Westerfeld and Clouse Score MVT / BOSS Wins

Following the Friday night event at Atomic Speedway, the Mo Vaughn Transport BOSS triple header weekend moved on to Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday and a first ever visit to Millstream Speedway on Sunday. Local favorite and current BOSS point leader Shawn Westerfeld of Guilford, Indiana scored his first tour victory on his home track in the second annual Jason Soudrette Memorial. One night later, Cooper Clouse would pick up his first tour win and also the first ever sprint car win of his career by claiming the Millstream feature. With Todd Kane scoring the thrilling win on Friday night, that made the weekend 3 for 3 with first time BOSS winners.

Saturday’s event at Lawrenceburg found 29 cars signed in for competition on a night dedicated to the memory of one of the tour’s original supporters. Jason Soudrette, who lost his battle with cancer a little over a year ago, was an adamant supporter of the new series in 2011 and helped the series get its first national attention with an interview on Jackslash.

Heat race events at Lawrenceburg were won by Shawn Westerfeld, C.J. Leary, Brandon Spithaler and Mike Miller. The B-Main was claimed by Garrett Abrams in an event that became almost a survival test. A four car pile-up in turn one eliminated several cars with Dustin Smith and Steve Little winding up on their tops. Both drivers were able to walk away.

The 25 lap A-Main was paced to the green flag by Nick Bilbee and Shawn Westerfeld. Bilbee jumped the initial start and the ensuing caution found BOSS regular Kirk Jeffries climbing a wheel as the field slowed, sending Jeffries on a vicious end-over-end series of flips. Thankfully Jeffries was out of the car quickly and was able to walk away. Unfortunately, the carnage was not over as the restart found Mike Miller spinning while Brandon Spithaler hooked an infield tire and executed one of the highest sprint car flips in BOSS history, completely destroying the Tom Burkey owned #57B. Spithaler was also able to walk away with no injuries.

Once finally underway it was Joss Moffatt who grabbed the early lead but Shawn Westerfeld only needed until lap 4 to roll around Moffatt on the high side to take command. C.J Leary, Dickie Gaines and a hard charging Thomas Meseraull made up the early top 5. The race’s first caution flew on lap #9 when Cooper Clouse got into the wall and then spun in turn 1. Seven laps later, the only other caution flew when Nick Bilbee tried to throw a slider on Jarrett Andretti and the pair made contact, sending Andretti around and into the wall. Andretti was eliminated and Bilbee was sent to the tail of the field.

Over the final ten laps, Westerfeld held the point as the class of the field inching away from C.J. Leary as the laps wound down. It was Meseraull in the Keen #18 who appeared to be the only driver as fast as Westerfeld, but with no more cautions, the 15th starting Meseraull had to settle for 3rd. At the finish it was Westerfeld, Leary, and Meseraull with Dickie Gaines and Joss Moffatt rounding out the top 5. Michael Fischesser charged from 20th to 6th to take home the Bridge Restaurant “Hard Charger” Award with Garrett Abrams, Justin Owen, Cody Gardner and Mike Miller rounding out the top 10.

On Sunday, the tour concluded the grueling 3 day weekend at Millstream Speedway in Findlay, Ohio. A great field of 31 cars were signed in despite the tour losing 3 cars from the previous night’s carnage. The preliminary heats were won by Landon Simon, Luke Hall, Logan Hupp and Dallas Hewitt. The always exciting B-Main found Kody Swanson taking the win which would set the stage for him to be a star of the main starting from 17th position.

The 25 lap feature event saw Thomas Meseraull in the Cortard #9x on the pole with youngster Cooper Clouse alongside. At the drop of the green, Meseraull wasted no time in flexing his muscle and charging to a commanding lead. The race stayed clean and green for 17 laps and Meseraull got into lapped traffic very quickly on the 1/2 mile oval. Clouse was under siege from a trio of cars charging from behind including Landon Simon, Dallas Hewitt and a charging Kody Swanson. Then, disaster struck.

With a full straightaway lead on the field, Meseraull ran down the backstretch into turn 3 where Dustin Smith had just gotten into the wall and began to flip. Smith’s #77 car rolled down the banking leaving Meseraull with nowhere to go. The resulting contact eliminated Meseraull. Smith was able to walk away from the accident, which was his second flip in as many nights.

With only 8 laps remaining, 16 year old Cooper Clouse, the 2014 National Non Wing Rookie of the Year, was now in command of the field. In search of his first career sprint car victory, Clouse ran on the ragged edge of control over the closing laps with Landon Simon rapidly closing to apply pressure. With the white flag in the air, Clouse stepped over the edge of control into turn 3 and with a slight bobble the crowd rose to their feet at Simon closed in. However, Clouse kept his composure and gassed the car on to victory and into the record books as the BOSS tour’s youngest winner in history. Simon was a very close second with Hewitt third. Swanson was “hard charger” of the night coming to 4th as Shawn Westerfeld extended his points lead with a solid 5th place finish. Rounding out the top 10 were Steve Irwin, Logan Hupp, Luke Hall, Michael Fischesser, and Chad Wilson. Event #11 of 21
Atomic Speedway ; Alma, OH – 7/31/2015

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S 410 Sprints (28 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Moose Racing (Anaheim, CA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 69-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 2. 24-Landon Simon[7] ; 3. 46-Cody Gardner[3] ; 4. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[4] ; 5. 1MC-Wayne McPeek[6] ; 6. 31L-Buddy Lowther[1] ; 7. 99-Ryan Meyers[5]

Heat 2 – Lias Tire / American Racer (Indiana, PA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 5-Bob McMillin[1] ; 2. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[6] ; 3. 4-Michael Fischesser[7] ; 4. 82-Mike Miller[5] ; 5. 41-Randy Fink[3] ; 6. 3-Joe Butera[4] ; 7. A76-Kory Crabtree[DNS]

Heat 3 – Hoosier Racing Tire: (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 8-Todd Kane[5] ; 2. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[1] ; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson[4] ; 4. A79-Jarrett Andretti[6] ; 5. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[2] ; 6. 26-Justin Owen[3] ; 7. 21K-Kent Wolters[7]

Heat 4 – Buckeye Machine (Forest, OH): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 77-Dustin Smith[2] ; 2. 15-Brandon Whited[5] ; 3. 14c-Cooper Clouse[4] ; 4. 14-Chad Wilson[3] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 6. 51-Benny Hickel[7] ; 7. 97-Andy Fike[6]

B-Main – FAST Signs (Dayton, OH): (10 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 41-Randy Fink[2] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[3] ; 3. 53-Steve Little[4] ; 4. 21K-Kent Wolters[10] ; 5. 99-Ryan Meyers[9] ; 6. 51-Benny Hickel[8] ; 7. 26-Justin Owen[7] ; 8. 1MC-Wayne McPeek[1] ; 9. 31L-Buddy Lowther[5] ; 10. 3-Joe Butera[6] ; 11. 97-Andy Fike[11]

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S. A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 8-Todd Kane[2] ; 2. 24-Landon Simon[1] ; 3. 69-Dallas Hewitt[8] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[5] ; 5. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[3] ; 6. 4-Michael Fischesser[10] ; 7. 77-Dustin Smith[6] ; 8. 15-Brandon Whited[4] ; 9. 14c-Cooper Clouse[12] ; 10. 82-Mike Miller[14] ; 11. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[18] ; 12. 5-Bob McMillin[7] ; 13. A79-Jarrett Andretti[15] ; 14. 14-Chad Wilson[16] ; 15. 41-Randy Fink[17] ; 16. 46-Cody gardner[9] ; 17. 31-Chuck Wilson[11] ; 18. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[13] ; 19. 21K-Kent Wolters[20] ; 20. 53-Steve Little[19]

Bonus Award Winners

Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH – “Hard Charger” – Shawn Westerfeld (+7) – $50

Lynn Cook “a racer’s friend” of Dayton, OH – “Hard Luck Award” – Steve Little – $50

Hochstetler Truck and Auto Repair – “Steel Block Award” – Kent Wolters – $50

Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH – “Lucky Pill Draw” – Brandon Whited- $40

A-Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH – “Perseverance Award” – Kent Wolters – $50

Lias Tire of Indiana, PA – “American Racer Bonus Award” – Michael Fischesser – Free Tire

Hoosier Tire Midwest – “Hoosier Tire Bonus Award” – Todd Kane – Free Tire

Event #12 of 21
Lawrenceburg Speedway ; Lawrenceburg, IN – 8/1/2015

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S 410 Sprints (29 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Moose Racing (Anaheim, CA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 2. 44-Dickie Gaines[5] ; 3. 14c-Cooper Clouse[1] ; 4. 46-Cody gardner[4] ; 5. 26-Justin owen[7] ; 6. 32-Garrett Abrams[6] ; 7. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[3] ; 8. 7x-Evan Gindling[DNS]

Heat 2 – Lias Tire / American Racer (Indiana, PA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 4P-C.J. Leary[5] ; 2. 17-Nick Bilbee[2] ; 3. 18-Jarrett Andretti[6] ; 4. 3s-Jake Simmons[4] ; 5. 5-Boc McMillin[3] ; 6. 4-Michael Fischesser[7] ; 7. 53-Steve Little[1]

Heat 3 – Hoosier Racing Tire: (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 2. 5j-Joss Moffatt[3] ; 3. 14-Chad Wilson[1] ; 4. 18x-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 5. 74-J.T. Stapp[2] ; 6. 22w-Mike Weber[6] ; 7. 97-Andy Fike[7]

Heat 4 – Buckeye Machine (Forest, OH): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 82-Mike Miller[2] ; 2. 12-Kody Swanson[4] ; 3. 21K-Kent Wolters[3] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 5. 77-Dustin Smith[5] ; 6. 3-Joe Butera[1] ; 7. 25-Eric Semple[6]

B-Main – FAST Signs (Dayton, OH): (10 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 32-Garrett Abrams[5] ; 2. 26-Justin Owen[1] ; 3. 5-Bob McMillin[2] ; 4. 4-Michael Fischesser[6] ; 5. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[9] ; 6. 7x-Evan Gindling[13] ; 7. 97-Andy Fike[11] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 9. 74-J.T. Stapp[3] ; 10. 77-Dustin Smith[4] ; 11. 22w-Mike Weber[7] ; 12. 53-Steve Little[10] ; 13. 25-Eric Semple[12]

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S. A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[2] ; 2. 4P-C.J. Leary[8] ; 3. 18x-Thomas Meseraull[15] ; 4. 44-Dickie Gaines[6] ; 5. 5J-Joss Moffatt[3] ; 6. 4-Michael Fischesser[20] ; 7. 32-Garrett Abrams[17] ; 8. 26-Justin Owen[18] ; 9. 46-Cody Gardner[13] ; 10. 82-Mike Miller[7] ; 11. 17-Nick Bilbee[1] ; 12. 21K-Kent Wolters[12] ; 13. 5-Bob McMillin[19] ; 14. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[16] ; 15. 14-Chad Wilson[11] ; 16. 3s-Jake Simmons[14] ; 17. 18-Jarrett Andretti[10] ; 18. 14c-Cooper Clouse[9] ; 19. 7x-Evan Gindling[22] ; 20. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[5] ; 21. 59J-Kirk Jeffries[21] ; 22. 12-Kody Swanson[4]

Bonus Award Winners

Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH – “Hard Charger” – Michael Fischesser (+14) – $50

Lynn Cook “a racer’s friend” of Dayton, OH – “Hard Luck Award” – Brandon Spithaler – $50

Hochstetler Truck and Auto Repair – “Steel Block Award” – Kent Wolters – $50

Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH – “Lucky Pill Draw” – Steve Little / Chad Wilson- $40

Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH – “Perseverance Award” – Shawn Westerfeld – $50

Lias Tire of Indiana, PA – “American Racer Bonus Award” – Michael Fischesser – Free Tire

Hoosier Tire Midwest – “Hoosier Tire Bonus Award” – Shawn Westerfeld – Free Tire

Event #13 of 21
Millstream Speedway ; Findlay, OH – 8/2/2015

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S 410 Sprints (31 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 – Moose Racing (Anaheim, CA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 24-Landon Simon[4] ; 2. 14c-Cooper Clouse[5] ; 3. 3T-Tony Beaber[2] ; 4. 31-Chuck Wilson[8] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[3] ; 6. 0c-Chris VanDewiele[6] ; 7. 25B-Mark Blausey[7] ; 8. 18-Bobby Distel[1]

Heat 2 – Lias Tire / American Racer (Indiana, PA): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[3] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[7] ; 3. 0-Steve Irwin[8] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[5] ; 5. 63D-Jim Dues[1] ; 6. 96-Riley VanHise[4] ; 7. 97-Scott Hardman[6] ; 8. J1-Mark Shultz[2]

Heat 3 – Hoosier Racing Tire: (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 2M-Logan Hupp[4] ; 2. 4-Michael Fischesser[2] ; 3. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 4. 14-Chad Wilson[3] ; 5. 21K-Kody Swanson[7] ; 6. 26-Justin Owen[6] ; 7. 5-Bob McMillin[5] ; 8. 23L-Corbin Loggins[8]

Heat 4 – Buckeye Machine (Forest, OH): (8 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 16-Dallas Hewitt[4] ; 2. 9x-Thomas Meseraull[7] ; 3. 77-Dustin Smith[2] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[6] ; 5. 32M-Derek Hastings[3] ; 6. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[5] ; 7. 46-Cody Gardner[1]

B-Main – FAST Signs (Dayton, OH): (10 Laps – Top 4 transfer to the A-Feature)
1. 21K-Kody Swanson[3] ; 2. 63D-Jim Dues[2] ; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings[4] ; 4. 0c-Chris VanDewiele[5] ; 5. 26-Justin Owen[7] ; 6. 53-Steve Little[1] ; 7. 96-Riley VanHise[6] ; 8. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[8] ; 9. 46-Cody Gardner[12] ; 10. 5-Bob McMillin[11] ; 11. 97-Scott Hardman[10] ; 12. 25B-Mark Blausey[9] ; 13. J1-Mark Shultz[14] ; 14. 23L-Corbin Loggins[15] ; 15. 18-Bobby Distel[DNS]

Mo Vaughn Transport B.O.S.S. A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 14c-Cooper Clouse[2] ; 2. 24-Landon Simon[7] ; 3. 16-Dallas Hewitt[3] ; 4. 21K-Kody Swanson[17] ; 5. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 6. 0-Steve Irwin[10] ; 7. 2M-Logan Hupp[4] ; 8. 9N-Luke Hall[6] ; 9. 4-Michael Fischesser[5] ; 10. 14-Chad Wilson[15] ; 11. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[14] ; 12. 82-Mike Miller[11] ; 13. 31-Chuck Wilson[13] ; 14. 74-Drew Rader[16] ; 15. 63D-Jim Dues[18] ; 16. 0c-Chris vanDewiele[20] ; 17. 32M-Derek Hastings[19] ; 18. 9x-Thomas Meseraull[1] ; 19. 77-Dustin Smith[12] ; 20. 3T-Tony Beaber[9]

Bonus Award Winners

Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH – “Hard Charger” – Kody Swanson (+13) – $50

Lynn Cook “a racer’s friend” of Dayton, OH – “Hard Luck Award” – Thomas Meseraull – $50

Hochstetler Truck and Auto Repair – “Steel Block Award” – Kody Swanson – $50

Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH – “Lucky Pill Draw” – Mark Blausey – $40

Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH – “Perseverance Award” – Steve Irwin – $50

Lias Tire of Indiana, PA – “American Racer Bonus Award” – Kody Swanson – Free Tire

Hoosier Tire Midwest – “Hoosier Tire Bonus Award” – Cooper Clouse – Free Tire