Saturday Night I made the trip over to the Boone Speedway for another Weekly Points Night. It was also RaceSaver Sprint Cars Season Championship Night and the rescheduled Hawkeye Challenge took place. One Hundred Twenty Cars signed in on Saturday Night including 27 Snap-On Tools IMCA Modifieds, 24 Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars, 23 Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods, 21 Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks, 17 My Race Pass Mod Lites and 8 K1 Race Gear IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars. Cruiser Cars were also on hand to tame Iowa's Action Track.
The Hawkeye Challenge was the main attraction everybody wanted to see and it pitted four drivers from each of the six classes taking to the track at one time. The event was held from 1987-1993 but after Boone Speedway Promoter Robert Lawton and Coty Mallicoat talked, the Hawkeye Challenge was reborn in 2019. Each class point leader was locked into the feature, with the other three qualifying through a passing points stystem during the heat races. The overall winner took a $1,000 and a Snap-On Tools Tool Box/Grill Combo. All other classe winners took home $500. Sprint Cars 25 laps, Modifieds 23 laps, Sport Mods 22 laps, Mod Lites 22 laps, Stock Cars 21 laps and Hobby Stocks 20 laps.
Initial on Saturday Night, Donavon Smith was dubbed the winner but after video and My Lap transponder review the official winner is John Watson. Adam Ayers, Donavon Smith, Scott Davis and David Smith rounded out the top five. Cam Reimers, Jake McBirnie, Tim Ward, Mike Houseman and Mike Kennedy rounded out the top ten. Watson took the Hobbys, Donavon Smith in Stocks, Reimers in the Sport Mods, Tim Ward in the Modifieds, Mike Houseman in the Sprint Cars and Mike Kennedy in the Mod Lites.
The first feature of the night was the K1 Race Gear RaceSaver Sprint Cars 20 lap feature. Going into the night, Mike Houseman had a six point lead over Tyler Thompson but it appeared as if Thompson would be the track champion because Houseman said he would only start the feature after mechanical issues the night before US 36 Raceway. Before a single lap was completed, the caution came out when DJ Palmer, Ryan Navratil, Jake Greenwood and Mike Houseman got together in turn two meanwhile Thompson broke and went off the topside of turn three. All cars in involved in turn two was able to continue, Thompson has his night come to an end. Joel Thorpe grabbed the lead on lap one but the caution came out just after the lap was scored when Grenwood spun in turn two. On the restart, Kade Higday grabbed the top spot away from Thorpe and pulled away to went by nearly half a lap. Thorpe was second, Palmer was third, Navratil was fourth and Shadrach Sporaa was fifth. Houseman hung on to win the track championship by 8 pts over Thompson.
In the My Race Pass Mod Lites 15 lap feature, Travis Stensland led from start to finish in the feature that went caution free. It was Travis Stensland first win of the season. Terry Brown finshed in a distant second, Tanner Gannon was third. Tenth place starter Ed Griggs and ninth place starter Randy Bryan finished fourth and fifth.
Ronnie Hults jumped out to the early lead in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature holding off Cam Reimers until the caution came out on lap five for Michael Miller in turn two. Hults was determined to not be denied and held off challenges on the restart from Reimers and Robert Moore until the caution came out again on lap seven for Miller in turn four and Brandon Coffman in turn three. Tenth place starter Jake McBirnie wrestled the lead away on the restart and was only slowed on lap 11 when Reimers spun in turn four. McBirnie to take the win ahead of Dustin Lynch, Hults, Pestotnik and twelveth place starter Chris Burke.
Joel Bushore led the first fifteen laps of the Snap-On Tools IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature but shortly after Bushore and Jeremy Mills made contact. That contact allowed Tim Ward to sneak by both of them and take the lead away. Bushore sooned came to a stop in turn four on lap 17 to bring out the caution flag. Ward held on strong to the top spot in route to taking the win. Mills finished second, twelveth place starter Joel Rust was third, tenth place starter Jimmy Gustin was fourth and fifteenth place starter Ronn Lauritzen was fifth.
In the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars 18 lap feature event, Jesse Simth led the first four laps before eleventh place starter Jeff Mueller took the top spot away on lap five. The only caution came out on lap eight for Laura Curry on the backstretch exiting turn two and Jesse Smith in turn four. Mueller continued to lead until Josh Daniels wrestled the lead away on lap 12. Daniels cruised on to the easy win ahead of Mueller, tenth place starter Scott Davis, Troy Jerovetz and David Smith.
Before a single lap was scored in the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, the red flag was displayed when Shaun Wirtz got tangled up in a situation which sent him rolling on the front stretch. Wirtz climbed from the car and was mad but okay. Eric Knutson grabbed the lead on the restart but just after the completion of lap one, the caution came out for Braden Richards in turn four. Knutson and John Watson battled for the top spot with Knutson holding strong but the caution came out again on lap six for debris and then on lap nine for Aaron Rudolph and Adam Ayers getting together in turn four. The lap nine restart allowed Watson to wrestle the lead away but Knutson did not go away as he surged ahead and beat Watson back to the checkers. Jack Phillips, Greg Sidles and fifteenth place starter Mike Smith rounded out the top five.
Final feature of the night was the Cruiser Cars and once again it went to the duo of Donny Mason and Carl Agan. Mike Agan and Junior Worly finished second, Janson Hadaway and Maggie A finished third, Kyle Parker and Brandon Andreason finished fourth, Kody Harrelson and Jessica Lyon finished fifth.
Racing action continues Saturday Night Series presented by Harris Auto
Racing on Saturday August 3rd with the Watermelon Classic Triple Crown night at the races. $2,5000 to win for the IMCA Modifieds, $1,000 to win TiLUBE Challenge, and each heat winner in all classes wins a watermelon!
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Boone Speedway
Saturday Night Series presented by Harris Auto Racing
Saturday July 27th, 2019
Snap-on Tools IMCA Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 2. 10 Jeremy Mills (Garner); 3. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 4. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 5. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (Jesup); 6. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 7. 78 Al Wolfgram (Boone); 8. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 9. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 10. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 11. 58 Dennis Pittman (Jamaica); 12. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone); 13. 41 Thor Anderson (Rock Valley); 14. 8W Kenny Wyman Jr (Goodyear, AZ); 15. 4 Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee); 16. 3 Andy Tiernan (Madrid); 17. 63CC Cory Tasler (Jefferson); 18. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 19. 1BC Tony Cox (Ames); 20. 77X Austin Kuehl (Cave Creek, AZ); 21. 24 Robert Avery (Des Moines); 22. 29 Ben Wilson (Colo); 23. 20X Chad Louk (Jefferson); 24. 69N Cory Wray (Trenton, MO); 25. 009 Jason Asbe (Clear Lake); DNS 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); DNS 75 Clint Wendel (Mason City)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Bushore; 2. Richie Gustin; 3. Havlik; 4. Mills; 5. Avery; 6. Wilson; 7. Wyman; 8. Dickerson; 9. Wendel
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Wolfgram; 2. Hofbauer; 3. Rust; 4. Hilgenberg; 5. Snyder; 6. Kuehl; 7. Tiernan; 8. Wray; 9. Asbe
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Jimmy Gustin; 2. Cox; 3. Ward; 4. Pittman; 5. Lauritzen; 6. Louk; 7. Sauerman; 8. Anderson; 9. Tasler
Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 25J Josh Daniels (Des Moines); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 3. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 4. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 5. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 6. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 7. 22 Wayne Gifford (Boone); 8. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 9. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 10. 78B Andrew Burg (Maricopa, AZ); 11. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 12. 23 Cody Gustoff (Scranton); 13. 43 Calvin Lange (Humboldt); 14. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids); 15. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley); 16. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 17. 27B Aaron Benz (Humboldt); 18. 36 Jesse Smith (Boxholm); 19. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 20. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 21. 32JR Laura Curry (Algona); 22. 52 Sean Dennis (Boone); 23. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); DNS 20N Justin Nehring (Storm Lake)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Lange; 2. Davis; 3. Daniels; 4. Snell; 5. Curry; 6. Burg; 7. Pickett; DQ Lenz
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Donavon Smith; 2. Jesse Smith; 3. Stofer; 4. Hollatz; 5. Badger; 6. Dennis; 7. Everts; DNS Nehring
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. David Smith; 2. Jerovetz; 3. Schmidt; 4. Mueller; 5. Gustoff; 6. Richards; 7. Gifford; 8. Hidlebaugh
Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern SportMods
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 2. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 3. 42 Ronnie Hults (Truro); 4. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 5. 25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 6. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 7. 0 Jamie Anderson (Mason City); 8. 26M Mitchell Morris (St Charles); 9. 13V Curtis Veber (Polk City); 10. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 11. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahal); 12. 8TTB Tommy Hensley (Bedford); 13. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 14. 14X Anita Lee (Ames); 15. 26 Bryan Morris (St Charles); 16. 61 Brandon Patava (Des Moines); 17. 21 Cam Reimers (Ogden); 18. 3B Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 19. 79M Michael Miller (Des Moines); 20. 77AU Frank Packer (Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia); 21. 57 Daniel Hagen (Johnston); DNS 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); DNS 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Reimers; 2. Pestotnik; 3. Burke; 4. Hults; 5. Bryan Morris; 6. Hagen; 7. Fye; 8. Packer
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Masolini; 2. McBirnie; 3. Moore; 4. Ryerson; 5. Hensley; 6. Coffman; 7. Lee; 8. Miller
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Lynch; 3. Veber; 4. Anderson; 5. Mitchell Morris; 6. Patava; 7. Gould
Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 2. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 3. 00 Jack Phillips (Mitchellville); 4. 56G Greg Sidles (Fairmont, MN); 5. 22Z Mike Smith (Lake City); 6. 8 Andy Tiernan (Granger); 7. 12M Matt McDonald (Scranton); 8. 3M Austin Shepherd; 9. 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union); 10. 7D Stephen Doss (Boone); 11. 49 James Johnson (Cherokee); 12. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 13. 31 Adam Ayers (Adair); 14. 51 Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 15. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 16. 47W Shaun Wirtz (Boone); 17. 04 Cody Reed (Des Moines); 18. T71 Marcus Kyle (Boone); 19. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); DNS 10S Ray Stock Jr (Ankeny); DNS 22J Jared Myers (Indianola)
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Watson; 2. Sidles; 3. Wirtz; 4. Ayers; 5. Vancannon; 6. Reed; 7. Tiernan; 8. Smith; 9. Stock; 10. Butler; 11. Johnson
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Rudolph; 2. Knutson; 3. Richards; 4. Phillips; 5. Doss; 6. Kyle; 7. Andrews; 8. McDonald; 9. Myers; 10. Shepherd
My Race Pass ModLites
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 2. 28 Terry Brown (Nevada); 3. 3T Tanner Gannon (Des Moines); 4. 47 Ed Griggs (Pleasant Hill, MO); 5. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 7. 82 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 8. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 9. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 10. 14 Bryan Compart (Madrid); 11. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto); 12. 41 Brett Warrick (Boone); 13. JB7 Chris Weir (Colo); 14. 73T Ted Jensen (Portsmouth); 15. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 16. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); DNS 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames)
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Travis Stensland; 2. Kennedy; 3. Terry Brown; 4. Griggs; 5. Jensen; 6. Compart; 7. Glick; 8. Zehm
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Huggins; 2. Jeff Stensland; 3. Bryan; 4. Gannon; 5. George; 6. Charlie Brown; 7. Weir; 8. Warrick
K1 Race Gear IMCA Racesaver Sprint Cars
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 24 Kade Higday (Pleasant Hill); 2. 3TJ Joel Thorpe (Urbandale); 3. 73 DJ Palmer (Des Moines); 4. 12P Ryan Navratil (Des Moines); 5. 11S Shadrach Sporaa (Boone); 6. 4L Mike Houseman Jr (Des Moines); 7. 43 Jake Greenwood (Woodward); 8. 48 Tyler Thompson (Des Moines)
Track Champion: Mike Houseman Jr
2 Person Cruisers
A Feature (8 Laps):
1. 00 Donny Mason / Carl Agan; 2. 5 Mike Agan / Junior Worley; 3. 43 Janson Hadaway / Maggie A; 4. 1D Kyle Parker / Brandon Andreason; 5. 4K Kody Harrelson / Jessica Lyon; 6. 98 Wayne Meier / Marvin Fetters; 7. 8B Bobby Smith / Chris Lowe; 8. HC Matt Johnson / Taryn Swartz; 9. 9 Todd Heckathorn / Angela Heckathorn
Heat (6 Laps):
1. Agan / Worley; 2. Heckathorn / Heckathorn; 3. Parker / Andreason; 4. Meier / Fetters; 5. Harrelson / Lyon; 6. Smith / Lowe; 7. Hadaway / A; 8. Johnson / Swartz; 9. Mason / Agan
Hawkeye Challenge
Special: 1. 4W John Watson; 2. 31 Adam Ayers; 3. 35 Donavon Smith; 4. 81D Scott Davis; 5. 81X David Smith; 6. 21 Cam Reimers; 7. 82 Jake McBirnie; 8. 4TW Tim Ward; 9. 4L Mike Houseman Jr; 10. 95 Mike Kennedy; 11. 78 Al Wolfgram; 12. 64 Randy Bryan; 13. 20 Jeff Stensland; 14. 26J Joel Rust; 15. 3TJ Joel Thorpe; 16. 73 DJ Palmer; 17. 8 Dusty Masolini; 18. 69JR Johnathon Logue; 19. 89 Travis Stensland; 20. 19 Jimmy Gustin; 21. 87 Joel Bushore; 22. 24 Kade Higday; 23. 43 Calvin Lange; 24. 56G Greg Sidles; 25. 38R Aaron Rudolph
Hobby Stocks (20 Laps) : 1. 4W John Watson; 2. 31 Adam Ayers; 3. 56G Greg Sidles; 4. 38R Aaron Rudolph
Stock Cars (21 Laps) : 1. 35 Donavon Smith; 2. 81D Scott Davis; 3. 8X David Smith; 4. 43 Calvin Lange
Sport Mods (22 Laps) : 1. 21 Cam Reimers; 2. 82 Jake McBirnie; 3. 8 Dusty Masolini; 4. 69JR Johnathon Logue
Mod Lites (22 Laps) : 1. 95 Mike Kennedy; 2. 64 Randy Bryan; 3. 20 Jeff Stensland; 4. 89 Travis Stensland
Modifieds (23 Laps) : 1. 4TW Tim Ward; 2. 26J Joel Rust; 3. 78 Albert Wolfgram; 4. 19 Jimmy Gustin; 5. 87 Joel Bushore
Sprint Cars (25 Laps) : 1. 4L Mike Houseman Jr; 2. 3TJ Joel Thorpe; 3. 73 DJ Palmer; 4. 24 Kade Higday
