Sunday, April 14, 2019

Thornton, Smith, Thompson, Rudolph and Zehm Take Season Opening Wins in Boone

April Showers Bring May Flowers is the old saying well April Showers means racing gets cancelled. This week the plan was to attend the Bill Davis Memorial on Thursday and Ryan Ashton Racing Season Opener on Friday at Marshalltown Speedway but mother nature had other plans. Mid week rain and the spring cold spell forced cancellations. Bill Davis Memorial will now be on Thursday July 11th during the Central Iowa Fair in Marshalltown and the Season Opener will be Friday plus the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series will be on hand competing.
Saturday also saw its fair share of races being cancelled except for the race track on plot of land in Boone. Rod and the Guys got the track ready to go despite the cold weather but it created some exciting racing action all night long as drivers begin the hunt to nab the track championship.

First feature of the night was the MyRacePass Mod Lites 15 lap event with Joe Glick and Justin Rankin leading the field to the green. Rankin nabbed the top spot early and held off challenges from Glick and Randy Bryan until Bryan made the top shelf work to his liking on lap five. Bryan was followed by Bryan Zehm and Mike Kennedy into second and third. Bryan held off initial challenges from those two until a caution came out on lap 11 for Bryan Compart coming to a stop on the back stretch. Bryan and Zehm battled it out with Bryan holding on until the final set of corners. Zehm made a power move and edged Bryan out at the line to take the win. Bryan finished a close second ahead of Kennedy, Charlie Brown and Joel Huggins.

Sioux City Hot Shoe Cody Thompson started on the pole in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods 18 lap event. Thompson was never challenged through out the event and only lap traffic slowing him down but he cruised to an easy win. Kyle Olson from Cedar Rapids grabbed the second spot on lap 11 from Gage Neal, who finished third. Doug Smith finished fourth and Tara Longnecker finished fifth.

Ricky Thornton Jr and Tim Ward was on the front row for the Snap-On Tools IMCA Modifieds 20 lap event which saw all 28 cars start the feature. Thornton and Ward battled the first two laps before the caution came out when Eric Elliott found himself spun around in turn four. Thornton got a great restart and began to pull away even though Ward was not going away. On lap 10 just after the field took the cross sticks, the caution came out for Russ Dickerson sitting in the topside of turn three forcing a 10 lap shootout. Thornton got a great restart and went on to take the win with Ward finishing second. Jimmy Gustin, Joel Rust and Anthony Hofbauer rounded out the top five.

The Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars lived up to their name as the "Class too Tough to Tame" all night long and when they rolled out for their 18 lap feature, you where sure it was going to be a good one. Devin Smith started on the pole but he was challenged first by Robert Stofer than Jeff Mueller during the feature. Smith led the entire way despite having to fend off challenges, lap traffic and a caution on lap 11 for Jason York in turn three. Smith took the win, Mueller was second, Donavon Smith was third, Frost Buster Winner Jay Schmidt was fourth and David Smith was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 12 lap feature. John Watson led the first six laps before he was spun in turn three. Watson kept going to avoid bring out the caution but that handed the lead over to Solomon Bennett. Bennett saw Aaron Rudolph take the lead away on lap nine and it was Rudolph going on to take the win ahead of Adam Ayers, Matt McDonald, Shaun Wirtz and Dylan Nelson.

Racing action at Boone Speedway continues next Saturday Night with Hicklin Powersports UTV / Side by Side Races / Harris Auto Racing Saturday Night Series Night 2. Snap-On Tools IMCA Modifieds, Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars, Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks and MyRacePass Mod Lites all on the card. April and May Races at Boone will have Pit Gates Opening at 4:30pm, Grandstands at 5pm, Hot Laps at 5:45pm and Racing at 6:30pm.

Since the Benton County Speedway races for sunday being cancelled next up on the racing schedule is Wednesday Night visit to the Stuart Speedway for the Inaugural Tim Stevens Memorial, a race to honor a great man who passed away last August. Friday Night, the plan is to be at the Marshalltown Speedway for the Season Opener / SLMR Race, Saturday Night is open as of right now and Sunday Night will be in Benton County Speedway if they are able to race.

Boone Speedway
Harris Auto Racing Saturday Night Series Opener
Saturday April 13th, 2019

Snap-on Tools IMCA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:33.230[1]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward, 12:35.700[2]; 3. 19-Jimmy Gustin, 12:36.709[5]; 4. 26J-Joel Rust, 12:37.355[3]; 5. 13-Anthony Hofbauer, 12:40.801[7]; 6. 49K-Cody Knecht, 12:41.809[6]; 7. 3-Kelly Shryock, 12:42.446[17]; 8. 57V-Mike Van Genderen, 12:42.575[10]; 9. 71-Jeff James, 12:43.562[12]; 10. 78-Al Wolfgram, 12:43.871[15]; 11. 41-Thor Anderson, 12:44.262[16]; 12. 4-Tony Hilgenberg, 12:45.037[9]; 13. 3W-Garett Wilson, 12:45.880[13]; 14. 24R-Regan Tafoya, 12:46.354[20]; 15. 87-Joel Bushore, 12:47.868[28]; 16. 29-Ben Wilson, 12:48.505[27]; 17. 237-Zack Rawlins, 12:48.659[21]; 18. 99-Josh May, 12:48.856[14]; 19. 58-Dennis Pittman, 12:50.538[11]; 20. 3T-Andy Tiernan, 12:51.109[18]; 21. 44D-Dereck Rhoden, 12:53.301[23]; 22. 63CC-Cory Tasler, 12:35.149[26]; 23. (DNF) 28R-Russ Dickerson, 10:28.331[8]; 24. (DNF) 9E-Eric Elliott, 06:08.008[19]; 25. (DNF) 66-Mitch Strayer, 05:12.720[24]; 26. (DNF) 33D-Scott Hogan, 04:48.964[4]; 27. (DNF) 37-Randy Foote, 04:58.505[25]; 28. (DNF) 1BC-Tony Cox, 00:42.390[22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 04:26.932[2]; 2. 26J-Joel Rust, 04:27.333[1]; 3. 4TW-Tim Ward, 04:28.066[6]; 4. 19-Jimmy Gustin, 04:30.377[5]; 5. 3W-Garett Wilson, 04:30.610[9]; 6. 41-Thor Anderson, 04:31.903[4]; 7. 9E-Eric Elliott, 04:31.954[8]; 8. 1BC-Tony Cox, 04:32.187[3]; 9. (DNF) 37-Randy Foote, 00:56.163[10]; (DNS) 87-Joel Bushore, 00:56.163

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57V-Mike Van Genderen, 02:13.131[3]; 2. 71-Jeff James, 02:16.311[6]; 3. 28R-Russ Dickerson, 02:16.397[5]; 4. 33D-Scott Hogan, 02:17.375[4]; 5. 99-Josh May, 02:19.354[1]; 6. 3-Kelly Shryock, 02:20.103[9]; 7. 24R-Regan Tafoya, 02:21.640[8]; 8. 44D-Dereck Rhoden, 02:14.876[2]; 9. 63CC-Cory Tasler, 02:18.359[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Tony Hilgenberg, 03:15.127[2]; 2. 13-Anthony Hofbauer, 03:16.087[4]; 3. 49K-Cody Knecht, 03:16.578[6]; 4. 58-Dennis Pittman, 03:17.518[5]; 5. 78-Al Wolfgram, 03:19.267[8]; 6. 3T-Andy Tiernan, 03:19.294[7]; 7. 237-Zack Rawlins, 03:08.944[9]; 8. (DNF) 66-Mitch Strayer, 00:55.811[1]; 9. (DNF) 29-Ben Wilson, 00:19.839[3]

Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 81-Devin Smith, [1]; 2. 77M-Jeff Mueller, [10]; 3. 35-Donavon Smith, [6]; 4. 19J-Jay Schmidt, [11]; 5. 8-David Smith, [7]; 6. 50-Robert Stofer, [4]; 7. 19-Reid Keller, [2]; 8. 81D-Scott Davis, [13]; 9. 10B-Brandon Pruitt, [5]; 10. 5A-Tyler Pickett, [12]; 11. 02X-Mike Goldsberry, [3]; 12. 56H-Brandon Hare, [14]; 13. 3S-Bryan Snell, [9]; 14. 77C-Craig Carlson, [23]; 15. 23HR-Rod Richards, [22]; 16. 50B-Brock Badger, [19]; 17. 25J-Josh Daniels, [17]; 18. 71-Corey Piffer, [20]; 19. 31-Jason York, [24]; 20. 18-Anthony Goldsberry, [21]; 21. (DNF) 23-Cody Gustoff, [16]; 22. (DNF) 43-Calvin Lange, [15]; 23. (DNF) 44K-Kevin Opheim, [8]; (DNS) 6-Johnathan Kinser,

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23HR-Rod Richards, 03:04.318[4]; 2. 77C-Craig Carlson, 03:05.083[1]; 3. 31-Jason York, 03:06.140[3]; 4. 52-Sean Dennis, 03:06.989[2]; 5. 7C-Chad Legere, 03:11.016[8]; 6. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh, 03:11.642[9]; 7. 58-Bill Heinkel II, 03:17.167[6]; 8. 36-Jesse Smith, 03:34.028[5]; 9. 38-Joe Schmit, 02:48.843[7]; 10. 56-Joe Hofbauer, 02:37.283[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5A-Tyler Pickett, 02:08.135[7]; 2. 02X-Mike Goldsberry, 02:08.443[8]; 3. 3S-Bryan Snell, 02:08.917[1]; 4. 81-Devin Smith, 02:08.988[9]; 5. 81D-Scott Davis, 02:10.984[11]; 6. 23-Cody Gustoff, 02:11.227[10]; 7. 50B-Brock Badger, 02:11.518[5]; 8. 77C-Craig Carlson, 02:12.046[2]; 9. 23HR-Rod Richards, 02:12.758[3]; 10. (DNF) 38-Joe Schmit, 01:51.252[6]; 11. (DNF) 56-Joe Hofbauer, 02:15.540[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Donavon Smith, 02:03.492[2]; 2. 19J-Jay Schmidt, 02:05.100[1]; 3. 44K-Kevin Opheim, 02:08.697[6]; 4. 10B-Brandon Pruitt, 02:08.960[9]; 5. 56H-Brandon Hare, 02:09.646[7]; 6. 25J-Josh Daniels, 02:10.178[8]; 7. 71-Corey Piffer, 02:10.980[5]; 8. 52-Sean Dennis, 02:11.457[10]; 9. (DNF) 36-Jesse Smith, 01:52.651[3]; 10. (DNF) 7C-Chad Legere, 01:55.251[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Reid Keller, 02:24.483[1]; 2. 8-David Smith, 02:24.995[4]; 3. 77M-Jeff Mueller, 02:25.854[10]; 4. 50-Robert Stofer, 02:26.291[3]; 5. 43-Calvin Lange, 02:27.548[9]; 6. 6-Johnathan Kinser, 02:28.409[5]; 7. 18-Anthony Goldsberry, 02:29.695[7]; 8. 31-Jason York, 02:31.667[6]; 9. 58-Bill Heinkel II, 02:32.590[8]; 10. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh, 02:36.522[2]

Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern SportMods

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, 05:07.399[1]; 2. K3-Kyle Olson, 05:11.883[3]; 3. 12N-Gage Neal, 05:13.004[4]; 4. 12-Doug Smith, 05:13.268[11]; 5. 59-Tara Longnecker, 05:14.078[6]; 6. 98-Thomas Egenberger, 05:14.452[2]; 7. 82-Jake McBirnie, 05:14.495[5]; 8. T23-Tony Olson, 05:15.504[7]; 9. 8-Dusty Masolini, 05:15.846[10]; 10. 2-Cory Rose, 05:16.305[20]; 11. 51X-Matthew Webb, 05:17.212[13]; 12. 13V-Curtis Veber, 05:18.019[21]; 13. 5-Dustin Lynch, 05:18.442[9]; 14. T1-Rusty Montagne, 05:21.452[15]; 15. 25-Troy Krug, 05:08.113[16]; 16. 2B-Robert Moore, 05:09.383[14]; 17. 62-Cory Pestotnik, 05:09.933[22]; 18. 32S-Blair Simmons, 05:12.104[24]; 19. B21-Brandon Tharp, 05:15.079[23]; 20. (DNF) 4-Tyler Titus, 04:35.732[8]; 21. (DNF) 35-Chance Huston, 03:06.076[19]; 22. (DNF) 21-Cam Reimers, 02:50.586[12]; 23. (DNF) 17-David Slovick, 00:22.739[18]; (DNS) 23B-Casey Burnett, 00:22.739

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 13V-Curtis Veber, 09:48.114[6]; 2. 62-Cory Pestotnik, 09:49.007[3]; 3. B21-Brandon Tharp, 09:49.839[5]; 4. 32S-Blair Simmons, 09:50.445[1]; 5. 9J-Jeremiah Reed, 09:51.835[11]; 6. 14-Anita Lee, 09:54.536[2]; 7. 13J-Jeffrey Sears, 01:53.274[4]; 8. (DNF) 42-Ronnie Hults, 02:08.846[7]; 9. (DNF) 555-Josh Sink, 02:14.893[10]; 10. (DNF) 29V-Brett Vanderheiden, 02:01.171[12]; 11. (DNF) 13-Robert Patava, 02:09.720[9]; 12. (DNF) 19-Mark Menard, 01:53.274[13]; (DNS) 93-Hunter Longnecker, 01:53.274; (DNS) 79M-Michael Miller, 01:53.274

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 59-Tara Longnecker, 02:17.382[2]; 2. 98-Thomas Egenberger, 02:19.529[1]; 3. 12N-Gage Neal, 02:20.314[3]; 4. 51X-Matthew Webb, 02:22.136[8]; 5. 23B-Casey Burnett, 02:24.774[4]; 6. 32S-Blair Simmons, 02:28.987[6]; 7. B21-Brandon Tharp, 02:29.919[7]; 8. 13-Robert Patava, 02:32.498[9]; 9. 19-Mark Menard, 01:04.898[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie, 10:10.691[3]; 2. 4-Tyler Titus, 10:14.985[2]; 3. 21-Cam Reimers, 10:16.756[7]; 4. 2B-Robert Moore, 10:17.915[6]; 5. 17-David Slovick, 10:19.389[4]; 6. 14-Anita Lee, 10:21.882[5]; 7. (DNF) 13V-Curtis Veber, 00:18.394[1]; 8. (DNF) 555-Josh Sink, 00:22.047[9]; 9. (DNF) 79M-Michael Miller, 00:33.281[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25C-Cody Thompson, 02:17.157[8]; 2. T23-Tony Olson, 02:19.316[7]; 3. 8-Dusty Masolini, 02:19.542[3]; 4. T1-Rusty Montagne, 02:20.488[1]; 5. 35-Chance Huston, 02:21.320[2]; 6. 62-Cory Pestotnik, 02:22.252[4]; 7. 42-Ronnie Hults, 02:22.525[5]; 8. 9J-Jeremiah Reed, 02:30.251[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. K3-Kyle Olson, 02:15.912[2]; 2. 12-Doug Smith, 02:16.164[4]; 3. 5-Dustin Lynch, 02:18.100[7]; 4. 25-Troy Krug, 02:18.769[6]; 5. 2-Cory Rose, 02:19.007[8]; 6. 13J-Jeffrey Sears, 02:21.988[3]; 7. (DNF) 93-Hunter Longnecker, 02:21.988[1]; 8. (DNF) 29V-Brett Vanderheiden, 02:21.988[5]

Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 38R-Aaron Rudolph, 03:43.311[5]; 2. 31-Adam Ayers, 03:43.523[4]; 3. 12M-Matt McDonald, 03:45.452[9]; 4. 47W-Shaun Wirtz, 03:46.701[3]; 5. 13N-Dylan Nelson, 03:46.781[6]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett, 03:46.811[1]; 7. 12K-Eric Knutson, 03:46.920[10]; 8. 8-Adam Tiernan, 03:47.118[12]; 9. 1-Kaden Reynolds, 03:47.128[7]; 10. 13Z-Todd Bass, 03:48.448[15]; 11. 17F-Nick Foster, 03:48.901[13]; 12. 33-Rusty Gyles, 03:52.904[14]; 13. 8B-Bobby Smith, 03:53.893[11]; 14. 22-Mike Smith, 03:59.224[18]; 15. 117-Zach Hovell, 04:06.966[17]; 16. 4W-John Watson, 04:19.998[2]; 17. (DNF) 56J-Jason Curry, 03:55.607[16]; 18. (DNF) 7B-Eric Stanton, 02:12.131[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 7B-Eric Stanton, 01:50.363[6]; 2. 12M-Matt McDonald, 01:51.770[1]; 3. 47W-Shaun Wirtz, 01:52.922[4]; 4. 12K-Eric Knutson, 01:53.905[5]; 5. 13N-Dylan Nelson, 01:54.440[7]; 6. 8B-Bobby Smith, 01:55.059[2]; 7. 17F-Nick Foster, 01:55.375[8]; 8. 13Z-Todd Bass, 01:55.875[9]; 9. 117-Zach Hovell, 01:59.140[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 31-Adam Ayers, 01:50.833[4]; 2. 1-Kaden Reynolds, 01:51.190[3]; 3. 38R-Aaron Rudolph, 01:52.141[5]; 4. 4W-John Watson, 01:52.812[6]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett, 01:53.236[9]; 6. 8-Adam Tiernan, 01:54.022[8]; 7. 33-Rusty Gyles, 01:55.219[7]; 8. 56J-Jason Curry, 02:05.462[1]; 9. 22-Mike Smith, 01:50.974[2]

My Race Pass ModLites

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 46Z-Bryan Zehm, 06:52.046[3]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan, 06:52.126[6]; 3. 95-Mike Kennedy, 06:52.840[8]; 4. 82-Charlie Brown, 06:53.425[9]; 5. X50-Joel Huggins, 06:53.924[10]; 6. 88-Justin Rankin, 06:54.049[2]; 7. J7B-Jon Braathun, 06:55.119[4]; 8. 4B-Douglas Byers, 06:55.660[5]; 9. 7-Erin Turner, 06:57.949[11]; 10. (DNF) 4G-Ben George, 07:00.590[13]; 11. (DNF) 28-Terry Brown, 03:33.314[7]; 12. (DNF) 14-Bryan Compart, 03:02.754[12]; 13. (DNF) 3G-Joe Glick, 02:05.370[1]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 95-Mike Kennedy, 01:40.357[4]; 2. 88-Justin Rankin, 01:43.443[6]; 3. 4B-Douglas Byers, 01:43.711[2]; 4. X50-Joel Huggins, 01:44.114[7]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick, 01:44.456[3]; 6. 7-Erin Turner, 01:46.461[5]; 7. 4G-Ben George, 01:49.223[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 82-Charlie Brown, 01:40.716[2]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan, 01:42.225[1]; 3. J7B-Jon Braathun, 01:44.832[5]; 4. 28-Terry Brown, 01:47.908[4]; 5. 46Z-Bryan Zehm, 01:53.768[3]; 6. 14-Bryan Compart, 01:59.616[6]

* Results are from http://boonespeedway.myracepass.com/ *


Inaugural Tim Stevens Memorial at Stuart Speedway