For the first time since the Frostbuster, I made the trip to the Boone Speedway for a night of racing action at Iowa's Action Track. It was night two of three of the IMCA STARS Mod Lites Corn Belt Clash presented by Stealth Racing. One hundred and forty eight cars checked in on Saturday night for IMCA Saturday Night Series not including 7 Cruiser cars.
The racing action was intense and exciting with a few races coming down to the final few laps to settle who was going to claim wins on this Memorial Day Weekend. Final checkered flag came out at 10:02p. Take time to remember all those that we have lost to give us the chance to do what we love and go racing.
First feature of the night was the Carquest Auto Truck Farm IMCA STARS Mod Lites for their 25 lap Cornbelt Clash feature, the initial start was waived off. Ben George was able to take the top spot when the race got going and maintain that top spot until lap eleven. On lap eleven, George nearly spun in turn four and that allowed Josh May to take over the top spot. The caution did come out 2 laps later when Alex Eischeid slowed and came to a stop in turn three. May got a great restart and started to pull away only to see a caution on lap 18 for George spinning in turn two. The final caution came out on lap 19 when Timothy Hall slowed on the back stretch. May held of Bryce Vowan and Jon Padilla on the restart and went on to take the feature win. Padilla came home second, Vowan was third, RJ Gonzales was fourth and Austin Gray was fifth.
Dustin Lynch led the first two laps of the Elmquist Towing IMCA Sport Mods 18 lap feature event before Cory Pestotnik took the top spot away on lap three. Lynch regained it again on lap four. Petotnik and Lynch battled it out with each exchanging the lead several more times in the early going. The caution came out on lap ten for Ted Gould in turn two. Lynch coninuted to lead fending off Jeremiah Reed and Cam Reimers until a caution came out on lap 16 for debris in turn three when Colby Grady lost his driveshaft. Reimers got a great restart and made the move to steal the lead away and go on to take the win. Taylor Kuehl followed suit and grabbed up second, Ryan Leeman was third, Lynch fell back to fourth. Reed came across in third but was docked two spots for transponder not in the correct location.
Up next was the D&E Outdoor Services IMCA Modifieds 20 lap feature event. Ronn Lauritzen jumped out to the race lead fending off Joel Bushore and Cory Sauerman. Just after lap one scored, the caution came out when Mark Prueser and Tyler DeBouche spun in turn three. Laurtizen got a great restart and pulled away until another caution came out on lap seven for Bushore and Prueser getting together on the back-stretch. Lauritzen got another great restart and appeared to be heading on to the win despite have Sauerman and Todd Shute trailing him the restart of they way but lap traffic became a factor. Shute was able to get by Lauritzen on lap 16 to take the feature win despite nearly making contact with Prueser when Bushore did early in the race. Shute took the feature win ahead of Lauritzen, Sauerman, Jerry Flippo and Jacob Hobscheidt.
Boone Moose Lodge 104 IMCA Stock Cars 20 lap feature saw the "Tire Punisher" Jeff Mueller grabbed the lead and pull away. Mueller was chased back down by "The Bobcat" Jonathan Logue, Devin Smith and Josh Daniels prior to the caution on lap seven for Kyle Rose and Jeff Byers Jr in turn one. Mueller looked to be heading on to the win but the bottom went away and Devin Smith was able to use the top to his advantage to take the lead away with one to go. Devin Smith went on to take the win. Mueller, Daniels, Buck Schafroth and Scott Davis rounded out the top five.
Joe Wollenhaupt led the first four laps of the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks 15 lap feature before Andrew Burg took the top spot away. Burg led until Wollenhaupt was able to regain the lead back on lap nine. Wollenhaupt looked to be taking the victory in the feature that went caution free but "Turbo" Mike Smith was able to make a power move on the final lap and snatch it up. Smith took the win ahead of Wollenhaupt, Burg, Matt McDonald and Eric Knutson.
Final feature of the night was the Cruisers 8 lap feature event. Sean Allen / Max Allen led the first two laps before a caution came out when Alex Albert / DeeDee Albert came to a stop in turn two. Dawson Mack / Hunter Rolfes took the race lead away on the restart and lead until lap five when they slowed down the back stretch, that allowed Jack Allen / Michael Miller to take over the race. Allen / Miller held on to take the win ahead of Brent Petersen / Javon Behle, Nick Dewitt / Brandon Powell, Todd Heckathorn / Angela Heckathorn and Mack / Rolfes.
Next Saturday will see the Capital Sign Company Two-fer Twin Topless Dirty 30s for the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sport Mods plus IMCA Saturday Night Series for IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks and IMCA Mod Lites. The speedway also moves to its normal summer start times. Pit Gates Open at 4:30p, Grandstands Open at 5:30p, Hot Laps at 6p, Racing at 7p. 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.
IMCA Saturday Night Series
Saturday May 27th, 2023
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Logue; 2. Bushore; 3. Nagle; 4. Gustin; 5. Flippo; 6. Leeman; 7. Meineckel 8. DeBouche; 9. Moore.
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 2. 77M Jeff Mueller (Albion); 3. 25J Josh Daniels (Carlisle); 4. 92 Buck Schafroth (Orient); 5. 81D Scott Davis (Lenox); 6. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 7. 75 Clint Wendel (Mason City); 8. 69 Johnathon Logue (Logansport); 9. 5A Tyler Pickett (Boone); 10. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 11. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 12. 14B Austin Bouzek (Trenton, Mo.); 13. 44K Kevin Opheim (Mason City); 14. 8M Austin Meiners (Polk City); 15. 56X Doug Smith (Lake City); 16. 2K Kyle Everts (Holland); 17. 123 Kyle Rose (Cambridge); 18. 20N Justin Nehring (Storm Lake); 19. 59 Brandon Mannhardt (Woodward); 20. 16 Jeff Byers Jr (Milo); 21. 24R Kevin Robinson (Woodward); 22. 07 Chris Wilke (Urbandale); 23. 77T Tobie Talk (Malcom); 24. 33G Kevin Gylers (St Charles).
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. Byers; 2. Gyles; 3. Talk; 4. 10 John Ades (Rippey); 5. 77 Josh Monthei (Jefferson); 6. 52 Jerry Williams (Des Moines); 7. 57H Daniel Hagen (Grimes); 8. 12 Josiah Moulds (Urbandale).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. David Smith; 2. Richards; 3. Daniels; 4. Davis; 5. Bouzek; 6. Mannhardt; 7. Rose; 8. Hagen; 9. Byers; 10. Talk.
A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 21 Cam Reimers (Kelley); 2. 2K Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, Ariz.); 3. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 4. 5 Dustin Lynch (Boone); 5. 9J Jeremiah Reed (Otho); 6. 99RE Arie Schouten (Blair, Neb.); 7. 17F Nick Foster (Menlo); 8. 10 Summer Anderson (Meservery); 9. T16 Greg Elliott (Webster City); 10. 7 Danny Fye (Boxholm); 11. 3S Travis Schmidt (Plymouth, Wis.); 12. 74 Camdan Vincent (Nevada); 13. 62 Cory Pestotnik (Boone); 14. 8K Dusty Masolini (Des Moines); 15. 93L Hunter Longnecker (Woodward); 16. 193 Jessiah Taylor (Boone); 17. 4 Gage Hilgenberg (Waukee); 18. 14 Ted Gould (Sheldahl); 19. 8 Tom Lathrop (Ottumwa); 20. 37 Thomas Behle (Polk City); 21. CB25 Chris Burke (Altoona); 22. 2C Colby Grady (Rockford); 23. 11R Braden Richards (Madrid); 24. 20X Cody Yaw (Altoona).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Burke; 2. Anderson; 3. Leeman; 4. Schmidt; 5. Masolini; 6. Lathrop; 7. Palmer; 8. Veber; 9. Free.
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 22X Mike Smith (Lake City); 2. 4 Joe Wollenhaupt (Neola); 3. 78B Andrew Burg (Maricopa, Ariz.); 4. 12M Matt McDonald (Scranton); 5. 12K Eric Knutson (Slater); 6. 64H Mark Hidlebaugh (Ames); 7. 4W John Watson (Des Moines); 8. 4C Curt Reed (Des Moines); 9. 11B Solomon Bennett (Minburn); 10. 7B Eric Stanton (Carlisle); 11. 13 Brian Ashburn (Callender); 12. 53 Chad Rigby (Madrid); 13. 85 Seth Janssen (Ogden); 14. 51V Josh Vancannon (Ogden); 15. 24 Jeff Wright (Des Moines); 16. 8F Aron Fye (Alden); 17. 22B Braden Gifford (Boone); 18. 51X Dustin Filloon (Tama); 19. 2M Mitchell McNeill (Guthrie Center); 20. 47X Raymond Fees (Des Moines); 21. 59 Daniel Pittman (Jamaica); 22. 51 Jake Schmehr (Fort Dodge); 23. 18A Aaron Elliott (Boone); 24. 929 Joey Gyles (New Virginia).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Smith; 2. Reed; 3. Gyles; 4. Knutson; 5. Janssen; 6. Gifford; 7. Filloon; 8. Pittman; 9. Elliott; DNS Mouzakis.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 99 Josh May (Des Moines); 2. 11P Jon Padilla (Silvis, Ill.); 3. 52 Bryce Vowan (Memphis, Tenn.); 4. 18G RJ Gonzales (Colona, Ill.); 5. 48G Austin Gray (Story City); 6. 171 Brandon Freeburg (Metamora, Ill.); 7. 46Z Bryan Zehm (Ames); 8. 21 Scott Bailey (Carlisle); 9. 1JR Justin Kinderknecht (Salina, Kan.); 10. 16P Mike Pershing (Colchester, Ill.); 11. 8N William Nobles (West Des Moines); 12. 22B Dalton Bell (Hoisington, Kan.); 13. 3G Joe Glick (Madrid); 14. 4G Ben George (Altoona); 15. 9 Garrison Anderson (Huxley); 16. 5M David Meinecke (Woodward); 17. 24 Michael Mann (Macomb, Ill.); 18. 5 Michael Dominguez (Lone Tree); 19. 3 Austin Glick (Des Moines); 20. 18M Austin Mccannon (Milan, Ill.); 21. 05 Timothy Hall (Grimes); 22. 19DD Derek Foster (Maxwell); 23. 70 Alex Eischeid (Mechanicsville); 24. 641 Joe Wood (Boone); DNS 14 David Bailey (Carlisle).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. Freeburg; 2. May; 3. Scott Bailey; 4. Foster; 5. Austin Glick; 6. Mann; 7. Mccannon; 8. Hall.
A Feature (8 Laps): 1. 31 Jack Allen / Michael Miller; 2. 12p Brent Petersen / Javon Behle; 3. 76 Nick Dewitt / Brandon Powell; 4. 9H Todd Heckathorn / Angela Heckathorn; 5. 3 Dawson Mack / Hunter Rolfes; 6. 33 Sean Allen / Max Allen; 7. 32 Alex Albert / DeeDee Albert.
