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Saturday was Christmas in July at Boone Speedway

BOONE, Iowa (July 30) – It was Christmas in July Saturday at Boone Speedway and the drivers getting the wins were as happy as the youngsters were getting to see Santa. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified driver Al Wolfgram and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod driver Jake McBirnie made it back-to-back wins. Andrew Burg made a return visit to the Speedway pay off by capturing his first local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win and Nebraskan Kyle Vanover made his first visit to the track pay off, taking home the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car hardware. Last week, Wolfgram won his first career race in the Modified division. On Saturday, Wolfgram found himself right back in the winner’s circle at Boone. In fact, he made it look easy, leading all but the first lap on his march to the win in the 20-lap feature. Wolfgram stretched his lead, happy to let a distant pack of four cars sort it out for positions two through five. Russ Dickerson made a last-second pass out of turn four to take the runner-up [Read More]

Kansas Thunder Series moves to Norton

By Mike Hughes NORTON, Kan. (July 30-31) –The Kansas Thunder Series moved to Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton on Saturday & Sunday, July 30-31, during the Norton County Fair. Mike Petersilie led all 15 laps in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Tyler Frye and Clay Money chased Petersilie most of the race but had to settle for second and third, respectively. Kyle Pfeifer led the opening lap of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature before Dustin McClurg took the lead. That was short-lived however as Casey Woken took command on lap four. On lap 12, Chad Sterling powered to the lead and charged to the checkers. McClurg finished in the runner-up spot, trailed by Jason Davis. Garrett Hager took the lead on lap five from Travis Coop and went on to win the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Jeromy Wagner finished second, followed by Shay Simoneau. Brian Davidson led all 12 laps of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Several cautions kept the field close but Davidson was able to hold off Tracy [Read More]

Three straight for Holladay at West Liberty

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (July 30) – Saturday night’s action at West Liberty Raceway included a full program of IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing with the iWireless IMCA Late Models headlining the program. The main event took the green with Kyle Hinrichs taking the lead early and appearing to be on his way to the win. The 25-lapper went caution-free to the checkers as Chad Holladay chased down Hinrichs and made the winning pass on lap 21 on his way to his third consecutive West Liberty win. Kevin Kile made a late race pass of Hinrichs to take second. The Performance Concepts IMCA Modified feature belonged to veteran Brad Dubil. Dubil took the lead at the drop of the green and went on to lead all 20 laps in scoring his first win in several years at the West Liberty ½-mile. Dubil scored a very comfortable win over Larry Herring and Kurt Kile. The Weikert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod feature saw Dalton Simonsen advance from a fourth row start and go [Read More]

Blurton scores convincing URSS win at Ernie DeCroce Memorial

BYERS, Colo. (July 30) – Twenty-four United Rebel Sprint Series teams from Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado made the trek to Colorado Motor Sports Park for the first annual Ernie DeCroce Memorial and when the checkered flag fell it was Zach Blurton picking up his second national point win of the 2016 campaign. Blurton had used a lap seven restart in moving up to second and was starting to reel in leader Austin Mclean as lapped traffic started to come into play. Blurton finally used the high side to take the point on lap 17. Jed Werner and then Luke Cranston also made their way forward to second and third, respectively. The red flag flew on lap twenty when Cris Muhler came into contact with and infield tire and got upside down to end his night. On the restart, Blurton again jumped out to the lead with Werner, Cranston, Mclean and Patrick Bourke comprising the top five. Bourke took over fourth on lap 25. Slower cars didn’t prove to be a problem for Blurton as he [Read More]

Yarie triumphant with last-corner pass

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (July 30) – Marcus Yarie made a last-lap, last-corner pass on Kevin Feck for his seventh local Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win of the season Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Tony Wedelstadt took the lead on the opening lap and quickly began to pull away from the rest of the field. Feck moved to second, trying to keep pace while Yarie joined the top three on lap three. Wedelstadt had already built up a sizable lead as Feck and Yarie separated themselves from the rest of the field as well. On lap 10, Wedelstadt caught the tail of the field, slowing his pace a bit. Feck and Yarie began to quickly reel in the leader. On lap thirteen Wedelstadt, Feck, and Yarie were nose to tail racing for the lead. Feck then went to the outside of Wedelstadt to take the lead on lap 14. As the field reached the back straight, Wedelstadt made contact with Cole Petit ending the night for both of them and bringing out a caution with six laps left. [Read More]

Luinenburg rules at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 30) – Defending national champion Justin Luinenburg showed the way to the finish line in Saturday’s Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stock feature at Arlington Raceway. Twenty-two cars comprised the starting field. At the drop of the green flag unlucky 13th starting Ben Peterson got sideways and hit the front wall, then got air and rode the wall until it ended and landed sideways. His car was in tough shape as he departed on the hook. When the race was restarted, Corey Schultz took the lead ahead of Shawn Harms. Luinenburg, who started 10th, used a restart to his advantage and dove in front of Schultz to take the lead and remain in front the next five laps to win the race. Schultz held onto second as Corey Probst took third ahead of Shawn Harms. Tyler Limoges topped the MN93 IMCA Modifieds and Trevor Serbus scored the 95.7 The Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car checkers. Another defending national champ, Nate Coopman, was the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact winner. Brent Uecker was the B [Read More]

Off Road Speedway returns to action

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 30) – After a two-week hiatus, racing returned to the Off Road Speedway Saturday night. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars set the tone for the evening as four cars battled for the lead for more than half of the 16-lap feature before Chad Bruns and Shawn Primrose finally pulled away from the pack. Bruns, currently ranked 10th on the IMCA national points list, got the win with Primrose finishing second and Tanner Pettitt taking third. With 10 laps remaining in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature, Kyle Prauner had moved through traffic from the middle of the 17-car field to take the lead away from Matt Haase. Prauner, ranked seventh in national points, then pulled away for the win ahead of Derik Fox, who edged Haase for third. Dustin Jackson took the lead three laps into the 12-lap Mach-1 Sport Compact feature and kept it for his third Off Road Speedway win of the season. Behind him, as many as four cars contended for second place Lance Mielke [Read More]

Saathoffs celebrate Eagle IMCA Modified success

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (July 30) – Team Saathoff had two wins to celebrate Saturday at Eagle Raceway. Johnny Saathoff topped the Kaplan University IMCA Modified feature while son Jaxon won his ‘B’ and ran 13th in the main event. “I gave Jaxon the car I’ve been driving all year and made a couple of changes. I‘m using a new car with an open motor,” said Saathoff, a four-time national IMCA champion. “This is my 37th year racing. Jaxon won at 14 – at 14 I was cleaning up and fixing the bleachers here at Eagle and he’s racing here at the same age.” Lance Borgman raced from 17th starting to win the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature. The victory was his fourth of the season at Eagle. Dave Carter’s first checkers of the season came from seventh starting in the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock main. Cole Krichau collected his fourth Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compact win of the season. Shon Pointer took over with six laps left in scoring his first IMCA Racesaver Sprint [Read More]

Thornton at head of the class at Canyon

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (July 30) – Ricky Thornton Jr. took Saturday night’s headline win at Canyon Speedway Park by racing to victory lane in the Allscapes Back to School special atop the 1/3-mile clay oval. Thornton made a return to the desert and denied Jason Noll a third consecutive win in Arizona Differential IMCA Modified action by topping the 20-lap feature. He rallied from 11th to capture his first Canyon score since topping February’s Desert Classic with Noll setting for runner-up honors from seventh. Joey Moriarty was third with Chaz Baca, Jr. charging from 18th to fourth and Mike Strobl rounding out the top five.

Ray collects Cottage Grove checkers

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 30) – Daniel Ray raced to his first local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway. Ray led from lap six to the checkers. Bobby McHargue finished an impressive second and Andrew Mathers was third. Brandon Letsom ended the night fourth and fifth was Chris Frisbie.