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Stuart’s IMCA Stock Car Whole Hog 50 winner earns $5,000; Modifieds, Northern SportMods both race for $1,000 each night

STUART, Iowa (May 24, 2022) – The winner of Karl Chevrolet of Stuart International Speedway’s Whole Hog 50 special for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars takes home the bacon May 29-30. Top prize is $5,000 while the minimum paid to start the second annual event has been increased this year from $400 to $500. The Whole Hog 50 winner also becomes an automatic qualifier for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. Heat races and qualifying features for Stock Cars are on Sunday, with all drivers making an ‘A’ main. Stock Cars will run heat races and last-chance qualifiers to complete their starting grid on Memorial Day. Friesen Performance IMCA Modified features both days pay $1,000 to win with Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility at stake as well. Top prize for the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods is now $1,000 each day. Sunday’s IMCA STARS Mod Lite feature pays $500 to win with Yoshimura bonuses of $250, $150 and $100 paid to top three eligible drivers. Mach-1 Sport Compacts race for $200 to win on [Read More]

111 race teams pack Maquoketa Speedway

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (May 21, 2022) – Saturday night saw a season-high 111 race teams take part in an action packed night of racing on the Jackson County Fairgrounds’ ¼-mile dirt Maquoketa Speedway. The headliner of the night was the 20 lap Friesen Performance IMCA Modified main event, a race that went non-stop with Travis Denning capturing his second feature win of the young season. Denning battled with Spencer Diercks for several laps before breaking away to score the win with a comfortable margin. Diercks ran a strong second in getting to the checkers ahead of the previous week’s feature winner Ryan Duhme. The action-packed IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win went to David Brandies. Kyle and Lane Vohringer started on the front row making for an all-Maquoketa front row. Lane Vohringer’s lead was short lived as Tim Bader took over the point but the ninth-starting Brandies emerged from a group of frontrunners and went on to score the win over a strong running Dustin Vis. Justin Kay made his first appearance of [Read More]

Smith outduels stepson to win OCRS feature at Tulsa Speedway

By John Rittenoure TULSA, Okla. (May 20, 2022) – It was a family affair in Friday night’s AmeriFlex/Oil Capital Racing Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car main event at the New Tulsa Speedway. Danny Smith and stepson Kyle Clark battled for the top spot. But dad got the last word, passing Clark for the final time late in the 30-lap feature to pick up the win. It was the 12th OCRS career victory for Smith. “I will probably have to eat dinner somewhere else,” laughed Smith of what life at home will be like in the coming week. “I get to talk some trash for another week.” Clark led for most of the race before dad caught him at the halfway point. Smith tried to mount a pass for the lead on the high side of lap 15 and at one time slightly bumped Clark. “He changed his line and I ran into the back of him,” Smith said. “But it was not hard enough to make him mess up. He was just a sitting duck. [Read More]

IMCA Trent/Yeager Memorial set May 27, 28 at Sweetwater

ROCK SPRINGS, Wy. (May 24, 2022) – Two of the pillars of dirt track racing in Wyoming will be remembered at Sweetwater Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28 Trent/Yeager Memorial. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win, a minimum of $50 to start and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility both nights. Entry fee is $75. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars come to town as part of the Western Fender Series. They’ll race for $750 to win, a minimum of $40 to start and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility both nights. Entry fee is $60. And Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods run for $400 to win and a minimum of $40 to start both nights. Their entry fee is $60. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Shaw Race Cars Western and EQ Cylinder Heads Northern regional, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded Competition Carburetion fast lap awards of $100 will be paid in all three divisions on Saturday. Both nights will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Pit [Read More]

Stephens enjoys racing, 100th IMCA Modified win

ARION, Iowa (May 23, 2022) – He’ll admit to not enjoy working on the car as much or as often as he used to, but Jeff Stephens says he still enjoys racing as much as he ever did. And Friday night at Crawford County Speedway, he enjoyed it a lot. Stephens led start to finish of the May 20 feature at Denison to earn his career 100th Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature win. He’s the 65th driver in division history to do so, and the first IMCA driver in any division to reach the triple-digit mark this season. “I just really enjoy racing,” said the Arion speedster, who’s been tossing dirt for nearly three decades and with IMCA since 1996. “There are times at the shop you don’t feel like working on the car but once I get to the track I enjoy everything about it, especially the challenge to win.” After a broken arm suffered in a shop accident cut his rookie season short after a handful of starts, Stephens has been winning IMCA races since [Read More]

Durbin makes it two straight at East Moline Speedway

By Rob Hinckley EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 22, 2022) – He slowed the car in turn three, but the accelerator was down off turn four. Brandon Durbin found a way to negotiate the final two turns and won his second straight 20-lap Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway. The Colona, Ill. hotshoe bested Travis Denning in another classic battle. “Me and Denning had quite the battle there,” Durbin said in victory lane. “The car was too free in the center, but once I got it straight I had good traction.” Durbin started in the front row and held off Denning lap after lap, with both cars on the cushion of turns one and two. “It was extremely slick on the bottom. There wasn’t much there. I figured if I got out front, got up top and held that line, I’d be all right.” Andy Nezworski, Jim Sandusky and Anthony Guss rounded out the top five. R.J. Gonzales also made it two-for-two by dominating the IMCA STARS Mod Lites 15-lap finale. [Read More]

Kyle Olson KO’s Friday foes at Marshalltown

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 20, 2022) – After a Wednesday night special, the Marshalltown Speedway was right back into action on Friday for night number two of regular weekly points racing. Dallon Murty topped the field in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, Kaden Reynolds was the winner in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Kyle Olson made it two in a row in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod division, Eric Knutson paced the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Randy Bryan saw his first trip to victory lane in the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. Bryan fought his way past Joel Huggins on lap eight of the 15-lap main event for the STARS Mod Lites, then held off the competition to score his first win at Marshalltown Speedway this year. Huggins was second after starting seventh. Austin Gray finished third. Up next was the 20-lap Northern SportMod feature. Veteran Vern Jackson held down the top spot the first two laps but it was last week’s winner Olson taking over by lap four. He weathered four [Read More]

She Said Yes – Fett follows first win of 2022 with proposal in victory lane

ALGONA, Iowa (May 23, 2022) – Alec Fett got his first feature win of the season and a fiancée on the same night. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod driver from Burt won the May 19 main event at home track Kossuth County Speedway. During his turn in victory lane later in the program, Fett asked announcer/interviewer Chad Meyer to call girlfriend Brooke Boettcher over and endearments were expressed before he got down on one knee to pop the question. Speechless at first, the future Mrs. Fett said yes. Alec put the ring on her finger and the Kossuth County crowd got to applaud them both. “I’ve thought about doing it here (at Kossuth County Speedway) for about a year. It’s where most of our family and friends are and it’s been my home track since I started racing hornets eight years ago,” Fett said. “Brooke had looked at rings with friends. We picked this one out and I bought it and didn’t tell her. I had it ready in my pocket just in case.” [Read More]

Steenbergen holds on for $1,000 IMCA Stock Car payday at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (May 22, 2022) – A margin of six hundredths of a second was all it took for Jeff Steenbergen to pocket $1,000 Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. The Johnson Creek, Wis., native made the 3.5 hour tow pay off on a night the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Vermedahl Logistics offered a $1,000 winner’s share. Starting on the front row alongside fellow Wisconsinite Luke Lemmens, Steenbergen was quick to move to the race lead when the green flag waved. He protected the bottom groove while Lemmens applied persistent pressure. Lemmens briefly assumed command when Steenbergen attempted to extend his lead by moving to a higher line. Those efforts were unsuccessful, however he was able to regain the point returning to the low side a short time later. As the lead pair battled, Dustin Vis, Eric Mahlik, Dylan Thornton and Kaden Reynolds gave chase. Lapped traffic bunched the field late and forced the field to search for a way around the leader in traffic. As the checkers waved, Steenbergen held on for [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites shine at Diamond Park’s Mayhem

NASHVILLE, Ark. (May 23, 2022) – It’ll be two nights of pandemonium at The Premier Dirt Track in the South, when Diamond Park Speedway hosts Mod Lite Mayhem Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29. IMCA STARS Mod Lites run for $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start the main event. Beene’s Towing & Recovery presents the holiday weekend special, which also features a States Race and Manufacturers’ Dash. The $250 entry fee includes car and driver both nights and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded. Ten cars advance from the Friday qualifying feature and another 10 from last-chance races on Saturday. Completing the 22-car field will be provisionals from the Manufacturers’ Dash and the Lucky Draw, a lottery draw open to all non-qualifiers. Pit passes are $36. Spectator admission is $20 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. The pits open at 4 p.m., grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and hot laps are at 7 p.m. with [Read More]