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Christofferson wins a close one at Atchison County

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (May 20) – Half a car length was the margin of victory for Alvie Christofferson in Friday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event at Atchison County Raceway. Marvin Griffith Jr. had jumped to the early lead and appeared to have the car to beat until contact with lapped traffic sent him to the rear of the field. Greg Keuhn took over the lead until other Brad Whitney made a move of his own to take over the point. Keuhn charged back by Whitney as Christofferson arrived at the front. Christofferson and Keuhn swapped the lead back and forth in the closing laps with Christofferson picking up the feature win. Keuhn finished a close second with Josh Steele a solid third. Week one winner Jim Powell Jr. was the big mover of the race, placing fourth, with Griffith recovering to finish fifth. Jeremy Chambers worked his way through the pack and led the last three circuits in taking the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory. Early leader Rodney Schweizer developed mechanical [Read More]

Pepper prevails at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 21) – Michael Pepper wasted little time moving to the front in the 12-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature field to capture his second win of the year Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park. Starting inside the second row, defending track champ Pepper used the low side to charge into the lead on the opening lap and then held off Dusty Witthuhn the rest of the way as Chris Oliver fought off Marlin Hogie the entire distance to secure show honors. Starting five rows deep in the 20-lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature did little to deter Cole Traugott. Traugott needed just eight laps to chase down early leader Tom Beavers and then checked out on the field to convincingly capture his third triumph in the last four Dodge City events in a non-stop affair. Mike Roach worked his way from the 10th starting position to add his name to the list of IMCA SportMod feature winners at Dodge City thus far in 2016. Roach, who won [Read More]

Guinn gets Tri-State triumph

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, OK (May 21) – Arkansas clipper Kevin Guinn went toe to toe with Tate Cole for most of the race before emerging as the victor in Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Tri-State Speedway. Cole finished in second ahead of Kent Bright. The IMCA SportMod feature saw Ken McCarty make his way to victory lane for the first time of the season over newcomers Dallas Bourland and Luke Leatherman. A highly competitive IMCA Sunoco Stock Car race saw seven different leaders. Kris Vaughn crossed the finish line first ahead of last week’s winner Andrew Bohanan. Keith Heaslet rounded out the top three.

Fast track, fast cars at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (May 21) – Off Road Speedway featured a dry slick track Saturday night and drivers took full advantage. The most competitive race of the night belonged to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks where two hometown drivers at the top of the Off Road Speedway’s standings, point leader TeJay Mielke and Jeremy Hoskinson, dueled for the lead during final seven laps, often side-by-side, before Mielke eked out a win by a matter of inches at the checkered flag. Ironically, Mielke had been second last week in a similar finish after being edged at the line by Derek Husted. “The division is real tough with great drivers, This was a very clean, competitive race,” Mielke said. “I just happened to have the ‘long fender’ on this week after losing last week. The track was pretty nice tonight, slick, smooth.” Hoskinson’s runner-up spot was his fourth top five finish in five nights of racing at the Off Road Speedway. Nate DeSive was third. National point leader Ramsey Meyer won the division’s main event [Read More]

Krichau is first on Armed Forces Night

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (May 21) – R.J. Maas and Cole Krichau battled door handle to door handle all the way to the finish of Saturday’s Mountain Dew Kick Start IMCA Sport Compact feature at Eagle Raceway, with Krichau coming home first. The win was Krichau’s second this season at Eagle and came on Armed Forces Night. “I thought the track slowed down a little this week, so I decided to work my way down from the top,” he said. “I used the bottom for the win.” One hundred and thirty-nine race teams were entered. Dustin Andersen prevailed in the time-shortened Kaplan University IMCA Modified feature. Adam Gullion held off Tyler Drueke for his first IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car feature win this season at Eagle. Scott Bivens scored his first local NAPA IMCA SportMod feature win since the 2014 season. Ninth starting Damon Richards took the lead with six circuits remaining in topping the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock headliner.

Bilstein renews awards for drivers in 5 IMCA divisions

POWAY, Calif. – Drivers in five IMCA divisions contend for contingency awards from Bilstein Shocks again in 2016. The Poway, Calif., manufacturer and 18-year marketing partner gives shares of nearly $8,000 in product certificates to Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers. Top eligible drivers in each of the five Modified regions receive $350 product certificates, with $250 for second and $200 for third. Certificates to the top three eligible drivers in both Stock Car regions will be given in increments of $350, $250 and $150. The top three in both Hobby Stock regions and in national Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod point standings receive product certificates valued at $300, $200 and $100, respectively. “With the recent introduction of several new shock lines for the IMCA market, Bilstein is expanding our long standing commitment to IMCA and all its competitors,” said Scott MacDonald, the company’s director of motorsports – North America. “We look forward to supporting and rewarding [Read More]

LaCrosse is King of the Ring at Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 20) – The fact that Benji LaCrosse couldn’t qualify for the main event out of his heat race gave no consolation to his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified opponents Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. LaCrosse ran second in his “B” feature, lined up 18th on the main event grid and promptly raced to the $1,000 King of the Ring checkers. The win put him on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Mike Wedelstadt set the opening lap pace before R.C. Whitwell took over and started to open a lead. Many eyes were on the rear of the field, however, as transfers Brian Drexler, Todd Dart, LaCrosse and Brian Mullen began working through the tight field. A lone caution appeared on lap 11 and Whitwell again pulled away from the field on the restart, opening a quarter-lap lead as the battle for second saw Marcus Yarie, Steve Schneider and LaCrosse mix it up with Kevin Baldry and Wedelstadt. Yarie was the first to break out of the group, taking second on lap 16. [Read More]

Murray, Murphy and Stanton repeat at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 20) – After a week off due to weather, Marshalltown Speedway sprang back into action Friday evening and three drivers took home back-to-back wins. Jake Murray repeated his win in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division, earning $1,000 and a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Trent Murphy repeated in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car class and Eric Stanton made it two in a row by winning the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Murray wasted little time in getting to the front of the field in the 25-lap Modified feature, snatching the lead from Jon Snyder on lap three. Eleventh place starter, Tom Berry from Medford, Ore., hustled through the field to grab the runner-up spot. Murphy gained the lead with a handful of laps remaining and then took the Stock Car win by a comfortable margin over Donavon Smith. Jay Schmidt started 12th and came away with third place. Stanton had to run down Gary Pfantz and Nathan Ballard, taking command on lap eight and holding off the field [Read More]

Luxemburg win is career first for Schroeder

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. (May 20) – Cody Schroeder wrestled the lead away from Ryan Lemieux for good on lap six and put his racer on checkout mode in winning for the first time in his Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod career Friday at Luxemburg Speedway. Schroeder left the field in the dust while Chris Budzban, Scott Boyea and J.J. Anderson worked from the back of the field. Time ran out on all three to take a crack at Schroeder. Budzban started 17th and finished in the second spot as he was right on the leader’s bumper at the checkered flag. Randy Lemieux Jr. moved up from his eighth starting spot to finish third. Boyea finished fourth after starting 18th. Anderson finished fifth after starting 19th. Other winners included: Shawn Kilgore in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Brian Ambrosius in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. One hundred and fifty-two cars saw action Friday on the 1/3 mile.

Kyle Brown collects IMCA Modified Madness cash

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 20) – Kyle Brown topped a stellar field of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to capture Modified Madness 50 win Friday at Davenport Speedway. Brown started on the outside pole and finally passed pole sitter Joe Beal on lap 12. Brown led the rest of the way to the checkers, but was not able to put any distance between himself and the rest of the field until the final 10 laps. For his efforts, Kyle took home the $2,000 first place prize in he Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. The remainder of the top five was an intense battle that saw a lot of three and four-wide racing. Mitch Morris slowly advanced from eighth starting spot to finish second. Kelly Shryock got as high as second before finishing third. Jeffrey Larson spent the entire race in the top five and wound up in fourth. Darin Duffy completed the top five. Forty-nine Modifieds were on hand for the event, which has yet to see a repeat winner. Justin Kay [Read More]