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Mashl readies for Clash at the Creek with another win

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 21) – Sometimes racing is like baseball with timely hitting. Or as they say, “Getting hot at the right time.” If that is a true statement then IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified driver Mike Mashl is golden for this week’s Clash at the Creek. Mashl has won the last two features that he has participated in at 141 Speedway. Adam Reed gave Mike Mashl everything he could on the opening lap. Unfortunately for the rest of the field, that would be the last battle for Mashl on his way to his second consecutive win. Mashl led through a variety of cautions throughout the first half of the race. Troy Jerovetz mounted a charge before the final caution came out with R.M. Van Pay in tow. Mashl stayed in front of everyone as it looked like a finishing order in the top three from Luxemburg Speedway from the 1990’s. Mashl took the win in front of Van Pay. Brian Mullen charged to a third place run. Brad Lautenbach wound [Read More]

Roedl races to first Modified feature win at Oshkosh

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (June 20) – Dan Roedl ran away from everybody in winning his Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modified first feature Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone. The Modifieds opened with a first-lap caution, then clicked off 20 straight hard fought laps. Roedl took the lead and sped off to hide from the rest of the field with Jerry Muenster, Shawn Frelich, Jeremy Christians, Marcus Yarie and Mike Wedelstadt behind. Frelich was also able to open an advantage as the battle for third took center stage. By halfway, Roedl was a quarter lap ahead with Frelich still holding a slight margin over third and lapped traffic coming into play as well. With five laps remaining, Yarie worked into third and chased down Frelich, taking second on lap 17. Jared Siefert, Christians and Wedelstadt were also able to get by Froelich over the last few laps, but all chased Roedl as he collected his first career IMCA Modified feature. Justin Jacobsen grabbed the Total Power Sales IMCA Stock Car lead followed by Larry Karcz Jr., [Read More]

Williams wins first at Marshalltown

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 20) – Brandon Williams was not to be denied his first win of the season Friday at Motown. Tom Rawlins and then Shawn Simatovich led early in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature before Williams took charge. Sam Wieben tried several times to take the lead away but finish in the runner-up position. Luellen, Jenae Gustin, Carter VanDenBerg and Taylor Musselman rounded out the top five. Luke Wanninger caught rookie Joel Rust for the lead on the 21st circuit and led to the IMCA Xtreme motor Sports Modified checkers. Donavon Smith raced to his seventh local IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers of the season. Eric Stanton was fastest by the width of his bumper in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main. David Moorman was the Mach-1 Sport Compact winner.

Kay and Zogg win back-to-back at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 20) – Friday was Mid-Season Championship Night at Davenport Speedway and Justin Kay scored his second straight and third point win of the season in Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model action. Matt Ryan took the lead from the pole position and led the first seven laps. Spencer Diercks lead the next four circuits with Kay finally taking the lead on lap 12. Kay cruised the rest of the way to the checkers and the win. Diercks fended off Nate Bueseling to finish second. Ryan and Todd Malmstrom completed the top five. Chris Zogg also recorded his second straight and third point win of the season in the Milan Heating & Air IMCA Modified feature. Zogg grabbed the lead from Bob Dominacki on lap 12. The 20-lap main was shortened by a lap as the caution flag flew after the leader had taken the white flag. Kurt Kile made a late charge to finish second with Mitch Morris third. Bob Dominacki was fourth and Milo Veloz Jr. fifth. [Read More]

Gustin grabs Saturday Showcase SportMod checkers at Independence

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (June 21) – Plain and simple, Jenae Gustin has Independence Motor Speedway figured out. The Marshalltown driver raced to her second straight victory and her fourth win in the last five weeks in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division Saturday night. To top off the win, Gustin took home extra cash as the SportMods were featured in the Saturday Showcase, a monthly spotlight with increased prize money for a select division. Outside front row starter Lucas Lundry held the early command while Gustin made her way through traffic from a fifth row starting spot. Gustin raced the low groove into contention as she settled into second after just four laps. A short time later Gustin reeled in Lundry, who was also running the low side of the speedway. Unable to make her bid for the lead in the bottom groove, Gustin went to work a groove higher than the leader. She and Lundry jockeyed for position and swapped the lead numerous times before she was able to break free with [Read More]

Bahrs is quickest in Quad City’s fair special

By Anthony Sandoval EAST MOLINE, Ill. (June 18) – Jason Bahrs knew he had the car to win at Quad City Speedway’s Open Wheel Onslaught on Wednesday night. He just had to wait for the right time to use it.   Bahrs started fourth in the Rock Island County Fair special for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and squeezed his way into second behind Milo Veloz Jr. by lap two and bided his time as the two gradually caught up with the back of the pack.   On the ninth circuit, Veloz became trapped behind a lapped car, allowing Bahrs to scoot by on the outside. Bahrs led the final 21 laps en route to his career first fair race win and a spot on the ballot for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.   ”He has the capability to win a race even if he doesn’t have the best race car,” Bahrs said of Veloz. “He’s a challenge anytime we’re at the race track.”   I was seeing where he was going to run and trying to figure [Read More]

Terry Simon Memorial is Saturday at Thunderhill Raceway

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. – Thunderhill Raceway is set to honor Terry Simon this Saturday, June 21. Simon was a huge supporter of local dirt track racing. You didn’t have to look far to find his wife Darlene sitting beside him in the stands or walking through the pits as they talked to all the drivers. Sadly we lost Terry to an unfortunate accident. He is missed by many and we’re racing in his memory with the third annual Terry Simon Memorial. With his 50th Thunderhill win achieved last week, Todd Dart padded his point lead in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds to seven over two-time defending champ James Tebon. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars had a shake up as point leader Shawn Havel suffered a DNF, letting Charlie Kroll close to within one point. Two-time defending champ Dave Bouche sits two markers back. Thunderhill Raceway website designer Chris Budzban has raced his way into the point lead of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Budzban leads Ryan LeMieux by just one point [Read More]

Late Model Sunday Series win at I-35 goes to Cooney

By Greg Grabianowski MASON CITY, Iowa (June 15) – Todd Cooney was the winner when the Sunday Series for IMCA Late Models came to I-35 Speedway on June 15. The hard charger by advancing six positions, Cooney finished in front of Charlie McKenna and Curtis Glover. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds had an interesting finish to say the least as frontrunners Alex Hanson, Mike Jergens and Jeremy Mills all made contact with one lap to go, sending Jergens spinning into the infield while Mills wrestled the lead away from Hanson and went onto the win. Kevin Opheim is off to a good start this summer at I-35 and that good run continued with his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win at the track Sunday night. Blake Cole placed second. Shane Swanson earned his fifth Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature win of the season in the area but his first one at the Mason City track. Chad Gentz also earned his first feature win of the season at I-35 in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, [Read More]

Three first-time winners at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 13) – Chad Palmer, Cody Knecht and Daniel Kanisch all won features for the first time at the Hancock County Speedway this season while Mike Jergens and Brandon Nielsen found the winner’s circle for the third time to highlight Friday night racing at Britt. Jergens, who rolled his 37 rig the previous Saturday night at Algona, got a new car together and went onto the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory after starting on the outside of the third row. Josh Foster was the runner-up. Palmer also started on the outside of the third row before piloting his no. 14 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car into the winner’s circle. Dan Hanselman had his best run of the summer to take second. Matthew Hanson and Alex Schubbe started on the front row of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature but when the dust settled and the double-checkered flags flew, Knecht earned his first win of the season at the track. Nick Meyer was second. Nielsen and his brother Cody have been [Read More]

Murray repeats at Dawson County

LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 15) – Grabbing the lead on lap six on a very dry-slick oval, David Murray Jr. cashed in on the opportunity and held off all challengers to capture his second straight IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory Sunday at Dawson County Raceway. Getting collected in early race incidents wasn’t enough to halt the progress of Mike Nichols to collect the win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Nichols had the lead by less than a fender on the seventh lap and continued to pace the field throughout the rest of the main event. Jamey Kennicutt drove away with the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers. Kennicutt led the final eight laps after starting in the fifth row. Leaving no doubt, Kyle Bond ran away and hid from the rest of the field for his first local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win of the season. Bond tiptoed through the competition until he snared the lead on lap six.