JAY NOTEBOOM IS "LIGHTS OUT" AT PARK JEFFERSON
LeRoy Beck
(07/19/09)
Every once in a while you want to remember where you are when something unusual happens. Most fans in the grandstand will definitely remember Saturday Night as the Night the Lights Went out at Park Jefferson Speedway. Jay Noteboom, Harvey VandeWeerd, Brad Green, John Cain, Brian Tenold, and Lucas Morton and Trent West were all lights out in picking up feature wins.
Reese Coffee would lead the majority of the VerHoef Automotive NASCAR All American Series Modified Feature. At the drop of the green Rich Heese would take the lead and run at the front until a lap four caution. That caution would bring the night to a screeching halt as during that caution the power would go out all around the speedway. A power surge would knock out power to the surrounding area and put the track under complete darkness. Hesse would pit under the red flag giving the lead to Coffee who led as Jay Noteboom worked his way from the back to take over the runner up spot chasing down Coffee. Noteboom would try for numerous laps to get around Coffee but would need to take advantage of a Coffee mistake to get the lead and pick up the win. Coffee would hold on for second ahead of Dirk Kirk, Jay Goosman, and Bob Moore.
Drivers may go their entire career without picking up a win at a track near their home. Brad Green has been a long time racer in the B&B Salvage Stock Car division, but through bad luck, and various other means, had never gotten a feature win. Ryan Harris would jump to the lead at the drop of the green flag with Green in tow. Harris and Green would run nose to tail lap after lap, Green waiting for a chance to move to the front. Harris would enter turn one very high in the closing laps, and the long awaited chance presented itself. Green darted to the bottom of the speedway, got some grip, and took the lead. Green would distance himself from the field in the closing laps and pick up the win. Green was very gracious in victory lane calling the win a long time coming, and mentioned his grandfather and wishing he could see the win. Harris would hold on for second with Tom McKenzie, Jason Ward, and Mitch Dowhower rounding out the top five.
Feature racing in the Motor Parts Central 360 Bmods has been full of heartache for Greg Golden. Many times Golden had been leading only to suffer misfortune. This night would be no different. Golden would dominate the feature events, only to have something break in the drivetrain. Harvey VandeWeerd would inherit the lead and fight off all challenges from Rich Headid and Jeff Brunssen to get the win and extend his point lead. Brunssen, Headid, Dan VanBruggen, and Kyle Nordquist would follow VandeWeerd to the finish.
Impressive is the only word to describe John Cains performance in the Yankton Automotive Machine Hobby Stock feature. Cain would have no peer on this night as he easily won the feature by nearly a full straightaway. Behind Cain was incredibly close racing between five drivers. Paul Menard, Justin Regnerus, Paul Wenzlaff, Rusty Montagne, and Bill Woehler would swap position lap after lap to the delight of the crowd. Montagne and Woehler would get together to bring out a caution and finish 7th and 8th respectively. Menard would take the runner up spot ahead of Regnerus, Wenzlaff, and Jeff Thomas, who started the night on his roof.
Brian Tenold took the lead and held on for the win in the Steves Roofing Hornet division. Tenold would be under constant pressure from Zach Ankrum, until Ankrum had a tire go down on the white flag lap. Chuck Rose, Kyle Davis, Tim Cass and Randy Cass would finish in the top five.
Next Friday Night, Park Jefferson Speedway hosts the rescheduled Patrick M Pinney Best of the Midwest 40, featuring the MLRA and NCRA late models as a part of a three day swing. On Friday, gates open at 5:00pm with racing at 7:30pm, with a huge fireworks display after the races.
Then next Saturday Night, KSUX 105.7 presents the 2009 NASCAR Whelen All American Series at Park Jefferson Speedway. For more information on Park Jefferson Speedway visit http://www.parkjeffersonspeedway.com or visit the NASCAR Home Tracks page at http://localracing.nascar.com/tracks
