Terry Brown in the Mod Lite class was the driver going back-to-back at the speedway. After ending up on his lid the night before at Marshalltown, Brown appeared determined to salvage his weekend. He nabbed the lead by lap two after getting around early leader Joel Huggins, and from there on, never gave up the lead all the way to the checkers. Charlie Brown moved into second around David Schmalzried by lap seven and gave chase to the leader, challenging him on several occasions, but had to settle for runner up to his brother on this night. Keeping the family affair going in the class was third and fourth place finishers---James May and son Josh May. James started ninth on the grid to move to third at the checkers while Josh scooted all the way from starting twelfth, to take fourth place. Cory Sauerman rounded out the top five.
The IMCA Northern SportMods ran their usual 18-lap feature next. Cody Hennings led the pack at lap one, only to have Jake McBirnie snatch it away by lap two. From there on, McBirnie was captain of the ship, stretching his lead and taking the win by a comfortable margin. Lady racer, Tara Longnecker chased McBirnie most of the distance, but was unable to close the gap and had to settle for the runner up spot. Third went to Chad Ryerson, Cory Rose was fourth and Cody Hennings was fifth. This was McBirnie's first win at Boone this season.
We noticed that the top four finishing cars in the SportMod class were kept in the infield after the above race was completed and their crews then came across the track carrying jacks, etc. and officials started teching. I received word after the races, that although Doug Smith had finished in fourth place, he was disqualified for not agreeing to remove his gear. All drivers finishing behind him were then moved up a position in the finishing order.
A driver who had been close, but "no cigar" in the Hobby Stock class, finally made it to Victory Lane last night. Eric Stanton started ninth, took the lead at lap nine, and took his ride to the checkers. Chad Legere started along side the winner, and took the runner up position. Curt Reed finished in third, fourth went to Tim Barber and Ross Marshall completed the top five.
The 20-lap Modified feature turned into a race for second place as the winner was gone from the get go. Devin Havlik, son of former racer Jeff Havlik, finally got his first win at Boone under his belt. Havlik took advantage of his pole starting spot, and led the entire 20-laps on route to the win. Behind him though, it was a different story! The second half of the race was between Mike VanGenderen and Jimmy Gustin. What a show they put on for the fans! Both drivers had started side by side back in the fifth row, and by lap nine, were duking it out for second. Gustin held the upper hand until lap thirteen when VanGenderen flew around Gustin on the topside. The final laps were a shoot out, as the two switched up lines. At the finish it was VanGenderen squeaking out the runner up spot, Gustin a close third. Fourth went to Joel Bushore who had started sixteenth, and Scott Davis took fifth. Havlik had never scored a win at Boone previously.
The IMCA Stock Cars finished off the night's racing with their 18-lap feature. It was led start to finish by Cory Bushnell. Bushnell started sixth in the starting line up and was leading at lap one on his way to the win. Battling much of the race behind him was Trent Murphy, Bob Daniels, Jay Schmidt and Donavon Smith. Trent Murphy made the pass on Daniels with a handful of laps remaining to take the runner up spot and challenged the leader in the final two laps but fell short of more than second place. Third went to Jay Schmidt who had started tenth on the grid, fourth was Donavon Smith and Daniels hung on to fifth. This was Bushnell's first win at the track this season.
The next regular season race at Boone will be next Saturday night, but before that, it will be the Boy's of Summer coming to town. The annual Memorial Day Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models will be on tap Monday, May 25. Also racing will be the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods and the IMCA Hobby Stocks. There will be no Modifieds as they will be racing at Mason City for a scheduled Hawkeye Dirt Tour series race. Boone will be starting early on Monday, as pits open at 2, grandstands at 3, hot laps 4, and racing at 5. Hopefully, Mother Nature will allow for some Memorial Day racing around the state. Racing at most scheduled Sunday tracks have already been washed out. The Ron Little Memorial race at Stuart Speedway has been postponed until June 14, Mason City has canceled racing for Sunday, but is still hopeful for the HDT race tomorrow. The USMTS show scheduled for Decorah today is also a wash out and now, Benton County Speedway has added their name to the list of cancellations for today.
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend and remember the real reason we celebrate the holiday.
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