Racing returns
Bogucki, Rosenboom win at Jackson Motorplex
Scott Bogucki and Jody Rosenboom were winners Friday night at Jackson Motorplex as the track was in operation for the first time this seaaon with the Joel Pingeon Trucking 410 Shootout presented by C & B Operations.
Bogucki was the winner of the 25-lap Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 Sprint Cars main event, while Rosenboom claimed the top spot in the 20-lap feature for the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing.
Bogucki powered into the runner-up position on the second lap in the 410 feature before using a slide job in turn three to take the lead on Lap 6.
A close call occurred on Lap 10 when Bogucki got into the back of a car he was attempting to lap. The contact knocked Bogucki sideways into turn one, but he was able to save it and maintain the lead.
Bogucki then built a nearly five-second advantage before the only caution came out on Lap 23. That didn’t matter to Bogucki, who pounded the cushion the final three laps to pull away for his first career victory at the track.
“We just waited for the track to clean off a bit and got the miles per hour going,” he said before describing the close incident. “They slowed up and I should have anticipated it. We’re just lucky we saved it.”
Kaleb Johnson advanced from sixth to finish second.
“I just got a really good start there and used the bottom until it wasn’t there,” he said. “I didn’t have much for Scott. Congrats to him and his team. I thought I could stay close at the end, but he kinda drove away. I grew up racing here and in front of my family so I’m glad we were able to get a good run.”
Matt Juhl, who led the first five laps, placed third.
Tanner Holmes finished fourth, Christopher Thram used a last-lap pass to place fifth, Tim Estenson was sixth and Skylar Prochaska seventh in the DeWall Racing No. 16.
Thram, Scott Broty and Estenson each won a heat race. Skylar Prochaska was the dash winner.
Rosenboom led the final eight laps of the 20-lap RaceSaver Sprint Cars A Main.
Monty Ferriera held the top spot for the first dozen laps. He entered traffic on Lap 12, which allowed Rosenboom and third-running Chris Graf to quickly erase more than a two-second deficit. The top three were bunched up going by the flag stand on Lap 13. Rosenboom dove low and powered into the lead in turn two as he executed the race-winning move.
“Monty is a good racer,” he said. “In clean air he was really, really good. We needed something if I was going to get to him.
“With these things it’s like restrictor plate racing. You have to keep your foot in it, use your brake a lot, keep it straight. I can’t thank everybody enough who helps get this car here.”
Graf placed second with Ferriera rounding out the podium. Brandon Bosma hustled from 16th to fourth place and Lee Goos Jr. rallied from 13th to fifth.
Racing returns to Jackson Motorplex in two weeks with back-to-back nights. The Livewire Printing Company 360 Shootout presented by Tweeter Contracting featuring the Gunderson Racing Inc. Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Sprint Cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing is Thursday, July 25.
On Friday, July 26 it will be the Merle Johnson Memorial Border Battle presented by New Fashion Pork featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 410 sprint cars and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Cars presented by Heser Auto & Detailing.