Ward, Jerovetz, Sachau, Knutson, and Zehm score their first wins at Boone
BOONE, IOWA (May 14, 2022) – It was week #3 of weekly racing at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night. A light shower prior to hot laps quickly passed and racing went on as usual with no delay.
There were all new winners for the season, with Tim Ward capturing his first IMCA Modified feature. It was Troy Jerovetz winning in the IMCA Stock Cars, and Jake Sachau took checkers in the IMCA Northern SportMod class. Eric Knutson visited Victory Lane for the first time this season in the IMCA Hobby Stock division, and it was Bryan Zehm taking his first win of the year in the IMCA STARS Mod Lite action.
In the IMCA STARS Mod Lite 15 lap feature, Bryan Zehm caught early leader Ben George and took over the top spot at lap six, never to look back. Lap traffic was no issue for the Ames driver as he held the pack at bay to capture the win. Joel Huggins, who had won the two previous races, started in tenth spot, but came up a bit short this week, and finished as the runner up. Derrick Knutsen was third, fourth went to Jon Braathun, and Austin Gray rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMod 18 lap feature was a no go on the initial start, as several cars did not make it out of turn one. When things did get underway, it was Robert Stofer leading the field on lap one. However, Jake Sachau, who started ninth, had other ideas and made the pass going down the backstretch and was the leader as lap two was scored. From there on, it was all Sachau as he motored home to his first victory at Boone this season. Rocky Caudle came from fifteenth starting spot to take second place, and Kenny Wyman, Jr. advanced sixteen positions to take third. Fourth went to Cory Pestotnik, and Blair Simmons was fifth.
Tim Ward visited Victory Lane for the first time this season, winning the IMCA Modified 20 lap main event. He snagged the lead away from Russ Dickerson at lap six, and pulled away in the last handful of laps to take the easy win. Nick Roberts finished in second, and third through fifth was a toss up as to the outcome, with Johnathon Logue, Jake McBirnie, and visiting Trenton, Missouri racer, Cory Wray duking it out for position, sliders being thrown left and right. Logue won the battle to take third place, and Wray just made it past McBirnie in the closing moments, as they went fourth and fifth respectively. Those three drivers started tenth, eleventh, and twelfth.
Earlier in the evening, the Modifieds ran a King of the Hill contest. The top 8 in track points were locked in, and 8 more qualified through heats. The final four drivers left standing after elimination rounds were Jake McBirnie, Randy Havlik, Albert Wolfgram, and Jamie Anderson. McBirnie would be crowned King of the Hill with his win and take home an extra $500.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the IMCA Stock Cars put on their usual exciting racing action for the fans. The Game Changer, Dallon Murty had the lead early in the 20 lap thriller, with Troy Jerovetz tagging right behind in second. Donavon Smith would soon join in the mix, and not to be left out, veteran Randy Brands threw his hat into the ring as well. Jerovetz was able to wrangle away the lead, but those competitors never went away, as they dug for better positions. In the closing moments, Jerovetz was able to hang on to the lead, and take the checkers first, with Murty a very close runner up. Donavon Smith took third, Randy Brands was fourth, and last week’s winner, Josh Daniels came from fifteenth, to finish fifth. Three former Super National’s champions finished behind winner Jerovetz…. Murty, Smith, and Brands.
The night’s racing ended with the 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Matt McDonald started ninth, and snatched the lead from Mark Hidlebaugh by lap four, and pulled away. The closing laps then found Eric Knutson come flying on the topside, and reel in the leader. With a lap to go, Knutson was able to gain the top spot, and then hold it to the finish line and the win. McDonald had to settle for second place, John Watson came from eleventh to finish third, Seth Butler was fourth, and early leader Mark Hidlebaugh was fifth.
Weekly points racing continues next Saturday night, May 21, with racing in all five IMCA divisions and the Outlaw Mini Mods joining the racing action. Hot laps are 5, with racing at 6.
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[5]; 2. 23JR-Nick Roberts[6]; 3. 69-Johnathon Logue[10]; 4. 69N-Cory Wray[12]; 5. 82-Jake McBirnie[11]; 6. 28R-Russ Dickerson[1]; 7. 2-Nick Meyer[15]; 8. 17-Cory Sauerman[17]; 9. 33-Nicholas Carpenter[4]; 10. 3Z-Randy Havlik[9]; 11. 05-Paul Nagle[25]; 12. 78-Albert Wolfgram[8]; 13. 4-Tony Hilgenberg[13]; 14. 164-Brandon Leeman[18]; 15. 48J-Jacob Murray[2]; 16. 58-Dennis Pittman[19]; 17. 42RH-Ronnie Hults[21]; 18. 40RC-Rod Clement[22]; 19. 0-Jamie Anderson[7]; 20. 07-Chris Wilke[20]; 21. (DNF) 7R-Ethan Robey[23]; 22. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[14]; 23. (DNF) 28-James Reichart[24]; 24. (DNF) 2B-Robert Moore[3]; 25. (DNS) 19-Jimmy Gustin
DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 48J-Jacob Murray[2]; 2. 23JR-Nick Roberts[5]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 4. 69N-Cory Wray[9]; 5. 4-Tony Hilgenberg[3]; 6. 19-Jimmy Gustin[7]; 7. 58-Dennis Pittman[4]; 8. 40RC-Rod Clement[1]; 9. (DNS) 05-Paul Nagle
DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Robert Moore[2]; 2. 0-Jamie Anderson[5]; 3. 3Z-Randy Havlik[6]; 4. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 5. 87-Joel Bushore[4]; 6. 17-Cory Sauerman[3]; 7. 07-Chris Wilke[8]; 8. (DNF) 7R-Ethan Robey[1]
DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28R-Russ Dickerson[1]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 3. 33-Nicholas Carpenter[2]; 4. 78-Albert Wolfgram[5]; 5. 2-Nick Meyer[7]; 6. 164-Brandon Leeman[6]; 7. 42RH-Ronnie Hults[3]; 8. 28-James Reichart[8]
IMCA STOCK CAR
Arnold Motor Supply A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Troy Jerovetz[6]; 2. 99X-Dallon Murty[5]; 3. 35-Donavon Smith[10]; 4. 27-Randy Brands[11]; 5. 25J-Josh Daniels[15]; 6. 81-Devin Smith[18]; 7. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]; 8. 93-Michael Jaennette[8]; 9. 31X-Mathew West[20]; 10. 44K-Kevin Opheim[21]; 11. 14-Mike House[23]; 12. 14B-Scott Bailey[2]; 13. 77-Tobie Talk[24]; 14. 8M-Austin Meiners[19]; 15. (DNF) 19J-Jay Schmidt[22]; 16. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[3]; 17. (DNF) 25-Trent Murphy[14]; 18. (DNF) 94-Dillon Solum[4]; 19. (DNF) 12X-Bryan Trogdon[16]; 20. (DNF) 71-Corey Piffer[13]; 21. (DNF) 2K-Kyle Everts[17]; 22. (DNF) 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[12]; 23. (DNF) 5A-Tyler Pickett[1]; 24. (DNF) 81D-Scott Davis[9]
Arnold Motor Supply B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44K-Kevin Opheim[2]; 2. 19J-Jay Schmidt[3]; 3. 14-Mike House[1]; 4. 77-Tobie Talk[6]; 5. 56-Lonnie Hodges[8]; 6. 20N-Justin Nehring[10]; 7. 12T-Tanner Jones[4]; 8. 32-Tom Cannon[5]; 9. 77C-Craig Carlson[7]; 10. 76S-Brett Shields[12]; 11. (DNS) 23HR-Rod Richards; 12. (DNS) 27D-Brad Dutton
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81D-Scott Davis[6]; 2. 35-Donavon Smith[7]; 3. 14B-Scott Bailey[2]; 4. 71-Corey Piffer[3]; 5. 2K-Kyle Everts[1]; 6. 14-Mike House[5]; 7. 32-Tom Cannon[8]; 8. (DNF) 23HR-Rod Richards[4]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Nick Roberts[2]; 2. 01-Troy Jerovetz[4]; 3. 93-Michael Jaennette[5]; 4. 25-Trent Murphy[6]; 5. 81-Devin Smith[7]; 6. 44K-Kevin Opheim[3]; 7. 77-Tobie Talk[1]; 8. 20N-Justin Nehring[8]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[3]; 2. 94-Dillon Solum[2]; 3. 27-Randy Brands[8]; 4. 25J-Josh Daniels[4]; 5. 8M-Austin Meiners[5]; 6. 19J-Jay Schmidt[6]; 7. 77C-Craig Carlson[1]; 8. 27D-Brad Dutton[7]
Arnold Motor Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Johnathon Logue[4]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett[1]; 3. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[8]; 4. 12X-Bryan Trogdon[5]; 5. 31X-Mathew West[6]; 6. 12T-Tanner Jones[2]; 7. 56-Lonnie Hodges[3]; 8. 76S-Brett Shields[7]
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 14A-Jake Sachau[9]; 2. 99-Rocky Caudle[15]; 3. 8W-Kenny Wyman Jr[19]; 4. 62-Cory Pestotnik[4]; 5. 32S-Blair Simmons[1]; 6. 21-Cam Reimers[21]; 7. 5-Dustin Lynch[6]; 8. 26BM-Bryan Morris[10]; 9. 93N-Colton Nelson[12]; 10. 11-Izac Mallicoat[8]; 11. 11R-Braden Richards[22]; 12. 20X-Cody Yaw[23]; 13. 8-Dusty Masolini[11]; 14. 4-Chance Titus[18]; 15. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 16. 31-Jason York[16]; 17. 7-Danny Fye[17]; 18. 13V-Curtis Veber[5]; 19. 26M-Mitchell Morris[24]; 20. (DNF) 16K-Kaylin Lopez[7]; 21. (DNF) 2K-Taylor Kuehl[13]; 22. (DNF) 50-Robert Stofer[2]; 23. (DNF) 28-Nic Runyan[20]; 24. (DNF) R31-Ryan Leeman[14]
Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[3]; 2. 11R-Braden Richards[14]; 3. 20X-Cody Yaw[10]; 4. 26M-Mitchell Morris[1]; 5. 15-Billy Dyer[7]; 6. 10-Summer Anderson[12]; 7. 2-Derik See[5]; 8. 55W-Aiden Webb[8]; 9. 193-Jessiah Taylor[4]; 10. 10C-Matt Beerbower[15]; 11. (DNF) 222-Chris Musselman[13]; 12. (DNF) 79M-Michael Miller[2]; 13. (DNF) 14-Ted Gould[9]; 14. (DNF) 7K-Steve McLaughlin[6]; 15. (DNF) 27M-Mike Munson[11]
Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32S-Blair Simmons[2]; 2. 14A-Jake Sachau[7]; 3. 93N-Colton Nelson[8]; 4. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[5]; 5. 7-Danny Fye[4]; 6. 26M-Mitchell Morris[6]; 7. 2-Derik See[1]; 8. 14-Ted Gould[3]; 9. 222-Chris Musselman[9]
Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 2. 5-Dustin Lynch[5]; 3. 26BM-Bryan Morris[7]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[8]; 5. 4-Chance Titus[9]; 6. 79M-Michael Miller[2]; 7. 7K-Steve McLaughlin[1]; 8. (DNF) 20X-Cody Yaw[4]; 9. (DNF) 11R-Braden Richards[6]
Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Cory Pestotnik[3]; 2. 13V-Curtis Veber[4]; 3. 16K-Kaylin Lopez[6]; 4. 99-Rocky Caudle[8]; 5. 8W-Kenny Wyman Jr[7]; 6. 21-Cam Reimers[5]; 7. 15-Billy Dyer[2]; 8. (DNF) 27M-Mike Munson[9]; 9. (DNF) 10C-Matt Beerbower[1]
Elmquist Towing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Robert Stofer[2]; 2. 11-Izac Mallicoat[6]; 3. 8-Dusty Masolini[7]; 4. 31-Jason York[1]; 5. 28-Nic Runyan[4]; 6. 193-Jessiah Taylor[3]; 7. 55W-Aiden Webb[8]; 8. (DNF) 10-Summer Anderson[5]
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[9]; 2. 12M-Matt McDonald[4]; 3. 4W-John Watson[11]; 4. 22-Seth Butler[5]; 5. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[2]; 6. 53-Chad Rigby[8]; 7. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 8. 96-Skylar Pruitt[16]; 9. 4C-Curt Reed[10]; 10. 22S-Cody Stone[12]; 11. 8F-Aron Fye[1]; 12. 11B-Solomon Bennett[18]; 13. 7D-Stephen Doss[21]; 14. A24-Nicholas Adams[22]; 15. 8-Adam Tiernan[14]; 16. 12J-Kenny Johnson[23]; 17. 59-Daniel Pittman[20]; 18. 51-Josh Vancannon[15]; 19. 21P-Shane Palmer[24]; 20. 88M-Andrew Naumann[17]; 21. (DNF) 13-Brian Ashburn[13]; 22. (DNF) 42-Riley Songer[3]; 23. (DNF) 0K-Kieron Ahrens[19]; 24. (DNF) 22X-Mike Smith[7]
Pickett Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7D-Stephen Doss[2]; 2. A24-Nicholas Adams[4]; 3. 12J-Kenny Johnson[6]; 4. 21P-Shane Palmer[3]; 5. 01-Jonathan Howe[13]; 6. 78N-Matt Nelson[10]; 7. 52-Wendy Huss[14]; 8. (DNF) 2M-Mitchell McNeill[12]; 9. (DNF) 01C-Christian Cook[1]; 10. (DNF) 4B-Gene Behle[9]; 11. (DNS) 84B-Rusty Bates; 12. (DNS) 24-Jeff Wright; 13. (DNS) 5-Caden Lowmiller; 14. (DNS) 18A-Aaron Elliott; 15. (DNS) 22B-Braden Gifford
Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-John Watson[8]; 2. 22-Seth Butler[6]; 3. 42-Riley Songer[5]; 4. 13-Brian Ashburn[4]; 5. 88M-Andrew Naumann[9]; 6. 01C-Christian Cook[2]; 7. (DNF) 84B-Rusty Bates[7]; 8. (DNF) 24-Jeff Wright[3]; 9. (DNF) 18A-Aaron Elliott[1]
Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12M-Matt McDonald[5]; 2. 22S-Cody Stone[8]; 3. 53-Chad Rigby[7]; 4. 8-Adam Tiernan[2]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett[6]; 6. 7D-Stephen Doss[4]; 7. 52-Wendy Huss[9]; 8. (DNF) 5-Caden Lowmiller[3]; 9. (DNF) 2M-Mitchell McNeill[1]
Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Eric Knutson[7]; 2. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 3. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[4]; 4. 51-Josh Vancannon[5]; 5. 0K-Kieron Ahrens[2]; 6. 21P-Shane Palmer[8]; 7. 22B-Braden Gifford[9]; 8. 4B-Gene Behle[1]; 9. 01-Jonathan Howe[3]
Pickett Salvage Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[6]; 2. 4C-Curt Reed[7]; 3. 8F-Aron Fye[3]; 4. 96-Skylar Pruitt[5]; 5. 59-Daniel Pittman[2]; 6. A24-Nicholas Adams[4]; 7. (DNF) 12J-Kenny Johnson[8]; 8. (DNF) 78N-Matt Nelson[1]
IMCA MOD LITE
MyRacePass A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[3]; 2. X50-Joel Huggins[10]; 3. 99X-Derrick Knutsen[2]; 4. 96-Jon Braathun[6]; 5. 48G-Austin Gray[7]; 6. 3G-Joe Glick[17]; 7. 4G-Ben George[1]; 8. 11-Dustin Ford[5]; 9. 195-Steven Kennedy[14]; 10. 07-Travis Messamer[4]; 11. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[11]; 12. 32-Chad Culp[13]; 13. 70-Alex Eischeid[12]; 14. 641-Sara Anderson[16]; 15. (DNF) 64-Randy Bryan[8]; 16. (DNF) 47-Cory Sonner[9]; 17. (DNF) 14-David Bailey[18]; 18. (DNF) 19-Derek Foster[15]
MyRacePass Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 48G-Austin Gray[7]; 2. 99X-Derrick Knutsen[2]; 3. 11-Dustin Ford[6]; 4. 47-Cory Sonner[8]; 5. 07-Travis Messamer[4]; 6. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[9]; 7. (DNF) 32-Chad Culp[3]; 8. (DNS) 19-Derek Foster; 9. (DNS) 3G-Joe Glick
MyRacePass Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[3]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan[7]; 3. X50-Joel Huggins[8]; 4. 4G-Ben George[1]; 5. 96-Jon Braathun[6]; 6. 70-Alex Eischeid[4]; 7. 195-Steven Kennedy[5]; 8. 641-Sara Anderson[9]; 9. 14-David Bailey[2]
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