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Beckendorf races to Rucks Memorial win

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 17) – Four different drivers took turns at the front of the MN 93 IMCA Modified Jeff Rucks Memorial feature before Brandon Beckendorf took the Saturday night checkers at Arlington Raceway. Jerry Wren was scored first on the first circuit. Mark Noble made his way to the front before eighth starting Tyler Limoges drove by. Following a restart, Beckendorf caught Noble for second; another yellow gave Beckendorf the edge he needed to get by Limoges. Beckendorf led the last three laps. Clint Hatlestad caught Lomoges in the battle for second and Jesse Rogotzke was fourth. Nate Eakin held off Michael Stien in the race for the 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car checkers. Matt Looft was the Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMod winner. Dave Moriarty led the first 13 laps of the B&B Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature. Following a lap 14 restart, Dean Cornelius got his bumper ahead of Moriarty. On the last time around, Dan Mackenthun glided by Moriarty but with the cars three wide at the flag, Cornelius was the [Read More]

Blurton covers URSS field at Colorado Motor Sports Park

BYERS, Colo. (Sept. 17) – Zach Blurton had the field covered when the United Rebel Sprint Series rolled into Colorado Motor Sports Park for a Colorado Region points battle Saturday night. Pole starter Todd Plemons led the first 12 circuits before Blurton reeled him in. There was no change in the front five before Justin Medlock made the pass as the white flag flew, relegating Plemons to third. When the checkers fell it was Blurton picking up his fifth win of the 2016 URSS season with Medlock and Plemons rounding out the top three. Blurton also picked up the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger Award after moving up from sixth for the win. Feature  results – 1. Zach Blurton;  2. Justin Medlock ; 3. Todd Plemons;  4. Mark Walinder;  5. Mark Chisholm;  6. Luke Lucero ; 7. Brandon Tubbs;  8. Scott Rhoades; 9. Austin McLean.

DeYoung delivers career fifth win at Crystal’s Great Lakes Nationals

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Sept. 18) – The pre-race strategy Myron DeYoung laid out for Sunday’s 50-lap main event at Crystal Motor Speedway paid off with his career fifth Great Lakes Nationals victory and a $3,000 share of the purse. DeYoung caught race-long leader Jeff Kohn with just two laps left to win the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified headline event. “It was great. The last couple years we were leading and had mechanical difficulty,” said DeYoung. “This year I saved my tires and put myself in a position to win. I told my son Brenten the same thing and he ended up third.” Kohn was runner-up while Gary VanderMark was fourth and Joe Fowler fifth. “B” feature winner Heath Grizzle started 18th and finished sixth. DeYoung started sixth and ran third much of the way behind A.J. Ward and Kohn. After catching Ward with a dozen laps to go, he set his sites on the leader and was closing the gap before the late yellow waved. Contender Chad Wernette exited for the pits following that [Read More]

Harris tops Skyline field for career first Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State win

CORTLAND, N.Y. (Sept. 17) – Skyline Raceway Park’s Turbo Blue Classic Weekend saw a first-time Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series winner in Tony Harris. Harris drew the pole for the 25-lap $400 to win feature for touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and led every circuit, leaving the rest of the 18-car field to tussle for second. Jeff Cardinale and Bumps Scutt battled hard for the runner-up position with Cardinale managing to keep Scutt behind him to record a season’s-best second place showing. Scutt, Beau Ballard and Rich Keller rounded out the top five. Feature results – 1. Tony Harris; 2. Jeff Cardinale; 3. Bumps Scutt; 4. Beau Ballard; 5. Rich Keller; 6. Matt Cole; 7. Brad Sites; 8. Tyler Stoddard; 9. Mike Stoddard; 10. Rodney Morgan; 11. Logan Terry; 12. Gary Roberts; 13. Jeff Austin; 14. Brad Smith; 15. Nick Griest; 16. Ray McClure; 17. Dan Alvord; 18. Doug McKane.

Cordes collects September Spectacular checkers at Independence

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Sept. 17) – Troy Cordes topped a field of 35 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to take the win in the Albert Auto September Spectacular at Independence Motor Speedway. The victory earned Cordes $1,000 and a spot on the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. From his second row start, Cordes took the lead on the first lap and then quickly pulled away from traffic. He led the entire 25-lap distance on his way to the win ahead of Darin Duffy and Kaleb Bentley. In just his third night behind the wheel of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car he bought from regular season champion Tom Schmitt, Cole Mather beat Schmitt to the checkers for his second career win in the division. Jay Schmidt finished third. Tony Olson raced to his 29th win of the season in the 20-lapper for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Olson took the lead just prior to midway and then drove away to victory ahead of Jake Morris. Tyler Soppe started last on the 27-car grid and [Read More]

Welshonse wins IMCA Modified main at Southern Oregon

By Don Martin II WHITE CITY, Ore. (Sept. 17) – James Welshonse took advantage of a late race mishap to get the victory in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event Saturday at Southern Oregon Speedway. It was the first career win for Welshonse, who was running right behind leader Scott Lenz and Mauge Wauge on lap 19 when the two cars got together, leaving Wauge stuck in turn two for the yellow flag. Also the winner of his heat and the trophy dash earlier in the evening, Welshonse overtook Lenz on the restart and went on to victory ahead of Jesse Bailey. Lenz was third. Dwayne Melvin won the 20-lap Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Melvin was enjoying a good battle with Rich McCoy during the first half of the race before a stalled car came into play. McCoy made contact with the car to end his race. Melvin led the rest of the way to win ahead of David Marble and Mike Medel.

Cranston takes win in SSO/URSS Challenge

By David Smith Jr. LONGDALE, Okla. (Sept. 17) – Current Myers Racing Engines United Rebel Sprint Series point leader Luke Cranston worked lapped traffic to his advantage, taking the lead with two laps to go to win the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car/URSS co-sanctioned event at Longdale Speedway Saturday night. The 25-lapper went caution-free in a time of six minutes and 47 seconds. Chris Kelly and Cody Whitworth started on the front row with Kelly getting the jump and taking the lead as the green flag fell on the 26-car field. Whitworth wasted no time making his move, driving underneath Kelly coming out of turn two to take the lead on lap three. He opened a half stretch lead before reaching the slower cars on lap seven while Brandon Long passed Kelly for the runner up position. Lap 10 saw Cranston get around Kelly for third. At midway Whitworth’s lead had dwindled to six car lengths as the frontrunners continued to mix it up with slower traffic. Cranston passed Long on lap [Read More]

Rain wins again, Salina moves championship and fan appreciation night

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. – Torrential overnight rains have once again canceled the night’s scheduled racing for Friday, Sept. 16 at Salina Speedway. The event will be moved, in its entirety, to Sunday, Sept. 18. The order of events for Sunday will be as follows: Pits will open at 1 p.m., grandstands at 1:30 p.m., hot laps at 3:15 p.m. and racing at 4 p.m. All Fan Appreciation Night tickets handed out to fans from the drivers and sponsors will be honored on Sunday. It’s the first time ever that a “stand packer” night shares the same event as the championship finale, in which seven drivers will be crowned as Champions. The event will be co-headlined with the Jaxson Fuller Youth Scholarship Fund night with many activities going on for the kids, who also receive free admission every week at the Speedway. All divisions will be in action. Sanctioned classes include the Long McArthur Ford IMCA Modifieds, Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars, M&H Motors IMCA Northern SportMods, Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stocks and Bird Contracting [Read More]

Two disqualified following Modified Challenge tire testing

ADA, Minn. – Two drivers have been disqualified from finishes in the Sanders Modified Challenge feature at Norman County Raceway, as a result of post-race tire testing. Samples were taken from tires from the two finishers in each heat; those taken from the tires of Billy Vogel and Jamie Trautner failed to meet IMCA benchmarks. Both drivers have been fined $1,000, were suspended for 30 days and lost all IMCA points accrued during the season.

Saturday Results

IMCA Modified Race of Champions A-Main 01 — 1. Ricky Thornton, Jr, Harcourt; 2. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown; 3. Ricky Stephan, S. Sioux City, Neb.; 4. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb.; 5. Joel Rust, Grundy Center; 6. Brandon Monson, Denison; 7. Kelly Shryock, Fertile; Brian Knoell, Falun, Kan.; 9. Dustin Andersen, Omaha, Neb.; 10. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 11. Richie Gustin; 12. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif.. Heat 01 — 1. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 2. Ron Pope, Mason City; 3. Jeremy Mills, Garner; 4. Nick Link, Rolla, Kan.; 5. Jeff James, Stanton; 6. Ryan McDaniel, Olivehurst, Calif.; 7. Todd Shute, Des Moines. Heat 02 — 1. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif.; 2. Dennis LaVeine, West Burlington; 3. Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice, Neb.; 4. Kellen Chadwick, Oakley, Calif.; 5. Mike Petersilie, Hoisington, Kan.; 6. Dustin Smith, Lake City; 7. Wayne Graybeal, Springfield, Mo.. Heat 03 — 1. Kelly Shryock, Fertile; 2. Mike VanGenderen, Newton; 3. Kyle Brown, Madrid; 4. Clint Hatlestad, Glencoe, Minn.; 5. Randy Brown, Chowchilla, Calif.; 6. Steven Bowers, Jr., Topeka, Kan.; 7. Jay Steffens, North Platte, Neb.. Heat 04 — 1. Ricky Stephan, S. Sioux [Read More]