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Hogge, Kanke both bring brooms to Ocean Speedway’s Pettit Shootout

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 24-25) – Bobby Hogge IV added to his collection of Pettit Shootout trophies while Cale Kanke started his. Both drivers swept weekend events at Ocean Speedway, with Hogge picking up $1,003 and $3,006 IMCA Modified victories, his career sixth and seventh at the event. Kanke earned $503 for Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod career win number one on Friday and $1,003 for win number two the next night. “It was a pretty amazing weekend for us,” said Hogge, who wheeled the Rage by Precision Performance ride he’d debuted at the Prelude and IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “We started our venture in California with this car really well. Things couldn’t have gone any better for us.” Newly eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, he won from 10th starting on opening night and from outside row one on Saturday. “We floundered around mid-pack for a while before we found our way toward the front and battled with Paul Stone,” he said, “and got the lead around midway of the [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds headline Oct. 1-2 RPM Fall Nationals

HAYS, Kan. – A $5,000 to win main event for IMCA Modifieds headlines RPM Speedway’s rich, 15th annual Fall Nationals presented by Nutrien Ag Services this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2. The Saturday feature pays $2,500 for second, $1,500 for third and $1,000 for fourth with a minimum of $400 paid to start. The winner becomes eligible to qualify for the 2022 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Also on the card at Hays are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars racing for $3,000 to win and $250 to start, along with B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods run for $2,000 to win and $175 to start, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,500 to win and $175 to start, and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $400 to win and $50 to start. Qualifying events for all five divisions are on Friday; last-chance qualifying and features are on Saturday. Entry fee and non-qualifier pay are $150 for Modifieds, $100 for Stocks, $80 for SportMods, $75 for Hobby Stocks and $25 for Sport Compacts. [Read More]

Call him doctor! Hauck puts on Selinsgrove PASS clinic

By Frank Buhrman SELINSGROVE, Pa. (Sept. 25) – Derek Hauck put on a clinic Saturday night to post an emphatic, start-to-finish victory in the Pennsylvania Sprint Series 20-lap feature at Selinsgrove Speedway. Hauck took advantage of a front-row starting position to grab the lead in the second turn of the opening lap and never looked back, negotiating traffic and holding off a late charge by Austin Reed to win by 1.246 seconds in a nonstop IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature. Work responsibilities have limited Hauck’s racing this season to nine PASS starts, plus a few with the Laurel Highlands Sprint Series, but this was his second win and sixth top-five finish in those nine events. While Hauck was roaring through the field in the lead, a battle including as many as four cars was raging behind him, first for the runner-up spot, until Reed laid claim there, then for third, where a late charge by Doug Dodson gave him that spot. Veteran Fred Arnold, who started on the pole and was in the thick of [Read More]

Hubbard smokes foes for Virginia Sprint Series win

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (Sept. 25) – Billy Hubbard raced to the front like a cat with its tail on fire, then paced his right rear tire which he had smoking hard to the finish for his third Virginia Sprint Series feature win of the year Saturday at Shenandoah Speedway. Matt Mullins and Chris Ware were on the front row as the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event went green with Mullins out first and Ware moving to the bottom. Jerald Harris was making a quick trip up high to the front right away and by lap two he was on Mullins and going by for the lead. With Harris out front and looking strong, Mike Leraas made it to second and was chipping away at the lead with Hubbard working through the field to third. As the halfway flags were shown, Leraas shot to the lead with Harris holding off Hubbard. Hubbard got by Harris and took after Leraas as Harris was having a tire go down causing him to slow. Hubbard was really [Read More]

Bowser tops NY-Penn finale, Brad Sites is series king

SUSQUEHANNA, Pa. (Sept. 25) – A visitor from Michigan stole the show and captured the King of the Can title as a cool, fall-like night in Northeastern Pennsylvania set the scene for a fantastic finale in the Close Racing Supply NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series. Brody Bowser led every lap in winning the main event and $1,500 while Brad Sites put the final touches on the inaugural series crown despite late mechanical issues that resulted in a DNF Saturday at Penn Can Speedway. Eddie Sites, Ray McClure, Tyler Stoddard and Bobby Maynard completed the top five. After a few tries to get the first handful of laps in, the field got strung out and got some laps under its collective belt and put on some good racing from second on back as Bowser put a good gap between the pack and himself. Randall Paxton followed him in second. Eddie Sites battle Paxton until a caution on lap 14 for fourth place runner J.W. Lamphere who got into the backstretch wall. The 16th starting McClure found himself working [Read More]

DeVilbiss spins but wins Race For Hope 71 and $50,000

BATESVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 25) – There were storylines aplenty as Batesville Motor Speedway’s 50th anniversary season proved golden for Zane DeVilbiss. The New Mexico driver went into the Race For Hope 71 main event for IMCA Modifieds with a fast car, a front row starting spot and plenty of confidence. He ended the Saturday night special with the first of what he hopes becomes two $50,000 feature wins at the famed Arkansas speedplant. DeVilbiss somehow survived a lap 22 spin after contact with Terry Phillips running at the front of the field, regained the lead with 16 circuits left and then checked out on everybody following a restart late in the 71-lapper. “We’ve had a real good car the last couple months and had a lot of confidence after winning the Thursday night qualifier,” DeVilbiss said following his career-best payday and 197th victory in the division. “Our program is right where we want it and to have a car that good was unbelievable. It was the perfect night for that.” Phillips ended in second, with Tripp [Read More]

Gastineau unstoppable at Thunderbird Speedway

By John Rittenoure MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Sept. 24) – Whit Gastineau always looks forward to a chance to race at Thunderbird Speedway. After Friday night, you can see why. Gastineau moved into an early lead and stretched it out on the way to winning his 31st AmeriFlex/Oil Capital Racing Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car career feature Friday on the historic Muskogee half-mile. Gastineau, who seems to excel on the bigger ovals, also won OCRS events at Thunderbird in 2018 and 2017. Sheldon Barksdale, who won at Thunderbird in 2019, raced into second on lap six but could not run down Gastineau and settled for second. Veteran Danny Wood worked his way from seventh to third, Jordan Knight finished fourth and Joe Bob Lee rounded out the top five. Feature results – 1. Whit Gastineau; 2. Sheldon Barksdale; 3. Danny Wood; 4. Jordan Knight; 5. Joe Bob Lee; 6. Joe Wood Jr.; 7. Zach Chappell; 8. Tyler Knight; 9. Dean Drake Jr.; 10. Tim Kent; 11. Terry Easum; 12. Casey Wills; 13. Johnny Kent; 14. Alison Slaton; 15. [Read More]

Three IMCA divisions run at Southern Oklahoma’s Jordan Page Winter Nationals

ARDMORE, Okla. – Three IMCA divisions see their final action of the season at Southern Oklahoma Speedway’s Oct. 1 and 2 Jordan Page Winter Nationals. IMCA Modifieds run for $2,500 to win and a minimum of $300 to start their feature, with the winner becoming eligible to qualify for the 2022 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods run for $1,500 to win and a minimum of $200 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $1,000 to win, a minimum of $175 to start and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. Top 12 cars qualify on Friday; last-chance races and main events are Saturday at Ardmore. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $10 for kids ages 6-12 on Friday and $20 for adults and $15 for kids ages 6-12 on Saturday. Pit passes are $35 for one day or $60 for both Friday and Saturday. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. both days. An open practice is Thursday, Sept. 30. Pit passes are [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Sept. 23

Final point races of the 2021 IMCA season are Sunday, Sept. 26 IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 1,000; 2. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 993; 3. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 992; 4. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, 988; 5. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 987; 6. Ty Clemens, Belgrade, Mont., 983; 7. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., and Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, both 979; 9. Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., 972; 10. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 966; 11. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., and Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, both 965; 13. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., and Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, each 964; 16. Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif., 960; 17. Mitchell Hunt, Lakeview, Mich., 959; 18. Chris Mills, Sioux City, Iowa, 953; 19. Aaron Johnson, Brainerd, Minn., 952; 20. Brandon Beckendorf, Danube, Minn., 950. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, and Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., both 796; 3. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 779; 4. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 776; 5. Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, 769; 6. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., [Read More]

DeVilbiss delivers in Thursday qualifying feature at Race For Hope 71

BATESVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 23) – Zane DeVilbiss drove from the outside of row three to the checkers in winning the night two qualifying feature for IMCA Modifieds at Batesville Motor Speedway’s Race For Hope 71. The New Mexico speedster bested hard charger Tripp Gaylord, a plus 12 on the night, in taking the Thursday win and earning the starting spot at the front of the middle row for Saturday’s $50,000 to win main event. “I tried the outside, then went to the bottom and got the lead around lap six,” said DeVilbiss, who won with the same setup that earned him the Harris Clash victory in August. “The race stayed green after I got into the lead and we were just catching traffic at the end.” DeVilbiss and Gaylord were chased across the stripe by Tom Berry Jr., Wendell Wallace, Jordan Grabouski, Peyton Taylor, Terry Phillips, Jeff Aikey and Mike Mullen. Outside row qualifying is Friday with the first green flag set for 7:30 p.m. Feature results – 1. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M.; 2. Tripp Gaylord, [Read More]