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David Smith, Jr.
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Boen Cornhusker Winner/Berck NCRA Late Model Champion
Four-time and defending O'Reilly/NCRA late model champion Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colorado put a wraps to one of the most successful seasons of any driver in the series' 39th season as he captured the annual "Cornhusker Classic" at I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska on Saturday night. But while Boen wrapped up his eleventh Hard Rock Hotel-Casino feature of the season it was Marquette, Nebraska's Kyle Berck who came home as the 2009 O'Reilly/NCRA late model champion.
Boen, aboard the Jay Dickens Racing Engine powered, Road Runner Fabrication, AFCO Racing Products, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Race Wise Dirt Track Chassis School, Peterson Fluid Systems, and Performance Bodies sponsored Rocket Chassis, started the feature twelfth and worked his way through the field, caught race leader Berck with two laps to go and made a slide job for the lead work to take his second career "Cornhusker Classic" title. The $3,000 victory was also his first series victory at the track since 2005. It brought an end to a record setting performance as his eleven feature wins on the tour is the most by any late model driver in the divisions 26 year history and tied former series outlaw sprint car champion Gary Wright of Hooks, Texas with the most victories in a single season.
Berck, aboard the Dorthy Lynch Salad Dressing/Strobel Construction sponsored Lazer Chassis, held on for second and also captured his second career O'Reilly/NCRA late model championship, his first since 2002.
Former series champion Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kansas came home a strong third while hometown driver Al Humprey finished fourth with Leon Zeitner rounding out the top five.
Heat races for the forty-six car field were won by Humphrey, Greg Larsen, Mike Collins, John Anderson and Craig Preble while Allen Zeitner and Denny Woodworth took home the two "B" features.
Jason O'Brien's ten, top ten finishes out of the eighteen races held, propelled him to the O'Reilly/NCRA late model rookie of the year honors over Scott Koskovich.
This event puts a wrap on the 2009 race season for the O'Reilly/NCRA late model division and wouldn't be possible without the help of all the following series sponsors and contingency sponsors:
Official 2009 NCRA late model Series Sponsors: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hard Rock Casino-Hotel.
2009 NCRA late model contingencies: Brodix Cylinder Heads, Schoenfeld Headers, Maxim Chassis, Lazer Chassis, KSE Racing Products, QA1 Motorsports, The Brake Man, Rod End Supply, Outerwears Racing Accessories, Ultra-Shield Race Products, Racing Optics, Design 500, Taylor Cable Products, Vertex Magnetos, Design 500, Keizer Wheels, Arizona Sports Shirts, Winters Racing Products, Bodee's Race Bodies and Just Plugs.
Heat 1: 1, Al Humphrey. 2, Kyle Berck. 3, Jace Kaser. 4, Corey Zeitner. 5, Bryant Goldsmith. 6, Scott Daly. 7, Jake Neighbors. 8, Courtney Kosiski. 9, Chris Smyser.
Heat 2: 1, Greg Larson. 2, Justin Zeitner. 3, Leon Zeitner. 4, Allen Zeitner. 5, Mike Wiarda. 6, Bill Leighton. 7, Scott Koskovich. 8, Dave Rasmussen. 9, Brian Kendel.
Heat 3: 1, Mike Collins. 2, Al Purkey. 3, John Hampel. 4, Kelly Boen. 5, Steve Kempt. 6, Shad Badder. 7, Wylan Petrie. 8, Jeff Kroger. 9, Jason Hodapp.
Heat 4: 1, John Anderson. 2, Jason Friesen. 3, Matt Johnson. 4, Denny Woodworth. 5, Joe Kosiski. 6, Jason Bodenhamer. 7, Drake Curt. 8, Troy Daly. 9, Ray Sveeggen.
Heat 5: 1, Craig Preble. 2, Bill Koons. 3, Ron Tex. 4, Josh Most. 5, Jason Hobscheidt. 6, Rylan Long. 7, Micah Brown. 8, Vance Tonack. 9, Justin Bertschinnger.
B Feature 1: 1, Allen Zeitner. 2, Corey Zeitner. 3, Jason O'Brien. 4, Mike Wiarda. 5, Scott Daly. 6, Troy Daly. 7, Jeremy Hodapp. 8, Wylan Petrie. 9, Drake Curt. 10, Courtney Kosiski. 11, Bryant Goldsmith. 12, Dave Rasmussen. 13, Jason Hobscheidt. 14, Shad Badder. 15, Justin Bertschinnger.
B Feature 2: 1, Denny Woodworth. 2, Joe Kosiski. 3, Josh Most. 4, Bill Leighton. 5, Rylan Long. 6, Steve Kempt. 7, Jason Bodenhamer. 8, Scott Koskovich. 9, Jake Neighbors. 10, Vance Tonack. 11, Brian Kenkel. 12, Jeff Kroger. 13, Chris Smyser. 14, Ray Sveeggen. 15, Micah Brown.
Hard Rock Hotel-Casino A Feature: 1, Kelly Boen. 2, Kyle Berck. 3, Al Purkey. 4, Al Humphrey. 5, Leon Zeitner. 6, Bryant Goldsmith. 7, Jason Friesen. 8, Justin Zeitner. 9, John Hampel. 10, Jason O'Brien. 11, Denny Woodworth. 12, Craig Preble. 13, Mike Collins. 14, Mike Wiarda. 15, Matt Johnson. 16, Jason Bodenhamer. 17, Bill Koons. 18, Jase Kaser. 19, Joe Kosiski. 20, Allen Zeitner. 21, Chris Smyser. 22, John Anderson. 23, Corey Zeitner. 24, Greg Larson. 25, Steve Kempt. 26, Ron Tex.
Final 2009 O'Reilly/NCRA Late Model Point Standings
Rank Driver Points
1 Kyle Berck 5030
2 Kelly Boen 4800
3 Jason Obrien 4445
4 Mike Collins 4245
5 Jason Frieson 3810
6 Bryant Goldsmith 3610
7 Al Purkey 3500
8 Cory Zeitner 3455
9 Jason Bodenhamer 3400
10 Mike Wiarda 3240
11 Scott Koskovich 3085
12 Wylan Petrie 2895
13 John Anderson 2865
14 Craig Preble 2675
15 Bill Koons 2500
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