Watson Doubles up, wins Hobby Stock Feature and Crowned King of the Hill
John Watson-Hobby Stock King of the Hill. Photo by www.15belowphoto.com
BOONE, IOWA ( June 18, 2022) – Weekly racing action returned to the Boone Speedway on Saturday night, after two straight weeks of Mother Nature winning. One hundred sixty-three cars checked into the pits, and provided a full and action packed night of racing for the fans.
Jake McBirnie got his first win this year at Iowa’s Action Track when he took the checkers in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified class. Troy Jerovetz won the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car feature event, and Braden Richards got his first win at the Speedway in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. John Watson had a perfect night winning his heat, the feature, and King of the Hill challenge in the Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Randy Bryan took the checkers in the STARS Mod Lite A main. It was Don Mason and Jason Miller taking the 2 man cruiser event.
It took several tries before the STARS Mod Lites found their racing rhythm. Austin Gray was the early leader but Bryan Zehm came calling on the topside and took command by lap five. He soon had Randy Bryan on his tail, and just a lap later, Bryan had snatched the top spot away. The remaining laps of the contest was all the Bryan and Zehm show up front in a heated battle, but in the end, it was Bryan holding off Zehm as the checkers flew. Bryan chalked up his second feature win of the 2022 season, and Zehm had to be content with second place. Following a distance behind in third was Austin Gray, Joe Glick was fourth, and Jon Braathun completed the top five.
A late race caution flag at lap fourteen of the eighteen lap Northern SportMod feature became the nemesis for Chris Burk. Burk had led from the drop of the green and had pulled away to a substantial lead when the race was halted. This put rookie Braden Richards to restart in second position when the race returned to green. Richards swung to the top of the track, and had the lead when lap fifteen was scored. He then held it to the flying checkers and the win. Chris Burk held on to second, third went to ninth place starter Izac Mallicoat, fourth was Camden Vincent, and Dusty Lynch came from eleventh, to finish fifth. This was Richards first win at the track, and only his second career win in the division, after getting that first win under his belt out in Arizona this past winter. Richards moved after spending time in the Hobby Stock ranks previously.
Up next was the 20 lap feature event for the ground pounding IMCA Modifieds. There was lots of tight and intense racing in this one. Brandon Leeman led the first eleven laps of the event, with heavy action right behind as Jimmy Gustin, Jake McBirnie, Mike VanGenderen, and Paul Nagle were duking it out. McBirnie got the upper hand on lap twelve, and brought Jimmy Gustin along to tag into second. The final laps saw the top contenders space themselves out evenly behind, and McBirnie took the comfortable win. Jimmy Gustin took the runner up spot on one of his best runs of the year, Paul Nagle finished third, Cody Laney started fourteenth, and finished fourth, and Jeremy Mills was fifth after starting in tenth position. This was McBirnie’s first win at the track this year. He became the sixth different feature winner of the year with no repeat winners.
The IMCA Hobby Stocks went 15 laps for the main event, and it was John Watson dominating this one. Watson started sixth, and took command of the race at lap four, and never looked back. Young Mike Smith did make it a close finish though as he flew through field from starting eighteenth, and finished a close second. Seth Janssen took third, over Josh VanCannon in fourth, and Eric Knutson came from twelfth, to finish fifth.
Earlier the IMCA Hobby Stocks ran a King of the Hill contest. The top 8 in track points were locked in, and 8 more raced in through their heats. John Watson made it a perfect night, winning his heat, the feature, and taking home the King of the Hill crown. He bested Mike Smith, Seth Butler, and Solomon Bennett in the final round to take the title.
The night cap of the evening was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature. Troy Jerovetz started sixth and got the lead on lap six, never to relinquish it. Tyler Pickett chased Jerovetz most of the non-stop race, and in the closing moments made it a close one at the line, but had to settle for second. Trent Murphy took third, Josh Daniels moved from twelfth starting spot to finish fourth, and Donavon Smith came from fourteenth, to take fifth. This was the second win for Jerovetz at the speedway this year.
Next Saturday night, June 25 will be the Inaugural Fox Welding/Vermeer King of the Katwalks, presented by VanEaton Pork for the IMCA Stock Cars and $2,500 to win. It will also be a B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational Qualifier. Also on the program will be the Outlaw Mini Mods joining the regular classes. Pits open at 4:30, grandstand 5:30, hot laps are 6 with racing at 7.
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 2. 19-Jimmy Gustin[3]; 3. 05-Paul Nagle[5]; 4. 5L-Cody Laney[14]; 5. 10-Jeremy Mills[10]; 6. 23JR-Nick Roberts[11]; 7. 164-Brandon Leeman[1]; 8. 17-Cory Sauerman[13]; 9. 69-Johnathon Logue[15]; 10. 30M-Maguire DeJong[12]; 11. 28R-Russ Dickerson[9]; 12. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[7]; 13. 3Z-Randy Havlik[18]; 14. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[4]; 15. 7R-Ethan Robey[23]; 16. 58-Dennis Pittman[17]; 17. 00V-Tristan Vesterby[19]; 18. 2B-Robert Moore[24]; 19. 78-Albert Wolfgram[6]; 20. 24KB-Shane Mills[22]; 21. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[21]; 22. (DNF) 24-Robert Avery[2]; 23. (DNF) 27-Tim Love[16]; 24. (DNF) 4-Tony Hilgenberg[20]
DE Outside Services B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Joel Bushore[3]; 2. 24KB-Shane Mills[2]; 3. 7R-Ethan Robey[1]; 4. 64-Bugs Vincent[5]; 5. 027-Brandon Schaer[6]; 6. (DNF) 3T-Tanner Gannon[4]; 7. (DNF) 95-Ashley Schaaf[7]
DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[4]; 2. 24-Robert Avery[2]; 3. 78-Albert Wolfgram[5]; 4. 30M-Maguire DeJong[9]; 5. 2B-Robert Moore[10]; 6. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 7. 3Z-Randy Havlik[6]; 8. 7R-Ethan Robey[3]; 9. 3T-Tanner Gannon[8]; 10. (DNF) 95-Ashley Schaaf[1]
DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Jimmy Gustin[2]; 2. 10-Jeremy Mills[7]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie[6]; 4. 05-Paul Nagle[4]; 5. 17-Cory Sauerman[3]; 6. 27-Tim Love[5]; 7. 00V-Tristan Vesterby[9]; 8. 24KB-Shane Mills[8]; 9. 64-Bugs Vincent[1]
DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 164-Brandon Leeman[1]; 2. 28R-Russ Dickerson[6]; 3. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[5]; 4. 23JR-Nick Roberts[7]; 5. 5L-Cody Laney[9]; 6. 58-Dennis Pittman[2]; 7. 4-Tony Hilgenberg[3]; 8. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[4]; 9. (DNF) 027-Brandon Schaer[8]
IMCA STOCK CAR
Arnold Motor Supply A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Troy Jerovetz[6]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett[5]; 3. 25-Trent Murphy[7]; 4. 25J-Josh Daniels[12]; 5. 35-Donavon Smith[15]; 6. 57H-Daniel Hagen[1]; 7. 77C-Craig Carlson[3]; 8. 3H-Ty Hill[11]; 9. 19J-Jay Schmidt[4]; 10. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[2]; 11. 18-Anthony Goldsberry[8]; 12. 8-David Smith[24]; 13. 44K-Kevin Opheim[14]; 14. 81-Devin Smith[18]; 15. 89K-Taylor Kuehl[21]; 16. 8M-Austin Meiners[9]; 17. 23HR-Rod Richards[19]; 18. 56X-Doug Smith[23]; 19. 16X-Aaron Spangler[22]; 20. 02-Mike Goldsberry[16]; 21. 04-Don Vis[13]; 22. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[17]; 23. (DNF) 81D-Scott Davis[10]; 24. (DNS) 2K-Kyle Everts
Arnold Motor Supply B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 89K-Taylor Kuehl[2]; 2. 56X-Doug Smith[1]; 3. 77-Tobie Talk[4]; 4. 94-Dillon Solum[3]; 5. 93L-Blake Lehman[6]; 6. 37E-Jason Vansickel[10]; 7. 32-Bill Atcheson[5]; 8. 14-Mike House[7]; 9. (DNF) 17J-Josh Fredrickson[9]; 10. (DNS) 78B-Andrew Burg
Arnold Motor Supply B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 16X-Aaron Spangler[2]; 2. 8-David Smith[3]; 3. 123-Kyle Rose[4]; 4. 71-Corey Piffer[7]; 5. 31X-Mathew West[8]; 6. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[6]; 7. 14B-Scott Bailey[9]; 8. (DNF) 31-Micheal Smith[5]; 9. (DNF) 20N-Justin Nehring[1]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Trent Murphy[6]; 2. 01-Troy Jerovetz[4]; 3. 81D-Scott Davis[7]; 4. 04-Don Vis[2]; 5. 69-Johnathon Logue[8]; 6. 56X-Doug Smith[10]; 7. 16X-Aaron Spangler[9]; 8. 123-Kyle Rose[3]; 9. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[1]; 10. (DNF) 31X-Mathew West[5]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Anthony Goldsberry[6]; 2. 57H-Daniel Hagen[1]; 3. 3H-Ty Hill[7]; 4. 44K-Kevin Opheim[4]; 5. 81-Devin Smith[8]; 6. 20N-Justin Nehring[5]; 7. 94-Dillon Solum[3]; 8. 32-Bill Atcheson[9]; 9. 14-Mike House[2]; 10. (DNF) 17J-Josh Fredrickson[10]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[1]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett[3]; 3. 8M-Austin Meiners[6]; 4. 35-Donavon Smith[8]; 5. 23HR-Rod Richards[5]; 6. 37E-Jason Vansickel[10]; 7. 8-David Smith[7]; 8. 31-Micheal Smith[9]; 9. (DNF) 71-Corey Piffer[2]; 10. (DNF) 14B-Scott Bailey[4]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19J-Jay Schmidt[2]; 2. 77C-Craig Carlson[1]; 3. 25J-Josh Daniels[7]; 4. 02-Mike Goldsberry[5]; 5. 2K-Kyle Everts[6]; 6. 89K-Taylor Kuehl[3]; 7. 77-Tobie Talk[4]; 8. 93L-Blake Lehman[8]; 9. (DNF) 78B-Andrew Burg[9]
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[7]; 2. CB25-Chris Burke[2]; 3. 11-Izac Mallicoat[9]; 4. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 5. 5-Dustin Lynch[11]; 6. 8-Dusty Masolini[13]; 7. 25R-Chad Ryerson[12]; 8. 62-Cory Pestotnik[14]; 9. 50-Robert Stofer[1]; 10. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[22]; 11. 99-Rocky Caudle[15]; 12. 13V-Curtis Veber[18]; 13. 10-Summer Anderson[5]; 14. 20X-Cody Yaw[10]; 15. 14A-Jake Sachau[16]; 16. 31-Jason York[20]; 17. 32S-Blair Simmons[24]; 18. 216-Camron Spangler[19]; 19. 26M-Mitchell Morris[23]; 20. 26BM-Bryan Morris[21]; 21. 28-Nic Runyan[4]; 22. 72-Joey Young[17]; 23. (DNF) 7-Danny Fye[6]; 24. (DNF) R31-Ryan Leeman[8]
Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 26BM-Bryan Morris[1]; 2. 26M-Mitchell Morris[2]; 3. 2-Derik See[6]; 4. MM5-Matt Ruf[4]; 5. 15-Billy Dyer[7]; 6. 26B-Bryan Johnson[3]; 7. 7K-Steve McLaughlin[5]; 8. (DNS) 26-Jason Carney; 9. (DNS) 27M-Mike Munson
Elmquist Towing B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[5]; 2. 32S-Blair Simmons[1]; 3. 26X-Mike Dullard[3]; 4. 55L-Nick Leonard[4]; 5. 55W-Aiden Webb[9]; 6. 8T-Tom Lathrop[2]; 7. 14J-Anita Lee[6]; 8. (DNF) 10C-Matt Beerbower[7]; 9. (DNS) 9-Dan Smith
Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Izac Mallicoat[6]; 2. 7-Danny Fye[5]; 3. 28-Nic Runyan[4]; 4. 8-Dusty Masolini[7]; 5. 72-Joey Young[3]; 6. 55W-Aiden Webb[10]; 7. 8T-Tom Lathrop[9]; 8. 55L-Nick Leonard[1]; 9. 14J-Anita Lee[2]; 10. 9-Dan Smith[8]
Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25R-Chad Ryerson[9]; 2. 10-Summer Anderson[4]; 3. 20X-Cody Yaw[6]; 4. 62-Cory Pestotnik[7]; 5. 13V-Curtis Veber[3]; 6. 26BM-Bryan Morris[5]; 7. 26B-Bryan Johnson[8]; 8. 7K-Steve McLaughlin[10]; 9. 15-Billy Dyer[2]; 10. (DNF) 27M-Mike Munson[1]
Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[5]; 2. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 3. 50-Robert Stofer[2]; 4. 99-Rocky Caudle[7]; 5. 216-Camron Spangler[8]; 6. 32S-Blair Simmons[6]; 7. 26X-Mike Dullard[9]; 8. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[4]; 9. (DNF) 10C-Matt Beerbower[1]
Elmquist Towing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dustin Lynch[6]; 2. R31-Ryan Leeman[5]; 3. CB25-Chris Burke[2]; 4. 14A-Jake Sachau[7]; 5. 31-Jason York[4]; 6. 26M-Mitchell Morris[3]; 7. MM5-Matt Ruf[9]; 8. 2-Derik See[1]; 9. 26-Jason Carney[8]
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4W-John Watson[6]; 2. 22X-Mike Smith[18]; 3. 85-Seth Janssen[5]; 4. 51-Josh Vancannon[3]; 5. 12K-Eric Knutson[12]; 6. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[8]; 7. 8F-Aron Fye[1]; 8. 4C-Curt Reed[9]; 9. 22-Seth Butler[11]; 10. 12M-Matt McDonald[4]; 11. 53-Chad Rigby[22]; 12. A24-Nicholas Adams[16]; 13. 11K-William Klosterman[7]; 14. 10-Travis Fenton[20]; 15. 11B-Solomon Bennett[10]; 16. 13-Brian Ashburn[15]; 17. 47-Sam West[2]; 18. 22W-Wayne Gifford[14]; 19. 22R-Bill Richards[21]; 20. 24-Jeff Wright[23]; 21. 5-Caden Lowmiller[13]; 22. 18A-Aaron Elliott[24]; 23. (DNF) 8-Adam Tiernan[17]; 24. (DNF) 70X-Garrett Croy[19]
Pickett Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22R-Bill Richards[3]; 2. 24-Jeff Wright[2]; 3. 28-Jay Sidles[7]; 4. 14L-Lucas Smith[4]; 5. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[5]; 6. 0K-Kieron Ahrens[6]; 7. 52-Wendy Huss[1]; 8. 5B-Brandon Behle[8]; 9. (DNF) 4B-Gene Behle[9]; 10. (DNS) 49-Brady Herman
Pickett Salvage B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Chad Rigby[8]; 2. 18A-Aaron Elliott[6]; 3. 59-Daniel Pittman[3]; 4. 78N-Matt Nelson[5]; 5. 12T-Tanner Jones[7]; 6. 01-Jonathan Howe[9]; 7. 48R-Rylee Wiebers[2]; 8. (DNF) 12J-Kenny Johnson[1]; 9. (DNF) 22B-Braden Gifford[4]
Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Josh Vancannon[6]; 2. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[8]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[9]; 4. 5-Caden Lowmiller[1]; 5. 8-Adam Tiernan[5]; 6. 52-Wendy Huss[3]; 7. (DNF) 22R-Bill Richards[10]; 8. (DNF) 2M-Mitchell McNeill[2]; 9. (DNF) 28-Jay Sidles[4]; 10. (DNF) 53-Chad Rigby[7]
Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-John Watson[7]; 2. 8F-Aron Fye[3]; 3. 12K-Eric Knutson[9]; 4. 22W-Wayne Gifford[6]; 5. 22X-Mike Smith[8]; 6. 12J-Kenny Johnson[5]; 7. 59-Daniel Pittman[4]; 8. 78N-Matt Nelson[1]; 9. 12T-Tanner Jones[10]; 10. (DNF) 4B-Gene Behle[2]
Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4C-Curt Reed[8]; 2. 12M-Matt McDonald[6]; 3. 11K-William Klosterman[7]; 4. 13-Brian Ashburn[5]; 5. 70X-Garrett Croy[9]; 6. 24-Jeff Wright[2]; 7. 14L-Lucas Smith[4]; 8. 0K-Kieron Ahrens[3]; 9. (DNF) 49-Brady Herman[10]; 10. (DNF) 01-Jonathan Howe[1]
Pickett Salvage Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 2. 11B-Solomon Bennett[8]; 3. 47-Sam West[4]; 4. A24-Nicholas Adams[5]; 5. 10-Travis Fenton[7]; 6. 48R-Rylee Wiebers[1]; 7. (DNF) 22B-Braden Gifford[3]; 8. (DNF) 18A-Aaron Elliott[2]; 9. (DNF) 5B-Brandon Behle[9]
IMCA MOD LITE
MyRacePass A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 64-Randy Bryan[6]; 2. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[4]; 3. 48G-Austin Gray[3]; 4. 3G-Joe Glick[8]; 5. 96-Jon Braathun[7]; 6. 99-Josh May[10]; 7. 2-Jason Toppenberg[2]; 8. 7-Mikade Meyer[5]; 9. 301-Michael Mann[11]; 10. (DNF) 641-Sara Anderson[1]; 11. (DNF) 195-Steven Kennedy[16]; 12. (DNF) 32-Chad Culp[18]; 13. (DNF) 27-Jered Douglas[13]; 14. (DNF) 07-Travis Messamer[17]; 15. (DNF) 19DD-Derek Foster[15]; 16. (DNF) X50-Joel Huggins[9]; 17. (DNF) 3-Austin Glick[14]; 18. (DNS) 14-David Bailey; 19. (DNS) 135-Rick Graves
MyRacePass Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[10]; 2. 48G-Austin Gray[5]; 3. 96-Jon Braathun[7]; 4. 7-Mikade Meyer[6]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[8]; 6. 301-Michael Mann[3]; 7. 27-Jered Douglas[9]; 8. 19DD-Derek Foster[2]; 9. (DNF) 07-Travis Messamer[4]; 10. (DNF) 135-Rick Graves[1]
MyRacePass Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Jason Toppenberg[4]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan[6]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[5]; 4. X50-Joel Huggins[8]; 5. 641-Sara Anderson[2]; 6. 14-David Bailey[1]; 7. 3-Austin Glick[9]; 8. (DNF) 195-Steven Kennedy[7]; 9. (DNF) 32-Chad Culp[3]
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