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Hall Nips Gunn at Wire in Another Fantastic BOSS Finish

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Luke Hall passed Tyler Gunn in the last corner of the last lap to score his first career win at Fremont Speedway Saturday, June 16 in the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) on Fort Ball Pizza Palace Night.

Hall, from Bradford, Ohio, overcame a one and half second lead the last four laps after coming from his ninth starting spot in the 25-lap A-main. After taking the white flag he threw a slider at Gunn in turns one and two but Gunn cut back under to maintain the lead down the back stretch. Hall blasted under Gunn entering turn three and slid up in front as Gunn tried to turn back under but Hall won the drag race to the checkers.

"I know he (Gunn) is a hometown guy and I wasn't trying to crash him by any means but we came here to win, not run second. I definitely didn't want to tear his stuff up and he came by me afterwards and I'm glad that didn't happen. That's just hard racing for the win. I'm worn out as all get out. You just have to want it a little bit more and throw it in there a little bit harder. Jack Hewitt helped me get started and when they took that ledge off it heart my heart...that's the only thing he taught us how to run. But luckily it got a good cushion back again and it worked out in our favor," Hall said in the Engine Pro Victory Lane. "I have to thank the Nelsons, Hawk Chassis, Site X, Bierly Well Drilling, Quest Credit Union and JABB Insulation."

In the 25 lap BOSS A-main Dallas Hewitt and Lee Underwood brought the field to green with Hewitt gaining the advance over Ty Tilton, Underwood, Andy Feil, Dustin Ingle, Mike Miller, Gunn and Joe Liguori. The first caution flew with three laps scored for a spin by Paul Dues and Matt Cooley. All eyes were on Little 500 winner Kody Swanson who had worked his way from 12th to fifth in just three laps.

When the green reappeared Hewitt continued to lead as Gunn blasted into second while Tilton tried to hold off Underwood and Swanson for third. Hall got up on the wheel and powered from sixth to third in three laps and challenged Gunn for second by lap 10. Both Gunn and Hall moved to within striking distance of Hewitt at the half-way point with Gunn taking over the top spot on lap 14. Hall drove into second on lap 16 just before the caution flew for Dues with nine laps to go.

Following a caution on lap 18, Gunn got a great restart and pulled away slightly from Hall while Hewitt, Swanson and 19th starter Brian Smith were locked in an entertaining battle for third. Gunn seemed well on his way to his first non-wing sprint car win, building a 1.35 second lead with just four laps to go. Hall, however, had other plans, methodically eating into Gunn's lead. As they drove to the white, Hall was glued to Gunn's rear bumper and tried a slider into one and two. Gunn turned back under the pair went side by side into the final two turns with Hall sliding in front and nearly making contact with Gunn.

Hall won the drag race to the checkers with Swanson, Underwood and Smith rounding out the top five.

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Fremont Speedway
Fort Ball Pizza Palace Night
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Starting position -[*]

B.O.S.S Non-Wing

TCB Speed / Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 42-Ty Tilton[1] ; 2. 18-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 3. 9N-Luke Hall[4] ; 4. 87-Paul Dues[8] ; 5. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 6. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 7. 8-Joe Sylvester[3] ; 8. 86-Rick Holley[6]

Lias Tire / Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 24L-Lee Underwood[2] ; 2. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 3. 41-Cole Ketcham[3] ; 4. 12-Ted Hines[5] ; 5. 6-Bill Rose[8] ; 6. 3-Joe Butera[4] ; 7. 2+-Brian Smith[7] ; 8. 53-Steve Little[6]

Hoosier Race Tires / Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 08-Andy Feil[2] ; 2. 44-Joe Liguori[1] ; 3. 77-Kory Crabtree[3] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[4] ; 5. 14W-Chris Wilson[5] ; 6. 97-Scott Hardman[6] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 8. 31L-Buddy Lowther[8]

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads / Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 2. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[3] ; 3. 12s-Kody Swanson[8] ; 4. 19-Matt Cooley[6] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 6. 5M-Mike Moore[5] ; 7. 5-Bob McMillin[2] ; 8. 18D-Bobby Distel[7]

Keizer Aluminum Racing Wheels / B-Main 1 (12 Laps, top 6 to A)
1. 6-Bill Rose[2] ; 2. 9G-Cody Gardner[5] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[10] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[1] ; 5. 5M-Mike Moore[8] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 7. 97-Scott Hardman[7] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[11] ; 9. 5-Bob McMillin[12] ; 10. 3-Joe Butera[6] ; 11. 18D-Bobby Distel[16] ; 12. 8-Joe Sylvester[9] ; 13. 31L-Buddy Lowther[15] ; 14. 14W-Chris Wilson[3] ; 15. 86-Rick Holley[13] ; 16. 53-Steve Little[14]

B.O.S.S / A-Main 1 (25 Laps)
1. 9N-Luke Hall[9] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 3. 12s-Kody Swanson[12] ; 4. 24L-Lee Underwood[2] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[19] ; 6. 18-Dallas Hewitt[1] ; 7. 42-Ty Tilton[3] ; 8. 77-Kory Crabtree[11] ; 9. 74-Drew Rader[15] ; 10. 6-Bill Rose[17] ; 11. 44-Joe Liguori[8] ; 12. 9G-Cody Gardner[18] ; 13. 12-Ted Hines[14] ; 14. 14-Chad Wilson[22] ; 15. 82-Mike Miller[6] ; 16. 08-Andy Feil[5] ; 17. 5M-Mike Moore[21] ; 18. 19-Matt Cooley[16] ; 19. 87-Paul Dues[13] ; 20. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[4] ; 21. 41-Cole Ketcham[10] ; 22. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[20]

Bonus Awards:

Hoosier Tire Bonus (Free Tire) - Luke Hall

American Racer Tire Bonus (Free Tire) - Kody Swanson

Apple Metal Polishing "Lucky Pill Draw" $50 - Cody Gardner

Horne Performance Motorsports "Perseverance Award" $50 - Kody Swanson

The Bridge Restaurant "Hard Charger Award" $50 - Brian Smith

The J & F Construction "Hard Luck Award" $50 - Steve Little

Cowen Truck Line "Steel Block Bonus" $50 - Kody Swanson

All Star Performance "Sweet Move Award" $50 certificate - Cole Ketcham

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