Results

NEW WAVERLY, Texas – Before the start of his first IMCA Modified season, Ryan Slott would have been happy with a single feature win in 2017. When the final checkers flew, he had four wins and Razor Chassis South Central Region rookie of the year honors to show for his efforts. “The class is just taking off around here. It looked like fun and I decided I wanted to do it,” said Slott, from New Waverly, Texas, and now a junior at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville majoring in agricultural engineering. “It was challenging at first. The hardest thing was definitely setup but I slowly got better.” Slott had raced a factory stock class, which he said was comparable to an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, for five years before moving into the Modified. He got his first win in the sanctioned division in just his fourth start, at Gator Motorplex, and ended his night in victory lane three starts later at Cotton Bowl Speedway. “After the early season play dates, I didn’t think I’d [Read More]

WALLACE, Neb. – Brandon Clough hoped to be competitive in his first IMCA Modified season. He was better than that. Clough won four features on the way to capturing Jet Racing Central Region rookie of the year honors. He was second in standings at Phillips County Raceway, just a single point out of first, and fourth at both Lexington Raceway and Lincoln County Raceway. “I am very happy with the year. Early in the season I didn’t figure I’d get any wins,” he said. “I had just hoped to be competitive. I am extremely pleased with our results from this season.” The Wallace, Neb., driver had another 12 top five finishes in 38 starts. After taking some early lumps, his first Modified win came on May 6 at Lincoln County, in just his seventh start in the new division. “There are some pretty fast cars that race there weekly. I didn’t quite know what to think at first after I won that night,” Clough admitted. “As the season went on and once we kind of [Read More]

AMES, Iowa – Austin Wonch and Lucas Lamberies were winners of drawings to attend Bob Harris Enterprises Race Tech Info dirt chassis schools early next year. Winners of 30 designated events for IMCA Modifieds and 15 specials for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods were entered in that drawing. Wonch won the Great Lakes Nationals at Crystal Motor Speedway. Lamberies prevailed at Davenport Speedway’s SportMod Challenge. Modified winners entered in the drawing were Chris Abelson, Jeff Aikey, Chase Allen, Chaz Baca, Eddie Belec, Ethan Dotson, Tyler Droste, Darin Duffy, Troy Foulger, Jordan Grabouski, Michael Greseth, Richie Gustin, Jeremy Keller, Eddie Kirchoff, Cody Laney, Paul Leach, Hunter Marriott, Terry Phillips, Chaz Pray, Marlyn Seidler, Kelly Shryock, Jesse Sobbing, Kyle Strickler and Ricky Thornton Jr. And SportMod drivers included Jeffrey Abbey, Justin Addison, Adam Armstrong, Keith Blum, Brian Cooper, Dustin Daniels, Sawyer Haese, Chris McKellar, Jesse Skalicky, Chris Toth, Jared VanDeest and Jaylen Wettengel. All race winners received certificates good for two shock rebuilds.

GILLETTE, Wyo. – The timing of a phone call got Marty Erivez in an IMCA Modified. His consistency throughout the season got the Gillette, Wyo., driver rookie of the year honors in the Larry Shaw Racing Western Region. “I had raced for more than 10 years before selling everything, buying a house and taking a year off,” Erivez said. “I was going to pick up a B mod in Minnesota when I got a call from a guy in Montana about a Mod­ified (a 2012 Side Biter). I canceled my plans to go to Minnesota and bought the Modified instead.” He logged 22 starts in 2017, 13 of them at his hometown Gillette Thunder Speedway, where Erivez finished third in the point standings. His best feature finish was second, by half a car length, to Rob Hoffman in the May 27 show at Gil­lette. Erivez posted six more top five five finishes and ended fourth in Allstar Performance Wyoming state standings. Erivez was a two-time Western region champion and three-time state champion with Wissota. He [Read More]

WEATHERFORD, Texas – There’s a running joke in Kirk Martin’s household about whether or not he’s running for points. An early season winning streak helped convince him to do so this year and a career season-best 20 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers paved the way for his first EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region championship. Second in the national standings, the Weatherford pilot also earned Boyd Raceway and Allstar Performance Texas State honors. “It was a phenomenal year for us. We started a streak of what became nine wins in a row (be­tween March 11 and April 8). They just kept coming. We knew the streak was going to end and on a couple of those nights I was more lucky than good, but a win’s a win,” Martin said. Another streak, this time of four straight checkers, came in August and helped him nail down the regional and state crowns as well as the runner-up spot in the national standings. “I had the most races I’ve ever run (53) this season and was really surprised [Read More]

COPPERAS COVE, Texas – The rigors of chasing the Big Daddy Race Cars Southern Region championship cost Damian Snyder some sleep during the IMCA point season. The challenge of fatherhood has cost him some zzz’s since then. Snyder, from Copperas Cove, Texas, was a model of consistency in capturing his career first Hobby Stock regional prize and Allstar Performance Texas State crown in 2017. He was a regular at both Heart O’ Texas Speedway and Abilene Speedway where he finished fourth and fifth, respec­tively, in the point standings. “We had some success at the start of the year and made the decision to go ahead and chase re­gional and state points, racing Fridays at Heart O’ Texas and Saturday at Abilene,” he said. “We had a bunch of seconds and thirds before we finally got a win at Heart O’ Texas (on May 5). It’s hard to get wins when you’ve got so much going on in your life. You don’t have time to work on the car or get it just the way you [Read More]