1982 – Boggs and Moore Score Wins at Knoxville

 

Jack Boggs won the 50-lap “Super Race 1” at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa. Race promoter Lefty Robinson of Des Moines joins Boggs in victory lane. – Dean Malone Photo

By Pete Vercauteren

Knoxville, Iowa (April 25, 1982) – Jack Boggs won the attrition battle and the $12,500 top prize in the 50-lap late model feature, Sunday night at Knoxville Raceway to climax the two-day $50,000 Super Race 1.

In the companion 40-lap limited late model main, Larry Moore fought off a determined charge by Don Hoffman to collect his $5,000 top prize.

Boggs, who started fifth in the 25-car late model field, grabbed the lead from a fuel-starved Freddie Smith on the 46th tour of the half-mile dirt oval and then outdistanced Rodney Combs to the checkered flag by two-car-lengths for the win.

Combs picked up $4,000 runner-up money after a lap 28 pit stop to remove a flapping hood from his mount that forced him to the rear of the field.

Ken Walton, Tom Hearst, and Ray Guss Jr., all made it around the faltering Smith in the final circuits to place third through fifth, respectively.

Moore, who competed in both divisions, took the event’s early lead, and consistently turned laps in the mid-19-second bracket – well below Smith’s fast qualifying effort – until being sidelined by a burnt piston.

Smith took over the top spot on lap 16 and appeared to be a primary candidate to capture top honors until his fuel issues ended his victory dreams.

Moore also took the lead on the first lap of the limited late model headliner with Hoffman in hot pursuit.

The pair diced through lapped traffic in that order until Hoffman dipped to the inside of Moore to annex the lead on lap 26.

However, Moore regained the top spot for good six laps later and promptly opened a substantial margin over Hoffman’s over-heating racer. Bob Shryock, Jerry Holtkamp, and Kevin Gundaker completed the top five.


Results –

1. Jack Boggs, Webbville, Ky.
2. Rodney Combs, Lost Creek, W.Va.
3. Ken Walton, Viola
4. Tom Hearst, Wilton
5. Ray Guss Jr., Coal Valley, Ill.
6. Freddie Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.
7. Bill Prietzel, Franklin, Wis.
8. Ted Dolhun, Milwaukee
9. Roger Tapper, Webster City
10.Ron Schreiner, Eleva, Wis.
11.Dave Bjorge, Austin, Minn.
12.Don Hoffman, Des Moines
13.Leon Plank, Mondovi, Wis.
14.Bill Rice, Des Moines
15.Dave Spears, Campbellsville, Ky.
16.Al Urhammer, Radcliffe
17.Dhon Hauser, Wichita, Kan.
18.Pete Parker, Kaukauna, Wis.
19.Billy Moyer Jr., Des Moines
20.Tom Nesbitt, Thunder Bay, Ont.