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Mother Nature wins at Lee County Speedway

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa – For the first time in 2019, Mother Nature has taken the checkered flag at the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson. Heavy rains all week long has given the track crew no chance of getting on the race track to get it ready for Friday, May 3. Therefore, Brian and Marcie Gaylord have been forced to cancel the action, which was suppose to be presented by Buford Dozing and Excavating. Friday night’s action was scheduled to kick off the 2019 point season for the I-Smile Silver IMCA Late Models. But now that will have to wait until next Friday, May 10, as Darkside Tint & Graphix, Driftwood 13, and Buford Dozing and Excavating help to bring the action. Also on the card for Friday, May 10th will be the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Donnellson Tire & Service IMCA Stock Cars, Roberts Tire Center IMCA Northern SportMods and Discount Tire & Service IMCA Sport Compacts, all racing for track points. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

GRT’s Joe Garrison passes away

GREENBRIER, Ark. – Joe Garrison of GRT Race Cars died Wednesday evening, May 1 after a battle with cancer. He was 60. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday, May 6 at Crosspoint Baptist Church in Greenbrier with funeral services at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Thorn Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Katie, now being treated for a brain tumor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., daughters Randa Jo (Litton) and Jolie, and two grandchildren. Garrison and his brother Mike founded the chassis building business in a two-car garage in the early 1980s. The company has enjoyed considerable success in both Late Model and Modified endeavors GRT, located in Greenbrier, Ark., is part of IMCA’s Manufacturer’s Cup program and is the reigning Central region cup winner. “Joe is in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame and was well-respected in the Modified industry as well,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “We extend our sympathy to his family and many friends.” He was 60. Garrison and his brother Mike founded the chassis building [Read More]

Placerville Donnie Tilford Tribute win is IMCA Modified career first for Wagner

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (April 27) – The IMCA Modified driver who plans to make 2019 a learning season took his Donnie Tilford Tribute foes to school at Placerville Speedway. Danny Wagner led every lap of the 25-lap Saturday night main event, complementing his career first win in the division with a $1,500 check and a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational berth. “It was pretty great,” Wagner said following the first start of his third IMCA season. “I had Troy Foulger close behind me and could hear him all the way. I saw him quite a few times.” Wagner had started outside Foulger on the front row. He made the best use of the higher line, getting strong restarts after every caution in outrunning Foulger to the checkers. Nick DeCarlo, Tim Balding and Ray Trimble rounded out the top five finishers in a stellar field of Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region competitors. Wagner logged 17 outings in his rookie campaign and then a handful of starts, most of them at Ocean Speedway, last year. He’s planning to [Read More]

Stock Car Shootout this Saturday at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The month of May at Dodge City Raceway Park gets under way in a big way this Saturday night with the $1,000 to win IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Shootout atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. Along with the Stock Car Shootout presented by Winner’s Circle Feedyards and Factory Direct Fireworks featuring the IMCA Stock Cars, Saturday’s tilt includes a full complement of championship chase action for Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Saturday’s racing action goes green at 7:30 p.m. with adult admission $12 and children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult It kicks off a weekend double with the inaugural Little DCRP event taking place on Sunday. While Dusty Witthuhn reigns as defending track champion, Angel Munoz has burst out of the gates in strong fashion by topping both events thus far in 2019. It continues a trend for the 2017 track champion, as Munoz has raced to victory lane 11 times [Read More]

Entry forms available for Dodge City Raceway Park Sprint Car Nationals

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Dodge City Raceway Park Sprint Car Nationals is expanding from two to three nights in 2019. And with the June event rapidly approaching, entries are now being accepted for the upcoming third annual Lubbock Wrecker Service-sponsored event. The $3,000-to-win IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event that could potentially climb to as much as $4,500 with lap money included is set for June 13-15 atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. The rapidly-evolving event includes the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars along with the United Rebel Sprint Series and Sprint Series of Oklahoma. Entry forms are available at https://www.dodgecityraceway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DCRP-305-Sprint-Car-Nationals-2019-Entry-Form.pdf. Entries submitted prior to June 6 are $50 with driver’s pit pass $20 for each night. Entries submitted after June 6 are $75 with driver pit pass the standard $30 per night. After Fort Worth, Texas driver Kevin Ramey topped the inaugural version of the DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals in 2017, Fairview, Okla.’s Jake Martens pocketed $4,040 including lap money by fending off a last-lap slider from Jake Bubak and then [Read More]

Borrowed ride takes Leonard to I-37 winner’s circle

By JM Hallas PLEASANTON, Texas (April 27) – Borrowed car ? No problem. If you put young gun Cody Leonard in anything, he’ll make it go fast. Last weekend Leonard broke a motor during hot laps at a race at Texana Raceway. Marcus Berndt stepped up and let Leonard jump in his car for the feature, which he won. On Saturday at Pleasanton, Leonard, who started ninth, took the lead from Bill Pittaway after halfway then motored on to the win. “We blew my car up last week at Texana and Marcus came through and asked me to drive his car,” explained Leonard. “I’m real grateful for that. We won last weekend in it and he asked me to drive it again this weekend. We’re two for two now.” Pittaway was the runner-up and third was Dillon Tindall.

Spring Fling night two win goes to Young

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 27) – Derik Young was the Mohawk Metal IMCA Modified winner Saturday, on night two of Cottage Grove Speedway’s season-opening Spring Fling. Ray Bloom had a great start and paced the field the first three laps before being overtaken by Young. Young had no issues once in front of the pack as the only things slowing him down were four cautions. Despite the stoppages, Young maintained the top place position to achieve his first win of the season. Curtis Towns was yet again the runner-up while B.J. Wild posted a third-place finish. In Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod action it was all about Matt Sanders. The Brookings ace held onto the coveted top spot the entire race despite five cautions and a handful of challenges. Buddy McHargue was second while grabbing third was the previous night’s winner Jorddon Braaten.

Tritt dominates Lincoln County opener

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (April 27) – The word to describe Terry Tritt’s on-track performance on opening night Saturday at Lincoln County Raceway was dominating. Tritt started on the pole in the D & S Automotive IMCA Sport Compact feature and ran away and hid from the rest of the podium finishers. Quincy Eggleston ran out of real estate once he got to second and didn’t have enough laps remaining to dent the deficit behind the leader. Darryl Cauffman was third. Jacob Slough won for the first time in his North Platte GMC Buick IMCA Northern SportMod career, outrunning Dillon Schultz. Eddie Belec led start to finish of the Maxwell Offroad Center IMCA Modified main event while Mike Nichols worked his way from inside row six at the start to first at the finish of the Knucklehead Garage IMCA Stock Car feature. Luke Wassom motored from the fourth row and led the last two circuits in winning the Herrick Auto & Marine IMCA Hobby Stock feature.

Thompson is quickest around Springfield oval

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (April 27) – James Thompson took the early lead and then held back Jet Racing Central Region Point leader Steven Bowers Jr., Bobby Pearish and Bad Boy Mowers IMCA Modified track point leader Jody Tillman in becoming the third different in three events Saturday at the “Quick-Quarter” of the Springfield Raceway. Thompson, who started fourth, quickly went topside to open a large lead early in what proved to be a caution-free 20-lap feature. Pearish moved to the extreme high side in giving chase as Bowers was slicing his way to the front while battling with Tillman. Thompson used the tight races behind him to pull away but Pearish started to reel in the race leader just past halfway while Bowers was using every inch and every lane of the smooth, slick surface in gaining ground. On lap 15, Bowers caught Pearish and the duo gained on Thompson quickly. On lap 18, Bowers made a huge run on Pearish and made the slide job stick to grab second while Tillman was coming on strong. [Read More]

Sweigart blasts past PASS foes at Port Royal Speedway

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 27) – In a performance worthy of his nickname, “Nitro” Nick Sweigart blasted the Pennsylvania Sprint Series field to earn his first victory since 2017 in the 20-lap feature Saturday at Port Royal Speedway. Flying past competitors on the outside from his 10th starting position, Sweigart took the lead from Jaremi Hanson on lap seven and never looked back, scoring the win by a 1.448-second margin over Jonathan Jones, who passed Hanson in the fourth turn of the final lap. Zach Newlin finished fourth, with Ryan Lynn taking fifth. Sweigart raced to seven top five finishes last year, including two runner-ups, but he hadn’t visited victory lane since August of 2017 at BAPS Motor Speedway. He had added two more top fives this season and had finished in the top 10 in all five previous PASS IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car events. A stellar field of 39 cars was in the pits and with the large field, Port Royal lead promoter Steve O’Neal added two starting positions to enable 26 cars to [Read More]