Season Championship and five track champions crowned

 

Boone, Iowa (August 19, 2023) – It was Elmquist Towing and Farley’s Pre-Owned Season Championship Night at the Boone Speedway Saturday.  Feature wins went to Jeremy Mills in the IMCA Friesen Performance class, and Donavon Smith captured the win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars.  Curtis Veber made it two wins in a row when he took the checkers in the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMod feature, Mike Smith saw his way to Victory Lane in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and it was Josh May winning the IMCA Stealth Racing STARS Mod Lite main event.

The top ten in points were locked into the A main in each division, while B mains filled in the rest of the field for their features. Extra laps were added to all divisions on Season Championship night.  All classes had out of car introductions on the frontstretch, affording fans a chance to see the driver behind the car, and show their appreciation for entertaining them all season long.

First on the track for feature racing was the Mod Lites, presented by Carquest Auto, Truck & Farm.

Bryan Zehm started from the pole and led the opening laps.  Josh May was quickly up to challenge and after peeking low for a way around to no avail, he switched it up, and took to the topside and had the lead by lap six.  It was all May’s race from there on out as he sailed to the win in a race that went caution free.  Austin Gray finished in second place, Zehm was third, fourth went to Cory Sonner who started eleventh on the field, and Joe Glick was fifth.  This was May’s seventh feature win of the year, and he took the track title by just starting the race.

The Northern SportMods, presented by Elmquist Towing, were up next.  This one had a close points battle going on with three drivers in the running.  Ryan Leeman held a five point advantage over two drivers tied for second….Dusty Masolini and Cory Pestotnik.

Curtis Veber and Dusty Masolini led the field to green with Masolini getting the upper hand and taking the lead. Veber shadowed Masolini through the first ten laps, but was finally able to make the pass, and was scored as the leader when lap eleven went in the books.  Veber was then able to hold that top spot the remaining laps to the checkers, and score his second win in a row at the track.  Masolini finished in second place and that gave him the track title.  Cory Pestotnik took third, Hunter Longnecker finished fourth, and Jake Sachau started thirteenth, and rounded out the top five.

The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars, presented by Boone Moose Lodge were up next for their 25 lap feature event.

Donavon Smith started on the pole and from there, he never looked back.  He had the field covered the entire time, and would pull away in the latter part of the race to take the comfortable win….his first of the year.  Kyle Everts finished a distant runner up.  Third went to brother David Smith, Tyler Pickett started twelfth, and finished fourth, and Chris Pruitt came from thirteenth, to finish in fifth place.  Point leader going into the night, Scott Davis fell out of the race with mechanical issues, but had the track title wound out when he took the green to start the race.

The IMCA Modifieds, presented by D & E Outside Services ran their 25 lap feature event next.  Going into the race, Jimmy Gustin held a nine point lead over Jeremy Mills  for the track title.

Young Izac Mallicoat looked to be on his way to seeing his first win at the speedway as he expertly ran the top of the track.  By lap seven a caution flew with Jeremy Mills in second place and anxious for the restart.  It wasn’t to be however, as Mallicoat kept his composure and smoothly diced through traffic with only four laps left.  That’s when a caution came out and this time on the restart, it was not Mallicoat’s friend.  Mills got the advantage going down the backstretch and was scored the leader on lap twenty-two.  He then kept it to the flying double checkers and the win.  Jimmy Gustin had run at the front of the field all race long, and was able to slip by Mallicoat with a lap to go, as they finished second and third respectively.  Jake McBirnie started eleventh and took fourth place, and Cory Sauerman was fifth.  This was the third win of the season for Mills.  Jimmy Gustin took the track title.

The night cap was the 20 lap feature event for the IMCA Hobby Stocks, presented by Pickett Salvage.  There was a tight points battle brewing  in this one too, with John Watson leading and Solomon Bennett setting just three points behind.

Mike Smith started fourth on the field, and wasted no time in getting to the front, taking command at lap one.  A plethora of caution flags fell in the contest, but it was no issue for Smith, as he drove off from the field each time the race returned to green.  Curt Reed crossed in second place but was docked two spots for jumping, scoring him in fourth place.  This gave the runner up spot to John Watson, and Eric Stanton came from fifteenth, to be scored third.  Seth Janssen started twelfth and finished in fifth place.  This was Smith’s sixth regular feature win of the season.  John Watson was crowned the track champion.

Next Saturday night, August 26, is billed as the IMCA Super Nationals Tune-Up.  The IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks, and Mod Lites will be running, along with John Logue’s “First Time Feature” special event.  Pits open at 4:30, grandstands at 5:30, Hot Laps at 6, and racing at 7.

21 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10-Jeremy Mills[2]; 2. 19-Jimmy Gustin[3]; 3. 11-Izac Mallicoat[1]; 4. 82-Jake McBirnie[11]; 5. 17-Cory Sauerman[5]; 6. 05-Paul Nagle[4]; 7. 34-Cody Apfelbeck[17]; 8. 164-Brandon Leeman[8]; 9. 28R-Russ Dickerson[7]; 10. 21R-Riley Simmons[13]; 11. 7R-Ethan Robey[12]; 12. 24-Robert Avery[15]; 13. 23-JJ Scott[21]; 14. 0-Jamie Anderson[16]; 15. (DNF) 2B-Robert Moore[19]; 16. (DNF) 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[6]; 17. (DNF) 50-Robert Stofer[18]; 18. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[20]; 19. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[9]; 20. (DNF) 58-Dennis Pittman[10]; 21. (DNF) 12E-Doug Smith[14]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[1]; 2. 7R-Ethan Robey[4]; 3. 21R-Riley Simmons[10]; 4. 12E-Doug Smith[6]; 5. 24-Robert Avery[5]; 6. 0-Jamie Anderson[2]; 7. 34-Cody Apfelbeck[11]; 8. 50-Robert Stofer[7]; 9. 2B-Robert Moore[3]; 10. 7D-Dave Finstad[9]; 11. (DNS) 23-JJ Scott

24 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 35-Donavon Smith[1]; 2. 2K-Kyle Everts[2]; 3. 8-David Smith[5]; 4. 5A-Tyler Pickett[12]; 5. 22-Chris Pruitt[13]; 6. 77M-Jeff Mueller[11]; 7. 23HR-Rod Richards[9]; 8. 8M-Austin Meiners[6]; 9. 25J-Josh Daniels[10]; 10. 19A-Alan Van Gorp[22]; 11. 71-Corey Piffer[23]; 12. (DNF) 81D-Scott Davis[3]; 13. (DNF) 14B-Austin Bouzek[4]; 14. (DNF) 92V-Jeremy Mills[14]; 15. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 16. (DNF) 77-Tobie Talk[21]; 17. (DNF) 33G-Kevin Gyles[16]; 18. (DNF) 16-Jeff Byers Jr[17]; 19. (DNF) 52-Jerry Williams[24]; 20. (DNF) 19J-Jay Schmidt[8]; 21. (DNF) 59-Brandon Mannhardt[20]; 22. (DNF) 57H-Daniel Hagen[15]; 23. (DNF) 12-Josiah Moulds[19]; 24. (DNF) 56-Lonnie Hodges[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 77M-Jeff Mueller[1]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett[2]; 3. 22-Chris Pruitt[5]; 4. 92V-Jeremy Mills[12]; 5. 57H-Daniel Hagen[3]; 6. 33G-Kevin Gyles[6]; 7. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[4]; 8. 56-Lonnie Hodges[9]; 9. 12-Josiah Moulds[8]; 10. 59-Brandon Mannhardt[7]; 11. 77-Tobie Talk[10]; 12. 19A-Alan Van Gorp[13]; 13. 71-Corey Piffer[11]; 14. 52-Jerry Williams[14]

32 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
A Feature 1 (23 Laps): 1. 13V-Curtis Veber[1]; 2. 8K-Dusty Masolini[2]; 3. 62-Cory Pestotnik[5]; 4. 93L-Hunter Longnecker[6]; 5. 14A-Jake Sachau[13]; 6. 11R-Braden Richards[4]; 7. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[15]; 8. R31-Ryan Leeman[3]; 9. 74-Camdan Vincent[8]; 10. 5-Dustin Lynch[9]; 11. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[16]; 12. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[24]; 13. 20X-Cody Yaw[12]; 14. 9J-Jeremiah Reed[19]; 15. 8-Tom Lathrop[17]; 16. 2C-Colby Grady[14]; 17. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[10]; 18. (DNF) 10-Summer Anderson[11]; 19. (DNF) 82T-Brett Thomas[18]; 20. (DNF) 17-Kyle Free[20]; 21. (DNF) 117-Zach Hovell[23]; 22. (DNF) 36H-David Hoover[21]; 23. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[7]; 24. (DNF) 79M-Michael Miller[22]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Summer Anderson[1]; 2. 14A-Jake Sachau[10]; 3. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[2]; 4. 8-Tom Lathrop[3]; 5. 9J-Jeremiah Reed[6]; 6. 36H-David Hoover[5]; 7. 117-Zach Hovell[8]; 8. 26A-Jason Carney[7]; 9. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[9]; 10. (DNF) 211-Tim Eaton[11]; 11. (DNF) MR31-Mike Rutherford[4]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20X-Cody Yaw[1]; 2. 2C-Colby Grady[2]; 3. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[6]; 4. 82T-Brett Thomas[5]; 5. 17-Kyle Free[4]; 6. 79M-Michael Miller[8]; 7. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[9]; 8. 25S-Alex Smith[10]; 9. F18-Nate Friesen[3]; 10. 23M-Matt Speiss[7]; 11. (DNF) 511-Keith Simmons[11]

Heat 1: 1. 10-Summer Anderson[1]; 2. 14A-Jake Sachau[10]; 3. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[2]; 4. 8-Tom Lathrop[3]; 5. 9J-Jeremiah Reed[6]; 6. 36H-David Hoover[5]; 7. 117-Zach Hovell[8]; 8. 26A-Jason Carney[7]; 9. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[9]; 10. (DNF) 211-Tim Eaton[11]; 11. (DQ) MR31-Mike Rutherford[4]

Heat 2: 1. 20X-Cody Yaw[1]; 2. 2C-Colby Grady[2]; 3. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[6]; 4. 82T-Brett Thomas[5]; 5. 17-Kyle Free[4]; 6. 79M-Michael Miller[8]; 7. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[9]; 8. 25S-Alex Smith[10]; 9. F18-Nate Friesen[3]; 10. 23M-Matt Speiss[7]; 11. 511-Keith Simmons[11]

26 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[4]; 2. 4W-John Watson[2]; 3. 7B-Eric Stanton[15]; 4. 4C-Curt Reed[8]; 5. 85-Seth Janssen[12]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[5]; 7. 22-Seth Butler[11]; 8. 78B-Andrew Burg[7]; 9. 8F-Aron Fye[6]; 10. 929-Joey Gyles[24]; 11. 12M-Matt McDonald[1]; 12. 22B-Braden Gifford[9]; 13. 51V-Josh Vancannon[14]; 14. 84B-Rusty Bates[13]; 15. (DNF) 47-Sam West[20]; 16. (DNF) 14L-Lucas Smith[22]; 17. (DNF) 20-Gage Green[23]; 18. (DNF) 12K-Eric Knutson[3]; 19. (DNF) 4JW-Justin Maschke[25]; 20. (DNF) 49-Brady Herman[26]; 21. (DNF) 01C-Christian Cook[17]; 22. (DNF) 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[10]; 23. (DNF) 59-Daniel Pittman[21]; 24. (DNF) 14B-Keith Burg[18]; 25. (DNF) 72-Joey Young[19]; 26. (DNF) 51X-Dustin Filloon[16]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Seth Butler[2]; 2. 85-Seth Janssen[1]; 3. 84B-Rusty Bates[6]; 4. 51V-Josh Vancannon[4]; 5. 7B-Eric Stanton[9]; 6. 51X-Dustin Filloon[10]; 7. 01C-Christian Cook[7]; 8. 14B-Keith Burg[13]; 9. 72-Joey Young[11]; 10. 47-Sam West[15]; 11. 59-Daniel Pittman[3]; 12. 14L-Lucas Smith[14]; 13. 20-Gage Green[12]; 14. 49-Brady Herman[16]; 15. (DNF) 929-Joey Gyles[5]; 16. (DNF) 4JW-Justin Maschke[8]

18 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[4]; 2. 48G-Austin Gray[3]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[1]; 4. 47-Cory Sonner[11]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[2]; 6. 64-Randy Bryan[8]; 7. 21-Scott Bailey[5]; 8. 70-Alex Eischeid[10]; 9. 3T-Tanner Gannon[12]; 10. 8N-William Nobles[7]; 11. 99X-Darrick Knutsen[15]; 12. 9-Garrison Anderson[6]; 13. 19DD-Derek Foster[14]; 14. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[13]; 15. (DNF) 18-Austin Mccannon[16]; 16. (DNF) 95-Mike Kennedy[18]; 17. (DNF) 7X-Patrick Murray[17]; 18. (DNS) 4G-Ben George

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 47-Cory Sonner[3]; 2. 3T-Tanner Gannon[4]; 3. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[1]; 4. 19DD-Derek Foster[2]; 5. 99X-Darrick Knutsen[5]; 6. 18-Austin Mccannon[6]; 7. (DNF) 7X-Patrick Murray[7]

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