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Team Petersilie celebrates $1,000 win and free T-shirt following Longdale’s IMCA Night

LONGDALE, Okla. (May 4) – Mike Petersilie raced to the biggest win of his career at Longdale Speedway’s IMCA Night on Wednesday. As a bonus, his daughters Lexus, Hailey and Kassy stayed up late to watch the event on IMCA.TV and won a Tweet Your Seat contest T-shirt. Petersilie drew the pole for the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event and had to regain the front spot from Kevin Sustaire late in a contest that ran caution-free all 20 laps. The $1,000 checkers, the top win money-wise of Petersilie’s 17 seasons on the track, put him on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Sustaire, Clay Sellard, 11th starting Cole Traugott and Ken Schrader rounded out the top five. William Gould started behind Petersilie and ended in sixth while Kenny Wallace was seventh. “It was a neat accomplishment on a dry slick track,” Petersilie said. “It feels good to be able to win a race like this. While it’s easier to do from the pole, you still have to stay in front of that caliber [Read More]

Second annual IMCA Summer Storm Dirt Series starts Saturday

NORFOLK, Neb. – Drivers in four IMCA divisions compete at as many Nebraska venues over the course of the eight-date Summer Storm Dirt Series. The second annual series for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts opens Saturday, May 7 at Off Road Speedway in Norfolk. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points, but no champions’ bonus points will be awarded. No registration fees will be charged. There are no point fund for the series, designed to encourage drivers to travel to the different tracks, but trophies and contingencies will be given. All shows will be draw/redraw. Rain date for the opening night program is May 14. Other series dates are Fridays, May 27 and June 24 at Boone County Raceway in Albion (rain dates are June 3 and July 1); Sundays, May 29 and July 10 at Stuart Raceway (rain dates are June 5 and July 17); Thursdays, July 2 and July 21 at US 30 Speedway in [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds have eight $1,000 to win races at American Valley

QUINCY, Calif. – The first of eight $1,000 to win weekly feature events for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds this season at American Valley Speedway is Saturday, May 14. Other qualifying events for 2016 or 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballots at the Quincy, Calif., speedplant will be Saturday, June 18; Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25; Saturdays July 16 and 30; Sunday, Aug. 14; and Saturday, Aug. 27. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are on each program. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. on race day. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. each day. There’s a $75 entry fee for Modifieds and pit passes are $30. Grandstand admission is $9. Topper’s Tree Service sponsors May 14 and Aug. 27 events. The June 18, July 16, July 30 and Aug. 14 races are sponsored by Mohawk Trading Co. Gordy Peard Trucking sponsors the June 24 and 25 twinbill. Questions about upcoming events at American Valley can be directed to promoter Curt Nieman [Read More]

Seymour sets May 8, May 11 test and tune sessions

SEYMOUR, Wis. – Work continues to progress as the 2016 season quickly approaches at Seymour Raceway Park. The test and tune on Sunday, May 8 will take place from 5-8 p.m. Another has been added and will be held Wednesday, May 11, also from 5-8 p.m. Both sessions will be open to drivers in any division wishing to take laps on the new track surface to get ready for the season opener. The official season opener is set for Sunday, May 15 with racing at 6 p.m. WAPL 105.7 FM will be on hand with a live remote from the track from beginning at 4 p.m. Joe Verdegan will do a Life in the Past Lane book signing and will be joined by Seymour alumni Roger Paul, J.J. Smith and Denny Teshke. Three divisions – Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and street stocks, make up the weekly programs while a special division will be added on almost every regular Sunday night program. The 2016 Budweiser Summer Holiday Classic series will feature Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds [Read More]

Schrader Night up next at Salina Speedway

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. — Last August, a new face entered a night’s racing action at the Salina Speedway, but it was a very familiar one as NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader visited the 3/8 mile oval. Schrader competed in the Long McArthur IMCA Modified division and finished a respectable sixth place after starting 13th in an exciting feature event that saw Corey Burch outlasting Corey Lagroon for the win. He returns on Friday, May 6 to go head to head against the local drivers once again. The IMCA Modified division will also be racing for $1,000 to win, with the winning driver earning a place on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot for the race to be held during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The event format will be draw/redraw. Also on schedule for the evening: BSB Manufacturing NeSmith Late Models, Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars, M&H Motors IMCA Northern SportMods, Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Bird Contracting IMCA Sport Compacts. The night’s events are presented by Phillips Motor Sports [Read More]

Coming up in May at Dodge City Raceway Park

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The 2016 racing season at Dodge City Raceway Park is in full swing with the initial three nights of the season logged into the books during the month of April. With the page of the calendar, attention shifts to the month of May that features a pair of big events atop the 3/8-mile DCRP clay oval in Southwest Kansas. The initial event of May takes place this Saturday night, May 7, with the initial appearance of the NCRA/Gomuddy.com NSL 360 Sprint Cars along with a full card of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Rounding out the month of May will be the Saturday, May 21, round of championship chase action featuring all five track divisions of Precise Racing Products Sprint Cars, plus the four IMCA sanctioned divisions. Both May 7 and May 21 events will both go green at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information for both events is available at http://www.dodgecityraceway.com/tickets/. Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south [Read More]

Heartland Park Topeka checkers fly for Fuqua

TOPEKA, Kan. (May 1) – On a night that was less than perfect, one of the best features of the early season occurred Sunday night at the 2nd Big Time Bail Bonds Sunday Night Showdown at Heartland Park Topeka. In the BillsBuilt Race Cars IMCA Modified feature it was a full-blown battle. Jared Rogers jumped out to the lead and would hold on for a majority of the laps but a yellow changed the complexion of the race. Following the restart, Jordan Grabouski took a slim lead over Rogers going into the first turn late in the race. Rogers fought back hard on the inside, but as the two exited turn two Darron Fuqua threaded the needle with a pass for the lead in the middle and it stuck. Once Fuqua got to the front of the pack he wouldn’t be denied. The multi-time track champion at Heartland Park Topeka took home win number one under the IMCA banner. Last week, Dustin Thulin pulled out for the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature only to have [Read More]

Quad City Speedway Deery show rescheduled for May 15

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 2) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series show at Quad City Speedway has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 15. Rained out on May 1, the IMCA Late Model tour event at East Moline pays $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. No change in the daily schedule has been made from the original race date: Pit gates open at 3 p.m. while the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to follow. Also on the card are Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for all applicable points, along with street stocks. Box seating is $18. Other spectator admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 309 792-5030 or at the www.qcspeedwayracing.com website. Other dates this month for the Deery Series are May 18 at Maquoketa, Iowa, Speedway and Memorial Day Monday, May 30 at Boone, Iowa, Speedway. Barring any other rainouts, the midway [Read More]

Ward keeps Tri-City streak alive

AUBURN, Mich. (April 29) – A.J. Ward raced to his second Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified feature wins in as many starts this season Friday at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Defending track champion Myron DeYoung, and Tanner Pray paced the field of 20 to the green. DeYoung grabbed a straightaway advantage before he caught the back of the field by the halfway point of the 20-lapper. Ward worked his way to the back bumper of DeYoung before the caution flew for a spun car on lap thirteen. This set up the duel fans have seen frequently over the past few years between Ward and DeYoung. On the first restart, Craig Vance, running third, lost control in turn two and collected a number of top drivers. This set up another restart for the final seven laps. DeYoung and Ward swapped the lead three times on the first lap back to green flag racing, but Ward would prove to be too much as he took his second feature in a row to start the season. DeYoung, [Read More]

Van Straten wins again at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (April 30) – A hardy crowd turned out to see 132 competitors duke it out on the venerable Shawano Speedway half mile Saturday night. Brian Mullen and Kevin Bethke each won their first local feature of the year while Travis Van Straten won his second in a row. Kevin Feck took off like a rocket at the start of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature while venerable Jerry Muenster moved into second. Eighth starter Mullen worked his way up to third by lap five, before a scary incident on the front stretch slowed the pace and eliminated numerous cars from the race. Once the race went back to green, Mullen passed Muenster and set his sights on Feck. Mullen got to the inside of Feck on lap eight to take the lead away. Feck soon pulled to the pits, moving Lance Arneson to second. Arneson, who had started 14th, pestered the leader for the duration but Mullen was not to be denied on his way to victory lane. Matt Oreskovich finished third. [Read More]