Thornton, Logue and Watson Among Winners During Tammy Stevens Memorial in Boone

With a night off at the Independence Motor Speedway for the Independence Day Holiday weekend and so the Buchanan County Fairgrounds ready for the Buchanan County Fair next week, the decision was already scheduled to go to Boone this week for the Tammy Stevens Memorial. 

The night was in honor and memory of a track official Tammy Stevens who passed away in July of 2021 after a battle with breast cancer. The D&E Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds were draw/redraw for $1,000 to win in honor of Tammy Stevens, her favorite division was the Modifieds but she love working and watching races. Somebody who knew her, she was just an extremely amazing person, I know I miss her dearly as do all the other people. 

One Hundred-sixty two drivers in the five weekly IMCA divisions checked in to tame 1/3 mile dirt oval known as Iowa's Action Track, thirty-three IMCA Modifieds were in attendance. Also the 2 Man cruisers was in attendance and their was a total of 10 on the night, although six of them was unable to race the feature. There was great racing plus fireworks on and off the track, final checkered flag was displayed at 10:00pm.

First feature of the night was the 15 lap MyRacePass IMCA Star Mod Lites feature. Austin Gray grabbed the early lead fending off Bryan Zehm. Zehm refused to go away and continued to trail Gray until taking the race lead away on lap ten. Zehm hung on to take the feature win in the feature that went caution free, his second of the season in Boone. Gray finished runner-up, Charlie Brown driving Joel Huggin's second car finished third. Josh May was fourth and Joe Glick was fifth.  

Colton Nelson took the early lead in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature event fending off Joey Young, Matt Ruf and Kaylin Lopez. The caution came out on lap four when Jessiah Taylor and Chance Titus spun in turns three and four. Nelson held tough but the caution came out again on lap seven when Garrett Nelson and Jake Sachau got together in turn three. Another caution after lap eight was scored when Billy Dyer, Curtis Veber and Blair Simmons in turn four. Nelson continued to lead until Lopez stole the lead away on lap ten. That swap of the lead came just before the final race caution came out when Hayden Hillgartner, Dyer, Taylor, Titus and Summer Anderson got together in turn one. Lopez led the final eight laps to go on and take his first win of the season in Boone. Nelson, Young, Timothy Warner, from Wisconsin and Braden Richards rounded out the top five. 

Next up was the D&E Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds 25 lap feature event for $1,000 to win in memory of Tammy Stevens. Jeff Schroyer, originally from Marshalltown know Elkhorn, Nebraska led the first lap. Shortly after the caution came out when Robert Moore and Denny Pittman got together in turn four. Schroyer saw Johnathon Logue take the lead away on the restart and then Doug Smith take second away. Logue and Smith began to battle it out for the race lead with Logue holding him off. The caution came out on lap 12 for Moore spinning in turn four and then again on lap fifteen when Pittman slid off the top of turn one. Logue led until lap sixteen when Doug Smith pull a slide job to take the race lead away. Smith's lead was short lived as Dylan Thornton took the lead away on lap seventeen. Thornton pulled away and went on to take the feature win. Smith finished second, Tim Ward was third, Mike Van Genderen was fourth and Nick Roberts was fifth. Smith and Logue exchanged their displeasure in the infield following the feature.

Andrew Burg has been fighting gremlins in his car but seemed to have them figure out as he led the first seven laps of the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature. "Bobcat" Johnathon Logue took the race lead away on lap eight from Logue. The only race caution came out on lap ten when Corey Piffer and Rowdee Van Genderen got together in turn one. Logue got a great restart and fend off Burg and Jay Schmidt. Logue went on to take his first win of the season in the Stock Car at Boone ahead of Troy Jerovetz, Schmidt, Devin Smith and Josh Daniels. 

Jay Sidles led the first two laps of the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature event, there was some great two and three wide battles up front. Nicholas Adams took the lead away on lap three, Josh Vancannon took it away on lap four. Seth Janssen grab the lead away on lap six and appeared to be heading on to the win until a caution came out on lap twelve for Rusty Bates in turn four. John Watson stole the lead away on the restart and went on to take his third win of the season in Boone. Eric Knutson finished second, Mike Smith was third, Janssen fell back to fourth and Solomon Bennett was fifth.

Final feature of the night was the 10 lap Cruisers feature event, five of the ten cars made the call for the feature after the rest of the field got tore up in the heat race. Nick Dewitt / Chris Harrington led the first lap before Kyler Hodnefield / Abe Ambrose took the lead away on lap two. Hodnefield / Ambrose went on to take the feature win. Max Allen / Shawn Allen finished second, Dewitt / Harrington was third, Jesse McCollough / Dustin Hanson was fourth and Kristina Wilson / Brant Peterson was fifth.

Pictures I took are posted on the Trackside Report by Foxman Facebook Page in a photo albums called Boone Tammy Stevens Memorial 7-2-22.

Boone Speedway is back in action on Monday July 4th with the Eve of Destruction. IMCA Stock Cars are $500 to win plus $500 to win King of the Hill. IMCA Sport Mods are $500 to win, 2 Man Cruisers are $500 to win and Rollover Contest is $500 to win. There will be Bus Races and Leap of Death. Gates Open at 6pm, Hot Laps at 7:30pm.

Next Saturday the Weekly Saturday Night Series continues for  IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern Sport Mods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. Pits Open at 3pm, Grandstands Open at 4:30pm, Hot Laps at 5pm, Racing at 6pm. 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
Tammy Stevens Memorial

Saturday July 2nd, 2022

IMCA MODIFIEDS
presented by D&E Outdoor Services

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 38T Dylan Thornton (Santa Maria, Calif.); 2. 12 Doug Smith (Lake City); 3. 4TW Tim Ward (Harcourt); 4. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 5. 23JR Nick Roberts (Des Moines); 6. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 7. 28R Russ Dickerson (Boone); 8. 17 Cory Sauerman (Johnston); 9. 19 Jimmy Gustin (Marshalltown); 10. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 11. 4 Tony Hilgenberg (Waukee); 12. 33 Nicholas Carpenter (Leavenworth, Kan.); 13. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 14. 2B Robert Moore (Maxwell); 15. 05 Paul Nagle (Nevada); 16. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 17. 00 Jeff Schroyer (Elkhorn, Neb.); 18. 95 Ashley Schaaf (Lincoln, Neb.); 19. 58 Dennis Pittman (Jamaica); 20. 5L Cody Laney (Torrance, Calif.); 21. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 22. 3Z Randy Havlik (Ankeny); 23. 2 Nick Meyer (Whittemore); 24. 5M Matthew Meinecke (Jamaica).

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Bushore; 2. Meinecke; 3. Hilgenberg; 4. Schaaf; 5. 24KB Shane Mills (Redmond, Ore.); 6. 24 Robert Avery (Des Moines); 7. 27H Theodore Harrell (Columbia, Mo.); 8. 164 Brandon Leeman (Roland); 9. 66 Tyler DeBouche (Green Bay, Wis.); 10. 40RC Rod Clement (Rhodes); 11. 7R Ethan Robey (Ames); 12. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); DNS 28 James Reichart (Des Moines). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Gustin; 2. Sauerman; 3. Meyer; 4. Dickerson; 5. Moore; 6. Schaaf; 7. Harrell; 8. DeBouche; 9. Avery. 

Heat 2 (8 Laps):1. McBirnie; 2. Smith; 3. Pittman; 4. Love; 5. Ward; 6. Bushore; 7. Robey; 8. Mills. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Thornton; 2. Logue; 3. Nagle; 4. Laney; 5. Carpenter; 6. Hilgenberg; 7. Leeman; 8. Clement. 

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Van Genderen; 2. Roberts; 3. Schroyer; 4. Havlik; 5. Murray; 6. Meinecke; 7. Wilke; 8. Reichart. 

IMCA STOCK CARS
presented by Arnold Motor Supply

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 2. 01 Troy Jerovetz (Iowa Falls); 3. 19J Jay Schmidt (Tama); 4. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 5. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle); 6. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 7. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 8. 93 Michael Jaennette (Kellogg); 9. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 10. 78B Andrew Burg (Maricopa, Ariz.); 11. 94 Dillon Solum (Redmond, Ore.); 12. 89K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 13. V31 Todd VanEaton (Orient); 14. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 15. 7C Chad Legere (Ankeny); 16. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 17. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 18. 123 Kyle Rose (Dallas Center); 19. 14B Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 20. 71 Corey Piffer (Indianola); 21. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 22. 57VG Rowdee Van Genderen (Newton); 23. 3H Ty Hill (Winterset); 24. 8M Austin Meiners (Polk City). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Donavon Smith; 2. VanEaton; 3. Pickett; 4. Bailey; 5. 93L Blake Lehman (Terrebonne, Ore.); 6. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City); 7. 12 Josiah Moulds (Urbandale); 8. 33G Kevin Gyles (St Charles); 9. 5 Cody Doolitte (Kellerton); 10. 7T James Tarter (Des Moines); 11. 27D Brad Dutton (Des Moines); 12. 121 AJ Wiechmann (Hubbard); DNS 75C Bo Partain (Casa Grande, Ariz.).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Schmidt; 2. Devin Smith; 3. Burg; 4. Everts; 5. Hill; 6. Bailey; 7. Moulds; 8. Opheim; 9. Wiechmann.
Heat 2 (8 Laps):1. Solum; 2. Logue; 3. Jerovetz; 4. McBirnie; 5. Jaennette; 6. Donavon Smith; 7. Partain; 8. Gyles. 
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Van Genderen; 2. Piffer; 3. Daniels; 4. Richards; 5. Mueller; 6. Pickett; 7. Tarter; 8. Dutton. 
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Kuehl; 2. Meiners; 3. David Smith; 4. Rose; 5. Legere; 6. VanEaton; 7. Lehman; 8. Doolittle. 

IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MODS
presented by Elmquist Towing

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 16K Kaylin Lopez (Chowchilla, Calif.); 2. 93N Colton Nelson (Osceola); 3. 72 Joey Young (Indianola); 4. 03W Timothy Warner (Malone, Wis.); 5. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 6. 8 Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 7. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 8. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 9. 99 Rocky Caudle (Ellsworth); 10. 13V Curtis Veber (Polk City); 11. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 12. 26J Jace Whitt (Hamilton, Mo.); 13. 32S Blair Simmons (Des Moines); 14. MM5 Matt Ruf (Grand Junction, Colo.); 15. 10 Summer Anderson (Meservey); 16. 25R Chad Ryerson (Wellsburg); 17. 4 Chance Titus (Baxter); 18. 5H Hayden Hillgartner (Harlan); 19. 15 Billy Dyer (Johnston); 20. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 21. 95N Garrett Nelson (Osceola); 22. 14A Jake Sachau (Manning); 23. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 24. 27M Mike Munson (Boxholm). 

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Masolini; 2. Taylor; 3. 36H David Hoover (Boone); 4. 74X Rick Rohr (Beatrice, Neb.); 5. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 6. 26 Jason Carney (Boone); 7. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 8. 17 Christopher Frisbie (Eugene, Ore.); 9. 10C Matt Beerbower (Huxley); DNS 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); DNS 79M Michael Miller (Des Moines).

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. Caudle; 2. Simmons; 3. 8T Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 4. 60 William Gould Jr (Kingwood, Texas); 5. 30 Kenser Ellis (Ankeny); 6. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona); 7. 14J Anita Lee (Ames); 8. 55W Aiden Webb (Roland); 9. 08 Alec Fett (Burt); 10. 50 Robert Stofer (Jefferson); 11. 7M Steve McLaughlin (Newton). 

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Vincent; 2. Lynch; 3. Ruf; 4. Munson; 5. Kuehl; 6. Masolini; 7. Hoover; 8. Frisbie; 9. Leeman; 10. Beerbower; DNS Miller. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Young; 2. Richards; 3. Anderson; 4. Ryerson; 5. Veber; 6. Fett; 7. Simmons; 8. Webb; 9. McLaughlin; 10. Lee; DQ Gould.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Sachau; 2. Colton Nelson; 3. Whitt; 4. Titus; 5. Warner; 6. Taylor; 7. Carney; 8. Rohr; 9. Gould; 10. Fye. 
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Lopez; 2. Pestotnik; 3. Garrett Nelson; 4. Dyer; 5. Hillgartner; 6. Caudle; 7. Stofer; 8. Lathrop; 9. Ellis; 10. Yaw.

IMCA HOBBY STOCKS
presented by Pickett Salvage

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 2. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 3. 22X Mike Smith (Lake City); 4. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 5. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 6. 5AZ Zack Tate (Coolidge, Ariz.); 7. A24 Nicholas Adams (Emmetsburg); 8. 22W Wayne Gifford (Boone); 9. 53 Chad Rigby (Madrid); 10. 37G Calvin Dhondt (Kellogg); 11. 12M Matt McDonald (Scranton); 12. 77W Andrew Burk (Milan, Ill.); 13. 12T Tanner Jones (Boone); 14. 22 Seth Butler (Scranton); 15. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 16. 28 Jay Sidles (Emmetsburg); 17. 14L Lucas Smith (Iowa Falls); 18. 84B Rusty Bates (Casey); 19. 10 Travis Fenton (Des Moines); 20. 47X Raymond Fees (Des Moines); 21. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 22. 51 Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 23. 22B Braden Gifford (Boone); 24. 13 Brian Ashburn (Callender). 

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. Jones; 2. Dhondt; 3. Hidlebaugh; 4. Fenton; 5. 8F Aron Fye (Alden); 6. 32E Mike Eddinger (Des Moines); 7. 2M Mitchell McNeill (Guthrie Center); 8. 24 Jeff Wright (Des Moines); 9. 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone); 10. 78N Matt Nelson (Ankeny); 11. 59 Daniel Pittman (Jamaica); 12. 48R Rylee Wiebers (Boone); DNS 8 Adam Tiernan (Madrid); DNS 22R Bill Richards (Coon Rapids); DNS 12J Kenny Johnson (Carlisle).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Burk; 2. Janssen; 3. Fees; 4. Bates; 5. McDonald; 6. Hidlebaugh; 7. Tiernan; 8. Wiebers; 9. Johnson. 
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Bennett; 2. Knutson; 3. Adams; 4. Tate; 5. Lucas Smith; 6. Fenton; 7. Richards; 8. Elliott; 9. Nelson. 

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. Sidles; 2. Butler; 3. Reed; 4. Ashburn; 5. Rigby; 6. Jones; 7. McNeill; 8. Eddinger; 9. Dhondt. 

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. Mike Smith; 2. Watson; 3. Vancannon; 4. Braden Gifford; 5. Wayne Gifford; 6. Fye; 7. Pittman; 8. Wright. 

IMCA MOD LITES
presented by MyRacePass

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 2. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 3. 50 Charlie Brown (Nevada); 4. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 5. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 6. 29A Gary DeWitt (Mesa, Ariz.); 7. 96 Jon Braathun (Story City); 8. 18M Chelsea Ladurini (DeSoto); 9. 641 Sara Anderson (Meservey); 10. 07 Travis Messamer (Redfield); 11. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 12. 195 Steven Kennedy (Boone); 13. 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); 14. 71W Matthew Weiss (Rockwell City); 15. 27 Thomas Messamer (Des Moines); 16. 32 Chad Culp (Adel); 17. 2 Jason Toppenberg (Ames); DNS X50 Joel Huggins (Des Moines); DNS 64 Randy Bryan (Ames). 

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Weiss; 2. Glick; 3. Kennedy; 4. Gray; 5. May; 6. Thomas Messamer; 7. Ladurini; 8. Travis Messamer; 9. DeWitt; 10. Toppenberg. 
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Zehm; 2. Bryan; 3. Huggins; 4. George; 5. Brown; 6. Anderson; 7. Foster; 8. Braathun; 9. Culp.

CRUISERS

A Feature (8 Laps): 1. 69 Kyle Hodnefield / Abe Ambrose; 2. 33 Max Allen / Shawn Allen; 3. 25 Nick DeWitt / Chris Harrington; 4. 33DS Jesse McCollough / Dustin Hanson; 5. 12P Kristina Wilson / Brant Peterson; DNS 12 Dakota Peterson / Morgan McDougle; DNS 00 Dan Bina / Christina Bina; DNS 32 Alex Albert / DeeDee Albert; DNS 04 Tanner Fistler / Cassie Smith; DNS 103 Aaron Mick / Brand Nelson. 

Heat (6 Laps): 1. McCollough / Hanson; 2. Hodnefield / Ambrose; 3. Wilson / Peterson; 4. Mick / Hanson; 5. Fistler / Smith; 6. Albert / Albert; 7. DeWitt / Harrington; 8. Bina / Bina; 9. Peterson / McDougle; DNS Allen / Allen.