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IMCA Empire State Series has Friday date at Afton Motorsports Park

AFTON, N.Y. – Touring IMCA Modifieds return to Afton Motorsports Park this Friday, Aug. 25 for the fourth installment of the 2017 Empire State Series. Friday’s feature pays $400 to win and a minimum of $75 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points are at stake during the Joey Coulter Kids Club CARS Night program. There is no entry fee. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors ages 65 and over, $8 for students ages 9-14 and free for kids eight and under. Pit passes are $30. Eight previous Empire State Series events have been held at Afton since 2011. Winners there last year were James Cornell and Eddie Sites. IMCA Modifieds are not running Friday at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee. “We were very happy to help IMCA out and host an Empire State Series event,” [Read More]

IMCA Weekly Late Model point season ends Aug. 27

VINTON, Iowa – Final Late Model track points races for the 2017 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season will be Sunday, Aug. 27. National and state points for the division will be given through the final Deery Brothers Summer Series event, now scheduled on Sept. 23. Track championship bonus points will be figured and the national champion and rookie of the year announced as soon as possible after that date.

Wilson wires Sprint Series of Oklahoma foes at Ardmore

By David Smith Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. (Aug. 18) – Chad Wilson quickly took the lead from his fourth starting position and never looked back to capture his second career Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature Friday at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Tucker Doughty and defending tour champion Andy Shouse started on the front row for the 20-lap feature with Wilson the one taking the lead as the green flag fell. Several cautions dotted the feature yet Wilson would hold on to become the seventh different winner of the 2017 season. Tenth starting Michael Day, who won earlier at SOS, came home second while Doughty held on for third. Gary Owens, who had to run and won the 12-lap “B” feature, started 17th and came home fourth while Blake Dacus, who finished second in the “B” feature, rounded out the top five. Thirty-three cars were entered at Ardmore. Feature results – 1. Chad Wilson; 2. Michael Day; 3. Tucker Doughty; 4. Gary Owens; 5. Blake Dacus; 6. Brandon Anderson; 7. Chris Kelly; 8. Jeff Day; [Read More]

Hinrichs tops Marshalltown main, Mitchell rules plush Super Dash

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 18) – It was another action packed night of racing on Friday at the Marshalltown Speedway and the 115 cars on hand provided the crowd with great close racing all evening long. Kyle Hinrichs captured his first IMCA Late Model victory while Justin Mitchell went home $3,000 richer in the Super Dash. Hinrichs led the 20-lap main event from start to finish. Richie Gustin ran out of time to garner more than a second place finish, Todd Cooney was third, fourth went to Mitchell and Darrel DeFrance was fifth. Jimmy Gustin got his new ride to the winner’s circle in the IMCA Modified division and Jeff Mueller got back on the winning track in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Cory Rose got a first-time win in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods while Shannon Anderson chalked up another “W” in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The program ended with the running of the $3,000 to win Rumours Sport Bar & Grill Super Dash. All season long, drivers had qualified through weekly dashes to earn [Read More]

Repeat winners abound at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (Aug. 18) – Just one week before the 2017 Season Championships, the racing action was intense at the Davenport Speedway Friday night. Matt Ryan drew the pole for the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model feature and drove out to a sizeable lead. However in lapped traffic, Spencer Diercks was able to run down the leader. Diercks drove around Ryan on the high side on lap 22. In the final corner, Ryan pulled a massive slide job to retake the lead. Diercks tried to cross over but could not complete the move soon enough. The win was Ryan’s fifth of the season and third straight. Second went to Diercks, ahead of Jonathan Brauns in third. Rob Toland outlasted the field in the Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Modified feature. Toland started on the pole and led all 20 laps despite a heavy dose of cautions. Point leader Bryce Garnhart ran second the entire race. Eric Barnes raced to a third place finish. Gage Neal led the first 10 laps of the [Read More]

Greseth capitalizes for Buffalo River win, Arneson captures Sanders Challenge title

By Mike Spieker GLYNDON, Minn. (Aug. 20) – Michael Greseth took the win while Austin Arneson took the title in the Sunday finale for the Sanders IMCA Modified Challenge Tour Sunday at Buffalo River Race Park. Greseth used a restart with 13 laps to go to move by leader Dale Kraling. From there, he withstood challenges from Kraling on two more restarts and captured the $1,000 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifying victory over Arneson. With the second place finish, Arneson was crowned the 2017 Sanders Modified Tour champion. Points were tallied all four nights of the tour, with each driver’s worst night being thrown out. By night’s end at Buffalo River, Arneson edged out Greseth by a mere one point to claim the championship and the $1,500 bonus. “This is a fun tour,” said Arneson. “With a tour like this, it’s nice to have all the hard work pay off. It’s even better when you can do it in front of your hometown people.” A season-high 29 IMCA Modifieds were checked in at Glyndon. Matt Talley [Read More]

Williams Grove checkers good for Sprint win, Beer Hill Cup title

By Erika Palmai Wagner MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 18) – Scott Ellerman took home quite a bit of hardware Friday after winning the co-sanctioned Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series/Pennsylvania Sprint Series feature event at Williams Grove Speedway. Along with the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature win, Ellerman collected the Beer Hill Cup Summer Series championship. Austin Bishop, Bobby Butler, Jaremi Hanson and Zach Newlin completed the top five as an 45 cars were entered at came together at the historic Central Pennsylvania ½-mile oval. After Ellerman took over command of the top spot, the fight for the lead continued throughout the entire duration of the race with Butler staying within a car length. In the final circuits, Bishop began to make ground on the top two cars, looking more and more like another possible contender for the win as the laps counted down, and chased Ellerman and Bishop across the stripe. Feature results – 1. Scott Ellerman; 2. Austin Bishop; 3. Bobby Butler; 4. Jaremi Hanson; 5. Zachary Newlin; 6. Dave Brown; 7. Tyler Reeser; 8. Eddie Wagner; 9. [Read More]

Arneson records Jamestown win on Sanders IMCA Modified Tour

By Mike Spieker JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Aug. 19) – Austin Arneson led from lap eight to the lap 25 checkers in winning Saturday’s Sanders IMCA Modified Challenge Tour main event at Jamestown Speedway. The fifth starting Arneson worked his way by Jamie Trautner on lap two before getting by Michael Greseth and Rusty Kollman on lap six. From there, Arneson set his sights on Marlyn Seidler for the lead. Arneson was able to quickly reel in Seidler and make the pass for the lead on lap eight. “That was a blast,” said Arneson after the $1,000 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying win. “The track was pretty even early on but it got kind of tricky and a little choppy later on. Greseth was good on the bottom, Seidler was good all over, Kollman was good on top and I just kind of split them all and it worked.” Once out front, Arneson established a commanding lead as he paced the field around the high-banked quarter-mile clay oval and went on to lead the remainder of the [Read More]

Bruening scores IMCA Late Model win at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (Aug. 18) – With the biggest race of the year, the Yankee Dirt Track Classic, less than two weeks away, three-time event winner Tyler Bruening used Friday night at Farley Speedway as a tune-up. The Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models took the green with Nick Marolf in the lead. Marolf held the lead until near the midway point of the caution-free 25-lapper when Bruening was able to take the lead after advancing from a sixth position start. Bruening held off the late challenges of point leader Justin Kay and took the checkers by a car length. Kay shot to the front of the GSI Collision Specialist IMCA Modified feature from his fourth row start, taking the lead on lap eight en route to the 20-lap feature win. He scored the win over a fast closing Mark Schulte. Troy Bauer took advantage of his front row start in the GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Northern SportMod feature and went on to lead all 15 laps in recording the win ahead of [Read More]

Rodin dominates Sanders Modified Tour for first career victory at Red River Valley

By Mike Spieker WEST FARGO, N.D. (Aug. 18) – A stout field of 40 IMCA Modifieds were checked in Friday for night two of the Sanders Modified Challenge Tour at Red River Valley Speedway. In a dominating performance, Lucas Rodin captured the checkered flag for his first career win at the semi-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval. “I just had to hold it to the floor pretty much the whole way around just to get the car to turn,” said Rodin from victory Lane. “I tried to stay around the bottom and it worked out for us.” Rodin grabbed the lead on lap one from the third starting position as Dale Kraling, Dave Shipley and Trent Grager battled for second. He steadily distanced himself from the field as the race advanced and was able to efficiently slice his way through heavy lapped traffic. The only thing that could slow Rodin was the caution flag, which flew with five laps remaining. Kraling and Shipley lined up on the leader’s rear bumper for the ensuing restart. As the race resumed, [Read More]