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Pruitt dominates Stock feature at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (Aug. 21) – Chris Pruitt dominated the Sunday main event for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Stuart Speedway. Bryan Snell and Brandon Hill brought the Stocks out with Snell leading lap one before the caution flag flew. Pruitt took advantage of the ensuing restart and blasted out to the lead with Snell and Brandon Pruitt in second and third. Brandon Pruitt made it past Snell on lap four as Chris Pruitt continued to lead. Both Pruitts left the field, and as the laps wound down Brandon began to inch closer to Chris. Brandon went low through turns one and two on lap 18, but that was as close as things got as Chris went on to take his first win at the track in two years. Brandon finished second with Brian Blessington third, Trenton Jeanes fourth and Derrick Rohe fifth. Josh Gilman held off Tim Ward following a late restart to win the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main. Clint Luellen took charge on lap six and led Shawn Cooney [Read More]

Free Friday admission at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – Spectator admission is free and Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are on the card Aug. 26 when Cottage Grove Speedway hosts the final Fast Friday program of 2016. Saturday, Aug. 27 is season championship night for both the Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Tickets are $13 for adults, $10 for juniors and seniors, $5 for youth ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Family passes are $30. As was the case all season in honor of the track’s 60th anniversary, the 60th fan through the front gate gets in free. Schedule for both nights is pit gates opening at 2 p.m., the front gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing is at approximately 6:30 p.m.

Miller captures first Williams Grove win

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 19) – Darren Miller led all 20 laps of Friday’s Pennsylvania Sprint Series feature at Williams Grove Speedway. Colby Dice started sixth and took over second on the third lap, but could never challenge for the win. Mike Kiser finished third, followed by Ken Duke Jr. and Tyler Reeser. Feature results – 1. Darren Miller; 2. Colby Dice; 3. Mike Kiser; 4. Ken Duke Jr.; 5. Tyler Reeser; 6. Dave Brown; 7. Zach Newlin; 8. Stephanie Dodson; 9. Mark Watkins; 10. John Barnett; 11. Kyle Ganoe; 12. Scott Ellerman; 13. Cale Reigle; 14. Jaremi Hanson; 15. Erin Statler; 16. Ian Detweiler; 17. Alex Potosky; 18. Jay Krout; 19. Kirsten Hess; 20. Rick Stief; 21. Mike Alleman; 22. Donnie Hendershot; 23. Tom Worrick; 24. Dave Grube.

URSS Rebels return Belleville, Byers

BELLEVILLE, Kan. – After a week off, the United Rebel Sprint Series returns to action this weekend as the URSS Myers Engines National Tour will tackle the Belleville Highbanks in Belleville, Kan., for the second time this year and the Colorado URSS West Region will make its fifth appearance this year at Colorado Motor Sports Park in Byers. For the second time in three weeks, the National tour will return to the Belleville Highbanks for a $1,000 to win minimum $200 to start main event. J.D. Johnson has taken two in a row as he notched his first win during the 2015 Belleville Nationals and then backed it up with another dominating performance during this year’s event. Four-time Belleville winner Luke Cranston, Zach Blurton, Brian Herbert, Jed Werner and a host of others will be on hand to end Johnson’s reign. Saturday night’s action starts at 7:30 p.m. Also on Saturday at 7 p.m. the URSS West Region will return to action at Colorado Motor Sports Park in Byers. Blurton has taken two feature wins [Read More]

Sprint Series of Oklahoma ready for Pat Suchy Memorial

By David Smith Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – What is sure to be highlighted on every race fan and sprint car driver’s schedule for years to come, the inaugural Pat Suchy Memorial featuring the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, will take place this coming Saturday night at Brill Motor Speedway in Meeker, Okla. This event honors the long-time Oklahoma City car owner who owned everything from jalopies, super modifieds and championship dirt cars at Fairgrounds Speedway in Oklahoma City from the 1960’s to the late 1980’s. The Suchy’s Transmission and Auto Repair owner fielded cars for such drivers as Benny Taylor, Aaron Madden Harold Leep and Shane Carson – just to name a few. This event will pay $800 to win and $275 to start the 20-car feature finale. Heat race money will also be paid as well as all drivers competing in the night’s “B” feature who do not transfer into the night’s championship finale. The trophy will be presented by Suchy’s daughter, Janelle (Flatt), with many of Suchy’s grandchildren and [Read More]

SportMod Mayhem is Saturday at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – Mayhem will most assuredly ensue as Dodge City Raceway Park hosts the third annual SportMod Mayhem event this Saturday night. While the IMCA SportMods will battle it out for a $1,000 winner’s share, the Aug. 27 card will also include Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Saturday’s racing action atop the 3/8-mile clay oval will go green at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $15 with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Woodward, Okla.’s Mike Roach reigns as defending SportMod Mayhem winner after topping a field of 29 entries last year. Clay Money topped the inaugural version of SportMod Mayhem in 2014.

Dubuque Speedway IMCA Late Models gun for $1,500 clean sweep bonus

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa –The 2016 season championship stock car races will be held this Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Dubuque Speedway. Season champions will be crowned in all classes plus the Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models will run two 25-lap main events, the first of them for IMCA points. Thanks to race event sponsors Seegy’s Race Products and Widmeier Flooring, Late Models will be racing for bonus money, with $1,500 paid to the driver who can make a clean sweep of the nights racing action. Dubuque Speedway will see hot laps at 6 p.m. with racing to follow at 6:30 p.m.

Plenty of competition at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 20) – Competitive races and close finishes were the themes at Off Road Speedway Saturday night. That was the case in three of the four divisions … the exception being Kyle Prauner’s run-away-and-hide ninth win in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature … with the race of the night coming in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks where Brent Jochum edged Tiffany Bittner at the finish line for his second win of the season. Although Jochum had a front row outside starting position, which allowed him to stay close to leader Cameron Wilkinson, who led 13 of the race’s 15 laps, Bittner had to make her way to the front from seven rows back but did so by the mid-point of the race. It was Bittner, in fact, who took the lead from Wilkinson by moving underneath on the inside of turns three and four entering the final lap, but moments later, coming out of turn two and down the backstretch, Jochum passed on the outside, setting up the [Read More]

Homan is IMCA Modified hero at Eagle

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 20) – Clint Homan’s first Kaplan University IMCA Modified feature win of the season at Eagle Raceway came Saturday night. He took the lead on lap nine and held off Bob Zoubek, Nathan Landauer and Rik Gropp in the race to the checkers. Shayle Bade topped the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature on her father’s birthday. The victory was also her first locally in 2016. Gary Saathoff scored his first local NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature win of the season while top honors in the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks went to Damon Richards. Winner of the Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compact main event was Zach Bohlmeyer. The checkers were his career first at Eagle.

Raceway Park checkers fly for Brewer

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (Aug. 21) – Drivers and fans enjoyed a great night of racing Sunday as Raceway Park hosted the Tom Baker Memorial Race. The highlighted division of the evening was the MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMods. Kyle Welch jumped out to the early lead only to be overtaken on the seventh lap by Karl Brewer. The race’s first caution did not come out until the 14th of 20 laps were complete. On the restart, Kirk Beatty and Darin Roepke got together between the first and second turns leading to a second attempt to finish the race. Once the green flag flew, it was Brewer all the way to the checkered flag followed by Rusty Montagne, Cameron Meyer and Kyle Welch. The Total Motors IMCA Modified division ran a fast, clean, green to checkers feature. Dan Loggins led the opening laps until being overtaken three laps in by Bob Moore. Moore then set sail with Jim Cole on his tail while Chris Abelson worked his way through the field to third at the [Read More]