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Ebert wins first career SportMod feature

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 28) – Sporting a big smile and a Clintonville Trucker football shirt, 16-year-old Jason Ebert posed in victory lane after scoring his first career Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature in only his second night of racing at Shawano Speedway. The feature saw Brianna Ambroziak and Brandon Nygaard battle for the lead at the drop of the green flag. The pair raced side-by-side for the first two laps of the race before Ambroziak began to pull away just a bit from the rest of the field. While Ambroziak led, Nygaard began to feel some heat from Ebert for second. Ebert cleared Nygaard on lap eight. On lap 10, Ambroziak lost the handle on the car in turn four and spun, bringing out the caution and handing the lead to Ebert. Though it was only his second night of racing at Shawano, Ebert looked like a seasoned veteran holding the lead for the duration of the race. Kyle Raddant made a three-wide pass to move to second place and pestered Ebert for the lead as [Read More]

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Osborn climbs ladder to top of Lincoln County podium

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (May 28) – Cashing in on the opportunities on the oval were many competi­tors that took to the track at Lincoln County Raceway on Saturday evening. Outrunning the storm with the fastest to earn a trip to the winners circle were Colton Osborn, Dillon Schultz, Casey Werkmeister, Shawn Slezak and Erik Nelson. Working his way through traffic and going to the top groove to snare the lead, Osborn drove to the point and earned the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory. Osborn worked the bottom groove for much of his run to second place before going up the ladder a rung on the 12th lap that took him into the lead. Leading the way for the initial 11 laps of the feature event was Cole Hodges. Hodges continued to stay up on the wheel and snared a runner-up finish. In his first appearance at Lincoln County Race­way, Tanner Black was third. In one of the most competitive and exciting races of the evening, it was Schultz who was able [Read More]

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Wernette wins Tri-City Modified main

AUBURN, Mich. (May 27) – Chad Wernette posted Tri-City Motor Speedway win number one on the season in the Friday feature for Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modifieds. Rich Young started alongside Aaron Spearling on the front row for the money race. Young led the initial four laps before 40-year veteran Joe Fowler took the point. He led the next nine laps before Wernette pulled up to challenge. After working his way up from 11th starting, Wernette finally passed Fowler and cruised to his first victory of 2016 at TCMS. Fowler had to settle for second and was closely followed by Kody John­son, Ken Zeigler and Toby Steele.

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Wolla goes green to checkered at Dacotah 

MANDAN, N.D. (May 27) – Jason Wolla was the green to checkered leader in Friday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Dacotah Speedway. Donald Robinson and Brad Hartigan started on the front row of the main event however the third-starting Wolla grabbed the lead when the green flag waved. Wolla was strong on the bottom and quickly pulled away from the field. Mark Dahl passed Hartigan for third and started to catch the second-running Robinson. Dahl, us­ing the low line, took second from Robinson on lap nine. Despite Wolla’s large lead, Dahl kept pace. When Wolla started catching lapped traffic with 12 laps to go, Dahl started to close in. A caution with three laps left regrouped the field but Wolla was much too strong. He pulled away again on the restart and led all 25 laps to win the feature. Dahl finished second while Spencer Wilson and Tracy Domagala passed Donald Robinson for third and fourth place with two laps to go. Jason Berg scored his third straight Mach-1 Sport Compact win at [Read More]

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Bell, Struck get repeat wins at CJ Speedway

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (May 27) – Adam Bell and Steven Struck were both repeat win­ners Friday at CJ Speedway. Shane Paris and Billy Faler led the Kauffman Electric IMCA Stock Car field to green. Paris took advantage of his starting spot to move out into the lead on lap one. A couple early cautions al­lowed Bell, who started sixth, and Kirk Kinsley, who started eighth, to quickly move toward the front and challenge Paris for the top spot. Bell slipped under Paris on lap four to grab the lead, leaving Paris to battle with Kinsley for the runner-up spot. Kinsley tried to get under Bell over the final few laps of the race but Bell was able to hold him off to capture his second win of the season at CJ. Kinsley was second and Paris third. The Louisa Communications IMCA Sport Compact feature saw John Whalen and Jake Benischek making up the front row with Benischek scored first on the opening circuit. Struck, who started 10th, and Bill Whalen Jr., who was scheduled to start [Read More]

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Meyer adds to Sport Compact lead in Park Jefferson standings 

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (May 29) – A quick evening of spectacular driving highlighted the Memorial Day weekend for IMCA race fans Sunday at Raceway Park. The first feature of the evening was in the KISS 107 IMCA Sport Compact division where point leader Ramsey Meyer took advantage of a mechanical glitch in the car of early leader Luke Jackson to move into the lead on the fifth lap. While Jake Newsom kept the pressure on to the checkers, Meyer held on for the win followed by Newsom and Tyler Thompson. The Car Quest Hobby Stock division ran its 14-lap feature clean from the drop of the green flag to the checkered. The early laps saw a fantastic side-by-side duel between Brody Spreng and Dave Riley, with Riley taking control of the lead coming out of the fourth turn on the ninth lap. From there to the checkers it was all Riley. Spreng held on for second followed by Gavin Gilbertson. The MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMod feature was next on tap. The start of [Read More]

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Roberts repeats at Stuart’s Ron Little Memorial

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (May 29) – Nick Roberts flexed his muscles on the top side of the oval in racing to a second straight Ron Little Memorial Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win at Stuart Speedway. The Sunday checkers paid $2,000 and put Roberts on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invita­tional. Roberts and Racer Hulin led the field to green for the 30-lap main event. Roberts took control early with Hulin and then Darin Duffy close behind. Roberts, Duffy and Hulin held the top three spots until Todd Shute moved into third on lap 17. A lap later the yellow would fly but that proved to be the final caution. When the green light came on again it was Roberts making the most of the higher line. Shute finished second with Duffy third, Tim Ward fourth and Hulin fifth in the 16th annual event. Marcus Fagan held off Mike Nichols in the race for top IMCA Sunoco Stock Car honors. John Wat­son regained the lead from Ryan Grochala en route [Read More]

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Logue is best in Boone Modified main

BOONE, Iowa (May 28) – Saturday night’s racing program at the Boone Speedway beat Mother Nature, its program finishing just before the rain. John Logue, who has seen many victories over the years, took the checkers in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division. Wayne Gifford got his second win of the season in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car class, as did Randy Roberts in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. John Watson got the win in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Logue jumped immediately to the lead from his outside front row starting spot in the Modified 20-lapper. He took his ride to the topside and kept his momentum there, leading all laps to the finish and the win. Twelfth starting Mike Van Genderen finished a close second.  Right behind was Jimmy Gustin, who came from eleventh.  Fourth went to 20th place starter Ricky Thornton and Joel Bushore fin­ished fifth. Gifford took the Stock Car lead at lap four and was pulling away until pesky yellows reared their ugly heads. This bunched the field for the restarts and [Read More]

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Droste tops Tri-Track Challenge at Dubuque

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (May 29) – Dubuque Speedway hosted the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge on Sunday night with a season-high 88 race teams taking part in the extra special night of racing. Twenty-eight Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model drivers signed in looking to capture the $2,000 first place prize money. The 50-lap main provided the fans with plenty of excitement as the lead changed hands several times before young up and coming driver Tyler Droste was able to secure the top spot with 20 laps to go. Droste broke away from a pack of race lead contenders late in the race and scored the win ahead of Ray Guss Jr. while Johnny Emerson came on strong late in the race to take third. The Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCA Modified feature saw a pair of Dubuque drivers battle to the checkers with Jeremiah Hurst scoring the win ahead of Jason Schueller. Ryan DeShaw led early and settled for third while running with the leaders the entire 20 laps. Tyler Soppe bested [Read More]

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Hurst scores first of season at West Liberty 

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (May 28) – Jeremiah Hurst scored his first win of the season in the iWire­less IMCA Late Model division Saturday at West Liberty Raceway. Hurst inherited the lead when the no. 39 of Rob Toland developed an engine misfire. Hurst took the lead with less than five laps remaining. Kevin Kile made a late-race charge to finish second ahead of Jonathan Brauns. Larry Herring scored his second consecutive feature win in the Performance Concepts IMCA Modi­fied class. Herring took the top spot from Jerry Luloff on lap 10 and went on to score the 20-lap feature win over Bruce Hanford and Dakota Hayden. Dalton Simonsen took command early and went on to score an impressive feature win in the Weik­ert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod division. Simonsen led the caution-free main event from laps two through 15. Tyler Soppe advanced from deep in the field to take runner-up honors ahead of Logan Anderson. Nate Wood took the checkers in the Kile Motorsports IMCA Stock Car feature. A late [Read More]