Sunday, August 2, 2020

Ward, Smith, Nelson and Smith Take Victories in the Watermelon Classic in Boone

Saturday Night the Boone Speedway hosted the 6th Annual P1 Promotions Modified Challenge presented by Quick Performance and D & E Outdoor Services Watermelon Classic. Extra money was on the line in all IMCA Classes, heat race and feature winner in all five classes received a Watermelon courtesy of Fareway Food Stores.

The joke behind the Watermelon Classic is because the old saying by promoter Robert Lawton to the drivers, you guys would race for Watermelons so when Track Manager Coty Mallicoat began to help out the idea of the Watermelon Classic was born.

One Hundred Fifty Nine cars signed in for the Watermelon Classic including 40 IMCA Modifieds, 34 IMCA Stock Cars, 32 IMCA Sport Mods, 33 IMCA Hobby Stocks and 20 MADCRA Mod Lites. Tim Ward and Todd Shute each took the big wins in the IMCA Modifieds. Donavon Smith won the Stock Cars, Garrett Nelson won the Sport Mods, Mike Smith won the Hobby Stocks and Travis Stensland took Mod Lites.

First big race of the night was the 15 lap P1 Promotions Challenge for IMCA Modifieds. Top twelve in points after the time trials, heats and passing points qualified for the special race and drew for their starting spots. Cody Laney and Todd Shute drew the front row, Laney jumped to the immediate lead. Fourth place starter Kyle Brown took the lead away on lap two and held back Todd Shute as well. Brown held on to lead until lap ten when Shute grabbed the lead away. Shute then pulled away and took the checkers ahead of Brown, eighth place starter Nick Meyer, Cody Laney and Joel Rust.

MyRacePass MACRA Mod Lites 15 lap feature event had the initial start called back. Travis Stensland jumped out to the lead early when the race finally got started and pulled away. The only race caution came out on lap five for Kieron Ahrens spinning in turn two. Travis Stensland got a great restart, pulled away again and went on to take his first win this season in Boone. Bryan Zehm, Mike Kennedy, Dillon Raffurty and Jon Braathun rounded out the top five.

Before a lap was scored in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods 23 lap feature, the caution came out when Hunter Longnecker spun in turn one and two before Dennis Stewart made contact. Colton Nelson grabbed the early lead but the caution came out again on lap three. The caution was for Ryan Leeman, Curtis Veber, Jason Carney, Doug Smith, Chris Burke and Chance Titus in turn four. Colton Nelson held off Johnathon Logue several times until the red flag came out when Blair Simmons and Dustin Lynch rolled on the back stretch, both drivers climbed from the car okay. The caution came out on lap 14 for Daniel Hagen spinning in turn two. Colton Nelson held off Logue on both restarts, however his brother Garrett Nelson was hard charging. Garrett Nelson, started 21st after qualifying through a B-Main got by Logue and was began to follow his brother Colton on lap 15. Garrett Nelson got by his brother Colton on lap 17 and went on to take the feature win, his first at Boone. Logue grabbed the runner-up spot, Colton Nelson fell back to third, Ryan King was fourth and fourteenth place starter Robert Moore took fifth

Tim Ward grabbed the early lead in the D & E Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds 30 lap feature event but the caution came out just after one lap was scored when Dustin Kroening spun in turn four. The caution came out again on the restart when Cory Sauerman slid off top of turn three. Ward held off Ethan Dotson and Richie Gustin but the red flag was displayed on lap two. Andy Tiernan and Josh Gilman spin on the front stretch, Joel Bushore made contact with Gilman before flipping upside down on the front stretch. Ward continued to lead until lap seven when Richie Gustin took over the race lead. Gustin led until lap 19 when he experienced over heating issues exiting towards the infield, giving the lead back over to Ward. Ward held on to take the feature win. Dotson finished second ahead of Jake McBirnie, Laney and Meyer.

Up next was the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature event. Joel Rust led the field to the green flag and took advantage by grabbing the early race lead. Rust held off Donavon Smith and Scott Davis but the caution came out on lap three. The caution was for Tyler Pickett and Kevin Opheim when they got together in turn one. Rust continued to lead but the caution came out three laps later on lap six for Scott Bailey spinning in turn three. Donavon Smith got by on lap eight just before the caution came out for Mike House spinning in turn four. Rust challenged Donavon Smith on the restart but Smith never relinquish the lead going on to take his third victory in Boone. Anthony Hofbauer chased down Smith in the late stages and finished second. Jay Schmidt finished a close third place behind Hofbauer. David Smith and Devin Smith rounded out the top five.

Final Feature of the night was the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 20 lap feature event. Mike Smith started on the pole and jumped out to race lead and never looked back as he went on to take his third feature win in Boone. Curt Reed finished second, twelfth place starter Eric Knutson finished third. Dylan Nelson was fourth and Seth Janssen was fifth.

Final Checkered Flag was displayed by Flagman Logan Kelly at 11:49pm. It was also posted that starting next week everybody in attendance will be strongly recommended to wear a face mask in preparation of Super Nationals.

Next Saturday Night at the Boone Speedway is Excel Floor Covering and Joe Busch Ag Repair Sport Mod Dash. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and MADCRA Mod Lites are all on the card along with the Cruiser cars. Hot Laps at 6pm and Racing at 7pm.

Remaining Boone Speedway Schedule : IMCA Sport Compacts Shakedown on August 15th, IMCA Weekly Racing Series on August 22nd and Season Championships on August 29th.

Wild Rose Casino Prelude to the Super Nationals on Saturday September 5th before the 38th Annual Speedway Motors Super Nationals Fueled by Casey's beginning on Monday September 7th and running through Saturday September 12th.

For more information about Boone Speedway checked out raceboone.com or like the Facebook page Boone Speedway.

Boone Speedway
D&E Outdoor Services Watermelon Classic
Saturday August 1st, 2020


IMCA Modifieds
presented by D&E Outdoor Services

Feature (30 laps) : 1. 4TW Tim Ward (Chandler, Ariz.); 2. 175 Ethan Dotson (Bakersfield, Calif.); 3. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 4. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 5. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 6. 5 Todd Shute (Norwalk); 7. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone); 8. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 9. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 10. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 11. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 12. 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone); 13. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 14. 3 Andy Tiernan (Madrid); 15. 21K Kyle Brown (Madrid); 16. 58 Dennis Pittman (Jamaica); 17. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 18. 333 Rob Charapata (Green Bay, Wis.); 19. 19G Richie Gustin (Gilman); 20. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 21. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 22. 24 Robert Avery (Des Moines); 23. 83G Josh Gilman (Earlham); 24. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone)

P1 Promotions Challenge (15 laps) : 1. Shute; 2. Kyle Brown; 3. Meyer; 4. Laney; 5. Rust; 6. McBirnie; 7. Dotson; 8. Ward; 9. Wolfgram; 10. Havlik; 11. Avery; 12. Richie Gustin

B-Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Gilman; 2. Bushore; 3. 11W Tim Watts (Beloit, Kan.); 4. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 5. 77X Austin Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 6. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 7. 55 Larry Hall (Rochester, Minn.); 8. 7R Ethan Robey (Ames); 9. 14 Cody Morgan (Garden City); 10. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley)

B-Feature 2 (10 laps) : 1. Sauerman; 2. Kroening; 3. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 4. 21 David Brown (Kellogg); 5. 42RH Ronnie Hults (Truro); 6. 32 Lloyd Henderson (Bouton); 7. 75H Garry Hall (Rochester, Minn.); 8. 63CC Cory Tasler (Jefferson); 9. 67X Brandon Williams (Platte City, Mo.); 10. 20X Chad Louk (Jefferson)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. McBirnie; 2. Richie Gustin; 3. Meyer; 4. Charapata; 5. Roberts; 6. Bushore; 7. Thornton; 8. Kuehl; 9. Henderson; 10. Tasler
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Shute; 2. Kyle Brown; 3. Rust; 4. Dickerson; 5. Pittman; 6. Sauerman; 7. Williams; 8. Louk; 9. Love; 10. Robey
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Laney; 2. Ward; 3. Wolfgram; 4. Jimmy Gustin; 5. Cox; 6. Gilman; 7. Watts; 8. Hofbauer; 9. David Brown; 10. Larry Hall
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Dotson; 2. Havlik; 3. Avery; 4. Nagle; 5. Tiernan; 6. Leeman; 7. Kroening; 8. Hults; 9. Morgan; DNS Garry Hall

Qualifying 1 : 1. Richie Gustin 16.190; 2. Nick Roberts 16.210; 3. Jake McBirnie 16.411; 4. Rob Charapata 16.432; 5. Dylan Thornton 16.444; 6. Nick Meyer 16.481; 7. Joel Bushore 16.523; 8. Austin Kuehl 16.799; 9. Lloyd Henderson 17.140; 10. Cory Tasler No Time
Qualifying 2 : 1. Joel Rust 16.393; 2. Kyle Brown 16.539; 3. Todd Shute 16.669; 4. Ethan Robey 16.708; 5. Russ Dickerson 16.722; 6. Brandon Williams 16.739; 7. Chad Louk 16.782; 8. Tim Love 16.827; 9. Cory Sauerman 16.842; 10. Dennis Pittman 16.901
Qualifying 3 : 1. Cody Laney 16.492; 2. Jimmy Gustin 16.576; 3. Tim Ward 16.606; 4. Albert Wolfgram 16.633; 5. David Brown 16.693; 6. Tony Cox 16.705; 7. Josh Gilman 16.765; 8. Tim Watts 16.783; 9. Anthony Hofbauer 16.592; 10. Larry Hall No Time
Qualifying 4 : 1. Andy Tiernan 16.478; 2. Robert Avery 16.497; 3. Ethan Dotson 16.592; 4. Randy Havlik 16.751; 5. Paul Nagle 16.800; 6. Ronnie Hults 16.959; 7. Brandon Leeman 17.017; 8. Dustin Kroening 17.068; 9. Cody Morgan 17.231; 10. Garry Hall 20.278

IMCA Stock Cars
presented by Arnold Motor Supply

Feature (25 laps) : 1. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 2. 13 Anthony Hofbauer (Huxley); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 5. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 6. 26J Joel Rust (Grundy Center); 7. 81D Scott Davis (Madrid); 8. 25J Josh Daniels (Des Moines); 9. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boxholm); 10. 6 Chanse Hollatz (Clear Lake); 11. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny); 12. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 13. 20V Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 14. 52D Sean Dennis (Boone); 15. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 16. 04 Don Vis (State Center); 17. 14 Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 18. 04X Mike House (Panora); 19. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Malvern); 20. 78B Andrew Burg (Maricopa, Ariz.); 21. 31X Matthew West (Waterloo); 22. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 23. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City); DNS 32 Tom Cannon (West Branch)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Don Vis; 2. Hollatz; 3. Daniels; 4. Bailey; 5. 36 Jesse Smith (Boxholm); 6. 98 Dan Hanselman (Algona); 7. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 8. 71 Corey Piffer (Indianola); 9. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 10. 8A Austin Meiners (Polk City); 11. 44 Todd Fisher (Des Moines); 12. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center); 13. 10 Christian Cook (Coon Rapids); DNS 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Devin Smith; 2. Sobbing; 3. Schmidt; 4. David Smith; 5. Mueller; 6. Don Vis; 7. Bailey; 8. Meiners; 9. Piffer
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Rust; 2. Hofbauer; 3. Donavon Smith; 4. Cannon; 5. Opheim; 6. Watson; 7. Cook; 8. Hanselman; 9. Hidlebaugh
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Davis; 2. Burg; 3. Hill; 4. Legere; 5. House; 6. Jesse Smith; 7. Jerovetz; 8. Hollatz
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. West; 2. Richards; 3. Dustin Vis; 4. Pickett; 5. Dennis; 6. Rose; 7. Daniels; 8. Fisher

IMCA Sport Mods
presented by Elmquist Towing

Feature (23 laps) : 1. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 2. 69JR Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 3. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 4. 57R Ryan King (Tama); 5. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 6. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 7. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 8. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 9. 63T Daniel Tasler (Jefferson); 10. 13V Curtis Veber (Polk City); 11. 77W Tyler Watts (Beloit, Kan.); 12. 57 Daniel Hagen (Grimes); 13. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 14. 88 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 15. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 16. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 17. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 18. 29V Brett Vanderheiden (Earlham); 19. 26 Jason Carney (Boone); 20. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 21. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 22. 93 Hunter Longnecker (Woodward); 23. 98S Dennis Stewart (Marshalltown); DNS 21 Cam Reimers (Ogden)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Garrett Nelson; 2. Watts; 3. Hagen; 4. Titus; 5. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 6. 15 Billy Dyer (Johnston); 7. 12 Korbin Nourse (Dexter); 8. 193 Dean Taylor (Boone); 9. 14J Anita Lee (Ames); 10. 93C Craig Carpenter (Des Moines); DNS 79M Michael Miller (Des Moines); DNS 15L Sid Hoyle (Granger)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Logue; 2. Vanderheiden; 3. Simmons; 4. Fye; 5. Stewart; 6. Miller; 7. Gould; 8. Watts
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Colton Nelson; 2. Pestotnik; 3. Masolini; 4. Moore; 5. Burke; 6. Hagen; 7. Nourse; 8. Hoyle
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. King; 2. Lynch; 3. Longnecker; 4. Veber; 5. Carney; 6. Dyer; 7. Taylor; 8. Carpenter
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Mallicoat; 2. Smith; 3. Tasler; 4. Leeman; 5. Reimers; 6. Garrett Nelson; 7. Titus; 8. Lee

IMCA Hobby Stocks
presented by Pickett Salvage

Feature (20 laps) : 1. 22X Mike Smith (Lake City); 2. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 3. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 4. 13N Dylan Nelson (Adel); 5. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 6. 52 Carter Koop (Rockwell); 7. 12M Matt McDonald (Scranton); 8. 74J Dean Hartwig (Boone); 9. 49 James Johnson (Cherokee); 10. 22W Wayne Gifford (Boone); 11. 51 Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 12. 37 Shane Butler (Scranton); 13. 47W Shaun Wirtz (Boone); 14. 51X Dustin Filloon (Tama); 15. 50K Kolby Koepel (Britt); 16. 87W David Wright (Panora); 17. 38R Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 18. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Adel); 19. 10D Brian Derry (Boone); 20. 14 David Bailey (Carlisle); 21. 7D Stephen Doss (Boone); 22. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 23. 01 Micah Lavrenz (Burt); 24. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn)

B-Feature (10 laps) : 1. Johnson; 2. Goepel; 3. Filloon; 4. Doss; 5. 84B Rusty Bates (Casey); 6. 33K David Kimmel (New Virginia); 7. 8F Aron Fye (Alden); 8. 00 Ray Johnson (Norwalk); 9. T71 Marcus Kyle (Boone); 10. 5 Caden Lowmiller (Jefferson); 11. 00A Carl Agan (Altoona); DNS 721 Cody Bridges (Boone); DNS 37G Jeremiah Andrews (Union)

Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Nelson; 2. Lavrenz; 3. Hartwig; 4. Hidlebaugh; 5. Gifford; 6. Agan; 7. Lowmiller; 8. Filloon; 9. Andrews
Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Knutson; 2. Reed; 3. Wright; 4. Wirtz; 5. Derry; 6. Bridges; 7. Goepel; 8. Bates
Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Bennett; 2. Janssen; 3. Smith; 4. Koop; 5. Vancannon; 6. Fye; 7. Ray Johnson; 8. James Johnson
Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. Richards; 2. Rudolph; 3. McDonald; 4. Butler; 5. Bailey; 6. Doss; 7. Kyle; 8. Kimmel

MADCRA Mod Lites
presented by MyRacePass

Feature
(15 laps) : 1. 89 Travis Stensland (Nevada); 2. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 3. 95 Mike Kennedy (Boone); 4. 46 Dillon Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 5. 96 Jon Braathun (Story City); 6. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 7. 20 Jeff Stensland (Nevada); 8. 41 Michael Raffurty (Kansas City, Mo.); 9. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 10. 4B Douglas Byers (Grinnell); 11. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona); 12. 31K Cliff Barber (Nevada); 13. 18M Chelsea May (DeSoto); 14. 31 Tim Glick (Des Moines); 15. 71W Matthew Weiss (Rockwell City); 16. T3 Tonia Stevens (Guersney); 17. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 18. 18 Kieron Ahrens (Des Moines); 19. 4 Matt Sorenson (Bondurant); DNS 07 Travis Messamer (Redfield)


Heat 1 (6 laps) : 1. Travis Stensland; 2. Kennedy; 3. Zehm; 4. Michael Raffurty; 5. May; 6. Jeff Stensland; 7. Barber; 8. Weiss; 9. Ahrens; 10. Travis Messamer
Heat 2 (6 laps) : 1. Dillon Raffurty; 2. Bryan; 3. Braathun; 4. Byers; 5. George; 6. Thomas Messamer; 7. Stevens; 8. Glick; 9. Sorenson; 10. Yaw