Ward, McBirnie, Sachau, Martin, and Huggins all take checkers at Boone Speedway

 

BOONE, IOWA (August 13, 2022) – It was another regular weekly series of racing at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night. One hundred forty-five cars in five classes were all wanting to see the checkered flag first on Elmquist Towing night at the races.

Tim Ward took the win after grabbing the late race lead in the IMCA Friesen Performance Modified division.  It was Jake McBirnie getting his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers of the year.  Jake Sachau saw win number five for the season in the IMCA Friesen Performance Northern SportMod.  Sigourney, Iowa’s Aaron Martin made it to Victory Lane in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, and Joel Huggins returned to the winner’s circle in the IMCA STARS Mod Lite class.

Feature racing kicked off with the 15 lap Mod Lite A main.  Jeff Stensland would lead this one for the first ten laps, and then a caution flew.  On the restart, Joel Huggins got the drop on Stensland, and flew into the lead.  Huggins then kept hold of the number one spot the rest of the way to the checkers.

Jeff Stensland kept the runner up spot, Austin Gray started eighth and finished third, fourth went to Randy Bryan, and Josh May took fifth place.  Huggins, who started tenth, made this his third visit to Victory Lane this season.

The IMCA Northern SportMods hit the track next for their 18 lap feature event.  Roland, Iowa’s Bryan Johnson was looking strong as he led the early portion of the race.  Jake Sachau then began pestering the leader and on lap eleven, took over the top spot.  From then on, it was all Sachau as he pulled away and took the comfortable win as the checkers flew.  Following a distance behind in second was rookie Aiden Webb, Dustin Lynch finished in third place, fourth went to early leader Bryan Johnson, and Mike Munson was fifth.  Sachau snagged his fifth feature win this year at the speedway. The race went flag to flag.

New Mexico visitor, Regan Tafoya had one slip through his fingers in the 20 lap feature for the IMCA Modifieds. Tafoya started on the pole, jumped to the lead, and began his run at the top of the track.  He was keeping the field at bay, when a yellow flew at lap five.

On the restart, Tafoya was again able to hold the top spot, and then weathered three more caution flags and subsequent restarts, as he ran the top of the track.

Meanwhile, Tim Ward had run the leader down with just five laps remaining. Tafoya flung off a couple of sliders by Ward, but with three laps left, Ward was able to take command and then go home first to the flying checkers.

Tafoya was still running a close second place until just after the white flag flew. He got a bit too high in turn one, jumped the cushion, and fell out of the top five.  Russ Dickerson then came home in second place, Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, California started fifteenth, and had a great run to finish third.  Randy Havlik came from sixteenth starting spot and finished fourth, and Johnathon Logue was fifth. This was Ward’s second weekly feature win of the year, after also winning the Frostbuster special.

The IMCA Stock Cars ran their 20 lap event next.  Jake McBirnie would come away with the win in this one….his first in the Stock Car class after numerous wins in the Modified division, and prior to that, in the SportMod class.

McBirnie had chased down leader Donavon Smith when an incident on lap ten took Smith out of the running, and now put McBirnie at the helm.  Two other Smith brothers, Devin and David then gave chase but it was to no avail as McBirnie took the checkers and earned his trip to the winner’s circle.  Devin Smith, who started eleventh, gave it his all, but had to settle for the runner up spot. Mike VanGenderen ran at the front of the pack all night long, and finished in third place.  Buck Schafroth took fourth after starting in twelfth spot, and David Smith rounded out the top five.

The night’s racing ended with the 15 lap A main for the IMCA Hobby Stocks, which went non-stop.  Aaron Martin, Sigourney, Iowa took over the lead from Aron Fye on lap five, and never looked back.  He pulled away to a comfortable lead in the final handful of laps, and put his first ever win at Boone in the books.

Mike Smith started in tenth position, and finished as the runner up, early leader Fye finished in third place, Seth Janssen was fourth, and John Watson took fifth.

Next Saturday night, August 20, is Season Championship night that will close out the regular season at Boone.  Five track champions will be crowned for 2022.  Grandstand open at 4:30, hot laps at 5, and racing at 6.

 

30 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
DE Outside Services A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[12]; 2. 28R-Russ Dickerson[8]; 3. 07X-Troy Morris III[15]; 4. 3Z-Randy Havlik[16]; 5. 69-Johnathon Logue[5]; 6. 69N-Cory Wray[22]; 7. 17-Cory Sauerman[14]; 8. 24R-Regan Tafoya[2]; 9. 82-Jake McBirnie[21]; 10. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[13]; 11. 41A-Adam Hommerding[4]; 12. 05-Paul Nagle[9]; 13. 02JR-Chris Mills[7]; 14. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[18]; 15. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[17]; 16. 164-Brandon Leeman[3]; 17. 2B-Robert Moore[24]; 18. 23JR-Nick Roberts[11]; 19. 00V-Tristan Vesterby[23]; 20. 0-Jamie Anderson[19]; 21. 58-Dennis Pittman[1]; 22. (DNF) 27-Tim Love[10]; 23. (DNF) 13-Anthony Hofbauer[20]; 24. (DNF) 00-Jeff Schroyer[6]

DE Outside Services B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[1]; 2. 69N-Cory Wray[4]; 3. 00V-Tristan Vesterby[3]; 4. 87-Joel Bushore[8]; 5. 20-Cody Schroeder[7]; 6. 19S-Chase Weimer[2]; 7. 72-Mike Lineberry[6]; 8. 32-Lloyd Henderson[9]; 9. (DNF) 7R-Ethan Robey[5]

DE Outside Services Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 164-Brandon Leeman[2]; 2. 02JR-Chris Mills[4]; 3. 00-Jeff Schroyer[3]; 4. 58-Dennis Pittman[1]; 5. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[8]; 6. 3Z-Randy Havlik[5]; 7. 0-Jamie Anderson[6]; 8. 82-Jake McBirnie[9]; 9. 69N-Cory Wray[7]; 10. 20-Cody Schroeder[10]

DE Outside Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41A-Adam Hommerding[2]; 2. 24R-Regan Tafoya[1]; 3. 23JR-Nick Roberts[7]; 4. 05-Paul Nagle[5]; 5. 17-Cory Sauerman[8]; 6. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[4]; 7. 2B-Robert Moore[10]; 8. 19S-Chase Weimer[9]; 9. (DNF) 7R-Ethan Robey[3]; 10. (DNF) 87-Joel Bushore[6]

DE Outside Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28R-Russ Dickerson[4]; 2. 69-Johnathon Logue[2]; 3. 27-Tim Love[5]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 5. 07X-Troy Morris III[7]; 6. 10K-Ronn Lauritzen[6]; 7. 13-Anthony Hofbauer[1]; 8. 00V-Tristan Vesterby[3]; 9. 72-Mike Lineberry[9]; 10. 32-Lloyd Henderson[10]

35 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
Arnold Motor Supply A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 82-Jake McBirnie[9]; 2. 81-Devin Smith[11]; 3. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[4]; 4. 92-Buck Schafroth[12]; 5. 8-David Smith[13]; 6. 69-Johnathon Logue[16]; 7. 25J-Josh Daniels[15]; 8. 14B-Scott Bailey[3]; 9. 8M-Austin Meiners[20]; 10. 23-Cody Gustoff[8]; 11. 8E-Mitchell Evens[21]; 12. 23HR-Rod Richards[19]; 13. 76E-Dennis Elliott[23]; 14. V31-Todd VanEaton[2]; 15. 56X-Doug Smith[10]; 16. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[1]; 17. 04-Don Vis[18]; 18. 66-Mike Vondrak[24]; 19. 12-Josiah Moulds[14]; 20. (DNF) 37E-Jason Vansickel[22]; 21. (DNF) 2K-Kyle Everts[7]; 22. (DNF) 35-Donavon Smith[5]; 23. (DNF) 32-Tom Cannon[6]; 24. (DNF) 01-Troy Jerovetz[17]

Arnold Motor Supply B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 8E-Mitchell Evens[2]; 2. 37E-Jason Vansickel[3]; 3. 76E-Dennis Elliott[7]; 4. 66-Mike Vondrak[4]; 5. 5-Cody Doolittle[5]; 6. 44K-Kevin Opheim[10]; 7. 77X-Tony Cox[11]; 8. 71-Corey Piffer[8]; 9. 20N-Justin Nehring[6]; 10. 22-Chris Pruitt[14]; 11. 19J-Jay Schmidt[12]; 12. (DNF) 5A-Tyler Pickett[15]; 13. (DNF) 57J-Jamie Anderson[9]; 14. (DNS) 81D-Scott Davis; 15. (DNS) 14-Mike House

Arnold Motor Supply Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Kyle Everts[4]; 2. 57V-Mike Van Genderen[3]; 3. 56X-Doug Smith[7]; 4. 8-David Smith[9]; 5. 01-Troy Jerovetz[8]; 6. 81D-Scott Davis[6]; 7. 5-Cody Doolittle[2]; 8. 57J-Jamie Anderson[1]; 9. (DNS) 14-Mike House

Arnold Motor Supply Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Devin Smith[7]; 2. 23-Cody Gustoff[5]; 3. 82-Jake McBirnie[6]; 4. 12-Josiah Moulds[1]; 5. 04-Don Vis[3]; 6. 8E-Mitchell Evens[9]; 7. 20N-Justin Nehring[2]; 8. (DNF) 44K-Kevin Opheim[4]; 9. (DNF) 22-Chris Pruitt[8]

Arnold Motor Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[1]; 2. 35-Donavon Smith[3]; 3. 14B-Scott Bailey[2]; 4. 25J-Josh Daniels[8]; 5. 23HR-Rod Richards[6]; 6. 37E-Jason Vansickel[5]; 7. 76E-Dennis Elliott[9]; 8. (DNF) 77X-Tony Cox[7]; 9. (DNF) 5A-Tyler Pickett[4]

Arnold Motor Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Tom Cannon[3]; 2. V31-Todd VanEaton[1]; 3. 92-Buck Schafroth[7]; 4. 69-Johnathon Logue[4]; 5. 8M-Austin Meiners[6]; 6. 66-Mike Vondrak[5]; 7. 71-Corey Piffer[2]; 8. 19J-Jay Schmidt[8]

31 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
Elmquist Towing A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 14A-Jake Sachau[5]; 2. 55W-Aiden Webb[2]; 3. 5-Dustin Lynch[8]; 4. 26B-Bryan Johnson[1]; 5. 27M-Mike Munson[4]; 6. 74-Camdan Vincent[10]; 7. 8T-Tom Lathrop[3]; 8. 13V-Curtis Veber[17]; 9. 2X-Matt Avila[11]; 10. 31-Jason York[9]; 11. R31-Ryan Leeman[12]; 12. 10-Summer Anderson[7]; 13. 11R-Braden Richards[23]; 14. 9J-Jeremiah Reed[20]; 15. 95N-Garrett Nelson[21]; 16. 8-Dusty Masolini[19]; 17. 32S-Blair Simmons[24]; 18. 36H-David Hoover[14]; 19. 15X-Boe Jenkins[18]; 20. (DNF) 62-Cory Pestotnik[16]; 21. (DNF) 93N-Colton Nelson[13]; 22. (DNF) 7-Danny Fye[15]; 23. (DNF) 20X-Cody Yaw[6]; 24. (DNS) 82T-Brett Thomas

Elmquist Towing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 82T-Brett Thomas[1]; 2. 11R-Braden Richards[8]; 3. 32S-Blair Simmons[3]; 4. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[2]; 5. 35-Connor Smith[10]; 6. 15-Billy Dyer[4]; 7. 14J-Anita Lee[9]; 8. (DNF) 18-Josalyn Elmquist[7]; 9. (DNF) 25R-Chad Ryerson[6]; 10. (DNF) 193-Jessiah Taylor[5]

Elmquist Towing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Dustin Lynch[5]; 2. 26B-Bryan Johnson[1]; 3. 2X-Matt Avila[6]; 4. 8T-Tom Lathrop[2]; 5. 93N-Colton Nelson[8]; 6. 62-Cory Pestotnik[4]; 7. 8-Dusty Masolini[9]; 8. 82T-Brett Thomas[7]; 9. 15-Billy Dyer[3]; 10. 18-Josalyn Elmquist[11]; 11. 35-Connor Smith[10]

Elmquist Towing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Jason York[5]; 2. 27M-Mike Munson[2]; 3. 20X-Cody Yaw[4]; 4. R31-Ryan Leeman[7]; 5. 36H-David Hoover[1]; 6. 13V-Curtis Veber[8]; 7. 9J-Jeremiah Reed[6]; 8. 7M-Steve McLaughlin[10]; 9. 193-Jessiah Taylor[3]; 10. (DNF) 11R-Braden Richards[9]

Elmquist Towing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14A-Jake Sachau[3]; 2. 55W-Aiden Webb[1]; 3. 74-Camdan Vincent[5]; 4. 10-Summer Anderson[4]; 5. 7-Danny Fye[8]; 6. 15X-Boe Jenkins[2]; 7. 95N-Garrett Nelson[7]; 8. 32S-Blair Simmons[6]; 9. 25R-Chad Ryerson[9]; 10. (DNF) 14J-Anita Lee[10]

30 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK
Pickett Salvage A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 73-Aaron Martin[5]; 2. 22X-Mike Smith[10]; 3. 8F-Aron Fye[3]; 4. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 5. 4W-John Watson[7]; 6. 22-Seth Butler[4]; 7. 4C-Curt Reed[9]; 8. 12M-Matt McDonald[11]; 9. 11B-Solomon Bennett[14]; 10. 22W-Wayne Gifford[12]; 11. 51-Josh Vancannon[8]; 12. 53-Chad Rigby[16]; 13. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[13]; 14. 37G-Calvin Dhondt[15]; 15. 52F-Joren Fisher[18]; 16. 22C-Caleb Tilley[2]; 17. 12T-Tanner Jones[19]; 18. A24-Nicholas Adams[21]; 19. 22B-Braden Gifford[17]; 20. 19DD-Danny Foster[24]; 21. 18A-Aaron Elliott[1]; 22. (DNF) 12K-Eric Knutson[23]; 23. (DNF) 98-Dan Hanselman[22]; 24. (DNF) 13-Brian Ashburn[20]

Pickett Salvage B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Dan Hanselman[2]; 2. 12K-Eric Knutson[3]; 3. 19DD-Danny Foster[5]; 4. 59-Daniel Pittman[7]; 5. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[8]; 6. 78N-Matt Nelson[4]; 7. 49-Brady Herman[9]; 8. 9-Logan Andrews[1]; 9. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[6]

Pickett Salvage Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4C-Curt Reed[8]; 2. 22C-Caleb Tilley[3]; 3. 73-Aaron Martin[5]; 4. 22W-Wayne Gifford[9]; 5. 64H-Mark Hidlebaugh[7]; 6. 53-Chad Rigby[6]; 7. 12T-Tanner Jones[4]; 8. 9-Logan Andrews[10]; 9. 78N-Matt Nelson[1]; 10. 59-Daniel Pittman[2]

Pickett Salvage Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8F-Aron Fye[4]; 2. 22X-Mike Smith[8]; 3. 85-Seth Janssen[6]; 4. 51-Josh Vancannon[7]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett[9]; 6. 22B-Braden Gifford[2]; 7. 13-Brian Ashburn[5]; 8. 98-Dan Hanselman[10]; 9. 19DD-Danny Foster[3]; 10. 2M-Mitchell McNeill[1]

Pickett Salvage Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Seth Butler[4]; 2. 4W-John Watson[6]; 3. 18A-Aaron Elliott[2]; 4. 12M-Matt McDonald[8]; 5. 37G-Calvin Dhondt[7]; 6. 52F-Joren Fisher[9]; 7. A24-Nicholas Adams[3]; 8. 12K-Eric Knutson[5]; 9. 4-Joe Wollenhaupt[1]; 10. 49-Brady Herman[10]

19 entries
IMCA MOD LITE
MyRacePass A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. X50-Joel Huggins[10]; 2. 20-Jeff Stensland[1]; 3. 48G-Austin Gray[8]; 4. 64-Randy Bryan[5]; 5. 99-Josh May[9]; 6. 50-Charlie Brown[7]; 7. 3G-Joe Glick[3]; 8. 88-Jeremy Wilson[4]; 9. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[6]; 10. 14-David Bailey[2]; 11. 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[17]; 12. 195-Steven Kennedy[19]; 13. 99X-Derrick Knutsen[11]; 14. 8-William Nobles[15]; 15. 3-Austin Glick[14]; 16. 9-Garrison Anderson[16]; 17. 641-Sara Anderson[13]; 18. 19DD-Derek Foster[18]; 19. (DNF) 4G-Ben George[12]

MyRacePass Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88-Jeremy Wilson[7]; 2. 48G-Austin Gray[9]; 3. 46Z-Bryan Zehm[8]; 4. 14-David Bailey[3]; 5. X50-Joel Huggins[10]; 6. 99X-Derrick Knutsen[1]; 7. 641-Sara Anderson[6]; 8. 8-William Nobles[2]; 9. (DNF) 18M-Chelsea Ladurini[4]; 10. (DNF) 195-Steven Kennedy[5]

MyRacePass Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3G-Joe Glick[6]; 2. 50-Charlie Brown[8]; 3. 20-Jeff Stensland[2]; 4. 64-Randy Bryan[7]; 5. 99-Josh May[9]; 6. 4G-Ben George[5]; 7. 3-Austin Glick[4]; 8. 9-Garrison Anderson[1]; 9. 19DD-Derek Foster[3]

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