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Sixth annual Sheen Memorial July 3, 4 at Cardinal Speedway

EUNICE, N.M. – Four IMCA divisions are featured at Cardinal Speedway’s sixth annual Kelly Sheen Memorial Topless Shootout on Friday and Saturday, July 3-4. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $2,000 to win, Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds for $1,200, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center SportMods for $1,000 and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $750. The Modified feature is a 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. Modified and Southern SportMod drivers must remove all body panels above the deck, including the roof, sail panels and pillar posts. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded to Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock drivers; Southern SportMod drivers race for national and state points. Thirty laps is the feature distance for the Modifieds, Stock Cars and SportMods, 20 laps for the Hobby Stocks. Cash awards of $100 will be paid to the hard charger and to the driver making the longest tow in each division. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, the draw closes at 6 p.m. and racing [Read More]

Czarapata dominates Luxemburg’s $5,000 to win show

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. (June 26) – While cousins Jason Czarapata and Brandon Czarapata have won on the same night many times before, Friday was certainly one of their mutually richer nights at the race track. Jason Czarapata bagged the $5,000 top prize at Luxemburg Speedway’s Friday night special for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds while Brandon Czarapata was the $750 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner. Jason Czarapata earned his pole position for the IMCA Modified feature by winning a six-car, eight-lap dash earlier in the evening. Front row starter and former national champion Jordan Grabouski was slated to start on the front row also but mechanical woes forced his night to be done. Mike Mullen, who topped the $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event at 141 Speedway the night before, moved alongside Czarapata at the drop of the green flag. Mullen quickly fell in line behind Czarapata before a lap six caution slowed the pace. Czarapata had his open motor hooked up on the glazed over track and gradually pulled away [Read More]

Mullen cashes in at Clash at the Creek VII

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 25) – In 2014, Mike Mullen started on the pole for 141 Speedway’s 50 lap, $10,000 to win Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. There were rumblings that there was no passing and that all he did was stay out in front of the field. Mullen quieted the naysayers Thursday night and proved why he is one of the top IMCA Modified drivers in the nation. Mullen won the last-chance qualifier, started 14th on the main event field and picked up his second straight Clash at the Creek win. The new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier raced his way into the lead with six laps left and took the rich checkers ahead of Shawn Kilgore, Russ Reinwald, Jeff Taylor and Johnny Whitman. Seventy-four Modifieds vied at the Clash and nine states were represented in the main event. Whitman grabbed the lead early on from the pole and put distance on the rest of the field. Kilgore worked from the sixth starting spot to the runner-up position before the [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 26

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,072; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 1,068; 3. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 1,053; 4. Tim Ward, Gilbert, Ariz., 1,006; 5. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 990; 6. Scott Hogan, Vinton, Iowa, 986; 7. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, 958; 8. Alexander Wilson, Salinas, Calif., 952; 9. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, 940; 10. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 936; 11. Michael Densberger, Lincoln, Neb., 907; 12. John Parmeley, Phoenix, Ariz., 875; 13. Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 858; 14. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 833; 15. Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 828; 16. Jesse Richter, Great Bend, Kan., 826; 17. Dustin Smith, Lake City, Iowa, 823; 18. Kyle Wilson, Salinas, Calif., 815; 19. Keith Jack Lamphere, Monroeton, Pa., 812; 20. Van Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla., 800. IMCA Late Models – 1. Paul Nagle, Nevada, Iowa, 590; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 573; 3. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 543; 4. Nate Beuseling, Silvis, Ill., 468; 5. Ryan Griffith, Webster City, Iowa, 467; 6. Curt Schroeder, Newton, Iowa, 464; 7. Jeremy [Read More]

Deery drivers make rare visit to Kossuth County for July 2 show

ALGONA, Iowa – The Deery Brothers Summer Series makes an early holiday weekend visit to Kossuth County Speedway for a Thursday, July 2 show. The eighth of 18 events on the 2015 IMCA Late Model tour schedule pays $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Darrel DeFrance of Marshalltown has competed at all 441 events in Deery Series history and was the winner back on July 31, 2008, when the tour made its one previous appearance at Algona. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults with fans ages 16 and under free. Pit passes are $30. Also running are Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for all applicable points. A driver meet and greet lunch will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Kossuth County Fair ag and racing museum parking lot, where cars will be on [Read More]

Grizzle sizzles at Tri-City’s Greased Pig 5.0

AUBURN, Mich. (June 19) – Heath Grizzle put the sizzle into Tri-City Motor Speedway’s Greased Pig 5.0 special. The Michigan native and Arkansas transplant regained the lead from Myron DeYoung in topping the $1,055 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. DeYoung, still in pursuit of his 100th career win in the sanctioned division, was close behind in second. Joe Fowler, Gary VanderMark and Ken Zeigler completed the top five. Grizzle drew the pole start and led the first seven circuits before DeYoung used the lower line to get past. Two laps later, Grizzle found an opening and took the lead right back. DeYoung and A.J. Ward were close behind for much of the 37-lapper. Grizzle had a DNQ and a third to show for his two previous outings at Tri-City this season. He was headed home to Arkansas but planned a return trip to Michigan for Crystal Motor Speedway’s Great Lakes Nationals in September. The fifth annual Greased Pig had been rescheduled from June 12 because of inclement [Read More]

Ten locked in for $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek IMCA Modified main event

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. – Ten Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers have punched their tickets into tonight’s $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event at 141 Speedway. Johnny Whitman will have the pole for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier with Justin O’Brien to his outside. Eric Mahlik and Russ Reinwald comprise row two, Brad Lautenbach and Shawn Kilgore row three. Tim Czarneski starts inside row four with Benji LaCrosse gunning for IMCA Modified career win number 100 from the outside. Rookie Brian Irvine and James Tebon fill row five. Seventy-four IMCA Modifieds ran two sets of Wednesday heats that saw the top 10 in passing points automatically make up the front five rows. Thursday’s Modified portion of the show sees 10 last-chance races where the winner will advance to the feature. Second and third place finishers in those races will be put into a single last, last chance qualifier. The top four in this race will make up starting spots 21-24. New to The Clash at The Creek [Read More]

Meyer leads flag to flag at IMCA Northern SportMod Nationals

BRITT, Iowa (June 23) – Even though he’d led the first 15 laps, Nick Meyer’s crew was sure they could make his car even faster for the second half of Tuesday’s MaxYield Seed IMCA Northern SportMod Nationals at Hancock County Speedway. After changing four tires, tightening the car up and topping off the tank during the mandatory pit stop at midway, Meyer proved them right. He led to the checkers and took home a check for $3,500. “We won on opening night at Spring Nationals in Beatrice and that was big, but this win is bigger,” said Meyer. “It’s definitely my biggest win money-wise.” Eighth in the special for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods in 2013 and seventh last summer, Meyer started the 30-lapper from outside row one. Three tries were needed to get the initial start in and a handful of yellows came out before the break at halfway but the light stayed green for the final 15 circuits. Meyer made the most of the lower line. Lapped traffic stayed higher on the oval and didn’t [Read More]

Belec proves up to Challenge at Lincoln County

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 22) – Eddie Belec led the lap that counted the most in winning Monday evening’s Wild West Challenge headline event at Lincoln County Raceway. Belec started on the pole and chased Jay Steffens for most of the 20-lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event. He slid under Steffens out of the final corner and captured both the $1,000 checkers and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berth. Steffens, John Hansen, Jeremy Frenier and Anthony Roth completed the top five in the NebraskaLand Days show. Jason Rogers and Shawn Harker took home $750 checks for IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victories, respectively. Jake Olmstead was the $500 IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock winner and Ramsey Meyer’s Mach-1 Sport Compact win paid $400. Rogers was promoted to the top spot after the apparent winner was disqualified in post-race tech. The rest of the Stock Car top five included Lloyd Meeske, Kyle Werkmeister, Casey Werkmeister and Kyle Clough. Harker started on the outside of the first row and [Read More]

Winebarger tops finale, Williamson is Wild West Modified Shootout champion

By Ben Deatherage LEBANON, Ore. (June 20) – After catching Jon DeBenedetti, Collen Winebarger raced to a $1,000 payday in the final event of the Wild West Modified Shootout at Willamette Speedway. Once in front, Winebarger cruised to the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory and a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Jesse Williamson clinched his third career tour title in four years with a 10th place showing. DeBenedetti began building what appeared to be a comfortable lead before Winebarger drove by coming to the stripe on lap eight. Winebarger took off from the main pack from that point. A long green flag run that lasted 29 circuits put traffic into the mix but Winebarger would handle the traffic with ease. A caution on lap 30 bunched up the field one last time with no lapped traffic between the frontrunners. Winebarger maintained his lead following the ensuing restart and ran in front the rest of the way for his career first Wild West Modified Shootout victory and fourth win at Willamette in [Read More]