Results

Coopman wins third straight at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (May 28) – Three starts have now ended in as many feature wins at Kossuth County Speedway for Nate Coopman. Coopman started on the inside of the third row Thursday at Algona before cruising to the Mach-1 Sport Compact victory with Jay DeVries taking second and Kaytee DeVries third. Nick Meyer grabbed his seventh Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature win of the season at area tracks. One of the hottest drivers around, Meyer came from inside the third row to overtake front row starters Ryan Hiscocks and Jake Simpson. Simpson was runner-up and Hiscocks finished third. Mike Jergens grabbed the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified win. Rob Hughes held on for se­cond and Kelly Shryock took third. Elijah Zevenbergen made the long trip to Algona worthwhile by winning the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature after starting 10th.  Heath Tulp and Randy Brands were next across the stripe. Another driver making a long haul worth the trip was Shannon Anderson in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks class. Jeremy Wegner was the [Read More]

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Brad Sites is best in Empire State Series at Skyline 

CORTLAND, N.Y. (May 24) – Brad Sites put himself in good position to capitalize on Matt Cole’s bad luck in Sunday’s IMCA Empire State Series main event at Skyline Raceway. Sites worked his way from 10th starting in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature to se­cond, trailing only Matt Cole when the leader coasted to a stop on the 22nd of 30 laps. After taking over the point for the restart, Sites led to the finish for his career third series win and first-ever Skyline victory. “I knew I had some work to do after starting 10th and was really able to start picking off cars about mid­way,” he said. “I’d finished second and third at Skyline before and it’s good to finally get a win there.” He held off a late-race challenge from eventual runner-up Jason Benjamin. Rodney Morgan earned his best-ever Skyline finish with a third place effort. Saturday night fea­ture winner Dan Searls finished fourth and Drue Perrault rounded out the top five. Feature results – 1. Brad Sites; 2. Jason Benjamin; 3. Rodney Morgan; [Read More]

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Wood wins a thriller at Southern Iowa Speedway 

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (May 27) – Nathan Wood was the winner in a Wednesday night thriller for Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars at Southern Iowa Speedway. Derrick Agee and Jerry Pilcher enjoyed early turns up front before Daniel Hilsabeck settled into the spot. Cayden Carter and then Damon Murty charged ahead, only to see Wood and Hilsabeck drive by on the white flag lap. Wood edged Hilsabeck at the line to take his first win of the season at Osky. Tyler Groenendyk was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified winner while ninth starting Curtis VanDerWal notched his fourth local KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod victory of the season. Dustin Griffiths was first across the stripe in the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stock main and Michael Grossman paced the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

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Sheppard repeats IMCA Modified sweep at Tonopah 

TONOPAH, Nev. (May 23) – Jeff Sheppard Jr.’s second visit to Tonopah this season turned out a lot like his first. The difference was that Saturday’s Jim Butler Day Classic feature for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds paid $1,000 to win and landed the Arizona long tow on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Piloting a house car as part of the Dream Racing Chassis house program, Sheppard won both his heat race and the dash for cash, then started from the pole and led all 25 laps of the main event. Cautions kept the field close throughout the feature. James Thibodeaux stayed closed after a re­start with two to go but couldn’t reel in Sheppard. Completing the top five were Jerry Buesig, Bryan Wulfenstein and Justin Miller. “It’s nice when you travel 5-1/2 hours when you can win that much money,” said Sheppard, who had also scored heat, dash and feature wins in sweeping the May 9 program at Tonopah in a Dream ride. “My regular track will be closing for the [Read More]

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Thornton dominates Arizona Speedway’s John Morris Classic

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (May 23-24) – After extending his win streak at Arizona Speedway to five, Ricky Thornton Jr. made a beeline to the bank to deposit a pair of $1,000 checks. Thornton rocketed from mid-pack to win both nights of the third annual John Morris Classic special for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Apache Junction. The victories were the 15th and 16th in just 25 starts this season for the national championship hopeful. Current national and Larry Shaw Racing Western Region point leader Brian Schultz also started deep in the field and ran second each night. Thornton started 15th on opening night, passed Don Earven with three laps left and pulled away to win by four car lengths following a restart with two to go. Eric Center, two days shy of celebrating his 52nd birthday, was third. John Morris Jr. was fourth in the memorial event held for his father and Chaz Baca Jr. was fifth. Picking the middle line paid off on night two for Thornton, who took the initial green from 12th [Read More]

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Schauer collects first North Star checkers at Arlington 

ARLINGTON, Minn. (May 23) – Matt Schauer’s 14th career series start ended with his first North Star Tour victory Saturday at Arlington Raceway. Schauer topped the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car headliner, beating Brent Uecker and Brent Reierson across the stripe. After starting third, Schauer had the lead going down the backstretch and stayed in front until midway through the 15-lapper. After getting out of his groove, Schauer fell back to fourth. He rallied, driving between Uecker and Ken Tietz to take the lead back for good on lap 10. The win was his first in seven starts this season, and first since the 2013 campaign. Curt Lund made his first local appearance for the season, drew the pole and pulled away from the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified pack, winning ahead of Aaron Krohn and Mat Hollerich. Two-time Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod defending champion Matthew Looft landed his division-leading seventh career checkers. Runner-up was Justin Remus and Jared Boumeester took third. Jamie Songer’s road trip ended in victory lane, as he took the IMCA Sunoco [Read More]

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Reisdorfer, Lonneman score first North Star Tour wins at Murray County 

SLAYTON, Minn. (May 22) – Hometown heroes David Reisdorfer and Chad Lonneman had them dancing in the streets Friday night in Adrian. Both drivers won for the first time in their respective careers when the IMCA North Star Tour opened at Murray County Speedway. Reisdorfer started from the pole and led the distance in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Dan Mackenthun tried to stay close but had to settle for second. Levi Feltman was third. Lonneman also drew the inside row one start. He outran Matt Hanson and John Ross for the checkers. “It’s kind of neat that we’d both win the same night,” said Lonneman, who pits next to Reisdorfer and noted the number of sanctioned tracks in the area they’d be able to race at this season. “We knew there would be a good group of local cars going there Friday.” Mat Hollerich won his second career IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified tour feature, in front of eighth starting Jeff Ignaszewski and 10th starting Jason Fisher. Jake Simpson scored North Star Series career [Read More]

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Cleveland, Crompe top IMCA Modified mains at Santa Maria Spring Nationals 

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (May 23-24) – Duane Cleveland led every lap on Saturday, Christopher Crompe got the lead back on the last lap Sunday and both drivers earned $1,200 for their IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature wins at Santa Maria Raceway’s Budweiser Spring Nationals. Cleveland made the long tow from northern California worth his while, starting from the pole and avoiding a late-race hiccup when a lapped car got sideways just ahead of him. Josh Vogt made up ground as Cleveland ran in traffic but had to settle for second. Roger Holder completed the top three finishers on opening night. Another 25-lapper on Sunday saw Crompe in and out of the lead before the final circuit heroics. Crompe led the first seven laps before giving way to Danny Lauer. He stayed close behind, running the inside line and saving his tires, before regaining the front spot on the white flag lap. “This was my first win at my home track,” the new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier said. “”This was a big one. [Read More]

Results

Dailey delivers IMCA Modified win at Algona 

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (May 21) – Eric Dailey sped to the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory his se­cond of the season and career 65th, Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway Dailey drew the pole and took the win ahead of hard charger Jeremy Mills and Jesse Hoeft. Rob Hughes was the cash dash winner. Craig Berhow topped the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, holding off Kevin Opheim and Chad Palmer. Nick Meyer’s early season success continued as he captured the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory. Meyer held off a hard charging Jared Boemeister and Cody Knecht. Brandon Nielsen sped from ninth starting to first finishing in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Se­cond was Shannon Anderson and Chanse Hollatz was third. Nate Coopman weaved his way through the field from eighth starting to take Mach-1 Sport Com­pact honors. Kaytee DeVries was second, just in front of her husband Jay. 30

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Hancock County has trio of two-time winners

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (May 23) – Three drivers found the winner’s circle for the second time this season at Hancock County Speedway on Saturday night. David Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Andrew Borchardt in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Devin Jones in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts all earned repeat checkers. Smith bested Heath Tulp and Kevin Opheim for Stock Car honors. Doug Wickman and Scott Dobel completed the Hobby Stock top three behind Borchardt while Megan Sandvig was second and Kaytee DeVries third in the Sport Compact main event. Troy Swearingen topped the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified field ahead of Austin Wolf and Jesse Hoeft. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods had 21 entries and the area’s hottest driver Nick Meyer won for the second time in three nights. Doug Cook placed second with Ben Schultze third.