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McGee tops 34 Modified main event

By Dana Royer WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (July 19) – Dean McGee picked up his first Ryner Transportation IMCA Modified feature of the season at 34 Raceway on Saturday night. Darrow Lillie and Dustan Fenton sat on the front row but it was McGee taking the lead on the first lap of the 20-lap race. McGee led the entire race, first holding off Mitch Morris, then Jeff Waterman. The yellow flag came out with one lap to go. With Bill Roberts in the third spot behind McGee and Waterman, the yellow worked to his advantage as he moved into the second spot and challenged McGee on the final lap. The two crossed the finish line bumper to bumper with McGee holding off Roberts for the win. The Pepsi IMCA Stock Cars capped off the night with a thriller. Jake Wenig took the lead from Randy Wachter on lap four of the 15-lap contest. Tom Bowling moved into the second spot and it was a battle from there on with the two racing bumper-to-bumper and side-by-side. Bowling [Read More]

Herrick, Bond, Blowers top Lincoln County features

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 14) – Doing their best to outrun the oncoming storm, Bryan Herrick, Kyle Bond and Charlie Blowers each earned trips to the winner’s circle Saturday at Lincoln County Raceway. Grabbing the lead when it counted the most, Herrick floated around the top five for much of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and eventually drove to the front on the white flag lap. Herrick had started in the fifth row. Finishing second after leading the first 13 laps was Robby Kosmacek. Driving his way to the front and then running away and hiding was Bond in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Bond started in the fourth row and snared the lead on the fourth circuit. Following Bond through the traffic was Austin Davis, who was forced to settle for runner-up honors. Scoring his first-ever feature victory was Charlie Blowers in the Mach-1 Sport Compact division. Blowers started in the second row and complete the pass for the lead of Devin Bjorklund on the eighth lap.

Hulin picks up first Marshalltown win of 2014

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 13) – Racer Hulin reeled in Eric Elliott on the fourth of 20 laps and led to the finish Friday, winning his first local IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature of the season at Marshalltown Speedway. Elliott took the lead on the opening circuit and eventually ended in fifth. Adam Larson found his way to the runner-up spot. Luke Wanninger was third and rookie Brandon Leeman was fourth. Clint Luellen prevailed in an eight-lap tussle with Taylor Musselman to win the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main event for the fourth time this season at Marshalltown. Up to the same task, Austin Luellen worked his way through the lapped traffic late in the race to take his fourth local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win of the season. John Watson worked his way from 11th to second. Michael Jaennette led from lap two to the checkers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. John Gill was scored first every time around the track in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main.

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Opening night postponed at Shawano

SHAWANO, Wis. (May 2) – Due to saturated grounds, Shawano Speedway has pushed its opener back one week. Shawano will hold an open practice session Friday, May 9 beginning at 6 p.m. and the 2014 racing season will kick off Saturday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Sanctioned divisions running at Shawano this season are the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods.

Sobbing, Murray capture IMCA Modified checkers at RPM Sunflower Classic

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (March 28-29) – More than 160 race teams from eight states made the trip to RPM Speedway for the season-opening Sunflower Classic and Jesse Sobbing and David Murray Jr. drove home with the biggest checks. Each earned $1,000 for their IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature wins at Hays. Both were already qualified for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. In Friday’s opener, Jeremy Frenier started outside pole and stayed in front to lap 16, when Sobbing got underneath coming out of turn four to take a lead he would not relinquish. Lapped traffic came into play but Sobbing held off Murray, who finished inches ahead of Cody Gearhart for second. Frenier and Jeff Hunter rounded out the top five. On Saturday, Travis Hatcher led the first eight laps before Dylan Sherfick and Murray shot past following a restart. As the field came out of four to the halfway mark, Murray got under Sherfick to take the top spot and drove away for the rich payday. Sherfick was second, followed [Read More]

Z4 Products gives Deery Series awards

AMES, Iowa (March 24) – Two drivers receive awards from Z4 Products at each Deery Brothers Summer Series event this season. Both the pole starter and the Sunoco Race Fuels drawing winner for all IMCA Late Model tour features get bottles of leak sealer and cooling conditioner from the fourth-year sponsor from Ames, Iowa. The 28th annual series opens Saturday, April 5 at Crawford County Speedway. The finale is Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4 at West Liberty Raceway. More information about Z4 Products is available by calling 515 231-0809. “Adding the Z4 products to these two areas of recognition really enhances the prize package of fluids drivers are already receiving,” said IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “Z4 is a local company to partner with this series and we couldn’t be happier to have their unwavering support.”

IMCA drivers in five divisions chase Performance Distributors prizes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 18) – Drivers in five IMCA divisions are in the running for contingencies from Performance Distributors again this season. Product awards and product certificates go to eligible competitors in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact divisions. Top eligible drivers in each Stock Car and Hobby Stock region, and in national standings for the Northern SportMods and Southern SportMods all receive DUI distributors. Second-place drivers each get $100 product certificates, with $75 for third, $50 for fourth and $25 for fifth. Both the Sport Compact national champion and national rookie of the year receive Dyna-Batt batteries. Second through fifth place finishers in national standings for the 4-cylinder class all get $50 product certificates. Drivers in all five divisions must display two Performance Distributors decals on their race cars while Dyna-Batt decals are required for Sport Compact competitors. In addition to required distributor usage, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and SportMod drivers must also fill out and return a [Read More]

Practice sessions return to Willamette Speedway

By Ben Deatherage LEBANON, Ore. (March 4) – For years, Friday nights at Willamette Speedway mostly meant a chance for drivers to shake down their car before the big race on Saturday, to fine tune their machines and troubleshoot any hiccups their mounts were giving them. Open practices are back on select dates at the historic 1/3-mile clay oval in 2014 after a couple years’ hiatus. “After not having practices for the last couple years, drivers started giving us feedback,” commented Track Manager Chris Nofziger. “They told us that they felt they would be more competitive if there was a night or two during the year where they could come out and just figure stuff out. With us bringing practices back, I think fans will see our already quality competition get even tougher.” The first opportunity for cars to hit the track in 2014 will be during two test and tune sessions on Saturday, April 5 and Friday, April 11. The first race of the upcoming campaign is slated for Saturday, April 12. The four [Read More]