KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Scott Bogucki won an electric feature Saturday at the Nolan Wren Memorial Presented by Higher View Enterprise, Inc. at the Knoxville Raceway.
The driver from McLaren Vale in South Australia shot past Aaron Reutzel coming for the white flag to win $6,000 aboard the Liebig Motorsports No. 10.
Sawyer Phillips nailed down the 360 main event. It was the fourth win in the class for the Pleasantville, Iowa native, but the first in seven years. Chase Young won for the second time this year in the Pro Sprints class, and the fourth time in his career.
Dusty Zomer led lap one of the 20-lap 988 Lifeline 410 A main ahead of Reutzel, Sawyer Phillips, Brian Brown and Austin McCarl. Brown and Bogucki quickly moved into third and fourth before Kaleb Johnson stopped with a throttle problem four laps in.
At the same time, Brown relinquished his third place run when his right rear tire went flat.
Reutzel shot out on the restart on the high side and cruised by Zomer in turn three to take the lead. Kelby Watt spun with a flat tire five laps in to set up another restart. Bogucki jumped at the chance to move by Zomer into second on lap seven, and Gio Scelzi and Rico Abreu moved into the top five on lap eight. Scelzi continued his strong run on the high side, grabbing third from Zomer with nine to go.
Bogucki reeled in Reutzel as the pair entered traffic with four to go, but could not make the pass. Things really jammed up with two to go, as Scelzi joined the battle for the lead.
Coming for the white flag, Bogucki made his winning move on the low side in traffic.
He earned his first career 410 win here ahead of Reutzel, Scelzi, Abreu and Zomer.
Abreu set quick time over the 39-car field after drawing the last pill.
“I can’t thank my guys enough,” said Bogucki. “It’s 12 hours (from Rapid City) one way and they do this week in and week out. This one is for them. I messed up a couple of laps, and then I got a run on Aaron. I let him see me, and he covered and did what he had to do. We got in lapped traffic, and honestly, I could run it in deeper and deeper the longer the race went on. The car was great and made my job easy. I finally got the boys one.”
Terry McCarl suffered from throttle linkage problems all night long, and he retired before a lap could be completed in the 18-lap 360 feature.
Aaron Reutzel led early once the race went green, ahead of Sawyer Phillips, A.J. Moeller, Kade Higday and Ryan Leavitt. Phillips had the bottom dialed in, however, and shot by Reutzel to take the point on lap two.
Higday rode the cushion to third on lap six, and Ball followed him into fourth a circuit later. Reutzel pursued the leader, but tangled with the lapped car of Brant O’Banion with eight to go, ending both of their nights. Phillips led Higday, Ball, Moeller and Leavitt back to green.
Phillips held off Higday to take the win, with Ball, Leavitt and Clint Garner trailing.
The 15-lap Pro Sprints feature went non-stop. Chase Young took the lead from the start from the pole, ahead of Mike Mayberry, Brandon Worthington, Rob Kubli and J Kinder, who advanced from tenth on lap one. Kubli snagged third from Worthington on lap two.
Young was into lapped traffic on lap eleven, and that’s when Kinder went into action. He passed for fourth with four to go, third with two to go and used the high side to move by Mayberry coming for the white flag into second.
Young maintained his advantage to seal the $800 prize. Kinder, Mayberry, Kubli and Worthington followed.
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Scott Bogucki (5); 2. Aaron Reutzel (4); 3. Gio Scelzi (7); 4. Rico Abreu (8); 5. Dusty Zomer (1); 6. Austin McCarl (3); 7. Emerson Axsom (9); 8. Sawyer Phillips (2); 9. Carson McCarl (11); 10. Garet Williamson (12); 11. Tasker Phillips (14); 12. Chase Randall (21); 13. Kerry Madsen (17); 14. Zeb Wise (15); 15. Lynton Jeffrey (13); 16. Justin Henderson (10); 17. Brian Brown (6); 18. Chris Martin (19); 19. Cory Eliason (22); 20. Matt Juhl (20); 21. Don Droud Jr. (23); 22. Kelby Watt (24); 23. Jamie Ball (16); 24. Kaleb Johnson (18).