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Deery Series at Maquoketa next Wednesday, Dubuque reschedules IMCA Late Model show

MAQUOKETA, Iowa – The second half of the Deery Brothers Summer Series now starts next Wednesday, when the IMCA Late Model tour travels to Maquoketa Speedway for a $2,000 to win show on July 20. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 4 p.m. for the ninth of 16 events on the 2016 schedule. Beginning at Maquoketa, Sunoco Race Fuels pays a $200 bonus to the feature winner if they’ve maintained perfect attendance throughout the series; that bonus will roll over to the next event if the winner has not been at every previous event. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. at Maquoketa with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $16 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and kids ages 11 and under get in free. Also on the midweek card are Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks running for IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and state but not track points. More information is available by calling 563 219-2478 and at the www.maquoketaspeedway.com website. The Deery Brothers Summer Series event rained [Read More]

Marriott dominant in Dakota Tour IMCA Modified win at Williston

WILLISTON, N.D. (July 12) – Another big Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified event ended with Hunter Marriott holding the big check. Marriott led all 25 laps of Tuesday’s Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour main event at Williston Basin Speedway and earned $2,200. He pulled away from the rest of the pack following the initial start and again after the only caution of the contest, on lap 10. Lucas Schott was a distant second while 2014 tour champion Jeff Taylor used multiple lines in racing from 10th starting to third. Jason Grimes started 17th and finished fourth; rounding out the top five was Jason Wolla. Marriott was already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Seventy-four Modified drivers from a dozen states and Canada were entered at Williston. Eight states and Saskatchewan were represented in the main event. Joren Boyce, a former Modified tour champion, passed Matt Speckman on the fourth circuit and led to the end of the 20-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Three cautions slowed the early going but the race stayed green the last [Read More]

$1,000 is top check at Skyline Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series show

CORTLAND, N.Y. (July 12) – A $1,000 check and berth on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot are at stake this Sunday when the Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series travels to Skyline Raceway Park. The July 17 show is the fifth of 10 events on the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified series schedule this season. Sponsor for the IMCA portion of the Legend of Skyline, A Night to Remember program is DFG Construction. A minimum of $75 will be paid to start the 25-lap feature and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern, Allstar Performance State and special series points, but no local track points, will be given at the draw/redraw show. There is no entry fee and pit passes are $35. Both the pits and the grandstand open at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Grandstand admission is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors and students ages 10-15, and free for kids nine and under. More information is available by calling 607 745-0275. Eddie Sites won the Empire State [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds race for $10,001 to win at Dacotah Speedway’s Legendary

MANDAN, N.D. – As the name of the race would imply, the winner of the largest paying IMCA-sanctioned Modified event in North Dakota racing history will go home with a legendary paycheck. The Friday, July 15 Legendary 50 at Dacotah Speedway follows the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and pays $10,001 to win. All IMCA rules and procedures will be in effect for the 50-lapper, a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. A mandatory mid-race pit stop will allow race fans to see their favorite driver and crew up close and personal as they work on their cars right in front of Dacotah Speedway’s huge grandstand. The five minute pit stop, with cars lined up in running order, will allow crews to do anything to their cars except change tires. A provisional auction will be held following the final “B” feature for the 25th and final starting spot on the main event grid. Drivers competing in the Dakota Tour at Mandan on Thursday can leave their rigs in the [Read More]

Grams Memorial honors go to Johnson

ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 9) – Bill Johnson was the third and final leader in Arlington Raceway’s Dan Grams Memorial feature. The Saturday feature, part of the IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car Series of Minnesota, saw Brett Geldner set the fast pace the first four times around the big, fast oval from his front row start. Geldner gave way to the battle for the lead between Michael Stien and Johnson. A yellow came out on lap eight and Stein took the lead on the ensuing restart. Two laps later, however, Johnson took charge. With only a few laps left, Stien tried unsuccessfully to pass on the high side going into turn three but couldn’t get the job done and settled for second. Jordan Wilmes was promoted to third when Brandon Allen came up light on the post-race scales. Other feature winners were Tyler Limoges in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, Ken Tietz in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Eric Larson in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Cory Probst in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and [Read More]

Williston date is next for Dakota Classic Tour

WILLISTON, N.D. – The Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour now heads to Williston Basin Speedway on Tuesday, July 12. Monday evening’s scheduled show for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Estevan Motor Speedway was cancelled because of rain; a state of emergency was declared in the city due to the resulting flooding. A record 99 Modifieds and 35 Stock Cars saw heat and “B” action on July 9 at Jamestown Speedway before inclement weather cut the rest of the race program short; the July 10 program at Nodak Speedway in Minot was also a casualty to weather. Williston opens the pits at 3 p.m. and the grandstand at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow night. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Modifieds race for $2,200 to win in their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier while Stock Cars race for $800 to win. The tour is at Southwest Speedway in Dickinson on Wednesday, July 13 and at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan on Thursday, July 14. All Dakota [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through July 6

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,184; 2. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,129; 3. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, and Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, both 1,120; 5. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,118; 6. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,107; 7. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 1,100; 8. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,095; 9. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,077; 10. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,033; 11. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 1,010; 12. Josh Beaulieu, Bemidji, Minn., and Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., both 1,009; 14. Dennis LaVeine, West Burlington, Iowa, 1,005; 15. Dustin Smith, Lake City, Iowa, 999; 16. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 998; 17. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., and Jesse Hoeft, Forest City, Iowa, both 993; 19. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 950; 20. Bryce Garnhart, Shannon, Ill., 947. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 771; 2. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 745; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 742; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 728; 5. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 719; 6. Eric Sanders, Sherrard, Ill., 628; 7. Ryan Griffith, [Read More]

Kossuth County Deery checkers fly for Callahan

ALGONA, Iowa (July 7) – Joel Callahan and Jeff Aikey were the big winners Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway. While Callahan paced the Deery Brothers Summer Series main event and earned $2,000, Aikey edged Tyler Bruening by all of one point to top standings for the first half of the IMCA Late Model tour season for a $2,500 prize. The 30-lap main event ran caution-free. Callahan started on the pole and was not seriously challenged as lapped traffic never became an issue and the closest Bruening could get in the waning circuits was four car lengths back. Cayden Carter, Charlie McKenna and Ryan Dolan completed the top five. Carter was also the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing winner. Callahan’s win was his Deery career fifth and second this season. Skies over Algona were dark earlier in the evening, with a tornado warning to the north and storm warnings all around, but a rainbow greeted Late Model drivers as they drove onto the track for their main event. The ninth event of the 30th annual [Read More]

Independence checkers make Fitzpatrick first repeat Deery winner

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 6) – Scott Fitzpatrick took home a prize better than any blue ribbon Wednesday night. Fitzpatrick became the first repeat winner in the 30th annual Deery Brothers Summer Series, topping the 40-lap main event for IMCA Late Models at Independence Motor Speedway. The Buchanan County Fair special checkers were worth $2,000. Fitzpatrick passed pole starter Jon Passick on the sixth circuit and led to the end of the 40-lapper. Denny Eckrich pulled close twice before Fitzpatrick got a lapped car ahead just after midway. The race had boiled down to a two-car battle, with Matt Ryan alone in third and points leader Jeff Aikey by himself in fourth, before the final caution came out with 12 laps left. Fitzpatrick then pulled away from the pack to win easily in front of Eckrich, Ryan, Aikey and Cayden Carter, who’d started 16th. Tyler Bruening took the initial green from 17th and ended in sixth. Provisional starter Andy Eckrich raced from shotgun on the field to ninth for hard charger honors. Fitzpatrick had won for the first [Read More]

Midweek events at Independence, Kossuth County next for Deery Series

VINTON, Iowa (June 29) – A pair of midweek events are next on the schedule for the 30th annual Deery Brothers Summer Series. Touring IMCA Late Models race for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start on Wednesday, July 6 at Independence Motor Speedway and Thursday, July 7 at Kossuth County Speedway in Algona. The series is still looking for its first repeat winner as Denny Eckrich, Curt Martin, Scott Fitzpatrick, Joel Callahan, Ray Guss Jr. and Justin Kay all have made their way to victory lane through the first six events. Seven-time champion Jeff Aikey maintains a tenuous hold on the point standings heading to Indee. The $9,325 tour point fund for the first half of the series will be paid to drivers in top 10 standings following the Algona event. This Independence show is during the Buchanan County Fair and there will be a separate entrance between the pit shack and the grandstand where fans can purchase spectator admission without paying to get into the fair as well. Tickets are $16 [Read More]