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The flagman is a winner as Kelly tops Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts at Britt

BRITT, Iowa (July 1, 2022) – Long-time flagman and part-time Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact driver Logan Kelly gave young son Hendrick something different to talk about. Kelly went to the high line after racing his way back to the front of the field at Hancock County Speedway en route to his IMCA career first feature win on July 1. “We were just plain fast and for once in my life I didn’t make any mistakes in the race car. That was the big thing. It was a confidence building night,” said Kelly, from Fairmont, Minn., and also a first-time heat race winner Friday night. “Hendrick was pretty excited to see the trophy when he got up the next morning.” “We’d broken an axle our first week at Britt and he’s been telling people ‘Daddy drove off the track.’ Hopefully we can get him talking about how dad brought home a trophy.” The site of Kelly’s first win was also special. “It was neat to win here. My dad Jim never raced but he helped other [Read More]

Block provides IMCA Modified fireworks at Outagamie

By Joe Orsini SEYMOUR, Wis. (July 1, 2022) – The Fourth of July weekend kicked off with 180 cars filling the pits at Outagamie Speedway. Each of the drivers wanted to avoid fireworks on the track and enjoy them from victory lane after the races. The Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature kicked off with Jason Hyerdall and then Dan Roedl in front. Wyatt Block wasted no time moving into position to challenge as he moved inside Hyerdall to secure second. Block continued to work the groove inside Roedl and fought side-by-side with the leader for multiple laps as Mike Mullen steadily worked the high side into fourth place. At halfway, Roedl led Block, Cody Schroeder, and Mike Mullen. A lap 12 restart saw Block slice past Roedl into the top spot and try to open a gap on the field. The closing laps saw Mullen put on a clinic on running the high side in turns one and two as he tickled the wall up top with every lap. When the checkers flew Mullen closed [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 30, 2022

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 965; 2. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 961; 3. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 954; 4. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., and Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., both 886; 6. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 873; 7. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 869; 8. Jon White, Red Oak, Texas, 845; 9. Jim Thies, Mapleton, Iowa, 835; 10. Ricky Stephan, Sioux City, Iowa, 830; 11. Dalton Houghton, Rosamond, Calif., 826; 12. Steve Askew, Aubrey, Texas, 799; 13. Jesse Rogotzke, Sanborn, Minn., 798; 14. Beau Collins, Savoy, Texas, 774; 15. William Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 768; 16. Owen Barnhill, Milton, Fla., 767; 17. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 761; 18. Bobby Hogge, Salinas, Calif., 751; 19. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 736; 20. Jerry Flippo, Bakersfield, Calif., 729. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Dustin Schram, Sterling, Ill., 629; 2. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 624; 3. Colton Leal, Dubuque, Iowa, 541; 4. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 531; 5. Jim Johnson, Plainview, Neb., 506; 6. Jacob Waterman, Colona, Ill., 471; 7. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 470; 8. Chuck [Read More]

Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod races of champions move to Tuesday at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (July 1, 2022) – Race of champions events for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods move to the Tuesday night program during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Former Super Nationals, national and regional champions and former race winners, as well as 2022 track champions or points leaders will be eligible to qualify for their respective race of champions event on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5. The Stephenville Starter Race of Champions for Hobby Stocks and BSB Manufacturing Race of Champions for Northern SportMods will be Tuesday, Sept. 6. Both race of champions events had been part of Saturday programs since their addition to the Super Nationals schedule in 2009. “Every year there are drivers who qualify for the race of champions but not their main event. That forces them to stay four days or make two long trips to run 12 laps,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “Moving qualifying and the two races of champions to Tuesday makes more sense, especially with fuel costs at a record [Read More]

Registration begins for 40th IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (June 30, 2022) – Registration has begun for the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The form for pre-registration can be found at imcasupernationals.com. “We encourage drivers planning to be part of the Sept. 5-10 Super Nationals to get this process done as soon as possible,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “It helps makes planning for this event easier for everyone.” Drivers must be IMCA members in the division for which they register in order for their registration to be confirmed. They must also be registered for the event before their pit stall application will be processed. Pit stall application links are also on Super Nationals menus on both IMCA and Boone Speedway websites. In addition, drivers have to be pre-registered to compete in the Sept. 3-4 Prelude. The Prelude and each night of Super Nationals will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Pre-registration fees for the upcoming Super Nationals remain unchanged. Modifieds are $40, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, Northern SportMods and Mod Lites are $25, Late Models are $50 and Sport Compacts [Read More]

Arlington Stock Car checkers fly for Lund

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 25, 2022) – Saturday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature at Arlington Raceway saw a new car in victory lane but not without a battle first. Andrea McCain led the first seven laps before getting too high following a restart and seeing Curt Lund take over the top spot. Tim Malchow started ninth and worked his way to second but couldn’t get around Lund as the cars behind him were all vying for the top spot, too, with three- and four-wide racing. In the end Lund won the race, Malchow took second and Chad Schroeder took third. Cory Probst again pulled off the feature win in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, which was tainted with a late race crashes on laps nine and 10. Chad Volk took second over Moriah Trebelhorn and Todd Sievert. There were three different leaders in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact feature. David Marshall led the first two laps, then Alan Lahr took over the top spot until lap nine when Nate Coopman got around him. R.J. Esqueda [Read More]

Andrews sails from 10th to Eagle checkers

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (June 25, 2022) – Matt Andrews went sailing Saturday night, from row five at the start to victory lane following Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod main event at Eagle Raceway. Andrews started 10th, snagged the lead with 12 to go and took the checkers ahead of Ryan Argobast and Dana Deeke. “When you have to start in the back because of the points deal, it’s pretty tough to get to the front. A lot of these guys are really good and that’s the reason they’re out here,” Andrews said. “We’ve struggled getting through them but tonight was our night” “I think we were in second four laps in and I know I looked up at the scoreboard and there were 12 to go when I took the lead,” he added. “From there it was smooth sailing.” Jordan Grabouski won both Friesen Performance IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car features. Dillon Richards’ IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory was his third straight at America’s Home Track and Stuart Snyder paced the IMCA RaceSaver [Read More]

Wilkinson Express keeps rolling at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishilsports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (June 25, 2022) – The Cameron Wilkinson Expressed rolled to victory lane for the sixth time in eight starts this season at Off Road Speedway. Wilkinson hurried to the front of Saturday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field from deep in the starting lineup, this time from the sixth row, requiring just six laps to take the lead from Justin Berschinger, who had inherited the front position after early leader Ron Pettitt left with car trouble. Austin Brauner took second place and Tejay Miellke finished third. James Roebuck won a Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature for the third time at Off Road Speedway by wresting the lead from Wes Hochstein coming out of turn four with 12 laps left. Roebuck then held off pressure from eventual second-place finisher Colby Langenberg and Mitch Coble.

IMCA Hobby Stocks run at The New Raceway Park’s Dave Riley Memorial

JEFFERSON, S.D. (June 27, 2022) – IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race for $1,500 to win when The New Raceway Park hosts the Sunday, July 3 Dave Riley Memorial. The runner-up earns $900, with $600 paid for third and $350 for fourth. Minimum start money is $100 and the feature purse is more than $5,000. Tow is $50. The hard charger earns $256 and there is no entry fee. The Hobby Stock portion of the holiday weekend event will be draw/redraw. From Sioux City, Riley was a long-time IMCA Hobby Stock competitor at tracks in South Dakota and western Iowa. The memorial race will be held on what would have been his 50th birthday. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Also scheduled to be on the card at Jefferson are Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts.

Marolf, Eckrich claim Drive For 5 victories at Lee County

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 24, 2022) – Nick Marolf and Denny Eckrich were both $1,000 feature winners in round four of Drive For 5 Friday night at Lee County Speedway. Ray Raker and Darin Weisinger Jr. led the field to green in the 25-lap IMCA Sunoco Late Model main, with Weisinger sliding past Raker on lap two to take over the top spot. Coming off turn two to complete lap eight, Marolf went three-wide off the top of the track to emerge with the lead, with Chuck Hanna moving into the runner-up spot one lap later. Hanna’s run up front came to an end on lap 16, as he slowed and pulled into the pits with mechanical troubles. This handed the second spot to Dalton Simonsen. Without a caution to bunch the field there was no catching Marolf on this night, as he went on to score the $1,000 victory. Tommy Elston came from 10th to finish third. Dennis LaVeine paced the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified field early on while the fifth starting Eckrich [Read More]