Friday Super Nationals qualifying feature stories

Late arrival Werkmeister, Temeyer top Stock Car qualifiers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – He got to town late but Casey Werkmeister joined Justin Temeyer as a Stock Car qualifying feature winner at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Ca­sey’s on Friday night.

A high school football coach, Werkmeister was on the sidelines when his team won Thursday, drove part of the way to Boone after the game and completed the trip the next morning.

He promptly won his heat, started third in the opening qualifier and sped to the win ahead of Rick Mahlberg, Michael Jaennette and Stefan Sybesma.

Temeyer made his way to the front after starting 10^th in the nightcap. John Heinz, Jake Masters and 13^th starting Scott Pippert were next across the stripe.

Werkmeister and Temeyer will play a game of roshambo to determine who starts on the front of the outside row of Saturday’s main event, with the rest of the top four drivers in each qualifier complet­ing the row.

Temeyer will take the green in his career 10^th Stock Car main event. Heinz and Sybesma are both in for the third time, Masters for the third.

Second-time qualifiers are Werkmeister and Jaennette. First-timers are Mahlberg and Pippert.

1^st qualifying feature –  1. Casey Werkmeister, North Platte, Neb.; 2. Rick Mahlberg, Denmark, Wis.; 3. Michael Jaennette, Newton; 4. Stefan Sybesma, Sanborn; 5. Jesse Brown, Nashua; 6. Calvin Lange, Humbolt; 7. Michael Dancer, North Platte, Neb.; 8. Ned Kalis, Wells, Minn.; 9. Ca­sey Woken, Ogallala, Neb.; 10. Jordan Lathram, Hobbs, N.M.; 11. Allan Schmidt, Holstein; 12. Bruce Wickman, Emmetsburg; 13. Roger Verdoorn, Sibley; 14. Tristan Carman, Killeen, Texas; 15. James Richert, Comfrey, Minn.; 16. Norman Chesmore, Rowley; 17. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 18. Donavon Smith, Lake City; 19. Bob Chalupa, McCook, Neb.; 20. Jason Rogers, Selden, Kan.; 21. Gene Stigall, Winston, Mo.; 22. Norman Belew, Granger; 23. Nick Tubbs, Colby, Kan.; 24. Jason Minnehan, Churdan; 25. Luke Lemmens, Kewaunee, Wis.; 26. Dave Plowman, Omaha, Neb.; 27. Derek Green, Granada, Minn.; 28. Russell Damme, Waterloo; 29. Nathan Burke, Minot, N.D.; 30. Jason Batt, Hatcher Heights, Texas.

2^nd qualifying feature –  1. Justin Temeyer, Independence; 2. John Heinz, Green Bay, Wis.; 3. Jake Masters, Graettinger; 4. Scott Pippert, Elberon; 5. Robert Stofer, Jefferson; 6. Troy Woelber, Hull; 7. Michael Pepper, Lakin, Kan.; 8. Jim Lynch, Kahoka, Mo.; 9. Jeff McCollum, Mankato, Minn.; 10. Les Lundquist, Sioux City; 11. Dennis Bissonnette, Stephenville, Texas; 12. Tom Killen, Des Moines; 13. Kevin Rose, Waterloo; 14. Matt Speckman, Sleepy Eye, Minn.; 15. Jer­emy Christians, Horicon, Wis.; 16. Wayne Gifford, Boone; 17. Rodney Richards, Madrid; 18. Ben Walding, Des Moines; 19. Brad Whitney, Trenton, Mo.; 20. Don Vis, Marshalltown; 21. Matthew West, Kellerton; 22. Bob Hoing, Overton, Neb.; 23. William Wade, San Angelo, Texas; 24. Roger Ciesielski, Waterloo; 25. Jeff Tubbs, Colby, Kan.; 26. Casey Jones, Sioux City; 27. Jeff Holstein, New Ulm, Minn.; 28. Dean Wray, Jamesport, Mo.; 29. Dustin Larson, Worthington, Minn.; 30. Jim Hendricks, Council Rocks.

 

Whitman, Strickler score Friday Modified qualifying checkers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Johnny Whitman and Kyle Strickler starred in Friday night Modified qualify­ing features at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s.

Whitman topped the first qualifier at Boone Speedway while Strickler, winner of the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational earlier in the evening, paced the nightcap.

They’ll determine who starts at the front of the outside row in the main event during a Saturday roshambo session.

Five states were represented by the top four finishers from the two qualifiers.

Twentieth starting Hunter Marriott, 16^th starting Jeremy Mills and ninth starting Jason Cummins chased Whitman across the stripe in their 25-lapper.

Tyler Droste, Adam Lar­son and Adam Johnson were next in the second qualifier. Corey Lagroon was disqualified from fourth place in post-race tech inspection for failure to meet frame specifications.

Mills and Larson both will start career fifth Super Nationals Modified main events, Cummins and Strickler both their second and Whitman, Marriott, Droste and Johnson each their first.

1^st qualifying feature – 1. Johnny Whitman, DePere, Wis.; 2. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo.; 3. Jeremy Mills, Garner; 4. Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.; 5. Scott Davis, Boone; 6. Justin O’Brien, West Union; 7. Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 8. Racer Hulin, Laurel; 9. Sean Jerovetz,Sobieski, Wis.; 10. Ryan Ruter, Kanawha; 11. Clay Hale, Cameron, Mo.; 12. Drew  Arm­strong, Alexander, Ark.; 13. Danny Holt, Topeka, Kan.; 14. Jordy Nelson, Marysville, Kan.; 15. Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 16. Jeff Stephens, Arion; 17. Joel Bushore, Boone; 18. Mark Elliott, Webster City; 19. Nicholas Link, Rolla, Kan.; 20. Tim Czarneski, Denmark, Wis.; 21. Jeremy Christians, Horicon, Wis.; 22. Russ Reinwald, Juneau, Wis.; 23. Travis Hatcher, Honey Creek; 24. Chad Mel­ton, Springtown, Texas; 25. Terry Rentfro, Bettendorf; 26. Travis Hagen, Williston, N.D.; 27. Kody Scholpp, Estevan, Sask.; 28. Travis Dickes, Madison, Neb.; 29. Jay Goosmann, Merrill; 30. Mat­thew Kiner, Aurora, Neb.

2^nd qualifying feature – 1. Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.; 2. Tyler Droste, Waterloo; 3. Adam Larson, Ankeny; 4. Adam Johnson, Independence; 5. Regan Tafoya, Farmington, N.M.; 6. Mat­thew Meinecke, Madrid; 7. Todd Shute, Des Moines; 8. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood; 9. Tim Ward, Gilbert, Ariz.; 10. Tony Snyder, Readlyn; 11. Eric Dailey, Armstrong; 12. Mike Weikert Jr., Muscat­ine; 13. Tyler Wilson, Krakow, Wis.; 14. Justin Radcliff, China Spring, Texas; 15. Ryan Watnem, Humboldt; 16. Greg Elliott, Webster City; 17. Dennis Betzer, Central City; 18. A.J. Ward, Io­nia, Mich.; 19. Levi Nielsen, Mason City; 20. Alex Hanson, Northwood; 21. Curt Lund, Redwood Falls, Minn.; 22. William Gould, Calera, Okla.; 23. John Logue Jr., Boone; 24. Shay Woods, Humeston; 25. Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines; 26. Kelly Lyons, Boone; 27. Eric Elliott, Boone; 28. Coty Albers, Wellsburg; 29. Austin Lucas, Cherokee; 30. Corey Lagroon, Salina, Kan.

Category: Boone Speedway, Iowa