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Shryock Claims IMCA Stock Car National Championship with Lake Mills Motorsports

By Ben Deatherage FERTILE, Iowa (Oct. 20, 2025) — Kelly Shryock added another remarkable chapter to his legendary career, capturing the National Sunoco IMCA Stock Car championship while driving the Shryock Racing Components/Skyrocket Chassis/Cooter Built Engines by Troy Swearingen/Schluetter Body Shop no. 3 provided by longtime car owner Mike Hauan at Lake Mills Motorsports. His 2025 campaign produced 21 feature wins in 44 starts, including eight at Kossuth County Speedway, five at Hancock County, three each at Clay County Fair and Worthington Speedways, and two at Boone, along with 33 podiums, 36 top-five finishes, and 40 top-tens — all but four of his starts among the top 10. The year also brought a sweep of track championships at Kossuth County, Hancock County, and Clay County Fair Speedways and his first EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region title. His 21 victories were the most he’s ever recorded in a Sunoco IMCA Stock Car season. The Kossuth crown marked his fourth career championship at the Algona oval — following a streak of three straight from 2020 through 2022 — while [Read More]

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Martinez Marches to First IMCA Sport Compact National Championship

By Ben Deatherage BEATRICE, Neb. (Oct. 22, 2025) — Dedication, friendship and family support propelled John Martinez to a breakout year behind the wheel of the Richards Speedshop/Carstens Trenching/Extreme Motorsports no. 27I, racing for car owners Dillon and Kaylee Richards. “Last year at Oktoberfest my best friend Dillon Richards wanted me back in a race car,” Martinez said. “I had started that year racing but ended up having to step out of the seat because my wife and I were expecting our new baby in the winter. He kept telling me ‘you’re going to race,’ and he built it and put a Richards Speedshop setup on it. We went to Beatrice this spring and won that, then went to Hays and won their Spring Special, and we just got on a roll clicking wins off. About halfway through the year at Salina in June that car got claimed, so the car I ended up racing the rest of the year we built in three days.” “Anywhere I could go or that Dillon and Kaylee wanted me [Read More]

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Reay Delivers IMCA Modified National Title for Car Owner Greg Bower; First Michigan Mod Champ Since ’95

By Ben Deatherage PORTLAND, Mich. (Oct. 21, 2025) — Jeff Reay brought the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified National Championship back to Michigan, steering the Prime Contracting/JBS Coating/Grand Ledge Paving no. 12 Rage Chassis owned by Greg Bower, who he’s driven for the past two seasons, to the 2025 National crown. It’s his first career championship — and the state’s first since Rick Stout in 1995 — earned by just two points. “At the start of the season I told everyone I wasn’t going to be running for points,” Reay said. “We had a few hiccups at the beginning — broke a couple of parts — but then things started getting better and we had a little luck on our side and found some new speed. We’re working with a car from 2022, so it’s three years old and has 130 nights on it. There were several nights where we didn’t win, but we moved forward after starting at the back and just kept pushing.” Reay’s on-track consistency soon became the backbone of his championship bid. He made [Read More]