SAUERMAN TAKES FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, SMITH, REIMERS, KNUTSON, AND GEORGE RETURN TO VICTORY LANE

 

By Joyce Eisele

BOONE, IOWA (June 15, 2024) – It was Farley’s Pre-owned Night at the Boone Speedway Saturday, and despite the gloomy forecast of rain/storms, it was no issue for the racing program. Cory Sauerman in the IMCA Friesen Performance Modified division, got his first win of the year. Doug Smith took the honors in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for the second time, and also making return visits to Victory Lane were Cam Reimers in the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMods, Eric Knutson in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and Ben George in the IMCA Stealth STARS Mod Lites.

The Mod Lites, presented by Carquest Auto, Truck & Farm rolled to the track first for their 15 lap feature event.

Scott Bailey led the troops through the first seven laps of the event, but seventh place starter Ben George had quickly risen to challenge him and was able to take command at lap eight. Cory Sonner was reeling in George when the race was halted on lap twelve when David Bailey went for a tumble in corner four. Thankfully, he was okay, and the racing soon returned to green. George continued his command at the front the rest of the way to the checkers, and sealed his third win of the season. Sonner went second, third went to Scott Bailey, Bryan Zehm was fourth, and Joe Glick completed the top five.

The IMCA SportMod 18 lap feature, presented by Elmquist Towing, had more than its share of cautions, and at the conclusion, was under the time limit.

Zander Keeland, the Bakersfield, California driver who is racing in Iowa this summer, was the early leader of the race, but that all ended when he went for a spin on lap six, bringing out what was already the fourth stoppage of the race. Cam Vincent then inherited the lead for the restart, with Ryan Leeman, Dusty Masolini, and tenth place starter Cam Reimers in tow. Another caution flew at lap eight with Vincent still leading, but now Reimers had taken over second. On the restart, Reimers flew around Vincent and into the lead. The yellow rag was not done flying yet, as on lap thirteen it reared its ugly head once again. Reimers was still holding down the number one position but visitor on the night, and defending Super Nationals champion, Jake Sachau was now running second. At this point, the time limit went into effect, and it was going to be called complete when the next caution flew, or the race was completed. This time, it was green the remaining five laps to the checkers, and Reimers was able to get the victory….his third of the season. Sachau had to be content with second place, Leeman took third, Matt Avila hard charged his way from twenty-sixth (dead last) starting spot to take fourth, and Cam Vincent was fifth. Reimers was also the winner of the King of the Hill contest run earlier in the night.

It was 20 laps of IMCA Modified racing, presented by D & E Outside Services up next.

Greg Elliott, Webster City, Iowa led from the drop of the green and was looking strong when at lap twelve, he lost the handle and went for a spin in corner four, bringing out the yellow. Paul Nagle now took over the top spot for the restart of the race, with Joel Bushore, Cory Sauerman, Russ Dickerson, and Jeremy Mills behind him. Another caution flew on lap fourteen, and on the restart of the race, Cory Sauerman threw a successful “white castle” drive through in corner four, and took over the lead. The final circuits saw Sauerman stretch out his lead, and take the comfortable win as the double checkers flew. Thirteenth place starter, Jake McBirnie made a late race rally and finished in second. Third went to Nagle, veteran racer Russ Dickerson was fourth, and Joel Bushore rounded out the top five. Sauerman came from eleventh starting spot to nab his first feature win of the year.

After seeing so many caution filled races earlier, it was refreshing to find the 20 lap Stock Car feature, presented by Boone Moose Lodge, go flag to flag!

The opening laps of the race was led by Alan VanGorp, who returned to the racing scene this year after a hiatus. Then Doug Smith made his appearance quickly after starting eighth, and took over the lead on lap six. It was all Smith’s race from there on out, as he pulled away to the comfortable win in the rest of the caution free run to the checkers. Jay Schmidt had a great race, starting fifteenth, and dicing through the pack of cars to take the runner up spot. VanGorp took third in his best run of the year, Bryan Snell was fourth, and the winner’s brother, Dave Smith, took fifth after starting back in seventeenth starting spot. This was Doug Smith’s second feature win of the year.

The finale of the night was 15 laps of Hobby Stock racing, presented by Pickett Salvage.

Joey Young led the field of cars in the first four circuits of the race, but Eric Knutson had been coming hard on the top of the track, and was able to take command on lap five. Knutson would then weather two cautions and take the win….holding off last week’s winner, Braden Gifford at the finish. Seth Butler took third place, followed by Wayne Gifford in fourth, and Tom Killen, Jr. in fifth. This was Knutson’s second feature win of the year.

Next Saturday night, June 22, will be another weekly racing series with racing in all five IMCA classes. Pits open at 4:30, grandstands at 5, hot laps are 6, with racing at 7.

 

28 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Cory Sauerman[11]; 2. 82-Jake McBirnie[13]; 3. 05-Paul Nagle[3]; 4. 28R-Russ Dickerson[7]; 5. 87-Joel Bushore[5]; 6. 10-Jeremy Mills[12]; 7. 28T-Trevor Fitz[9]; 8. 11-Izac Mallicoat[23]; 9. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[17]; 10. 69-Johnathon Logue[10]; 11. 13-Jerry Flippo[25]; 12. 7R-Ethan Robey[18]; 13. 164-Brandon Leeman[16]; 14. 24B-Owen Barnhill[26]; 15. 22B-Brian Eppert[15]; 16. 19S-Chase Weimer[20]; 17. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[6]; 18. 4B-Brandon Verbeek[28]; 19. 2B-Robert Moore[14]; 20. 7S-David Solberg[2]; 21. 58-Dennis Pittman[19]; 22. 24KB-Shane Mills[24]; 23. 7D-Dave Finstad[27]; 24. (DNF) 17W-Dan Wagner[4]; 25. (DNF) 75-Greg Elliott[1]; 26. (DNF) 19-Jimmy Gustin[8]; 27. (DNF) 5ZM-Zachary Madrid[22]; 28. (DNF) 7-Danny Fye[21]

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Greg Elliott[2]; 2. 05-Paul Nagle[4]; 3. 19-Jimmy Gustin[7]; 4. 28R-Russ Dickerson[6]; 5. 82-Jake McBirnie[9]; 6. 164-Brandon Leeman[1]; 7. 58-Dennis Pittman[3]; 8. 5ZM-Zachary Madrid[8]; 9. 13-Jerry Flippo[5]; 10. 4B-Brandon Verbeek[10]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28T-Trevor Fitz[7]; 2. 17W-Dan Wagner[4]; 3. 17-Cory Sauerman[8]; 4. 7S-David Solberg[2]; 5. 2B-Robert Moore[1]; 6. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[5]; 7. 19S-Chase Weimer[3]; 8. (DNF) 11-Izac Mallicoat[6]; 9. (DNF) 24B-Owen Barnhill[9]

DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[5]; 2. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 3. 10-Jeremy Mills[8]; 4. 87-Joel Bushore[4]; 5. 22B-Brian Eppert[2]; 6. 7R-Ethan Robey[6]; 7. 7-Danny Fye[3]; 8. 24KB-Shane Mills[9]; 9. 7D-Dave Finstad[1]

32 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Boone Moose Lodge 104 A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12D-Doug Smith[8]; 2. 19J-Jay Schmidt[15]; 3. 19A-Alan Van Gorp[3]; 4. 3S-Bryan Snell[5]; 5. 8-David Smith[17]; 6. 25D-Bob Daniels[4]; 7. 81-Devin Smith[11]; 8. 50B-Brock Badger[10]; 9. 25J-Josh Daniels[19]; 10. 81D-Scott Davis[20]; 11. 26J-Justin Addison[21]; 12. 8M-Austin Meiners[18]; 13. 44K-Kevin Opheim[9]; 14. 14B-Austin Bouzek[22]; 15. 57H-Daniel Hagen[24]; 16. 905-Tommy Fain[7]; 17. 5A-Tyler Pickett[13]; 18. I 80-Dillon Solum[23]; 19. 18-Tyler Nelsen[16]; 20. 95-Bo Eads[2]; 21. (DNF) 77-Josh Monthei[14]; 22. (DNF) 12-Josiah Moulds[1]; 23. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[12]; 24. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[6]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 26J-Justin Addison[2]; 2. 14B-Austin Bouzek[10]; 3. I 80-Dillon Solum[1]; 4. 57H-Daniel Hagen[5]; 5. 10-John Ades[3]; 6. 35-Donavon Smith[12]; 7. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[4]; 8. 83-Nicholas Rees[6]; 9. 47-Parker Slagle[7]; 10. (DNF) 15D-Jason McDowell[9]; 11. (DNF) 17R-Derek Reimer[8]; 12. (DNS) 77M-Jeff Mueller

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Bo Eads[2]; 2. 23JR-Nick Roberts[4]; 3. 44K-Kevin Opheim[6]; 4. 5A-Tyler Pickett[8]; 5. 8-David Smith[7]; 6. I 80-Dillon Solum[5]; 7. 57H-Daniel Hagen[3]; 8. 15D-Jason McDowell[1]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25D-Bob Daniels[3]; 2. 50B-Brock Badger[6]; 3. 905-Tommy Fain[4]; 4. 77-Josh Monthei[1]; 5. 8M-Austin Meiners[5]; 6. 26J-Justin Addison[8]; 7. 83-Nicholas Rees[2]; 8. (DNF) 14B-Austin Bouzek[7]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19A-Alan Van Gorp[2]; 2. 81-Devin Smith[6]; 3. 3S-Bryan Snell[3]; 4. 19J-Jay Schmidt[7]; 5. 25J-Josh Daniels[5]; 6. 10-John Ades[1]; 7. 47-Parker Slagle[8]; 8. (DNF) 77M-Jeff Mueller[4]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 2. 12-Josiah Moulds[1]; 3. 12D-Doug Smith[5]; 4. 18-Tyler Nelsen[2]; 5. 81D-Scott Davis[4]; 6. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[3]; 7. 17R-Derek Reimer[8]; 8. (DNF) 35-Donavon Smith[6]

26 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[10]; 2. 14A-Jake Sachau[12]; 3. R31-Ryan Leeman[4]; 4. 2X-Matt Avila[26]; 5. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 6. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[14]; 7. 8K-Dusty Masolini[8]; 8. 93-Hunter Longnecker[11]; 9. 62-Cory Pestotnik[9]; 10. 3Z-Randy Havlik[7]; 11. 13V-Curtis Veber[6]; 12. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[19]; 13. 25-Jonathan Jensen[16]; 14. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[22]; 15. 17-Kyle Free[23]; 16. 28-Nic Runyan[17]; 17. F18-Nate Friesen[18]; 18. 8-Tom Lathrop[1]; 19. 26-Jason Carney[13]; 20. (DNF) 7M-Steve McLaughlin[24]; 21. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[15]; 22. (DNF) 27K-Zander Keeland[2]; 23. (DNF) 5-Dustin Lynch[5]; 24. (DNF) 4A-Aiden Gnat[21]; 25. (DNF) 37-Rob Jennings[25]; 26. (DNF) 27P-Charlie Peck[20]

KOH Quarter 1 (3 Laps): 1. 8K-Dusty Masolini[1]; 2. R31-Ryan Leeman[2]; 3. 27K-Zander Keeland[4]; 4. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[3]

KOH Quarter 2 (3 Laps): 1. 13V-Curtis Veber[2]; 2. 93-Hunter Longnecker[1]; 3. 3Z-Randy Havlik[3]; 4. 8-Tom Lathrop[4]

KOH Quarter 3 (3 Laps): 1. 62-Cory Pestotnik[1]; 2. 14A-Jake Sachau[3]; 3. 74-Camdan Vincent[2]; 4. (DNS) 26-Jason Carney

KOH Quarter 4 (3 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[2]; 2. 5-Dustin Lynch[1]; 3. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[4]; 4. 193-Jessiah Taylor[3]

KOH Semi 1 (3 Laps): 1. 13V-Curtis Veber[2]; 2. 8K-Dusty Masolini[1]; 3. 93-Hunter Longnecker[4]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[3]

KOH Semi 2 (3 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[2]; 2. 62-Cory Pestotnik[1]; 3. 14A-Jake Sachau[3]; 4. 5-Dustin Lynch[4]

KOH Final (3 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[2]; 2. 8K-Dusty Masolini[3]; 3. 13V-Curtis Veber[1]; 4. 62-Cory Pestotnik[4]

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Randy Havlik[6]; 2. 5-Dustin Lynch[5]; 3. 21-Cam Reimers[7]; 4. 8-Tom Lathrop[2]; 5. 26-Jason Carney[3]; 6. 25-Jonathan Jensen[8]; 7. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[9]; 8. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[4]; 9. 37-Rob Jennings[1]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Dusty Masolini[6]; 2. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 3. 27K-Zander Keeland[2]; 4. 93-Hunter Longnecker[7]; 5. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[4]; 6. 28-Nic Runyan[8]; 7. 27P-Charlie Peck[9]; 8. (DNF) 17-Kyle Free[1]; 9. (DNF) 2X-Matt Avila[5]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Jake Sachau[8]; 2. R31-Ryan Leeman[4]; 3. 13V-Curtis Veber[5]; 4. 62-Cory Pestotnik[6]; 5. 193-Jessiah Taylor[1]; 6. F18-Nate Friesen[2]; 7. 4A-Aiden Gnat[7]; 8. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[3]

25 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[5]; 2. 22B-Braden Gifford[6]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[3]; 4. 22W-Wayne Gifford[7]; 5. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[4]; 6. 72-Joey Young[2]; 7. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[14]; 8. 51V-Josh Vancannon[13]; 9. 11B-Solomon Bennett[16]; 10. 4W-John Watson[9]; 11. 14B-Keith Burg[19]; 12. 21X-Joe Doran[10]; 13. 85-Seth Janssen[11]; 14. 31-Will Smith[15]; 15. 78N-Matt Nelson[17]; 16. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[23]; 17. 53-Travis Koester[22]; 18. 01-Christian Cook[1]; 19. 10B-Breanna Ades[21]; 20. 81DD-Daniel Davis[20]; 21. (DNF) 82-Logan Clay[18]; 22. (DNF) 70X-Garrett Croy[24]; 23. (DNF) 78B-Andrew Burg[8]; 24. (DNF) 22X-Mike Smith[12]; 25. (DNS) 9B-Larry Baldwin Jr

Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Seth Butler[4]; 2. 01-Christian Cook[2]; 3. 85-Seth Janssen[8]; 4. 78B-Andrew Burg[7]; 5. 51V-Josh Vancannon[3]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[6]; 7. 14B-Keith Burg[5]; 8. 53-Travis Koester[9]; 9. 9B-Larry Baldwin Jr[1]

Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[8]; 2. 72-Joey Young[3]; 3. 22B-Braden Gifford[6]; 4. 4W-John Watson[7]; 5. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[5]; 6. 78N-Matt Nelson[2]; 7. 81DD-Daniel Davis[1]; 8. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[4]

Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[5]; 2. 22W-Wayne Gifford[6]; 3. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[4]; 4. 21X-Joe Doran[7]; 5. 31-Will Smith[3]; 6. 82-Logan Clay[1]; 7. 10B-Breanna Ades[8]; 8. (DNF) 70X-Garrett Croy[2]

16 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
Carquest Auto Truck and Farm A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4G-Ben George[7]; 2. 47-Cory Sonner[4]; 3. 21-Scott Bailey[3]; 4. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[9]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[6]; 6. 99-Josh May[8]; 7. 20-Jeff Stensland[5]; 8. 14-Bryan Compart[2]; 9. 96-Dillion Bush[1]; 10. 9-Garrison Anderson[14]; 11. 44-Garrett Barber[11]; 12. 2G-Grant Anderson[13]; 13. (DNF) 14J-David Bailey[10]; 14. (DNF) 5G-Tracen Glick[12]; 15. (DNF) 73-Cole Paul[15]; 16. (DNS) 52-Wendy Huss

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 47-Cory Sonner[4]; 2. 3G-Joe Glick[5]; 3. 99-Josh May[6]; 4. 14J-David Bailey[7]; 5. 96-Dillion Bush[2]; 6. 44-Garrett Barber[1]; 7. 52-Wendy Huss[8]; 8. (DNF) 9-Garrison Anderson[3]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Scott Bailey[3]; 2. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[6]; 3. 20-Jeff Stensland[4]; 4. 4G-Ben George[5]; 5. 14-Bryan Compart[8]; 6. 5G-Tracen Glick[2]; 7. 2G-Grant Anderson[1]; 8. 73-Cole Paul[7]

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