ALVARADO CLAIMS SEASON OPENER, ALONG WITH OPHEIM, REIMERS, SMITH, AND CLEM

 

BOONE, IOWA (April 13, 2024) – Boone Speedway began its regular Saturday series of racing on Saturday night, marking the 57th consecutive year at Iowa’s Action Track. Out of state drivers claimed two of the opening points night victories, Colorado’s Ricky Alvarado in the IMCA Modified, and Riley Clem, who hails from California in the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. A veteran racer in the IMCA Stock Cars, Kevin Opheim found Victory Lane, as did Cam Reimers in the IMCA Northern SportMod class, and young Mike Smith continues to amaze in the IMCA Hobby Stocks. One hundred fifty-two racers checked in for the fun filled night of racing.

Things kicked off with the IMCA Stealth STARS Mod Lites, presented by Car Quest Auto, Truck and Farm and their 15 lap main event. As the race went green, it was Josh May holding down the top spot, but that didn’t last long as Riley Clem, Bakersfield, California took over at lap three. From there on, it was Clem’s race as he raced home to the checkers with hardly a challenge. There was a lot of action going on behind him however, as May, Bryan Zehm, Murfreesboro, Tennessee racer Jaedon McDowell, and Austin Gray were locked in a tight battle for position. With just two laps remaining, May was suddenly off power and out of the challenge, leaving the others to battle it out. As the checkers flew, it was Clem taking the easy win, Gray came home in second, third went to Bryan Zehm, McDowell was fourth, and Joe Glick came from eleventh starting spot, to claim third.

The IMCA Friesen Performance SportMods, presented by Elmquist Towing, went 18 laps for their A Main. Cam Reimers started eleventh on the field, avoided some on track incidents, and reeled in then leader Hunter Longnecker, and took command with six laps to go. Reimers hung out on the top of the track in the final circuits and pulled away to take the comfortable win. Following a distant second place was Minot, North Dakota’s Robby Rosselli. Cole Fenske started eighth, and took third place. Hunter Longnecker, Woodward, Iowa was third, followed by early leader Mitch Morris, St. Charles, Iowa in fifth.

It was looking as if Texas racer Tommy Fain, who hails from Abilene, was going to get a win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock car feature, presented by Boone Moose Lodge. He led through halfway of the 20 lap event, as he continued to hold off the hard charging Jeff Mueller. Mueller was able to nab the lead at lap twelve just before a caution flew. On the restart, cars got shuffled around as the race returned to green, Mueller holding the lead, and now veteran racer Kevin Opheim was on the scene, and running second. Lap 15 saw Opheim take command and hold on the last handful of laps to see the checkers first. David Smith, got by Mueller in the closing laps as they went second and third respectively. Buck Schafroth, Orient, Iowa, was fourth, and Miciah Hidlebaugh, Menlo, Iowa came from thirteenth to finish fifth.

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

Jake McBirnie grabbed the lead on the start, holding off Hotchkiss, Colorado’s Ricky Alvarado in his WW1 Weekend Warrior ride. By the time lap two was in the books, Alvarado had the lead. From there on to the finish, he would would ride the precariously thin line at the rim of the track, and come home to the win. Tim Ward, started twelfth, chased the leader in the closing laps but had to settle for second place. Third went to Boone’s own Izac Mallicoat, fourth was Jake McBirnie, and “Jammin” Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa completed the top five.

The night cap was 15 laps of IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock racing, presented by Pickett Salvage.

Eric Stanton looked strong as he led from the get go, jumping to the immediate lead from starting on the outside front row. Solomon Bennett chased the leader but by lap five it was twelfth place starter, Mike Smith making his presence known and on Bennett’s tail. At lap eight, Smith got around Bennett, and set his sights on the leader. One more lap, and the lead was Smith’s. The final laps were all Smith as he sailed home to yet another of his numerous wins at the track. Stanton took the runner up spot. A distant third went to eleventh place starter Seth Butler, fourth to Seth Janssen, and Bennett fell back to finish fifth.

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

25 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[2]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[12]; 3. 11-Izac Mallicoat[4]; 4. 82-Jake McBirnie[1]; 5. 19-Jimmy Gustin[5]; 6. 69-Johnathon Logue[3]; 7. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[6]; 8. 17-Cory Sauerman[20]; 9. 5ZM-Zachary Madrid[11]; 10. 05-Paul Nagle[10]; 11. 19S-Chase Weimer[21]; 12. 7R-Ethan Robey[9]; 13. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[17]; 14. 12X-Chad Porter[7]; 15. 28R-Russ Dickerson[15]; 16. 58-Dennis Pittman[23]; 17. 22B-Brian Eppert[16]; 18. 28-James Reichart[19]; 19. 0-Jamie Anderson[18]; 20. (DNF) 164-Brandon Leeman[22]; 21. (DNF) 23K-Kaden Cochrun[8]; 22. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[14]; 23. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[13]; 24. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[24]; 25. (DNS) 7-Danny Fye

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Jimmy Gustin[2]; 2. 05-Paul Nagle[1]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie[6]; 4. 69-Johnathon Logue[8]; 5. 87-Joel Bushore[4]; 6. 22B-Brian Eppert[3]; 7. 28-James Reichart[7]; 8. 164-Brandon Leeman[5]; 9. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[9]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[3]; 2. 12X-Chad Porter[2]; 3. 11-Izac Mallicoat[4]; 4. 7R-Ethan Robey[5]; 5. 23JR-Nick Roberts[7]; 6. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[6]; 7. 17-Cory Sauerman[8]; 8. 58-Dennis Pittman[1]

DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23K-Kaden Cochrun[2]; 2. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[1]; 3. 4TW-Tim Ward[3]; 4. 5ZM-Zachary Madrid[4]; 5. 28R-Russ Dickerson[5]; 6. 0-Jamie Anderson[7]; 7. 19S-Chase Weimer[6]; 8. 7-Danny Fye[8]

41 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Boone Moose Lodge 104 A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44K-Kevin Opheim[4]; 2. 8-David Smith[5]; 3. 77M-Jeff Mueller[1]; 4. 92X-Buck Schafroth[6]; 5. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[13]; 6. 2K-Kyle Everts[3]; 7. 92-Dan Mackenthun[23]; 8. 14B-Austin Bouzek[9]; 9. 905-Tommy Fain[2]; 10. C29-Garrett Corn[17]; 11. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[12]; 12. 11R-Braden Richards[21]; 13. 35-Donavon Smith[19]; 14. 23-Cody Gustoff[10]; 15. 5A-Tyler Pickett[22]; 16. 8M-Austin Meiners[15]; 17. 77C-Craig Carlson[24]; 18. 25J-Josh Daniels[18]; 19. 23HR-Rod Richards[7]; 20. 18-Tyler Nelsen[20]; 21. (DNF) 17-Luke Ramsey[8]; 22. (DNF) 12D-Doug Smith[14]; 23. (DNF) 19A-Alan Van Gorp[16]; 24. (DNF) 25D-Bob Daniels[11]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[1]; 2. 92-Dan Mackenthun[2]; 3. V31-Todd VanEaton[3]; 4. 3S-Bryan Snell[8]; 5. 93L-Blake Lehman[5]; 6. 71K-Casen Keller[6]; 7. 12-Josiah Moulds[4]; 8. 71-Corey Piffer[7]; 9. 95-Bo Eads[9]; 10. 9-Dylan Breeden[11]; 11. (DNS) 125J-Danny Cavanagh

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5A-Tyler Pickett[9]; 2. 77C-Craig Carlson[3]; 3. 57H-Daniel Hagen[1]; 4. (DNF) 24-Craig Groebner[4]; 5. (DNF) 52-Jerry Williams[7]; 6. (DNF) 32-Tom Cannon[6]; 7. (DNF) 7P-Shane Palmer[8]; 8. (DNF) 64X-Dalton Robey[5]; 9. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[10]; 10. (DNS) 81D-Scott Davis

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14B-Austin Bouzek[6]; 2. 905-Tommy Fain[2]; 3. 23-Cody Gustoff[4]; 4. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[1]; 5. C29-Garrett Corn[10]; 6. 11R-Braden Richards[8]; 7. V31-Todd VanEaton[9]; 8. 93L-Blake Lehman[5]; 9. 71-Corey Piffer[3]; 10. 9-Dylan Breeden[11]; 11. 69-Johnathon Logue[7]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77M-Jeff Mueller[5]; 2. 25D-Bob Daniels[2]; 3. 92X-Buck Schafroth[1]; 4. 12D-Doug Smith[3]; 5. 25J-Josh Daniels[7]; 6. 57H-Daniel Hagen[10]; 7. 77C-Craig Carlson[9]; 8. 64X-Dalton Robey[8]; 9. 52-Jerry Williams[6]; 10. (DNF) 95-Bo Eads[4]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-David Smith[5]; 2. 23HR-Rod Richards[2]; 3. 17-Luke Ramsey[3]; 4. 8M-Austin Meiners[7]; 5. 35-Donavon Smith[8]; 6. 92-Dan Mackenthun[10]; 7. 12-Josiah Moulds[6]; 8. 71K-Casen Keller[9]; 9. 3S-Bryan Snell[1]; 10. 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Kyle Everts[1]; 2. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[4]; 3. 44K-Kevin Opheim[2]; 4. 19A-Alan Van Gorp[10]; 5. 18-Tyler Nelsen[9]; 6. 81D-Scott Davis[6]; 7. 24-Craig Groebner[3]; 8. 32-Tom Cannon[7]; 9. 7P-Shane Palmer[5]; 10. (DNF) 125J-Danny Cavanagh[8]

31 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[11]; 2. 0-Robby Rosselli[6]; 3. 21R-Cole Fenske[9]; 4. 93-Hunter Longnecker[4]; 5. 18-Mitchell Morris[2]; 6. 8K-Dusty Masolini[15]; 7. 93S-Chad Shaw[5]; 8. CB25-Chris Burke[7]; 9. 62-Cory Pestotnik[10]; 10. 31-Jason York[13]; 11. 26-Jason Carney[20]; 12. 8-Tom Lathrop[3]; 13. 74-Camdan Vincent[1]; 14. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[24]; 15. R31-Ryan Leeman[12]; 16. 13V-Curtis Veber[21]; 17. 5-Dustin Lynch[8]; 18. F18-Nate Friesen[22]; 19. 11K-William Klosterman[14]; 20. (DNF) MR31-Mike Rutherford[19]; 21. (DNF) 4-Gage Hilgenberg[18]; 22. (DNF) 3W-Chris Webb[23]; 23. (DNF) 2-Colby Grady[17]; 24. (DNF) 0LD-Bryan Morris[16]

Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. F18-Nate Friesen[1]; 2. 3W-Chris Webb[2]; 3. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[7]; 4. 37J-Rob Jennings[9]; 5. 14-Ted Gould[6]; 6. 17F-Christopher Frisbie[4]; 7. (DNF) 181-Charlie Stevens[5]; 8. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[8]; 9. (DNF) 14S-Brian Sullivan[3]; 10. (DNS) 17-Kyle Free

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Cory Pestotnik[5]; 2. 18-Mitchell Morris[4]; 3. 8-Tom Lathrop[1]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[6]; 5. 31-Jason York[9]; 6. 0LD-Bryan Morris[7]; 7. MR31-Mike Rutherford[8]; 8. F18-Nate Friesen[2]; 9. (DNF) 17F-Christopher Frisbie[3]; 10. (DNF) 7M-Steve McLaughlin[11]; 11. (DNF) 17-Kyle Free[10]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Robby Rosselli[2]; 2. 21-Cam Reimers[4]; 3. 93S-Chad Shaw[1]; 4. 93-Hunter Longnecker[8]; 5. 11K-William Klosterman[9]; 6. 2-Colby Grady[7]; 7. 26-Jason Carney[3]; 8. 3W-Chris Webb[10]; 9. 181-Charlie Stevens[5]; 10. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[6]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Camdan Vincent[1]; 2. CB25-Chris Burke[3]; 3. 21R-Cole Fenske[2]; 4. 5-Dustin Lynch[5]; 5. 8K-Dusty Masolini[8]; 6. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[4]; 7. 13V-Curtis Veber[6]; 8. 14S-Brian Sullivan[7]; 9. 14-Ted Gould[10]; 10. 37J-Rob Jennings[9]

38 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Picketts Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[12]; 2. 7B-Eric Stanton[2]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[11]; 4. 85-Seth Janssen[7]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett[1]; 6. 4C-Curt Reed[6]; 7. 78B-Andrew Burg[9]; 8. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[22]; 9. 4W-John Watson[13]; 10. 22W-Wayne Gifford[21]; 11. 7C-Chad Legere[24]; 12. 12K-Eric Knutson[23]; 13. A24-Nicholas Adams[19]; 14. 8F-Aron Fye[4]; 15. 22B-Braden Gifford[20]; 16. 18A-Aaron Elliott[5]; 17. 84B-Rusty Bates[14]; 18. 14-Mike House[18]; 19. 21-Bennett Johnson[17]; 20. (DNF) 72-Joey Young[10]; 21. (DNF) 7D-Stephen Doss[8]; 22. (DNF) 14B-Keith Burg[3]; 23. (DNF) 70X-Garrett Croy[15]; 24. (DNF) 2M-Mitchell McNeill[16]

Picketts Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22W-Wayne Gifford[1]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[2]; 3. 64L-Tommy Luft[3]; 4. 31-Will Smith[9]; 5. 78N-Matt Nelson[5]; 6. 20-Gage Green[4]; 7. 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[7]; 8. 69B-Matt Sheets[6]; 9. (DNS) 32E-Mike Eddinger

Picketts Salvage B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[3]; 2. 7C-Chad Legere[1]; 3. 47X-Raymond Fees[2]; 4. 13-Brian Ashburn[7]; 5. 16H-Buddy Haidsiak[5]; 6. 10-Travis Fenton[4]; 7. (DNF) 5-Dylan Hill[6]; 8. (DNS) 2P-Brent Peterson; 9. (DNS) 86-Shawn Mouzakis

Picketts Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22X-Mike Smith[2]; 2. 14B-Keith Burg[4]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[5]; 4. 4W-John Watson[3]; 5. 21-Bennett Johnson[8]; 6. 22W-Wayne Gifford[6]; 7. 64L-Tommy Luft[7]; 8. 78N-Matt Nelson[1]; 9. 59JR-Chad Rickett Jr[9]; 10. 31-Will Smith[10]

Picketts Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78B-Andrew Burg[6]; 2. 7B-Eric Stanton[5]; 3. 72-Joey Young[8]; 4. 84B-Rusty Bates[2]; 5. 14-Mike House[1]; 6. 7C-Chad Legere[3]; 7. 1K-Tom Killen Jr[4]; 8. 16H-Buddy Haidsiak[9]; 9. 13-Brian Ashburn[7]; 10. (DNF) 86-Shawn Mouzakis[10]

Picketts Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Solomon Bennett[4]; 2. 7D-Stephen Doss[1]; 3. 18A-Aaron Elliott[3]; 4. 70X-Garrett Croy[9]; 5. A24-Nicholas Adams[7]; 6. 12K-Eric Knutson[8]; 7. 20-Gage Green[2]; 8. (DNF) 69B-Matt Sheets[5]; 9. (DNF) 32E-Mike Eddinger[6]

Picketts Salvage Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Seth Janssen[3]; 2. 4C-Curt Reed[5]; 3. 8F-Aron Fye[1]; 4. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[8]; 5. 22B-Braden Gifford[7]; 6. 47X-Raymond Fees[4]; 7. 10-Travis Fenton[9]; 8. (DNF) 5-Dylan Hill[2]; 9. (DNF) 2P-Brent Peterson[6]

17 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
Carquest Auto Truck and Farm A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9X-Riley Clem[5]; 2. 48G-Austin Gray[8]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[6]; 4. 722-Jaedon McDowell[7]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[11]; 6. 95-Mike Kennedy[10]; 7. 14-Bryan Compart[3]; 8. 9-Garrison Anderson[12]; 9. 21-Scott Bailey[4]; 10. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[13]; 11. 96-Dillion Bush[14]; 12. 5G-Tracen Glick[17]; 13. 85-Jered Douglas[15]; 14. (DNF) 47-Cory Sonner[1]; 15. (DNF) 99-Josh May[2]; 16. (DNF) 4G-Ben George[9]; 17. (DNF) 8N-William Nobles[16]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 9X-Riley Clem[2]; 2. 47-Cory Sonner[1]; 3. 4G-Ben George[6]; 4. 14-Bryan Compart[3]; 5. 99-Josh May[7]; 6. 3G-Joe Glick[8]; 7. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[4]; 8. (DNF) 96-Dillion Bush[5]; 9. (DNS) 8N-William Nobles

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 722-Jaedon McDowell[5]; 2. 95-Mike Kennedy[1]; 3. 21-Scott Bailey[2]; 4. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[4]; 5. 48G-Austin Gray[6]; 6. 9-Garrison Anderson[3]; 7. 5G-Tracen Glick[8]; 8. (DNF) 85-Jered Douglas[7]

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