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By Ben Deatherage The 2016 Wild West Modified Shootout is finally in the books and it was one fantastic week of racing.  Of the seven races on the schedule the only one to fall to weather, although a handful of others had threatening skies, was just the final feature at Willamette Speedway on June 15.  Still the tour would visit six different tracks in California, Oregon, and Washington for seven races in eight nights. A record 90-plus Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers competed in at least one race dur­ing the course of the week. Teams and drivers traveled from eight different states (Oregon, Washing­ton, California, Montana, North Dakota, Colorado, North Carolina, and Missouri) as well as one Canadian province (British Columbia). Californian Kellen Chadwick bested them all in dominating fashion in his first time ever competing with the Wild West Modified Shoot Out, by a 93-point margin over runner-up Collen Winebarger. He became the fourth different Shoot Out title winner, joining Jesse Williamson, Alex Stanford, and Brian Poppa. Chadwick tied the record for the [Read More]

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (June 18) – Jeremy Christians bested an all-star field that included three former na­tional champions, two Super National winners and numerous track champions to take home the $1,000 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car check Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Christians, the 2010 champion at Super Nationals, held Brandon Czarapata at bay to win the Stock Car Shootout. Joe White, Travis Van Straten and Kyle Frederick rounded out the top five. White grabbed the lead on the opening lap and quickly received pressure from defending national champion Van Straten, while Frederick raced past Christians and into third by lap four. The battle between White and Van Straten allowed Frederick to catch the lead duo. On lap eight, Van Straten lost the handle in the middle of turns three and four but instead of stopping and bring­ing out a caution he stayed on the throttle and kept going. The incident dropped Van Straten back to ninth on the track and cost him a considerable amount of distance to the leaders. Frederick was now the chief challenger [Read More]

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (June 18) – Shenandoah Speedway has seen many great last-lap passes for the win as the wide track lends itself to multi-groove racing. Anthony Linkenhoker put his name on the list of drivers to win this same fashion in Saturday’s Virginia Sprint Series main event. Tony Harris and Bill Rice paced the field to green with Rice up high and leading the field with Har­ris running low. On lap 10, Harris made his move and was in the top spot as Rice with beginning to fade. Linkenhoker moved to second at halfway and the fight was really on. Harris was working his tires hard to stay up front as Linkenhoker kept sticking a nose in there three or four times as he tried high and low to get by, and with the white flag waving they were nose to tail again. Going into turn three Linkenhoker went high and Harris went low for a charge to the flag and they went across side by side with Linkenhoker charging by for [Read More]

BOONE, Iowa – A familiar format will be back in place when race fans use social media to elect 28 of the 30 starting drivers in the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Two drivers from each of the five regions for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified regions will be voted onto the starting grid in balloting that runs from Monday, July 25 through Friday, July 29. Eighteen more starters will be elected at large between Monday, Aug. 1 and Friday, Aug. 5. Complet­ing the Friday, Sept. 9 All-Star field at Boone Speedway will be candidates with the high­est national point total and the most 40-point feature wins competing at the IMCA Speedway Mo­tors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The same All-Star voting format was used as recently as 2014. Winners will be notified and their names announced as soon as possible after each round of vot­ing. The final qualifying event for the 2016 ballot is the Thursday, July 21 Hawkeye Dirt Tour show at Knoxville Raceway. The 13th annual Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational pays $1,000 to [Read More]

By Ben Deatherage ELMA, Washington (June 18) – Kellen Chadwick clinched thechampionship of the Wild West Modi­fied Shoot Out with his fourth feature win of the six-race Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified tour Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway. Forty cars from Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, North Dakota, and Colorado made the journey as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia. Danny Lauer took the lead from Collen Winebarger on lap two.  From there he would be the car to beat as he was in search of his first career Wild West Shoot Out victory. Unfortunately, Lauer broke on lap 25. The driver everyone had been chasing all week long inherited the top spot. Kellen Chadwick blazed the trail the remainder of the distance and survive to pull off an incredible fourth win in the tour’s six main event starts. Tom Sweatman was second over ‘B’ qualifier John Campos.  The rest of the top five was made up of Jeremy Martin and Canadian Graham Cook. Feature results – 1. Kellen Chadwick; 2. Tom Sweatman; 3. John Campos; 4. [Read More]

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (June 17) – Round six of the Wild West Modified Shoot Out at Sunset Speedway Park resulted in Kellen Chadwick’s third win of the Pacific Northwest Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Tour. Chadwick outran fellow front row starter and 2012 race winner Ken Schrader for the 35-lap vic­tory. Schrader was making his sole appearance on this year’s tour. The tight ¼-mile bullring in Banks is the smallest track of the 2016 tour and provided stellar action all night long. Forty-six cars made the journey, representing the states of Oregon, Washington, California, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado and Missouri as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia. Chadwick went right to work on the initial start, establishing a straightaway lead over Schrader in a matter of a few laps. Just as traffic was coming into the picture, however, a lap 10 caution was thrown for debris. The rest of the feature would be stop and go for several laps before the final restart on lap 28. Chadwick continued to set a [Read More]