Wimmer Wins Inaugural BOSS Winged Event

A beautiful May Saturday greeted fans and teams for the inaugural winged sprint car event for the Buckeye Outlaw Series at Atomic Speedway last night. A solid field of 26 teams signed in despite travel concerns over potential storms. Brandon Wimmer, aboard the John Shewbrooks owned car number 79A took command on lap 16 of the 25 lap main event and sailed into the history books with the victory.

Cody Gardner and Nate Dussel brought the main event to the green flag. It was 5th starting Cale Thomas who wasted little time in getting to the point and putting distance on the field. Wimmer, who started from 4th, was quickly into the runnerup spot. Polesitter Cody Gardner looped it out in turn 3 bringing out the first of 3 cautions.

Back under Green, Thomas continued to lead. By the middle stages of the race, lapped traffic played a major role. Cars were dicing side by side and sometimes 3 wide as the leaders approached.

Two more cautions would slow the race on lap 13. First, quick qualifier Danny Smith got high off the track in turn 2 and spun to a stop. Before the next lap could be completed, a minor incident in turn 3 collected Nate Reeser and Lance Webb.

With the green flag displayed for the final time, it appeared Cale Thomas was well on his way to victory, but the tricky turn 2 saw Thomas slide up and off the backstretch, allowing Wimmer to close the gap and dive under Thomas in turn 3 working lap 16.

Once to the lead, he was never contested. Behind him, the drama continued to unfold as Thomas again slid off turn 2, losing a few spots. Bryan Nuckles and Ronnie Blair ran solid races to slide into the 2nd and 3rd spots at the finish, with Thomas recovering for 4th and Danny Smith, back from the tail, rounded out the top 5.

BOSS returns to action next Saturday, May 19th when the traditional non wing stars hit the high banks of Lawrenceburg Speedway. The next winged sprint car event is currently slated for the Montpelier Motor Speedway on August 18th.

Complete Summary

BOSS Winged Sprint Cars

Sat. 5/12/18

Group 1 Qualifying: 1. A79 Brandon Wimmer-12.783, 2. 59 Bryan Nuckles-12.831, 3. 9G Cody Gardner-13.084, 4. 9W Lance Webb-13.752, 5. 60 Keith Crabtree-14.277, 6. 4xs Cale Stinson-14.445, 7. 4x Bradley Ashford-14.976, 8. 99 Ryan Myers- NT, 9. 27 Cody Gallogly- NT

Group 2 Qualifying: 1. 7k Cale Conley-12.720, 2. 78 Todd Kane-12.781, 3. 35 Ronnie Blair-13.317, 4. 2 Ricky Peterson-13.537, 5. 08 Brandon Conkle-13.820, 6. 42-Ty Tilton-14.087, 7. 9J Bob Tucker-14.326, 8. 8up Jay Dunaway-14.431, 9. 59J Kirk Jeffries-14.504

Group 3 Qualifying: 1. 4 Danny Smith-12.504, 2. 91 Cale Thomas-12.658, 3. 1 Nate Dussel-13.073, 4. 83x Nate Reeser-13.641, 5. 4D Josh Davis-13.654, 6. 40 Mark Imler-14.026, 7. x4x Eddie Slone-14.087, 8. 7 Shawn Valenti-14.482

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps, Top 5 Transfer): 1. A79 Brandon Wimmer[6], 2. 4xs Cale Stinson[1] , 3. 59 Bryan Nuckles[5], 4. 9W Lance Webb[3], 5. 9G Cody Gardner[4], 6. 60 Keith Crabtree[2], 7. Bradley Ashford[7]

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps, Top 5 Transfer): 1. 08 Brandon Conkle[2], 2. 2 Ricky Peterson[3], 3. 35 Ronnie Blair[4], 4. 9J Bob Tucker[7], 5. 59J Kirk Jeffries[9], 6. 42 Ty Tilton[1], 7. 78 Todd Kane[5], 8. 7k Cale Conley[6], 9. Jay Dunaway[8]

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps, Top 5 Transfer): 1. 1 Nate Dussel[4], 2. 4 Danny Smith[6], 3. 4D Josh Davis[2], 4. 91 Cale Thomas[5], 5. 83x Nate Reeser[3], 6. 7 Shawn Valenti[8], 7. Eddie Slone[7], 8. 40 Mark Imler[1]

B-Main: Cancelled after 4 of the 26 cars scratched after heats

A-Main (25 Laps, Inversion of 6 fastest qualifiers): 1. A79 Brandon Wimmer[4], 2. 59 Bryan Nuckles[3], 3. 35 Ronnie Blair[7], 4. 91 Cale Thomas[5], 5. Danny Smith[6], 6. Nate Dussel[2], 7. 08 Brandon Conkle[12], 8. x4x Eddie Slone[20], 9. 9J Bob Tucker[13], 10. 4xs Cale Stinson[14], 11. 59J Kirk Jeffries[15], 12. 42 Ty Tilton[19], 13. 40 Mark Imler[18], 14. 4x Bradley Ashford[24], 15. 7 Shawn Valenti[23], 16. 8up Jay Dunaway[22], 17. Nate Reeser[9], 18. 2 Ricky Peterson[8], 19. 9W Lance Webb[11], 20. 9G Cody Gardner[1], 21. 60 Keith Crabtree[21], 22. 4D Josh Davis[10], DNS: 7k Cale Conley, 78 Todd Kane, 99 Ryan Myers, 27 Cody Gallogly