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Hahn, Oliva get April 9 victories at Southern Oklahoma

By Ben Deatherage ARDMORE, Okla. (April 9, 2022) – Southern Oklahoma Speedway had another great installment to its 2022 campaign with Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars on the Saturday night card. In the Stock Car main, Blake James got the lead on the opening lap but got high out of turn four, allowing Marcus Hahn to get underneath him and hold down first place on lap one. The Ardmore had Todd Decker on his heels and chomping at the bit to get around him. The lone stoppage of the main event was on lap nine and allowed Decker to crank up the heat on Hahn for the top spot. Hahn successfully kept all challengers at bay for the checkers. Larry Bradley ended in second over Decker in third. Ray Allen Hoedebeck started dead last and placed fourth with Ryan Bohnstedt picking up fifth. Brandon White blitzed out in front of the pack as the Southern SportMods got their feature underway. White did have some contenders to deal with, among them [Read More]

IMCA King of the Highbanks postponed, Marshalltown to host Friday Season Preview

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (April 13, 2022) – Less than favorable weather forecasts have forced Karl Auto Group Marshalltown Speedway track officials to postpone the $5,000 to win King of the Highbanks special for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Practice was originally scheduled tonight (Wednesday) with King of the Highbanks programs Thursday and Friday. While the practice and Thursday show are off, the April 15 program has been rebranded as the Friday Season Preview. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both run for $1,000 to win along with Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility, respectively. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods both run for $400 top checks, IMCA STARS Mod Lites and Mach-1 Sport Compacts both for $250 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and KMJ Performance State points will be awarded. Pit pages open at 5:15 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:55 p.m. and racing is at 7:30 p.m. Pit passes are $30. [Read More]

Modifieds, Stock Cars, Southern SportMods on May 25-29 IMCA All Star Shootout cards

ARDMORE, Okla. (April 13, 2022) – All-stars in three IMCA divisions see action each night of the May 25-29 All Star Shootout. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods both for $750 to win beginning with opening night Wednesday, May 25 at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore. The Shootout is then Texas-bound for shows Thursday, May 26 at Grayson County Speedway in Bells; Friday, May 27 at Boyd Raceway; Saturday, May 28 at Kennedale Speedway Park; and Sunday, May 29 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco. All five race programs will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, GRT Race Cars South Central and EQ Cylinder Heads Southern regional, KMJ Performance State and series points will be awarded each night; Boyd also gives track points. Modified and Stock Car feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational or B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, respectively; Modified and Stock Car Shootout champions also become eligible [Read More]

Paul scores big win at Petaluma

By Ben Deatherage PETALUMA, Calif. (April 9, 2022) – Michael Paul Jr., paced a healthy field of Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway. Raymond Lindeman had a fast hot rod from the drop of the first green flag before having to deal with restarts as three cautions happened in the first five circuits. After the third restart, Lindeman received company in the likes of hometown driver Paul, who battled with the leader for several laps before capturing the top spot on the 13th lap. Paul had to deal with a pair of stoppages himself in the later stages of the feature, as he held on through a green, white, checkered finish to win ahead of Cody Burke and Jim Pettit II. Racing in the Josh Combs-owned entry, Anthony Slaney placed fourth with fifth going to Lindeman.

Friesen Performance is new title sponsor for IMCA Modifieds, Northern SportMods

SUTTON, Neb. (April 13, 2022) – Drivers in the two biggest IMCA divisions enjoy new title support from Friesen Performance beginning this season. The Sutton, Neb., race shop becomes title sponsor of IMCA Modified and IMCA Northern SportMod divisions, providing a portion of national point funds to be paid in both through 2024. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race weekly in a record 27 states and Canada this year, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods in a record 19 states and Canada. “This is a win-win program. Many drivers who are already our customers will be racing for point shares in these two divisions,” said Friesen Performance Sales Manager Al Walters. “This program kind of evolved as we talked with Carson (Becker-Gramm, marketing integration and sponsorship director for IMCA).” “These are the divisions we sell the majority of engines to,” he noted. Friesen sells and ships GM 604 and 602 crate engines to IMCA customers across the country and is also an authorized crate engine repair facility. “We have plenty of crate engines available,” said Walters, adding [Read More]

DeCarlo gets it done at Antioch Speedway

By Don Martin II ANTIOCH, Calif. (April 9, 2022) – Nick DeCarlo won the 20-lap IMCA Modified main event Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. It was the second win of the season for DeCarlo and he overtook rookie Trevor Clymens to get the job done. Clymens raced into the early lead ahead of Sean Wilson and Kenneth Robles. DeCarlo started deeper in the field, and Clymens had a straightaway advantage wiped out by a lap seven yellow flag. Clymens continued to lead Robles on the restart with DeCarlo already up to third. DeCarlo went around Robles on the front stretch to take second on the ninth lap. DeCarlo was working the outside groove very well and made an outside pass on the backstretch on the 12th lap to take the lead from Clymens. A late yellow flag bunched the field on lap 17, but it didn’t stop DeCarlo. As DeCarlo charged on ahead of everybody else, Aaron Crowell made an outside pass in turn four to take second from Clymens. DeCarlo got the win ahead [Read More]

Dotson, Johnson are best at Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (April 9, 2022) – Bakersfield Speedway fired the engines back up for another exciting installment of the 2022 season, with IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars on the Saturday night card. Ethan Dotson stormed to P1 when racing got underway in the Modified main. The Bakersfield native, racing for car owner Troy Morris Jr., drove a flawless race despite four stoppages. Dotson was fantastic on restarts as Jerry Flippo brought a tad bit of heat in the last few laps. Dotson kept calm, cool and collected to pick up the main event victory. Flippo held onto second with Cody Laney, piloting the Terry Henry-fielded entry, in third. In the Stock Car main, things started with a bang with a three-car fight for the lead. Justin Schweitzer managed to beat Dakota Schweitzer and Miranda Scott. Justin managed to beat out the competition on lap one, but the second circuit had Scott as the pacesetter. Justin Schweitzer managed to get back to the point on lap three and began to take off. However, just [Read More]

Tristao, DeArmond collect Tulare triumphs

By Ben Deatherage TULARE, Calif. (April 8, 2022) – Racing returned to Thunderbowl Raceway Friday night as the Tulare County Fairgrounds 1/3-mile clay oval hosted the Van De Pol IMCA Western RaceSaver Sprint Series and the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. The main event of the Vande Pol Western RaceSaver Sprint Series began with hometown driver George Tristao Jr. getting the lead on the opening lap. He had a brief battle with Kyle Rasmussen. Rasmussen kept Tristao company but the leader kept him in check on every occasion. Tristao developed a fantastic run as the race went incident-free and allowed him to construct a significant lead. Tristao went on to win the race to collect his first victory of the season with Rasmussen second and third going to Brandon Emmett. Loren DeArmond had the car to beat in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. He seized control of the front place position and remained there the entire distance. It is the first time DeArmond has won in 2022. Michael Shearer was the runner-up, while Steven Johnson [Read More]

Frazier dominates at Ocean

By Ben Deatherage WATSONVILLE, Calif. (April 8, 2022) – Markus Frazier was the IMCA Northern SportMod winner as Ocean Speedway hosted another great night of racing action on Friday. After two attempts to get a lap in the books, Igor Gandzuk jumped out to the early race lead. However, Gandzuk was overtaken on lap five by Frazier, who set a quick pace while dealing with several restarts. Despite the stop-and-go action, Frazier cruised about the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds ¼-mile oval to win his first race of 2022. Ocean Speedway now has three different winners in three shows in the current season. Jim DiGiovanni was second over Adriane Frost. Gandzuk rallied from an early race spin to place fourth while fifth was Charlie Hunter.

Former rivals now Mr. and Mrs. are IMCA winners in Nebraska Dirt Crown at Deshler

WYMORE, Neb. (April 12, 2022) – Dillon and Kaylee Richards started as rivals. Now they’re each other’s biggest fans, on and off the track. The husband and wife race team from Wymore both made trips to victory lane during the Nebraska’s Dirt Crown event at Thayer County Speedway, Kaylee in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts and Dillon in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. It was the third time since they became a couple when both have won features on the same night, and the first time since they got married last November. Dillon was in staging for Kaylee’s race and had enough of a view of the front stretch to see her take the checkers at the end of a flag-to-flag run; Kaylee was still in the infield post-race tech area at Deshler and stood on the trunk of her car to watch Dillon get the best of Jet Racing co-worker Nick Ronnebaum in a back-and-forth battle. “I was super happy when Kaylee won. I want to see her drive hard every night,” Dillon said. “And [Read More]