MCBIRNIE, SMITH, PESTOTNIK, GIFFORD AND GEORGE SEE CHECKERS ON COLD NIGHT AT BOONE SPEEDWAY

 

BOONE, IOWA (April 20, 2024) – Boone Speedway held its second weekly racing series on Saturday night, and despite the chilling temperatures, 140 drivers checked in for some racing action. Jake McBirnie saw his first checkers of the 2024 season in the IMCA Friesen Performance Modified division. It was Doug Smith going to Victory Lane in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car class. Cory Pestotnik got the monkey off his back and took the win in the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMods. Veteran racer Wayne Gifford was the winner in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and Ben George took the win in the IMCA Stealth STARS Mod Lites.

The Mod Lites, presented by Carquest Auto, Truck and Farm kicked off the feature racing with their 15 lap A Main.

When the race went green, pole sitter Ben George immediately jumped to the lead, and Chelsea Ladurini got a good start and tagged in to run second. Unfortunately, her run was cut short very quickly when she took a tumble in corner 2, and her night ended just after lap one went into the books. Thankfully, she was not injured.

When the race restarted, George maintained his lead, and would then hold on to that top spot the remainder of the way to see the checkers fly. Joe Glick started sixth, liked his run at the top of the track, and got by Austin Gray in the closing laps as they finished second and third respectively. Bryan Zehm was fourth, and Mike Kennedy came from sixteenth starting spot, to finish fifth.

The IMCA SportMod 18 lap feature, presented by Elmquist Towing saw Cory Pestotnik lead all but the two opening laps on his way to victory.

Pestotnik started eighth, weathered three cautions throughout the race, was never truly challenged and made his way to Victory Lane. Pestotnik’s last time standing in the winner’s circle at Boone came back in May of 2022 and he was a happy camper to get the monkey off his back. Eddyville, Iowa’s Logan Anderson started thirteenth and was the runner up. Finishing third was Ryan Leeman, Dylan VanWyk, Oskaloosa, Iowa started fourteenth, and finished in fourth, and Curtis Veber rounded out the top five.

The IMCA Modifieds, presented by D & E Outside Services, went 20 laps for their feature event.

It was appearing as if Nick Roberts would make his first appearance in Victory Lane as he shot off to the lead from his outside front row starting spot, and was looking strong as he led the field. A caution flew at lap ten with Roberts still leading, and Cory Sauerman setting in second. When the race restarted, it was still Roberts leading the troops but just two laps later his night would end in a puff of smoke. This brought out a caution as he was unable to clear the track, and it was Jake McBirnie inheriting the lead. McBirnie never relinquished that top spot, and drove it home to his first win of the 2024 season at the speedway. Tim Ward got by Todd Shute in the closing circuits as they went second and third. Cory Sauerman and Russ Dickerson completed the top five.

Iowa’s Action Track saw lots of action in the IMCA Stock Car 20 lap feature, presented by Boone Moose Lodge. “The Class too Tough to Tame” saw a gaggle of cars vying through much of the race for position. Early leader was Brian Snell, Coon Rapids, Iowa with Orient, Iowa’s Todd VanEaton taking the top spot at lap four. The two would swap back and forth for the lead the next couple of laps and it was Snell on top when a caution flew at lap six. By this time, Doug Smith, who has switched from his previous SportMod class and into the Stock Car division this year, was sitting in third, and anxious for the restart. When the race went green, Smith went to the topside, and flew around Snell to take the lead. From then on it was all Smith as he was gone and went home to the easy win. Todd VanEaton took second place, David Smith took his ride from twelfth starting spot to finish third, and Cody Gustoff and Bryan Snell rounded out the top five spots.

The IMCA Hobby Stocks, presented by Pickett Salvage, was the night cap in their 15 lap main event.

It was hometown veteran racer, Wayne Gifford taking the win after his absence in 2023. He started eighth, took command at lap three, and never looked back. He finished comfortably ahead of tenth place starter Seth Janssen. Tom Killen, Jr. was a close third, with Erik Knutson in fourth, and John Watson started fourteenth, and finished fifth. After an initial no go at the start of the race, the rest of the race went caution free.

Next Saturday, April 27 will be another night of weekly series racing with the Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks, and Mod Lites on tap. Pits open at 3:30, grandstands at 4:30, with hot laps at 5, and racing at 6.

 

20 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[9]; 3. 5-Todd Shute[10]; 4. 17-Cory Sauerman[6]; 5. 28R-Russ Dickerson[5]; 6. 11-Izac Mallicoat[11]; 7. 05-Paul Nagle[19]; 8. 19S-Chase Weimer[14]; 9. 43S-Scott Simatovich[16]; 10. 164-Brandon Leeman[3]; 11. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[1]; 12. (DNF) 58-Dennis Pittman[4]; 13. (DNF) 19-Jimmy Gustin[7]; 14. (DNF) 7R-Ethan Robey[15]; 15. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[2]; 16. (DNF) 75-Greg Elliott[13]; 17. (DNF) 40RC-Rod Clement[12]; 18. (DNS) 5G-Gat Leytham; 19. (DNS) 22B-Brian Eppert; 20. (DNS) 7D-Dave Finstad

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Joel Bushore[1]; 2. 164-Brandon Leeman[2]; 3. 5-Todd Shute[10]; 4. 58-Dennis Pittman[3]; 5. 19-Jimmy Gustin[6]; 6. 11-Izac Mallicoat[7]; 7. 75-Greg Elliott[9]; 8. 7R-Ethan Robey[4]; 9. 5G-Gat Leytham[8]; 10. (DNF) 05-Paul Nagle[5]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Nick Roberts[1]; 2. 82-Jake McBirnie[6]; 3. 17-Cory Sauerman[5]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[7]; 5. 28R-Russ Dickerson[3]; 6. 40RC-Rod Clement[8]; 7. (DNF) 19S-Chase Weimer[4]; 8. (DNF) 43S-Scott Simatovich[9]; 9. (DNF) 22B-Brian Eppert[2]; 10. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[10]

38 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Boone Moose Lodge 104 A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12D-Doug Smith[4]; 2. V31-Todd VanEaton[2]; 3. 8-David Smith[12]; 4. 23-Cody Gustoff[8]; 5. 3S-Bryan Snell[1]; 6. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[10]; 7. 14B-Austin Bouzek[9]; 8. 5A-Tyler Pickett[7]; 9. 25D-Bob Daniels[3]; 10. 8M-Austin Meiners[6]; 11. 11R-Braden Richards[24]; 12. 92X-Buck Schafroth[11]; 13. 19J-Jay Schmidt[23]; 14. 35-Donavon Smith[17]; 15. 50B-Brock Badger[21]; 16. C29-Garrett Corn[15]; 17. 95-Bo Eads[14]; 18. 93X-Michael Jaennette[19]; 19. (DNF) 23HR-Rod Richards[5]; 20. (DNF) 01-Troy Jerovetz[22]; 21. (DNF) 66-Devin Smith[20]; 22. (DNF) 25J-Josh Daniels[13]; 23. (DNF) 44K-Kevin Opheim[16]; 24. (DNS) 19-Jimmy Gustin

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 50B-Brock Badger[4]; 2. 01-Troy Jerovetz[8]; 3. 19J-Jay Schmidt[10]; 4. 11R-Braden Richards[14]; 5. 7-Tyson Partridge[1]; 6. 07-Chris Wilke[9]; 7. 4X-Ethan Thompson[7]; 8. 53D-Clayton Deppe[11]; 9. 57H-Daniel Hagen[2]; 10. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[5]; 11. 34F-Anthony Goldsberry[6]; 12. 12-Josiah Moulds[15]; 13. 81D-Scott Davis[17]; 14. 7P-Shane Palmer[13]; 15. 52-Jerry Williams[12]; 16. (DNF) 18-Tyler Nelsen[3]; 17. (DNS) 19A-Alan Van Gorp; 18. (DNS) 17-Luke Ramsey

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Bryan Snell[2]; 2. 12D-Doug Smith[3]; 3. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[6]; 4. 25J-Josh Daniels[4]; 5. 35-Donavon Smith[5]; 6. 7-Tyson Partridge[9]; 7. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[8]; 8. 07-Chris Wilke[7]; 9. 7P-Shane Palmer[10]; 10. (DNF) 81D-Scott Davis[1]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. V31-Todd VanEaton[2]; 2. 92X-Buck Schafroth[6]; 3. 8M-Austin Meiners[4]; 4. 95-Bo Eads[1]; 5. 19-Jimmy Gustin[9]; 6. 57H-Daniel Hagen[10]; 7. 34F-Anthony Goldsberry[8]; 8. (DNF) 19J-Jay Schmidt[7]; 9. (DNF) 11R-Braden Richards[5]; 10. (DNS) 17-Luke Ramsey

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25D-Bob Daniels[2]; 2. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]; 3. 8-David Smith[6]; 4. C29-Garrett Corn[5]; 5. 93X-Michael Jaennette[9]; 6. 18-Tyler Nelsen[3]; 7. 4X-Ethan Thompson[8]; 8. 53D-Clayton Deppe[7]; 9. 12-Josiah Moulds[1]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14B-Austin Bouzek[5]; 2. 23HR-Rod Richards[3]; 3. 23-Cody Gustoff[4]; 4. 44K-Kevin Opheim[6]; 5. 66-Devin Smith[8]; 6. 50B-Brock Badger[9]; 7. 01-Troy Jerovetz[7]; 8. 52-Jerry Williams[1]; 9. (DNF) 19A-Alan Van Gorp[2]

33 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 62-Cory Pestotnik[8]; 2. 53-Logan Anderson[13]; 3. R31-Ryan Leeman[7]; 4. 117X-Dylan VanWyk[14]; 5. 13V-Curtis Veber[6]; 6. 8K-Dusty Masolini[9]; 7. 193-Jessiah Taylor[3]; 8. 74-Camdan Vincent[22]; 9. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[17]; 10. 26-Jason Carney[23]; 11. 58-Hunter Poston[20]; 12. 8-Tom Lathrop[18]; 13. MR31-Mike Rutherford[24]; 14. 11K-William Klosterman[15]; 15. F18-Nate Friesen[16]; 16. (DNF) 14S-Brian Sullivan[1]; 17. (DNF) 93-Hunter Longnecker[10]; 18. (DNF) 2X-Matt Avila[12]; 19. (DNF) 0-Shawn Kralik[21]; 20. (DNF) 17-Kyle Free[2]; 21. (DNF) 21R-Cole Fenske[19]; 22. (DNF) 37J-Rob Jennings[4]; 23. (DNF) 21-Cam Reimers[11]; 24. (DNF) 5-Dustin Lynch[5]

Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 0-Shawn Kralik[5]; 2. 74-Camdan Vincent[1]; 3. 26-Jason Carney[3]; 4. MR31-Mike Rutherford[10]; 5. 11A-Austin Hardisty[12]; 6. 40HC-Hunter Clement[7]; 7. 11-Sydney Damewood[4]; 8. (DNF) 117-Zach Hovell[6]; 9. (DNF) 27M-Mike Munson[2]; 10. (DNF) 5K-Jared Nytroe[9]; 11. (DNF) 7M-Steve McLaughlin[8]; 12. (DNS) 555-Josh Sink; 13. (DNS) 9-Dominick Sexton

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dustin Lynch[3]; 2. 8K-Dusty Masolini[5]; 3. 14S-Brian Sullivan[1]; 4. 53-Logan Anderson[9]; 5. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[2]; 6. 74-Camdan Vincent[4]; 7. 0-Shawn Kralik[7]; 8. 5K-Jared Nytroe[6]; 9. (DNF) 9-Dominick Sexton[8]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Hunter Longnecker[5]; 2. 17-Kyle Free[1]; 3. 13V-Curtis Veber[3]; 4. 117X-Dylan VanWyk[8]; 5. 8-Tom Lathrop[4]; 6. 27M-Mike Munson[7]; 7. 117-Zach Hovell[6]; 8. MR31-Mike Rutherford[2]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. R31-Ryan Leeman[3]; 2. 2X-Matt Avila[8]; 3. 193-Jessiah Taylor[1]; 4. 11K-William Klosterman[2]; 5. 21R-Cole Fenske[5]; 6. 26-Jason Carney[4]; 7. 40HC-Hunter Clement[6]; 8. (DNF) 555-Josh Sink[7]

Elmquist Towing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Cory Pestotnik[4]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[5]; 3. 37J-Rob Jennings[1]; 4. F18-Nate Friesen[2]; 5. 58-Hunter Poston[7]; 6. 11-Sydney Damewood[6]; 7. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[3]; 8. (DNF) 11A-Austin Hardisty[8]

32 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22W-Wayne Gifford[8]; 2. 85-Seth Janssen[10]; 3. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[9]; 4. 12K-Eric Knutson[7]; 5. 4W-John Watson[14]; 6. 22X-Mike Smith[15]; 7. 22-Seth Butler[17]; 8. 21X-Joe Doran[11]; 9. 11B-Solomon Bennett[18]; 10. 51X-Dustin Filloon[12]; 11. 70X-Garrett Croy[4]; 12. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[3]; 13. 22B-Braden Gifford[5]; 14. 18A-Aaron Elliott[13]; 15. 72-Joey Young[21]; 16. 7C-Chad Legere[24]; 17. 47W-Shaun Wirtz[22]; 18. 8F-Aron Fye[6]; 19. 47X-Raymond Fees[20]; 20. 31-Will Smith[2]; 21. 13C-Chase Peterson[19]; 22. (DNF) 4C-Curt Reed[23]; 23. (DNF) 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[16]; 24. (DNS) 13-Brian Ashburn

Pickett Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 47W-Shaun Wirtz[6]; 2. 4C-Curt Reed[5]; 3. 7C-Chad Legere[3]; 4. 38R-Aaron Rudolph[9]; 5. 33D-Danny Hill Jr[7]; 6. (DNF) 78N-Matt Nelson[2]; 7. (DNS) 14B-Keith Burg; 8. (DNS) 78B-Andrew Burg; 9. (DNS) 7D-Stephen Doss; 10. (DNS) 17J-Josh Fredrickson; 11. (DNS) A24-Nicholas Adams

Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Seth Janssen[8]; 2. 22W-Wayne Gifford[6]; 3. 51X-Dustin Filloon[10]; 4. 31-Will Smith[2]; 5. 18A-Aaron Elliott[4]; 6. 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[1]; 7. 13C-Chase Peterson[11]; 8. (DNF) 14B-Keith Burg[3]; 9. (DNF) 78B-Andrew Burg[7]; 10. (DNF) 33D-Danny Hill Jr[9]; 11. (DQ) A24-Nicholas Adams[5]

Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22B-Braden Gifford[4]; 2. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[2]; 3. 12K-Eric Knutson[5]; 4. 21X-Joe Doran[9]; 5. 4W-John Watson[6]; 6. 22-Seth Butler[8]; 7. 47X-Raymond Fees[11]; 8. (DNF) 78N-Matt Nelson[1]; 9. (DNF) 4C-Curt Reed[7]; 10. (DNF) 7D-Stephen Doss[3]; 11. (DNF) 17J-Josh Fredrickson[10]

Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 70X-Garrett Croy[2]; 2. 13-Brian Ashburn[1]; 3. 8F-Aron Fye[4]; 4. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[6]; 5. 22X-Mike Smith[8]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[7]; 7. 72-Joey Young[3]; 8. 7C-Chad Legere[5]; 9. 47W-Shaun Wirtz[10]; 10. 38R-Aaron Rudolph[9]

17 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
Carquest Auto Truck and Farm A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4G-Ben George[1]; 2. 3G-Joe Glick[6]; 3. 48G-Austin Gray[8]; 4. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[7]; 5. 95-Mike Kennedy[16]; 6. 9-Garrison Anderson[5]; 7. 1H-Zach Holerud[9]; 8. 5G-Tracen Glick[17]; 9. 14J-Jamie Bailey[11]; 10. 52-Wendy Huss[10]; 11. 85-Jered Douglas[2]; 12. (DNF) 1-David Drake[15]; 13. (DNF) 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[3]; 14. (DNF) 21-Scott Bailey[4]; 15. (DNS) 14-Bryan Compart; 16. (DNS) 99-Josh May; 17. (DNS) 89-Travis Stensland

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4G-Ben George[1]; 2. 21-Scott Bailey[3]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[5]; 4. 1H-Zach Holerud[6]; 5. 85-Jered Douglas[2]; 6. 52-Wendy Huss[8]; 7. (DNF) 14-Bryan Compart[4]; 8. (DNF) 89-Travis Stensland[7]; 9. (DNS) 95-Mike Kennedy

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 48G-Austin Gray[5]; 2. 3G-Joe Glick[4]; 3. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[2]; 4. 9-Garrison Anderson[3]; 5. 5G-Tracen Glick[8]; 6. (DNF) 14J-Jamie Bailey[7]; 7. (DNF) 99-Josh May[1]; 8. (DNF) 1-David Drake[6]

 

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