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Anderson stays perfect at Osky

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (May 31) – Shannon Anderson remained perfect by picking up the KBOE Radio/Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature during a fast-paced night of racing Wednesday at Southern Iowa Speedway. Anderson started eighth and quickly worked his way through the field, getting to the front on lap six. He built up a big lead that was erased by a lap 11 caution, but held on to get the victory ahead of Aaron Martin, Chanse Hollatz, Bill Bonnett and Thomas Stevens. Hobby Stocks see extra an $300 available to grab because of a bounty placed on Anderson next week, thanks to Edel Lawn Care, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto. Cayden Carter and Curtis VanDerWal repeated wins from last week in the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified and Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Northern SportMod divisions, respectively. Derrick Agee was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Car winner and Brandon Housley checked out on everybody to win the Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compact main event. 30

Tiger doubles awards for IMCA drivers in 2017

MOUNT ULLA, N.C. – Tiger Rear Ends doubles the dollar amount of awards to be given to IMCA drivers this season, with $5,000 in product certificates designated for Modified and Late Model competitors. Top five finishers in national standings for both divisions, and in point standings for the Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for Modifieds all receive $250 certificates from the Mount Ulla, N.C., aftermarket rear end manufacturer. Tiger had given national Late Model and Deery awards in its first three years as an IMCA sponsor. Certificates will be presented during the national IMCA awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the home office, and can be redeemed directly through Tiger. The next events for both series are June 6 at Marshalltown Speedway. The national Late Model point season concludes with the final Deery event in September. The point season for the Modifieds ends on Sept. 24. “The Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour is becoming a high profile series of [Read More]

Schwartz is number one at 81

By David Smith Jr. PARK CITY, Kan. (May 28) – Todd Schwartz wasted little time getting to the lead Sunday night at 81 Speedway, then held off Joe Wood Jr. on the final lap to capture his first career Sprint Series of Oklahoma victory and $1,000 during the Sprint Car Maynia show at Park City. The IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event, co-sanctioned by the United Rebel Sprint Series, saw Jake Martens, Steven Richardson and Ty Williams complete the top five. Thirty-four cars vied for starting spots on the main event grid. Schwartz started third and took the lead as the green flag fell. Wood was five car lengths behind in second midway through the 20-lapper. Andy Shouse and Brandon Long, who were running third and fourth respectively, made contact coming out of turn two on 13, causing Long to execute a series of flips down the backstretch. He was shaken but otherwise uninjured. Schwartz entered slower traffic with three laps to go, then denied Wood’s final attempt at a pass in turns three and four on the [Read More]

Bounty on Munoz amps up Dodge City Stock Car Spectacular

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – This Saturday night’s Inaugural Stock Car Spectacular at Dodge City Raceway Park was already shaping up to live up to its moniker. Now it will likely be beyond “Spectacular” with a price put upon the head of Angel Munoz. The Lamar, Colo., racer has been a seemingly unstoppable force in this year’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car ranks atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City clay oval, racing to victory lane in all three events thus far. Munoz sets his sights on four wins in a row going into Saturday’s Stock Car Spectacular that also includes a full slate of IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The Stock Car Spectacular already had a posted winner’s share of a healthy $750. Now, courtesy of BMI, the ante has been upped even more with the bounty. If anybody can take the win ahead of Munoz, that driver will receive an extra $300 bonus to push the win total to $1,050 provided that Munoz finishes the race. Munoz can cash in as [Read More]

Miller is grand at Raceway Park

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (May 28) – David Miller was the $1,000 winner of Raceway Park’s Jim Johnson Memorial for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks Sunday night. The battle for the top spot raged through the first half of the feature until Miller took control. Behind Miller, Andy Hoffman had been charging through the field from his starting spot near the back, only to come up six feet short at the finish line. Behind Miller and Hoffman, Brandon Nielson took the third spot, followed by Tony Fetterman. Arie Schouten took his second win of the year in the KCAU9 IMCA Northern SportMods, followed by Colby Langenberg, Rusty Montagne and Nelson Vollbrecht. In the Casey’s General Store IMCA Stock Car division, Jason Ward broke into victory lane for the first time this year. Greg Taylor picked up two positions during the final green, white, checkered finish to take second followed by Bo Lundquist and Tom McKenzie.

Bubak scores hard-fought URSS win at RPM

HAYS, Kan. (May 27) – The United Rebel Sprint finally got the monkey off of its back Saturday night before a packed house at RPM Speedway. Fans were treated to an epic battle as Jake Bubak battled young guns Jed Werner and Tracey Hill to take the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car win. Outside pole starter Tracey Hill was the early leader before a lap two red flag. Jed Werner grabbed the runner-up spot on the ensuing restart while Bubak advanced to third. Bubak took over second on lap nine, then used traffic to his advantage in taking over the lead on lap 17. Bubak cruised to the victory following a lap 21 caution. Werner, Hill, J.D. Johnson and Steven Richardson rounded out the top five. Feature results – 1. Jake Bubak; 2. Jed Werner; 3. Tracey Hill; 4. J.D. Johnson; 5. Steven Richardson; 6. Tyler Knight; 7. Darren Berry; 8. Zach Blurton; 9. Brian Herbert; 10. Cody Lampe; 11. Craig Jecha; 12. Keefe Hemel; 13. Koby Walters; 14. Scott Rhoades; 15. Shane Sundquist; 16. Ty Williams; [Read More]

IMCA Deery Series, Hawkeye Dirt Tour twinbill next at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Two IMCA series, one with a new point leader and the other with the point leader racing in his hometown, are en route next to Marshalltown Speedway for a Tuesday, June 6 doubleheader. Both the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds come to town for the midweek Miller Lite 50 special. Late Models race for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Modifieds race for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Rookie Jesse Sobbing won the most recent Deery event, at Boone on Memorial Day, and that victory launched him to the top of point standings for the 31st annual series. The next four drivers in the standings – Jake Neal, Chad Holladay, Cayden Carter and Matt Ryan – are within 20 points of the leader with the first seven of 13 events completed. Darrel DeFrance will extend his perfect attendance streak to 475 events when [Read More]

Modified win at Arlington goes to Limoges

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 26) – Redwood Falls hotshoe Tyler Limoges was the third and final leader in Saturday’s MN 93 IMCA Modified main event at Arlington Raceway. Jesse Rogotzke was the early leader but after two laps Clint Hatlestad moved up six spots to take over the race. Limoges also moved up right behind Hatlestad and the two drivers jockeyed back and forth for several laps. In the end, it was Limoges who came out victorious. Birthday celebrant Dan Menk took third. The 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature saw a repeat winner in Neil Stevens. Shaun Bruns hit the gas coming out of the final turn to edge Dan Mackenthun in the race for the B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car checkers. There were four different leaders in the Unhinged Pizza IMCA SportMod feature, the last of them Eric Larson. Cory Probst started 10th, had the lead by lap two and went on to win the Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Ryan Bryant started 12th in the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact feature [Read More]

Max Papis Innovations steering new awards to top drivers in four IMCA divisions

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – The company with the motto Shaped By A Racer For The Best Racers presents awards to the best racers in four IMCA divisions beginning this season. Max Papis Innovations gives MPI steering wheels with custom stands to the IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national champions. Second and third-place finishers in national standings for the same divisions all receive $50 gift certificates from the Mooresville, N.C., headquartered company. “We are racers and we produce the best products for other racers,” said owner Max Papis, whose extensive racing credentials include the NASCAR Cup Series, Indy Car, Champ Car, Formula 1 and Le Mans. “Whether it’s the Daytona 500 or a local dirt track, we want to support the sport. We want to support racers who compete at any level.” MPI has customers at all levels of racing and has already developed a niche with dirt Modified and dirt Late Model drivers. “We’ve been involved quite extensively with Modifieds and Late Models. It’s natural for us to create [Read More]

It was awesome and it was amazing: Sheen is IMCA Stock Car winner at Cardinal special

EUNICE, N.M. (May 27-28) – Michael Sheen had to give serious thought to describing his racing weekend at Cardinal Speedway. The winner of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature at Cardinal’s eighth annual Kelly Sheen Memorial, held in honor of his father, eventually got around to using the words “awesome” – twice – and “amazing.” “I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend. We ended up getting lucky and pulled it off,” said Sheen, who won the Saturday qualifier to earn the Sunday pole start and then led all 25 laps of the main event. “There were a whole bunch of guys behind me who could have won this race.” The victory was good for $2,500 and Sheen, like a number of other drivers racing at Eunice over the holiday weekend donated his share of the purse to the scholarship fund established in his father’s name. Also the winner of the 2015 event, Sheen was catching up with the back of the field before a late restart. He led Colby Deming, Cary White, Jody [Read More]