Reynolds Dominates Inaugural King of the Kat Walks

With Independence cancelling because of heavy rain that fell late Friday and early Saturday, it meant I had a free night to go racing so my options was the Inaugural King of the Kat Walks in Boone or the Stealth Oilwell Services USRA Shootout at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City. After much debate I decided to go to Boone for racing action and after getting ready I headed to Team 3W Racing Shop to finish getting the car ready for Tom Berry Jr to drive.

The Inaugural King of the Kat Walks presented by Fox Welding / Vermeer and Van Eaton Pork featuring the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars running for the top prize of $2,500 to win and $250 to start. Winner would also be eligible to qualify for the B&B Chassis All-Star Invitational. Fifty-seven Stock Cars checked into Iowa's Action Track.

A total of Two hundred and two cars signed in the pit gate to tame the 1/3 mile race track. Outlaw Mini Mod Series powered by Drury Automotive & Truck Repair also made a visit to the speedway for night 4 of 5 during the Summer Nationals Tour. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites all completed the card. The first heat race went green at 6p and the final checkered flag was around 10:45pm. 

First feature of the night was the MyRacePass IMCA Star Mod Lites 15 lap feature event. Austin Gray grabbed the early race lead managed to lead all 15 laps to take the win. Tenth place starter Randy Bryan came home second, Joel Huggins was third, Bryan Zehm was fourth and Jon Braathun was fifth. 

David Hoover took the early lead in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature event but shortly after lap one scored the caution came out. The caution was for Cody Yaw in turn four, Brett Thomas and Colton Nelson spun in turn two as well. Hoover held off Matt Ruf and Jessiah Taylor on the restart and led until a caution on lap seven. The caution was for Kaylin Lopez, Nelson, Bryan Morris and Zach Hovell in turn four. Cole Fenske wrestled the lead away from Hoover and the restart. Fenske went on to take the feature win ahead of fifteenth place starter Taylor Kuehl, Danny Fye, twelfth place starter Jake Sachau and Robert Stofer.

Up next on the speedway was the D&E Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds for their 20 lap feature event. Chase Rudolf flexed his muscles taking the top spot early, fending off Brandon Leeman and Jacob Murray. Rudolf looked to be heading on the easy win but the caution came out on lap ten when Murray spun in turn four. Rudolf continued to show his strength going on to take the feature win. Russ Dickerson came home second, Mike Van Genderen took third, Ronn Lauritzen was fourth and Leeman finished fifth. 

Outlaw Mini Mods had a little trouble getting the first lap in because Lucas Daniels spun in turn two along with Matthew Grobe. Kamdyn Haggard took the race lead went the race got start but the caution came out again on lap three and four. Lap three caution was for Zachary Dunham, Sierra Rose Gary and Nate Olmstead in turn four. Lap four caution was for Dunham in turn two and TJ Findlow in turn four. Haggard held off Nathan Kilwine after the lap three caution but was unable to do after the lap four caution. Kilwine took the race lead and pulled away going on take the feature win. Ben Kraus got by Haggard for second. Haggard finished third, Dalton Faber was fourth and Bobby Daniels was fifth. 

Jake McBirnie and Kaden Reynolds led the field to green in the Inaugural King of the Kat Walks presented by Fox Welding/Vermeer and VanEaton Pork 31 lap feature for the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars. McBirnie led the first lap before Reynolds took the top spot away. Reynolds pulled away and cruised to the easy victory. McBirnie exited to the infield what appeared to be overheating issues as did many of the other heavy hitters. Jeff Mueller, Damon Murty, Devin Smith and Travis Parker rounded out the top five.

Final feature of the night was the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event. Aron Fye led the first two laps before Chad Rigby took the lead away on lap three. Rigby was followed by Mike Smith but Rigby continued to lead. The caution came out on lap nine for debris in turn three. Rigby again held off challenges from Smith until a race caution lap fourteen when Daniel Pittman spun in turn four. That forced a green-white-checkered restart, Rigby held off Smith to the white flag but Smith outdueled Rigby on the last lap to take the win by the margin of 0.064 seconds. Wayne Gifford, John Watson and Tanner Jones rounded out the top five. 

Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Boone Inaugural King of the Kat Walks 6-25-22.

Next Saturday is the Tammy Stevens & Jerry Denning Memorial Night. Remember two former track officials who passed away last year. 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 check out boonespeedway.myracepass.com or call (515) 987-1220 or check out the Boone Speedway Facebook Page.

Boone Speedway
King of the Kat Walks presented by Fox Welding & Van Eaton Pork

Saturday June 25th, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by D&E Outdoor Services

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 8R Chase Rudolf (Norwalk); 2. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone); 3. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 4. 10K Ronn Lauritzen (La Porte City); 5. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 6. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 7. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 8. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 9. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 10. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 11. 10 Jeremy Mills (Clear Lake); 12. 02 Jacob Dahle (Morristown, Minn.); 13. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 14. 56 Dustin Kroening (Hebron, Ill.); 15. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 16. 78 Albert Wolfgram (Boone); 17. 4 Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee); 18. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 19. 28 James Reichart (Des Moines); 20. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 21. 24KB Shane Mills (Redmond, Ore.); 22. 58 Dennis Pittman (Jamaica); 23. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 24. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Havlik; 2. Hilgenberg; 3. Clement; 4. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 5. 38C Kellie Drury (Eldora); 6. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, Kan.); 7. 7R Ethan Robey (Ames). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Rudolf; 2. Leeman; 3. McBirnie; 4. Dickerson; 5. Bushore; 6. Wolfgram; 7. Dahle; 8. Havlik; 9. Carpenter; 10. Drury.

Heat 2 (8 Laps):1. Mills; 2. Logue; 3. Nagle; 4. Lauritzen; 5. Reichart; 6. Kroening; 7. Meinecke; 8. Robey; 9. Hilgenberg. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Murray; 2. Van Genderen; 3. Roberts; 4. Mills; 5. Gustin; 6. Sauerman; 7. Pittman; 8. Moore; 9. Clement.

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Arnold Motor Supply

A Feature (31 Laps): 1. 1 Kaden Reynolds (Cedar Rapids); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 3. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 4. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 5. 30 Travis Barker (Sioux City); 6. 23 Cody Gustoff (Scranton); 7. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 8. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 9. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 10. 31X Mathew West (Kellerton); 11. 8M Austin Meiners (Polk City); 12. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 13. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle); 14. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 15. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 16. 40J Jason Doyle (Marion); 17. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 18. 99X Dallon Murty (Chelsea); 19. V31 Todd Van Eaton (Orient); 20. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 21. 50B Brock Badger (Bagley); 22. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 23. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 24. 56X Doug Smith (Lake City); 25. 11X Tom Berry Jr (Des Moines); 26. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Schmidt; 2. Everts; 3. 18 Anthony Goldsberry (Runnells); 4. 37 Mike Smith (Kellogg); 5. 57H Daniel Hagen (Grimes); 6. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 7. Pickett; 8. 5D Travis Demilt (Ogallala, Neb.); 9. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 10. 3S Bryan Snell (Coon Rapids); 11. 36 Jesse Smith (Boxholm); 12. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 13. 37E Jason Vansickel (Webster City). 

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Schafroth; 2. Badger; 3. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 4. 25 Trent Murphy (Jefferson); 5. 27 Randy Brands (Boyden); 6. 02 Mike Goldsberry (Runnells); 7. 57VG Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 8. 11K Kyle Clough (Wallace, Neb.); 9. 14 Mike House (Panora); 10. 16X Aaron Spangler (Dove Creek, Colo.); 11. 33G Kevin Gyles (St Charles); 12. 04 Don Vis (State Center); 13. 6702 Jacob Dahle (Morristown, Minn.).

B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. Dallon Murty; 2. Berry; 3. Daniels; 4. 67II Chris Toot (Albert Lea, Minn.); 5. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 6. 72H Miciah Hidlebaugh (Menlo); 7. 77C Craig Carlson (Madrid); 8. 5K Keith Simmons (Truro); 9. 71 Corey Piffer (Indianola); 10. 31 Micheal Smith (Laurel); 11. 14B Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 12. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City); 13. 32 Bill Atcheson (Waukee).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. West; 2. Doug Smith; 3. Meiners; 4. Hagen; 5. Roberts; 6. Schmidt; 7. Snell; 8. Demilt; 9. Solum; 10. Vansickel.
Heat 2 (8 Laps):1. Barker; 2. Damon Murty; 3. Jerovetz; 4. Schafroth; 5. Dahle; 6. Spangler; 7. House; 8. Vis; 9. Murphy; 10. Clough.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Gustoff; 3. Hill; 4. Berry; 5. Toot; 6. Hidlebaugh; 7. Carlson; 8. Richards; 9. Atcheson; 10. Piffer.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Reynolds; 2. Jaennette; 3. Doyle; 4. Everts; 5. Pickett; 6. Mike Smith; 7. Anthony Goldsberry; 8. Jesse Smith; 9. Byers.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. McBirnie; 2. Devin Smith; 3. Van Eaton; 4. Mike Van Genderen; 5. Mike Goldsberry; 6. Badger; 7. Brands; 8. Rowdee Van Genderen; 9. Gyles.
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. David Smith; 2. Mueller; 3. Donavon Smith; 4. Dallon Murty; 5. Daniels; 6. Bailey; 7. Opheim; 8. Simmons; 9. Micheal Smith. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Elmquist Towing

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 34F Cole Fenske (Waukee); 2. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 3. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 4. 14A Jake Sachau (Manning); 5. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 6. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 7. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 8. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 9. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 10. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 11. 82T Brett Thomas (Walker); 12. MM5 Matt Ruf (Grand Junction, Colo.); 13. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 14. 20X Cody Yaw (Des Moines); 15. 26BM Bryan Morris (St Charles); 16. 36H David Hoover (Boone); 17. 216 Camron Spangler (Dove Creek, Colo.); 18. 11 Izac Mallicoat (Boone); 19. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 20. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 21. 117 Zach Hovell (Pella); 22. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 23. 15 Billy Dyer (Johnston); 24. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl).

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Thomas; 2. Lopez; 3. 10 Summer Anderson (Meservey); 4. 26M Mitchell Morris (St Charles); 5. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 6. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 7. 105 Taylor Bass (Ackley); 8. 31 Jason York (Boone); 9. 2 Derik See (Des Moines); 10. 27M Mike Munson (Boxholm); DNS 57K Ryan King (Colo). 

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Yaw; 2. Mallicoat; 3. 88N Nate Albrant (Clear Lake); 4. 55W Aiden Webb (Roland); 5. 13V Curtis Veber (Polk City); 6. 26 Jason Carney (Boone); 7. 8T Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 8. 26B Bryan Johnson (Roland); 9. 10C Matt Beerbower (Huxley); DNS 14J Anita Lee (Ames); DNS 9 Dan Smith (Ankeny).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Taylor; 2. Stofer; 3. Fye; 4. Gould; 5. Pestotnik; 6. Munson; 7. Lopez; 8. Richards; 9. King; 10. Smith; 11. Lathrop.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Titus; 2. Lynch; 3. Ruf; 4. Simmons; 5. Nelson; 6. Webb; 7. Veber; 8. Beerbower; 9. Johnson; 10. York; 11. Masolini.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Bryan Morris; 2. Leeman; 3. Hoover; 4. Kuehl; 5. Dyer; 6. Thomas; 7. Mitchell Morris; 8. Anderson; 9. Bass; 10. Carney.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Fenske; 2. Sachau; 3. Sprangler; 4. Hovell; 5. Vincent; 6. Albrant; 7. Yaw; 8. Mallicoat; 9. Lee; 10. See. 

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Pickett Salvage

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 22X Mike Smith (Lake City); 2. 53 Chad Rigby (Madrid); 3. 22W Wayne Gifford (Boone); 4. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 5. 12T Tanner Jones (Boone); 6. 96 Skyler Pruitt (Stuart); 7. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 8. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 9. 12M Matt McDonald (Scranton); 10. 13 Brian Ashburn (Callender); 11. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 12. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 13. A24 Nicholas Adams (Emmetsburg); 14. 8F Aron Fye (Alden); 15. 22R Bill Richards (Coon Rapids); 16. 7D Stephen Doss (Boone); 17. 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone); 18. 59 Daniel Pittman (Jamaica); 19. 49AB Brad Herman (Minburn); 20. 14L Lucas Smith (Iowa Falls); 21. 79RC Riley Christensen (Audubon); 22. 2M Mitchell McNeill (Guthrie Center); 23. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 24. 22B Braden Gifford (Boone).

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Braden Gifford; 2. Pittman; 3. Elliott; 4. 01C Christian Cook (Coon Rapids); 5. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 6. 83JR Ethan Hupp (Boone); 7. 52 Wendy Huss (Carlisle); 8. 5B Brandon Behle (Des Moines); 9. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Ashburn; 2. Hidlebaugh; 3. Mike Smith; 4. Jones; 5. Christensen; 6. McDonald; 7. Butler; 8. Pittman; 9. Elliott; 10. Behle. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Knutson; 2. Watson; 3. Bennett; 4. Adams; 5. Richards; 6. McNeill; 7. Herman; 8. Huss; 9. Nelson; 10. Braden Gifford. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Pruitt; 2. Wayne Gifford; 3. Fye; 4. Rigby; 5. Janssen; 6. Doss; 7. Lucas Smith; 8. Cook; 9. Hupp; 10. Reed. 

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by MyRacePass

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 2. 64 Randy Bryan (Ames); 3. X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); 4. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 5. 96 Jon Braathun (Story City); 6. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 7. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 8. 99X Darrick Knutsen (Cedar Rapids); 9. 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone); 10. 11 Dustin Ford (Fontanelle); 11. 14 David Bailey (Carlisle); 12. 71W Matthew Weiss (Rockwell City); 13. 641 Sara Anderson (Meservey); 14. 07 Travis Messamer (Redfield); 15. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 16. 32 Chad Culp (Adel); DNS 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); DNS 3 Austin Glick (Des Moines).

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Gray; 2. Knutsen; 3. Anderson; 4. Huggins; 5. Bailey; 6. Weiss; 7. Joe Glick; 8. Travis Messamer; 9. Austin Glick. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Zehm; 2. Bryan; 3. George; 4. Braathun; 5. Ford; 6. Thomas Messamer; 7. Foster; 8. Cup; 9. Kennedy. 

OUTLAW MINI MODS
presented by Liquid Nitro

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15 Nathan Kilwine (Glenville, Minn.); 2. 9 Ben Kraus (Britt); 3. 95 Kamdyn Haggard (Humboldt); 4. 17 Dalton Faber (Burt); 5. 25B Bobby Daniels (Des Moines); 6. 25C Chase Daniels (Carlisle); 7. 111 Matthew Grobe (Austin, Minn.); 8. 14 Micheal Bryant (Mason City); 9. 13T Dan Kline (Ankeny); 10. 81 Jerry Larson (Grand Rapids, Minn.); 11. 25L Lucas Daniels (Des Moines); 12. 1R Bobby Ruehlow (Mason City); 13. 8 TJ Findlow (Prairie City); 14. 33W Gale Worthington (Des Moines); 15. Z83 Zackary Schaefer (Creston); 16. 99X Nate Olmstead (Webster City); 17. 17J Justin Winkler (Webster City); 18. 99S Sierra Rose Gary (Marshalltown); 19. 2 TJ Stalker (Mason City); 20. 12 Zachary Dunham (Ankeny). 

B Feature (5 Laps): 1. Gary; 2. Schaefer; 3. 47 Troy Ihrke (Sheffield); 4. 69K Kaden Rice (Bondurant); 5. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 6. 18 Alexander Kenward (Mason City); 7. 33 Jayden West (Des Moines); 8. 5X Garrett Seals (Corning); DNS 31 Spencer Nelson (Rockwell). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Kraus; 2. Findlow; 3. Ruehlow; 4. Bobby Daniels; 5. Winkler; 6. Dunham; 7. Kenward; 8. West; 9. Schaefer.
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Kilwine; 2. Chase Daniels; 3. Grobe; 4. Bryant; 5. Larson; 6. Kline; 7. Hilgenberg; 8. Seals; 9. Ihrke. 

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. Lucas Daniels; 2. Haggard; 3. Faber; 4. Stalker; 5. Worthington; 6. Olmstead; 7. Gary; 8. Nelson; 9. Rice.