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By Ryan Clark VINTON, Iowa (June 11) – Two last-lap passes and a photo finish provided for arguably the best night of racing so far this season at Benton County Speedway. A field of 105 race teams assembled for Sunday’s third annual Urbana 5 Memorial/Iowa Donor Network event, which celebrated the memory of five area youth killed in a car accident in Benton County. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, paying $1,500 to the winner, headlined the event. An extra $350 was also up for grabs for anyone who could beat Tony Olson, the winner of the race each of the last two seasons. It was pole sitter Sam Wieben surging to the early lead of the 20-lapper. He built a sizable advantage while Jared VanDeest and Joey Schaefer worked through traffic from mid-pack starts. Cautions on laps five and 14 kept the field bunched, however Wieben maintained the point throughout. VanDeest kept pace with the leader following the lap 14 restart and ran the high side while Wieben remained committed to the low groove. VanDeest surged ahead as the white flag waved and [Read More]

CRYSTAL, Mich. (June 10) – Chance Allen made the most of his opportunities in scoring his career-first IMCA Modified feature win Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Allen drew the pole and led all 20 laps, holding off Gary VanderMark and earning $1,052, along with a berth on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, for the Optima Batteries Modified Challenge victory. “It was a good night of racing. I definitely had to be at the top of my game,” said Allen. “The bottom was definitely the place to be. I had to hug the tires and Gary was right behind me.” Cautions came out on lap two and again after midway. VanderMark was faster in the turns but Allen hung on to win by a car length. Nick Stormzand, Jerry Hunt and 10th starting Myron DeYoung were next across the stripe. Feature results – 1. Chance Allen; 2. Gary VanderMark; 3. Nick Stormzand; 4. Jerry Hunt; 5. Myron DeYoung; 6. John DeYoung Jr.; 7. Chad Wernette; 8. Brenten DeYoung; 9. A.J. Ward; 10. Austin Wonch; 11. Casey Tasker; [Read More]

By Edward Anschutz LUXEMBURG, Wis. (June 9) – Russ Reinwald withstood an onslaught of challenges over the fi­nal 10 laps to score the IMCA Modified win Friday at Luxemburg Speedway’s Doc Kollross Memo­rial. Luck of the draw put Reinwald on the pole for the 25-lap headliner. Reinwald raced to an early lead but a caution on lap six bunched the field and the race was on when the green flag flew. The first challenger was Tyler Hackett as he ran the extreme high side to pull even with Reinwald. Reinwald switched to the same line and pulled away from Hackett. Shawn Kilgore took his turn next, mounting a challenge down low as Reinwald ran the cushion, Pulling even for the lead as laps clicked away. Kilgore kept the pressure on but Reinwald held strong up top to take the win. Kilgore had to settle for second place pay, Hackett was third, Benji LaCrosse came through a last chance race and started 19th to finish fourth. Brian Mullen completed the top five. When the checker flew you [Read More]

By Jim Haines ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (June 9) – New Jersey hotshot Jeff Taylor travels the country running his IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car and you never know where he may show up next … this week it was the winner’s circle when the Virginia Sprint Series traveled to Dixieland Speedway. Taylor had the lead from the initial green in the first Fast Friday Feature of the season and was a car length ahead of Daren Bola at the checkers. Mike Leraas, Jerald Harris and Brian Lawson rounded out the top five. Anthony Linkenhoker and Taylor paced the field early with Taylor showing the top side was the place to be. He made laps up top with Leraas in tow and Bolac charging toward the front. Dixieland is quick, short oval and at halfway the front pack was getting tight with Harris in the group and lapped traffic in the mix. Taylor stayed high as Leraas and Bolac were swapping se­cond. Bolac made a big push to get by Leraas for second. With three to go, [Read More]

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 9) – Lucas Lamberies made the long haul to the Davenport Speedway from his home in Clintonville, Wis., pay off with the $2,000 win in Friday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod Challenge. Lamberies started on the front row of the 50-lap feature, outside defending race winner Tony Ol­son. Olson led the first 38 laps before Lamberies used a higher line to get around and over the front spot. A couple laps later, Curtis VanDerWal also passed Olson for second. On the final circuit, VanDerWal tried a slide job for the lead but got up into some loose dirt in turn two and Lamberies came back down the track and regained the lead and the win. VanDerWal finished second, with Olson third. Gage Neal and Rick Wages completed the top five. In IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing action, Matt Ryan captured his second straight Pe­tersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model main. Ryan passed Rob Toland just after the mid­way point of the race. A late race caution bunched up the field [Read More]