Amazing Memorial Day Weekend at MCS

Great weekend for Bolton and Bourff, Special feature wins for Hughes, Larson, and Shepler

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider

 Photos By: Fred Patton

 MCS Logo credited to: http://www.pacechassis.com/contactlinks.html  

                                                            Herron/Lambert Memorial 

Saturday, September 4, 2010

PERU, IN. - Right off the bat, I want to say that this is going to be a different style of writing. I've been blessed to be able to write and cover racing, so from now on I'm going to add more details to my race stories. 

On Saturday (September 4th), the Miami County Speedway hosted the Herron/Lambert Memorial, kicking off the first of a two night racing series this weekend. One hundred and two micro sprints showed up to ace on Saturday night, some traveling as far as Jackson, Michigan. It is really awesome to see racers from other states come race at Miami County Speedway. 

  

On Saturday night, the Non wing class raced two B-Mains. Winning the first Non wing B-Main was Aaron Davis. Jacob Melvin finished second, while Amboy, IN. native Laine Hite finished third. Mentone, IN. racer Sam Kimmel took the checkered flag in the second Non wing B-Main. Kimmel was followed by Chris Smith in second and Braxton Hanft in third. The lone B-Main for the Wing Class was won by John DeGood. Kokomo, IN. racer Logan Jarrett raced his way to second, while third belonged to Kendallville, IN. native Joe Taylor.

The A-Main features started with the Junior Class. Kokomo, IN. racer Kayaleb Bolton (Pictured Left) won the first of his two feature victories in the Juniors. After the victory, Bolton said, "It felt awesome to win tonight." Kameron Butcher took second place honors, while Jered Van Ness raced his way to third. Denver, IN. racers Justin Harper and Seth Ireland rounded out the top five finishers in Saturday night's Junior A-Main. 

The Non wing feature was next. On Saturday night, the Non wing class drew the Front Row Challenge. Polesitter Logan Jarrett and second place starter Zeke Lewis both declined the Challenge, taking moving the pot to $360 for Sunday night's Wing A-Main. 

Lewis (Pictured Right) held off a hard-charging Jarrett to win Saturday night's Non wing A-Main. After the hard fought race, Lewis said, "It feels pretty awesome to win tonight. The track was good around the top. My motor likes to run the top." Delphi, IN. racer Matt Johnson raced his way to third. 

Next up in the program was the Restrictor A-Main. Warsaw, IN. native Zach Shepler (Pictured Left) held on for the exciting Restrictor feature win on Saturday night. After the big win, Shepler said , "It felt really good to win tonight. This is my first feature win. It felt great." Peru, IN. racer Braiden Black came away with a hard fought second place finish. Craig Swartz, Cole Angle, and Barbie Kimmel raced their ways to top five finishes in Saturday night's Restrictor A-Main.  

Sharpsville, IN. racer Bob Bourff (Pictured Right) won the first of two straight Senior Class features on Saturday night. After the race, Bourff said, "It was pretty good to win tonight. This is my 117th career feature win." Tony Carlson took the checkers in second place, while third went to Gary Miller. Mike Stahl raced his way to fourth, while Peru, IN. native Bruce Bretzman took fifth in Saturday night's Senior A-Main.  

Remington, IN. racer Sara Elrod won the fifth and finale feature on Saturday night in the Wing Class. After the win, Elrod said, "It felt great to win tonight." Kokomo, IN. native Chris Smith came home second, while Kokomo, IN. racer Logan Jarrett ended his night in third.    

 Spectacular Night of Racing at MCS

 Sunday, September 5, 2010

PERU, IN.- The action-packed micro sprint racing returned to Miami County Speedway on Sunday night. This was seriously one of the most amazing nights of racing, that I've covered at MCS. The Junior Class took the wings off for the night. Eighty-two micro sprints showed up to race on Sunday night. The Hard Chargers from the Herron/ Lambert Memorial on Saturday night were Kameron Butcher, Barbie Kimmel and her brother Sam Kimmel, Chris Smith, Cory Angle, Matt Johnson, and Randy Shilling. Each of the Hard Chargers received $50.00.

Kokomo, IN. racer Kayaleb Bolton (Pictured Left) won his second straight Junior Class feature of the weekend. About the win, Bolton said, "It felt awesome to win both Junior features this weekend." Kokomo, IN. racer Jered Van Ness came home with a hard fought second place showing. Denver, IN. natives Seth Ireland and Justin Harper took third and fourth place. Jacob Moore rounded out the top five finishers in Sunday night's Junior A-Main. 

Next up was the Wing A-Main. Polesitter Bob Bourff and second place starter Austin Mead declined the Front Row Challenge. The Challenge pot is now at $380.00 for next weekend's race. Bourff (Pictured Right #67) went on to win the Wing feature on Sunday night. At one point, I wrote in my race notes, that Bourff was racing like a man possessed. Columbia City, IN. racer Blaine Culp took second place, while third belonged to Saturday night's Wing A-Main winner Sara Elrod. Kokomo, IN. native Logan Jarrett raced his way to a hard fought fourth place finish. Fifth place went to Kokomo, IN. racer Chris Smith. 

Shelby Larson (Pictured Left) made her first trip to victory lane, by winning Sunday night's Restrictor feature. After the exciting win, Larson said, "It felt great to win. This is my first feature win. I screamed, I was so excited. I didn't know what to do. This is awesome." Saturday night's Restrictor A-Main winner Zach Shepler raced his way to finish second. Craig Swartz ended the night in third. 

Bourff (Pictured Right) won his second straight Senior Class feature on Sunday night. After winning two features, Bourff said, "It felt awesome to double up (winning two features in one night) tonight. It doesn't happen very often. The two feature wins gave me a total of 119 career features." Tom Corcoran finished second, while Peru, IN. racer Bruce Bretzman took the checkers in third place. 

The final feature of the weekend was the Non wing feature. This is the one feature that really put a cap on one heck of a special night of racing at MCS. Peru, IN. native KC Hughes (Pictured Right) made his long awaited trip to victory lane, winning Sunday night's Non wing feature. After the special win, Hughes took a few minutes to reflect upon what just happened. "I can't really describe it. It's been about two years since I've won a feature. I didn't think I was gonna get another win. George Gamester builds one hell of a race car," Hughes said. North Manchester, IN. racer Jordon Lambert came home second, while Peru, IN. native Brandon Rose raced his way to a hard fought third place finish.

I want to take a second to say that I saw the true heart of a racer on Sunday night. Other racers came up to Hughes to congratulate him on his big win. I would also like to send my congrats to KC Hughes, his family , and the entire Gamester Racing Products crew. I also want  to send my congrats to all of the first time feature winners, as well as all the feature winners from this past weekend's races. I want to thank all of the track officials, drivers, and their families for letting me cover the racing each weekend. It really excites me to see the future of racing at Miami County Speedway.