Kelly Boen will be back in the saddle this weekend after all with the O’Reilly NCRA Late Model Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol.
“We’re going to go, we’re going to do it, ” Boen said during a May 24 telephone interview. The two-time defending series champion plans to race both shows, May 25 at Mid-Nebraska Speedway and May 27 at Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway.
“If we get through the first night and I still feel good, we’ll go to the next show, ” he said.
Boen was severely injured when he flipped his racecar April 28. The initial diagnosis was that he could be out of action for up to five months.
After returning home to Henderson, Colo., Boen saw a specialist in Denver, who this week released him to race, saying, I’m OK with it if you feel like you’re ready, according to Kelly.
Since the accident, Boen has installed a full containment driver’s seat in his racecar and purchased a Hans device. He will be driving the same racecar he wrecked at Lakeside, now nicknamed “Flipper. ”
“I was at the shop last night as the guys were finishing it up, ” Boen said, “and I told them, ‘let’s load Flipper up and go give it a ride. ’”
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