By John Tienor
SEYMOUR, Wis. May 9, 2025) — Suamico’s Johnny Whitman picked up the caution free, 20-lap Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature at Outagamie Speedway’s season opener. Whitman started sixth on the grid and immediately motored towards the front where he challenged polesitter Adam Abbey and Jayden Schmidt in a three car duel for the lead.
Whitman wrestled the top spot away from Schmidt on lap 13 and steadily built a comfortable cushion in the final circuits to score the win, his second in the Razor Chassis North Central Region and first since winning 141 Speedway’s opener back in early April. Schmidt finished second, followed by Marcus Yarie.
Buckarma Bests Stock Car Field for First 2025 Victory
Sobieski’s Nick Buckarma grabbed the lead on a restart with six laps to go and fought off a fast-closing Austin Jansen to snag the feature flag in the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car class. Buckarma started seventh at the drop of the green and steadily moved his way into the top five in the first five circuits, and a few laps later bolted into the top three.
On a lap 14 restart, Buckarma scampered past frontrunners Jeff Kropp and Chase Parker. Buckarma went the distance and was never headed when the checkers flew to earn his first EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region triumph of 2025. Jansen, who started in the fifth row, mounted a late race charge but came up short at the pay window placing second. Parker was third when everything was said and done.
\Nick Buckarma enjoys the spoils of his first Sunoco IMCA Stock Car victory of the season at Outagamie Speedway. (Photo by Dan Lewis Photography)
Kemkes Captures SportMod Checkers in Seymour
Appleton’s Cory Kemkes fired the opening night salvo in the Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMod class, winning that division’s feature. Kemkes threaded his way into the lead from his fourth place starting spot, whisking past polesitter Cole Slezewski into the lead on lap four.
Kemkes built a comfortable cushion and skillfully weaved his way through lapped traffic to secure the win. Ryan Schmidt came up second followed by J.J. Vanderloop.
Cory Kemkes poses in victory lane after claiming the Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMod feature at Outagamie Speedway. (Photo by Dan Lewis Photography)
Booth Goes Wire-to-Wire in Sport Compact Main
Oshkosh’s Cody Booth led every lap enroute to victory in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact main event. Apart from an aborted start, the contest went wire-to-wire without a yellow once the green flag was dropped. Thomas Schulte charged from the twelfth position to earn second, followed by Taylor Junk in third.
Cody Booth earns a dominant win in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact feature, leading every lap in the Outagamie opener. (Photo by Dan Lewis Photography)
