Boris Jurkovic's back was bothering him before Saturday's opening night late-model feature at Illiana Speedway. He sure felt pretty good in front after it was all over, though.
The former track champion was lightning fast during a main event that was run with raindrops falling out of the sky.
The battle for the limited late-model feature laurels Saturday night at Illiana Speedway came down to a choice. Anthony Danta made the right one. It paid off in his first victory of the 2008 season.
With a light rain falling and the white flag about to drop, leader John Nutley was a bumper ahead of Danta as they roared into Turn 4.
Three feature races, three second-place finishes.
Eddie Hoffman wasn't about to make it 4-for-4 during Saturday night's late-model feature at Illiana Speedway.
Jack Kalwasinski made a little bit of history Saturday night at Illiana Speedway, winning the first late-model feature of his career.
Although his wife Jerilynn, his dad Stan, and his car owner Nick Trgovich were at the top of his thank-you list, there were several other names mentioned during his post-race thoughts.
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Yogi Berra once said, "It's not over 'til it's over."
Mike Monroe and John Nutley could say the same thing Saturday night at Illiana Speedway. Both were pretty much settling in for second-place finishes in their respective feature races, only to have the leaders suffer mechanical difficulties just moments from the checkered flag.
