Action Packed Saturday Night

Even though there were no fireworks show Saturday night at the Weston County Speedway in Newcastle, that doesn’t mean there was any lack of excitement. Even before racing got underway, during hot laps, the #88 car of rookie driver Travis Reber tangled with another car and ended up-side down, and this was just a sign of things to come. Reber was ok, but his machine was done for the night.

In the first heat race, an all rookie field, driver Preston Bennett in his #12 car had his steering break coming out of corner 4 and drove straight into the front stretch fence, also getting up-side down. Preston was taken by ambulance to get checked out, he was shaken but released with no apparent injuries. In the next heat, Ron Faulk #9 also gave the crowd a scare as his car drove off corner 4 and into the fence, coming to a rest with the nose pointing skyward. He was ok and would return to action later.

Feature time offered more racing action as the 20 car field attempted to tackle the dry-slick track. Pole sitter Jeff Mount #39 was overtaken quickly by Alliance, NE driver Jeff Wignall, who looked like he had the field covered until a faulty fuel pump sidelined him for the night. After a handful of yellow flags for spinouts, spin-offs, and just general 20-car-dryslick mayhem, Newcastle’s Anthony “Home-skillet” Farnsworth captured the lead from Mount and held on for his first feature win of the season. Doug Napier in his RAACE Foundation #3D car, made a late race charge, but settled for the runner-up spot while Mount finished 3^rd.  Last week’s feature winner Ed Wagoner #51 ended up 4^th and John Garrigan #95j rounded out the top 5.

The next race scheduled race for the BHMST

 July 31 in Sturgis, SD