Results

DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 10) – After checking out, Tony Olson was $2,000 richer after winning Friday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod Challenge at Davenport Speedway. Olson didn’t just win, he dominated the 50-lap main event after taking the lead from Wisconsin’s Brandon Schmitt on lap 10. Even in lapped traffic, Olson held a straightaway lead over the rest of the field. Another Wisconsin racer, Jeff Steenbergen, moved up to second and held that spot for more than 30 laps before yielding to Illinois hotshoe Tony Dunker late in the race. Dunker wound up with the runner-up position with Steenbergen holding on to third. Minnesota racer Jared Boumeester was fourth while “B” qualifier Dalton Simonsen rounded out the top five. In Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model action, Justin Kay chalked up another victory. He also became the first driver in the division to score two wins at Davenport this season. The Eriksen’s IMCA Modified division saw a first-time winner in victory lane, only it wasn’t a new face. Kay took the double dip after starting 12th. [Read More]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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]