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Block is best in IMCA Modified main at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 19) – Rookie Wyatt Block won his first career IMCA Modified feature Satur­day at Shawano Speedway. Trevor Spaulding pulled to the early lead with Eddie Muenster in tow. As those two paced the field, Block began to work through the field after starting the race in 10th.  By the time Block passed Muenster for second near the midpoint of the race, Spaulding had built up a sizeable ad­vantage. Block continued to reel in Spaulding, though, before a caution after lap 13 bunched the field back up. Block took advantage and grabbed the lead with an inside pass for the lead on lap 15, then never looked back in scoring his first IMCA Modified win. Spaulding finished second. Lance Arneson was the hard charger as he moved from 17th starting to finish third. Jeremy Christians notched another IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win, his first of the 2018 season, while Lucas Lamberies remained unbeaten in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods as he won his third feature in a row.

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I-37 checkers fly for Carroll 

By J.M. Hallas PLEASANTON, Texas (May 19) – After some early season bad luck, Chris Carroll parked his IMCA Modified in the winner’s circle Saturday at I-37 Speedway. Thanks to his wife, son and a couple grand in repairs, Carroll got by point leader Rick Green for the lead. Talon Minten was able to show him the nose after a late restart but Carroll was able to hold him off. “It’s my wife and son supporting me, first off,” commented Carroll. “Colin put the car together and he made it come off the turns. It rotated through the middle real good. Rick (Green) slipped up a little bit and let me go.” “My son put the car back together after the crash earlier this year. There was about $2,000 in dam­age,” he continued. “We basically torn the right front off and bent the bird cages, tires and wheels. Luckily, I have a kid that loves this stuff and got it all back together. He’s a pretty good mechanic.” Minten ended in second and Green took [Read More]

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Serbus scores IMCA RaceSaver Sprint win at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 19) – After taking the lead on the 13th circuit, Trevor Serbus stayed in front to the finish in winning Saturday’s 95.7 The Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature at Arlington Raceway. Neal Stevens paced the eventful first 12 laps before Serbus used the high side of the track to take the front spot. Brandon Allen made a late charge to edge Stevens in the race for second. Brandon Beckendorf motored to career win number 99 in the MN 93 IMCA Modified feature and Matt Looft recorded a second straight Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMod victory. Dean Cornelius prevailed in a B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car barnburner with Matt Speck­man and 12th starting Cory Probst collected his second local Eckblad Trucking IMCA Hobby Stock checkers of the season. Scott Porter led all but one lap of the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact feature to win for the first time this year.

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Thornton stars at Central Arizona 

By Jeff McSpadden CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (May 19) – Jeremy Thornton was the IMCA Modified star Saturday at Cen­tral Arizona Speedway. Starting seventh in the sixteen car IMCA Modified field, Thornton quickly made his way into the fourth spot diving low on the speedway entering turns one and two after the drop of the green flag, sixth starting Trevor Miller also made a bold move into the second spot behind pole starter and early leader, Mike Strobl. Trevor Miller drove by Mike Strobl for the lead on lap two while Thornton was working his way up from seventh starting to third. Thornton made quick work of Strobl for the runner up position and set out after Miller. Taking advantage of a lap five restart, Thornton pulled even with Miller and edged ahead as the sixth lap was scored. Thornton got a great jump on the next restart and began to put some dis­tance between himself and Miller, with Tyler Mecl climbing into the third position. Thornton’s advantage of better than a second held up until the caution waved again with two laps left. [Read More]

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Jones repeats at Tri-City Motor Speedway 

By Roger Williams AUBURN, Mich. (May 18) – Despite his 10th place start, Nate Jones was quickly in the lead and on his way to a second straight Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified victory Friday at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Twenty-two Modified drivers took the green flag for their 20-lap main event with Don Sautter lead­ing the opening laps. It only took IMCA rookie and former pro stock champion Jones three laps to go from 10th to the lead. Once there, he checked out from the field as everyone else would fight for second. A late caution bunch the field for one last shot for hard-charging Chad Wernette to snatch away the lead and possibly the win. However, Wernette’s bid fell short as Jones picked up his second win in a row by two car lengths. Craig Vance had a stellar run marching from 13th to third. Toby Steele and Matt Szecsodi rounded out the top five. A regular season record of 129 cars poured into the pits Friday at Auburn.

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Stuart opens for 57th season

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (May 18) – The last couple circuits got interesting with lapped traffic, but Clint Luellen was able to hold on get the IMCA Modified feature win Friday, opening night for Stuart Speedway’s 57th season. Luellen passed Matthew Meinecke for the lead on the second lap. Josh Gilman finished second with Nick Roberts third, Meinecke fourth and Jeff James fifth. Marcus Fagan was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner and Aaron Rudolph prevailed over a crowded field of IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Top honors in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main went to Austin Luellen and Curtis Mil­ler was promoted to the Mach-1 Sport Compact victory.

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Garnhart speeds to IMCA Modified checkers at Maquoketa 

By Rob Hinckley MAQUOKETA, Iowa (May 19) – Bryce Garnhart kept rolling Saturday night at Maquoketa Speedway, speeding to the QCJeeps.com IMCA Modified 35-lap special feature win and cashing the $1,000 check that went with it. The victory was Garnhart’s fourth straight to start the 2018 season at the Jackson County Fairgrounds speed plant. The new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier held off a hard charging Ray Cox Jr., who was racing the top groove from deep in the field. “I knew he was coming,” Garnhart said. “I searched around there at one point with lapped traffic coming. I was like ‘the top ain’t too bad so I might run up there.’ It’s hard to give up the bottom when you got the lead.” Garnhart won his heat, picked number one on the redraw and led every lap. Cox, Tyler Madigan, Zach Less and David Brown rounded out the top five. Less came from 21st in the 26-car field. Andy Nezworski was patient and then put the late move on track champion Matt Ryan to win [Read More]

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IMCA Modified Madness victory to Carter 

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 18) – Cayden Carter took home the $2,000 check from Davenport Speed­way’s IMCA Modified Madness special Friday night. Carter took the lead of the 50-lap main three times, including leading the last sixteen laps. Previ­ously Carter’s best finish at Mod Madness came in 2016, with a ninth place result. The main event started with Eric Barnes taking the early lead. Barnes and Carter raced side-by-side for a couple laps, with Carter taking the lead after a lap nine restart. Lap 13 saw Justin Kay take the lead on the high side. In lapped traffic, Carter was able to regain the top spot, but a lap later, the yellow flag waved again. On the lap 27 restart, Kay again took the lead. After back-to-back cautions on lap thirty-one, the high groove seemed to go away. Carter reeled in Kay again and took the lead for good. Kay finished in second, while Kyle Brown had to hold off a charging Richie Gustin for third. Eric Barnes completed the first five. Andy [Read More]

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Gemmill snares Dodge City IMCA Modified Stampede glory 

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 19) – Brendon Gemmill made a dramatic, late move to take the $750 winner’s share in Saturday’s 25-lap IMCA Modified Stampede at Dodge City Raceway Park. Following a caution with five laps to go, Gemmill slipped under R.C. Whitwell on the 23rd round and held on to post his 14th IMCA Modified feature win at Dodge City Raceway Park since the 2012 season. “I really don’t know if I needed that caution or not, but it definitely played into our hands,” said Gemmill, who spent most of the 25-lapper chasing the duo of his father Troy Gemmill and Arizona’s Whitwell as they swapped the point three times along the way in an entertaining battle. Whitwell gunned into the lead from the pole position at the outset and paced the opening three rounds before Troy Gemmill raced into the lead while Brendon Gemmill needed just three laps to climb to third from his sixth starting position. With Brendon Gemmill pursuing the lead pair, Whitwell closed back in on Troy Gemmill at [Read More]

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Noteboom repeats as Modified winner at Algona 

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (May 17) – Jay Noteboom repeated as the IMCA Modified winner Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway. Noteboom started on the inside of row number four before moving to the front of the field to pick up his second win of the season at Algona and his fourth overall this spring. Kelly Shryock took second followed by Ethan Dotson, Austin Wolf and Cody Knecht. Dotson moved up seven positions during the final race of the evening as the hard charger. John Wiemann started on the outside pole and led almost the whole way only to see Heath Tulp edge him by a bumper at the flag stand to take the victory in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature saw Colby Fett pick up his first local victory of the season as he came from the outside of the second row to earn the win. Micah Lavrenz and Doug Wickman led 17 cars to flag stand to take the green flag for the IMCA Sunoco Hobby [Read More]