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By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (July 21) – It was hard not to see the smile on the face of Chanse Hollatz after winning the Water Connection IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock special Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway in Algona. Hollatz picked a great time to earn his first feature win at the oval since May 5, coming from out­side of row two to accomplish the feat. Hollatz grabbed the lead immediately in the race and saw the caution flag fly on lap number when Ja­cob Kofoot touched the wall. The ugly yellow flag returned two laps later when Gary Pesicka spun out coming out of turn two. But only four lapped cars with six laps to go in the race, slowed down Hollatz’s trip into victory lane as he topped the 24-car field to take the first place prize money. Shannon Anderson finished second followed by Cody Nielsen, Brandon Nielsen and Jeff Ander­son. The stock car also had big money on the line as the feature winner took home $1,000 on the warm, humid evening [Read More]

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (July 23) – Jerald Harris showed the way to the finish line in Saturday night’s Vir­ginia Sprint Series feature at Shenandoah Speedway. Bill Rice and J.D. Coats paced the field to green with Rice out first as Harris made the quick out­side pass to second. Rice stayed out front until lap three when Harris moved to the front, bringing along Tom Humphries and Ryan Price. Harris maintained the lead as laps clicked away and the front bunch pulling away. With the white flag waving, Harris got a few car lengths ahead but Price was all over Humphries, trying one last low charge but coming up short at the line. Feature results – 1. Jerald Harris; 2. Tom Humphries; 3. Ryan Price; 4. Anthony Linkenhoker; 5. J.D. Coats; 6. French Grimes; 7. Chris Ware; 8. Mike Keeton; 9. Bill Rice; 10. Andrew Wroten; 11. Glenn Worrell.

BOONE, Iowa (July 23) – Al Wolfgram grabbed his first career win in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division Saturday at Boone Speedway. Veteran Robert Avery held the lead on lap one but by lap two, it was Wolfgram snatching it away.  He soon had Jimmy Gustin coming at him on the top side fast and furiously. After several laps of side-by-side racing, Gustin momentarily took the top spot, only to have Wolfgram retake the lead by the time the next lap was scored. The chase continued with Gustin giving it his all in the attempt to get around the leader.  Hitting a rut in corner one with just a couple of laps remaining, sent Gustin backwards and gave Wolfgram breathing room on his road to the checkers. Point leader Mike Van Genderen came from the 12th starting spot and worked his way to a se­cond-place finish. Chris Webb finished in third, fourth was Tony Cox, and Russ Dickerson came from 10th to round out the top five. Wayne Gifford won by a comfortable [Read More]

DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 21) – Citing concern for drivers, crews and fans, DRT TRAK Racing Inc. had canceled the racing program scheduled for tonight (Friday) at the Davenport Speedway. The following was posted on the track’s Facebook page: “Racing for Friday, July 22 has been canceled due to extreme weather conditions. We are concerned for the safety of our race fans, drivers, crews and staff, as temperatures reach excessive highs. Dangerous high temps and humidity are expected. The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning. We encourage everyone stay safe and please watch for any signs of heat stroke/exhaustion in yourself and others.” The next race at Davenport Speedway will on Friday, Aug. 12. All IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing divisions will be in action. Officials at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson also cited extreme heat in cancelling their Friday race program.

ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 16) – Kelly Shryock was the winner after five lead changes in Satur­day’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Josh Wren Memorial main event at Arlington Race­way. Already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, Shryock earned $1,000 for a victory that was illuminated by a lightning display that eventually brought an early conclusion to the race program. The first race leader was Dan Menk, who took what became a commanding lead before a lap yel­low was thrown for Adam Hensel, who slipped off the track and went into the work area. Three restarts followed before Brandon Beckendorf was scored the leader for one lap, then went too high and off the track, causing another yellow. Menk returned to the front spot for the ensuing restart. Shryock had moved through the field from his eighth place start, got around Menk to take the lead and stayed in front to the checkers. Nick Helmbrecht passed Menk for second with five laps left. Beckendorf raced back to fourth and Tim Pessek rounded out [Read More]

CORTLAND, N.Y. (July 17) – Another long haul from Michigan paid off for A.J. Ward. Ward won for the ninth time this season Friday at Tri-City Motor Speedway then ran fourth in the Saturday Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified show at Crystal Motor Speedway. After making some minor setup changes, he grabbed a nap, then hit the pavement for an 11-hour plus tow to Skyline Raceway Park for Sunday night’s Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series event. Repeating the results of his trip to New York last season, when he topped the Northeast Shootout at Weedsport, Ward raced to the $1,000 to win checkers in the fifth installment of the 2016 series. “I’d never been to Skyline but had bounced some ideas off Will Ward,” he said. “He had a spot in the pits saved for us, which was good because the place was packed. We probably would have had to park on the road.” After running second in his heat and drawing the ninth starting spot for the 25-lap main event, Ward started making his way toward the [Read More]