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Aug. 21 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,196; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 1,191; 3. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 1,158; 4. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,157; 5. Brandon Beckendorf, Danube, Minn., 1,154; 6. J.D. Auringer, Waterloo, Iowa, 1,152; 7. Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa, 1,149; 8. Justin Jones, Bemidji, Minn., 1,148; 9. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1,142; 10. Michael Densberger, Lincoln, Neb., 1,136; 11. Keith Jack Lamphere, Monroeton, Pa., 1,132; 12. Clint Hatlestad, Glencoe, Minn., 1,131; 13. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, and Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., both 1,127; 15. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 1,118; 16. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., and Alexander Wilson, Salinas, Calif., both 1,116; 18. Jason R. Benjamin, Towanda, Pa., and Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, both 1,114; 20. Van Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla., 1,113. IMCA Late Models – 1. Justin L. Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 796; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 787; 3. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 779; 4. Ryan Griffith, Webster City, Iowa, 757; 5. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 750; 6. Jeremy Grady, Story City, [Read More]

Early entries for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals soar past 100

EAGLE, Neb. – Early entries for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals have already soared past 100. Drivers from 13 states and Canada will converge on Eagle Raceway Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 3-6 for the third annual event. The Sunday finale sees the winner take home $2,000 and all other main event qualifiers earn a minimum of $1,000. The field of 27 will start three wide. Pre-tech runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and will be followed by an open practice on Thursday, The front three rows qualify and Jake Ita Memorial heats are on Friday. Rows four, five and six qualify on Saturday, rows seven, eight and nine on Sunday. Friday and Saturday qualifiers pay $700 to win while the top prize in Saturday’s Ita Memorial is $1,000. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 6 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The pits open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Saturday. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing [Read More]

Simmons is Virginia Sprint winner at Dixieland

By Jim Haines ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Part-time pilot Carl Simmons raced like a pro in winning Friday’s Virginia Sprint Series feature at Dixieland Speedway. The IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour checkers were Simmons’ first in two years and came ahead of Tom Humphries and Jerald Harris. Simmons and Charlie Ware brought the field to green with Simmons wasting no time moving to the cushion. Ware had to hold off the field, which had lined up behind him on the fast, short oval. As the laps clicked off, Harris and Humphries made their way to the front and were working on Simmons. With two to go, Harris was running out of fuel in the corners and Humphries went by on the high side. It was too late to go after Simmons however as he flew under the checkered flag first. Feature results – 1. Carl Simmons; 2. Tom Humphries; 3. Jerald Harris; 4. Troy Severin; 5. Kevin Fletcher; 6. Anthony Linkenhoker; 7. Charlie Ware; 8. J.D. Coats; 9. Cassandra Davis; 10. Brian Lawson; 11. [Read More]

Aug. 14 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,194; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 1,188; 3. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 1,153; 4. Brandon Beckendorf, Danube, Minn., 1,152; 5. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,151; 6. J.D. Auringer, Waterloo, Iowa, 1,149; 7. Justin Jones, Bemidji, Minn., 1,139; 8. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1,138; 9. Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa, 1,137; 10. Michael Densberger, Lincoln, Neb., 1,136; 11. Keith Jack Lamphere, Monroeton, Pa., 1,125; 12. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,124; 13. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, 1,116; 14. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,113; 15. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 1,111; 16. Scott Hogan, Vinton, Iowa, 1,105; 17. Van Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla., 1,104; 18. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,103; 19. Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1,102; 20. Alexander Wilson, Salinas, Calif., 1,101. IMCA Late Models – 1. Justin L. Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 795; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 785; 3. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 765; 4. Ryan Griffith, Webster City, Iowa, 757; 5. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 746; 6. Jeremy Grady, Story City, [Read More]

$3,500 worth of redemption comes for Taylor at Sanders IMCA Mod Challenge

ADA, Minn. (Aug. 13) – Futility was the story of Jeff Taylor’s first visit to Norman County Raceway three years ago. He returned Thursday night to win the Sanders IMCA Modified Challenge special and left Ada with $3,500 worth of redemption. “I really liked being able to redeem myself. The last time I was here, I spun out twice and didn’t even get out of my ‘B’ feature,” Taylor said. “You don’t forget stuff like that.” The $18,700 feature purse lured Taylor and a lot of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified top guns from the Upper Midwest and Canada to the midweek special. Mike Hansen, Aaron Turnbull, Dustin Strand and Curt Lund completed the top five, finishing well off the pace Taylor set up front. Taylor had started the 30-lap main event from 11th. A caution near midway wiped out Hansen’s big lead and Taylor zoomed from fourth to second following the restart, then passed Hansen on the 17th time around. “I’d been running a little bit of everywhere before staying on a higher line to [Read More]

Deadline is Friday, Aug. 21 to request RaceSaver® rule no. 5 repair authorization

RaceSaver® wants our technical staff to be aware of issues that pertain to engine rule no. 5 and we ask for their help and cooperation in resolving these issues. 5: Only an iron or steel crankshaft, with a minimum weight of 48 lbs. will be permitted, (-1%). The main bearing diameter will be 2.450 (-.030). Weight added to crank except balance metal, which must be welded in place, will not be permitted. In an effort to identify those non-compliant engines and bring them into compliance, RaceSaver® offered a grace period of 90 days for engines that are identified as possibly containing non-conforming, but legal weight crankshafts. RaceSaver® will issue a repair authorization number to allow steel to be added to the crankshaft to bring it to 48 pounds. In these instances, the 1% tolerance will not be allowed. The crankshaft must be weighed before and after adding the weight. A photo of the completed repair to the crank will be submitted by email with the tech form. The engine must be brought into compliance within the [Read More]

Mather takes Cedar County win, Brown is new Hawkeye Dirt Tour point leader

TIPTON, Iowa (Aug. 11) – Colt Mather became the seventh different winner in as many different Hawkeye Dirt Tour events Tuesday night while Kyle Brown became the new point leader with one race left in the series for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Mather started outside the front row and led all 30 laps of the Cedar County Raceway show. The only caution came out on the third circuit. Justin Kay, who would go on to win the Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Model main event later in the program, closed the gap on Mather but finished a car length off the pace. Mather’s win paid $1,000 and put him on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Mitchell Morris, Brad Dierks and Mike Burbridge completed the top five. Brown, meanwhile, was the final qualifier for the main event field. He started 22nd and ended in seventh. Mike Van Genderen led Brown by one point going into the night and finished 12th at Tipton. Four points will be the difference between the two in the [Read More]

Kay continues Deery dominance with Cedar County checkers

TIPTON, Iowa (Aug. 11) – Justin Kay nearly had two trophies to show for his Tuesday night efforts at Cedar County Raceway. Kay won his sixth Deery Brothers Summer Series feature of the season, adding to his lead in the IMCA Late Model tour point standings. He’d run second in the Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature for Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds earlier in the evening. Dan Shelliam started outside row two in the 50 lap Deery Series main event and led the first 14 times around the Tipton oval. The third starting Kay drove by the next time around and was not challenged. Restarts at midway and on lap 39 took out lapped traffic and Kay’s margin of victory was most of 10 car lengths. The victory was Kay’s career 15th and paid $3,000. Shelliam matched his career best finish in second – he’d also been runner-up to Kay at Jackson County Speedway on June 9 – and Ray Guss Jr. was third. Kevin Kile was fourth. Richie Gustin caught Scott Fitzpatrick for fifth with two laps [Read More]

Barr wins at Abilene for career first SST victory

ABILENE, Texas (Aug. 8) – Even after Adam Barr won his Saturday night Sprint Series of Texas heat at Abilene Speedway, crew chief Josh Freeman saw room for improvement. Some tinkering produced a second place finish in the dash. Barr then went out and promptly won the 20-lap main event, his career-first SST victory. “It was amazing,” Barr said following the IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car triumph. “To be able to pull something like this off against this level of competition was an honor, and something I’ll always cherish.” Barr started outside row four and was up to second just before a lap nine yellow. He passed Craig Woods for the lead just after midway and held off Jerry Hammock and Dustin Woods for the victory following a couple late restarts. Friday night winner Jason Howell was fourth and Michelle Melton completed the top five. Feature results – 1. Adam Barr; 2. Jerry Hammock; 3. Dustin Woods; 4. Jason Howell; 5. Michelle Melton; 6. Reagan Reed; 7. Craig Woods; 8. Cody Whitworth; 9. Gary Kelley; [Read More]

Howell best at Boyd again in Sprint Series of Texas show

BOYD, Texas (Aug. 7) – To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jason Howell was happy to see the Sprint Series of Texas pay a return visit Friday to Boyd Raceway. Howell motored from 10th starting to win his third IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour event of the season. The defending champion had also taken the checkers when the SST opened at his “home track” back in April. “I took the outside line to get to the front and passed teammate Danny Merrell on the bottom to take the lead about midway,” said Howell. “Luckily, there was enough room for me down there.” Merrell ended as the runner-up, close enough to keep Howell from feeling comfortable as the 20-lapper wound down. “I felt like second place was right behind me,” Howell admitted. “I ran like a dog with it’s tail stuck between his legs.” Cody Whitworth was third and Michelle Melton took fourth. Point leader Dustin Woods, another teammate of Howell’s, borrowed his father’s car and finished fifth after engine problems during hot laps. Feature results [Read More]