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Smith scores Davenport Modified win

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 4) – Another large field of Milan Heating and Air IMCA Modifieds was on hand Friday at Davenport Speedway with another surprise winner. Rich Smith, in just his second start at Davenport this season, led all 20 laps en route to the victory. Tony Von Dresky scored a second place finish with Bruce Hanford finishing third. Doug Crampton and Mitch Morris were fourth and fifth, respectively. Justin Kay chalked up win number four in the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model action. Kay needed 23 laps to run down Mike Murphy Jr. and take the lead. Murphy finished second, with Andy Nezworski a distant third. Ray Guss Jr. and Ben Nading rounded out the top five. Tyler Soppe collected his second Hawkeye Auto IMCA SportMod win of the season. Soppe grabbed the lead after a lap five restart and never looked back. Bryce Garnhart got close but couldn’t make a pass for the lead and had to settle for second. Dustin Crear had a solid run in third [Read More]

Busy month of July rolls along at Independence Motor Speedway

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – Double features during weekly racing and two mid-week specials highlight action the next two weeks at Independence Motor Speedway. IMCA weekly racing is next up this Saturday, July 12, when three make-up features will be added to the program for the eighth annual Dick Frye Memorial. Budweiser Mid-Season Championship Night was cut short due to rain June 28 after qualifying was completed. With two features already made up July 5, the three remaining events will be held July 12. Make-up features for the IMCA Late Models, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks will take place this Saturday prior to a complete program for all five weekly divisions, including the Late Models, SportMods and Hobby Stocks, along with the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. The event will also serve as the Saturday Showcase for the Hobby Stock division. Drivers competing in the regularly scheduled Hobby Stock portion of the July 12 program will vie for increased prize money. The 15-lap feature will pay [Read More]

Mid-Summer Classic this Saturday at Canyon Speedway Park

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (July 8) – Canyon Speedway Park is where the action will be this Saturday night as the 1/3-mile clay oval near Phoenix hosts the Mid-Summer Classic. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds will headline Saturday’s Mid-Summer Classic with Pure Stocks, Renegades, Dwarf Cars and X Mods on the card as well. After a Wednesday night open practice session from 6-9 p.m., Saturday’s Mid-Summer Classic goes green at 7 p.m. Ricky Thornton Jr., will try to continue his dominance in the Modified ranks by adding another notch to the win column. Thornton has racked up eight feature wins in 10 tries dating back to the Winter Challenge in January. Thornton has opened up a 22 point advantage in the track championship points race over Ryan Roath, with Cody Center just three more points back in third. Steve Stultz and George Fronsman round out the current top five in IMCA Modified points. Tickets for Saturday’s Mid-Summer Classic are $15, with a $2 discount for military, seniors and students. Children ages 7-12 are $6 [Read More]

Marshalltown Speedway celebrates 50th on The Fourth

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 4) – Marshalltown Speedway celebrated its 50th anniversary with fireworks and visits by dignitaries of the track’s racing history Friday night. Luke Wanninger took over the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified lead on lap 11 and drove to his fourth win here in 2014. Ronn Lauritzen worked his way up to finish second. Tyler Droste was third, Tony Snyder was fourth and Joel Rust was fifth. Dave Atcher held Donavon Smith at bay over the last eight laps to win the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Clint Luellen inherited the lead when mechanical problems sidelined Jenae Gustin Luellen and held off several challenges from Andy Tiernan over the last four circuits to take his fifth Big Eight Tyre Center IMCA Northern SportMod win of the year at Marshalltown. After capitalizing on a late restart, Eric Stanton sped to his third local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory of the season. David Moorman led start to finish in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main.

Irvine sweeps double Stock Car features at Independence

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 5) – Brian Irvine remained perfect on the season Saturday night at Independence Motor Speedway. The now part-time IMCA Sunoco Stock Car driver earned his fourth win in as many appearances in 2014. Irvine kept his streak alive by winning a pair of features on the 3/8-mile oval, which included the make-up Budweiser Mid-Season Championship event that was postponed due to rain June 28. Outside front row starter Justin Hanson held the early lead in the make-up feature while Irvine worked through traffic from a sixth row starting spot. Irvine settled into the runner-up spot on the fifth circuit and then took the lead two laps later. Irvine led the remainder of the 18-lapper going away to take the victory ahead of Justin Temeyer and Jarod Weepie. His efforts to sweep the night were made more challenging when Irvine was sidelined with a flat tire on lap three of the regular feature. He made a quick tire change while the race was under caution and tagged the tail of [Read More]

Duffy declares Red, White and Blue victory at 141

By Greg and Amber Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (July 5) – Darin Duffy solidified his rankings in the Red, White, and Blue Series with his IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature win at 141 Saturday night. Duffy pulled away late in the contest to a $1,000 payday and most importantly, took over the lead in the series at 141. The feature kicked off with an unfortunate bang as a melee resulted in the front of the field. Thirteen cars were involved in the red-flag incident and point leader Benji LaCrosse, among others, was not able to continue. When the race restarted, Eric Mahlik found his way in front of the field with Duffy behind. Sean Jerovetz ran to the front after a three-wide pass for the lead including Mahlik and Duffy. Shawn Kilgore made his way to second five laps into the event with Duffy dropping back to fourth. A caution on lap 12 waved as the front four were battling for the lead. On the restart, Duffy charged from fourth to second and moved [Read More]

VanderBeek repeats as big gun at Great American Stock Car Shootout

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (July 2-3) – His latest Great American Stock Car feature win put an even bigger check in Zack VanderBeek’s pocket. VanderBeek repeated as winner of the pre-holiday special for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Southern Iowa Speedway. The Thursday victory paid $2,000, $500 more than the 2013 checkers at Osky, and made VanderBeek eligible to qualify for the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Damon Murty grabbed the lead at the start of the 19th annual event before giving way to Derrick Agee on lap two. Agee stayed in front until VanderBeek worked his way by up on lap 10. VanderBeek began to pull away and looked as if he was going to take the win going away before the only caution of the race came out on lap 20. VanderBeek had Murty and Agee on his back bumper for the restart. Cayden Carter worked his way to second on lap 23 and battled his Orange Crush teammate the [Read More]

Feature distance just right for David Smith at Buena Vista Raceway’s Suter Memorial

ALTA, Iowa (July 2) – From the vantage point of winner David Smith, the 25-lap distance for Buena Vista Raceway’s Kyle Suter Memorial was just right. Smith led the last 24 circuits and earned $1,000 for his Wednesday night IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory at Alta. “I ran the very top of the track. There was just enough momentum on the top, which was starting to go away,” said Smith, who’d lined up behind pole starter Chris Ullrich and taken the lead with a pass inside. “I didn’t want any more laps.” Smith’s younger brother Devin, a contender for national and Arnold Motor Supply Northern Region rookie of the year honors, used lower lines in advancing 13 spots to second. “Any time you see us finish 1-2, it’s good. It doesn’t get any better than that. It’s the best when everybody runs good,” Smith said. “The $1,000 was a bonus.” Brian Blessington passed nine cars and finished third. Derek Green challenged Smith several times for the lead before ending in fourth and Allan Schmidt was [Read More]

Rohleder cruises at Dawson County

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 29) – Getting their chance to shine in the limelight after conquering the Dawson County Raceway oval to Sunday night were Kyle Rohleder, Jamey Kennicutt, Mike Nichols and Kyle Bond. Making his first visit of the season to Lexington, Rohleder rode the cushion to the lead on the eighth circuit and cruised to the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory. Kennicutt grabbed the lead on the fourth lap and never looked back in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Ageless wonder Denny Egge battled through traffic from his fifth row starting position to finish second. The high line also proved fastest for Nichols in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car headliner. He took over the front spot and held off the determined Casey Werkmeister. Breaking through for his second straight IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win was Bond, who led the final 10 laps after starting in the fourth row.

Harvie wins caution-free contest at Electric City

By Vikki Higginbotham GREAT FALLS, Mont. (June 27) – Caution-free was the welcome motto for the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds Friday at Electric City Speedway. Marty Harvie shot out front to take the early lead and there was no looking back for him in the green to checkers contest. Fans welcomed Harvie back to victory lane after a long dry spell for the driver. Mark Wermling was unable to catch Harvie and settled for second. The program had been delayed by rain for an hour and a half earlier in the evening.