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LaCrosse repeats at 141 King of the Creek, IMCA Stock Car checkers good for $10,000

FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (July 22) – He’s won a lot of big races, but the finish to Thursday’s King of the Creek 50-lap main event for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars impressed even Benji LaCrosse. After making his way from ninth starting in the Thursday finale at 141 Speedway, the defending race winner worked his way into the mix for the front spot on the last lap, beating Mike Mullen to the $10,000 checkers by less than a car length and with Dallon Murty right behind as well. “I totally did not expect it to come out like this,” said LaCrosse, who already owns big dollar wins this season in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes 10K at North Central Speedway and in an IMCA Modified at The ‘Burg Speedway’s Eric Van Iten Memorial. “This is at the top of the list for sure.” Murty caught Jay Schmidt for the lead early and led through lap 19 when he gave way to the 10th starting Mullen. Mullen, winner of the 2019 King of the Creek, began to [Read More]

America’s Home Track Eagle Raceway ready for Sept. 2-5 RaceSaver Nationals

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. – It’s the time of year when all fans of the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars start looking forward to the Big Dance. Just a month and a half from now, the ninth annual IMCA RaceSaver Nationals presented by Sunbelt Rentals will be run at its birthplace, Eagle Raceway. The brainchild of Roger Hadan, who wanted to give drivers in the division a place to show their mettle on a national scale, began in 2013 with 55 drivers competing and has grown ever since. So far this year there are 65 teams pre-entered with many more to come. Can we break our record of 117 this year? This year’s action begins on Thursday, Sept. 2 with a practice night to allow those who don’t usually have the opportunity to run the high banks of America’s Home Track to familiarize themselves with the racing surface. Pre-tech begins at 9 a.m. with breakfast available to the teams from 9:30-11 a.m. Practice will run from 6-8:40 p.m. followed by qualifying for the Precise Racing Products Race of [Read More]

All-Star qualifying format announced for IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Two rounds of group time trials will fill starting fields for both Modified and Stock Car All-Star Invitationals at the Sept. 6-11 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Qualifying for the inaugural B & B Chassis Stock Car All-Star Invitational will be Wednesday, Sept. 8 at Boone Speedway. Five drivers from the Northern Region and five drivers from the Southern Region advance from the first round; with winners of sanctioned events paying $5,000 or more guaranteed starting spots, the number of at-large qualifiers from round two that evening is yet to be determined. Qualifying for the 18th annual Fast Shafts All-Star Modified Invitational is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 9. Two drivers from each of the five Modified regions advance from round one with another 18 drivers earning at-large berths in round two. “This will give us a similar qualifying format for both divisions this year and one that we can tweak in the future,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “It’s important to understand that this is group qualifying to make it [Read More]

LaCrosse, Snellenberger, Rass make history with Eric Van Iten Memorial wins

By Joe Orsini LUXEMBURG, Wis. (July 18) – More than 200 cars from five states checked in to battle for a total combined purse that exceeded $63,000 by night’s end at the historic Eric Van Iten Memorial Race at The ‘Burg Speedway. Benji LaCrosse entered the night looking for his third consecutive win at The ‘Burg in the IMCA Modified division but would face the stiffest competition of the year as 50 total cars signed to duke it out for the $7,000 top prize. Brandon Schmitt rolled out of the lineup chute on the pole and jumped to the lead. LaCrosse capitalized on an early restart to shoot into third behind Schmitt and Josh Long. By lap six, Shawn Kilgore worked into the fourth position and gave chase to the top three. LaCrosse worked the low side past Long on lap 18 and set his 54 machine to stalking Schmitt. By lap 21, Kilgore worked past Long. At the same time LaCrosse caught Schmitt and went to work trying to wrestle away the lead with two laps remaining. The [Read More]

Believe it! James tops IMCA Modifieds in Dakota Classic Tour finale at Mandan

MANDAN, N.D. (July 15) – On opening night of the Corral Sales Dakota Classic Tour, Bricen James didn’t believe he had a top 10 car. But the Oregon driver stood on the top step of the podium on the final night of the 32nd annual tour after leading all 30 laps of the $2,000 to win IMCA Modified feature at Dacotah Speedway. “The car was so easy to drive. It was just perfect,” he said following the Thursday checkers. “This is our first time on the tour so we’ve never been to any of these tracks. Winning (tonight) was pretty danged cool.” His best finish in four tour starts, before a Wednesday DNQ, had been 17th. Making some minor changes led to a “less aggressive” setup that paid off at Mandan. Timely cautions kept lapped cars from becoming a factor and James was catching up with the back of the field at the finish. Former tour champion Marlyn Seidler was runner-up. Tripp Gaylord and Ethan Dotson were next across the stripe. Tim Ward’s charge from 13th starting [Read More]

Déjà vu on Night 5 of IMCA Dakota Tour as Laney is IMCA Modified winner at Southwest

DICKINSON, N.D. (July 14) – Almost five years to the day he first won at Southwest Speedway, Cody Laney raced his way back to victory lane at the lightning-quick North Dakota oval. Laney topped the fifth installment of the Corral Sales Dakota Classic Tour IMCA Modified feature, adding to his tour point lead with the $2,000 checkers. The California driver had also been the winner of the July 13, 2016 event at Dickinson, his only previous tour victory. “That’s the only other time I’ve raced here,” said Laney, noting that track prep for the Wednesday night show fit his driving style. “Last year was the first time we’d raced the tour since then. We had motor problems and I only raced the first three nights.” “Following the tour is a lot of work but it’s a really cool deal,” he continued. “The tour has been around a long time and has a lot of prestige. There are a lot of good drivers – the locals are really good.” Former tour champion Troy Cordes led much [Read More]

Black’s IMCA Dakota Tour struggles end, Flory continues Stock success at Williston

By Rebecca Rattei WILLISTON, N.D. (July 13) – Tanner Black saw his string of tough outings end Tuesday night with his career-first Corral Sales Dakota Classic IMCA Modified Tour win at Williston Basin Speedway. He swapped the lead with Tim Ward in the green, white, checkered conclusion to the $2,000 to win main event. “We’ve struggled really bad this week,” said Black, who had 13th, 20th and 26th place finishes to show for three tour starts leading into Williston. “We got a better draw this time, had a good heat race and were able to get into the redraw. Dominic Ursetta had drawn the pole and quickly pulled away from the field quickly, but Black found the fast line up top and passed Ursetta for lead seven laps in. Heavy lapped traffic allowed a number of challengers to stay close and a couple late-race cautions helped the eighth starting Ward make his charge to the front. After Ward made his way to the front, Black again used the higher line to get the lead, then drove to [Read More]

Hibdon bounces back after DNQ with night three IMCA Modified Dakota Classic Tour feature win

MINOT, N.D. (July 12) – What a difference a day makes. After a Sunday DNQ at Nodak Speedway, Kollin Hibdon bounced back with a second IMCA Modified win on the third night of the Corral Sales Dakota Classic Tour, leading all 30 laps of Monday’s main event at Minot. “Sunday was more of a driver issue. I put myself behind and that was that,” said the 17-year-old hotshoe from Nevada, who’d struggled in both his heat and ‘B’ feature after collecting his first $2,000 checkers of the tour Saturday at Jamestown. “We worked on the car all morning with the goal of making the feature and did pretty good.” After winning his heat, Hibdon started outside Kyle Brown on the front row, took the lead at the drop of the green and built an advantage of as much as six seconds before the only caution of the contest waved with three circuits left in the 30-lapper. “Nobody showed me a nose or anything. I pretty much made sure I hit my marks the last three [Read More]

Long tows pay off with IMCA Dakota Tour Nodak Speedway wins for Dotson, Madrid

By Rebecca Rattei MINOT, N.D. (July 11) – Ethan Dotson’s IMCA Modified success in the Midwest continued on Sunday, as the Corral Sales Dakota Classic Tour moved to Nodak Speedway for night two. Dotson got the best of Tripp Gaylord in a back-and-forth battle, regaining the lead on the last lap and then pulling away to the $2,000 IMCA Modified victory at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds oval. “The Dakota Tour has always been a big deal. It’s pretty cool to finally be able to win one of these races,” the California driver said. “There were a lot of good cars from a lot of states here.” Minot’s own Steven Pfeifer led the field to the green flag and raced side-by-side with Dotson who eventually grabbed the lead 10 laps into the 30-lapper. Gaylord used a series of mid-race cautions to his advantage in catching Pfeifer for second. As the laps wound down, Gaylord was all over Dotson’s rear bumper before pulling ahead. “I chose the wrong line with about three to go,” Dotson said, [Read More]

Billy Maynard Memorial win proves third time’s the charm for Brad Sites

By Evan Canfield MONROETON, Pa. (July 9) – Though only two races had been completed in the inaugural NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series season, luck had not been on the side of Brad Sites. Although he entered the Billy Maynard Memorial at The Hill Speedway as the point leader, the previous two races had gone far from smooth. While leading in both races, he found himself backwards, having to climb his way back to top five finishes that helped propel him to the top of the standings. At the end of Friday night’s race, he once again had to overcome adversity to claim his first series checkered flag. Sonny Terry and Rick Watt would lead the field of 18 to the green flag at the Monroeton, Pa., bullring, with Terry jumping to an early lead of the 30-lap feature. Racing would not last long as Rodney Morgan would come to a stop in the middle of the field in turn three, causing cars to scatter but everyone would continue on. When the green flag resumed racing, [Read More]