Results

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 24) – Make-up features from the previous week were on the card Satur­day at Arlington Raceway and Bill Johnson and Cory Probst both made a pair of trips to vic­tory lane as a result. Johnson swept the two 95.7 the Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car features while Probst doubled up in the Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stocks. Other feature winners were Clint Hatlestad and Trent Loverude in the MN 93 IMCA Modifieds, Dan Mackenthun and Chad Schroeder in the B & B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Jeff Lloyd and Dustin Engelke in the Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMods and Alex Dostal and Ryan Bryant in the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compacts. Jam the Trailer Night brought in 850-plus pounds of food for the Sibley County Foodshare pro­gram. More than 120 cars signed in to compete.

By Mike Hughes STOCKTON, Kan. – The Kansas Thunder Series half-mile Shootout will kick off its season this Sunday evening, July 2 at Rooks County Speedway in Stockton. There is a total of six races in the series. The 2017 schedule includes: Sunday, July 2 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton; Wednesday, July 26 – Osborne Speedway, Osborne (fair); Thursday, July 27 – Osborne Speedway, Os­borne (fair); Saturday, July 29 – Elmwood Park Speedway, Norton (fair); Thursday, Aug. 17 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton (fair); Friday, Aug. 18 – Rooks County Speedway, Stockton (fair). Race time each night is 7 p.m. with the pits opening at 4 p.m.  All races will be draw-redraw. IMCA-sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern Sport Mods and Hobby Stocks will compete each night, with the exception of the Friday, Aug. 18 race at Stockton which will feature the United Re­bel Sprint Series 305 Sprint Cars, Bombers, Cruisers, and the Kansas Antique Racers. For more information, contact Don Bolt at 785 678-8121 or Dean Kester at 785 425-8432.

By Edward Kochersberger MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (June 24) – A dramatic late-race move gave Thomas Radivoy his second CRSA IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car win of the season at Orange County Fair Speedway Saturday night. The main event was shortened from 20 laps to fifteen due the threat of rain in the area and chal­lenger Bret Jaycox knew he had to make things happen quickly because of the race length. Jaycox used the outside starting lane to work through turn one and two to take the lead away from Radivoy early and dominate a majority of the event. The move of the race was seen when Radivoy and Jaycox were rolling out of turn four toward the white flag. Jaycox drifted a little high and lost just enough momentum for Radivoy to point his car underneath Jaycox and take command of the race lead during the final lap of the evening. The win was Radivoy’s CRSA third on the season and second at Middletown. Sydney Prince and Christian Rumsey snuck by Jaycox to finish second and third, [Read More]

By Erika Palmai Wagner BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. (June 24) – Scott Lutz earned his trip to victory lane Saturday at Grandview Speedway after being pressured by second-running Tommy Carberry the majority of the 25-lap Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series feature event. Carberry was rim-riding his way around the 1/3 mile high-banked oval and took over the lead as the field was crossing the start-finish line for the white flag. That lead was short-lived as he came into contact with the outside guardrail going down the back stretch, handing the top spot back to Lutz. “I really just drove as hard as I could,” Lutz said. “When the top started to go away for me, I thought to myself that my only shot was getting around the lap cars and getting them in between us, but that actually almost cost me the race in the final laps there.” “I know he had gotten by me but when we got to the back stretch on that final lap, I dove in front of the lap car and that’s how I [Read More]

By David Smith Jr. ADA, Okla. (June 24) – Defending champion Andy Shouse took the lead on lap two and never looked back in capturing his third victory of the season when the Sprint Series of Oklahoma vis­ited Oklahoma Sports Park on Saturday night. Chad Koch and Chris Kelly started on the front row for the 20-lap IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature and it was Koch who quickly jumped into the lead. The fourth starting Shouse quickly moved into the runner-up position and was on the leader’s rear bumper entering turns three and four. Shouse got a run underneath Koch exiting turn four to take the lead on lap two and quickly opened a half-stretch lead. The leader encountered slower traffic on lap 10 which allowed Koch to cut the deficit in half. With three laps remaining, Shouse followed a slower car for the remaining laps allowing Koch to close to three car lengths. That was as close as he got, however, as Shouse held on to score his fourth career series victory. Gary Owens [Read More]

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (June 25) – The Out-Pace IMCA Late Model main event was a thriller on a fast-paced night of racing Sunday at Dubuque Speedway. Dan Shelliam quickly took the lead by using the extreme high line around the track and appeared to be planning on celebrating his anniversary in victory lane, but the late race heroics by Justin Kay changed those plans. Shelliam saw his huge lead erased by a lap 17 caution. Kay and Shelliam swapped the lead on every corner the last eight circuits by using very well executed slide jobs. When the final check­ered flew it was Kay holding off Shelliam to garner the win. While the leaders were battling it out, the race for third was hotly contested as well. Jeremiah Hurst was able to cross the line in third ahead of Joel Callahan and Luke Merfeld. The Merfeld Brothers IMCA Modified feature was another great race which saw brother-in-laws Jed Freiburger and Mark Schulte race for the win. Freiburger topped the very competitive event for his [Read More]