West Liberty Raceway hosts Saturday IMCA Late Model special

By Jerry Mackey

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – Following two consecutive weeks of rainouts, West Liberty Raceway is set to host the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge. Winner of the Saturday, June 3 IMCA Late Model feature will walk away with a cool $2,000.

The night’s racing action will also be the Jennifer Brauns Massey Memorial. Jennifer lost her bat­tle with cancer this past December, Jennifer’s brother Jon Brauns and nephew Jonathan are dedicat­ing this racing season to her memory and are racing to create awareness of ovarian can­cer.

In addition to the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Mach-1 Sport Compacts will all be in action. During Intermission, kids in attendance will take part in the world’s largest candy scramble.

The West Liberty Raceway half-mile clay track is located on the Muscatine County Fairgrounds. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with racing at 7 p.m.

For more information, log onto the official racing website at www.farleyspeedwaypromotions.com.