LIMA, Ohio — Limaland Motorsports Park finally opened the season on Friday night after five straight rainouts in the month of May as NASCAR veteran Kenny Wallace won the UMP modified feature.
Jordan Conover topped the thunderstock race and Chris Hicks bagged his 49thTough Truck triumph.
Kicking off the nights action were the Budweiser Thunderstocks in an 18-lap A Main honoring the memory of 1990 Limaland Stock Car Track Champion Bobby Keysor and his father Bill who raced in 5 different decades at Limaland from the 1950s to the 1990s. No 82 Chris Douglas and No. 463 Daniel Sanchez would lead the field to green with Forest Ohio’s Jordan Conover getting a great start from 3rd to battle with Douglas for the lead.
Conover would grab the point by the end of lap one and lead wire to wire with cautions on lap two and 11 the only things able to slow him down. Sanchez would power to second on lap 12 and try to close on Conover, with no luck No. J1 Jeff Matheny would charge to third on lap 16, with Douglas finishing fourth and No 00 of UNOH Racer Brandon Pralley completing the top five.
Next up were the 4 Cylinder Tough Trucks in their 15-lap feature. Kelcey Helmig and Matt Twining led the field to the green flag, but Hicks got a tremendous start to grab the lead from fifth before the field reached turn two. Caution would wave on lap two for Devon Hower making contact with the turn-four wall and coming to a stop.
On the restart, Hicks would pull away and never be seriously challenged, grabbing his 49th career Tough Truck win. Devon Helmig would finish a distant second, with Kelcey Helmig thirrd, Matt Twining fourth, and Kevin Knittle rounding out the top five.
The Northwest Physical Therapy UMP Modifieds would be the final feature of the evening. Brandon Vaughan and Kenny Wallace would lead the field to green with Wallace getting a good initial start, but the caution would wave for Nathan Loney getting into the backstretch wall and coming to a stop.
On the restart it was Vaughan getting a great start and narrowly sliding up in front of Wallace, but once again the caution would wave, this time for Scott Fritz spinning in turn four.
On the third try to get the feature underway, Wallace would grab the point over Vaughan with No 65 Todd Sherman of Churubusco Indiana grabbing the third spot. Sherman muscled his way past Vaughan on lap five and would set his sights on Wallace.
Caution flags on laps six, seven and 12 kept Sherman in striking distance, allowing him to close on Wallace by running at the very bottom of the track.
Wallace would get away for good after the lap-12 caution, winning over Sherman, Jerry Bowersock, Vaughan and Mike Hohlbeing.