Hobby Stock Archives

Horejsi cashes in at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 15, 2023) – Almost to the day, it had been 21 years since Jim Horejsi pulled his no. 21 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car into victory lane at Kossuth County Speedway. But the Marshall, Minn. driver was the winner of the $2,000 to win special at the oval to highlight an exciting evening of dirt track racing on Thursday, June 15. “I raced here opening night of 2002 in my Stock Car and had the lead late, thinking I was going to win,” said Horejsi, already B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligible. “But I got a flat tire with two laps to go so I came back the next week because I thought the track owed me one.” “This feels really good, especially with my last win here in a stock car coming 21 years ago. It is a race track I always enjoyed running on and tonight was no different.” Horejsi slowly closed the gap on Elijah Zevenbergen and became the new leader of the race [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 14, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 969; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 932; 3. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 903; 4. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 866; 5. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 823; 6. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 773; 7. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, 751; 8. Timothy Allerdings, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 713; 9. Izac Mallicoat, Boone, Iowa, 669; 10. Nick Meyer, Whittemore, Iowa, 666; 11. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 648; 12. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, 641; 13. William “Bill” Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 628; 14. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 620; 15. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 615; 16. Michael “Bubba” Ables, Caddo, Okla., 593; 17. Owen Barnhill, Milton, Fla., 592; 18. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 584; 19. Jake McBirnie, Boone, Iowa, 572; 20. Brandon Jewell, Camanche, Iowa, 570. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 545; 2. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 516; 3. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 476; 4. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 470; 5. Colton Leal, Dubuque, Iowa, 439; 6. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 428; 7. Gary Webb, [Read More]

Boone County’s Tanner Pelster Memorial boasts $5,111 IMCA Stock Car payday

ALBION, Neb. (June 14, 2023) – The Class Too Tough to Tame returns to Boone County Raceway July 9 for the Tanner Pelster Memorial, and the driver who can tame the Sunday night IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event will take home $5,111. A guaranteed starting spot in the upcoming B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational is at stake as well at the third annual special, sponsored by Sudbeck Underground Inc., Nebraska Owners Insurance and 94 Rock. The runner-up earns $3,111 with $2,111 paid for third, $1,111 for fourth and $911 for fifth. A minimum of $311 will be paid to start the 24 car main event. Tow money is $211 and Albion Locker antes up $300 for the Stock Car driver making the longest tow to Albion. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks are also on the card and run for $1,511 to win, $1,111 for second and $1,011 for third. Minimum start money and tow for the Hobbies is $111. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region and Big Daddy [Read More]

Trebelhorn triumphs at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 10, 2023) – The wins are what you race for and Luke Trebelhorn raced to his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car first Saturday at Arlington Raceway. The second-year Stock Car driver started third, passed Mark Zimmerman on the seventh circuit and sailed to the checkers from that point, topping the 20-lapper in front of Dave Moriarty and Matthew Looft. “This is a tough class but that’s what makes it fun,” said Trebelhorn, who had a heat win and a couple top 10 finishes as a rookie last season. The car was sett up nice. Wins are what you strive for. It was a good feeling to get this one off our back and a lot of the other competitors came over after the race to congratulate me.” He’d won once in a Mach-1 Sport Compact, in 2015, before running an IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock and then getting into the Stock Car. Despite a lengthy rain delay, the entire program was completed with 111 drivers signed in for the night. Clint Hatlestad was the [Read More]

Anderson streaks, repeats at IMCA Landus SportMod Nationals

BRITT, Iowa (June 12, 2023) – So much for the slow start to his season. Logan Anderson led 29 of 30 laps in repeating as winner of the Landus IMCA Northern SportMod Nationals at Hancock County Speedway, outrunning Matthew Looft and Colby Fett and earning $2,500 for his Monday night efforts. The Eddyville hot shoe is now 2-for-2 in his Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod career outings at Britt. He’d been winless in 16 sanctioned starts before winning Saturday at 34 Raceway, Sunday at Benton County Speedway and then last night at Hancock County. “It’s about a three hour trip so it feels good to go up there, have a good race and beat a lot of good cars,” Anderson said. “We have struggled this year so it feels good to start picking up the wins. Once they start to come, you get your confidence back.” Anderson drew the outside pole start for the 25-lapper and took charge from the initial green flag, catching up with the back of the field just eight circuits in [Read More]

Karl Companies mark 25th IMCA sponsorship season, continue crate engine awards at 41st Super Nationals

DES MOINES, Iowa (June 12, 2023) – The Karl Companies mark two anniversaries of IMCA support this season, capping off that celebration on the biggest stage in all of dirt track racing. Karl Chevrolet, the Midwest’s number one Chevrolet and GM Certified Dealer, and Karl Kustoms, the Midwest’s high performance parts manufacturer and distributor designated as the Preferred Engine Supplier of IMCA Racing, are in their 25th season of IMCA sponsorship. And for the 10th consecutive year, they’ll present crate engines to Modified, Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock champions crowned on Saturday night, Sept. 9 at the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The Modified champion takes home a 604 crate, the Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock champions both 602 crates. “Carl’s passion has always been in racing and we are happy to be a part of IMCA racing for another year awarding crate engines to the Super Nationals Champions as well as being recognized as the Preferred Engine Supplier of IMCA Racing,” said Marketing Director Clint Quesinberry. “Carl has always been dedicated to the racer and we [Read More]

Smith tops Hawkeye Challenge, Mills, Lopez and May see checkers before Mother Nature wins at Boone

June 10, 2023 By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (June 10, 2023) – Boone Speedway held its Hawkeye Challenge, one of the most unique races in the country, pitting six different classes of cars all racing at one time Saturday night. The overall winner was Mike Smith in his IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock. The Hawkeye Challenge was run before features and 21 cars were scheduled to start, qualified through track points and through heat racing earlier in the evening. Classes were staggered by lap count, with the lone Sprint Car of Mike Houseman needing to complete 25 laps, the Modifieds 23 laps, SportMods and Mod Lites 22 laps, Stock Cars 21 laps, and the Hobby Stocks 20 laps. When the dust cleared in the race that went non-stop, it was Smith in his Hobby Stock taking pocketing the $1,000 top prize. Other class winners were Josh May in the Mod Lites, Johnathon Logue in the Stock Cars, Jeremy Mills in the Modifieds, Kaylin Lopez in Northern SportMods, and Houseman in the Sprint Car. They took home $500 each. [Read More]

Simmons scores first CJ Speedway IMCA Modified win

By Jerry Mackey COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (June 9, 2023) – IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing returned to CJ Speedway on Friday night with near perfect weather conditions and a solid field of race cars were on hand to put on a great night of racing on a perfectly prepared race track in front of a nice crowd. It is always special to see a regular competitor score the first win of their racing career at the track and that was the case Friday night as Dakota Simmons, The Douds Missile, captured the win in the very tough Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature. An early dust-up saw the cars of Troy Philpott and Brian Bushong retire to the pit area before one lap was completed. With the lineup reset, the race was on and the very racy track allowed plenty of action as the front runners came from deep in the field. Danny Brau led early before Tim Simpson took over the top spot for a couple of laps. The ninth starting Simmons took over the top [Read More]

Shute repeats, Schmidt gets first Marshalltown win of season

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 9, 2023) – Todd Shute came away with back-to-back wins in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Jay Schmidt got win number one of the season in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts kicked off feature racing with their 15-lap “A” main. Kolby Sabin led from the drop of the green to take his third win of the year. He was chased most of the way by Terry Bickford who crossed the finish line in second. However, Bickford was disqualified in the post-race inspection. This handed second spot over to Matt Miller, and Mitchell Bunch was third in a close one at the line. Fourth was Larry Werner and rounding out the top five was Chad Larson. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks ran 20 laps for their feature event and it was Calvin Dhondt taking the checkers. Dhondt started ninth and ran down early leader Sam West. He made a nifty pass low in turns one and two and had the lead by lap 10. The [Read More]

Murty scores $1,000 Stock Car win at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (June 11, 2023) – Dallon Murty earned a $1,000 payday Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. Murty came out on top of a multi-car battle to take top honors in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Christie Door Company. From his fourth row starting spot, Murty raced the low groove into contention and pressured Brett Vanous for the top spot in that 20-lapper. With Vanous protecting the low groove, Murty changed lanes and attempted to challenge from the high side, which allowed a number of others to close in and battle for the lead. Damon Murty and Gage Neal were the strongest of the lot as the four drivers swapped positions and racing grooves at the front of the pack. Following a late restart, Dallon Murty made his move and then fought off pressure from Neal to seal the win. Vanous ran third ahead of Kaden Reynolds. Dallon Murty was a $1,000 winner in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car action Sunday night. Justin Wacha made a popular return visit to victory lane at [Read More]