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Hurst scores first of season at West Liberty

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (May 28) – Jeremiah Hurst scored his first win of the season in the iWireless IMCA Late Model division Saturday at West Liberty Raceway. Hurst inherited the lead when the no. 39 of Rob Toland developed an engine misfire. Hurst took the lead with less than five laps remaining. Kevin Kile made a late-race charge to finish second ahead of Jonathan Brauns. Larry Herring scored his second consecutive feature win in the Performance Concepts IMCA Modified class. Herring took the top spot from Jerry Luloff on lap 10 and went on to score the 20-lap feature win over Bruce Hanford and Dakota Hayden. Dalton Simonsen took command early and went on to score an impressive feature win in the Weikert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod division. Simonsen led the caution-free main event from laps two through 15. Tyler Soppe advanced from deep in the field to take runner-up honors ahead of Logan Anderson. Nate Wood took the checkers in the Kile Motorsports IMCA Stock Car feature. A late [Read More]

Rust races from ‘B’ feature to Hawkeye Dirt Tour checkers

VINTON, Iowa (May 30) – Once he made the Memorial Day main event, Joel Rust figured he had the car to be a contender. He figured right. Rust qualified for Monday’s Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener at Benton County Speedway by running second in his “B” feature, started 16th in the field of 28 and promptly raced to his career-first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Series victory. Rust passed fellow “B” qualifier Todd Shute with 13 circuits left in the 40-lapper and led to the $1,000 checkers. “I haven’t run a lot of features that long. I knew my car was good on the bottom and I got to fifth by midway,” the new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier said. “I’d had success here in a SportMod but last night was the first night here with this car. It was cool to be able to win this race especially with the caliber of cars.” Forty-eight Modifieds, the most-ever for an HDT event at Vinton, were on hand for the holiday show. Shute, Tony Snyder, Chris Abelson [Read More]

Three repeat winners at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 27) – Going into Friday’s races at Davenport Speedway, no driver had won more than one point paying feature this season. Now there are three. The Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Models continued their streak of different winners as Brunson Behning captured his first victory of the year at Davenport. Jay Chenoweth led the first couple laps before falling off the pace. Andy Nezworski led one lap before yielding to Behning, who led to the checkered flag. Ray Guss Jr. tracked Behning down but could only get to within a couple of car lengths. Nezworski held on for third, with Rob Toland fourth. Matt Ryan came from dead last to finish fifth. In the Eriksen IMCA Modifieds, Mitch Morris posted his second victory of the season. Chris Lawrence led the first handful of laps, with Rick Ratliff leading the next five. On lap 11, Morris went to the front and led the remaining laps despite two late race cautions. Joe Beal was the big mover on the evening. [Read More]

Elliott eludes raindrops for Marshalltown IMCA Modified win

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 27) – A few raindrops at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night didn’t stop the weekly racing action. Eric Elliott went home with his first-ever Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win at the track, Donavon Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car class won for the first time in the regular season and Jared VanDeest got win number three in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division. There has been no stopping Eric Stanton in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock class, as he continued his perfect season’s run, winning for the fifth time. Stanton started ninth and had the lead at lap five, keeping it to the finish for the win. He was tailed most of the distance by Jamie Songer, who finished as the runner-up. Gary Pfantz was third, fourth went to Doug McCollough, who had started 10th, and lady racer Leah Wroten completed the top five. VanDeest returned to victory lane, winning the 15-lap IMCA Northern SportMod feature. VanDeest started seventh and had to run down early leaders Travis Peterson and then Cory [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 26

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 864; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 838; 3. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 791; 4. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 783; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 752; 6. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 745; 7. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 739; 8. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 715; 9. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 694; 10. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 690; 11. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 658; 12. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 642; 13. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 609; 14. Paul Stone, Winton, Calif., 600; 15. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 582; 16. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 560; 17. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 549; 18. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 545; 19. Jesse Hoeft, Forest City, Iowa, 544; 20. Darryl Campbell, Everman, Texas, 540. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 352; 2. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 330; 3. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 302; 4. Ben Seemann, Waterloo, Iowa, 299; 5. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 293; 6. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, 267; 7. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 264; [Read More]

Friday cancellations

VINTON, Iowa – The list of race programs canceled due to wet track conditions or rained out for Friday, May 27 now includes Atchison County Raceway, Beatrice Speedway, Boyd Raceway, the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Lee County Speedway and Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway.

Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series at Skyline on Monday

CORTLAND, N.Y. – Skyline Raceway Park is the Memorial Day destination for touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and the Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series. The Monday, May 30 feature at Cortland pays $500 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points will be awarded. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 2 p.m. Hot laps are at 3:40 p.m. and racing starts at 4 p.m. Entry fee is $35 and includes the driver’s pit pass. Spectator admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and free for kids nine and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 607 745-0275. Matt Cole of Vestal was the series winner on opening night at Five Mile Point Speedway and is the point leader heading into the holiday even Outlaw Speedway winner James Cornell of Port Crane and three-time and defending tour champion Eddie Sites of Towanda, Pa., are tied for second, just three points back. Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series top 20 point standings [Read More]

Wild West IMCA Modified Shoot Out boasts seven $1,000 to win Modified dates

By Ben Deatherage WHITE CITY, Ore. – Seven $1,000 to win tour dates are on the schedule for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds following the Wild West Shoot Out. All main events over the course of the June 12-19 tour in the scenic Pacific Northwest are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers and drivers with perfect attendance throughout the tour earn shares of a $3,500 point fund. Opening night for the sixth annual tour is Saturday, June 11 at Southern Oregon Speedway in White City. Yreka, Calif.’s Siskiyou Motor Speedway hosts the Sunday, June 12 event. Speedweek travels to Coos Bay Speedway on Monday, June 13, and to Cottage Grove Speedway on Tuesday, June 14. The tour is at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon on Wednesday, June 15 before a designated travel day. Speedweek concludes at Sunset Speedway Park in Banks on Friday, June 17 and at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., on Saturday, June 18. A minimum of $100 will be paid to make 20-car starting fields and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, [Read More]

Inaugural Dakota Track Side Northern SportMod series is July 1-4

MINOT, N.D. – Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod drivers have four more reasons to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day holiday. The inaugural Dakota Track Side-sponsored tour travels to three different North Dakota tracks from July 1-4 for $700 to win, minimum $100 to start events. Nodak Speedway hosts Friday, July 1 and Monday, July 4 dates, with Southwest Speedway hosting the Saturday, July 2 show and Williston Basin Speedway rolling out the red carpet for the Sunday, July 3 event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points, but no local track points will be awarded each night. Racing starts at 7 p.m. each night and fans and drivers are reminded that Dickinson is in the Mountain Time Zone. Charlie’s Service of Arnegard provides additional payouts. There is a one-time registration fee of $25 for all cars. There’s a $500 bonus for any driver who can win three of the four events and $250 bonuses for the longest tow and the highest finishing driver with an open trailer over the course of the [Read More]

Edelbrock renews awards program for five IMCA divisions

TORRANCE, Calif. – Claim engine competitors in general and Stock Car regional champions in particular are beneficiaries of Edelbrock’s 2016 contingency awards program with IMCA. Highest finishing claim drivers in point standings for each of the five Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified regions receive 2975 Victor Jr. intakes from the Torrance, Calif., company. The highest finishing claim engine drivers in both IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock regions and in national Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod points have a choice between 2701 Chevrolet, 7121 Ford and 2176 Chrysler intakes. Second through fifth place claim engine drivers in each Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock region, and in national Northern and Southern SportMod standings all receive $50 product certificates. Modified and Stock Car regional rookies of the year receive $25 product certificates. And for a second consecutive year, top drivers in Northern and Southern Stock Car regions receive Edelbrock- 2701, 7121 or 2176 intakes. All awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the [Read More]