A group of drivers was able to overcome challenges on the way to winning feature races at Brown County Speedway Friday night.

While the obstacles were different, each pilot was able to find a way to capture checkered flags at the local oval.

Huron’s Jayden Bogh had to overcome a tough starting spot in his Street Stock feature.

“I was a little bit worried about starting fifth,” Bogh said. “I was just going for second or third tonight.”

He trailed Cory Moser of Aberdeen and Maria Broksieck of Goodwin, until a yellow flag was needed midway through the race. From there, Bogh went around Moser to take the lead and then held off Broksieck at the finish to win the race.

“I wasn’t being very consistent before that yellow came out,” Bogh said. “Moser was kind of slipping up a little bit. I was glad to see that yellow come out and I was just able to go for it.”

Once he had the advantage, it was a matter of holding off the hard-charging Broksieck.

“I knew Maria was running the bottom,” Bogh said, “so I thought I better protect it, and if they both passed me on the top, well I better figure something out.”

Watertown’s Todd Stark took advantage of his prime starting position on the way to winning the Midwest Modified feature.

“I don’t really know who moved up or what happened behind me,” Stark said, “so starting position was definitely everything.”

He said his car was solid, but it would have been a challenge working through the field from the back.

“I felt we had a pretty good race car,” Stark said. “We might have been able to pass some guys if we had to start back there, but winning would not have been probably feasible by no means.”

Like all of the drivers, Stark had to deal with the intense heat throughout the races.

“It’s hot out here. It’s tough,” Stark said. “I’m ready to go get in some AC, that’s for sure.”

He credited officials for a smooth track considering the elements.

“For how hot it was we had a great race track,” Stark said. “You can’t ask for anything better in 100 degree heat.”

Clear Lake’s Tony Konold found a unique way around the track to maintain his pole-position starting spot. He ended up going low between turns one and two, and high between three and four on the way to winning the Modified feature.

“It was just so good down on the bottom in one and two and so far around the top,” Konold said, “and just had to be down on the tires on that end.”

He said his front row start was a big key.

“You’ve got to take advantage of when you draw the one there,” Konold said, “and just get out in front and go.”

Trevor Nelson has had to deal with car issues lately, but got that worked out in a heat race and topped the field in the Super Stock feature race.

“Honestly, it’s been those rain days that helped us out. We went through the car and found a few things that were wrong,” Nelson said. “We started last in the heat race and we were pretty good out of there, so we just left it alone.”

The Warner racer started near the front of the feature, quickly took the lead and had no issues from there on the way to the win.

“We’re back on track,” Nelson said. “We’ve got little things to tweak on a little bit, but it was nice to have a good starting spot again.”

Perhaps no one faced a bigger challenge than Cole Searing of Huron. By the time the Late Model feature rolled around, the track became so dusty that drivers could barely see where each other was at. Searing was able to circle the oval and maintain his lead.

“I couldn’t see nothing coming down the back straightaway with all that dust coming,” Searing said. “I’ve got a guy here that kind of gives me some signals and I couldn’t see him at all, so we were just fighting for dear life.”

Aberdeen’s Kent Arment led for the early part of the race, before exiting coming out of turns one and two, which gave Searing a lead he never lost.

“That top of one and two was pretty treacherous,” Searing said. “I knew if you missed it once you’d be off. And I actually missed it once and kind of rolled off and came back on. It was pretty high up there.”

Racing continues at 7 p.m. Friday with an appearance by the NOSA Sprint Cars.

To see complete results, click on the following link:

https://www.myracepass.com/events/581436/races