Results

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (July 9) – Shelly Andersen was the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod winner dur­ing the Freedom Fest program Saturday at Eagle Raceway. This is Andersen’s first season back in the car after taking two years off to give birth to her daugh­ter Lexi. “The car felt really good tonight. Roger Sluka and Bruce Haskell do wonders with it. My cousin Jessie passed away Tuesday and I talked to my aunt on the way out to the races tonight,” she said. “This win is dedicated to Jessie and my family.” Jack Dover made a fantastic run in the RaceSaver IMCA EMI Sprint Car main after coming through the B and moving from his 16th starting spot to take the checkers. Dover’s only previous Racesaver Sprint Car victory came two years previous when he took the crown for the Sprint Nation­als. Rik Gropp raced to his first Kaplan University IMCA Modified victory since he took home the tro­phy in the 2008 Icebreaker Challenge. Travis Albracht made his first visit to the winner’s circle at [Read More]

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (July 9) – Jonathan Brauns won his first-ever iWireless IMCA Late Model Feature at West Liberty Raceway one week ago. Now Brauns has two wins in as many weeks as he bested the 25-lap feature Saturday night. Brauns led the caution-free race flag to flag in scoring an impressive win over Andy Eckrich and Chad Holladay. Dakota Hayden took advantage of a late-race caution in the Performance Concepts IMCA Modi­fied feature and shot past race leader Matt Bodman and went on to score the win. Kurt Kile was able to get to the finish line just ahead of Bodman. Tim Plummer scored a very impressive win in the Weikert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod division. Plummer used all of the smooth racing surface in crossing the finish line ahead of Dalton Si­monsen and Troy Phillpott. David Brandies broke out of the pack early and went on to score the win in the 15-lap Kile Motor­sports IMCA Stock Cars. Brandies took the win ahead of Kurt Kile and Brandon [Read More]

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 9) – The winners of the first two feature races made Saturday night at Off Road Speedway appear to be “ladies’ night.” Brooke Fluckiger won the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature and Tiffany Bittner was the winner of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main event. Fluckiger’s victory was the 23-year-old’s first-ever win at Off Road Speedway. “We rolled the car here a couple weeks into (the season) and didn’t have very good luck last year here, so I’m very excited,” Fluckiger said. “We’ve been in the top five, but it’s always a fight. Last year I think we ran here around eight times, and I probably finished about three of them. But we’ve had a lot better luck here this year than we ever have.” A good start helped Fluckiger break to the front from her third row-outside starting position just two laps into the 12-lap race. From that point she was able to hold off challenges from Cody Rush, who had started on the pole, and then Ramsey [Read More]

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (July 9) – Feeling the thunder and getting to see the lightning was the packed house of race fans that assembled at Lincoln County Raceway as the URSS Sprint Cars joined forces with the IMCA competitors that call Lincoln County Raceway their Saturday night home. Leading the way from the onset, Zach Blurton piloted his rocket ship to the URSS victory. Blurton grabbed the lead early and never looked back to cruise to the winner’s circle in the 30-lapper. Luke Cranston settled for runner-up honors and Ty Williams crossed the line in third. Cole Hodges grabbed the lead on the second circuit and led to the end of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Kyle Werkmeister was the green to checkered leader in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Jamey Kennicutt captured the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers and Brady Weinman was promoted to the top spot in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock headliner. First in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main went to Andrew Baumgardner.

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (July 9) – Two drivers earned their first feature victory of the season to highlight a night of dirt track racing at Hancock County Speedway on Saturday. For the first time in the last six races at Britt, someone beside Cody Nielsen won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Scott Dobel crossed the finish line first to earn his first feature win of the season as Nielsen was the runner-up; Drew Barglof was third with Andrew Borchardt fourth and Jay Sidles fifth. Hunter Benson won his first Mach-1 Sport Compact feature of the year with Olivier Monson taking se­cond. Austin Wolf was the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified winner while Derek Green raced from 10th starting to first finishing in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main. Shane Swanson scored the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers.

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (July 9) – Jason Noll was among the headliners in Saturday night’s Mid-Summer Classic at Canyon Speedway Park. After capturing his first Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature win of the year in last month’s Father’s Day Classic, Noll raced from the sixth starting position to snare his second win in a row ahead of Mike Strobl, with pole starter Austin Kuehl, Chaz Baca Jr. and Zack Madrid rounding out the top five.