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Kinsley picks up IMCA Stock Car win at CJ Speedway

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (May 20) – Racing action resumed Friday at CJ Speedway after Mother Nature claimed last weeks events. The 18-lap Kauffman Electric IMCA Stock Car feature saw Shane Paris and Jason Hartman lead the field to the drop of the green flag. Paris jumped out into the lead over Rod Staats and Tad Payne, who started 10th. Action up front was slowed on lap seven when fifth-running Adam Bell got into the back of Staats and both spun in turn four. On the restart, Paris jumped back out front with Kirk Kinsley, who started ninth, and Payne close behind. The trio raced off turn four on lap nine three-wide as Kinsley edged out front at the line to grab the top spot. Kinsley held on over the final nine laps to capture his first local win of the season. Payne was second and Bell recovered from his involvement in the lap seven spin to come back up to third. In the 14-lap Louisa Communications IMCA Sport Compact feature, Josh Mosier and Jake Benischek made [Read More]

Ward wins fourth straight at Tri-City

AUBURN, Mich. (May 20) – A.J. Ward notched his fourth straight Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified feature win Friday night, in front of a near capacity crowd at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Ward started inside row six while Nathan Oswald and Joey Fowler led the opening laps of the feature. Somehow, Ward was able to work the middle groove, creating three-wide battles, and snatched the lead by lap four. Once Ward took the lead, he was never challenged and cruised to his fourth feature win in a row. The remainder of the top five cars were Chad Wernette, Tanner Pray, Todd Matheson and Fowler. A record 115 cars were in the pits at Auburn Friday evening.

Christofferson wins a close one at Atchison County

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (May 20) – Half a car length was the margin of victory for Alvie Christofferson in Friday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event at Atchison County Raceway. Marvin Griffith Jr. had jumped to the early lead and appeared to have the car to beat until contact with lapped traffic sent him to the rear of the field. Greg Keuhn took over the lead until other Brad Whitney made a move of his own to take over the point. Keuhn charged back by Whitney as Christofferson arrived at the front. Christofferson and Keuhn swapped the lead back and forth in the closing laps with Christofferson picking up the feature win. Keuhn finished a close second with Josh Steele a solid third. Week one winner Jim Powell Jr. was the big mover of the race, placing fourth, with Griffith recovering to finish fifth. Jeremy Chambers worked his way through the pack and led the last three circuits in taking the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory. Early leader Rodney Schweizer developed mechanical [Read More]

Pepper prevails at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 21) – Michael Pepper wasted little time moving to the front in the 12-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature field to capture his second win of the year Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park. Starting inside the second row, defending track champ Pepper used the low side to charge into the lead on the opening lap and then held off Dusty Witthuhn the rest of the way as Chris Oliver fought off Marlin Hogie the entire distance to secure show honors. Starting five rows deep in the 20-lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature did little to deter Cole Traugott. Traugott needed just eight laps to chase down early leader Tom Beavers and then checked out on the field to convincingly capture his third triumph in the last four Dodge City events in a non-stop affair. Mike Roach worked his way from the 10th starting position to add his name to the list of IMCA SportMod feature winners at Dodge City thus far in 2016. Roach, who won [Read More]

Guinn gets Tri-State triumph

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, OK (May 21) – Arkansas clipper Kevin Guinn went toe to toe with Tate Cole for most of the race before emerging as the victor in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Tri-State Speedway. Cole finished in second ahead of Kent Bright. The IMCA SportMod feature saw Ken McCarty make his way to victory lane for the first time of the season over newcomers Dallas Bourland and Luke Leatherman. A highly competitive IMCA Sunoco Stock Car race saw seven different leaders. Kris Vaughn crossed the finish line first ahead of last week’s winner Andrew Bohanan. Keith Heaslet rounded out the top three.

Fast track, fast cars at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (May 21) – Off Road Speedway featured a dry slick track Saturday night and drivers took full advantage. The most competitive race of the night belonged to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks where two hometown drivers at the top of the Off Road Speedway’s standings, point leader TeJay Mielke and Jeremy Hoskinson, dueled for the lead during final seven laps, often side-by-side, before Mielke eked out a win by a matter of inches at the checkered flag. Ironically, Mielke had been second last week in a similar finish after being edged at the line by Derek Husted. “The division is real tough with great drivers, This was a very clean, competitive race,” Mielke said. “I just happened to have the ‘long fender’ on this week after losing last week. The track was pretty nice tonight, slick, smooth.” Hoskinson’s runner-up spot was his fourth top five finish in five nights of racing at the Off Road Speedway. Nate DeSive was third. National point leader Ramsey Meyer won the division’s main event [Read More]

Krichau is first on Armed Forces Night

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (May 21) – R.J. Maas and Cole Krichau battled door handle to door handle all the way to the finish of Saturday’s Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compact feature at Eagle Raceway, with Krichau coming home first. The win was Krichau’s second this season at Eagle and came on Armed Forces Night. “I thought the track slowed down a little this week, so I decided to work my way down from the top,” he said. “I used the bottom for the win.” One hundred and thirty-nine race teams were entered. Dustin Andersen prevailed in the time-shortened Kaplan University IMCA Modified feature. Adam Gullion held off Tyler Drueke for his first IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car feature win this season at Eagle. Scott Bivens scored his first local NAPA IMCA SportMod feature win since the 2014 season. Ninth starting Damon Richards took the lead with six circuits remaining in topping the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock headliner.

Bilstein renews awards for drivers in 5 IMCA divisions

POWAY, Calif. – Drivers in five IMCA divisions contend for contingency awards from Bilstein Shocks again in 2016. The Poway, Calif., manufacturer and 18-year marketing partner gives shares of nearly $8,000 in product certificates to Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers. Top eligible drivers in each of the five Modified regions receive $350 product certificates, with $250 for second and $200 for third. Certificates to the top three eligible drivers in both Stock Car regions will be given in increments of $350, $250 and $150. The top three in both Hobby Stock regions and in national Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod point standings receive product certificates valued at $300, $200 and $100, respectively. “With the recent introduction of several new shock lines for the IMCA market, Bilstein is expanding our long standing commitment to IMCA and all its competitors,” said Scott MacDonald, the company’s director of motorsports – North America. “We look forward to supporting and rewarding [Read More]

LaCrosse is King of the Ring at Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 20) – The fact that Benji LaCrosse couldn’t qualify for the main event out of his heat race gave no consolation to his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified opponents Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. LaCrosse ran second in his “B” feature, lined up 18th on the main event grid and promptly raced to the $1,000 King of the Ring checkers. The win put him on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Mike Wedelstadt set the opening lap pace before R.C. Whitwell took over and started to open a lead. Many eyes were on the rear of the field, however, as transfers Brian Drexler, Todd Dart, LaCrosse and Brian Mullen began working through the tight field. A lone caution appeared on lap 11 and Whitwell again pulled away from the field on the restart, opening a quarter-lap lead as the battle for second saw Marcus Yarie, Steve Schneider and LaCrosse mix it up with Kevin Baldry and Wedelstadt. Yarie was the first to break out of the group, taking second on lap 16. [Read More]

Murray, Murphy and Stanton repeat at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 20) – After a week off due to weather, Marshalltown Speedway sprang back into action Friday evening and three drivers took home back-to-back wins. Jake Murray repeated his win in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division, earning $1,000 and a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Trent Murphy repeated in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car class and Eric Stanton made it two in a row by winning the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Murray wasted little time in getting to the front of the field in the 25-lap Modified feature, snatching the lead from Jon Snyder on lap three. Eleventh place starter, Tom Berry from Medford, Ore., hustled through the field to grab the runner-up spot. Murphy gained the lead with a handful of laps remaining and then took the Stock Car win by a comfortable margin over Donavon Smith. Jay Schmidt started 12th and came away with third place. Stanton had to run down Gary Pfantz and Nathan Ballard, taking command on lap eight and holding off the field [Read More]