Ward, Murty, Kuehl and Smith Claim Chilly Frostbuster Wins in Boone

After the Frostbusters at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Wednesday, Independence Motor Speedway on Thursday and Marshalltown Speedway on Friday, all fell victim to Mother Nature and the early April weather. It was cold and rainy to start the week forcing all three to cancel their Annual Frostbuster events. 

Saturday Night, that did not stop Iowa's Action Track the Boone Speedway from opening their 2022 season with the IMCA Frostbuster presented by IMCA.tv. It was a little chilly but that is expected this time of the year, drivers and fans however were all itching to get some racing action.

One Hundred and Ninety cars checked in to tame the 1/3 mile dirt oval including 56 IMCA Northern Sport Mods, 48 IMCA Stock Cars, 43 IMCA Modifieds and 43 IMCA Hobby Stocks. Racing action wrapped up at 10:30pm.

First feature of the night was the Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern Sport Mods 25 lap feature event. After six heats and 3 b-features dwindled the 56 cars down to twenty-four. It was go time however before a lap was scored Logan Anderson, Kaylin Lopez, Shane Paris, Jeremiah Reed and Kenny Wyman Jr all got together in turn one. Taylor Kuehl from Cave Creek, Arizona, recently returned to Iowa for the year wasted little time grabbing the lead from the pole position. Kuehl held off Dustin White and then Wisconsin's Timothy Warner until the caution came out again on lap five when Tony Olson spun in turn one.

Kuehl was Cool and calm out front and not even the cautions on laps eight and ten or challenges from Warner was going to faze the 21 year old racer from claim the Frostbuster win. Warner settled for the runner-up spot. Dylan VanWyk was the hard charger, moving up 18 spots from twenty-first to finish third. Kenny Wyman Jr bounced back after an early race mishap to finish fourth and eighteenth place starter Dusty Masolini came home fifth. 

Once the field of forty-three DE Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds was dwindled down to twenty-four after 6 heats and 2 b-features, time for the 25 lap feature. The 2021 IMCA National Champion Jeff "Bones" Larson from Freeport, Illinois wrestled the early race lead from pole sitter Joel Bushore. Tim Ward worked his way into second on lap three and then set his sights on getting by Larson. Ward grabbed the top spot away on lap 11 just prior to the only race caution for Jeff Reay in turn two. Ward got a great restart and motored away to take the Frostbuster feature win. Jeremy Mills got by Larson for second, Larson finished third. Minnesota's Devin Fouquette finished fourth and "The Bobcat" Johnathon Logue, making his rookie debut, came home fifth.


Up next was the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars 25 lap feature again after the field of forty-eight was dwindled down to twenty-four, time to go green. Before a lap was completely scored the caution came out for Bryan Snell spinning in turn two. Todd Reitzler led the first ten laps when the race got rolling holding off Eric Mahlik, David Smith and Troy Jerovetz. A slight miscue by Reitzler allowed Jerovetz to take the race lead away on lap 11. Dallon Murty and Damon Murty followed dropping Reitzler to fourth. A shootout between son and father as the Murtys lead the way. Dallon Murty hung on to take the win ahead of Damon Murty, Jerovetz, Reitzler and David Smith. Dallon wins mean he has won the last two Stock Car feature at Boone having won the 2021 IMCA Super Nationals Championship.

Final feature of the night was the 25 lap Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stock Frostbuster feature. Forty-three drivers saw their field get dwindled down to twenty-four. The caution came out before a lap was completed when Trevor Tanner spun in turn two. Curt Reed led the first lap after the restart but Solomon Bennett took the lead away on lap two. Shortly after the caution came out again, this time for debris in turn three. That allowed young racer Mike Smith to take over the race lead and he would leave off right where he left off 2021 at Super Nationals by claiming the Frostbuster win. Bennett chased Smith the rest of the way and came across the runner-up position. Reed, Eric Stanton and Nathan Ballard round out the top five.

Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Boone 2022 IMCA Frostbuster 4-9-22.

Boone Speedway opens Weekly Saturday Night Racing Series on Saturday April 16th. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. Pits Open at 3p, Grandstands Open at 4:30p, Hot Laps at 5p, Racing at 6p. All Weekly races at Boone are also live streamed on IMCA.tv.

For more information about the Boone Speedway check out BooneSpeedway.com or call (515) 987-1220 or check out the Boone Speedway Facebook Page.

Boone Speedway
IMCA Frostbuster presented by IMCA.tv

Saturday April 9th, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by D&E Outdoor Services

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward (Harcourt); 2. 10-Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 3. B1-Jeff Larson (Freeport, Ill.); 4. 15-Devin Fouquette (St. Cloud, Minn.); 5. 69JR-Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 6. 82-Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 5-Todd Shute (Norwalk); 8. 21K-Kyle Brown (Madrid); 9. 28R-Russ Dickerson (Boone); 10. 111-Ethan Braaksma (Newton); 11. 49K-Cody Knecht (Whittemore); 12. 17-Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 13. 2-Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 14. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 15. 12-Chad Porter (Madison Lake, Minn.); 16. 127-Drew Janssen (Pella); 17. 0-Jamie Anderson (Mason City); 18. 57V-Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 19. 12J-Jeff Reay (Portland, Mich.); 20. 38T-Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 21. (DNF) 12T-Tyler Droste (Washburn); 22. (DNF) 9-Brint Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 23. (DNF) 99X-Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 24. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore (Boone).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Shute; 2. Sauerman; 3. Janssen; 4. 442-Aaron Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.); 5. 15M-Shane DeMey (Denison); 6. 9JR-Spencer Hartwick (Quitman, Ark.); 7. 3-Andy Tiernan(Madrid); 8. 32K-Kyle Montgomery (Tipton); 9. 58-Dennis Pittman (Jamaica); 10. 4-Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee); 11. 07-Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 12. (DNF) 71C-Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 13. (DNF) 2B-Robert Moore (Maxwell).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Thornton; 2. McBirnie; 3. Van Genderen; 4. 21T-Mike McKinney (Plainfield, Ill.); 5. 48J-Jacob Murray (Hartford); 6. 7R-Ethan Robey (Ames); 7. 38C-Kellie Drury (Eldora); 8. 19M-Dan Menk (Franklin, Minn.); 9. 33-Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, Kan.); 10. 66-Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, Wis.); 11. (DNF) 05-Paul Nagle (Nevada); 12. (DNS) 28-James Reichart (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Larson; 2. Brint Hartwick; 3. Dickerson; 4. Johnson; 5. Tiernan; 6. Janssen; 7. Montgomery; 8. Moore.

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Ward; 2.Logue; 3. Brown; 4. Thornton; 5. DeBouche; 6. Nagle; 7. Reichart.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Reay; 2. Meyer; 3. Anderson; 4. Shute; 5. Cordes; 6. DeMey; 7. Hilgenberg.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Bushore; 2. Knecht; 3. Porter; 4. Drury; 5. Menk; 6. Carpenter; 7. Robey.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Mills; 2. Droste; 3. Murty; 4. Pittman; 5. Sauerman; 6. Spencer Hartwick; 7. Wilke.
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Lauritzen; 2. Fouquette; 3. Braaksma; 4. McBirnie; 5. Van Genderen; 6. McKinney; 7. Murray. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Arnold Motor Supply

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 2. 99D-Damon Murty (Chelsea); 3. 01-Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 4. 22R-Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 5. 8-David Smith (Lake City); 6. 35-Donavon Smith (Lake City); 7. 10M-Mitchell Meier (Chilton, Wis.); 8. V31-Todd VanEaton (Orient); 9. 81-Devin Smith (Lake City); 10. 9-Eric Mahlik (Green Bay, Wis.); 11. 25-Trent Murphy (Jefferson); 12. 44K-Kevin Opheim (Mason City); 13. 92X-Dan Mackenthun (Hamburg, Minn.); 14. 93S-Chad Shaw (Trimble, Mo.) ; 15. 5A-Tyler Pickett (Boone); 16. $-Cody Center (Mesa, Ariz.); 17. 92-Buck Schafroth (Orient); 18. 23-Cody Gustoff (Scranton); 19. 69JR-Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 20. 23HR-Rod Richards (Madrid); 21. 19J-Jay Schmidt (Tama); 22. (DNF) X9-Brad Whitney (Trenton, Mo.); 23. (DNF) 21-Dave Bouche (Algoma, Wis.); 24. (DNF) 3S-Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Pickett; 2. Murphy; 3. Whitney; 4. 89K-Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 5. 81D-Scott Davis (Madrid); 6. 94-Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.) 7. 5G-Tim Gonska (Brainerd, Minn.); 8. 25A-Andrea McCain (South Haven, Minn.); 9. 12T-Tanner Jones (Boone); 10. (DNF) 3H-Ty Hill (Winterset); 11. (DNF) 4JR-Russell Damme Jr (Waterloo); 12. (DNF) 56-Lonnie Hodges (Boone); 13. (DNF) 11-Todd Ahrenstorff (Lake Park); 14. (DNF) 10-Dana Cook (Glidden); 15. (DNS) 1-Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Gustoff; 2. Schafroth; 3. Logue; 4. 93-Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 5. 20V-Dustin Vis (Cedar Rapids); 6. 8M-Austin Meiners (Polk City); 7. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 8. 8E-Mitchell Evens (Dubuque); 9. 38-Joe Schmit (Ventura); 10. 3T-Terry Dulin (Cedar Rapids); 11. 14B-Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 12. (DNF) 99-Matthew Looft[ (Swea City); 13. (DNS) 18-Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 14. (DNS) 16-Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 15. (DNS) 5Y-Jonathon Young (New London, Wis.).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. David Smith; 2. Snell; 3.Schmidt; 4. McCain; 5.Murphy; 6. Gonska; 7. Kuehl; 8. Cook.
Heat 2 (8 Laps):1. Donavon Smith; 2. Opheim; 3. Damon Murty; 4. Gustoff; 5. Van Genderen; 6. Meiners; 7. (DNF) Goldsberry; 8. (DNF) Byers Jr.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Jerovetz; 2. VanEaton; 3. Devin Smith; 4. Whitney; 5. Pickett; 6. Hill; 7. Ahrenstorff; 8. Jones.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Center; 2. Shaw; 3. Mackenthun; 4. Schmit; 5. Logue; 6. Dulin; 7. Bailey; 8. Young.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Reitzler; 2. Mahlik; 3. Bouche; 4. Hodges; 5. Solum; 6. Damme Jr; 7.  Davis; 8. (DNF) Reynolds.
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Meier; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. Richards; 4. Schafroth; 5. Looft; 6. Jaennette; 7. Evens; 8. Vis.

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Elmquist Towing

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2K-Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 2. 03W-Timothy Warner (Malone, Wis,); 3. 117X-Dylan VanWyk (Oskaloosa); 4. 8W-Kenny Wyman Jr (Marshalltown); 5. 8-Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 6. 26J-Jace Whitt (Hamilton, Mo.); 7. 17C-Shane Paris (Muscatine); 8. 73-Dustin White (Eagle River, Wis.); 9. 08-Alec Fett (Burt); 10. 9J-Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 11. 26M-Mitchell Morris (St. Charles); 12. 17-Mary Hahn (Lincoln, Neb.); 13. 7H-Brady Harshberger (Fond Du Lac, Wis.); 14. 5-Dustin Lynch (Boone); 15. (DNF) T23-Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 16. (DNF) 81-Charlie Stevens (Algona); 17. (DNF) 13V-Curtis Veber (Polk City); 18. (DNF) 21-Cam Reimers (Kelley); 19. (DNF) 7V-Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 20. (DNF) 16K-Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 21. (DNF) 11R-Braden Richards (Madrid); 22. (DNF) 34F-Cole Fenske (Waukee); 23. (DNF) 112-Adam Birck (Canton, Mo.); 24. (DNF) 53-Logan Anderson (Eddyville).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Harshberger; 2. Hahn; 3. 11-Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 4. 2A-Matt Avila (Prescott); 5. 10-Summer Anderson (Meservey); 6. 16-Joel Payne (Muscatine); 7. 31-Jason York (Boone); 8. 3B-Brandon Coffman (Nevada); 9. 12T-Randy Theys (Algoma, Wis.); 10. (DNF) 32S-Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 11. (DNF) 88K-Kole Quam (Waterloo); 12. (DNF) 5X-Matt Appel (Taylor, Wis.); 13. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor (Boone).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Fett; 2. Lynch; 3. 93S-Chad Shaw (Trimble, Mo.); 4. 66-Trevor Noonan (Dorchester, Neb.); 5. 01-Brayton Carter (Oskaloosa); 6. 3T-Tyler Soppe (Sherrill); 7. 74-Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 8. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski (Denmark, Wis.); 9. 26BM-Bryan Morris (St. Charles); 10. 57K-Ryan King (Colo); 11. 5H-Shawn Hein (Beatrice, Neb.); 12. 24C-Marshall Cramer (Hannibal, Mo.); 13. (DNF) 8T-Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa).

B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. VanWyk; 2. Birck; 3. 96-Cody Brill (Harrisonville, Mo.); 4. 555-Josh Sink (Red Oak); 5. 07-Cory Kemkes (Appleton, Wis.); 6. 8X-Mike Hansen (Gillett Grove); 7. 68-Will Wolf (Evansdale); 8. 34N-Thomas Nelson (Aurora, Colo.); 9. (DNF) 2-Derik See (Des Moines); 10. (DNF) 20X-Cody Yaw (Altoona); 11. (DNF) 72-Joey Young (Indianola); 12. (DNF) 45-Justin Wacha (Vinton).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Stevens; 2. White; 3. Lopez[; 4.  Hahn; 5. Simmons; 6. Mallicoat; 7. Summer Anderson; 8. Coffman; 9. (DNF) Payne; 10. (DNF) York.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Fenske; 2. Kuehl; 3. Reed; 4. Fett; 5. Lynch; 6. Vincent; 7. Bryan Morris; 8. Noonan; 9. Cramer; 10. King.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Olson; 2. Reimers; 3. Paris; 4. VanWyk; 5. Hansen; 6. Birck; 7.  Kemkes; 8. Nelson; 9. (DNS) Young.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Wyman Jr; 2. Warner; 3. Mitchell Morris; 4. Harshberger; 5. Avila; 6. Quam; 7. Theys; 8. Appel; 9. (DNF) Taylor.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Logan Anderson; 2. Richards; 3. Veber; 4. Lathrop; 5. Carter; 6. Shaw; 7. Czarneski; 8. Soppe; 9. Hein.
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. VanDenBerg; 2. Whitt; 3. Masolini; 4. Brill; 5. Sink; 6. Yaw; 7. Wolf; 8. See; 9. (DNS) Wacha.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Pickett Salvage

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith (Lake City); 2. 11B-Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 3. 4C-Curt Reed (Des Moines); 4. 7B-Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 5. 29-Nathan Ballard (Marengo); 6. 12K-Eric Knutson (Slater); 7. 22-Seth Butler (Scranton); 8. 66-Brandon Cox (Norwalk); 9. 17-Luke Ramsey (Bedford); 10. 47P-Parker Anderson (Welcome, Minn.); 11. 96-Skylar Pruitt (Stuart); 12. 42-Riley Songer (Ankeny); 13. 53-Chad Rigby (Madrid); 14. 33T-Trevor Tanner (Knoxville); 15. 88K-Jeremy Kinsey (Henderson, Neb.); 16. 29K-Jake Nelson (Newton); 17. (DNF) 2G-Bradly Graham (Victor); 18. (DNF) 51-Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 19. (DNF) 22W-Wayne Gifford (Boone); 20. (DNF) 33-Scott Wetter (Platteville, Wis.); 21. (DNF) 4W-John Watson (Des Moines); 22. (DNF) 10X-Brett Doege (Buffalo Center); 23. (DNF) 12M-Matt McDonald (Scranton); 24. (DNF) 91-Chris Krug (Emmtsburg).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Ramsey; 2. Nelson; 3. Rigsby; 4. 48-Kieron Ahrens (Des Moines); 5. 21P-Shane Palmer (Huxley); 6. 52-Wendy Huss (Carlisle); 7. (DNF) A24-Nicholas Adams (Emmtsburg); 8. (DNF) 48R-Rylee Wiebers (Boone); 9. (DNF) 01-Jonathan Howe (Des Moines); 10. (DNS) 13-Brian Ashburn (Callender); 11. (DNS) 721-Cody Bridges (Boone); 12. (DNS) 18A-Aaron Elliott (Boone); 13. (DNS) 2M-Mitchell McNeill (Guthrie Center).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Krug; 3. Anderson; 4. 84B-Rusty Bates (Casey); 5. 38R-Aaron Rudolph (Grand Junction); 6. 47-Sam West (Ferguson); 7. 99-Nathan Gegner (Morgan, Minn.); 8. 59-Daniel Pittman (Jamaica); 9. 22B-Braden Gifford (Boone); 10. (DNF) 16-Buddy Haidsiak (Bedford); 11. (DNF) 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 12. (DNF) 78N-Matt Nelson (Ankeny).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Bennett; 2. Songer; 3. Doege; 4. Jake Nelson; 5. Rigsby; 6. Palmer; 7. Nicholas Adams; 8. Huss.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Stanton; 2. Smith; 3. Vancannon; 4. Knutson; 5. Bates; 6. Krug; 7. Haidsiak.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Pruitt; 2. Wetter. 3. Cox; 4. Howe; 5. Bridges; 6. Wiebers; 7. Elliott.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. McDonald; 2. Tanner; 3. Wayne Gifford; 4. Rudolph; 5. Gegner; 6. Pittman; 7. Braden Gifford.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. Kinsey; 2. Butler; 3. Graham; 4. Ashburn; 5. Ahrens; 6. Ramsey; 7. McNeill.
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. Ballard; 2. Reed; 3. Watson; 4. Anderson; 5. West; 6. Matt Nelson; 7. Hidlebaugh.