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Sites Charges From 12th to Win $3,116 Ed and Jan Billings Classic in NY-Penn Series Finale

By Michael Benjamin ISLE, N.Y. (Oct. 31, 2026) — Eddie Sites charged from 12th to capture the $3,116 second annual Ed and Jan Billings Classic on Saturday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway, closing out the Close Racing Supply NY/Penn IMCA Modified Series season during Monster Bash weekend. Nineteen Karl Kustoms IMCA Modifieds returned for the second night of competition. Gaege Higley of Wyalusing, Pa., collected his first career IMCA heat race victory in the opening heat. Aaron Benjamin won the second heat for his second victory in as many nights, while Matt Roberts of Afton, N.Y., claimed the third heat. David McDaniels of Sanger, Texas, captured the Dash 4 Cash. McDaniels and Roberts started on the front row of the feature, with Roberts taking the early lead. Several early cautions kept the field close, but Roberts maintained the advantage while Sites worked his way forward from the sixth row. Sites eventually caught Roberts, and the two battled for the lead over the next several laps before Sites completed the pass. Once out front, Sites pulled away [Read More]

Divisions

Lamphere Capitalizes on Late Trouble to Win Billy Ward Memorial with NY-Penn Series

By Michael Benjamin ISLE, N.Y. (Oct. 30, 2026) — James Lamphere took advantage of a late-race incident involving leader Keith Lamphere to capture the $1,004 fourth annual Billy Ward Memorial on Friday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway during the Monster Bash weekend for the Close Racing Supply NY/Penn IMCA Modified Series. A field of 24 Karl Kustoms IMCA Modifieds checked in for the opening night of the season-ending doubleheader. Lamphere opened the evening by winning the first heat race aboard the Gary Lamphere-owned No. 87. Aaron Benjamin of Forksville, Pa., collected the second heat victory, while Rodney Morgan won the third heat and the Dash 4 Cash. Morgan and Gaege Higley brought the feature field to the green flag, but James Lamphere quickly moved forward from his fifth starting position to take the lead. Former series champion Keith Lamphere, who started at the rear of the field, worked his way through traffic and eventually passed James Lamphere for the top spot. Keith Lamphere continued to lead until contact with a lapped car in turn three late [Read More]

Feature

A First for Canada as Glasser Races to Junior National Championship

By Bill Martin ESTEVAN, Sask. (Oct. 23, 2026) – The road that led Keenan Glasser to the IMCA Junior National Championship started in sunny Florida. Glasser began his 2026 Karl Kustoms IMCA Northern SportMod campaign with a fourth-place finish in the IMCA TV Clash on the Coast. He returned home to Estevan, Sask., and The Great White North, and two months later started reeling off feature victories on his way to an became the first Canadian driver to win the Junior National crown. “Junior National Champion was a goal but we didn’t really expect to be competing for it. We didn’t realize until more than three quarters of the season that we were in contention for it. We buckled down those last races and got all the points we could,” said Glasser, after topping point standings for the nearly 600 drivers ages 18 and under at the start of the season competing in IMCA’s nine divisions. Sixth in the national standings, he wheeled a 2020 Rage Chassis to 16 wins and another 16 top five finishes [Read More]