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Stock Car Race of Champions
Heat # 1
1 19A Alan D. Van Gorp Des Moines, IA
110 Kenneth J. Tietz Belle Plaine, MN
2 77W Dean Wray Jamesport, MO
99 Rocky Alexander Estevan, SK
3 5L Dustin J. Larson Worthington, MN
99D Damon M. Murty Chelsea, IA
4 20M Perry Misner Garden City, KS
1M Jeff L. McCollum Mankato, MN
5 71D Shaun Bruns Danube, MN
19J Jay C. Schmidt Tama, IA
6 44K Kevin D. Opheim Mason City, IA
32 Derek J. Green Granada, MN
Heat # 2
1 63C Austin R. Carter New Cambria, KS
05X John W. Oliver, Jr Danville, [...]
Dan | Sep 07, 2012 | Comments 0
Racing underway at Boone Speedway
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7) – Just half an hour later than originally scheduled, the first green flag flew Friday afternoon at Boone Speedway.
Rain has given way to blue skies and the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational headlines night six of the 30th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
The 30 All-Star drivers will sign autographs in the [...]
Dan | Sep 07, 2012 | Comments 0
Faster than lightning, Strickler bolts to Modified qualifying win
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Kyle Strickler beat his competition on the track and the Modified qualifying feature beat the weather Thursday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
Strickler topped the abbreviated feature, shortened because of time and threatening weather conditions. His victory puts the North Carolina driver at the front of the inside [...]
Dan | Sep 07, 2012 | Comments 0
Godwin to start from the pole
Nyle Godwin will start from the pole with defending champion Sean Johnson to his outside in Thursday’s qualifying feature for Stock Cars.
One other former champion is in the field of 30. Brian Blessington, Super Nationals king in 2001, will start ninth.
The top eight finishers advance to the middle row of Saturday’s main event.
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
Saathoff and Stoa qualify
A pair of former winners raced their way back into the starting field of 12 for Saturday’s Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions.
1997 and 1998 RoC winner Johnny Saathoff topped his heat while 2005 winner Kevin Stoa qualified by finishing second in his.
Other heat winners were Jake Durbin, Mark Elliott, Michael Smith, Brad Pounds and [...]
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
Career win leaders
The career wins leaders in IMCA’s Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod divisions signed autographs in the Air Force Fan Zone during a Thursday farming session.
Together, David Murray Jr., Mike Nichols, Shannon Anderson and Jesse Sobbing own more than 1,000 sanctioned feature wins … plus a dozen national championships, 15 regional [...]
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
All time record continues to grow
Two more Stock Cars were new to Boone Speedway Thursday afternoon, nudging the record number of entries for that division to 191 and the all-time event record to 872.
This is the fifth straight year Super Nationals has topped the 800 entry mark. The previous car count record of 843 was set last year.
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
Brandon Czarapata
Already track champion at Luxemburg and Seymour and a national championship contender, Brandon Czarapata has his eyes on a different prize this week: The Super Nationals Stock Car crown.
Czarapata ended a Modified foray and returned to the division on a part-time basis last season. He’s a 24-time feature winner thus far in 2012 and has [...]
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
Next time you’re having a bad day…
Next time you’re having a bad day, think about Paul Stone.
From Winton, Calif., Stone and his wife Jill were enroute to Boone Speedway with both his and Bobby Hogge IV’s Modified in the trailer.
What happened next can be summed up with these words of advice from Stone: “If you’re going to break down, don’t do [...]
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
Ronn Lauritzen
The driver with one of, if not the most vocal cheering sections in the main grandstands, will start his career-first Modified main event on Saturday night.
That accomplishment by Ronn Lauritzen comes after less than six full seasons in the class and despite a dustup early in Wednesday’s qualifier that left him with a bent left [...]
Dan | Sep 06, 2012 | Comments 0
