When we got to Humboldt John had Kenton draw for him since I drew 80 on Friday. Kenton drew #1! John started on the pole of the first heat race and #6 Whitey Folk started on his outside. On the start John took the lead and pulled away. About 3 laps to go John got a little high and hit the wall in turn four, that was all Whitey needed to pull ahead of John. He would go on to win the heat race and John would settle for second. In the A feature John redrew one and again Whitey started on the outside of the front row. On the start Whitey took the lead and John settled in behind him in second. On about lap 4 Dan Daniels got by John and the three pulled away from the pack. As the white flag flew John looked to be getting faster and the front cars were battling side by side. Coming out of turn four for the win Dan Daniels went high to get a run and Whitey slid up a little bit and John slid by both of the them on the bottom to take the win! This is John's second win at Humboldt and third win of the season.
On Friday John will try once again to race at Lakeside Speedway in KC, on Saturday we will be back to USRA racing at Caney Valley Speedway and Sunday we will race in Humboldt for the 2nd annual Dwaine Whitworth Memorial. Hope to see you there!
JOHNNY ALLEN WINS THE TIGHTEST RACE OF THE YEAR AT HUMBOLDT SPEEDWAY!
by Scott L Stewart
About the only thing tighter than the national economy was Sunday night's Modified feature at Humboldt Speedway.
Yes, Sunday. After a couple of torrential downpours and a storm scare Friday night, Ron Whitworth and crew busted butt to run a Sunday night show. Track conditions were not bad, but it was getting slick by feature time.
Johnny Allen and Whitey Folk, two of the biggest and baddest, squared off on the front row. Green flag. Folk in the lead, barely at first, gradually opening up and gaining a little room to breathe. Allen, Dan Daniels, and Gary Langworthy, Jr. in a dogfight for second.
It takes alot to stay in front of a super quick group of cagey Modified pilots under perfect conditions for 19 laps, and on dry slick? Oh, man. Whitey Folk did all he could, but when the white flag flew, crafty veterans Allen and Daniels went for broke. Three wide, swapping paint out of turn four, the trio broke for the finish line. Had the race ended five feet sooner than it did, Folk would have won. One wit observed after the races that Johnny Allen must have a dent in his floorboard from pushing the gas pedal. Maybe so, but in that last five feet, it paid off. Allen beat Folk by the circumfrence of the pipe in his front bumper. Daniels took third, Langworthy Jr. was fourth, and Chris Vannoster finished fifth.
Modified HEAT 1 Justin Folk, John Allen, Travis Smith, Cody Elnicki, Jessy Willard, Ronald Bunn, Barney Bauernfeind HEAT 2 Dan Daniels, Chris Vannoster, Joseph Gorby, Riley Whitworth, Darren Fuqua, Dennis Bishop HEAT 3 Dustin Campbell, Garry Langworthy Jr., Jess Folk Jr., Bob Kerbs, Brian McGowen, Steve Sanders A FEATURE John Allen, Justin Folk, Dan Daniels, Garry Langworthy Jr., Chris Vannoster, Jessy Willard, Dustin Campbell, Joseph Gorby, Darren Fuqua, Justin Boney, Bobby Kerbs, Ryan Whitworth, Rodney Sigg, Travis Smith, Riley Whitworth, Cody Elnicki, Steve Sanders, Ronald Bunn, Barney Bauernfeind, Dennis Bishop, Jess Folk Jr., Brian McGowen
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