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Parker wins first IMCA Stock Car feature at 141 

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (July 16) – Christmas in July took place at 141 Speedway on Saturday night with over 110 bikes given away to kids.  Chase Parker received his own present and it was a brand new trophy courtesy of his first career IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win. Chris Malfroid looked locked and loaded in the beginning of the main event. Malfroid cruised around in front of the pack with Parker his only threat. Parker tailed Malfroid and found his line coming out of turn four on lap nine. Parker took the lead and never looked back. The race was for second from then on. Shawn Wag­ner ran toward the front using the topside of the speedway after starting 12th. Wagner knocked off a car a lap on his mid-race run. Wagner got to second but didn’t catch the caution he needed and ran out of laps. Parker picked up his first career feature win. Wagner finished second. Dave Bouche had a stellar run to take third. Joe Brenner had his [Read More]

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Eagle fans applaud Snyder’s first win 

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (July 16) – Fans applauded Stu Snyder’s career first IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car victory during the Fan Appreciation Night Saturday at Eagle Raceway. Snyder’s pass to the front came with four laps to go when he overtook Joey Danley. “It was fun, finally getting my first RaceSaver win ever at a great old-school track, flat-out around the top with a good bottom and slick through the middle,” he said. Danley, Toby Chapman and Shayle Bade rounded out the top four. Dustin Andersen also gained the lead and eventual win with four circuits left in the Kaplan University IMCA Modified headliner. Mark Leiting topped the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod main and Roy Armstrong collected the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock checkers from the 11th starting spot. Tenth starting Scott Spellmeier won the Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compact main event.

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Schneider delivers fourth win of season at Oshkosh 

OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 15) – Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway presented the Christmas in July event sponsored by Hobbytown USA Friday night.  Santa attended the program and had special presents for the kids while the drivers earned their rewards on the track. Nolte’s Auto Repair and Towing IMCA Northern SportMod point leader Tom Schneider started 10th on the grid and the green flag saw him take to the far outside line and the route took him to the lead on the opening lap. A couple cautions kept Tim Sheppard, Scott Besaw, Bernie Miller, Dennis Schultz and Jason Ebert tight behind.  After a final restart on lap eight, Schneider opened a lead and despite Sheppard making a couple runs at him, was able to drive off with his fourth feature win of the season. Sheppard and Besaw were spaced out behind. After an opening lap caution, Mike Mueller grabbed the lead in the Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modified feature and opened a lead on the field until a final caution on lap eight bunched the field.  T.J. Smith, Ed Lemay, Tim Lemirande, Sean [Read More]

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Callahan scores big win in Tri-Track Challenge

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (July 15) – Friday night’s action at the Farley Speedway included the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge featuring the Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models. The 50-lap feature started off with Joel Callahan and Ryan Dolan swapping the lead four times on the first two laps with exciting slide jobs making for thrilling racing action. Callahan settled into the point for the next several laps but Dolan remained within a car length until the race’s first caution flew on lap 28 of the 50 lap main. Ray Guss Jr. pulled into contention on the restart and battled Callahan for the remainder of the feature with Guss leading several laps before Callahan was able to take control following a lap 38 restart. Guss ran second ahead of Dolan and Jeremiah Hurst. The GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified feature came with all types of racing action includ­ing a lap eight incident that sent the two race frontrunners, Matt Gansen and Mark Schulte, spin­ning in turn two. Troy Cordes took advantage of the [Read More]

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Hanselman, Hanson earn first Kossuth County wins 

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (July 14) – The always-entertaining IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division produced a first time winner at Kossuth County Speedway this summer as home-towner Dan Hanselman took full advantage of his outside pole position to earn his first feature victory of the season Thursday night. Kevin Opheim was the runner-up, holding off a hard charging Derek Green. Joey Penning was fourth and Bruce Wickman rounded out the top five finishers. Last month, Matthew Hanson rolled his car in front of the grandstand in a scary accident but Thursday night saw Hanson capture his first local win of the year at the track in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division. Hanson started on the inside of the third row. Doug Cook was second with Shane Swanson placing third. Ben Schultze was fourth and Nick Meyer took fifth. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks had a big car count as the drivers tuned up for their upcoming special and a familiar face appeared in victory lane as Shannon Anderson picked up feature win number [Read More]

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Kay wins again at Davenport 

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 15) – Justin Kay remained unbeaten in Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model features at Davenport Speedway this season. Kay claimed his third point victory in as many races this year on Friday night. Kay started tenth and led the final ten laps en route to the win. Spencer Diercks led the first four laps from the pole with Joe Zrostlik taking over on lap five. Zrostlik continued to lead until lap 16, when he pulled off the track. Kay led the rest of the way to the checkers. Diercks held on for second with Rob Toland taking third. Chuck Hanna and Andy Nezworski completed the top five. Matt Werner made it two in a row in the Eriksen’s IMCA Modified feature. Werner took the lead from Bob Dominacki on lap eight and just barely held off a charging Bryce Garnhart for the win. The victory was Werner’s third of the season. Garnhart’s strong showing would end in second, followed by Bruce Hanford, Mitch Morris, and Bob Dominacki, in that [Read More]

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Career first IMCA Stock win comes Sunday for Winkler 

SEYMOUR, Wis. (July 10) – Jerry Winkler drove to Coors Light IMCA Stock Car career win num­ber one Sunday at Seymour Raceway Park, beating Rod Snellenberger to the finish line by a mat­ter of inches. The Stocks had a bonus field of 34 entries with 22 starting the main event. Winkler put his car in the top spot after the opening lap and opened a lead early as the field sorted out behind him. Trent Nolan secured second with Jerry Leary, Dan Nelson, Snellenberger and Larry Karcz Jr. behind. By lap seven, Winkler was out front with Nolan in a tight battle with Snellenberger, Karcz, Kyle Frederick and Leary. A lap nine caution erased Winkler’s lead and bunched the field. Snellenbeger moved into the runner up spot after the restart with Nolan, Frederick, Karcz and Travis Van Straten right behind. Lucas Lamberies was the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner.

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Berry bags Dacotah Speedway feature win

MANDAN, N.D. (July 8) – After gaining the lead on the 10th circuit, Hank Berry led to the finish of Friday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Dacotah Speedway. Josh Rogotski grabbed the initial lead but later got too high off turn four, allowing Tim Perkins and Berry to slip by. They raced side by side for the lead until Berry completed the pass on lap 10. Berry started to pull away as Spencer Wilson passed Rogotski for third, bringing Ricky Thornton Jr. with him. Wilson and Thornton caught Perkins for second and passed him with five to go. Perkins fell into the clutches of Shawn Strand and Cody Laney. Perkins couldn’t hang on and fin­ished sixth behind Laney. Strand, who started 16th, finished fourth. Thornton passed Wilson at the finish line to finish se­cond. Josh Roehrich won the time-shortened feature for Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

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Konnor Wilinski wins first at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (July 9) – Racing for only the third time at the track at which he grew up turning wrenches for his father Jerry, Konnor Wilinski scored the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win on the sixth annual Racing For a Reason night at the Shawano Speedway. Once again this year, the track set forth to raise money for childhood cancer awareness and once again proved successful. Rob Charapata led lap one before a caution came out for debris on the track. On the ensuing lap, Wilinski made an inside pass for the lead. On lap three, Matt Oreskovich moved into the second spot and by lap five Joel Seegert raced his way to third and looked to be a contender.  As Wilinski led, Seegert moved up to second on lap seven. Seegert, running the highest of grooves around the track, pulled to the outside of Wilinski in a bat­tle for the lead on lap nine.  As the duo fought for the lead, Seegert got into the front stretch wall, ending [Read More]

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Ward wins Raceway Park Stock Car feature

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (July 10) – Five drivers raced to victory lane Sunday at Raceway Park. Jason Ward took his first local checkered flag of the season in the Casey’s General Stores IMCA Stock Car feature.  Ward took the lead on lap three and held off Chris Mills for the second half of the race, with Mills chasing the outside line while Ward stayed glued to the inside. Aaron Cain had a strong run for third followed by Zach Ankrum in his best performance of the season. The Total Motors IMCA Modified feature saw Jim Cole taking the win. Cole went past early leader Bob Moore on the sixth lap, but the excitement started when Ricky Stephan moved into second with 10 laps remaining. Stephan hounded Cole with both fighting for inside position entering the turns. Cole never gave up that inside line en route to the victory followed closely by Stephan, with Moore and Jason Schneiders rounding out the top four. The Car Quest IMCA Hobby Stock ended with David Miller taking the checkered [Read More]