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IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 22

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,145; 2. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 1,097; 3. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,074; 4. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,065; 5. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 993; 6. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 978; 7. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 970; 8. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 967; 9. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 962; 10. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 925; 11. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 893; 12. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 888; 13. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 883; 14. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 857; 15. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 856; 16. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 851; 17. Clay Money, Penokee, Kan., 844; 18. Dennis LaVeine, West Burlington, Iowa, 840; 19. David Brown, Kellogg, Iowa, 838; 20. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 837. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 735; 2. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 702; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 595; 4. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 569; 5. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 559; 6. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 553; 7. Eric Sanders, Sherrard, Ill., [Read More]

LaCrosse earns $10,000 for career second Clash at the Creek checkers

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 23) – Benji LaCrosse led every lap of the 50 lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Clash at the Creek main event Thursday at 141 Speedway. LaCrosse held off heavy pressure from two-time defending race winner Mike Mullen to take home the $10,000 payday in the opening installment of the Cheesehead Triple Crown. LaCrosse earned the pole position for the feature by virtue of passing points during Wednesday qualifying. The 2013 Clash winner showed he was going to be a threat as he pulled away from the field immediately. Mullen settled into position in second and Kyle Brown into third, with a whole crew running right behind. Several cautions kept the field together like a close knit family. On each restart, LaCrosse pulled Mullen around the speedway and eventually edged away from the field. Shawn Kilgore and Hunter Marriott battled for third during the middle portion of the race. Kilgore ran the top with Marriott down low. With 15 circuits remaining, LaCrosse entered lapped traffic and Mullen was able [Read More]

$3,500 is top check when IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour travels to Hancock County for Salute to Veterans show

BRITT, Iowa (June 23) – The Hawkeye Dirt Tour returns to Britt and five IMCA divisions see on-track action at Hancock County Speedway’s Salute To Veterans special on Tuesday, June 28. Touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $3,500 to win their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier while the runner-up earns $1,600. Fourteen hundred dollars will be paid for third, $1,200 for fourth and $1,000 for fifth. Hancock County is the only track to have hosted an HDT event every year since the series started in 2010. Next Tuesday’s show will be the seventh tour event held at Britt. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $2,000 to win, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks both for $1,500 and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200. Winners in all divisions receive six-foot-tall trophies and those with perfect attendance this season at Britt get $500 bonuses as well. Second in the Stock Car main pays $1,200 with $1,000 for third. SportMod and Hobby Stock runners-up get $800, with $600 paid for third. All divisions [Read More]

10 are already qualified for IMCA Modified $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 22) – Sixty-seven of the best Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers from 10 states converged on 141 Speedway for opening night of qualifying for the $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event. When passing points were figured after 16 heat races, 10 of those drivers … Benji LaCrosse, Mike Mullen, Kyle Brown, Jay Matthias, Hunter Marriott, Shawn Kilgore, Jordan Grabouski, Jeremy Jacobs, Todd Dart and Marcus Yarie … were locked into Thursday’s starting grid at Francis Creek. The remainder of the field will be set by the “B” features and a Final Four race. Racing starts at 6 p.m. tonight. Brandon Czarapata and Jeff Schmuhl raced to $500 paydays on Wednesday, in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod features, respectively. Kyle Frederick started on the pole of the Stock Car feature. He was looking for his fourth win of the season but the rest of the field had other ideas. Frederick took to the lead immediately and set a quick pace. Czarapata [Read More]

Late restart opens door for Logue at SportMod Nationals

BRITT, Iowa (June 22) – A race he didn’t win last August helped put Johnathon Logue in victory lane at Hancock County Speedway. His runner-up finish during the Night of 10,000 Stars show at Britt was on Logue’s mind at the start of Tuesday’s MaxYield Seed SportMod Nationals. Remembering how George Nordman used the lower groove to get the best of him before at Britt, Logue followed the same line from 13th starting to the $2,500 checkers. The victory was his fourth of the season and, surprisingly, his Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod career first away from his hometown Boone Speedway. “My crew has put a lot of sweat and blood and work into this car,” Logue said. “This win got the weight off my shoulders.” He passed Jared Boumeester for the lead following a caution with five circuits left in the 30-lapper. “I’m not sure why no one else tried to run the bottom. Once I got to the 81 (Boumeester) I showed him my line and the yellow came out. I didn’t know if I’d [Read More]

Theme for Super Nationals best looking car contest is ‘Represent Your State’

BOONE, Iowa – Proud of where you call home? Heck yes, and IMCA is giving you the chance to prove it during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “This year’s contest is open to drivers in all seven divisions competing at Boone Speedway and trophies will be awarded in the four divisions that crown champions on Saturday night,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “We encourage all Super Nationals competitors to be as creative as they can with their home state representation, while making sure required decals are in the correct location on their car.” The same theme was used in choosing best looking entries at the Duel In the Desert last fall. “We wanted to make this announcement now so drivers can start making plans with their graphics company,” Yoder said. “If they let us know in advance, we can make sure announcers identify them during hot laps, for example.”

More Super Nationals pit stalls get RESERVED designation

BOONE, Iowa – Another 46 pit stalls have been designated as reserved for the Sept. 5-10 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Stalls in Section JJ (along the fence in the north field, next to Manufacturers’ Row) and Section II (in the south pit area) are all on grass, 12 feet wide and 100 feet long. “We have reserved areas where the longer haulers absolutely need to be in,” IMCA President Brett Root said. “We have reconfigured the south pit area in order to accommodate the longer haulers and will do our best to keep them out of the roadways during the event.” Stalls in Section HH (north of turn 3) are 60 feet long, also grass and also newly designated as reserved, meaning all stalls in the main pit area will be reserved. The new pit overflow area near the cell tower area has been designated for divisions with one-day programs … the Southern SportMods on Monday, Sport Compacts on Tuesday and Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Models on Thursday. “Both pre-entry [Read More]

Champion Chadwick matches feature win record in Wild West Shoot Out title quest

By Ben Deatherage The 2016 Wild West Modified Shootout is finally in the books and it was one fantastic week of racing. Of the seven races on the schedule the only one to fall to weather, although a handful of others had threatening skies, was just the final feature at Willamette Speedway on June 15. Still the tour would visit six different tracks in California, Oregon, and Washington for seven races in eight nights. A record 90-plus Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers competed in at least one race during the course of the week. Teams and drivers traveled from eight different states (Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, North Dakota, Colorado, North Carolina, and Missouri) as well as one Canadian province (British Columbia). Californian Kellen Chadwick bested them all in dominating fashion in his first time ever competing with the Wild West Modified Shoot Out, by a 93-point margin over runner-up Collen Winebarger. He became the fourth different Shoot Out title winner, joining Jesse Williamson, Alex Stanford, and Brian Poppa. Chadwick tied the record for the [Read More]

Christians is quickest in all star-filled field at Shawano Stock Car Shootout

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (June 18) – Jeremy Christians bested an all-star field that included three former national champions, two Super National winners and numerous track champions to take home the $1,000 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car check Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Christians, the 2010 champion at Super Nationals, held Brandon Czarapata at bay to win the Stock Car Shootout. Joe White, Travis Van Straten and Kyle Frederick rounded out the top five. White grabbed the lead on the opening lap and quickly received pressure from defending national champion Van Straten, while Frederick raced past Christians and into third by lap four. The battle between White and Van Straten allowed Frederick to catch the lead duo. On lap eight, Van Straten lost the handle in the middle of turns three and four but instead of stopping and bringing out a caution he stayed on the throttle and kept going. The incident dropped Van Straten back to ninth on the track and cost him a considerable amount of distance to the leaders. Frederick was now the chief challenger [Read More]

Last lap pass lands Linkenhoker in Virginia Sprint Series victory lane

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (June 18) – Shenandoah Speedway has seen many great last-lap passes for the win as the wide track lends itself to multi-groove racing. Anthony Linkenhoker put his name on the list of drivers to win this same fashion in Saturday’s Virginia Sprint Series main event. Tony Harris and Bill Rice paced the field to green with Rice up high and leading the field with Harris running low. On lap 10, Harris made his move and was in the top spot as Rice with beginning to fade. Linkenhoker moved to second at halfway and the fight was really on. Harris was working his tires hard to stay up front as Linkenhoker kept sticking a nose in there three or four times as he tried high and low to get by, and with the white flag waving they were nose to tail again. Going into turn three Linkenhoker went high and Harris went low for a charge to the flag and they went across side by side with Linkenhoker charging by for [Read More]