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Smith wins Jess Weishaar Memorial race

By Greg Grabianowski Sports Editor ALGONA, Iowa (July 18, 2024) – Mike Smith won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature to highlight an exciting night of dirt track racing for the Jess Weishaar Memorial held at the Kossuth County Speedway Thursday night. It was the first time this season there was racing at the speedway two weeks in a row as everyone got ready for the annual Salute to Veterans race on July 25. The Hobby Stock feature was the featured event of the evening as 22 cars battled for a $1,000 first place check and a guaranteed $100 to start the race. Jeremy Wegner was the first lap leader as Cody Hubbell took over the top spot on the next lap before the first yellow flag as race came out after Smith and Hubbell spun out and collected five other cars. Things settled down for a couple laps as the halfway mark of the feature saw Cody Hubbell in the lead followed by Dylan Nelson, Smith, Wegner and Justin Fredrick. Lap number 12 brought yellow flag [Read More]

Miles brothers dominate Hobby Stock special at Maquoketa

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (July 20, 2024)– The Maquoketa Speedway hosted Eastern Iowa Garage Door Night at the races on Saturday with a special event for the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. One hundred and ten race teams packed the pit area and provided an action packed night of racing. The Hobby Stocks were the featured division with a $1,000 to win main event that also carried an additional $780 in lap money. The 25-car starting field took the green flag with Karter Miles setting the pace from his pole position start. Karter led for several laps while his brother Jordan worked to the front from his third row start. Jordan Miles was involved in an incident early in the race that sent him to the rear. The incident lit a fire and Jordan quickly worked back through the field and set up a challenge for the lead with his younger brother. Jordan was able to secure the top spot with five to go and the battle was on for second. Lukas Short and Karter [Read More]

James, Ray, Bryant are first in Friday features at Douglas County

By Ben Deatherage ROSEBURG, Ore. (July 19, 2024) – The Douglas County Dirtrack had a loaded card of racing on Friday, with IMCA wins gong to Bricen James, Daniel Ray and Burnie Bryant. The race was off to an exciting start as Bennett Bray took the lead in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified main. However, a caution slowed the pace on lap two and on the restart, James seized became the new leader. Pope got up to second in his IMCA Modified debut in the Grey and Kersey Ferrando-fielded entry a few circuits in. Eventually, the race for second became a maelstrom involving Pope, Trevor La Barge, Carter Patterson and Grey Ferrando. Patterson was able to move into the position by lap six. A pair of yellows with eight laps down kept everyone on their toes. As the race progressed, Ferrando made an excellent restart, attempting to challenge James for the lead. Patterson tried his best to hold on to third as Kevin Williamson pressured him on the inside line. The race remained green for [Read More]

Rhodes repeats as PASS ‘Power’ winner

By Frank Buhrman SPRING RUN, Pa. (July 19, 2024) – Thanks to a couple of rainouts, it took the River Valley Builders Pennsylvania Sprint Series until midseason to make its first appearance at its oldest stop, the quarter-mile Path Valley Speedway bullring, but Zach Rhodes and his fellow IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car competitors made sure the large crowd remembered why PASS keeps coming back. The McVeytown driver fought his way past Mike Alleman to take the lead with five laps remaining in the 25-lap feature and won the PASS portion of the special Dr. Crouse’s Night of Power program for the second consecutive year. The margin of victory was three-quarters of a second. Doug Dodson, who charged from 10th starting, also got past Alleman on the next-to-last lap and finished second, while Alleman, who was oh-so-close to his first feature victory since taking his only career checkered flag at this track 23 years ago, came home third. Jeff Weaver came home fourth and Jerald Harris was fifth. Kenny Heffner claimed the W.C. Eshenaur & Son [Read More]

Friday is a night for the record book as Ward takes 100th IMCA Modified win at Marshalltown

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Marshalltown Speedway was back on its regular Friday night of racing this week and it was one for the record books as Tim Ward captured his career 100th Friesen Performance IMCA Modified victory. Kaden Reynolds got out in front and was gone in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature and Brayton Carter had no trouble in snagging the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod victory. It was Calvin Dhondt adding to his list of wins in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as did Cristian Grady in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts and Dillon Raffurty made the trip up from Kansas City, Missouri pay off when he saw checkers in the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites. The Mod Lite 15-lap feature was up first. Travis Stensland started on the outside front row and jumped to the immediate lead when the race went green. His nice lead would disappear when a yellow flag flew at lap six, closing the field for the restart. Raffurty had been closing on the [Read More]

Simmons wins IMCA Modified thriller at CJ

By Jerry Mackey COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Friday was 1 Off Fab night at the CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds. The racing was excellent on a smooth slick race track which provided multiple groove racing all night. The headliner of the night was the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature that provided close racing and a very close finish. Kolton Osborn and his team make the long tow from Janesville every Friday to race and the youngster is yet to win his first feature at CJ but has been knocking on the door to victory lane many times. Osborn shot to the front from his sixth position start, overtook early leader Barry Dugan and appeared to be on his way to his first CJ victory. Osborn led for several laps before the lead pack swelled to three with Osborn, Dakota Simmons and Jarrett Brown racing under the flag stand three-wide with three laps to go. Simmons did all of his passing using the bottom of the track while Osborn sailed [Read More]

Jerovetz is back for win at Britt, Krug is IMCA Hobby Stock Titan

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Troy Jerovetz continues to be a fan of Hancock County Speedway. A winner at Britt earlier in the season, he claimed the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature event Friday night. A caution erased his 2.5 second lead and Jerovetz had to hold off a charging Kelly Shryock and Colby Fett. Justin Ades rounded out the top four. Early in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature, a three-wide battle between Zane DeVilbiss, Jeremy Mills and Todd Steinhart saw contact between DeVilbiss and Mills. The result of the slight contact had Mills spinning and bringing out a yellow. When the race concluded, DeVilbiss went on to win over Izac Mallicoat and Kelly Shryock. Mills raced back to claim fourth place. Charlie Stevens earned a long overdue win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. It had been since June of 2022 that Stevens was in victory lane at Britt. Stevens held off Colby Fett and Alec Fett who raced up from their ninth and seventh place starting positions, [Read More]

Keller collects Friday checkers at Ocean

By Steven Blakesley Blakesley Sports Media WATSONVILLE, Calif. (July 19, 2024) – Kc Keller prevailed over a strong field of Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods to claim Friday’s 20-lap feature at Ocean Speedway. “I had a little baby girl in February, she’s five months old now. It was going to be kind of a lot (to keep racing),” Keller said. “But my son has taken a huge interest this year. So we took the car off the market and as long as he’s going with me and the rest family, we’re going to keep going.” Keller snagged the pole position against a 19-car starting grid. The first caution fell on lap five when Brian Baggett spun in turn two. On the restart, Steven Allee pedaled a bit from second to fourth. Bo Crebs crashed in turn four with front end up damage for the next caution on lap seven. Cody Bryan pitted with a right front flat tire as well. Matt Hagio and Rob Gallaher, the fourth row starters, went head-to-head in a back and forth [Read More]

Douglas County triumph to Stevens

By Ben Deatherage ROSEBURG, Ore. (July 17, 2024) – Jordan Stevens stood on the top step of the podium, following the Wednesday night feature for Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts at Douglas County Dirtrack. Bid VanLoon captured the lead in the first set of turns of the feature, but down the backstretch, Stevens powered his way to the front. Stevens built a sizable advantage over the rest of the pack via the high side as the race developed. The father-daughter combination of Burnie and Melissa Bryant fought hard for second. Melissa secured the position a couple of laps into the race. Burnie settled into third, while VanLoon was close behind him in fourth. Stevens began to hit traffic right around the halfway point while Burnie Bryant continued to put pressure for second. The race experienced a bit of twist when Melissa Bryant got into a lapped car on the eighth circuit, forcing Burnie to check up and allowing VanLoon to perform a double overtake. Burnie Bryant rallied to beat Melissa to the line on the same [Read More]

Mayden, Points prevail in Midweek Mayhem at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 17, 2024) – Wednesday provided the second installment of the brand-new Midweek Mayhem series at Cottage Grove Speedway, with IMCA feature wins going to Jake Mayden and Trevor Points. When the green flag dropped for the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, it was Paul Rea who led the pack. He soon found himself in a heated battle with Mayden, who was determined to challenge for the race lead. Rea got some breathing room, but before too long, Mayden worked the bottom of the racing surface brilliantly to beat Rea to the wire on lap four by a mere three hundredths of a second. Mayden pedaled hard to separate from the runner-up and the race for second erupted into a complete melee. Carter Patterson threaded the needle under Rea on the eighth circuit, but Rea was able to get back around him on the following lap. As Rea and Patterson battled, it brought Kevin Williamson into the fold to create a three-car contest for second 11 laps into the contest. [Read More]