9.25.20 BOSS Sprints Results
Pleasant Hill, Ohio veteran, Matt Westfall, aboard the Ray Marshall Motorsports 33M, went down in history as the first ever main event winner north of the Ohio border on Friday night. A perfect fall day and evening set the stage for a great crowd and a field of 29 cars signed in for action at the I-96 Speedway just north of Lake Odessa, Michigan.
Fenton, Michigan tour regular, Steve Irwin, set overall quick time during group 1 of Comp Cams qualifying with a 16.276 lap. Westfall paced group 2 with a 16.311 and Lee Underwood topped group 3 at 16.449. Tyler Gunn, Luke Hall and Dustin Daggett won heat races with Keith Sheffer taking the B-Main.
Irwin and Hall brought the field to the green flag with Westfall and Gunn starting from row 2. Hall, aboard the Jon Nelson owned 9N led early, with Irwin and Westfall in tow. A trio of yellow flags slowed the action for spins by Joe Hummel, Buddy Lowther and Lee Underwood. The race was also slowed by one red flag for an emergency in the spectator area that was not racing related.
As the race wore on, a heavy cushion had developed and working lap 19, Hall buried the right rear deep into and over it, allowing Westfall to close up and slide past him down the front stretch. Two laps later, Westfall did the same thing, but recovered quick enough to hold Hall behind him. Westfall raced on to post a win by a mere 1.089 seconds over Hall. Tyler Gunn, the current FAST on Dirt winged points leader, ran another fine race to come home third. Isaac Chapple found the bottom to his delight and charged from 9th to finish 4th while point leader Dallas Hewitt ran 5th. Rounding out the top 10 were Irwin, Sheffer, Brian Ruhlman, Dustin Daggett, and Cody White.
BOX SCORE
I-96 Speedway ; Lake Odessa, MI
Friday, September 25, 2020
MPD Racing BOSS (29 entries)
Comp Cams Qualifying – Group 1: 1. 0-Steve Irwin 16.276 ; 2. 18-Dallas Hewitt 16.284 ; 3. 26W-Cody White 16.666 ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn 16.891 ; 5. 86-Keith Sheffer 17.162 ; 6. 3A-Mike Astrauskas 17.258 ; 7. 5M-Mike Moore 17.741 ; 8. 54-Joel Hummel 17.878 ; 9. 2s-Doug Stepke 18.433 ; 10. 31L-Buddy Lowther 19.605
Comp Cams Qualifying – Group 2: 1. 33M-Matt Westfall 16.311 ; 2. 52-Isaac Chapple 16.401 ; 3. 9N-Luke Hall 16.833 ; 4. 34-Parker Frederickson 16.952 ; 5. 18-Mark Irwin 17.309 ; 6. 25-Max Frank 17.408 ; 7. 31-Jim Girard 17.514 ; 8. 2-Mike Galajda 17.600 ; 9. 33-RJ Payne 17.857 ; 10. 33A-Rod Payne 18.555
Come Cams Qualifying – Group 3: 1. 24L-Lee Underwood 16.449 ; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett 16.703 ; 3. 53-Steve Little 17.109 ; 4. 10s-Jay Steinbach 17.192 ; 5. 10-Cody Howard 17.411 ; 6. 49-Brian Ruhlman 17.632 ; 7. 2A-A.J. Aldrich 18.371 ; 8. 4G-Kent Gardner 18.383 ; 9. 82-Don Simmons 19.183
TCB Speed – Heat #1: 1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 2. 18-Dallas Hewitt[3] ; 3. 0-Steve Irwin[4] ; 4. 26w-Cody White[2] ; 5. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[6] ; 6. 54-Joel Hummel[8] ; 7. 2s-Doug Stepke[9] ; 8. 5M-Mike Moore[7] ; 9. 31L-Buddy Lowther[10] ; 10. 86-Keith Sheffer[5]
Hoosier Tire Midwest – Heat #2: 1. 9N-Luke Hall[2] ; 2. 34-Parker Frederickson[1] ; 3. 52-Isaac Chapple[3] ; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[4] ; 5. 25-Max Frank[6] ; 6. 2-Mike Galajda[8] ; 7. 31-Jim Girard[7] ; 8. 33-RJ Payne[9] ; 9. 33A-Rod Payne[10] ; 10. 18-Mark Irwin[5]
Hawk Brakes – Heat #3: 1. 85-Dustin Daggett[3] ; 2. 24L-Lee Underwood[4] ; 3. 53-Steve Little[2] ; 4. 10s-Jay Steinbach[1] ; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[6] ; 6. 10-Cody Howard[5] ; 7. 4G-Kent Gardner[8] ; 8. 2A-AJ Aldrich[7] ; 9. 82-Don Simmons[9]
MSD Ignitions – B-Main: 1. 86-Keith Sheffer[13] ; 2. 2-Mike Galajda[2] ; 3. 10-Cody Howard[3] ; 4. 54-Joel Hummel[1] ; 5. 31L-Buddy Lowther[10] ; 6. 5M-Mike Moore[7] ; 7. 2s-Doug Stepke[4] ; 8. 31-Jim Girard[5] ; 9. 4G-Kent Gardner[6] ; 10. 82-Don Simmons[12] ; 11. 2A-AJ Aldrich[9] ; 12. 33-RJ Payne[8] ; 13. 33A-Rod Payne[11] ; 14. 18-Mark Irwin[DNS]
MPD Racing – A-Main: 1. 33M-Matt Westfall[3] ; 2. 9N-Luke Hall[2] ; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[4] ; 4. 52-Isaac Chapple[9] ; 5. 18H-Dallas Hewitt[7] ; 6. 0-Steve Irwin[1] ; 7. 86-Keith Sheffer[16] ; 8. 49-Brian Ruhlman[15] ; 9. 85-Dustin Daggett[6] ; 10. 26w-Cody White[11] ; 11. 3A-Mike Astrauskus[13] ; 12. 53-Steve Little[10] ; 13. 34-Parker Frederickson[8] ; 14. 25-Max Frank[14] ; 15. 2-Mike Galajda[17] ; 16. 10-Cody Howard[18] ; 17. 24L-Lee Underwood[5] ; 18. 31L-Buddy Lowther[20] ; 19. 54-Joel Hummel[19] ; 20. 10s-Jay Steinbach[12]
Apple Metal Polishing “Lucky Pill Draw”: 34 – Parker Frederickson
All Pro Cylinder Heads “Perseverance Award”: 31L-Buddy Lowther
The Bridge Restaurant “Hard Charger”: 86-Keith Sheffer
All Star Performance “Sweet Move”: 18H-Dallas Hewitt
Hoosier Tire Award “Tire Bonus”: 33M-Matt Westfall
Accu-Force Dynos & Testers “Hard Luck”: 31L-Buddy Lowther
Cowen Truck Line “Steel Block Bonus”: 86-Keith Sheffer