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Wilinski repeats Shawano success

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (Aug. 8) – Jerry Wilinski scored his second straight Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature and fourth local checkers overall Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Wilinski made his pass of Eddie Muenster for the lead stick on lap 14. Muenster gave chase for the rest of the race but couldn’t catch up. Mechanical woes forced third-running Jeremy Christians to pit on lap 17. Engine problems in the heat race forced Travis Van Straten to scratch from the IMCA Stock Car feature, putting an end to his 11-race win streak in the process. Steven Stewart took the lead on lap one and clearly had the car to beat. No one was able to make a serious challenge for the lead. Behind Stewart though Mike Schmidt, Dustin Loberger, Joe White, and Kyle Frederick fought hard for position. On lap seven Loberger raced to second behind Stewart. Stewart continued to enjoy a comfortable margin out in front of the field as the white flag waved. Stewart looked as though he had the race won but exiting turn [Read More]

Rust shines at Marshalltown

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 7) – Joel Rust bested the Coors Light IMCA Modified field for his first local win in the open wheeled division Friday at Marshalltown. Brandon Leeman, Rod Clement and Jake Strayer split time up front before Rust worked the top side to take the lead away on lap 16. Strayer powered back on lap 17 but Rust did not give up and took the lead back for good with two laps to go. Strayer ended at the runner-up and Scott Simatovich was third. Other winners included Donavon Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Jared VanDeest in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Eric Stanton in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Smith’s victory was his career 96th in the class.

Another young driver wins first feature at Off Road

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 8) – A week after Gage Koch, a junior at Norfolk Catholic High School, won his first feature in the Hobby Stock division at Off Road Speedway, Joey Haase – who will be entering his junior year at Winside High School this fall – earned his first win in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division Saturday night. The two have crossed paths on a racetrack before as competitors for two seasons in the now-defunct junior hornet class at Riviera Raceway a few years ago. Haase won the division title in their first year of racing, while Koch won the second year. Haase took advantage of his outside second row starting position along with the race’s second caution and restart to obtain the lead, then held off pursuer Justin Addison for the final 13 laps of the 18-lap race. “These last few weeks I’ve had a lot of bad luck. We went through two transmissions in the last two nights and seven DNFs,” Haase said. “It’s been a bad year [Read More]

Roth’s latest visit to Eagle unforgettable for a better reason

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 8) – Anthony Roth flipped seven times in his previous visit to Eagle Raceway. His latest start there proved unforgettable for a better reason, as Roth won the NAPA IMCA Modified main event. “This was great, sweeping my heat and the feature. It sure was better than the last time we were here, flipping seven times,” said Roth, who’d drawn the outside row one start. “I went into the first corner like there was no tomorrow.” Eric Cronin was a first-time Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compact winner. Mike Boston raced to his first RaceSaver IMCA Sprint Car checkers of the season. Gary Saathoff took the lead on lap four and sped to his first local NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature win of the season. Chad Fegley raced from the sixth row to win the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock feature for the third straight week.

Fisk is first to Crystal checkers

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Aug. 8) – Shannon Fisk was first across the finish line in Saturday’s Allstar Performance IMCA Modified main event at Crystal Motor Speedway. Cliff Denman took the lead over Fisk, Jeff Kohn and Brady Hollenbeck, but Hollenbeck got sideways in turn one and two collecting several cars and forcing him to retire for the night. Fisk got under Denman coming out of turn two to take the lead and eventually the win over Chad Wernette and Kohn.

Ward wins in completion of rain-interrupted Empire State Series race at I-88

AFTON, N.Y. (Aug. 7) – Not quite two months after taking the initial green flag, Will Ward took the checkers at I-88 Speedway’s rescheduled Empire State Series show. He’d started sixth when action resumed from the June 12 event halted with eight laps in the book. The Friday night feature was Ward’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified tour career first and came on his home track, as well as two days before his birthday. “I’d run second in the series race here the Friday before so I knew we were close,” said Ward said. “I got elected to the Fast Shafts All-Star invitational, then we got our first win at Afton. How much better could it possibly get?” Ward used the lower line in getting to second, then ran side-by-side with Tyler Stoddard for a couple circuits before taking over in front. The final caution came out with two laps to go but Ward pulled ahead to beat Stoddard, Matt Cole, point leader Eddie Sites and previous race winner James Cornell across the stripe. Feature [Read More]

Kilgore dominates 141’s Red, White and Blue Series

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS Creek, Wis. (Aug. 8) – Shawn Kilgore has earned accolades in his racing career and as of Saturday he can add Red, White and Blue Series champion to the list. Kilgore picked up the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win in the finale of the series. He earned two victories and a second place finish in the three-race swing. Kilgore receives a crate motor from Gandrud Chevrolet for his efforts. He also won $1,210 for his Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory. What proved to be the race-winning move was at the drop of the green flag. Kilgore made quick work of the field as he jetted from his outside front row starting spot and into the lead. Kilgore built up a straightaway advantage in just three laps. Johnny Whitman made his way from fifth to second in those same three laps but had a straightaway deficit to overcome. Whitman searched the whole speedway trying to catch the leader as Kilgore entered lapped traffic on lap nine. Kilgore had to [Read More]

Reeves is super in Tri-State Modified main

Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (Aug. 8) – Anthony Reeves took home the trophy following his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win of the season Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. Van Gemmill finished second for the second week in a row, ahead of Jason Payton. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature saw Brent Grover capture his first win of the season in front of Keith Heaslet and Joshua Vaughn. In the IMCA SportMod main event, Cody Rongey took home his second win of the season ahead of youngster Kayden Menasco as Alan Goforth crossed the line in third.

First visits to LaSalle for One Night Stand yield wins for Behning, Hurst, Steenbergen

LaSALLE, Ill. (Aug. 1) – Three drivers making first-ever visits to LaSalle Speedway stood above the rest at the track’s inaugural One Night Stand special Saturday evening. Brunson Behning was fastest in a field of 19 IMCA Late Models and earned $2,000. Jeremiah Hurst prevailed in a field of 24 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds for a $1,000 feature win and a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Winner of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature was Jeff Steenbergen, who took home $400. Behning had raced to his first win of the season on July 30 at Jackson County Speedway. He made it two checkers over three nights after setting fast time, topping his heat race and then drawing the pole for the 40-lap main event. “I knew we had a strong car,” said Behning, who now has Zach Frields heading his crew. “I was pretty confident going in, especially after getting the win at Maquoketa.” The front cars were quick to catch up with the back of the field. Behning [Read More]

Who needs notes? Gearhart is first in Thomas County Fair Modified feature

COLBY, Kan. (July 31) – Those copious notes Cody Gearhart had from his one previous visit to Colby didn’t apply when he returned to Thomas County Speedway for Friday’s fair special. It didn’t matter. Gearhart led the last 21 of 25 circuits in winning the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event. The $1,000 victory was accompanied by a spot on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “I won the one time I ran here last season. This was the first time I’ve been back this year,” said Gearhart, now giving serious thought to make more frequent trips to Thomas County. “They’d decreased the banking (this spring) since the last time I was here so the notes I took from last year didn’t apply.” Taking a more off the cuff approach, Gearhart started fourth in the field of 24 and avoided getting caught up in an early multi-car fracas. He caught pole starter Chris Heim four laps in and led to the checkers. “I tried some off the wall setup stuff and [Read More]