BOONE, Iowa — Jake Sachau’s third straight Pulse Racing Innovations Race of Champions win played out a lot like his first.
Sachau led start to finish in the 12-car, 12-lap RoC for Northern SportMods Tuesday at Boone Speedway, taking the checkers ahead of Colby Fett, also the runner-up in 2022.
“Colby is really good. All these guys are really good … I was rolling out there where I went and if they got me, they got me,” said Sachau. “It just worked out really good for us.”
2018 race winner Fett finished just over a tenth of a second off Sachau’s pace after starting fifth.
Alec Fett was third, Brayton Carter fourth and Coy Vlies fifth.
“I tried a little something to see what we could do for Saturday and it wasn’t the best,” said Sachau, aiming to repeat his 2023 sweep of the race of champions and IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s main event. “We’ll go back to what we had last night (in qualifying) when we were really good.”
“Three in a row,” added Sachau, who matched Hobby Stock driver Zach Olmstead’s mark of three straight race of champions wins. “I never would have guessed I’d be able to do this.”
Former national and regional champions, Super National champions and RoC winners, as well as state and track champions and track point leaders were eligible to qualify for the Pulse Racing Innovations RoC.
The entire week of the 42nd annual Super Nationals Sept. 2-7 is broadcast by SPEED SPORT affiliate IMCA.tv.
Feature Finish (12 Laps)
Jake Sachau, Colby Fett, Alec Fett, Brayton Carter, Coy Vlies, Geoff Olson, Willy Kirk, Matthew Looft, Reed Wolfmeyer, Jason Bannister, Brady Hilmer, Logan Veloz.