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Droste takes IMCA Modified Madness cash at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 22) – The IMCA Modified Madness 50 was the big show Friday night at Dav­enport Speedway. When the checkered flag fell, the spotlight was on Tyler Droste. Making his first visit to Davenport with an IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, Droste topped the $2,000 to win feature after swapping the lead and a little paint with Milo Veloz. “There were a lot of good cars here and a lot of very good drivers in the feature,” said Droste. “It helped having been here once before this year (in a Late Model) because every track is just a little bit different.” The main event started with 2012 race winner Veloz on the pole. Veloz jumped out to the early race lead but was in and out of first before Droste took over for good on the 46th of 50 circuits. Wisconsin’s Todd Dart, running the high side, took the lead briefly on lap seven but Veloz re­gained the top spot in the next corner. Lap 30 saw Jeremiah Hurst take his [Read More]

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Reeser picks up PASS win at Williams Grove

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 22) – Tyler Reeser picked up his first-ever Williams Grove Pennsylva­nia Sprint Series win Friday night, in a race complete with three-wide action for the lead. The IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car feature took several tries to get started as first-lap incidents slowed competition. Reeser took the lead following one of those restarts. Reeser then took the lead and was in command as Zach Newlin and 10th starting Daren Miller closed in. The trio was in a close race when the rookie Miller took the lead from Newlin and Reeser. The race ended as it began with several restarts and as tires wore down. Miller was unable to dominate and Reeser again took the lead. Newlin came home second followed by Steve Storrie, Ken Duke and Miller. Feature results – 1. Tyler Reeser; 2. Zach Newlin; 3. Steve Storrie; 4. Ken Duke; 5. Darren Mil­ler; 6. Tom Worrick; 7. Stephanie Stevens; 8. Scott Ellerman; 9. Colby Dice; 10. John Martin; 11. Jon Haegele; 12. Mike Alleman; 13. Ron Aurand; 14. Drew Ritchey; 15. [Read More]

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Long tow for Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener pays off for Wolla

VINTON, Iowa (May 19) – Rain in North Dakota was bad news for drivers in Iowa Tuesday night at Benton County Speedway. Jason Wolla made a last-minute decision to travel 14-plus hours from his hometown of Ray, in western North Dakota, for the opening event in IMCA’s Hawkeye Dirt Tour. He started 11th, took the lead from Mark Elliott following a 13th circuit restart and outran defending champion Mike Van Genderen in traffic late in the 40-lapper. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified win paid $1,000. “We made a last-second decision to come here and it paid off,” said Wolla, who’d finished fourth at Vinton en route to the Frostbuster Series crown in early April. “We rained out last week everywhere in North Dakota and had the trailer loaded up and ready to go. We had another car to pick up from Justin O’Brien (at Rage Chassis) in West Union and here we are.” Van Genderen started ninth and made up ground on Wolla before running out of laps. J.D. Auringer raced from 12th starting to third, [Read More]

Results

Ireland shines at Sunset’s Armed Forces Night

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (May 16) – Armed Forces Night on Saturday at Sunset Speedway Park was Rob Ireland’s time to shine. Starting mid-pack in the Budweiser IMCA Modified feature field, Ireland worked his way to the front and won his first feature of the season. He’s the fourth different winner in as many races in the division this year. Craig Cassell was yet again second while Rick Graham crossed the wire in third.

Results

Cox wins thriller at Cottage Grove 

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (May 16) – Saturday’s IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified main event at Cottage Grove Speedway was a thriller and no one had a better seat for the show than Kinzer Cox. Only a couple incidents took place, making the race pretty much stoppage free. Jake Mayden set a wicked pace for most of the race and looked to have the event well in hand before Cox worked his way through the field and into the lead on lap 21. From that point, Cox pulled away from the rest of the field and made his second straight visit to victory lane. Gus Cooper finished second while Mayden ended the evening in third. Jayson Nelson turn some heads in the first half of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod race. Gene Ashley eventually caught Nelson and passed him on lap seven. Ashley would lead the remain­der of the laps and put his ride in victory lane for the second time this season. Jimmy Owen was second and Nelson third.

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Stuart checkers fly for Shute 

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (May 17) – Todd Shute was the IMCA Modified winner on opening night at Stuart Speedway. After taking the lead early, Shute maintained the lead through four cautions and contact with chal­lenger Luke Wanninger. Nick Roberts was the runner-up and Justin Zeitner took third. Corey Zeitner got the IMCA Late Model victory ahead of 12th starting Scotty Welsh and John Emer­son. Clint Luellen took the lead on the second lap, then stayed true to the bottom of the track and went on to score the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod win. Jerry Hinton took second with Kody Ha­vens sliding into third. Marcus Fagan gained the lead on lap 15 and won the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature ahead of Brian Blessington and Chris Pruitt. Austin Luellen led the caution flag-free IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock event from start to finish. Aa­ron Rudolph ran second for the entire race with John Watson taking third at the line by inches over Buck Schafrot. Ninety-five cars packed the pits for Casey’s General Store Night at the [Read More]

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Five new winners at Hancock County 

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (May 16) – All five drivers steering their way into the winner’s circle did so for the first time this season at Hancock County Speedway. Jeremy Mills started third and finished first in the IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified main event. Ryan Ruter ended up second with Josh Ruby taking third. Heath Tulp captured the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature by holding off the hard-charging Derek Green, who was back in his Stock Car after about a month in his Modified rig. Chad Palmer took third. Greg Sidles started on the outside of the fourth row before weaving his way to front of the pack in the 25-car Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature, outlasting Nick Meyer and Ben Schultze, who finished second and third, respectively. Cory Gansen took full advantage of his pole start to earn the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory. Doug Wickman was second followed by Justin Nehring. Oliver Monson also started on the pole in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts and just like Gansen, pi­loted his No. 5 rig [Read More]

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Gould is good as gold at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Oka. (May 16) – William Gould picked up his first Pocola win of the season in Satur­day’s IMCA Modified main event at Tri-State Speedway. The 2013 national champion and two-time defending Razor Chassis Southern Region king bested Michael Ables and Brandon Wilson in the race to the checkers. Ken McCarty had to regain the lead several times due to cautions and restarts, but was able to take home his first IMCA SportMod win of the season over Aaron Scroggins and young Kayden Menasco.

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Kennedy spins but wins at Raceway Park 

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (May 16) – After an opening lap spin out sent him to the rear of the field, Kaleb Kennedy came back to take the feature victory in the Skyline Casino IMCA Northern SportMod division Sunday at Raceway Park. Darin Roepke completed a strong run finishing second in front of point leader Rusty Montagne. Chris Abelson powered through the field to take the victory in the Total Motors IMCA Modifieds. Ricky Stephan kept Abelson honest to the finish with Bob Moore finishing out the top trio. Ryan Harris led the Casey’s General Stores IMCA Stock Car feature from the early going but had to hold off a strong challenge in the final laps from defending champion Jason Ward to score the feature win. Ward settled for second in front of Bo Lundquist. The MOPAR IMCA Hobby Stock feature saw Aaron Shearn shoot to the front in the early laps and avoid the mayhem behind him to take the feature victory. Behind Shearn, Gabe Barclay and Jon Androy rounded out the top [Read More]

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Larsen returns, conquers Quincy Raceway Stock Cars 

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (May 17) – Michael Larsen drove the race of his life in Sunday’s Powder Coat Plus IMCA Stock Car feature at Quincy Raceway, as he held off the field for the entire event on Scottie Me­morial Night. Larsen denied furious charges from Abe Huls over the final laps to take his first feature win in sev­eral years after stepping back into the no. 48 Stock Car. Huls had to settle for second followed by Beau Taylor. Adam Birck took the early lead in the Summy Tire and IMCA Northern SportMod main event and held off the field for the first six laps with Tanner Klingele challenging at every opportunity. Klingele took over on the seventh lap but Birck got the lead back on lap 14, holding on for one more lap until Klingele got back into the lead for good to take the win. Birck held on for second followed by Brandon Bringer. Michael Grossman stopped Kimberley Abbott’s win streak at three in the Mach-1 Sport Compact division. Grossman took [Read More]