LIMA, Ohio — Limaland Motorsports Park opened its gates on Friday night for the Mike Streicher Memorial presented by Stolly Insurance.
The USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets were in action to honor the memory of Streicher, the 1991 USAC National Midget champion. The Lock Sixteen Thunderstocks, Dirt Track Truck Series and DIRTcar UMP Modifieds were also in action.
It was Zanesville, Indiana’s Jakeb Boxell picking up the Streicher Memorial victory in the No. 44JB, his first career midget win after multiple second-place runs.
Craig Dippman picked up the win in the Lock Sixteen Thunderstock feature. Joey Heyder scored his second Limaland Dirt Track Truck Series victory in the No 8 Truck. Dylan Woodling closed the night with a hard-fought win in the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds.
Cale Coons and Stratton Briggs brought the USAC Midwest Thunder Midgets field to the green flag. Action was halted quickly when Jimmy Guidry flipped violently in turn two.
Guidry walked away from the accident and the field re-fired for a complete restart. Briggs would grab the early lead, but Chett Gehrke, Coons, Boxell and Zach Wigal were all chomping at the bit to take a shot at the leader.
Gehrke would take the lead on lap three with Wigal grabbing the point on lap five. Boxell would find the edge of the cushion to his liking as he charged to the front on lap nine. Wigal and Gehrke put on a show battling for second until Gehrke pulled off the track late in the race.
Boxell would emerge victorious over Wigal, Coons, Luke Hall would finish fourth after starting 15th and Bryce Massingill would complete the top five.
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[4]; 2. 18-Zach Wigal[8]; 3. 63-Cale Coons[1]; 4. 74-Luke Hall[15]; 5. 35-Bryce Massingill[7]; 6. 5-Matt Lux[5]; 7. 4K-Kayla Roell[10]; 8. 22-Gunnar Lucius[9]; 9. 5M-Michael Magic[18]; 10. 10-Tyler Nelson[11]; 11. 33L-Lucas Lemons[19]; 12. 11T-Ryan Fleming[20]; 13. 36-Ian Creager[13]; 14. OH-Bryce Dues[24]; 15. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[22]; 16. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[17]; 17. 10G-Chett Gehrke[3]; 18. 10B-Stratton Briggs[2]; 19. 01-Ryan Moran[14]; 20. 7M-Cole Morgan[6]; 21. 55-Page Perrine[23]; 22. 3E-Alex Watson[16]; 23. 34-Tate Martz[12]; 24. 21G-Jimmie Guidry[21]