Brown, Smith, Smith, Hidlebaugh, and Brown win…with fans in the stands

 

BOONE, IOWA (June 6, 2020) – Fans were finally allowed back in the grandstands Saturday night at the Boone Speedway for the first time this season.  Not only the fans were happy about this, but so were the drivers.  More than one winning driver expressed in Victory Lane just how much the fans being there meant to them.

Kyle Brown was impressive in taking the Snap-On Tools IMCA Modified victory.  Two Smith brothers prevailed again this week, Donavon claiming the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Car win, and Doug capturing the win in the Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern SportMod class.  Young Miciah Hidlebaugh went to Victory Lane when he took the checkers in the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stock division, and Charlie Brown won the Mod Lite trophy.  The Cruiser cars also ran for the first time this season, and it was the team of Donnie Mason and Michael Agan taking the checkers.

Charlie Brown took home his first trophy of the year in winning the Mod Lite 15-lap feature.  Brown, who started tenth, had to run down Randy Bryan and Mike Kennedy who were out front through the halfway mark of the race.   Brown was in third spot when a yellow flew at lap ten, and he was Johnny on the spot for the restart, slipping into the lead.  He and Randy Bryan would then race side by side for several laps, drag racing down the frontstretch.  However it was Brown maintaining that top spot to the checkers and the win.  Bryan had to be satisfied with the runner up spot, Kennedy went third, Randy Zehm and Joel Huggins rounded out the top five.

Pole sitter Thomas Egenberger jumped to the immediate lead in the  IMCA Northern SportMod contest.  Egenberger was still leading when a caution flew at lap eleven.  By the time lap twelve was scored, Doug Smith, who had restarted in twelfth position , was the new leader.  Two more yellows would fly, but were of no hindrance to Smith as he motored off from the field to secure his second win of this early season.  Cam Reimers took the runner up spot, third going to Egenberger.  Austin Kaplan came from eleventh starting position to score a fourth place, and Colton Nelson was fifth.

Up next was the 20-lap IMCA Modified feature.  This one saw Gatlin Leytham and Jimmy Gustin lead the field to green, but by corner one, sixth place starter Kyle Brown was already leading the race.  From there on Brown showed total domination in securing his first win of the 2020 season.  Joel Rust chased Brown across the finish line in second place, Tim Ward came from ninth starting spot to finish third, Russ Dickerson was scored in fourth, and rookie to the class, Jake McBirnie, was fifth.

IMCA Stock Cars came next for their 20-lap A Main event.  Pole sitter Kyle Everts looked to be on his way to a win as he held back the trio of Jeff Mueller, Devin Smith, and Donavon Smith who were busy vying for position behind him. Then Donavon Smith decided to try his hand at the top of the track, not usually where he runs, and made it pay off.  He took the lead on lap sixteen and then sailed home the victor for the night.  Everts kept the runner up spot, Devin Smith started eleventh and was third, Mueller finished fourth, and Tyler Pickett finished fifth.  Winner Donavon Smith took his first win of the season after starting back in tenth starting spot.

Shaun Wirtz led the early portion of the IMCA Hobby Stock 15-lap feature. with seventh place starter Miciah Hidlebaugh giving chase.  Hidlebaugh was able to get the upper hand on the backstretch, and had the lead when lap ten was scored.  Hidlebaugh, the youngster out of Adel, was then able to hold the top spot the rest of the way to the checkers.  Hard charging Eric Knutson came from fourteenth starting spot and tried his best to run down the leader, but had to settle for second.  Early leader Shaun Wirtz was third, fourth went to Solomon Bennett who started eleventh, and Dylan Nelson, who had won the two previous weeks and was fighting an ill handing machine, was fifth.

Racing continues next week with early start times.  Pits open at 3:30, grandstands at 4, hot laps 5, and racing at 6.

 

ModLites
A Feature 1 15 laps | 00:06:50.588
Pos Start +/- Driver Hometown Car
1 10 +9 Charlie Brown Nevada, IA 82
2 7 +5 Randy Bryan Ames, IA 64
3 6 +3 Mike Kennedy Boone, IA 95
4 9 +5 Bryan Zehm Ames, IA 46Z
5 11 +6 Joel Huggins Des Moines, IA X50
6 1 -5 Tanner Gannon Des Moines, IA 3T
7 18 +11 Jon Braathun Story City, IA 96
8 8 – Joe Glick Madrid, IA 3G
9 5 -4 Terry Brown Nevada, IA 28
10 16 +6 Ben George Altoona, IA 4G
11 14 +3 Kaden Cochrun Bakersfield, CA 23K
12 4 -8 Matt Sorenson Bondurant, IA 4
13 17 +4 Cody Yaw Altoona, IA 20X
14 13 -1 Chelsea May Desoto, IA 18M
15 3 -12 Douglas Byers Grinnell, IA 4B
16 12 -4 Craig Davidson Mitchellville, IA 2X
17 15 -2 Bryan Compart Madrid, IA 14
DNS – -16 Matthew Weiss Rockwell City, IA 71W

 

Elmquist Towing IMCA SportMod
A Feature 1 18 laps | 00:06:50.588
Pos Start +/- Driver Hometown Car
1 12 +11 Doug Smith Lake City, IA 12
2 8 +6 Cam Reimers Ogden, IA 21
3 1 -2 Thomas Egenberger Des Moines, IA 98
4 11 +7 Austin Kaplan Collins, IA 146
5 9 +4 Colton Nelson Osceola, IA 93N
6 3 -3 Dustin Lynch Boone, IA 5
7 14 +7 Johnathon Logue Logansport, IA 69JR
8 6 -2 Ryan King Tama, IA 57R
9 7 -2 Izac Mallicoat Boone, IA 11
10 21 +11 David Hoover Boone, IA 36H
11 18 +7 Cory Pestotnik Boone, IA 62
12 5 -7 Chad Ryerson Wellsburg, IA 25R
13 23 +10 Robert Moore Maxwell, IA 2B
14 17 +3 Garrett Nelson Osceola, IA 95N
15 20 +5 Dennis Stewart Marshalltown, IA 98S
16 24 +8 Jason Carney Boone, IA 26
17 22 +5 Blair Simmons Des Moines, IA 32S
18 10 -8 Dusty Masolini Des Moines, IA 8
19 (DNF) 4 -15 Curtis Veber Polk City, IA 13V
20 (DNF) 19 -1 Gregg Hamman Kingsley, IA 29J
21 (DNF) 15 -6 Danny Fye Boxholm, IA 7
22 (DNF) 16 -6 Billy Dyer Johnston, IA 15
23 (DNF) 2 -21 Tyler Titus Baxter, IA 4T
DNS – -11 Ted Gould Sheldahl, IA 14

 

Snap-On Tools IMCA Modified
A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:10:33.389
Pos Start +/- Driver Hometown Car
1 6 +5 Kyle Brown Madrid, IA 21K
2 8 +6 Joel Rust Grundy Center, IA 26J
3 9 +6 Tim Ward Chandler, AZ 4TW
4 7 +3 Russ Dickerson Boone, IA 28R
5 5 – Jake McBirnie Boone, IA 82
6 4 -2 Nick Meyer Whittemore, IA 2
7 15 +8 Paul Nagle Nevada, IA 05
8 22 +14 Dylan Thornton Santa Maria, CA 38T
9 10 +1 Kelsie Foley Tucson, AZ 44K
10 21 +11 Tanner Black Otis, KS 44T
11 1 -10 Gatlin Leytham Toledo, IA 5G
12 12 – Jon Snyder Ames, IA 69X
13 24 +11 Cory Sauerman Johnston, IA 17
14 3 -11 Chad Louk Jefferson, IA 20X
15 17 +2 Ronnie Hults Truro, IA 42RH
16 14 -2 Tim Love KELLEY, IA 27
17 (DNF) 19 +2 Anthony Hofbauer Huxley, IA 13
18 (DNF) 13 -5 Dennis Pittman Jamacia, IA 58
19 (DNF) 11 -8 Brandon Leeman Roland, IA 164
20 (DNF) 16 -4 Jeremy Richey Medford, OR 15J
21 (DNF) 23 +2 Joel Bushore Boone, IA 87
22 (DNF) 2 -20 Jimmy Gustin Marshalltown, IA 19
23 (DNF) 18 -5 Nick Roberts Des Moines, IA 23JR
24 (DNF) 20 -4 Justin McCreadie Phoenix, OR 15JT

 

Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Car
A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:13:15.491
Pos Start +/- Driver Hometown Car
1 10 +9 Donavon Smith Lake City, IA 35
2 1 -1 Kyle Everts Holland, IA 2K
3 11 +8 Devin Smith Lake City, IA 81
4 5 +1 Jeff Mueller Albion, IA 77M
5 8 +3 Tyler Pickett Boxholm, IA 5A
6 6 – Steve Byers Indianola, IA B17
7 23 +16 Chanse Hollatz Clear Lake, IA 6
8 22 +14 John Watson Des Moines, IA 4W
9 12 +3 Jay Schmidt Tama, IA 19J
10 7 -3 Rod Richards Madrid, IA 23HR
11 9 -2 David Smith Lake City, IA 8Z
12 14 +2 Brock Badger Bagley, IA 50B
13 20 +7 Josh Daniels Carlisle, IA 25J
14 24 +10 Jason Purvis Boone, IA 7CJ
15 15 – Todd Fisher Des Moines, IA 44
16 2 -14 Justin Nehring Storm Lake, IA 20N
17 16 -1 Anthony Hofbauer Huxley, IA 13
18 17 -1 Corey Piffer Indianola, IA 71
19 4 -15 Howard Gordon Jr Oskaloosa, IA 409
20 21 +1 Shane Stoneburner Boone, IA 57
21 (DNF) 19 -2 Mike Goldsberry Runnells, IA 02
22 (DNF) 3 -19 Kevin Opheim Mason City, IA 44K
23 (DNF) 13 -10 Robert Stofer Jefferson, IA 50
24 (DNF) 18 -6 Craig Carlson Madrid, IA 77C

 

Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stock
A Feature 1 15 laps | 00:04:58.516
Pos Start +/- Driver Hometown Car
1 7 +6 Miciah Hidlebaugh Adel, IA 72H
2 14 +12 Eric Knutson Slater, IA 12K
3 2 -1 Shaun Wirtz Boone, IA 47W
4 11 +7 Solomon Bennett Minburn, IA 11B
5 10 +5 Wayne Gifford Boone, IA 22W
6 12 +6 Dylan Nelson Adel, IA 13N
7 6 -1 Travis Fenton Des Moines, IA 910
8 9 +1 Aaron Rudolph Grand Juction, IA 38R
9 4 -5 Matt McDonald Scranton, IA 12M
10 3 -7 Mike Smith Lake City, IA 22X
11 18 +7 James Johnson Cherokee, IA 49
12 8 -4 Seth Butler Scranton, IA 22
13 17 +4 David Simpson Des Moines, IA J7
14 5 -9 Curt Reed Des Moines, IA 4C
15 20 +5 Jack Phillips Mitchellville, IA 00
16 19 +3 Shane Butler Scranton, IA 37
17 13 -4 Todd Bass Des Moines, IA 13Z
18 23 +5 Adam Tiernan Granger, IA 8
19 15 -4 Braden Richards Madrid, IA 11R
20 21 +1 Daniel Smith Lake City, IA 88
21 24 +3 William Klosterman Ackley, IA 11K
22 16 -6 Brian Derry Boone, IA 10D
23 (DNF) 22 -1 Ray Stock Ankeny, IA 10S
24 (DNF) 1 -23 Jeff Wright Des Moines, IA 24

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