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Hayes takes Northern SportMod foes at 141 to school 

By Greg and Marco Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (May 15) – A week after graduating from college, Kelsy Hayes taught her Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod foes a lesson at 141 Speedway. Hayes led every lap of the Friday feature for her career first local victory. Hayes had her hands full throughout the 20-lapper, first holding off Josh Lambert and Hunter Parsons and then denying Kevin Bethke in the later circuits. Last-corner finishes are always a blast for the fans and for the winning side of finish. The IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified finale saw Johnny Whitman edge Shawn Kilgore by a bumper. The local win was the defending champion’s first of the season. Larry Karcz Jr. got back to winning in his second week back in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars after an off-season accident. A fog-shortened Mach-1 Sport Compact feature saw Brian Johnson pick up his first win of the season.

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All hale Hale at Crystal 

CRYSTAL, Mich. (May 16) – Jimmy Hale Jr. was the All-Star Performance IMCA Modified winner on Janet Zeigler Memorial Night Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Vern Buskirk held sway before finally being overtaken by Hale on lap 10. Hale had to outlast a couple restarts but held on to win over Dan Wiggins II, John DeYoung Jr., Chad Wernette and Myron DeYoung.

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Oshkosh honors go to Wedelstadt

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 15) – Bragging rights belonged to Mike Wedelstadt when the first round of the King of the Ring Series for Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modifieds brought 53 entries to Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway Friday night. Twenty-four cars made up the main event grid and Wedelstadt and Brad Lautenbach started on the front row. The front pair pulled away at the start and for the first five laps ran side-by-side for the number one spot.  Wedelstadt was finally able to wrestle the point away and started to open his own lead. The battle behind was for third with Brian Mullen, Todd Dart, Eric Arneson, Johnny Whitman, Ed­die Muenster and Sean Jerovetz in a cluster behind. A lone caution flew for a stalled car on lap 11, and Wedelstadt resumed his lead after the restart with Lautenbach, Mullen, Dart, Arneson, Whitman, Muenster and Jerovetz now right behind. Wedelstadt pulled away over the final laps to record his first local feature win of the year.  Mullen caught Lautenbach with three laps left to take [Read More]

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Strayer scores Modified win at Marshalltown

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 15) – Jake Strayer held off all challengers in winning Friday’s 20-lap Coors Light IMCA Modified main event at Marshalltown Speedway. Trent Jackson took the early lead while Kyle Brown and Strayer battled behind him. After securing second, Strayer set his sights on Jackson and was in first by lap four. Strayer looked comfortable out front when the caution came out on lap seven and then again for a mul­tiple-car incident on lap eight that resulted in a red flag. Strayer paced the rest of the distance and held off several challenges from Jimmy Gustin to take the win. Adam Larson, Brian Irvine and Josh Gilman finished third through fifth, respectively. Donavon Smith started 10th, took the lead on the 10th circuit and drove to the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers. Keegan Scott was the fourth and final leader in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod contest. Eric Stanton took charge with two laps left and scored his second local Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock victory of the season.

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Ryan, Von Dresky, Olson double-up at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 15) – Three drivers scored their second wins of the season Friday at Davenport Speedway. Matt Ryan made it two-for-two in the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Models. Joe Zrost­lik started on the pole and led the first 14 laps. Ryan flew by on lap 15 and led the rest of the way. Brunson Behning started fifth and got close to Ryan a couple times but had to settle for second. Todd Malmstrom came from deep in the field to finish third. Another full field of Milan Heating & Air IMCA Modifieds were on hand and the result was the same as Tony Von Dresky collected his second straight feature win. Chris Lawrence got to the front early in the race but on a lap four restart gave up the spot to Doug Crampton. Seconds later, Crampton’s car suddenly slowed. A couple restarts later, Lawrence was back in the lead. Von Dresky, who had to qualify through a semi and started 16th, took the lead on lap 11 [Read More]

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Loscheider leads the way at Arlington 

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 9) – Brian Loscheider found victory lane in the Eckblad Trucking IMCA Hobby Stocks on the 35th opening night at Arlington Raceway. Loscheider led from start to finish, holding off hard-charging Cory Probst for the checkers. A pair of IMCA defending national champions topped Saturday features. Matt Looft turned away every challenge from Eric Larson in winning the Unhinged Pizza Northern SportMod main event. Nate Coopman drew the pole and finished first with Scott Porter close behind in the Coors Light Sport Compacts. The B&B Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature was a thriller as Andy Altenburg and Dan Mackenthun battled throughout the race. At the checkered flag, Altenburg had the lead by inches to win his first feature at Arlington. Michael Stien led every lap of the 95.7 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature. Brandon Beckendorf worked his way around the fast MN 93 IMCA Modified field and won ahead of Clint Hatlestad. A total of 111 cars were on hand for the season opener at Arlington.

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Prauner picks up three wins at Off Road Speedway 

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (May 9) – The second week of racing at Off Road Speedway featured a full slate of races, plus the conclusion of the previous week’s rain-interrupted program. The result was a rare opportunity for racers to secure multiple wins and Kyle Prauner took full advantage by completing a ‘hat trick’ of victories, finishing first in the make-up of last week’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature before adding wins in week two’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and the SportMod features. “It doesn’t happen very often, but not a lot of guys have two cars going,” Prauner said. “We’ve just got both cars humming right along so far. It’s been a good weekend; we won them both with both cars in Albion last night, too.” In other action from last week Tejay Mielke won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. In regular week two racing, Mielke benefited from Jeremy Hoskinson’s misfortune in the Hobby Stock feature. Mielke made his way through traffic, then chased Hoskinson for four laps before a restart that [Read More]

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Guillion flies fastest at Eagle 

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (May 9) – Adam Guillion kept Trevor Grossenbacher at bay to win Saturday’s Precise Racing IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature at Eagle Raceway. Doug Lovegrove and Terry Richards rounded out the top four finishers. Mike Densberger dominated for his first local Kaplan University IMCA Modified victory of the season. Trent Roth made the most of a lap 11 restart in gaining the lead and eventual NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature victory. After taking over the front spot with seven laps left, Roy Armstrong held off all Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock challengers following a restart with three circuits remaining. Sophomore speedster Spencer Pavey III ruled the Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compacts.

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Thornton doubles up in CSP Mother’s Day Race for the Cure

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (May 9) – Ricky Thornton, Jr., picked off a pair of feature wins at Saturday’s fifth annual Mother’s Day Race for the Cure at Canyon Speedway Park. Thornton raced from the 10th starting position in both the 9th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds and Arizona Differential Pure Stocks for victory honors. The defending track champion in the Modified ranks, Thornton made the most of his first regular season appearance of the year by rallying from the fifth row to take the checkered flag ahead of Brian Schultz, with Mike Strobl, Don Hagan and George Fronsman in the top five.

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Cox gets lead back twice for Cottage Grove checkers

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (May 9) – Getting to the front of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modi­fied field at Cottage Grove Speedway Saturday evening was the easy part of Kinzer Cox’s drive to victory lane. Staying in front was the hard part. The hometown clipper had to regain the lead from Gus Cooper on the 12th and 16th laps to gain the victory. Ryan Baker set the early pace, giving way to Jason Kocks on lap four. Kocks suffered mechanical is­sues shortly afterwards, however, giving the position back to Baker. On lap five, Cox took over and tried to set a rapid pace. Three cautions prevented him from constructing a large lead. Cooper got by Cox on lap 11, but Cox took the position back the next time around. Cooper was in the lead when the next lap was scored but lost the point again on lap 16. Cox stayed out in front the rest of the way for his first victory of the season. He’s the third different IMCA Modified winner in as [Read More]