Life is a grand: Folk wins Dewaine Whitworth Memorial at Humboldt

  • May 24, 2009
  • by Scott Stewart

HUMBOLDT, Kan. - Bad news for four-states Modified pilots: Justin "Whitey" Folk got his groove back.

Most of us didn't even know the man was struggling with chassis set up, but before Sunday's Dewaine Whitworth Memorial at Humboldt Speedway, Folk was telling the usual group of bench racers that he had finally figured out what he was doing wrong.

Evidently he was right because he smoked a pretty tough field of cars for a $1,000 pay off.

Actually, Johnny Fennewald from Appleton City, Mo., led the first 17 laps of the USRA Modified feature before a slight bobble on his part let Folk, who had moved through the upper third of the field, get a nose inside.

From there, it was the big adios.

Fennewald finished second, while Brian McBowen, John Allen and Jess Folk Jr. rounded out the top-5.

Friday, May 29, will be a benifit night for Kansas Relay for Life. The Humboldt Speedway will donate $1 from each ticket, plus there will be an auction of racer goodies like autographed clothing, collectible die-cast cars and other useful racer items at half time. It's expected that the auction will take at least an hour, so bring your billfold!

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Sunday, May 24, 2009

USRA MODIFIEDS

B Feature #1: Travis Smith, Scott Daniels, Jeremy Ross, Brian Bolin, Gary Clark, Scotty Bough, Casey McClaskey, Dustin Campbell, Jason Woolard, Mike Tanner, Ron Bunn.

B Feature #2: Ryan Whitworth, Steven Bowers Jr., Joey Selbach, Justin Becker, Gene Hogan, Ryan Phillips.

A Feature: Justin "Whitey" Folk, Johnny Fennewald, Brian McGowen, John Allen, Jess Folk Jr., Steven Bowers Jr., Steven Martin, Dan Daniels, Jeran Frailey, Don Crnkovich, Bill Robinson, Lucas Conley, Scott Daniels, Dennis Bishop, Riley Whitworth.