Murty gets win #300 and King of the Katwalks title, Elmquist takes first career checkers

 

BOONE, IOWA (July 22, 2023) – The biggest car count of the season…179 cars….was on hand at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night where it was Fox Welding Stock Car King of the Katwalks night, presented by VanEaton Pork. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars were running for a $2500 to win payday, as well as an impressive trophy, and eligibility for qualifying for the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational at the Super Nationals. Damon Murty not only walked away with those honors, but in doing so, got his elusive 300th IMCA Stock Car win.  In the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMods, another record fell, when 16 year old Josalyn Elmquist found her way to Victory Lane for the first time in her racing career.  Other winners on the night were Jake McBirnie in the IMCA Friesen Performance Modifieds, Andrew Burg took the checkers in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and Josh May got back to the winner’s circle in the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites.

The IMCA Mod Lites, presented by Carquest Auto, Truck & Farm ran their 15 lap main event first.

Mike Kennedy led the field to green, and kept the top spot through lap eight.  That’s when Josh May took command of the ship and would then pull away from the pack and win going away.  Jason Toppenberg ran at the front of the field all race long, and finished as the runner up.  Early leader Mike Kennedy took third spot, fourth went to eighth place starter Randy Bryan, and Austin Gray started ninth, and took fifth.  The race went flag to flag.  This was May’s fifth feature win of the season.

The IMCA Northern SportMod feature, presented by Elmquist Towing, was one for the record books.  Josalyn Elmquist, who is 16 years old, would lead the 18 lap feature the entire race and take her ride home to the flying checkers for the very first time in her racing career.  Chasing her the entire event was Summer Anderson, finishing in second, making it a 1-2 finish for the ladies.  Jackson Harpole, who calls Farmington, New Mexico home, but is spending the summer racing in Iowa, finished in third.  Another lady racer, Taylor Kuehl came from eleventh starting spot to take fourth, and Chris Burke completed the top five.  This race also went caution free.  Elmquist was the eighth different winner of the points season this year.

The headliner of the evening, the running of the IMCA Stock Car 25 lap feature came next and the quest for title of King of the Katwalks.  Fifty-nine different drivers competed on the night, qualifying 24 cars through heats, and three B Mains.  Two provisionals with the most points at the track who did not qualify, tagged the field.

Gage Neal started on the outside front row, and led the opening circuits, but it was Damon Murty taking over at lap four.  Murty continued to lead though lap fifteen when the race was yellow flagged for debris on the track.  By this time, son Dallon Murty had gotten into the number two spot after getting past Troy Jerovetz, and had erased dad’s comfortable lead for the restart.  Damon Murty however, continued his lead, taking to his preferred top line as the race concluded, and took the prestigious win, as well as securing his elusive 300th IMCA Stock Car feature win.  Son Dallon Murty took second place, eleventh place starter, Jake McBirnie made a late race rally and finished in third place. Last years King of the Katwalks winner,  Kaden Reynolds, Cedar Rapids, Iowa hard charged his way through the field from starting seventeenth, and finished fourth, and Troy Jerovetz was fifth.  Murty was the seventh different Stock Car winner this season.

The IMCA Modifieds, presented by D & E Outside Services ran a 20 lap feature.

Jake McBirnie took his ride to Victory Lane when he led all but the first four laps of the feature event.  He then pulled away from the field and checked out in the latter part of the race, winning for the second time this year. Joel Bushore finished a distant second, third went to Green Bay, Wisconsin’s Tyler DeBouche, Paul Nagle started sixteenth, and finished fourth, and tenth place starter Cory Sauerman rounded out the top five.

The 15 lap IMCA Hobby Stock feature, presented by Pickett Salvage put a nightcap on the racing.

Braden Gifford led the opening lap of the event, but veteran racer Andrew Burg was leading when lap two was scored.  Burg never looked back from there on out, as he continued his run at the front the remainder of the race and took the win by a comfortable margin.  Second place finisher was Mike Smith, third went to Seth Butler, Zach Henningsen, Marne, Iowa took fourth after starting twelfth, and John Watson made his way to a fifth place finish, coming from sixteenth starting position.

Next Saturday, July 29, is Hunting with Heroes Salute to Veterans at the speedway.  Pits open at 4:30, grandstand at 5:30, hot laps are 6, with racing at 7.

 

30 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[8]; 2. 87-Joel Bushore[5]; 3. 66-Tyler DeBouche[4]; 4. 05-Paul Nagle[16]; 5. 17-Cory Sauerman[10]; 6. 07X-Troy Morris III[1]; 7. 19-Jimmy Gustin[11]; 8. 0-Jamie Anderson[2]; 9. 164-Brandon Leeman[13]; 10. 28R-Russ Dickerson[15]; 11. 7R-Ethan Robey[7]; 12. 49K-Cody Knecht[24]; 13. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[20]; 14. C5-Chris Palsrok[22]; 15. 58-Dennis Pittman[6]; 16. 2B-Robert Moore[3]; 17. 11-Izac Mallicoat[23]; 18. 24-Robert Avery[19]; 19. (DNF) 57V-Mike Van Genderen[17]; 20. (DNF) 19S-Chase Weimer[21]; 21. (DNF) 69-Johnathon Logue[18]; 22. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[12]; 23. (DNF) 10-Jeremy Mills[9]; 24. (DNS) 3-Andy Tiernan

DE Outside Services B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. C5-Chris Palsrok[1]; 2. 11-Izac Mallicoat[3]; 3. 49K-Cody Knecht[6]; 4. 7C-Benjamin Chukuske[2]; 5. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[7]; 6. 31A-Kory Meyer[4]; 7. (DNF) 48J-Jacob Murray[5]; 8. (DNF) 7D-Dave Finstad[9]; 9. (DNS) 32-Lloyd Henderson

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Cory Sauerman[6]; 2. 87-Joel Bushore[3]; 3. 2B-Robert Moore[2]; 4. 7R-Ethan Robey[4]; 5. 164-Brandon Leeman[5]; 6. 05-Paul Nagle[8]; 7. 24-Robert Avery[1]; 8. C5-Chris Palsrok[9]; 9. 31A-Kory Meyer[10]; 10. 5M-Matthew Meinecke[7]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Tyler DeBouche[2]; 2. 07X-Troy Morris III[1]; 3. 10-Jeremy Mills[5]; 4. 23JR-Nick Roberts[8]; 5. 3-Andy Tiernan[3]; 6. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[7]; 7. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[6]; 8. 7C-Benjamin Chukuske[9]; 9. (DNF) 48J-Jacob Murray[4]; 10. (DNF) 32-Lloyd Henderson[10]

DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Dennis Pittman[3]; 2. 82-Jake McBirnie[4]; 3. 19-Jimmy Gustin[7]; 4. 0-Jamie Anderson[1]; 5. 28R-Russ Dickerson[8]; 6. 69-Johnathon Logue[6]; 7. 19S-Chase Weimer[2]; 8. 11-Izac Mallicoat[5]; 9. 49K-Cody Knecht[9]; 10. 7D-Dave Finstad[10]

59 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Boone Moose Lodge 104 A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 99D-Damon Murty[4]; 2. 99X-Dallon Murty[8]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie[11]; 4. AB1-Kaden Reynolds[17]; 5. 01-Troy Jerovetz[1]; 6. KR17-Austin Brands[12]; 7. 22-Chris Pruitt[13]; 8. 12N-Gage Neal[2]; 9. 905-Tommy Fain[6]; 10. 3S-Bryan Snell[5]; 11. 33VH-Dusty Van Horn[14]; 12. 81D-Scott Davis[18]; 13. 2K-Kyle Everts[25]; 14. 8X-Scott Olson[16]; 15. (DNF) 8M-Austin Meiners[9]; 16. (DNF) 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[19]; 17. (DNF) 44K-Kevin Opheim[24]; 18. (DNF) 77M-Jeff Mueller[22]; 19. (DNF) 23JR-Nick Roberts[21]; 20. (DNF) 14B-Austin Bouzek[26]; 21. (DNF) 56X-Doug Smith[10]; 22. (DNF) 35-Donavon Smith[3]; 23. (DNF) 64-Clint Forstner[7]; 24. (DNF) 8-David Smith[23]; 25. (DNF) 19J-Jay Schmidt[20]; 26. (DNF) 82D-Dylan Fitzpatrick[15]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[3]; 2. 77M-Jeff Mueller[2]; 3. 14-Jake Sachau[1]; 4. 43-Calvin Lange[7]; 5. 23HR-Rod Richards[10]; 6. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[4]; 7. B17-Steve Byers[9]; 8. 58-Bill Heinkel II[11]; 9. 8E-Mitchell Evens[14]; 10. 80-Ryan Warner[12]; 11. (DNF) 31-Micheal Smith[8]; 12. (DNF) 77T-Tobie Talk[6]; 13. (DNF) 10-John Ades[5]; 14. (DNS) C29-Garrett Corn

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19J-Jay Schmidt[1]; 2. 8-David Smith[4]; 3. 2K-Kyle Everts[2]; 4. 57H-Daniel Hagen[3]; 5. 10J-Justin Ades[6]; 6. 5A-Tyler Pickett[9]; 7. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[11]; 8. 3H-Ty Hill[5]; 9. 52-Jerry Williams[14]; 10. (DNF) 6-Chanse Hollatz[7]; 11. (DNF) 59-Brandon Mannhardt[8]; 12. (DNF) 31X-Mathew West[10]; 13. (DNF) 22N-Gage Noyes[13]; 14. (DNF) 77-Josh Monthei[12]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 23JR-Nick Roberts[2]; 2. 44K-Kevin Opheim[1]; 3. 92-Buck Schafroth[4]; 4. 14B-Austin Bouzek[6]; 5. 25J-Josh Daniels[3]; 6. 20N-Justin Nehring[8]; 7. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[13]; 8. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[11]; 9. V31-Todd VanEaton[7]; 10. 29-Dennis Elliott[12]; 11. 18-Tyler Nelsen[9]; 12. (DNF) 32-Bill Atcheson[5]; 13. (DNS) 24R-Kevin Robinson

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[2]; 2. 3S-Bryan Snell[4]; 3. 22-Chris Pruitt[6]; 4. 14-Jake Sachau[8]; 5. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[10]; 6. 10-John Ades[1]; 7. 43-Calvin Lange[9]; 8. B17-Steve Byers[5]; 9. 58-Bill Heinkel II[3]; 10. (DNF) C29-Garrett Corn[7]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12N-Gage Neal[4]; 2. 01-Troy Jerovetz[3]; 3. 33VH-Dusty Van Horn[1]; 4. 19J-Jay Schmidt[10]; 5. 57H-Daniel Hagen[8]; 6. 3H-Ty Hill[2]; 7. 6-Chanse Hollatz[6]; 8. 5A-Tyler Pickett[5]; 9. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[7]; 10. 22N-Gage Noyes[9]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Clint Forstner[2]; 2. 35-Donavon Smith[3]; 3. 82D-Dylan Fitzpatrick[1]; 4. 44K-Kevin Opheim[5]; 5. 25J-Josh Daniels[6]; 6. 32-Bill Atcheson[4]; 7. V31-Todd VanEaton[7]; 8. 18-Tyler Nelsen[9]; 9. (DNF) 57V-Mike Van Genderen[10]; 10. (DNF) 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[8]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 56X-Doug Smith[6]; 2. 905-Tommy Fain[2]; 3. 8X-Scott Olson[7]; 4. 77M-Jeff Mueller[4]; 5. 16-Jeff Byers Jr[5]; 6. 77T-Tobie Talk[8]; 7. 31-Micheal Smith[9]; 8. 23HR-Rod Richards[3]; 9. 80-Ryan Warner[10]; 10. (DNF) 8E-Mitchell Evens[1]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 8M-Austin Meiners[2]; 2. 99D-Damon Murty[4]; 3. AB1-Kaden Reynolds[7]; 4. 2K-Kyle Everts[5]; 5. 8-David Smith[9]; 6. 10J-Justin Ades[1]; 7. 59-Brandon Mannhardt[8]; 8. 31X-Mathew West[3]; 9. 77-Josh Monthei[6]; 10. (DNF) 52-Jerry Williams[10]

Boone Moose Lodge 104 Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 99X-Dallon Murty[2]; 2. KR17-Austin Brands[3]; 3. 81D-Scott Davis[1]; 4. 23JR-Nick Roberts[7]; 5. 92-Buck Schafroth[5]; 6. 14B-Austin Bouzek[9]; 7. 20N-Justin Nehring[8]; 8. 24R-Kevin Robinson[4]; 9. 29-Dennis Elliott[6]

38 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[1]; 2. 10-Summer Anderson[2]; 3. 46-Jackson Harpole[7]; 4. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[11]; 5. CB25-Chris Burke[5]; 6. 5-Dustin Lynch[10]; 7. 62-Cory Pestotnik[9]; 8. 21R-Cole Fenske[8]; 9. R31-Ryan Leeman[14]; 10. 74-Camdan Vincent[3]; 11. 48T-Tommy Tanner[6]; 12. 8K-Dusty Masolini[15]; 13. 193-Jessiah Taylor[22]; 14. 11R-Braden Richards[20]; 15. 11K-William Klosterman[4]; 16. XA-Alissa Palsrok[13]; 17. 79M-Michael Miller[19]; 18. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[23]; 19. 17M-Jared Miller[21]; 20. 13V-Curtis Veber[18]; 21. 20X-Cody Yaw[17]; 22. (DNF) 21-Cam Reimers[16]; 23. (DNF) 93L-Hunter Longnecker[12]; 24. (DNF) 17-Kyle Free[24]

Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[5]; 2. 193-Jessiah Taylor[7]; 3. 2X-Matt Avila[9]; 4. 8-Tom Lathrop[2]; 5. 10K-Kaden Besaw[4]; 6. 2C-Colby Grady[1]; 7. J7-David Simpson[3]; 8. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[6]; 9. 36H-David Hoover[8]

Elmquist Towing B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17M-Jared Miller[2]; 2. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[6]; 3. 15-Billy Dyer[8]; 4. 30-Kenser Ellis[4]; 5. 2-Derik See[3]; 6. 14J-Anita Lee[7]; 7. (DNF) 25S-Alex Smith[1]; 8. (DNF) 7-Danny Fye[5]; 9. (DNF) 55L-Nick Leonard[9]

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18J-Josalyn Elmquist[2]; 2. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[7]; 3. 11K-William Klosterman[3]; 4. XA-Alissa Palsrok[9]; 5. 17-Kyle Free[10]; 6. 2C-Colby Grady[4]; 7. J7-David Simpson[1]; 8. 11R-Braden Richards[8]; 9. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[6]; 10. (DQ) 2X-Matt Avila[5]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. CB25-Chris Burke[3]; 2. 46-Jackson Harpole[5]; 3. 62-Cory Pestotnik[6]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[7]; 5. 20X-Cody Yaw[4]; 6. 25S-Alex Smith[9]; 7. 2-Derik See[2]; 8. 7-Danny Fye[8]; 9. 14J-Anita Lee[10]; 10. (DNF) 55L-Nick Leonard[1]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Summer Anderson[2]; 2. 5-Dustin Lynch[6]; 3. 21R-Cole Fenske[5]; 4. 8K-Dusty Masolini[7]; 5. 13V-Curtis Veber[8]; 6. 8-Tom Lathrop[4]; 7. 10K-Kaden Besaw[9]; 8. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[1]; 9. (DNF) 36H-David Hoover[3]

Elmquist Towing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Camdan Vincent[2]; 2. 93L-Hunter Longnecker[7]; 3. 48T-Tommy Tanner[4]; 4. 21-Cam Reimers[6]; 5. 79M-Michael Miller[1]; 6. 17M-Jared Miller[8]; 7. 30-Kenser Ellis[9]; 8. 4-Gage Hilgenberg[5]; 9. 15-Billy Dyer[3]

36 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Picketts Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78B-Andrew Burg[6]; 2. 22X-Mike Smith[8]; 3. 22-Seth Butler[7]; 4. 3Z-Zach Hemmingsen[12]; 5. 4W-John Watson[16]; 6. 11B-Solomon Bennett[10]; 7. 22B-Braden Gifford[2]; 8. J3K-Jaeden Strandberg[11]; 9. 12M-Matt McDonald[13]; 10. 51V-Josh Vancannon[18]; 11. 12K-Eric Knutson[9]; 12. 8F-Aron Fye[5]; 13. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[15]; 14. 4JW-Justin Maschke[19]; 15. 14-Mike House[4]; 16. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[23]; 17. 13-Brian Ashburn[1]; 18. 83-Chris Hupp[20]; 19. 7D-Stephen Doss[21]; 20. 21X-Joe Doran[22]; 21. 32-Ethan Atcheson[17]; 22. 31-Will Smith[24]; 23. (DNF) 17X-Ben Newhouse `[3]; 24. (DNS) 22WJ-Jerry Gifford

Picketts Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7D-Stephen Doss[2]; 2. 21X-Joe Doran[4]; 3. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[16]; 4. 31-Will Smith[6]; 5. 59-Daniel Pittman[1]; 6. 47X-Raymond Fees[7]; 7. 28-Jay Sidles[13]; 8. 87W-David Wright[11]; 9. 10B-Breanna Ades[9]; 10. (DNF) 5B-Brandon Behle[5]; 11. (DNF) 4C-Curt Reed[3]; 12. (DNF) 27-Brianna Osterson[10]; 13. (DNF) 49-Brady Herman[12]; 14. (DNS) A24-Nicholas Adams; 15. (DNS) 28K-Brayton Kajewski; 16. (DNS) 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh

Picketts Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78B-Andrew Burg[6]; 2. 22X-Mike Smith[7]; 3. 17X-Ben Newhouse `[4]; 4. 12M-Matt McDonald[5]; 5. 32-Ethan Atcheson[9]; 6. 59-Daniel Pittman[3]; 7. 5B-Brandon Behle[1]; 8. 10B-Breanna Ades[8]; 9. 28-Jay Sidles[2]

Picketts Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Brian Ashburn[2]; 2. 14-Mike House[4]; 3. 12K-Eric Knutson[7]; 4. 22WJ-Jerry Gifford[3]; 5. 51V-Josh Vancannon[6]; 6. 7D-Stephen Doss[5]; 7. 31-Will Smith[9]; 8. (DNF) 27-Brianna Osterson[1]; 9. (DNF) 28K-Brayton Kajewski[8]

Picketts Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Seth Butler[6]; 2. J3K-Jaeden Strandberg[8]; 3. 11B-Solomon Bennett[7]; 4. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[3]; 5. 4JW-Justin Maschke[1]; 6. 4C-Curt Reed[5]; 7. 47X-Raymond Fees[9]; 8. (DNF) 87W-David Wright[2]; 9. (DNF) 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[4]

Picketts Salvage Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8F-Aron Fye[5]; 2. 22B-Braden Gifford[2]; 3. 3Z-Zach Hemmingsen[8]; 4. 4W-John Watson[7]; 5. 83-Chris Hupp[4]; 6. 21X-Joe Doran[9]; 7. A24-Nicholas Adams[3]; 8. 49-Brady Herman[1]; 9. (DNF) 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[6]

16 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
Carquest Auto Truck and Farm A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 99-Josh May[7]; 2. 2-Jason Toppenberg[4]; 3. 95-Mike Kennedy[1]; 4. 64-Randy Bryan[8]; 5. 48G-Austin Gray[9]; 6. 70-Alex Eischeid[3]; 7. 21-Scott Bailey[13]; 8. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[10]; 9. 8N-William Nobles[12]; 10. 9-Garrison Anderson[11]; 11. 3-Austin Glick[14]; 12. 3T-Tanner Gannon[5]; 13. 641-Joe Wood[2]; 14. 65-Joe Boyll[16]; 15. 3G-Joe Glick[6]; 16. (DNS) 47-Cory Sonner

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 48G-Austin Gray[7]; 2. 99-Josh May[6]; 3. 95-Mike Kennedy[1]; 4. 3T-Tanner Gannon[5]; 5. 2-Jason Toppenberg[4]; 6. 9-Garrison Anderson[3]; 7. (DNF) 21-Scott Bailey[2]; 8. (DNF) 47-Cory Sonner[8]

Carquest Auto Truck and Farm Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 70-Alex Eischeid[2]; 2. 64-Randy Bryan[6]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[7]; 4. 641-Joe Wood[1]; 5. 3G-Joe Glick[5]; 6. 8N-William Nobles[4]; 7. 3-Austin Glick[3]; 8. (DNF) 65-Joe Boyll[8]

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