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BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Dominating runs put Chris Mills and Jon Snyder on the podium follow­ing Modified qualifying features Friday at Boone Speedway. Mills led every lap in the first IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifier. Snyder was scored in front on each of the last 19 of 25 circuits in the second show. Ryan Watnem, defending champion Jeff Taylor and J.D. Auringer chased Mills across the stripe. The top four in the nightcap was represented by four different states as Jason Cummins, Shawn Kilgore and William Gould finished behind Snyder. All eight drivers advance to the outside row of Saturday’s main event. Mills was out in front early in the opener, which was red flagged on lap nine when contact with another car rolled Todd Shute in turn three. The winner of the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ear­lier in the evening was OK but clearly done for the night. Watnem continued his pursuit of Mills to the checkers. The 20th starting Taylor nipped Auringer at the line for third. Snyder [Read More]

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Brian Schmitt was the big winner in the winner take all Karl Crate Clash Thursday at Boone Speedway. Schmitt started on the pole for the inaugural 12-lap Modified race, which saw the last-place car black­flagged at the end of each of the first 10 circuits. He then beat Ricky Stephan to the checkers in a green-white-checkered dash to earn a 604 crate engine from Chevrolet Performance and Karl Chevrolet. Stephan was running second when lap 10 was scored and opted to restart behind Schmitt. Twelve drivers of the 121 who entered were selected by drawing to start the Karl Crate Clash. The starting grid was determined at the Fan Zone during a track prep session. Schmitt was the first to choose a hat with the number of his starting spot inside and got the pole. The engine is valued at $5,500. Feature results – 1. Brian Schmitt, Wall Lake; 2. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb.; 3. Chevy Hadan, Bennington, Neb.; 4. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 5. Jim Lynch, Bloomfield; 6. [Read More]

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Justin Temeyer and Kyle Vanover took different routes to the same destina­tion Thursday at Boone Speedway. Both won IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Stock Car qualifying features, Temeyer after a long run at the front, Vanover by stealing the lead away with five laps to go. Temeyer took the lead on the sixth of 25 laps in the opener. Trent Murphy kept it a two-car race past midway but couldn’t make up the distance. 2012 runner-up Chad Palmer was a distant third and Michael Jaennette would complete the top four. Vanover ran second most of the way, finally taking the front spot after a restart in the late going. 2001 champion Brian Blessington was second, rookie Heath Tulp third and Nathan Wood fourth. The top four finishers from each feature advance to Saturday’s main event. They’ll start in the middle row. Blessington starts his 11th career main event. Temeyer is in for the ninth time and, like Murphy, has now qualified six straight years. Palmer makes his [Read More]

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – After Dylan Smith raced his way back into the Saturday night show, Kody Scholpp raced his way into the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s history book. Smith won Thursday’s first Modified qualifying feature at Boone Speedway, taking the lead on the ninth lap and holding off hard charger Kyle Brown. Scholpp led all 25 circuits in the nightcap, keep­ing hometown driver Kelly Lyons at bay and becoming the first Canadian driver to make the Modified main event. “This is awesome,” Scholpp said during post-race tech. “Lyons ran me hard and he tried to stick his nose in there a couple times. I had a great car tonight and the harder I drove it the better it stuck.” Scholpp drew the pole and led Greg Elliott, Matthew Meinecke and then the 12th starting Lyons in pulling away from the rest of the pack. Lyons moved into the runner-up spot on lap 15. Meinecke slipped by Elliott and into third two laps later. After working his way up from [Read More]