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By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (Aug. 21) –Jason Cleveland took home his first trophy of the season Friday at Sa­lina Speedway. It’s been a long road for the Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stock feature winner. Cleveland was the 2014 rookie of the year but missed the last half of the season due to an accident that left him hospitalized and recovering the rest of the year. This season he quickly got faster and has become a factor for the win on many nights, leading until the last lap only a few events prior. This time he got it done, leading the way early and hold­ing off a late surge from Aaron McBride. Danny Morrison picked up a big feature win in the 1st Class Chassis IMCA Modified division. Beau Davis set the pace early and was on a rail until a caution grouped things up. On the restart Morrison slipped by and away and held off a late run by Brian Knoell for the checkers.

ANTIOCH, Calif. (Aug. 22) – Trevor Clymens, a rookie in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division, won his first race in the class Saturday as he outran Anthony Giuliani at Antioch Speedway. “There were plenty of heart breakers this season,” Clymens said. “It’s our seventh race – we’ve led, we’ve run in the top three, but we couldn’t pull off a win until tonight.” Clymens, a standout Hobby Stock driver 12 years ago, returned to Antioch this season with the SportMod. “The car was set up for no failures,” he said. “And it’s the best it’s been all season.” Clymens maneuvered through traffic as Giuliani, a three-time winner in the division, gained ground. “I just needed a caution flag to have a chance to race Trevor side-by side,” Giuliani said. “I was hung up in traffic at the beginning of the race and never could catch up after that.” Merced Speedway standout Rick Diaz was third, edging Fred Ryland. K.C. Keller completed the top five.

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Aug. 22) – Rusty Zeigler made his first trip to the winner’s circle at Crystal Motor Speedway in several years Saturday night, outrunning the rest of the Allstar Performance IMCA Modified field. Zeigler and Cliff Denman fought for two laps before Zeigler took the point. Jim Hale Jr. worked his way to second and began to work the leader but had a momentary bobble, allowing Zeigler to stretch his lead. He was never headed and took his first feature event in several years. Hale came home second, followed by Gary VanderMark and Austin Wonch.

AUBURN, Mich. (Aug. 21) – After an early crash took point leader A.J. Ward out of the running, Myron DeYoung got the Friday win and the top spot in Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified point standings at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Last week’s runner-up Matt Szecsodi found some room on the bottom coming out of turn two and led lap one. Szecsodi built a good lead until trouble struck as point leader A.J. Ward was involved in a four-car crash. Ward took his car to the pit area but his crew could not get it fixed in time and he was out of the race, finishing 17th. Szecsodi continued to lead until lap 12, when Todd Matheson drove by. His turn up front last until lap 17, when DeYoung snuck by. Matheson fought his way back to the front on the following circuit but DeYoung regained the lead for good on lap 19. The victory was his fourth this season at Tri-City and gave him a nine-point edge over Ward in the standings with [Read More]

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (Aug. 22) – Wyatt Block racked up Shawano Speedway win number three on the sea­son in the Saturday main event for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Block took advantage when race-long leader and previous week’s winner Brandon Nygaard got just a bit too high in the second set of turns on lap 16. Jason Jach and Tracy Wassenberg ad­vanced late in the race to take second and third. Nygaard finished fourth. Unlike the Late Models, the IMCA Modified feature was plagued by numerous cautions.  Beetle Bailey led lap one of the race before Jerry Wilinski took the top spot on lap two and led the rest of the time-shortened race for the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win, his fourth straight and sixth locally in 2015. Travis Van Straten won his 13th local IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Trent Nolan had his best finish of the year in second.

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 23) – A pair of veteran drivers earned their first wins of the season Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. Scott Pippert held off Damon Murty for top honors in the Ron-Da-Voo Lounge & Deli IMCA Stock Car division while Mike Burbridge raced to victory in the Cassill Motors IMCA Modifieds. From the third row, Pippert chased front row starter Mike Galli for one circuit before stealing the lead on lap two. Damon Murty followed Pippert on the top side into second as the lead pair pulled away from the field. Murty made numerous attempts to sneak beneath Pippert, however he was denied each time as Pippert raced to victory in the 16-lapper. Point leader Norman Chesmore finished third. It took four laps for Mike Burbridge to find his way past pole-sitter Brandon Maitland when the 20-lap Modified feature went green. Burbridge ran the low groove past Maitland with Joe Docekal on his heels. The lead duo ran in that order until a pair of late restarts slowed action. When racing resumed [Read More]