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Festive July 4 set for Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa – With both attempts at holding the Benton County Fair races washed out, the focus now shifts to Sunday, July 4 at Benton County Speedway. And it’s going to be big. As part of “A Celebration at The Bullring” on the Independence Day holiday, the speedway will host weekly racing in all five divisions, plus the Lil’ Racer Car Club benefit raffle. A giant fireworks display will close out the holiday program following the races. Weekly racing will feature KISS Country 96.5 IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Albert Auto Service, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks presented by Kwik Star, Karl Kustoms IMCA Northern SportMods presented by Christie Door Company and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts presented by Auto Crafters. All weekly divisions will be draw/redraw and all applicable IMCA points, including local track points, will be awarded. There is no entry fee. Sprint Invaders and Midwest Micro Sprints will complete Sunday’s program. Adult grandstand admission is $18, seniors and veterans $16, and ages 6-14 $5. Kids ages five and under are admitted [Read More]

Czarapata gets first Outagamie win of season

By Edward Anschutz SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 25) – Friday’s IMCA Modified headliner at Outagamie Speedway started with J.J. Andersen jumping to an early lead as Cody Schroeder and Jason Czarapata gave chase. Czarapata was the first to work the cushion, working his way around Schroeder for second. Czarapata set his sights on Andersen, who was running the tires. Czarapata swept around Andersen and to the lead on lap nine. Schroeder followed suit around the outside, closing right to the back bumper of Czarapata. Schroeder made every move possible but couldn’t find the grip to make the pass. Czarapata scored his first win of the season and a clean sweep to boot. Schroeder had to settle for second at the pay window, Andersen was third. The race went green to checkers. Evan Staeck quickly jumped to the lead in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main. Early cautions allowed Rod Snellenberger and Chas Van Ooyen to close in. Snellenberger used this to his advantage, working to lead on lap nine. Van Ooyen applied heavy pressure on Snellenberger, [Read More]

Marshalltown wins race with Mother Nature

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 25) – Three new faces visited victory lane this season on a fast-paced KMJ Performance Free Grandstand Night and Iowa Seamless Gutter VIP Night Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. New winners were Paul Nagle in the IMCA Modifieds, Jay Schmidt in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Vern Jackson in the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods. Jacob Murray and Nagle led the IMCA Modified field to green. Nagle immediately grabbed the lead as Murray settled into second. Ronn Lauritzen started eighth and took over second from Murray with just three laps remaining in the contest. In the closing circuits, Nagle pulled away and took the easy win, with Lauritzen trailing a good distance to take the runner-up spot. Murray held on to finish third. Scott Rice took the lead from his outside front row starting spot in the Stock Car main but it didn’t last long as Kyle Everts took over at lap two, with Jason Hall following in third. When the race restarted following a lap seven caution, it [Read More]

Dotson, LaCrosse take home $10,000 from IMCA Land of Ten Thousand Lakes 10K at North Central

BRAINERD, Minn. (June 26) – IMCA drivers with a history of coming up big at big events made some history again Saturday night. Ethan Dotson led all 30 laps of the IMCA Modified feature that brought out the final checkers of the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes 10K show at North Central Speedway while Benji LaCrosse outran home state foe Luke Lemmens in an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car barnburner that ended green, white, checkers. Modified and Stock Car features paid $10,000 to win, while Jake Sachau earned $5,000 for his Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod victory. Night three of the richest week of IMCA racing in Minnesota brought 224 cars, from 17 states, to Brainerd. Already a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier multiple times over, Dotson started outside Jordan Grabouski on the front row and ran away from everybody, catching up with the back of the Modified field just after midway. The event ran caution-free and Dotson had lapped cars as a cushion before taking the victory almost five seconds ahead of Grabouski, who’d won [Read More]

Black stays smart, Grabouski stays fast for IMCA ‘Lakes’ feature wins at North Central

BRAINERD, Minn. (June 25) – Tanner Black stayed smart and led every lap of North Central Speedway’s $5,000 to win Land of Ten Thousand Lakes 10K IMCA Modified feature. Jordan Grabouski stayed fast and doubled his winning margin to almost a full car length, earning a second $5,000 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory in as many nights during a Friday show that brought 220 IMCA entries from across the U.S. and Canada to Brainerd. Making his first visit to North Central, Black led all 30 laps from the pole in a Modified headliner that ran green to checkers, staying patient while working through traffic and beating runner-up Tim Ward to the stripe by more than four seconds. “I tried to be smart, stay on the rubber and make things happen,” Black said after his IMCA career-best paying win. “I had never raced there before and it took a couple laps in my heat to figure out (turns) three and four because they’re just shaped a little different.” “We had to guess a little on the [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 23

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., and Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., both 981; 3. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 968; 4. Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, 943; 5. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 932; 6. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 922; 7. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., 909; 8. Jim Thies, Mapleton, Iowa, 883; 9. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 873; 10. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, 862; 11. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 847; 12. Kellen Chadwick, Oakley, Calif., 844; 13. Bricen James, Albany, Ore., 841; 14. Jerry Flippo, Bakersfield, Calif., 836; 15. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 812; 16. Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif., 802; 17. Austin Wonch, Crystal, Mich., 793; 18. William Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 772; 19. Ethan Braaksma, Newton, Iowa, 767; 20. Brody Bowser, Orleans, Mich., 754. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, 729; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 710; 3. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., 666; 4. Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., 655; 5. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 646; 6. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 585; 7. Ben Sukup, Norfolk, Neb., 579; 8. Chase [Read More]

Dominator continues support of six IMCA divisions

LYONS, Ohio – Drivers in six IMCA divisions enjoy the support of Dominator Race Products again this season. The Lyons, Ohio, manufacturer and 13-year sponsor gives $100 certificates to ninth and 10th place drivers in standings for each of the five IMCA Modified regions, to sixth through 15th finishers in IMCA Sunoco Late Model national standings, and to ninth and 10th place drivers in Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod national standings. Eleventh and 12th place finishers in both regions for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks receive $50 certificates. Those certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Dominator also gives $100 product certificates to top non-qualifiers for Modified and Northern SportMod main events at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, and to Modified and Northern SportMod race of champions winners and the All-Star Invitational winner. Fifty dollar product certificates go to Late Model, Stock Car and Hobby Stock champions, and to top Stock [Read More]

Glenz, Grabouski are $5,000 IMCA winners at Princeton’s Siercks Memorial

PRINCETON, Minn. (June 24) – Jesse Glenz led the last three laps. Jordan Grabouski led the last few feet. Both earned $5,000 IMCA feature wins Thursday night at Princeton Speedway’s Bill Siercks Memorial, the first of four rich Land of Ten Thousand Lakes 10K events this week. Glenz put his name on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot with his Modified win, sliding past race-long leader Terry Phillips on the 28th of 30 Modified circuits. After a late caution erased Eric Arneson’s big lead, Grabouski made a last-lap run on the high side of the oval to steal the victory away by less than seven one hundredth’s of a second and earn a starting spot in the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Brayton Carter was the $2,500 Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod winner and Rod Manthey topped the $750 to win IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. In all, 224 drivers from 16 states and Canada competed at the fourth annual event. Phillips had led the [Read More]

IMCA Stock Cars chase $5,000 at July 2, 3 Heart O’ Texas Baby Blue Harcrow Memorial

WACO, Texas – The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner at Heart O’ Texas Speedway’s pre-holiday Baby Blue Harcrow Memorial will go home with plenty of green. The final race of the Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3 special pays $5,000 to win, with a guaranteed starting spot in the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at stake as well. Runner-up money is $2,500 with $1,500 paid for third and $1,000 for fourth. Total purse for the main event is more than $17,000 and starting the 24-car headliner pays a minimum of $300. All drivers will run two qualifying heats on opening night, with the top 20 in passing points advancing to a feature and the top five from that race advancing to the Saturday show. Heat races and qualifying features precede the Baby Blue Harcrow main event. Registration fee on or before Friday is $50. Drivers racing Saturday only will pay $100. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region and [Read More]

Top IMCA national, regional rookies earn Driven Racing Oil gift certificates

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The company that guarantees to Increase Power and Decrease Engine Wear renews awards for IMCA national and regional rookies of the year this season. Driven Racing Oil of Memphis, Tenn., gives $100 gift certificates to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact national rookies of the year. Top regional Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock rookies receive certificates of the same value. “Driven Racing Oil is proud to return in support of the IMCA Rookie of the Year program,” said Kyle Fickler. “The next generation is extremely important in any race series, but especially a legendary organization like the IMCA.” All Driven Racing Oil certificates will be presented during the IMCA national banquet this fall or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office and are redeemable through Driven Racing Oil only. Late Model and Sport Compact champions crowned at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by [Read More]