Morley Performance ~ Engine wins at Montgomery Park

Morley performance Engine wins at Montgomery Park. Galbraith Motorsports midgets Placed 1st and Second

Saturday’s Spring Sprint Nationals at the local track offered the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) 410 Winged Sprints for its feature race. The series uses a traditional sprint car chassis with a 410 cubic-inch-displacement V8 engine and a large overhead wing mounted to the car’s frame. The circuit will visit tracks in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri - including Montgomery Motorsports Park, which will host three events of the organization’s 2013 schedule. This weekend’s opener was the sixth scheduled stop of the season. MOWA will visit New Florence again this season on June 22 and August 31.

Early-season MOWA points leader, A.J. Bruns lost to Jimmy Hurley in their heat race, then watched Hurley dominate in the Dash. But Bruns turned the tables in Saturday’s feature race and used a deft hand through slower lapped traffic to win the first Spring Sprint Nationals. He had one scare when his car touched wheels with the car of Ryan Kempin, which went tumbling out of the track over the turn two wall as a result. Kempin was unharmed in the rollover, and a small fire was quickly extinguished by the track’s crew. An anticipated challenge by 2012 MOWA Champion Jerrod Hull ended early when he retired from 4th place with mechanical troubles.

The smaller but similar (minus the wing) 4-cylinder powered midgets of the All-Star Midget Series (ASMS) opened the night’s racing. The ASMS midgets’ Spring Sprint Nationals appearance had a small turnout for stop 5 of the new series’ 19-race schedule at Kansas and Missouri tracks. The racing with the little cars was thrilling though, and if the word gets out we could see a much larger field when the All-Star series returns to New Florence on August 31.

Local drivers did well in the All-Star portion of the Spring Sprint Nationals, with New Haven, Missouri’s Curtis Boyer trying unsuccessfully to chase down Washington, Missouri’s Gavin Galbraith for the feature win. Although Galbraith had some challenges getting to the feature race – more on that in a minute – everything went his way once the green flag waved. Boyer, who earlier won the Fast Dash despite a deflating tire, had an exciting wheel-banging battle with Danny Fry III to earn second place in the feature. Galbraith and Boyer – teamed in Galbraith Motorsports midgets – collided in their earlier heat race and frantic repairs were required to get the cars back to race-ready in time for the feature race.

When CNL visited Montgomery Motorsports Park earlier in the week, owner Randy Matlock was using his tractor to clean up the paddock area (pictured right), confident that the track surface was already prepared for good racing. He was correct –the racetrack was in fine shape for this season’s opener, with a racy and even surface that remained firm and fast all night. The same can be said for the entire operation: it is in fine shape – Montgomery Motorsports Park is maturing into a first-class racing facility.

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