BOYD, Texas – William Gould got to the track late, but he got to the finish line first.
Twice.
Gould won both IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car features Friday at Boyd Raceway, on night two of the All Star Shootout.
“It was a good night for sure,” said Gould. “I only consider myself as fast as I was in my last race and tomorrow we might be terrible, but tonight we were pretty fast.”
Gould was in a borrowed ride, and was disqualified for an illegal carburetor. He only needed seven laps to race his way up to third from 22nd.
Gould took the lead for good one lap later and won ahead of Thursday Shootout winner Jeffrey Abbey, who’d loaned him a new carburetor, and Blake Clark.
“I was dodging cars and dodging holes,” said Gould. “Everything just worked out.”
Tanner Whitmire led the first three laps, then David Goode Jr. the next 11 times around the oval before things worked out again for the seventh-starting Gould in the Modified main.
Once in front, Gould checked out and won by four-plus seconds over Whitmire, 16th starting Jon White, Goode and Josh McGaha.
“I race a modified here weekly and I’ve raced Boyd on and off since 1997,” said Gould. “I really like this track. It’s always fast, it’s always got multiple lanes and it’s almost never dry and dusty.”
The modified win paid $1,000 while the stock car checkers were good for $750. Gould was already eligible to qualify for both the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational.
Michael Dabney banked $750 after leading all 20 laps of the Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMod feature.
The outside pole starter caught the back of the field before the first and only caution of the night flew on lap nine. Dean Abbey passed Brandon Geurin for second on the ensuing restart and did his best to stay close before the leader got a lapped car between them at the end.
Opening night winner Rowdy Day made his way to third from ninth starting and Geurin ended in fourth.
Forty of the 120-plus entries Friday night were Modifieds.
All Shootout programs are broadcast by Speed Sport.TV affiliate IMCA.TV.