Results

By David Smith Jr. ADA, Okla. (Sept. 24) – After rain washed out many tracks in the North Texas area, Austin Mun­die made the trip up from his Tyler, Texas home worthwhile, capturing Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA Racesaver season finale at Oklahoma Sports Park Saturday night. Joe Wood Jr., who won his only series feature at Ada in June, stretched his early advantage to five car lengths before reaching slower cars on lap seven. This allowed Mundie to close in and the two swapped the lead before Mundie settled in up front. Following the final restart on lap 13, Mundie opened an eight-car length lead over Andy Shouse and kept that advantage until Shouse narrowed the gap with four laps to go. Shouse got another good run on the last lap but Mundie held on and took the checkered flag just a car length over Shouse. He also became the 10th winner in the last 10 events. Wood settled for third while Chad Koch and Gary Owens rounded out the top five. Feature results [Read More]

BEATRICE, Neb. (Sept. 23) – Chris Abelson wrapped up his 2016 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified campaign with his 31st victory of the season Friday at Beatrice Speedway’s September Fest. The checkers were worth $1,500 and came ahead of Jordan Grabouski and Dylan Smith as driv­ers with national championships on their resumes finished 1-2-3. Travis Hatcher and Jordy Nel­son completed the top five. Abelson had started sixth and made his way to the front in the first handful of laps. “When we went out before the race it felt like the track was taking rubber from the middle on up, so that’s where I ran,” Abelson said. “I figured everybody else would run the bottom.” Grabouski was able to pull ahead on several occasions in the later laps but Abelson was scored first every time around. “We’ve had a pretty good season,” said Abelson, already on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “Our goal this year was to follow the Hawkeye Dirt Tour and we won that. We won the Tiny Lund, then [Read More]

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (Sept. 24) – Joey Moriarty picked an ideal time to shine by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature event at Canyon Speedway Park’s Mr. Excitement 40 Tribute to Terry Belcher. Racing from the second row outside, Moriarty charged to the checkered flag to become the eighth dif­ferent winner in the last nine Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature events ahead of Jay Foster, with Jason Noll, 12th-starter Chaz Baca Jr., and Austin Kuehl rounding out the top five. Feature results – 1. Joey Moriarty; 2. Jay Foster; 3. Jason Noll; 4. Chaz Baca Jr.; 5. Austin Kuehl; 6. Zack Madrid; 7. Guy Norton; 8. Brian Schultz; 9. Cody Center; 10. Don Hagan; 11. Steve Stultz; 12. Nate Warren; 13. Kenny Gill; 14. Phil Baille; 15. Mike Strobl; 16. Terry Belcher Sr.; 17. Jim Perkins; 18. Jinger Kesler; 19. John Parmeley; 20. Danny Curry.

By David Smith Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. (Sept. 23) – Marcus Thomas finally made a slider stick in lapped traffic and captured his first career Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA Racesaver Sprint Car Series feature Friday at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Thomas began utilizing sliders through each turn on lap five and each time fellow front row starter Dacus edged out front at the completion of each lap. The torrid pace up front stayed that way as the leaders began approaching slower cars on lap seven and that’s when Thomas appeared to have taken the lead exiting turn two but the feature’s first caution fell, nullifying the pass. On the restart, Dacus again motored ahead with Thomas right there on his rear bumper, once again pulling sliders in each turn, only to come up short. Lap sixteen is when the outcome of the race came into play as the leaders began entering slower cars once again. Using the top of the three-eighths mile oval as he had all race long, Dacus got hung up in lapped traffic [Read More]

LINCOLN, Neb. – IMCA Competition Director Tom Gutowski is about to add to his racing resume. He’ll be a Hall of Famer. Gutowski, from Omaha, is one of seven new members of the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies will be Friday, Oct. 14 in Lincoln. “I was pleasantly surprised. I figured it wouldn’t happen the first time around,” Gutowski said of his hall of fame nomination. “I was voted in as a racing official. It certainly wasn’t for my skill as a participant.” Driver of the first IMCA Modified registered in Nebraska, Gutowski promoted at Crawford County Speedway, Shelby County Speedway, Buena Vista Raceway in Iowa and I-80 Speedway before taking the post with IMCA in November of 2006. Gutowski estimates that he’s made an average of 50 track visits a year, for weekly or multi-day specials in more than 20 states. He’s overseen pre- and post-race tech inspection at two of the biggest events in all of dirt track racing, the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s and the [Read More]

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (Sept. 16-17) – Justen Yeager won another rare start and Ryan Gaylord won the race he started at Sweetwater Speedway’s Fall Round-Up. Yeager topped Friday’s opening feature for Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, racing from sixth start­ing to the front spot 10 circuits into the 30-lapper. Gaylord failed to answer the call when his car wouldn’t start in staging that evening, put posted a dominating flag-to-flag run at the front of the Saturday field. Both events paid $1,000 to win and were qualifiers for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Numerous cautions slowed the start of the opening night feature. Yeager then held off Chase Han­sen following a late yellow. Chris Delp, Michael Hale and Bert Beech rounded out the top five. “I only lost a couple of the races I ran at Sweetwater. I concentrated more on my son Braxton’s program this year,” said Yeager. “It’s hard to take care of two cars. You don’t realize that ‘til you try it and it’s like holy moly, but I think I enjoy [Read More]