BEEBE — Arkansas’ most decorated modified driver lived up to his billing during Friday night’s eighth annual Scrapp Fox Memorial at Beebe Speedway.
Johnny Bone Jr. of Pea Ridge, one of the nation’s most successful and feared dirt modified drivers, took the lead from the pole and was never seriously challenged in taking the $2,000 victory.
Bone, 43, has traditionally been a contender to win wherever he races, whether it’s as a frequent competitor in the United States Modified Touring Series in the upper Midwest and South or in special events throughout the South and Southwest.
On Friday night, he proved he could also be dominant at a track he hadn’t visited in many years.
“I guess it was eight, nine, 10 years ago the last time I was here, probably,” said Bone, who picked up his 14th victory of the season. “We had a good car and got a little lucky, too.”
There was nothing lucky about how Bone earned the pole position for the 30-lap feature. He won his first heat from the second row and then charged to the front again in his second, inverted heat. He then outcharged outside polesitter Casey Findley to the first turn in the feature andled comfortably throughout.
Findley took second, Robert Powers of Campbell, Mo., was third and Arkadelphia’s Keith Craft finished fourth. Mike Bowers of North Little Rock got past Little Rock’s Robert Baker in the final couple of laps to take fifth.
As for Bone, it was time to get back on the road.
“We’re thinking about going down to Ark-La-Tex Speedway [in Vivian, La.] for another $2,000-to-win show they have down there,” he said. “Or we may head towards home and race at Fort Smith. We’ll be racing somewhere.”Scrapp Fox Memorial BEEBE - Friday night’s feature race results from the eighth annual Scrapp Fox Memorial modified race at Beebe Speedway with finishing position, driver, hometown, starting position in parentheses, laps completed and earnings: 1. Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge (1), 30, $2,000 2. Casey Findley, Bryant (2), 30, $1,000 3. Robert Powers, Campbell, Mo. (3), 30, $700 4. Keith Craft, Arkadelphia (4), 30, $550 5. Mike Bowers, North Little Rock (7), 30, $500 6. Robert Baker, Little Rock (6), 30, $480 7. Kenny Lovins, Blytheville (14), 30, $460 8. Curtis Conway, Vilonia (9), 30, $440 9. Donnie Stringfellow, Heber Springs (11), 30, $420 10. Joseph Long, Bryant (18), 30, $400 11. Robert Davis, Searcy (21), 30, $380 12. Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob (22), 30, $360 13. Patrick Linn, Little Rock (5), 28, $340 14. Chris Moore, Coldwater, Miss. (19), 24, $320 15. Jim Freeman, MOntgomery, La. (8), 20, $300 16. David Payne, Holt Summit, Mo. (12), 15, $300 17. Todd Greer, Romance (10), 13, $300 18. Jeff Davis, Magnolia (15), 13, $300 19. Randy Weaver, Little Rock (17), 8, $300 20. Nathan Mayes, Springdale (16), 7, $300 21. Tony Anglin, Walnut Ridge (13), 4. $300 22. Travis Broach, Mabelvale (20), 4, $300 Lap leaders - Bone 1-30. Heat winners - Findley, Mike Cook, Bone 2, Lovins, Baker, Bowers, Greer, Craft, Cook, Payne, Powers. B-Main winner - Broach.
Sports, Pages 35 on 07/25/2010