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Boonstra Ends 20 Year Drought

The World Formula Modified Tour rolled into Shellhammers for their last visit of 2008 this past Saturday night with Don Boonstra from Bloomingdale,NJ garnering his first World Formula win ever and his first since 1988 at “The Home of Champions, Pinebrook Speedway.
Boonstra in the #55 “BakeMark Bullet” was recipient of the pole position for the 20 lap feature by virtue of his Heat race win earlier in the evening. Boonstra was the pole sitter but Adam Kievit in the #46 got the early jump and fell into first off the line. It took the #55 machine 3 laps to make a low-groove move in turn 1 to take the lead that he never gave up. While Boonstra was stretching his lead Kievit and Roberto Gonzales in the #4 battled it out for second. Gonzales was able to take over 2nd when the #46 came down with a soft rear tire.
WFT Notes: The first place finish vaults Boonstra into the 2008 points lead setting up an interesting battle between himself, Kenny Lund and Roberto Gonzalez for the Championship. This battle should continue until the final race at Oakland Valleys’ Novermberfest Race. Lund had an unfortunate bad turn of events when his tow vehicle took sick on the way to the track. Look for an all out effort by Lund in the #17 Phenomenon Designs to recapture the point lead. The win by Boonstra makes for the sixth different car that has crossed the finish line first for the WFT this year.
The next race for the Tour is at Poughkeepsie Speedway on October 12th for the “Empire State 50”.