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By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (May 8) – Mothers Day featured Sunday night racing action at the Dubuque Speedway with a very smooth wide racing surface allowing the drivers to put on a very entertain­ing night of wheel-to-wheel racing action. Joel Callahan scored his second win of the young season in the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model division. Callahan fought off the constant challenges Luke Goedert in scoring the hard-fought win. With Callahan working the low side of the turns, Goedert was able to use the high line to pull along­side Callahan on lap 10. That move prompted Callahan to quickly move up to the high side and the remainder of the 25-lap feature saw Callahan stretch his lead. Goedert ran second ahead of Luke Merfeld. Matt Gansen followed up his Friday night Farley Speedway win with another win in the Merfeld Brothers IMCA Modified class. Gansen and Mark Schulte traded slide jobs on the very smooth wide racing surface providing the fans with thrilling racing action. Schulte took a hard-earned se­cond ahead [Read More]

By Bob Coney JEFFERESON, S.D. (May 8) – After two weeks of rainouts, Raceway Park welcomed its second night of championship action Sunday. In the KISS 107 FM IMCA Sport Compact division, Cody Thompson took advantage of a rare front row start to lead every lap of the main event. Ramsey Meyer came through the field for a second place finish. The race for third was one of the best battles of the night as Don Tank swapped positions with and finally defeated Tyler Thompson. The Car Quest IMCA Hobby Stock feature also had a flag-to-flag victor as David Miller kept the field at bay for the entire race. Andy Hoffman came out on top in the battle for second while Aaron Shearn was third. The third feature to hit the track was the 16-lapper for MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMods. Rusty Montagne stayed clean and clear of the action behind him en route to the feature win. Behind him, Todd Boulware came out on top in a race long battle with third place finisher Kirk [Read More]

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 7) – Cole Traugott picked off his second Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified score of the year at Dodge City Raceway Park on Saturday, with first-time local winners of 2016 including Darren Hacker in the IMCA SportMods, Jason Rogers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Matt O’Hair in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Traugott raced by Arizona native Tanner Black on the top side three laps in and led the rest of the way in the 20-lapper and prevailed over a field of 25 entries. While Black had taken the initial lead from the pole, Traugott wasted little time rallying from the sixth starting into the lead. Woodward, Okla., reached victory lane as well in the 20-lap IMCA SportMod feature with Hacker besting the 24-car field. After starting 10th, Hacker chased down early pacesetter Toby Witthuhn on the seventh round and utilized the top side the rest of the way to fend off middle run­ner Witthuhn and Mike Appel for the win. In the 15-lap Stock Car feature, Rogers [Read More]

By Don Martin WHITE CITY, Ore. (May 7) – Driving a great race from his pole position start, multi-time track cham­pion Mark Wauge won the 25-lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event Saturday night at Southern Oregon Speedway. Wauge hinted at possibly racing for another championship and his win was not easy with Matt Duste shadowing his every move up front. The season-opening feature ran non-stop. Wauge and Jesse Bailey shared the front row and ran 1-2 before Duste made an inside pass to grab second. Nick Trenchard took over third and Wauge was in lapped traffic by the 12th circuit. The leader never really shook Duste off of his tail in the caution-free event but drove a great race for the victory. Jesse Bailey collected a third place finish ahead of Albert Gill and Trenchard. Jorddon Braaten kicked off his title defense in style by winning the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Braaten had a mid-race challenge from Dwayne Melvin before collecting the victory. Braaten raced past front row starters Melvin and Garrett Hamilton to lead the [Read More]

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 7) – Second-year 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car speedster Colin Smith led from start to finish to take opening night honors at Arlington Raceway on Saturday. Michael Stien weaved his way to second to challenge but had to settle for runner-up points. New­comer and North Dakota traveler Trevor Mell was third. Dalton Magers led the first 10 laps of the MN 93 IMCA Modified feature but a succession of cau­tions broke his momentum and opened the door for Clint Hatlestad and Mark Noble to get by. Hatlestad, Noble and Brandon Beckendorf made up the final top three. Matt Schauer drew the pole for the B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature but it was Dan Mackenthun who led the field into turn one. He stayed in front to the finish with Schauer second and Dean Cornelius third. Eight green flag laps brought the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main event to a conclusion and Kris Zuhlsdorf proved to be the start-to-finish leader. Rounding out the top three were Tim Bergerson and Matt Looft. [Read More]

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (May 7) – Ryan Ruter raced from 10th starting to win the Friday feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at Hancock County Speedway. Kelly Shryock was the runner-up with Josh Ruby third. Heath Tulp came from the outside of row three to win the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Tulp held off a serious challenge from the hard-charging Derek Green, who finished second. David Smith was third. Shane Swanson started on the pole in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and never gave up that position, although he had to deny the fast closing George Nordman. Third was Nick Meyer. Jay Sidles and Tony Smidt led the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature field to the flag stand but at the end of the race, the victory went to Andrew Borchardt, who came from his inside fifth row start­ing slot. Smidt finished second followed by Weston Koop. Kaytee DeVries was the winner of the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event.