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Lagroon denies Schrader at Salina Speedway

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (May 6) – For most of the feature event Friday night at Salina Speedway in the Long McArthur IMCA Modified division, it looked as if NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader would notch his first win at the track. But he was inevitably denied with only a handful of laps left as Salina’s Corey Lagroon snuck past and powered away for the victory, his first of the season. The $1,000 victory put Lagroon on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Schrader, who started from the pole after a lucky pill draw by one of the speedway’s younger fans, pushed up the track exiting turn three, allowing Lagroon the room to get by as he got the car to stick on the bottom side. Schrader finished second with Tyler Frye and Danny Morrison rounding out the top four. Chad Sterling drove to a big win in the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car division. Defending champion Arnold Williams returned to finish second with Tanner Portenier and Scot Granzella following. Dakota Sproul got [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 4

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 750; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 733; 3. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 666; 4. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 635; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 627; 6. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 560; 7. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 536; 8. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 517; 9. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 506; 10. Paul Stone, Winton, Calif., 505; 11. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 489; 12. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 482; 13. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 469; 14. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 455; 15. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 447; 16. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 436; 17. Michael Martin, Gilbert, Ariz., 417; 18. Darryl Campbell, Everman, Texas, 409; 19. Brent Schlafmann, Bismarck, N.D., 405; 20. Jason Batt, Harker Heights, Texas, 401. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 118; 2. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 117; 3. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 114; 4. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 102; 5. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 100; 6. Ben Seemann, Waterloo, Iowa, 93; 7. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, [Read More]

Team Petersilie celebrates $1,000 win and free T-shirt following Longdale’s IMCA Night

LONGDALE, Okla. (May 4) – Mike Petersilie raced to the biggest win of his career at Longdale Speedway’s IMCA Night on Wednesday. As a bonus, his daughters Lexus, Hailey and Kassy stayed up late to watch the event on IMCA.TV and won a Tweet Your Seat contest T-shirt. Petersilie drew the pole for the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event and had to regain the front spot from Kevin Sustaire late in a contest that ran caution-free all 20 laps. The $1,000 checkers, the top win money-wise of Petersilie’s 17 seasons on the track, put him on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Sustaire, Clay Sellard, 11th starting Cole Traugott and Ken Schrader rounded out the top five. William Gould started behind Petersilie and ended in sixth while Kenny Wallace was seventh. “It was a neat accomplishment on a dry slick track,” Petersilie said. “It feels good to be able to win a race like this. While it’s easier to do from the pole, you still have to stay in front of that caliber [Read More]

Quad City Speedway Deery show rescheduled for May 15

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 2) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series show at Quad City Speedway has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 15. Rained out on May 1, the IMCA Late Model tour event at East Moline pays $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. No change in the daily schedule has been made from the original race date: Pit gates open at 3 p.m. while the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to follow. Also on the card are Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for all applicable points, along with street stocks. Box seating is $18. Other spectator admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 309 792-5030 or at the www.qcspeedwayracing.com website. Other dates this month for the Deery Series are May 18 at Maquoketa, Iowa, Speedway and Memorial Day Monday, May 30 at Boone, Iowa, Speedway. Barring any other rainouts, the midway [Read More]

Michigan’s I-96 opens Friday with $1,196 to win IMCA Ice Breaker

LAKE ODESSA, Mich. – I-96 Speedway opens this Friday, May 6 with the $1,196 to win Ice Breaker special for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. The 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier pays a minimum of $125 to start. All applicable points, including local track points, will be awarded. There is no entry fee. Top two finishers in each Modified heat will be entered in the $500 to win dash for cash. Pit gates at Lake Odessa open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. Spectator admission is $12 for adults, $8 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. More information about the Ice Breaker is available from promoter Mike Mouch at 616 642-0555, on Facebook and at the www.I96speedway.com website.

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through April 27

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 712; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 710; 3. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 626; 4. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 595; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 550; 6. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 536; 7. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 506; 8. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 489; 9. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 482; 10. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 481; 11. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 478; 12. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 469; 13. Paul Stone, Winton, Calif., 466; 14. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 413; 15. Brent Schlafmann, Bismarck, N.D., 405; 16. Michael Martin, Gilbert, Ariz., 388; 17. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 386; 18. Ryan Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo., 385; 19. Jason Batt, Harker Heights, Texas, 384; 20. Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 378. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 118; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 102; 3. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 100; 4. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 78; 5. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, Jason Rauen, Farley, Iowa, and Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, each 76; 8. Jon Merfeld, [Read More]

Electric City reschedules Montana Spring Roundup

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Rain. Snow. Mud. Freezing temperatures. Blame them all for the postponement of Electric City Speedway’s season opening Montana Spring Roundup, originally on the calendar for this weekend and now rescheduled to next Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $500 to win both nights. Twenty cars take the green flag in each main event, which pay a minimum of $75 to start. Tow money is also $75. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded for each show. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and students ages 12-17, and free for kids 11 and under. There is no entry fee and pit passes are $25. Pit passes are $10 and admission to the grandstand is free for the open practice that starts at [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Northern SportMods have a dozen dates at Idaho’s Atomic Motor Raceway

ATOMIC CITY, Idaho – A dozen dates for two IMCA divisions are on the schedule this season at Atomic Motor Raceway. The 1/3-mile clay oval at Atomic City hosts Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, with the first Friday-Saturday doubleheader of 2016 set for June 17 and 18. Both sanctioned divisions most recently ran at Atomic in 2014. The track was idle last year before being purchased by Blake Lyle. Vickie O’Haro will be the promoter and a race director will be hired to oversee race night programs. “We love everything about dirt track racing and our big motivation in buying the track is to make racing strong again in southeastern Idaho,” said O’Haro. “We wanted to reopen this track to give drivers in the area more opportunities to race.” “Some people suggested we race once a month but we have such a short season here that doesn’t make sense,” she continued. “We worked with Idaho Falls Raceway and with Sweetwater Speedway (in Wyoming) to make sure our scheduled dates don’t [Read More]

Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series returning to Five Mile Point for Sunday show

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. – Drivers following the Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series return to Five Mile Point Speedway this weekend for night number two of the tour for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Matt Cole was the winner when the 15th annual tour opened on April 16 at Kirkwood and brings the point lead back to town for the Sunday, May 1 show. The feature pays $500 to win and a minimum of $100 to start. There is a $15 entry fee and pit passes are $35. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 4 p.m. and racing begins at 5 p.m. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors ages 65 and over, $10 for students ages 13-17 and free for 12 and under. Family five-packs are $50 and a limited number of indoor VIP seats will be sold for a $5 upgrade. Coupons good for $2 off adult spectator admission are available at area businesses. More information is available at the www.5milepointspeedway.com website, on Facebook or by calling the track [Read More]

Martens holds off Wood for Sprint Series of Oklahoma victory at Brill

By David Smith Jr. MEEKER, Okla. (April 23) – Jake Martens took the lead at the start and then held off a hard-charging Joe Wood Jr. to capture his first Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car victory of the season at Brill Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Martens started on the pole for the 20-lap feature and quickly jumped out front as Andy Shouse and Sterling Hoff battled for second. Martens opened a half-stretch advantage before reaching slower cars on lap seven. The fifth starting Wood had worked his way past Shouse for third on lap five and on lap eight passed Hoff. The first and only caution fell on lap 12. Martens got the jump on Wood on the ensuing restart and opened a five car length lead. Martens approached slower cars on lap 18, which allowed Wood to cut his deficit down to three car lengths. Heading down the backstretch on the final lap, Wood got a run on Martens coming out of turn four but the leader held on [Read More]