• CJ Speedway hosts fair night Battle on the Levee
    By Jerry Mackey  COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (July 25, 2024) – With the Louisa County Fair in full swing, CJ Speedway hosted a special night of racing as The Battle on the Levee posted a huge purse for the competitors thanks to a host of sponsors like Screamer Express and many more who helped make the night a very special night for the drivers.  The final race of the night was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, which saw 20 drivers take the initial green flag. Several visitors, who are regarded as the best in the business, converged on the Louisa County Fairgrounds to battle it out on the 4/10-mile oval. The track was in great shape and provided plenty of side-by-side racing. Dustin Vis led for the first two laps before sixth starting Cayden Carter was able to move out front. Carter then had his hands full with multiple challenges coming from seventh starting Damon Murty. The two hotshoes put on quite a battle as the laps wound down. Murty made one last charge on the final [Read More]
  • IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through July 25, 2024
    Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 997; 2. Ethan Braaksma, Newton, Iowa, 969; 3. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 963; 4. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., and Chris Zogg, New Liberty, Iowa, both 951; 6. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 946; 7. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, and Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, both 935; 9. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 930; 10. Charlie Mohr, Bettendorf, Iowa, 922; 11. Matt Werner, Geneseo, Ill., 908; 12. Jed Freiburger, Dubuque, Iowa, and Jake McBirnie, Boone, Iowa, both 899; 14. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 895; 15. Jacob Mallet Jr., Oakley, Calif., 889; 16. Izac Mallicoat, Boone, Iowa, 888; 17. Trevor Fitz, Marshalltown, Iowa, 883; 18. Cole Czarneski, Denmark, Wis., 868; 19. Spencer Diercks, Davenport, Iowa, 858; 20. Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., 836. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 775; 2. Evan Miller, Silvis, Ill., 755; 3. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 746; 4. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 730; 5. Jesse Bodin, Silvis, Ill., 720; 6. Mitch Morris, Long Grove, Iowa, 699; 7. Gary Webb, Blue [Read More]
  • Mills’ biggest Kossuth County win comes at Salute to Veterans
    ALGONA, Iowa (July 25, 2024) – He’s won a lot of races at Kossuth County Speedway but Jeremy Mills was hard pressed to name a bigger one than Thursday night’s Salute to Veterans powered by Performance Bodies main event. The veteran from Clear Lake drew the pole start and stayed in front through four restarts and despite the best efforts of a determined Joel Rust in winning the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature and $3,500. “I could win everything else here. These big races have kind of gotten away from me,” Mills said following his sixth win of the season and IMCA career 140th in the division, many of them coming at Algona. “We just had a good night and that started with a good draw. When you’re racing against this many good guys, you’ve got to have a good draw. I was lucky enough to pull the one (pill).” The Salute to Veterans win was a first for Mills, however and came after he was able to pull away from the tussle over second between [Read More]
  • Braaksma starts Salute to Veterans trophy collection
    SPENCER, Iowa (July 24, 2024) – Ethan Braaksma started his Salute to Veterans powered by Performance Bodies trophy collection, while Kelly Shryock and Matt Looft added to theirs Wednesday at Clay County Fair Speedway. Braaksma led every lap of the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified finale at Spencer, while Shryock wired the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field and Looft raced from 10th starting in topping the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod main. Michael Wade was also a flag to flag winner in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature and Oliver Monson prevailed in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact headliner. One hundred and twenty-seven cars in the five divisions were entered for the first of three Salute to Veterans shows this week. Braaksma drew the pole for the $2,000 to win Modified main, seeing leads of three and a half seconds and then a second and a half erased by cautions in the late stages of the race. Tim Ward ultimately prevailed in the battle for second.  Jake McBirnie, Cody Thompson and the 19th starting Shryock completed the top five. [Read More]
  • IMCA Weekly Racing, plus Legends, A.I.R.S. Sunday at The Bullring
    VINTON, Iowa (July 24, 2024) – The IMCA Weekly Racing season rolls on this Sunday, July 28, for Mountain Dew Night at Benton County Speedway. All weekly classes will be in action on The Bullring, including the INEX Legends presented by Legends.Direct and the American Iron Racing Series (A.I.R.S.). Only a handful of events remain this season to determine track champions. Drivers in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds presented by Wright Way Trailers, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Christie Door Company, Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks presented by iHeart Radio and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts will all continue their pursuit of a championship July 28. Both pit gate and grandstand open at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, with hot laps slated for 5 and racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and veterans, and $5 for ages 6-12. Kids ages five and under will be admitted free if accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30. There will be door prize giveaways and a 50/50 raffle will be [Read More]
  • Barglof, Fett, Shryock, Braaksma are Britt fair victors      
    By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (July 23, 2024) – IMCA racing action kicked off the 2024 Hancock County Fair grandstand events with the Black Dirt Nationals. Races were sponsored by Java 18 and Schleusner Dirt Works and featured trophies besting six foot tall.  Ethan Braaksma’s hot July continued with him dominating the Tuesday Friesen Performance IMCA Modified action. Winning the heat and main event, he collected $1,000 for his efforts. Already Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligible, he bested a charging Cody Knecht, who came from the sixth starting spot to finish second. Kelly Shryock and Timothy Allerdings completed the top four.  Though Colby Fett pressured for the lead early in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, the ninth starting Shryock ran away with the feature. Fett finished second in the race, ahead of Chad Palmer and Heath Tulp.  Alec Fett gave his older brother all he wanted in the early stages of the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod main event. Alec faded before halfway and that opened the door for Colby to handily secure the [Read More]
  • Near flawless night, great track make for quick race program at Arlington
    ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 20, 2024) – A quick race program played out due to an almost flawless night and great track conditions Saturday at Arlington Raceway. The only mishap all night occurred in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature when a collision happened in turn one between the cars of Jeremy Ziemke and Taylor Manderfield, ending both their race nights. Ziemke had been the early leader and after a restart, Cory Probst got by him to take over the lead and win again. Brad Becker moved up with Probst to take second ahead of Chad Volk.  The Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact feature saw Dale Gatton take the lead on lap two and remain in front in the green to checkered flag race. Gary Schumacher took second ahead of Alan Lahr The IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature saw two different leaders with Bill Johnson leading the first five laps before mechanical issues forced him to and stop on the track. That gave the lead to the number 1300 of Brett Allen, who had been running in second. [Read More]
  • Redwood Stock Car checkers are first for Rogotzke
    REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (July 21, 2024) – After running second to younger brother Jordan in the evening’s Friesen Performance IMCA  Modified main event, Jesse Rogotzke was bound and determined to get a win during the Redwood County Fair Race himself. He did just that, taking his first ever IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers in the Sunday night finale at Redwood Speedway. “After he won, I figured it was my turn to get a win,” reasoned Rogotzke, a Modified veteran now with 15 sanctioned Stock Car starts under his belt this season. “It felt great,” he added. “Our goal was to get one win this season and now we’ve done that. “Hopefully we can get some more.” Rogotzke had drawn the pole start and protected the bottom line in leading the 15-lapper start to finish. He’s in a 2019 B & B ride he’d purchased turnkey last year. Gary Mattison and Ken Tietz rounded out the top three. Other IMCA winners during the evening were ninth starting Cory Probst in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Eric [Read More]
  • Olson, Cordes top Urbana 5 make-up features at Benton County Speedway
    VINTON, Iowa (July 21, 2024) – One week was worth the wait for Kyle Olson and Troy Cordes. The July 14 Urbana 5 Memorial program was cut short due to rain, forcing the postponement of the headlining events to July 21 at Benton County Speedway. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods were the top attraction for the 10th annual event with a $1,500-to-win 20-lap feature. Olson assumed the early command from his pole position start while the field gave chase. Running the low groove, Olson raced into the lead while Cole Fenske pursued on the top side of the fast, smooth quarter-mile. Although pressured periodically throughout, Olson withstood all challenges to lead the event in its entirety on his way to the big payday. Logan Anderson made a late push to secure runner-up honors ahead of Fenske and Brayton Carter. Likewise, Cordes set sail early in the $1,100-to-win 25-lapper for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds presented by Wright Way Trailers. While Cordes led, Joel Rust worked into contention from the third row. Rust applied occasional pressure to the [Read More]
  • Smith wins Jess Weishaar Memorial race
    By Greg Grabianowski Sports Editor ALGONA, Iowa (July 18, 2024) – Mike Smith won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature to highlight an exciting night of dirt track racing for the Jess Weishaar Memorial held at the Kossuth County Speedway Thursday night. It was the first time this season there was racing at the speedway two weeks in a row as everyone got ready for the annual Salute to Veterans race on July 25. The Hobby Stock feature was the featured event of the evening as 22 cars battled for a $1,000 first place check and a guaranteed $100 to start the race. Jeremy Wegner was the first lap leader as Cody Hubbell took over the top spot on the next lap before the first yellow flag as race came out after Smith and Hubbell spun out and collected five other cars. Things settled down for a couple laps as the halfway mark of the feature saw Cody Hubbell in the lead followed by Dylan Nelson, Smith, Wegner and Justin Fredrick. Lap number 12 brought yellow flag [Read More]
  • Miles brothers dominate Hobby Stock special at Maquoketa 
    By Jerry Mackey  MAQUOKETA, Iowa (July 20, 2024)– The Maquoketa Speedway hosted Eastern Iowa Garage Door Night at the races on Saturday with a special event for the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. One hundred and ten race teams packed the pit area and provided an action packed night of racing.  The Hobby Stocks were the featured division with a $1,000 to win main event that also carried an additional $780 in lap money. The 25-car starting field took the green flag with Karter Miles setting the pace from his pole position start. Karter led for several laps while his brother Jordan worked to the front from his third row start. Jordan Miles was involved in an incident early in the race that sent him to the rear. The incident lit a fire and Jordan quickly worked back through the field and set up a challenge for the lead with his younger brother. Jordan was able to secure the top spot with five to go and the battle was on for second. Lukas Short and Karter [Read More]
  • James, Ray, Bryant are first in Friday features at Douglas County
    By Ben Deatherage ROSEBURG, Ore. (July 19, 2024) – The Douglas County Dirtrack had a loaded card of racing on Friday, with IMCA wins gong to Bricen James, Daniel Ray and Burnie Bryant. The race was off to an exciting start as Bennett Bray took the lead in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified main. However, a caution slowed the pace on lap two and on the restart, James seized became the new leader. Pope got up to second in his IMCA Modified debut in the Grey and Kersey Ferrando-fielded entry a few circuits in. Eventually, the race for second became a maelstrom involving Pope, Trevor La Barge, Carter Patterson and Grey Ferrando. Patterson was able to move into the position by lap six. A pair of yellows with eight laps down kept everyone on their toes. As the race progressed, Ferrando made an excellent restart, attempting to challenge James for the lead.  Patterson tried his best to hold on to third as Kevin Williamson pressured him on the inside line. The race remained green for [Read More]
  • Murty is King of the Katwalks winner at Boone
    By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (July 20, 2024) – Fans were treated to some great racing at Iowa’s Action Track on Saturday night, which at times provided three and four wide racing. The main attraction of the night at Boone Speedway was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars with the running of the $5,000 to win King of the Katwalks and the “Game Changer,” Dallon Murty walked away with that crown.  Fifty-one Stock Cars checked in for the night to try their hand at winning the $5,000. The King of the Katwalks was presented by Van Eaton Pork & Fox Welding/Vermeer. The 28-car starting field for the 40-lap feature was determined by heat winners and passing points through the heats, plus four provisionals were added on to the back of the starting grid. The top 12 starters were brought to the frontstretch for a draw for their starting spots. Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas, was the lucky recipient of the pole starting position, with Murty starting in position two. Murty immediately took advantage of that starting spot, took to the topside of [Read More]
  • Friday is a night for the record book as Ward takes 100th IMCA Modified win at Marshalltown
    By Joyce Eisele  MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Marshalltown Speedway was back on its regular Friday night of racing this week and it was one for the record books as Tim Ward captured his career 100th Friesen Performance IMCA Modified victory. Kaden Reynolds got out in front and was gone in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature and Brayton Carter had no trouble in snagging the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod victory.  It was Calvin Dhondt adding to his list of wins in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as did Cristian Grady in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts and Dillon Raffurty made the trip up from Kansas City, Missouri pay off when he saw checkers in the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites.   The Mod Lite 15-lap feature was up first. Travis Stensland started on the outside front row and jumped to the immediate lead when the race went green. His nice lead would disappear when a yellow flag flew at lap six, closing the field for the restart. Raffurty had been closing on the [Read More]
  • Simmons wins IMCA Modified thriller at CJ
    By Jerry Mackey  COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Friday was 1 Off Fab night at the CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds. The racing was excellent on a smooth slick race track which provided multiple groove racing all night.  The headliner of the night was the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature that provided close racing and a very close finish. Kolton Osborn and his team make the long tow from Janesville every Friday to race and the youngster is yet to win his first feature at CJ but has been knocking on the door to victory lane many times. Osborn shot to the front from his sixth position start, overtook early leader Barry Dugan and appeared to be on his way to his first CJ victory. Osborn led for several laps before the lead pack swelled to three with Osborn, Dakota Simmons and Jarrett Brown racing under the flag stand three-wide with three laps to go.  Simmons did all of his passing using the bottom of the track while Osborn sailed [Read More]