ARLINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 28, 2024) – The last race of the season saw some spectacular action in both heats and features at Arlington Raceway.
Trent Loverude continued his winning ways as he drew the pole, started up front and stayed there in winning the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified main event.
Dalton Magers and Todd Stinehart were switching positions for the first 10 laps before Magers brought out a caution and then went into the pit area. By the 12th lap, Dan Menk was challenging but Loverude was able to gain quite a distance and went onto win the race. Menk took second with Stinehart taking third. Loverude won the track championship.
The Rice Companies IMCA RaceSaver Sprint car feature saw several yellow flag, the first when Andrew Allen got sideways in turn four and Kyla Anderson got collected into him. Both done for the night.
On the restart, another yellow came out when Brett Allen was leading and Matt Johnson came from behind. Both were vying for the same spot in turn four and neither driver gave each other room. They got collected with Johnson driving off the track and Allen continuing to race from the back of the pack.
That gave Brandon Allen, driving his dad’s car, the opportunity to take over the lead and remain the leader for the remaining 19 laps to win the race. Brandon Buysse took second with Bill Johnson third. The track championship was won by Brett Allen.
Once again the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car race saw a stellar field with 27 cars starting the race.
There were four different leaders. The first was Dakota Robinson, but that only lasted for one lap as Ryan Bjerkeset got around him. The front of the pack was three and four-wide around the entire track.
Bjerekeset held onto the lead for the next seven laps until he lost momentum and Josh Larson, who had started fifth, took over the lead.
With only five laps to go, Larson lost his brakes going into turn four and did a 360 degree spin but continued to race, that misadventure giving Matt Looft the lead.
Looft went onto win the race with Bjerkeset second and Matt Speckman third. Matt Looft is the track champion and also picked up B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility with the $750 checkers.
Matt Schauer led every lap of the King of the Hill, picking up $500 from Neisen & Sons Construction and Arlington NAPA/Sunoco Fuels.
The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature saw Cory Probst draw the number one spot and that is where he stayed the entire distance as he won both the feature and track championship.
The race behind him had Brad Becker, who had started 11th, charge forward and battle through the field to driving around lapped traffic to take second ahead of Joe Domeier on the 10th lap. He had 5 laps to gain on Probst but lapped traffic was in the way and he didn’t have enough time. Becker settled for second with Domeier third. Probst took home the $300 bounty money that had been put on him as well.
Bryan Spaude had the advantage in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature, starting on the pole, but it didn’t take Looft long to take the high side and get around four cars to take over the lead.
On lap seven, a yellow was thrown when Jeff Carter hit a tire in turn four, sending him to the work area. He was able to resume the race. When the race restarted, both Jeff Lloyd and Ben Reierson got by Spaude but could not catch Looft as he won the race and the track championship.
Neisen Construction & Sons sponsored a $500 to win King of the Hill and Looft won that as well along with an extra $300 bounty money put on him.
The Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact went flag to flag with Justin Dose starting in the front row and maintaining the spot throughout the race. Jason Bolte took 2nd and Alan Lahr took third, which gave him enough points to win the track championship.
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