Ellithorpe repeats as champion in record-setting Sport Compact feature
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3) – He was driving a new car but the results were the same. Jacob Ellithorpe repeated as Sport Compact champion at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He took the $260 checkers more than a straightaway ahead of his closest pursuit Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. The 25-lapper ran caution-free. Chuck Fullenkamp and Brad Chandler each led a single circuit before the 11th starting Ellithorpe made his way to the front to stay. 2011 champion Nathan Chandler, Brad Chandler and Merv Chandler completed the top four. Mitch Bolton was fifth. “I knew the Chandlers were back there and that they’d be coming,” Ellithorpe said following his successful return to Boone. “When I got into lapped traffic, I tried to watch five cars ahead of me and then run where they weren’t.” “I didn’t think I’d be able to get through the middle alive and get to the front,” he added, “but I got lucky.” A Super Nationals record 63 Sport Compacts vied Tuesday and the 30-car main event [Read More]