July 3, 2021
It was another weekly racing series at the Boone Speedway on Saturday night, with the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and the IMCA STARS Mod Lites in competition...140 cars strong. Nine 2-person Cruisers were also in exhibition with the duo of Don Mason and Jason Miller taking home the trophy.
Mike Kennedy would lead all but the opening lap of the My Race Pass IMCA STARS Mod Lite 15 lap A Main. Kennedy started tenth on the grid, and zoomed into the lead on the restart after a lap one caution flew. He went unhindered the rest of the way to the checkers, his second of the season. Bryan Zehm took the runner up spot after starting ninth. Third went to Josh May, Jon Braathun was fourth, and Fontanelle, Iowa's Dustin Ford completed the top five.
The race was marred by two consecutive red flags at lap eight when first Cody Yaw tipped his brand new ride over in turn two, hitting a pesky corner tire, and then on the restart, Doug Byers rolled it several times out of corner four when the cars got bunched up as the race went green. Both drivers were okay.
The Elmquist Towing IMCA Northern SportMods started a field of 28 cars for their 18 lap feature. That big field of cars yielded three cautions in the first handful of laps.
Dustin Lynch jumped to the immediate lead from his outside front row starting position and was looking strong, with Danny Fye and Ryan King in tow behind him. By lap nine, Izac Mallicoat had put his ride to the bumper of Lynch and it only took him three more laps before taking over the lead. Heavy lap traffic in the closing moments were no issue for young Mallicoat as he went home to the flying checkers and the win....his third of the year. Lynch finished in second, Ryan King took third, Danny Fye was fourth, and Ryan Leeman was fifth.
It has been a while since Russ Dickerson has seen Victory Lane at the Boone Speedway, but that's where he was standing after the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature was completed. He started fifth and ran down early leader Chris Palsrok, taking command on lap eight. Dickerson kept that lead the remaining distance to the checkers. Doug Smith took the runner up spot, with Nick Roberts in third. Hard charger was Jake McBirnie, coming from eighteenth starting spot, to finish fourth, and rounding out the top five was Sibley, Iowa's Chris Palsrok. It was a popular win for hometown veteran Russ Dickerson, and after checking my unofficial records, appears to be his first since August of 2017.
The Class too Tough to Tame, the Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars were up next for their 20 lap feature. It was a pretty backdrop as off in most directions fireworks were lighting up the sky.
Austin Meiners, Polk City, Iowa racer started on the pole and took the lead as the race went green. Kyle Everts quickly moved from starting fifth to fall in behind the leader. At lap five, Everts was the new leader, and just two laps later, eleventh place starter Jay Schmidt had moved into second place and was on the hustle. The two would battle for several laps before Schmidt was finally able to nose under Everts, and take over the lead at lap thirteen. Schmidt then held the upper hand the rest of the way and secured his first win of the season. Troy Jerovetz came from tenth place to finish as the runner up, holding off Devin Smith in third, and Scott Davis in fourth. Jeff Mueller in his new ride, was the big mover, coming from twenty-fourth...dead last...to finish fifth.
It took a while for the Pickett Salvage IMCA Hobby Stocks to find their rhythm in their 15 lap feature event. Three yellows flew by lap four with Jack Phillips leading from the drop of the green. But he now had tenth place starter Luke Ramsey breathing down his tailpipe on the restart. That was all Ramsey needed, as he grabbed the lead quickly and kept it to the finish and nab his first win. Aaron Rudolph was second, Wayne Gifford started fourteenth and finished third, early leader Phillips was fourth, and Curt Reed completed the top five. An incident on the front chute late in the race could have been disaster when Greg Sidles, Solomon Bennett, and Eric Stanton...who had no where to go, were in too close quarters. Hats off to them as all somehow managed to hold on and keep going.
Boone Speedway holds it's annual 4th of July spectacular tomorrow with the Eve of Destruction along with the city of Boone Fireworks. Pray for Jerry Vansickel as he will be attempting a death defying leap over double decker buses! More shenanigans will be on tap as well with trailer races, and a roll over contest. The 2-Person Cruisers will be on tap as well and the IMCA Northern SportMods will be racing for $500...no track points, but State, Regional and National points.
There was some rules infractions checking going on after the heats last night, and seems a couple of drivers did not have their mud plug welded on...giving way to a disqualification. Those things can be a deadly frisbee if they fly off during racing.
Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July. However you celebrate, make it a fun and safe one.
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