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Van Straten, Lamberies win Seymour openers

SEYMOUR, Wis. (May 22) – The 2016 season kicked off Sunday night at Seymour Raceway Park with the first IMCA wins going to Travis Van Straten and Lucas Lamberies. Eric Arneson sat on the pole for the 30-lap Coors Light IMCA Stock Car headliner and led the first four laps before defending national champion Van Straten slipped by. A couple laps later, Kyle Frederick moved into the runner-up spot and set his sights on the leader. After the mid-point, Van Straten held a length or two lead with Frederick attacking from the outside line. As lapped cars entered the picture, the pair had to work traffic as well as watch each other. The final 10 laps were a dog fight with the pair side-by-side and holding their preferred line much of that time. With three laps left, Frederick was finally able to get ahead to be scored as the leader. As they picked up the white flag a pair of slower cars were in the path in turn two. In a scramble to get by, Van Straten was somehow [Read More]

Ron Little Memorial set for May 29 at Stuart Speedway

STUART, Iowa – Stuart Speedway hosts its 16th annual Ron Little Memorial on Sunday, May 29, with a $2,000 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at the top of the card. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts also run on the holiday weekend program. All applicable points will be awarded in the sanctioned divisions. There is no entry fee. Pit passes are $20 or $25 for drivers. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $4 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. with racing to follow. More information is available by calling 515 238-6945 and at the www.stuartspeedway.net website.

Limoges leads Modified finish at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 21) – Tyler Limoges took charge following an early restart and never looked back in winning Saturday’s MN93 IMCA Modified main event at Arlington Raceway. Clint Hatlestad started ninth and finished as the runner-up. Third was Trent Loverude. The B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature ran caution-free, first with Ryan Grochow in the lead and then Matt Speckman from the second circuit to the checkers. Dan Mackenthun took second and Ken Tietz edged Brent Uecker right at the finish line for third. Tenth starting Cory Probst took the Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stock checkers ahead of Shawn Harms and Charlie Rustman. Eric Larson started sixth and proved most adept in traffic, taking the Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMod feature ahead of Tim Bergerson and early leader Jeremy Brown. Blake Braunworth held off 15th starting Scott Porter and Joe Regnar to win the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact feature. The rest of the 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car field threw every thing but the kitchen sink at him, but Trevor Serbus couldn’t be [Read More]

Hackett wins by bumper at 141

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (May 21) – Tyler Hackett only led one lap in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at 141 Speedway. It just happened to be the most important one as Hackett beat Russ Reinwald by mere inches at the line to pick up his first win of the season. Reinwald started up front and was hooked up down low while Hackett took the initial green from 12th. Reinwald blew away the field and left the battle for second as a couple cautions would not halt the leader in continuing to pull away. Hackett ran the extreme top of the race track to get to the front, going four-wide and then three-wide to get into the top five. He found himself in second with seven laps remaining and facing a straightaway disadvantage. Reinwald stayed down low with lapped cars slowing his progress and allowing Hackett to get to his bumper as the yellow flag flew with two laps remaining. On the restart, Hackett charged hard up on top and edged Reinwald [Read More]

Moyer scores first IMCA Modified win

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (May 22) – Sunday nights racing action at the Dubuque Speedway saw history made in the Modified class and hot streaks continue in both the Late Model and SportMod classes. Austin Moyer is making the most of his new racing opportunity as he has taken over the steering wheel of Kenny Boyse’s 1M Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCA Modified. Moyer, in his rookie campaign, scored his first career IMCA Modified win Sunday night. Moyer drove a flawless race in scoring the win over several of the Modified division’s very best drivers. Jeff Larson took second with defending track champion Jeremiah Hurst third. Joel Callahan won his fourth main event in the last four nights of racing with an impressive run in the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model 25 lap feature. Callahan shot to the front from the eighth starting position to take the lead on lap two. Callahan put his no. 40 car on the extreme high side and went on to record the win. Dan Shelliam took second [Read More]

Callahan continues streak with 2K win at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (May 20) – Friday night racing action at the Farley Speedway was headlined by the running of the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge featuring the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models in 50 laps of intense racing action. When the final checkered of the action packed main event waved it was Joel Callahan pushing his recent win streak to three with the $2,000 victory. Callahan held off a late-race challenge by Ryan Dolan in scoring the win by a car length. Tyler Bruening crossed under the checkers in third. Mark Schulte drove his GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified to the 20-lap feature win, getting to the finish line ahead of Jerry Luloff. Schulte used all the extra-wide, smooth racing surface in scoring the win. Tyler Soppe came from deep in the field and took a very emotional GSI Collision Specialists win in the IMCA Northern SportMod main event. Soppe took the lead late from Austin Heacock en route to the win. Tom Schmitt scored the 15 lap IMCA Sunoco [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car 500 engine option won’t be claimable

VINTON, Iowa – IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers running with the 500 cfm engine option will not be subject to engine claims, effective immediately for all sanctioned weekly, special and special series events during the 2016 calendar year. “Our executive committee has had an extensive amount of discussion as to the necessity of the engine claim with this particular engine option. Based on the specificity of the 500 cfm engine rules, costs have been reasonably contained,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “The 500 cfm option has a tighter set of parameters than the 350 that address cost control.” “Since 2005 we have offered a non-claimable engine option in nearly every other IMCA division,” he added. “It makes sense to do this in the Stock Car division as well. With no crate engine option available, the 500 cfm carburetor option makes the most sense for us to make this decision in regard to.” “For this reason and the low occurrence of engine claims in the Stock Car division last year, it makes sense for us to [Read More]

Michelle Melton aces Ardmore Sprint Series of Oklahoma show

By David Smith Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. (May 20) – Michelle Melton made her first appearance at Southern Oklahoma Speedway a memorable one as the Flower Mound, Texas, driver took the lead at the start and never looked back to capture the Sprint Series of Oklahoma victory Friday in Ardmore. Melton and Jerry Hammock started on the front row for the 20-lap feature with Melton taking the lead as the green flag fell. Hammock gave chase throughout the feature and despite being nervous starting on the pole, Melton was up to the challenge. “I tend to psych myself out when I start on the pole plus I had people like John Carney behind me who has been dominating the 305 stuff and you sit and think about how you need to drive,” said Melton, who has been racing Sprint Cars for five years off and on due to school with 2016 being a full-time driver. Hammock and third-starting Carney were closing the gap midway. With five laps to go, the red flag waved for a Chad [Read More]

Bennett wins third of season at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (May 21) – It was a night of first wins as well as repeats at Boone Speedway on a beautiful Saturday night for racing. Kyle Brown found his way to victory lane for the first time locally in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division. Brandon Williams in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division and Donavon Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both scored their second wins of the year. Solomon Bennett snagged win number three in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Bennett made his way around Seth Janssen at lap five of the 12-lap Hobby Stock feature and pulled away for a comfortable win. Janssen held on to the runner-up spot, ahead of Dave Rieks in third. Aaron Rudolph held back Chad LeGere as they went fourth and fifth. Matt West and Michael Murphy battled for the lead for much of the Stock Car race with Smith throwing his hat into the ring late in the race. Smith, who had started 11th on the field, was able to make the pass into [Read More]

Kay makes late-race charge to big West Liberty Raceway win

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (May 21) – Saturday night’s racing action at West Liberty Raceway included the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge featuring a 40 lap main event for the iWireless IMCA Late Models. The main event provided the race fans with edge of the seat racing action as Justin Kay continued his mastery of the oval. Kay took the initial green back in the seventh row and started his run to the front early in the race. It took Kay until lap 38 to chase down race leader Tyler Bruening. Kay led the last two laps to collect the $2,000 top prize. Bruening settled for second ahead of Denny Eckrich and Joel Callahan. The Performance Concepts IMCA Modifieds 20-lap feature saw 24 competitors take the initial green flag lap and 16 laps ran off caution-free before the races only yellow flag was thrown. Bruce Hanford had his huge lead erased and on the restart a four-lap dash to the finish saw Larry Herring score his first win of the year by taking [Read More]