By Fully Injected Motorsports:
FOREST, Ohio (October 18, 2021) – With Mother Nature interfering with the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) season finale scheduled for Saturday at Waynesfield Raceway Park, the Ohio-based, non-wing touring group was forced to officially conclude their 2021 campaign with a cancellation, and although Series action ended on a sour note, it led to celebration for some, as Matt Westfall and Ray Marshall Motorsports ultimately clinched their second BOSS championship in three years.
Padded by a victory at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on July 24, Westfall entered the final weekend of BOSS action with a 79-point lead, chased by Willow Branch, Indiana’s Isaac Chapple. The deficit would have been tough to overcome, but wet weather negated all chances. Even if Mother Nature would have spared the event at Waynesfield, Westfall’s recent momentum boost would have given the Buckeye an upper hand; the 2019 BOSS champ scored a podium finish in I-96 Speedway’s Roll the Dice on October 9.
“It feels good to get another BOSS championship. We didn’t want the season to end like it did, but we’ll take it and celebrate,” Westfall said, driver of Ray Marshall’s Buckeye Machine Fabricators, Inc./Hempy Water/DPI Ink/”Bumblebee Express” sprint car. “I can’t thank Ray Marshall and the entire team enough for their hard work this season. I think we were in a position to win more than one BOSS race this year, but our consistency paid off and that’s what’s most important. We still have some starts left on our plate, so we’ll do what we can to end things on a winning note.”
Westfall and Ray Marshall Motorsports will continue their 2021 campaign with a two-day stop at Gas City I-69 Speedway in Gas City, Indiana, on Friday and Saturday, October 22-23. Dubbed the Fall Festival of Speed, the Gas City season finale will feature two, full shows for the non-wing sprint cars awarding a combined $4,000 winner’s share; $2,000 on Friday and $2,000 on Saturday.
Although Westfall is winless at Gas City in 2021, the Pleasant Hill, Ohio-native is certainly no stranger to the high paced quarter-mile, earning one victory in 2019, as well as another in 2020.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Ray Marshall Motorsports and Matt Westfall would like to thank all of their marketing partners including: Buckeye Machine Fabricators, Inc./Hempy Water/DPI Ink
BROADCAST COVERAGE:
Watch each and every USAC event live at www.floracing.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Fans should ‘Like’ Matt Westfall Racing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattWestfallRacing/, as well as keep up with Ray Marshall Motorsports on all of the available social media channels including Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ray-Marshall-Motorsports-111598495590021/.
Fans can find Ray Marshall Motorsports on the Web at: http://raymarshallmotorsports.com/.
STATS:
2018 Highlights: Matt Westfall earned four Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) victories, the most ever attained by a driver during a single season. Finished eighth during Gas City Speedway’s ‘Spring Fling’ on Friday, May 3.
2019 Wins: 6 (Atomic Speedway – BOSS – April 13), (Fremont Speedway – BOSS – July 13), (Limaland Motorsports Park – Weekly – August 2), (Kokomo Speedway – BOSS – August 24) (Gas City Speedway – Weekly – September 13) (Atomic Speedway – BOSS – October 5)
2019 Championships: Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS)
2020 Wins: 4 (Gas City I-69 Speedway – July 17), (Kokomo Speedway – BOSS – August 29) (I-96 Speedway – BOSS – September 25) (I-96 Speedway – GLTS – October 9)
2021 Highlights: Finished seventh in BOSS Series opener at Waynesfield Raceway Park on March 27. Earned first victory of 2021 during Kokomo Speedway start on April 9. Rallied from 17th to finish tenth during Kokomo’s non-wing portion of Grand Prix finale. Finished ninth during Friday program of Eldora’s #LetRaceTwo on Saturday afternoon, May 8. Earned back-to-back top-ten finishes during BOSS Series starts at Gas City (5th) and Lawrenceburg (8th) on May 14-15. Finished third during BOSS Series action at Waynesfield Raceway Park on Sunday, May 30. Finished third at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday, June 4. Finished ninth from 18th during Gas City start on Friday, June 11. Finished tenth during USAC Eastern Storm start at Grandview Speedway on Tuesday, June 15. Earned back-to-back top-fives in BOSS action at Ohio Valley Speedway and Waynesfield Raceway Park on July 2-3. Finished fifth during Gas City I-69 Speedway start on July 9. Finished third during BOSS Series start at Atomic Speedway on July 10. Earned back-to-back BOSS Series podiums on July 23-24; second at Lernerville Speedway on Friday and earned a win at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday. Finished second at Limaland on Friday, July 30. Finished fourth during BOSS Series start at Fremont Speedway on August 14. Finished tenth in Kokomo Smackdown preliminary on Friday, August 27. Finished third with BOSS Series at Fremont Speedway on September 18. Finished ninth during the USAC National Sprint Car portion of Eldora’s 4-Crown Nationals. Finished second in Roll the Dice finale at I-96 Speedway on Saturday, October 9.
2021 Wins: 2 (Kokomo Speedway – April 9) (Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway – July 24 – BOSS Series)
2021 Championships: Buckeye Outlaws Sprint Series (BOSS)
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