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Williamson wins on fan appreciation night at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 6) – Despite power problems in the southern Willamette Valley for much of the day due to a local aviation accident, it was fully restored just in time so that all of the racing would be completed for Fan Appreciation Night at Cottage Grove Speedway. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified finale was an incredible race as Grey Ferrando had the race of his life. Ferrando got out in front on the opening start and was the car to beat for much of the feature until Jesse Williamson brought pressure. Coming to the white flag Williamson edged out Ferrando, but Ferrando took the spot back out of turn two. When the two cars exited the fourth and final turn it was Williamson collecting his third local win of the season. Grey Ferrando got sideways on the front stretch and got together with Mark Wauge. Wauge edged out Ferrando for second. Collen Winebarger was fourth followed by Steven Sturdevant. In the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Willy McFall showed the way. McFall paced the field until lap four when Mike Medel [Read More]

Season enters final month at Raceway Park

JEFFFERSON, S.D. (Aug. 7) – With only three more nights remaining before IMCA season championships will be decided, racers were gunning for the checkered flag Sunday at Raceway Park. The first feature of the evening was in the KISS 107 FM IMCA Sport Compact division where Luke Jackson made the pass on early leader Don Tank at the conclusion of the fourth lap en route to a feature victory. Tank held the second position until the final turn of the final lap, when Ramsey Meyer slipped by on the inside for the position. Steven Pierce led every lap of the CarQuest IMCA Hobby Stock feature for his second win of the season. While Pierce was in front enjoying a clear view, the action behind him was wild from start to finish. In a final green, white, checkered finish, Pierce took the win followed by John Cain and Matt Baker. MOPAR IMCA Northern SportMod point leader Karl Brewer took his second win in a row after a race long battle with AJ Boulware. Brewer did not [Read More]

Kay stands tallest twice at LaSalle’s One Night Stand

LASALLE, Ill. (Aug. 6) – One driver stood above the rest twice at LaSalle Speedway’s One Night Stand. Justin Kay topped both the $3,000 to win IMCA Late Model feature and the $2,000 to win Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event Saturday night. While he’d been to the Illinois oval twice before as a spectator, his weekend visit to LaSalle was Kay’s competitive first. He led all but the first of 40 Late Model circuits and all 30 Modified laps. Tyler Soppe was the $2,000 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner. More than 120 IMCA cars were entered in the second annual special. “I’ve won weekly shows in both cars,” said Kay, who started the Late Model feature outside Matt Ryan on the front row, “but it was pretty neat to win both times at a special with that many cars there.” Only one caution slowed Kay’s march to the Late Model checkers. He had the race well in hand and was working his way through lapped traffic before the lap 28 yellow flew. “The [Read More]

At-large balloting complete, 18 more All-Stars announced

BOONE, Iowa – Two more former race winners joined the field for the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational through the at-large round of voting. Jay Noteboom, winner of the 2005 and 2008 events, and Chris Abelson, the 2011 race winner, are among 18 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers advancing from the second round of balloting, which ended on Friday. Noteboom will start his career ninth All-Star event, more than any other driver, on Friday, Sept. 9 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Abelson takes the All-Star green for a sixth straight year. They’ll be joined by first-time All-Stars Kyle Brown, Brian Irvine, Travis Hagen, Cody Laney and Lance Mari; and second-time starters Kellen Chadwick, Corey Dripps, Cody Gearhart, Ryan Ruter, Kelly Shryock, Ricky Stephan and Jason Wolla. Starting career third All-Star Invitationals are Scott Hogan, Jeremy Mills and Kevin Sustaire. Ricky Thornton Jr. was elected to the All-Star grid for the fourth consecutive year. The 10 All-Stars elected in the first round were Ethan Dotson, Kevin Green, [Read More]

Off Road Speedway point leaders pace finishers

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 6) – The time for making a move in the points standings at Off Road Speedway is running out as just three nights of racing remain before Championship Night on Sept. 3. Not surprisingly, among the top finishers during Saturday night’s features were several names found toward the top of those division standings. In the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature, for example, the top three places went to drivers who happen to be listed first, second, and third in the standings … Lance Mielke, Shannon Pospisil and Brooke Fluckiger, respectively … and within 10 total points of each other. Mielke picked up a critical second win of the season at Off Road Speedway among 11 top five finishes in 12 races. Pospisil and Fluckiger each added a ninth top five finish to their 12-race total. Another driver who notched a second win of the season at Off Road Speedway was IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock pilot Jeremy Hoskinson, who didn’t get to the lead until passing Wes Hochstein on the [Read More]

LaCrosse leads to checkered flag at Luxemburg

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. (Aug. 5) – Benji LaCrosse has mastered the art of winning the Kim Parsons Memorial Races in 2016. He added another Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win to his credit after starting 11th at Luxemburg Speedway. Brandon Long led the opening laps before Greg Gretz showed the way starting on lap three. A caution on lap 12 brought R.M. Van Pay and LaCrosse to the bumper of the leader. LaCrosse, who seemed to have forward bite wherever he put his racer, moved low and made a bid for the lead. Gretz fought him off once but LaCrosse went high and cruised. LaCrosse went high and grabbed the lead with four laps remaining where he fought off a late-race caution. Gretz finished second in front of Van Pay. Shawn Kilgore made late-race moves to finish fourth. Jerry Muenster ran a stellar race to fifth. Paul Diefenthaler and Derek Moede went a few rounds to start the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Moede won the first round and the middle rounds over [Read More]

Cooney scores IMCA Late Model win at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 5) – After more than four inches of rain on Thursday evening, and the infield a muddy bog with a pond that the Canada geese enjoyed earlier, Marshalltown Speedway still pulled off a full night of racing Friday. A full pit of 116 cars, that included the IMCA Late Models in their first of five consecutive weekly appearances, put on a great night of exciting racing action for the fans. The 25-lap Late Model feature did not start well when the front row of Ben Seemann and John Emerson got together just after the race went green. This relegated them to the tail for the restart. When things got back underway, it was hometown driver Darrel DeFrance grabbing the lead. By lap three, Todd Cooney had moved from his sixth row starting position, to tag on to DeFrance’s tail. DeFrance held him off for a few more laps until Cooney’s move out of turn four put him into the lead as they crossed the finish line at lap seven. Cooney then hummed along on the [Read More]

Five win Kossuth County fair features

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (Aug. 4) – Derek Green, Ryan Ruter, Shannon Anderson, Tyler Thompson and Jake Simpson all earned feature wins at the Kossuth County Fair Race at Kossuth County Speedway in Algona on Thursday. Feature winners received $1,000 in the Modified, Stock Car, Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock classes along with a six-foot tall trophy. Green was the most dominating winner of the evening as he won for the second time this summer at Algona. Craig Berhow and Troy Swearingen were on the front row at the start of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature with Swearingen taking the lead on the opening circuit. On the next lap, Green used the high side of the oval to fly past Swearingen and immediately built a nice lead. Three laps later, the caution flag came out but once the race restarted the only question that remained was who would finish second as Green ran away from the 18-car field. Dan Hanselman prevailed in the battle for the runner-up spot with Swearingen third. Berhow was [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through Aug. 4

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,198; 2. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,188; 3. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,170; 4. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,155; 5. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,145; 6. Jacob Murray, Hartford, Iowa, 1,136; 7. Dustin Smith, Lake City, Iowa, and Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, both 1,129; 9. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,126; 10. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 1,125; 11. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,124; 12. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,122; 13. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 1,117; 14. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 1,100; 15. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 1,098; 16. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 1,089; 17. Will Ward, Cobleskill, New York, 1,086; 18. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 1,084; 19. Clay Money, Penokee, Kan., 1,082; 20. Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1,079. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 785; 2. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 779; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 770; 4. Tyler Droste, Waterloo, Iowa, 758; 5. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 748; 6. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, 745; 7. Matt Ryan, [Read More]

Modified dash is new to IMCA Harris Clash

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (Aug. 5) – Promoter Bob Harris has found a new twist for one of the longest running specials for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Drivers from eight states are now pre-entered for the 25th annual Harris Clash, which will pay $2,000 to win next Tuesday, Aug. 9 at Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City. The Clash is the second nightly installment of IMCA Speedweek and a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. What’s new this year is a 10-lap dash that pays $500 to win and $100 to start. The drivers who will start that event – Chris Abelson, Ethan Dotson, Scott Hogan, Luke Lemmens, John Logue, Jeremy Mills, Josh Ruby, Kelly Shryock, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Rob VanMil – won or finished second on designated race nights at 10 area tracks. “Years and years ago, before the (Clash) was at Knoxville, there were about eight tracks where drivers had to have won a weekly feature at to be able to race at what was then called the Modified Race [Read More]