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Unique format adds to IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Nationals draw

EAGLE, Neb. – While the list of drivers already pre-entered continues to grow, promoter Roger Hadan is busy multi-tasking two weeks before the start of the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Nationals. Early entries for the fifth annual event neared 120 as teams from 13 states are entered in the Aug. 31-Sept. 3 event at Eagle Raceway. “We’ve got the cars. Now we’re focusing more on the fans,” Hadan said. “Sprint Nationals is unique with a full night of racing every night where every car has the opportunity to run for money and its three-wide start on Sunday.” The main event pays $2,500 to win and a minimum $1,250 to start, plus a generous number of contingency awards. “As far as the event itself, Mother Nature, the number of laps on the track and trying to keep the track racy will all be factors,” Hadan said. “Then our next step will be to figure out what to do to make the event even bigger.” Entries in hand now are from California, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North [Read More]

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]

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]

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]

Pavlicek prevails for Sanders Mod Tour win at Norman County Raceway

By Mike Spieker ADA, Minn. (Aug. 17) – Rich Pavlicek raced to the $1,000 feature win when season-high 47 IMCA Modifieds checked in Thursday for opening night of the Sanders Modified Challenge Tour at Norman County Raceway. In his first appearance of the season at Ada, the defending champion Pavlicek started on the pole, got the lead back from Michael Greseth following a lap nine restart and cruised to the win and 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational berth. Greseth, Tyler Peterson, John Correll and “B” transfer Austin Arneson rounded out the top five. Pavlicek was running the extreme high groove when Greseth snuck underneath him to claim the lead five circuits into the 25-lapper.. Greseth quickly opened up a 10 car length lead over Pavlicek, but a caution with 16 to go brought the field right back to Greseth’s rear bumper. On the restart, Tyler Peterson momentarily took second away from Pavlicek, but Pavlicek reclaimed the position down the back straightaway. Pavlicek kept moving forward and took the lead away from Greseth in turns one [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through Aug. 16

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 1,183; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 1,177; 3. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,173; 4. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,172; 5. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 1,160; 6. Dean Abbey, Roanoke, Texas, 1,157; 7. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 1,156; 8. Clinton Luellen, Minburn, Iowa, 1,139; 9. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 1,135; 10. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,120; 11. Regan Tafoya, Farmington, N.M., 1,118; 12. Shawn Fletcher, Brainerd, Minn., 1,114; 13. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,112; 14. Bryce Garnhart, Shannon, Ill., 1,111; 15. Jeff Hoegh, New Caney, Texas, 1,098; 16. Tyler Limoges, Redwood Falls, Minn., 1,097; 17. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Michigan, and Tom Berry Jr., Medford, Ore., both 1,090; 19. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 1,088; 20. Dalton Magers, Redwood Falls, Minn., 1,087. IMCA Late Models – 1. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 794; 2. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 790; 3. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 788; 4. Rob Toland, Colona, Ill., 778; 5. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, Iowa, 775; 6. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 772; 7. Chad Holladay, Muscatine, Iowa, 761; [Read More]

Strickler switches gears, then checks out in second half of Shryock Memorial All-Star main

BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 12) – Kyle Strickler was right where he wanted to be midway through Hancock County Speedway’s Shryock Memorial All-Star main event. As a result, he was right where he wanted to be at the end of Saturday’s 50-lap feature for IMCA Modifieds. Strickler stayed close to Ryan Ruter following numerous cautions throughout the first half and was running second when the race was halted for the mandatory pit stop at halfway. He restarted second, took the lead almost at the drop of the green and checked out on the rest of the 31-car field, taking the $4,000 checkers handily ahead of Ruter. “It was so important to be lined up second,” Strickler explained. “The track had rubbered up and I was definitely trying to position myself for the restart.” “It’s tough to run well in a field this good but we made a gear change (at halfway) that helped us,” he added. “I knew if I could get out front I’d be tough to catch.” The second 25 laps ran caution-free. The [Read More]

IMCA Speedweek sees first repeat winner as Marriott repeats at Night of 10,000 Stars

BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 11) – Hunter Marriott became the first repeat winner of IMCA Speedweek when he repeated as the Night of 10,000 Stars winner Friday at Hancock County Speedway. Marriott led all but the first lap, earning $7,000 for the IMCA Modified feature victory along with a $1,000 bonus for leading at halfway in the 50-lap main event. Tad Reutzel drew the pole start and was scored first on the opening circuit; the sixth-starting Marriott made the best use of the lower line, had the lead the next time around and stayed in front to the finish. Richie Gustin raced from 13th starting to finish second while hard charger Ryan Ruter passed 21 cars and ended in third. Rounding out the top five were Joel Rust, who had started 22nd, and Ethan Dotson. Marriott, runner-up at Thursday’s Night of 1,000 Stars at Britt, had raced his way onto the 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot by winning Monday’s Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature at Clay County Fair Speedway. Randy Brands was the [Read More]