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Thornton, Wollam score first Marshalltown wins

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 3)– Two drivers, Ricky Thornton Jr. in the Xtreme Motor Sports Modified division and Jeff Wollam in IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, scored first wins of the 2016 season at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night. Thornton, the Chandler, Ariz., driver who is calling Iowa home for the summer, made his presence known in the 20-lap Modified feature. He started 13th and grabbed the lead away from last week’s winner Eric Elliott on lap nine. From there on, Thornton took his ride to the top side and never looked back on his way to the checkers. Jake Murray finished second from starting ninth, and third went to 11th starting Jimmy Gustin with a late race charge. Kyle Brown finished fourth and Ronn Lauritzen came from 10th to round out the top five. Wollam, who had run in the top three all night long, made the last-lap pass on the back stretch, slipping under Donavon Smith and beating him to the checkers for the Stock Car win. Smith had to settle for the runner-up [Read More]

Ward returns to victory lane at TCMS

AUBURN, Mich. (June 3) – After a week away, A.J. Ward returned to victory lane following Friday’s Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified feature at Tri-City Motor Speedway. The co-point leader with Todd Matheson, Ward started alongside Matheson in row five for the 20-lap feature. Matt Szecsodi and Rusty Zeigler brought the field to the green flag. Szecsodi beat the field to lap one before spinning in turn two and restarting at the rear of the field. Zeigler led the next two laps before Ward grabbed the lead on lap four. He was unchallenged the remaining 16 laps for his fifth local feature win of the year. Heath Grizzle, Myron DeYoung, Chaz Pray and ‘B’ winner Craig Vance were the rest of the top five finishers.

Pepper prevails in Salina Stocks

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (June 3) – After a three week lull in the action at Salina Speedway due to unfavorable weather the 3/8-mile oval came back to life on June 3. Michael Pepper rallied late to pick up his second feature win in the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car division in as many visits. A late caution allowed Pepper to catch up and work past Tanner Portenier for the win. Tanner Thiel picked off the runner-up spot with Portenier third and Scott Miller fourth. Coming from the furthest back of all the divisions to win was Daniel Gottschalk in the M & H Motors IMCA Northern SportMods. Gottschalk came from 11th to slip past Dakota Sproul for another triumph. Sproul finished second, Tyler Watts third, and Brian Davidson fourth. Eighth starting Mike Traskowsky held off Tommy Fose to win the feature for the Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stock division. Shay Simoneau came in third with Tony Slothower fourth. Tyler Frye continues to impress in his rookie season and picked up another feature win in [Read More]

Dahl wins a doozy at Dacotah Speedway

MANDAN, N.D. (June 3) – Despite late-race contact with another car, Mark Dahl led the last nine times around the track in winning Friday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Dacotah Speedway. Scott Bintz was the early leader. Trying to gain ground on points leader Spencer Wilson, who missed the feature, second place in points Shawn Strand was sent to the tail following a lap two caution. Dahl clearly had the fastest and once he caught Bintz was all over his rear bumper. As Dahl looked for away around Bintz, 12th starting Jason Grimes passed Steven Pfeifer around the high side for third. Dahl took the lead with nine laps to go while Grimes was quickly catching Bintz for second. Lapped traffic wreaked havoc for Dahl as he made contact with Ryan Wolla, allowing second place Grimes to quickly close. Dahl held on for his first IMCA Modified victory at Mandan since 2014. Grimes had to settle for second ahead of Bintz. Pfeifer finished fourth while Aaron Turnbull, who started 19th, rounded out the top [Read More]

Big win for Bittner at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil NORKOLK, Neb. (June 4) – Tiffany Bittner’s win in Saturday’s IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature at Off Road Speedway involved a change of strategy that paid off when she got to the front midway through the 15-lap race. “I started fourth row outside, and I knew the hole in turn three was on the bottom line where I like to run, so I ran the high side and tried to be smooth and keep the car under me,” Bittner said. “I just ran away with it at the end.” Bittner passed leader Tracy Buck on the inside while Brent Jochum attempted to pass on the outside. After a period of three-wide racing, Bittner sprinted to the finish line ahead of Buck and TeJay Mielke, who finished third after moving inside when Jochum slid wide in turn two with three laps remaining. Bittner, who during her 10-year racing career has earned national recognition by winning the Lady Eagle award four straight years, indicated that her goals have changed. “I didn’t win it last [Read More]

Fegley wins first of season at Eagle

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (June 4) – Two hours of work on his race car Saturday morning paid off that evening at Eagle Raceway for Chad Fegley. Fegley took the lead on the second circuit and drove to the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock victory at his hometown track. Cody Leifeld, Mark McKinney and Jeff Watts completed the top four. “I started in fourth and got a great jump. I didn’t even touch the car until this morning and spent about two hours on it,” Fegley said from victory lane. “It’s tough when you have your own business to find time for maintenance on the race car. It was great to finally get a win this year.” Bob Zoubek’s first Kaplan University IMCA Modified victory at Eagle this year came from the 11th starting spot. Another first-time winner in 2016 was Matt Moyer from 10th starting in the Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compacts. Twelfth starting Lance Borgman was the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod winner. He caught Gary Saathoff for the front spot with two laps [Read More]

Photo finish in Modified feature at Algona

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 2) – A thrilling photo finish with a trio of cars coming across the finish line door-to-door-to-door in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature highlighted an exciting night of dirt track racing at Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday. Tad Reutzel, Tim Ward and Jeremy Mills brought the crowd to its feet with an exciting finish as Ward edged second-place Mills and third-place Reutzel in the 1-2-3 finish. Early in the feature, it was a two-car break away with Ward and Reutzel having a big lead on the rest of the field. A caution flag on the ninth lap brought Mills into the battle for first place as the three cars put on quite a show. Austin Wolf was fourth and Rob Hughes rounded out the top five cars. Mills went from ninth to second to score hard charger honors. Chad Palmer edged Jake Masters in the race for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers. Jake Simpson challenged for the lead by midway before taking charge in the Karl [Read More]

IMCA SportMod Challenge winner earns $2,000 at Davenport

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods take over the spotlight in a $2,000 to win main event on Friday, June 10 at Davenport Speedway. The IMCA SportMod Challenge will use a draw/redraw format and all racing will be on the quarter-mile oval. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 6:45 p.m. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and free for kids 12 and under when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30. Also racing that evening will be IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and IMCA Late Models. For additional information, call 563 652-5302 or 563 326-5338 on race day. The track website is www.DavenportSpeedway.com.

Hurst dominates, Cordes wins thriller at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (June 3) – Farley Speedway roared back to life on Friday night following a week off due to wet weather. The Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model feature went caution free all 25 laps with Jeremiah Hurst scoring an impressive win. Hurst took command early from his outside front row start. Hurst encountered lapped traffic late in the race which allowed Nick Marolf to close the gap but Marolf ran out of time and settled for a strong second place finish. Jeff Tharp took third. The race of the night was the GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified 20-lap main event. The feature saw several drivers hold the point position, the first of whom was Patrick Flannagan. Flannagan was pressured by Jerry Luloff lap after lap before Ken Kostenbader joined the lead pack. With the three-car lead pack battling, Cordes found the high side to his liking and raced from 10th to take the lead as the field took the white flag. Cordes crossed under the checkers ahead of Luloff [Read More]

Zrostlik, Barnes, Burke win at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 3) – All three IMCA feature winners Friday night were first-time visitors to victory lane this season at Davenport Speedway. Joe Zrostlik scored his first local Petersen Plumbing and Heating IMCA Late Model victory of the season. Zrostlik led all 25 laps en route to the win. Chuck Hanna was closing in lapped traffic but finished a car length behind the leader. Ray Guss Jr. drove from ninth to finish third. Matt Ryan and Andy Nezworski rounded out the first five. Eric Barnes made his first trip to victory lane in the Eriksen’s IMCA Modifieds. Barnes started on the pole and led all 20 laps. Matt Werner finished in the runner-up spot. Bob Dominacki, Ray Cox Jr. and Bruce Hanford all swapped positions several times before finishing third through fifth, in that order. Thirty-two Modifieds were on hand again Friday night. Andrew Burk pushed his way to the front in the Hawkeye Auto IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Burk made a bold move on the inside to pass Doug Burkhead [Read More]