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Burbridge scores win before rain hits Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (June 10) – Racing action went on Friday night at Farley Speedway although the race program was cut short by Mother Nature. The GSI Collision Specialties IMCA Modified feature took to the track as a cold front hit the track. Drivers waged a furious 20-lap feature with the lead pack swelling to four contenders through the midway point. Mike Burbridge drove a flawless race in scoring his first Farley Speedway win of the 2016 sea­son. Burbridge received constant pressure from veteran Jerry Luloff and rookie Austin Moyer. Luloff took second by less than a car length ahead of Moyer. As Burbridge took the checkers the sky opened up and the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model feature had to be postponed. The makeup feature will be run on a date yet to be deter­mined. Troy Bauer and Tyler Soppe lined up side by side in the fourth row of the GSI Collision Special­ties IMCA Northern SportMod feature. The two hot shoes made their way through traffic and fin­ished the [Read More]

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Brown dominates at Atchison County 

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (June 10) – Derrick Brown put on a pair of dominating performances, winning both his heat race at Friday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Atchison County Race­way. Brown pulled ahead early and never looked back on his way to his first win of the year at Atchison. Rodney Schweizer ended the night second with big mover Steven Bowers Jr. third. Nicho­las Carpenter raced his way to fourth with Matt Richards rounding out the top five. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars again proved the quality of the class at Atchison County Raceway.  Josh Steele held the early lead until Brad Whitney passed on the high side. Whitney led until Greg Keuhn dove to the inside, racing side-by-side with Whitney for multiple laps. Keuhn pulled to the front and onto his second victory inside. Whitney ended the night second with hard charger Jim Powell Jr. third. Gene Stigall recovered from an early race mishap to place fourth and Steele was fifth.

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DeFrance takes Late Model win at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 10) – Marshalltown Speedway welcomed back the IMCA Late Models Friday, for the second time this week, following up the Deery Brothers Summer Series held on Tuesday. Darrel DeFrance went home with a win on his hometown track, leading all 25 laps.  DeFrance set sail and was never challenged on his way to victory. Jerry King chased DeFrance for much of the race to finish as the runner-up.  Third place went to Paul Nagel, Justin Mitchell started 10th and finished fourth, and Curtis Glover rounded out the top five.  This was the first of eight Late Model races to be held at the High Banks this year. Tim Ward, the visiting Arizonian, won for the first time in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modi­fieds, as did Travis Peterson in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Damon Murty won his first regular season race at Marshalltown in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars while Eric Stanton re­mains perfect in the Hobby Stocks for the 2016 season. Ward, who is calling Harcourt, Iowa home this racing season, started [Read More]

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Beerhill Gang adds to PASS post-season point fund 

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (June 9) – One of the most iconic fan groups in racing has stepped up to sup­port the Pennsylvania Sprint Series. PASS car owner Ryan Slothower and his wife, along with driver Jaremi Hanson and Matthew Mil­ler from the Beerhill Gang organized a fundraiser at Quaker Steak and Lube in Mechanicsburg Thursday night, raising more than $1,500. PASS was looking to land a sponsor for the current race season and Slothower, Miller and sev­eral other teams got involved to quickly organize the event. The Slothower/Hanson team pitched in with numerous auction and raffle items; Brandt Cook and Zach Newlin also pitched in with auc­tion items and there were numerous other contributions by teams fans and sponsors. A check for $1,600 will be sent to IMCA which will be paid 100 percent back to the PASS points fund. This will ensure that 30 positions will be paid at least $100. Sanction fees from tracks and any other sponsor money goes to the top 15. “We’re extremely grateful to Ryan, Matt and everyone that put [Read More]

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Carter continues Southern Iowa Speedway streak

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 8) – Cayden Carter continued his winning streak in the IMCA Bud­weiser Stock Car division Wednesday at Southern Iowa Speedway. Nathan Wood led lap one but Louis Lynch wrestled it away on lap two. Lynch and Wood battled before Wood grabbed the lead back on lap four. Wood appeared to be heading on to the win when Carter chased him down and took the front spot. Wood tried to make several challenges to get by but Carter was not to be denied win number six, keeping him perfect on the regular season. Wood, Lynch, Todd Reitzler and Donnie Pearson fin­ished second through fifth, respectively Colt Mather led to the checkers after taking the lead 10 laps into the Musco Lighting IMCA Modi­fied headliner. Danny Thrasher passed Bill Bonnett on the white flag lap and sped to his first local Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stock feature win of the season. Tenth starting Curtis VanDerWal notched win num­ber four in the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMods. Ryan Havel also won from 10th starting, [Read More]

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Williams takes URSS win at Thomas County 

COLBY, Kan. (June 4) – The United Rebel Sprint Series made its way back to the 3/8’s mile Thomas County Speedway oval Saturday night and fans were on their feet for a classic green, white, checkered finish. Ty Williams, driving the 911 Christopher Ryan Kruse tribute IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car wired the field to take his first URSS victory of the season. Williams along with outside pole sitter Nate Berry brought the field to the green with Williams jumping into the lead and Steven Richardson, Nate Berry, Jeff Radcliffe and Luke Cranston rounding out the top five after lap one. Cranston and Radcliffe got by Berry on lap two. Lap five saw Radcliffe pull off the track with a shattered rear brake rotor, ending his promising run early. The same circuit also saw the caution come out when Nate Berry looped his mount in turn one. On the restart, Tracey Hill jumped up to the fifth spot with Koby Walters in tow. Hill took over the fourth spot on lap seven as Zach Blurton [Read More]

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Mayden captures Cottage Grove checkers

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (June 4) – Jake Mayden was the fourth and final leader in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Cottage Grove Speedway. Ryan Baker got off to a great start and remained in the lead until lap nine after a restart.  The driver overtaking Baker was Curtis Towns, who stayed at the point until getting collected in a wreck while dealing with lapped traffic on the 14th circuit. This gave the lead to Eric Ashley, who paced the field until Mayden made the move to get around him. Mayden then held off Ashley for his first win of the season. Kinzer Cox, dash winner Steven Sturde­vant and Tyler Smith rounded out the top five. Jorddon Braaten notched his fourth straight Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory. Runner-up was Daniel Ray. More than 20 bicycles were donated and given away at intermission during the Kids’ Night pro­gram.

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Jackson speeds to Raceway Park checkers 

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (June 5) – A strong wind blew into Raceway Park on Sunday night as five racing divisions provided a fast night of IMCA racing action. The first feature to hit the track was the Kiss 107 FM IMCA Sport Compacts. In the final run to the checkers, Luke Jackson got by Don Tank for the win, while Tracy Raml rounded out the three finishers. The Car Quest IMCA Hobby Stock feature saw Kyle Davis move into the lead on the second lap. Davis held the lead until Jon Androy slipped by with nine laps remaining. Shortly thereafter, Tony Fetterman took the top spot from Androy and held on for the feature win. Behind Fetterman, Androy took second followed by Davis and Aaron Shearn. The early laps of the MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMod feature looked like a shootout between Karl Brewer and Todd Boulware, who shot to the point and roared away from the field. Behind the leaders, Kaleb Kennedy was charging through the field, catching and passing the lead duo [Read More]

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Nielsen wins fourth feature at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 4) – So far this season, Cody Nielsen has been the most dominant driver in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock division at Hancock County Speedway.  That trend continued on Saturday as the Spencer driver won for the fourth time in seven nights of racing at the track. Starting in the 10th position was the place to be at the start of the feature that evening as three of the five winners started in that spot and another winner started on the outside of the fourth row. Nielsen started the Hobby Stock feature in the lucky fifth row outside spot before weaving his way through cars to take yet another victory. Chanse Hollatz was the runner-up with Andrew Bor­chardt third. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature saw Ryan Ruter came from the outside of row number five to capture his second win of the season at Britt with Troy Swearington second and Cody Knecht third. Dan Hanselman and David Wickman led the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature to the green [Read More]

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Henderson wins at North Platte in borrowed car

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 4) – Saying that the racing was action packed would be an understate­ment when describing the Saturday Night Thunder created by the competitors at Lin­coln County Raceway. Standing in the winner’s circle at the end of the evening were Colton Os­born, Henry Henderson, Jeff Whiting, Zach Olmstead and Andrew Baumgardner. One week late it seemed, but it was better later than never for Henderson in winning the Karl Chevro­let Northern SportMod feature. It seemed that one week ago Henderson was cruising to the win only to get caught in a lapped traffic accident. Fast forward to this week and Henderson was up to the task in a car borrowed from Brandon Clough as he grabbed the lead on the third lap and never looked back to win from his third row starting position. Gary Long was second and Bryan Herrick third. It took five laps for Osborn of Cozad to work through the traffic from his fourth row starting posi­tion to grab the lead, as he held that [Read More]