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Kay captures third straight IMCA Late Model national crown

VINTON, Iowa (Sept. 4) – Justin Kay joined some pretty good company by winning another IMCA Late Model national championship. From Wheatland, Kay won 17 features and the track championship at Dubuque Speedway to total 814 points and top national standings for the division for a third consecutive season. That matches the accomplishment of 2010-2012 king Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Ill. Kay earns a $5,500 share of a $21,300 point fund to be paid to top 20 finishers in the national ranks. “The first one is still the best but the third one is pretty cool,” Kay said. “National championships get tougher to win. It’s cool to be able to do it three years in a row.” Runner-up Matt Ryan of Davenport was just three points off the pace. He raced to 11 feature wins and track titles at Davenport Speedway, Jackson County Speedway and Quad City Speedway, plus the Allstar Performance Illinois State crown. Two-time national champion Todd Cooney of Des Moines, Ryan Griffith of Webster City and Andy Nezworski of Buffalo completed [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars chase $1,000 checks at Stuart Speedway’s Night Before the Nationals

STUART, Iowa – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both race for $1,000 to win at Stuart Speedway’s Sunday, Sept. 6 Night Before The Nationals special. The Modified main is a qualifying event for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance Iowa State points will be awarded in both divisions. Belleville Motor Sports North Central Region Modified and EQ Cylinder Head Northern Region Stock Car points are also at stake. Entry fee for both divisions is $30. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing follows. Grandstand admission for the Kinzie Tire Service night show is $10 for adults, $4 for kids 5-7 and free for four and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is posted at the www.stuartspeedway.net website or available by calling 515 238-6945 or by emailing stuartracetrack@gmail.com.

Mackenthun earns big money at Arlington’s Joe Voss Memorial

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 29) – A single caution was all that slowed Dan Mackenthun’s drive toward the front and eventual Joe Voss Memorial win Saturday at Arlington Raceway. Andy Altenburg was the early leader in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car 25-lapper and was first challenged by Elijah Zevenbergen. Mackenthun, the current track point leader made his way in between the two and was scored first across the stripe on the fourth circuit. Zevenbergen ran with Mackenthun for the next 18 laps before falling off the pace. Fourteenth starting Shaun Bruns made his own bid for the lead but had to settle for second. Mackenthun, nearing the 100 career win mark, earned $1,600. Brent Uecker, Dean Cornelius and Altenburg rounded out the top five. Matt Schauer won the Tough Guy Challenge and $500. Clint Hatlestad chalked up another Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory and Brandon Allen led the IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car field across the finish line. Cory Probst prevailed in a caution-free IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. John Albrecht held off Matt [Read More]

Dacotah finales fall to Wilson, Berg

MANDAN, N.D. (Aug. 28) – Spencer Wilson and Jason Berg were feature winners Friday, on championship night at Dacotah Speedway. Wilson slipped by Tracy Domagala with eight laps left and pulled away to the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers. Domagala finished a season-best in second. Shawn Strand’s third place finish locked up the unofficial track championship, his fourth in the past six years and career seventh title locally. Berg took the lead for good on the second circuit of the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event. Chance Seelye was a distant second while Josh Roehrich secured his second straight track crown by finishing sixth.

Two W’s for Winebarger

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 29) – Collen Winebarger was a double winner Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway, following his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory with a run to the Late Model checkers. Kreg Britton led the first nine laps of the Modified go, surrendering the point the next time around to Winebarger. Winebarger led the rest of the way, then hopped into his Late Model and drove to his second checkers of the evening. Winebarger had pulled off a similar achievement not long ago in the same two classes at Willamette Speedway.

Transponders mandatory for Modifieds, Stocks at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Transponders are required again for all Modified and Stock Car competitors at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The electronic scoring devices will be used in all races for the two divisions Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 9-12. Drivers will be able to use their own MyLaps/ABM compatible transponder at Boone Speedway or rent one for $30 for the week. Transponders will be available in the pre-tech inspection tent and a driver’s license or credit card will be held for deposit. Transponders will also be required for the Monday, Sept. 7 Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Model main event, qualifying and last-chance features on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods, and Saturday main events for SportMods and Hobby Stocks. The devices will be installed at no charge to those drivers. MyLaps remains the official timing and scoring system of IMCA and Super Nationals.

Weekly success at Cocopah has Toth confident before first competitive trip to Super Nationals

HOLTVILLE, Calif. – Chris Toth crewed for Lance Mari and Jason Noll when he made his first trip to Boone Speedway last September. He’ll bring his Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod along when he returns with MRT Race Cars teammate Mari for the 33rd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Last year was the first year I went and I crewed for Lance and Jason. I was really impressed with the number of people that were there and all the racing,” Toth said. “We talked about it on the way home and I decided I would bring my car this year. The Holtville, Calif., driver has run a limited schedule this season, with three feature wins in 11 starts at home track Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Ariz. He’s the point leader and eligible to qualify for the BSB Manufacturing Race of Champions. “When we first started this class at Cocopah, we were getting eight or nine cars. Now it’s closer to 20,” said Toth. “I feel good about going to Boone. I would be [Read More]

Entries top 100 for Sept. 3-6 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals at Eagle

EAGLE, Neb. – Drivers and fans from coast to coast and north of the border will converge Sept. 3-6 at Eagle Raceway for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals. More than 100 entries, from 17 states and Canada, are in hand now for the third annual event. The Sunday finale sends the winner home with $2,000 and a year’s worth of bragging rights. The field of 27 will start three wide. All other main event qualifiers earn a minimum of $1,000; Friday and Saturday qualifying features pay $700 to win and the top prize in Saturday’s Jake Ita Memorial is $1,000. Pre-tech runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and will be followed by an open practice on Thursday. The front three rows qualify and Ita Memorial heats are on Friday. Rows four, five and six qualify on Saturday, rows seven, eight and nine on Sunday. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 6 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The pits open at 4 p.m. [Read More]

National oil brand with local roots; TiLUBE to award winners at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Sept. 7-12 is the biggest dirt track event in the world, the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. TiLUBE has come on board with the prestigious dirt track event to award the feature winners in every division during that week with an oil change of their HP racing oil. During the week, there are 24 total feature races and each winner in the qualifying features as well as the Big Dance main events will receive product from TiLUBE totaling over $1,500. “It was a no-brainer for us at TiLUBE to team up with IMCA and the Super Nationals. This is where I grew up and we have an opportunity to get our great product in the hands of a lot of race car drivers that week,” said Coty Mallicoat, director of sales and marketing for TiLUBE. “The Super Nationals is a great event and we are very happy to be a part of it to give back to the racers.” TiLUBE is a nationally recognized brand with local roots right [Read More]

Stuart Speedway crowns track champions

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (Aug. 30) – Regular season number 54 came to a close Sunday at Stuart Speedway with the crowning of five track champions. John Gill, Kody Havens, Brian Blessington, John Watson and Nick Roberts were the race winners on Plowman/Stanley Trenching Season Championship night with Jacob Reiter, Clint Luellen, Marcus Fagan, Watson and Roberts capturing the unofficial track titles. The closest point battle of the season belonged to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as Watson owned a three-point advantage coming into the night over Austin Luellen. Watson endured no drama on this night as he set sail and led every lap to take the win and the championship. Buck Schafroth finished second with Luellen third. Roberts captured the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified finale and the track title ahead of Josh Gilman. Fagan ran a close second to Blessington while wrapping up the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car title. Havens made his way to the front of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod field on the fifth lap. Luellen accepted the back row [Read More]