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Boen and Berck Top Two at Junction Motor Speedway
McCOOL JUNCTION, NE (August 13, 2011) - 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.
Lucas Oil MLRA Contingency Awards
Performance Bodies: Joe Kosiski
KRC Hard Charger: Mike Collins
KRC Hard Luck: John Anderson
Weld Wheels: Mike Wiarda
BSB Manufacturing: Kyle Berck
R2C Performance Filters: Dave Eckrich
Keizer Wheels: Jase Kaser
Saferacer.com: Al Humphrey
Racing Optics: Dustin Walker
Rod End Supply: Brian Kenkel and Troy Daly
Race Results Friday August 12, 2011
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Dean Moore 2. Joe Kosiski 3.
Bill Leighton 4. Bo Egge 5. Mike Collins 6. Andrew Kosiski 7. Vince
Wagoner 8. Dwayne Poposil 9. JT Botts
Impact Signs Awnings and Wraps Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1.Travis Dickes 2. Kyle
Berck 3. Dave Eckrich 4. Al Purkey 5. Jase Kaser 6. Steve Kempt 7.
Robbie Anderson 8. Dustin Walker 9. Troy Daly
Afco Racing Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Kelly Boen 2. Matt Furman 3.
Al Humphrey 4. John Anderson 5. Brian Kenkel 6. Scott Koskovich 7. Mike
Wiarda 8. Brad Wagoner 9. Steve Kempt
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (25 Laps): 1.Kelly Boen 2. Kyle Berck 3.
Dave Eckrich 4. Mike Collins 5. Travis Dickes 6. Joe Kosiski 7. Bill
Leighton 8. Bo Egge 9. Dean Moore 10. Scott Koskovich 11. Al Purkey 12.
Steve Kempt 13. Al Humphrey 14. Robbie Anderson 15. Andrew Kosiski 16.
Dustin Walker 17. Brad Wagoner 18. John Anderson 19. Matt Furman 20.
Jase Kaser 21. Brian Kenkel 22. Mike Wiarda 23. Troy Daly
Current Lucas Oil MLRA points standings will be available on
www.MLRAracing.com .
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