FINISHED 7TH

 

The only bad thing about qualifiying for a big race on  the first night is that the track can change so much.  That was case Saturday night at Kansas City.  John watched the heat races, the C and B features to see how the track was changing.  But not being able to race on it, other than A feature hot laps, really makes it hard to know how to set up the car.  Anyway, John started on the front row and there were about 3 yellow flags before the race finally got a lap in and went underway.  Then, the race went green for 30 laps.  John's car was a little tight and he had to fight it to get it to turn.  He ran 2nd for awhile until #68 Kerry Davis got by him.  Then it seemed as if every few more laps more cars passed him and he was just trying to hold on and get the best finish possible.  He ended up slipping back to 7th.

 

Dustin Boney Qualifies on Night #2, Becomes The 2nd Boney To Win The Jayhawk Modified Classic

 

Kansas City, KS. - There is light and there is dark, there is morning and night and now the fans and racers at Lakeside Speedway know the difference between a heavy race track and a dry slick race track. Dustin Boney knows the difference.

 

"It's an excellent racing surface (reference to the track at Lakeside)," said Boney, "It's amazing what great racing you can have when you don't over-water the race track."

 

On night number 1, Boney struggled in his Hughes chassis. Tonight was a different story all together. Boney dethroned the winner of the last two classics, Tim Karrick, in an awesome duel on Saturday night. The win gave Boney his first Jayhawk Modified Classic win and he couldn't help to reflect on the good night.

 

Boney drew a better number on Saturday night, which placed him toward the front of his heat race. Once in his heat he was on the way to victory and a guaranteed spot in main event for the evening. He still had to run the scramble to determine where his position was going to be.

 

It looked as if Boney would struggle going into the feature event. After a strong heat race he would finish 3rd in the A Scramble to Zack VanderBeek and Chad Lyle.

 

"Zack he races all the time, he probably has twice as many nights as we have this year," said Boney, "... his a good racer, when he outruns you, you can't get your head down. We were down a little bit to run 3rd in the scramble, but what does that matter now?"

 

Boney started inside row number eight and many fans in attendance thought that the winner would come from somewhere in the first 5 rows. The track was the exact opposite from the night before. A heavy track in the scramble on night one was replaced by a track that was dry slick from top to bottom.

 

Tim Karrick and John Allen, the top 2 from night 1, led the field to the green flag. The start would be hindered by a car spinning and bringing out the yellow flag. Nerves seem to set in the drivers as another yellow flag would come out on the next restart. The third time was the charm.

 

Karrick jumped out to the early lead. For a little while it seemed as if he was going to pull down Jayhawk title #3.

 

Allen, Kerry Davis, Joe Walker and Steven Bowers Jr. shuffled back and forth in the early going. As the drivers who started up front got to some side-by-side racing action, Boney was making his move.

 

Lap after lap, Boney would stay smooth on the race track and follow the same line. Wanting to conserve some tire wear, he would make up some spots each lap. Not only would Boney move up, so would VanderBeek and his older brother, Justin Boney.

 

With each passing lap it was evident that Boney was beginning to close the gap on Karrick.

 

While working through lapped traffic, Boney took the advantage on lap 23. After following Karrick for a majority of the race, Boney knew where Karrick's preferred line was. After taking the lead at the flag stand, Boney took a decisive move down to the bottom of turn 1 and shut down Karrick's chance of a come back. Once in the point position, Boney began to extend his lead. A lead that would hold up and give Boney a $5,000 payday.

 

Karrick would hold off VanderBeek for 2nd, 4th went to Davis and rounding out the top 5 was Chad Lyle.

 

Heat race winners were Boney, Lyle, Bubba Harvey, Luke Driskell, Gary Billings, Aaron Marrant, Don Crnkovich and Joe Walker.

 

Cody Elnicki and Gary Blackburn transferred out of the first C Feature and Tom Charles and Allan Lawrence came out of the 2nd C Feature.

 

Four cars would transfer out of the B main, Zack VanderBeek, Tim Setzer, Justin Boney and Gene Claxton.

 

VanderBeek put on a great night of racing, considering he almost didn't make the event. He was racing with the USMTS in Arkansas, when his event was postponed due to the rain. Wanting to still get a night of racing in, he made his way to Lakeside. Would he get there on time?

 

He tagged on to the back of his heat race and finished 2nd, won the B and finished 3rd in the big race. I would say that he had a good time.

 

Thirty-three Factory Stocks filled up the remaining slots for the 2nd night of the Jayhawk.

 

Brett Heeter held on to claim his 2nd win of the season on Saturday night. A tough win considering the stout competition in the field. Former IMCA Stock National Champion, Mike Nichols finished in the runner up spot. Jimmy Winkler, a Grand National competitor at Lakeside, came in the 3rd spot, Kyle Covert had a strong run in 4th and rounding out the top 5 was veteran, John Renfro.

 

Next of for Lakeside Speedway will be the Octoberfast races. Saturday night is the next night scheduled for racing.

 

9th Annual McCarthy Auto Group Jayhawk Modified Classic Feature Results
1	14	220	Dustin Boney	Tonganoxie , Ks	0
2	1	1K	Tim Karrick	Basehor , Ks	0
3	22	33Z	Zack Vander Beek	New Sharon, Ia	0
4	3	68	Kerry Davis	Parkville , Mo	0
5	15	96	Chad Lyle	Lone Jack, Mo	0
6	21	18	Justin Boney	Leavenworth , Ks	0
7	2	98	John Allen	Chanute , Ks	0
8	8	77	Steven Bowers, Jr.	Topeka , Ks	0
9	19	16S	Joe Walker	Harrisonville , Mo	0
10	6	15	John O'neal, Jr.	-	0
11	23	42	Gene Claxton	Kansas City, Mo	0
12	16	3	Larry "bubba" Harvey, Jr.	Kansas City, Ks	0
13	10	37T	Chuck Stites	Kansas City, Ks	0
14	20	120	Gary Billings	-	0
15	11	53	John Baker	Bashor , Ks	0
16	4	3B	Nic Bidinger	Perry , Ks	0
17	13	39	Luke Driskell	Stilwell , Ks	0
18	17	70	Aaron Marrant	Orrick , Mo	0
19	5	81J	Danny Charles	Basehor , Ks	0
20	12	33	Nick Newton	Kansas City, Ks	0
21	7	0	Joe Cobb	Kansas City, Ks	0
22	24	51	Tim Setzer	Archie , Mo	0
23	18	5C	Don Crnkovich	Lenexa , Ks	0
24	9	32	Cody Owens	Kansas City, Mo	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK B

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	8	33Z	Zack Vander Beek	New Sharon, Ia	0
2	5	51	Tim Setzer	Archie , Mo	0
3	7	18	Justin Boney	Leavenworth , Ks	0
4	3	42	Gene Claxton	Kansas City, Mo	0
5	11	17	Lucas Conley	Spring Hill, Ks	0
6	6	34	Mark Schafman	Edwardsville , Ks	0
7	2	Q37	Alison Quick	Redding , Ia	0
8	14	0K	Kirby Stiens	Conception Junction, Mo	0
9	13	56	Chris Spieker	Corning , Ia	0
10	16	37	Jeremy Chambers	Parsons , Ks	0
11	10	5	Scott Crystal	Overland Park, Ks	0
12	18	81	Tom Charles	Bonner Springs, Ks	0
13	17	12X	Cody Elnicki	Girard , Ks	0
14	1	84	Justin Johnson	Olathe , Ks	0
15	15	26	Dan Fetters	Montour , Ia	0
16	9	31J	Jeremy Rasmussen	Bentonville , Ar	0
17	12	15X	Richard Payne	Jefferson City, Mo	0
18	4	09	Joshua Stephens	Buckner , Mo	0
19	19	26K	Kevin Blackburn	Fulton , Mo	0
20	20	94	Allan Lawrence	Gardner , Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK C 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	81	Tom Charles	Bonner Springs, Ks	0
2	11	94	Allan Lawrence	Gardner , Ks	0
3	2	38	Matt Pugh	Overland Park, Ks	0
4	8	19K	Eddie Bray, Jr.	Archie , Mo	0
5	1	66	Darryl Turner	Columbia , Mo	0
6	6	42T	Tim Shields	Kansas City, Mo	0
7	7	44	Kevin Hoeme	Tonganoxie , Ks	0
8	9	05	Tom Grist	Topeka , Ks	0
9	5	4P	Scott Pippert	Piper , Ks	0
10	12	7	Charlie Laizure	Harrisonville , Mo	0
11	13	88	Donnie Burlington, Jr.	Kansas City, Mo	0
12	3	8H	Mark Hoover	Maryville , Mo	0
13	10	9	Jim Whisler	Kansas City, Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK C 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	12X	Cody Elnicki	Girard , Ks	0
2	9	26K	Kevin Blackburn	Fulton , Mo	0
3	2	77J	John Washburn	Kansas Ctiy, Ks	0
4	6	19B	Nic Baalman	Wichita , Ks	0
5	1	51A	Adam Portzen	Adrian , Mo	0
6	3	15W	Andy Wilkinson	-	0
7	5	8	Terry Bruner Ii	Kansas City, Ks	0
8	11	57JR	Dennis Melvin, Sr.	Basehor , Ks	0
9	13	7B	Phillip Bradshaw	Kansas City, Mo	0
10	8	51X	Tom Mckay	Kansas City, Mo	0
11	7	18X	Derek Nadler	Grain Valley, Mo	0
12	10	16	Austin Siebert	Warrensburg , Mo	0
13	12	95	Chris Morgan	-	0
14	14	65	David Edwards	Kansas City, Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 8

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	39	Luke Driskell	Stilwell , Ks	0
2	7	33Z	Zack Vander Beek	New Sharon, Ia	0
3	5	37	Jeremy Chambers	Parsons , Ks	0
4	2	81	Tom Charles	Bonner Springs, Ks	0
5	6	19K	Eddie Bray, Jr.	Archie , Mo	0
6	4	94	Allan Lawrence	Gardner , Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 7

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	16S	Joe Walker	Harrisonville , Mo	0
2	5	18	Justin Boney	Leavenworth , Ks	0
3	2	26	Dan Fetters	Montour , Ia	0
4	4	8H	Mark Hoover	Maryville , Mo	0
5	3	44	Kevin Hoeme	Tonganoxie , Ks	0
6	6	9	Jim Whisler	Kansas City, Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 6

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	5C	Don Crnkovich	Lenexa , Ks	0
2	4	34	Mark Schafman	Edwardsville , Ks	0
3	6	0K	Kirby Stiens	Conception Junction, Mo	0
4	2	38	Matt Pugh	Overland Park, Ks	0
5	3	42T	Tim Shields	Kansas City, Mo	0
6	5	05	Tom Grist	Topeka , Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 5

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	220	Dustin Boney	Tonganoxie , Ks	0
2	4	51	Tim Setzer	Archie , Mo	0
3	5	56	Chris Spieker	Corning , Ia	0
4	3	66	Darryl Turner	Columbia , Mo	0
5	1	4P	Scott Pippert	Piper , Ks	0
6	6	88	Donnie Burlington, Jr.	Kansas City, Mo	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 4

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	6	70	Aaron Marrant	Orrick , Mo	0
2	3	09	Joshua Stephens	Buckner , Mo	0
3	4	15X	Richard Payne	Jefferson City, Mo	0
4	5	12X	Cody Elnicki	Girard , Ks	0
5	1	51X	Tom Mckay	Kansas City, Mo	0
6	2	95	Chris Morgan	-	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 3

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	96	Chad Lyle	Lone Jack, Mo	0
2	5	42	Gene Claxton	Kansas City, Mo	0
3	3	17	Lucas Conley	Spring Hill, Ks	0
4	4	15W	Andy Wilkinson	-	0
5	1	18X	Derek Nadler	Grain Valley, Mo	0
6	6	57JR	Dennis Melvin, Sr.	Basehor , Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	120	Gary Billings	-	0
2	6	Q37	Alison Quick	Redding , Ia	0
3	5	5	Scott Crystal	Overland Park, Ks	0
4	4	77J	John Washburn	Kansas Ctiy, Ks	0
5	7	19B	Nic Baalman	Wichita , Ks	0
6	3	16	Austin Siebert	Warrensburg , Mo	0
7	2	65	David Edwards	Kansas City, Ks	0

Modifieds - JAYHAWK HEATS 1

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	3	Larry "bubba" Harvey, Jr.	Kansas City, Ks	0
2	6	84	Justin Johnson	Olathe , Ks	0
3	2	31J	Jeremy Rasmussen	Bentonville , Ar	0
4	5	51A	Adam Portzen	Adrian , Mo	0
5	4	8	Terry Bruner Ii	Kansas City, Ks	0
6	3	26K	Kevin Blackburn	Fulton , Mo	0
7	7	7B	Phillip Bradshaw	Kansas City, Mo	0