McBirnie from 19th to the win at Iowa’s Action Track

 

BOONE, IOWA (May 20, 2023) – It was a beautiful night for racing at the Boone Speedway Saturday as the nice crowd of fans on hand saw 158 cars in competition.  Jake McBirnie outclassed the field in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified division.  Devin Smith took home the honors in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature.  Matt Avila took the win in the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMod class, it was Mike Smith in the Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stocks, and IMCA STARS Mod Lites saw Austin Gray take the checkers.  The 2-Man Cruiser winners were the duo of Ed Clearwater and Max Allen.

The 15 lap feature event for the STARS Mod Lites came to the track first.

David Bailey was looking strong in the early going and was still at the helm when a red flag came out at lap eight when Erick Knutsen took a violent roll in turn four.  Thankfully, he was okay.  When the race went back to green flag racing, Bailey was still holding on to the top spot, but that run would be short-lived.  Bad luck reared it’s ugly head on lap ten when his car went spinning just after the lap was completed.  This handed the lead over to Austin Gray, and that was a lead he would hold the remainder of the way to the flying checkers and the win.  Riley Clem, the Bakersfield, California racer who is back here racing for the summer, came from ninth, to finish as the runner up.  Third went to tenth place starter, Josh May, Randy Bryan started eleventh and finished fourth, and twelfth place starter, Garrett Stonum, from Lawson, Missouri completed the top five.

A new face stepped into the winner’s circle at the Boone Speedway in the IMCA Northern SportMods, when Matt Avila scored the win.  Avila, from Prescott, Iowa led all  18 laps of the feature event.  This one had its issues with numerous yellows flying, but it didn’t deter Avila as he captured his first win at the track.  Cam Reimers chased Avila for most of the race, but had to be content with second place.  Third went to twelfth place starter Cole Fenske, fourth was Braden Richards, and Dusty Masolini was fifth.

The IMCA Friesen Performance Modifieds ran next for their 20 lap main event, and quite a show it was for the winner.

Nick Roberts jumped to the lead from his outside front row starting spot when the green flag flew.  Izac Mallicoat started third, and tucked in behind the leader.  A caution flew on lap thirteen, and on the restart, Todd Shute got around Mallicoat to take over the second spot.  A couple of laps later, bad luck would bite Shute, when he spun in corner one.  As the restart of that caution went green, suddenly it was Jake McBirnie sitting in second place after making his way from nineteenth starting spot.  A lap later, McBirnie threw a perfectly executed slider in turn two, and had the lead with three laps remaining.  It was all McBirnie’s race the final circuits as he captured his first win at the track this season.  Mallicoat kept second place, third went to Nick Roberts, it was veteran racer Russ Dickerson in fourth, and Jimmy Gustin came from fifteenth to take fifth.

Devin Smith had little trouble in taking home the trophy in the IMCA Stock Car 20 lap feature.  He started fourth, took command on lap three, after getting around then leader Michael Smith (no relation) and from there on out, never looked back.  Brother Donavon Smith came from ninth to finish as the runner up.  Austin Bouzek, Trenton, Missouri got around Michael Smith in the dash to the checkers, as they finished third and fourth respectively.  David Smith made it a family affair as brother number three took fifth.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks ran a 15 lap feature, and it was another Smith family member in Victory Lane.  Mike Smith, son of David Smith, took the win.  Smith started eleventh, ran down then leader Riley Christensen and had the lead on lap seven.  He would then pull away in the closing laps and take the comfortable win.   Trailing a distant second was eighth place starter Eric Knutson, Eric Stanton came from sixteenth to finish third, John Watson started tenth, and finished fourth, and early leader Riley Christensen rounded out the top five.  This was Mike Smith’s second regular season win at Boone this year, after also taking the win in the Frostbuster special.

Next Saturday, May 27,  the Boone Speedway will be in action once again, with racing in the IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks, and Mod Lites.  Hot laps are 5 with racing at 6.

25 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[19]; 2. 11-Izac Mallicoat[3]; 3. 23JR-Nick Roberts[2]; 4. 28R-Russ Dickerson[5]; 5. 19-Jimmy Gustin[15]; 6. 69-Johnathon Logue[9]; 7. 10-Jeremy Mills[18]; 8. 93-Michael Jaennette[21]; 9. 7R-Ethan Robey[25]; 10. 17-Cory Sauerman[10]; 11. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[13]; 12. 05-Paul Nagle[11]; 13. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[8]; 14. 2B-Robert Moore[23]; 15. 164-Brandon Leeman[6]; 16. 27-Tim Love[14]; 17. 0-Jamie Anderson[4]; 18. 3-Andy Tiernan[16]; 19. (DNF) 5-Todd Shute[12]; 20. (DNF) 58-Dennis Pittman[7]; 21. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[1]; 22. (DNF) X-Kaden Cochrun[17]; 23. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[20]; 24. (DNF) 7M-Daniel Miller[22]; 25. (DNS) 12E-Doug Smith

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Jamie Anderson[3]; 2. 87-Joel Bushore[1]; 3. 17-Cory Sauerman[6]; 4. 05-Paul Nagle[7]; 5. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[9]; 6. 3-Andy Tiernan[5]; 7. (DNF) 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Daniel Miller[2]; 9. (DNF) 12E-Doug Smith[4]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Todd Shute[7]; 2. 11-Izac Mallicoat[2]; 3. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[5]; 4. 164-Brandon Leeman[4]; 5. 27-Tim Love[6]; 6. X-Kaden Cochrun[8]; 7. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[3]; 8. (DNS) 7R-Ethan Robey

DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Nick Roberts[1]; 2. 58-Dennis Pittman[4]; 3. 69-Johnathon Logue[5]; 4. 28R-Russ Dickerson[3]; 5. 19-Jimmy Gustin[7]; 6. 10-Jeremy Mills[6]; 7. 93-Michael Jaennette[8]; 8. 2B-Robert Moore[2]

34 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Boone Moose Lodge 104 A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 81-Devin Smith[4]; 2. 35-Donavon Smith[9]; 3. 14B-Austin Bouzek[5]; 4. 31-Micheal Smith[1]; 5. 8-David Smith[13]; 6. 92-Buck Schafroth[12]; 7. 81D-Scott Davis[21]; 8. 44K-Kevin Opheim[3]; 9. 2K-Kyle Everts[11]; 10. 75-Clint Wendel[10]; 11. 23JR-Nick Roberts[17]; 12. 8M-Austin Meiners[15]; 13. 93X-Michael Jaennette[19]; 14. V31-Todd VanEaton[16]; 15. 31A-Adam Ayers[23]; 16. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[18]; 17. 7T-James Tarter[20]; 18. (DNF) 77BC-Tony Cox[24]; 19. (DNF) 23HR-Rod Richards[14]; 20. (DNF) 23-Cody Gustoff[2]; 21. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[8]; 22. (DNF) 19J-Jay Schmidt[6]; 23. (DNF) 25J-Josh Daniels[7]; 24. (DNF) 77M-Jeff Mueller[22]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 81D-Scott Davis[1]; 2. 77M-Jeff Mueller[6]; 3. 31A-Adam Ayers[8]; 4. 77BC-Tony Cox[5]; 5. 01-Troy Jerovetz[10]; 6. 24R-Kevin Robinson[7]; 7. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 8. 21X-Devin Snellenberger[14]; 9. 56-Lonnie Hodges[11]; 10. 18-Tyler Nelsen[9]; 11. 33G-Kevin Gyles[12]; 12. 5-Cody Doolittle[2]; 13. 52-Jerry Williams[13]; 14. (DNF) 57H-Daniel Hagen[3]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Johnathon Logue[5]; 2. 44K-Kevin Opheim[3]; 3. 19J-Jay Schmidt[4]; 4. 8-David Smith[6]; 5. 23JR-Nick Roberts[8]; 6. 81D-Scott Davis[7]; 7. 77BC-Tony Cox[2]; 8. 18-Tyler Nelsen[9]; 9. 52-Jerry Williams[1]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Devin Smith[3]; 2. 75-Clint Wendel[6]; 3. 31-Micheal Smith[2]; 4. 23HR-Rod Richards[5]; 5. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[1]; 6. 5-Cody Doolittle[8]; 7. (DNF) 77M-Jeff Mueller[4]; 8. (DNF) 01-Troy Jerovetz[7]; 9. (DNF) 21X-Devin Snellenberger[9]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Cody Gustoff[2]; 2. 25J-Josh Daniels[4]; 3. 92-Buck Schafroth[7]; 4. 8M-Austin Meiners[5]; 5. 93X-Michael Jaennette[8]; 6. 57H-Daniel Hagen[1]; 7. 24R-Kevin Robinson[3]; 8. 56-Lonnie Hodges[6]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14B-Austin Bouzek[3]; 2. 2K-Kyle Everts[6]; 3. 35-Donavon Smith[5]; 4. V31-Todd VanEaton[7]; 5. 7T-James Tarter[2]; 6. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 7. 31A-Adam Ayers[8]; 8. (DNF) 33G-Kevin Gyles[1]

33 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 2X-Matt Avila[3]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[7]; 3. 34F-Cole Fenske[12]; 4. 11R-Braden Richards[9]; 5. 8K-Dusty Masolini[10]; 6. CB25-Chris Burke[14]; 7. 62-Cory Pestotnik[4]; 8. 193-Jessiah Taylor[20]; 9. 31-Jason York[17]; 10. T16-Greg Elliott[23]; 11. 74-Camdan Vincent[8]; 12. R31-Ryan Leeman[16]; 13. 7-Danny Fye[11]; 14. 17F-Nick Foster[21]; 15. 117-Zach Hovell[5]; 16. 8-Tom Lathrop[22]; 17. 20X-Cody Yaw[13]; 18. 13V-Curtis Veber[24]; 19. 10-Summer Anderson[1]; 20. (DNF) 4T-Tyler Titus[18]; 21. (DNF) 5-Dustin Lynch[6]; 22. (DNF) 57K-Ryan King[2]; 23. (DNF) 37-Thomas Behle[15]; 24. (DNF) 13-Thomas VanDyke[19]

Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17F-Nick Foster[3]; 2. 8-Tom Lathrop[2]; 3. T16-Greg Elliott[11]; 4. 13V-Curtis Veber[10]; 5. 2C-Colby Grady[6]; 6. 17-Kyle Free[9]; 7. MR31-Mike Rutherford[5]; 8. F18-Nate Friesen[7]; 9. 14J-Anita Lee[8]; 10. (DNF) 7M-Steve McLaughlin[4]; 11. (DNF) 55L-Nick Leonard[12]; 12. (DNS) 4-Gage Hilgenberg; 13. (DNS) 45B-Patrick Emery Behle

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dustin Lynch[4]; 2. 34F-Cole Fenske[7]; 3. 8K-Dusty Masolini[6]; 4. 20X-Cody Yaw[5]; 5. 31-Jason York[3]; 6. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[2]; 7. MR31-Mike Rutherford[9]; 8. 17-Kyle Free[1]; 9. (DNF) 45B-Patrick Emery Behle[8]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57K-Ryan King[2]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[4]; 3. 7-Danny Fye[6]; 4. CB25-Chris Burke[3]; 5. 4T-Tyler Titus[7]; 6. 8-Tom Lathrop[8]; 7. 2C-Colby Grady[1]; 8. 13V-Curtis Veber[5]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Camdan Vincent[4]; 2. 62-Cory Pestotnik[3]; 3. 10-Summer Anderson[1]; 4. 37-Thomas Behle[6]; 5. 13-Thomas VanDyke[5]; 6. 17F-Nick Foster[7]; 7. (DNF) F18-Nate Friesen[2]; 8. (DQ) T16-Greg Elliott[8]

Elmquist Towing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[4]; 2. 2X-Matt Avila[2]; 3. 117-Zach Hovell[3]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[5]; 5. 193-Jessiah Taylor[6]; 6. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[1]; 7. (DNF) 14J-Anita Lee[8]; 8. (DNF) 55L-Nick Leonard[7]

41 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[11]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[8]; 3. 7B-Eric Stanton[16]; 4. 4W-John Watson[10]; 5. 79RC-Riley Christensen[1]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[15]; 7. 96-Skylar Pruitt[9]; 8. 4C-Curt Reed[5]; 9. 69-Calvin Dhondt[14]; 10. 12M-Matt McDonald[6]; 11. 33S-Jared Smith[12]; 12. 85-Seth Janssen[13]; 13. 22W-Wayne Gifford[4]; 14. 929-Joey Gyles[2]; 15. A24-Nicholas Adams[21]; 16. 22B-Braden Gifford[22]; 17. 22R-Rick Reiter[17]; 18. 13-Brian Ashburn[20]; 19. (DNF) 17X-Ben Newhouse `[24]; 20. (DNF) 19DD-Danny Foster[19]; 21. (DNF) 22-Seth Butler[3]; 22. (DNF) 72-Joey Young[18]; 23. (DNF) 78B-Andrew Burg[7]; 24. (DNF) 14-Mike House[23]

Pickett Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. A24-Nicholas Adams[1]; 2. 14-Mike House[4]; 3. 83-Chris Hupp[6]; 4. 38R-Aaron Rudolph[9]; 5. 28-Jay Sidles[5]; 6. 59-Daniel Pittman[10]; 7. 51-Jake Schmehr[3]; 8. 88-Daniel Smith[8]; 9. (DNF) 01-Jonathan Howe[2]; 10. (DNS) 06B-Brandon Long; 11. (DNS) 5B-Brandon Behle

Pickett Salvage B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22B-Braden Gifford[1]; 2. 17X-Ben Newhouse `[7]; 3. 31A-John Alexander[4]; 4. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[9]; 5. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[5]; 6. (DNF) 9L-Logan Andrews[3]; 7. (DNF) 49-Brady Herman[10]; 8. (DNF) 87W-David Wright[2]; 9. (DNF) 8F-Aron Fye[6]; 10. (DNF) 86-Shawn Mouzakis[8]

Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4C-Curt Reed[5]; 2. 4W-John Watson[7]; 3. 929-Joey Gyles[2]; 4. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 5. 22R-Rick Reiter[1]; 6. A24-Nicholas Adams[4]; 7. 51-Jake Schmehr[3]; 8. 28-Jay Sidles[8]; 9. 06B-Brandon Long[10]; 10. 38R-Aaron Rudolph[9]; 11. (DNF) 5B-Brandon Behle[11]

Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[7]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[6]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[3]; 4. 69-Calvin Dhondt[8]; 5. 72-Joey Young[5]; 6. 22B-Braden Gifford[4]; 7. 9L-Logan Andrews[2]; 8. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[1]; 9. (DNF) 17X-Ben Newhouse `[9]; 10. (DNF) 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[10]

Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22W-Wayne Gifford[3]; 2. 12M-Matt McDonald[5]; 3. 33S-Jared Smith[9]; 4. 11B-Solomon Bennett[6]; 5. 19DD-Danny Foster[1]; 6. 01-Jonathan Howe[7]; 7. (DNF) 14-Mike House[4]; 8. (DNF) 83-Chris Hupp[8]; 9. (DNF) 88-Daniel Smith[10]; 10. (DNS) 59-Daniel Pittman

Pickett Salvage Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 78B-Andrew Burg[5]; 2. 96-Skylar Pruitt[6]; 3. 79RC-Riley Christensen[1]; 4. 7B-Eric Stanton[8]; 5. 13-Brian Ashburn[4]; 6. 87W-David Wright[2]; 7. 31A-John Alexander[9]; 8. 8F-Aron Fye[3]; 9. 86-Shawn Mouzakis[7]; 10. (DNF) 49-Brady Herman[10]

25 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
Carquest Auto Truck and Farm A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 48G-Austin Gray[6]; 2. 9X-Riley Clem[9]; 3. 99-Josh May[10]; 4. 64-Randy Bryan[11]; 5. 4K-Garrett Stonum[12]; 6. 4G-Ben George[8]; 7. 70-Alex Eischeid[2]; 8. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[7]; 9. 21-Scott Bailey[4]; 10. 3X-Nathan Wolfe[14]; 11. 3G-Joe Glick[23]; 12. 1H-Zach Holerud[18]; 13. 19DD-Derek Foster[3]; 14. 5M-David Meinecke[13]; 15. 14-David Bailey[1]; 16. 9-Garrison Anderson[21]; 17. 05-Timothy Hall[25]; 18. 641-Joe Wood[24]; 19. (DNF) 99K-Erick Knutsen[16]; 20. (DNF) 95-Mike Kennedy[15]; 21. (DNF) 27-Thomas Messamer[20]; 22. (DNF) 3-Austin Glick[17]; 23. (DNF) 99X-Darrick Knutsen[5]; 24. (DNF) 8N-William Nobles[19]; 25. (DNF) 2-Jason Toppenberg[22]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 9X-Riley Clem[6]; 2. 70-Alex Eischeid[2]; 3. 4K-Garrett Stonum[8]; 4. (DNF) 99X-Darrick Knutsen[4]; 5. (DNF) 5M-David Meinecke[9]; 6. (DNF) 99K-Erick Knutsen[7]; 7. (DNF) 8N-William Nobles[3]; 8. (DNF) 2-Jason Toppenberg[5]; 9. (DNF) 05-Timothy Hall[1]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 14-David Bailey[1]; 2. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[5]; 3. 99-Josh May[6]; 4. 19DD-Derek Foster[2]; 5. 3X-Nathan Wolfe[7]; 6. 3-Austin Glick[3]; 7. 27-Thomas Messamer[8]; 8. (DNF) 3G-Joe Glick[4]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Scott Bailey[2]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan[6]; 3. 48G-Austin Gray[4]; 4. 4G-Ben George[5]; 5. 95-Mike Kennedy[1]; 6. 1H-Zach Holerud[7]; 7. (DNF) 9-Garrison Anderson[3]; 8. (DNF) 641-Joe Wood[8]

Category: Iowa