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Second-year driver wins career first Virginia Sprint Series feature

By Jim Haines ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (June 10) – Second-year driver J.D. Coats showed his heat race earlier in the evening was no fluke as he raced to his career first Virginia Sprint Series win in a Fast Friday Feature at Dixieland Speedway. Coats and Bill Rice paced the IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car field to green before a full house of fans at the coastal Carolina speedway. Coats was out first with Rice up high but on lap three Mike Leraas made his way to second. The pack from the back was starting to pressure the lead duo with Daren Bolac getting there first and getting to second on lap 15 as traffic came into play. Jerald Harris was on Leraas for third as Bolac was pressuring Coats, but it would be for naught as Coats stayed fast and smooth taking the win. At the line it was Coats, Bolac, Leraas, Harris and Tom Humphries filling the top five positions. Next week it’s back to Shenandoah Speedway for a pavement show on Saturday, June [Read More]

Deery Series, IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour at West Liberty for June 14 twinbill

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (June 10) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series and the Hawkeye Dirt Tour pack another 1-2 Tuesday night punch, this time on June 14 at West Liberty Raceway. While the IMCA Late Model tour has made 13 previous visits to West Liberty, most recently when the 30th annual series opened on April 9, next Tuesday’s event marks the first-ever visit there by the tour for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. The Deery feature pays $2,000 to win and minimum $300 to start while the Dirt Tour pays $1,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to take the main event green. The Modified feature is also a qualifier for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. Denny Eckrich of Tiffin was the Deery winner on opening night at West Liberty. While Curt Martin of Independence, Scott Fitzpatrick of Wheatland, Joel Callahan of Dubuque and Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Ill., [Read More]

IMCA Mid-Iowa Topless 50 plays out June 14 at Hamilton County Speedway

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa – Both Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods shed their roofs for the Tuesday, June 14 Mid-Iowa Topless 50 at Hamilton County Speedway. Modifieds race for $2,000 to win their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier while Northern SportMods chase a top check of $1,000. Thirty cars will start each main event. Tow money is $100 for Modifieds and $65 for the SportMods. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in both divisions, as will BMS North Central Region points for the Modifieds. Local track points will not be given. Entry fees of $65 for Modifieds and $45 for Northern SportMods include the driver’s pit pass. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $10 for kids ages 6-15 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. The Topless 50 will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. More information is [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 9

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 1,023; 2. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 927; 3. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 920; 4. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 912; 5. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 909; 6. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 871; 7. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 856; 8. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 847; 9. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 837; 10. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 821; 11. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 803; 12. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 753; 13. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 723; 14. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 715; 15. David Brown, Kellogg, Iowa, 701; 16. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 690; 17. Clay Money, Penokee, Kan., 676; 18, Jesse Hoeft, Forest City, Iowa, 671; 19. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 663; 20. Nick Roberts, LaCrosse, Wis., 652. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 563; 2. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 483; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 455; 4. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 402; 5. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 376; 6. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 372; 7. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, 371; [Read More]

Late heroics pay off for Irvine in Kossuth County Hawkeye Dirt Tour

ALGONA, Iowa (June 9) – He didn’t lead the most laps, just the most important ones. Brian Irvine caught up with race-long leader Corey Dripps in lapped traffic, took away the front spot with a deft move to the inside on the 29th of 30 circuits and drove to the $1,000 checkers in Thursday’s Hawkeye Dirt Tour main event at Kossuth County Speedway. Traffic remained a factor as the evening’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified headline event ran green to checkered. “Once I got to Corey, I saw a line of lapped cars ahead of him and knew I’d have to make an angle. I got my nose underneath him, which was about the only thing I could do in that situation,” Irvine said. “The lapped cars helped, obviously. I’ve lost races leading late like that, I’d rather be second with two laps to go than leading in that situation.” Dripps had drawn the pole start and was chased across the stripe by Jeremy Mills on each of the first two laps. Irvine took over second [Read More]

Rust looks for record third straight Hawkeye Dirt Tour win tonight at Kossuth County

ALGONA, Iowa (June 9) – Joel Rust looks to make Hawkeye Dirt Tour history tonight, when the series for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds travels to Kossuth County Speedway. Rust has won the first two tour events, on Memorial Day at Benton County Speedway and Tuesday at Marshalltown Speedway. A win at Algona would make him the first driver to win three straight events in the series’ 64-race history. “I’ve been to Algona once before, in a SportMod about five years ago,” the Grundy Center charger said this afternoon. “I’m anxious to get back there. It looks like a good place to race.” Tonight’s feature pays $1,000 to win, a minimum of $150 to start and is a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. Also running will be IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for all applicable points, including local track. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $12 [Read More]

Guss dominates Deery feature at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 7) – It’s been a few years since the last time he won an IMCA Late Model series race there, but Ray Guss Jr. put on a Deery Brothers Summer Series clinic Tuesday night at Marshalltown Speedway. Guss started outside Joel Callahan on the front row, took the lead on the second circuit and ran the rest of the 50-lapper without serious challenge. The $2,000 victory was the series career 31st for Guss, also the Deery winner at Marshalltown in 1989 and 2009. His latest checkers came ahead of Tyler Droste, Ryan Dolan, Callahan and Cayden Carter. “We were pretty decent in the heat race. We only made a few adjustments to make the car turn better,” said Guss. “Once we did that, it worked. We hit on something and hopefully it works that way again the next time.” Guss had already checked out when back-to-back yellows flew on lap 19 and he was quick to pull away from the pack when the race returned to green. Four lapped cars were running between [Read More]

Rust makes momentum work for Marshalltown Hawkeye Dirt Tour win

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 7) – After he went back to what he knew, Joel Rust went back to victory lane following a second straight Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature. Rust became a rare repeat winner in the series for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, following up his Memorial Day victory at Benton County Speedway with the $1,000 checkers Tuesday night at Marshalltown Speedway. He became just the second driver in the series’ 63-race history to win back-to-back features and accomplished the feat at his home track by less than a car length over Brian Irvine. “We had run ninth in the weekly show Friday at Marshalltown. It wasn’t what we wanted but we tried some things in preparation for Tuesday,” explained Rust, who took Saturday and Sunday off. “Sometimes you do that and you find something. We didn’t.” Irvine started inside Rust on the second row and led the first eight laps. Rust was scored first the last 22 times around the track but there was no giving up from Irvine, who pulled ahead on the [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 3

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 927; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 891; 3. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 850; 4. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 831; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 819; 6. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 797; 7. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 791; 8. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 770; 9. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 766; 10. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 715; 11. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 693; 12. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 690; 13. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 686; 14. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 663; 15. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 650; 16. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 629; 17. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 622; 18. Jesse Hoeft, Forest City, Iowa, and David Brown, Kellogg, Iowa, both 611; 20. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 602. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 462; 2. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 377; 3. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 368; 4. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 345; 5. Jonathan Brauns, Muscatine, Iowa, 303; 6. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 301; 7. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, and [Read More]

Noll, Miller sweep John Morris Classic IMCA features

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (May 28-29) – Jason Noll and Trevor Miller both went 2-for-2 at Arizona Speedway’s Memorial Weekend John Morris Classic. Noll picked up both $1,000 to win Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified features while Miller swept the $600 to win Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main events. Noll raced from 10th starting to win Saturday’s caution-free 20-lapper and earn a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “I had a pretty good car. We could go to the bottom to pass and then go back to the top,” said Noll, who worked his way past leader and eventual runner-up Mike Strobl seven circuits in. “We got into lapped traffic but had a pretty sizable lead so that wasn’t a factor.” Jeremy Thornton, Steven McCollough and Joey Moriarty completed the top five across the stripe. Win number two on season and on the weekend saw Noll draw the outside pole and lead every time around the track on Sunday, as well as dodge the spinning car that brought out the first of bang-bang-bang [Read More]