notion on hold and enjoy all of the shows there are left to run between now and September!

Dwarf winner - Dusty Masolini was the dwarf car feature winner Saturday night. - BWJ photo

Duck and cover - This free-for-all took place in the sportmod main event. Several cautions slowed the race, but fortunately, major damage was at a minimum. - BWJ photo

For the win - Scott Davis (81D) works the topside around to take the lead from Dustin Dalton (2) in the closing laps of the IMCA sportmod feature. - BWJ photo

Digging in - Kelly Lyons (27) digs in on the low side as John Logue (69) goes up top in the IMCA modified feature. - BWJ photoPoint leaders - Going into Saturday night Mike Molle (33M) and Cale Sponsler (93) were one and two respectively in the Boone IMCA modified points. They would head home with Sponsler leading Molle by one point. - BWJ photo

To the front - Adam Larson (2L) goes underneath early leader Craig Carlson (77C) on his way to the win in the IMCA modified feature. - BWJ photo

More action - Scott Baker (15X) and Tim Stevens (49T) race for position in the IMCA modified main. - BWJ photo

Position shuffle - Leroy Staub (20), Donald Wear (28W) and Carl Yaw, Jr., (73C) find their line in the IMCA stock car feature. - BWJ photo

My spot, thanks - More three-wide IMCA stock car action with Donavon Smith (35), Robert Stofer (50) and Bryan Trogdon (12). - BWJ photo

Four wide - Three-wide not enough, try four. Rodney Richards (23HR), Wayne Gifford (22), Terry Cornelison (556) and Bryan Trogdon (12) dice through the corners in the IMCA stock car main. - BWJ photo

First winner - Alan Van Gorp won the first of two IMCA hobby stock features. - BWJ photo

Winner number two - Larry Embrey won the second IMCA hobby stock feature. - BWJ photo

Thanks to everyone at Boone for their hospitality, and I encourage those of you that haven’t been there for a while to head that way some Saturday night. If you see action like I did this past weekend, it will be well worth your drive.