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Bakersfield’s Budweiser Nationals boasts Oct. 9, 10 $1,500 to win IMCA Modified features

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Two $1,500 to win features for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are on tap at Bakersfield Speedway’s 30th annual Budweiser Nationals Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10. Both 40-lap features are 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events and pay a minimum of $100 to start. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods begin qualifying on Friday. They’ll also race for $1,500 to win, and a minimum of $60 to start, on Saturday. Tow money is $40 for Modifieds and $25 for Northern SportMods. RACEceivers and transponders are required for both divisions; sound must be below 95 DB at 100 feet. Car and driver is $90 each night for the Modifieds, $105 for both days for the SportMods and $150 to start in the rear for Saturday qualifying only. Pit passes are $40. Pit gates open at noon both days, pre-race tech starts at 12:15 p.m., pit gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. Spectator admission on Friday is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors and military and $6 for [Read More]

Ocean rolls out red carpet for Oct. 2, 3 Pat Pettit Memorial

WATSONVILLE, Calif. – Ocean Speedway rolls out the red carpet for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods at this weekend’s fifth annual Pat Pettit Memorial. Modifieds race for $2,003 to win and a minimum of $103 to start on Friday, Oct. 2 and for $3,003 to win and $203 to start on Saturday, Oct. 3. Both features are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events. Top checks for the Northern SportMods are $503 on Friday and $1,003 on Saturday. Those features each pay a minimum of $103 to take the green. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The drivers’ meeting is at 4:45 p.m. with hot laps at 5:15 p.m. and racing to follow. On Saturday, gates open at 1 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. The drivers meeting is at 3:45 p.m. and racing follows 4:15 p.m. hot laps. There is no entry fee. Pit passes are $45. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and kids ages [Read More]

$275,000-plus purse plus wealth of contingencies given at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – The richest dirt track event in the nation paid off big time for IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s competitors. In addition to purse money of more than $275,000, contingency and cash awards in excess of $60,000 went to drivers at the 33rd annual version of America’s Racin’ Vacation. Approximately $25,000 in contingencies went to qualifiers for the Modified main event, with repeat champion Kyle Strickler getting the lion’s share for a second consecutive season. Awards and/or product certificates not given to drivers at Boone Speedway will arrive by mail. Listed by division, cash and contingency award recipients included: Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified champion Kyle Strickler – Allstar Performance ($200); Axle Exchange (chrome moly driveshaft); Bell (K-1 helmet); Brinn ($50); BSB Manufacturing ($325); Casey’s General Store ($20); CPD Racing Tools ($100); Day Motor Sports ($50); Diversified Machine (5 gal. pail of Bulldog Blood); Dynatech (set of headers); Edelbrock (water pump); Eibach (set of four springs); Hoosier (four G-60 tires); Integra (one shock); Intercomp (digital angle gauges); Jaz Products ($500); Justice Brothers/Gillund Enterprises (package [Read More]

September Fest IMCA Modified wins go to Grabouski, Smith

BEATRICE, Neb. (Sept. 25-26) – Another Friday feature brought out the best in Jordan Grabouski while Dylan Smith was best in the Saturday September Fest show at Beatrice Speedway. Grabouski topped the opening night feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, earning his eighth win this season at Beatrice, while Smith prevailed in a Saturday show that ran green to checkered. Both Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events paid $1,500 to win. Also first on Friday at September Fest last year, Grabouski drew the pole and led all 30 laps. Hunter Marriott, Justin Zeitner, Smith and Chad Andersen rounded out the top five. “Hunter got alongside me on a couple restarts and that made it interesting,” Grabouski said. “The last caution came with about six to go and I finally got a couple car lengths on him.” Smith wasted little time in racing from fourth starting to the lead on Saturday and stuck to the lower side of the track in winning the caution-free contest. “The car was really good,” he said. “I had [Read More]

Change in plans pays off for Dahl with victory lane visit at Jamestown Stampede

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Sept. 26) – Mark Dahl hadn’t planned to race at Jamestown Speedway’s Stock Car Stampede special until seeing that his crew had unloaded and washed his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified. He was glad they did. Dahl led all 25 laps of Saturday’s main event after drawing a rare outside pole start. The Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory paid $2,000. “I’ve been really busy at work. I wasn’t even planning to race at Jamestown,” Dahl said. “If it hadn’t been for Arlen (Frederick) and Daryn (Schuler), I wouldn’t even have been there.” They’d made a quick stop at Performance Auto in Fargo for three off-the-shelf shocks – the price tag was still on the left front in post-race tech – before heading to Jamestown. Dahl won his Friday night heat after starting last, then stayed in front for the duration of Saturday’s main event despite numerous restarts. “It got pretty busy on the lower line so I stayed up top and it worked pretty good for me,” said Dahl, also a [Read More]

Checkers at Siskiyou’s Restad Memorial worth $4,000 to Modified winner Holland

YREKA, Calif. (Sept. 27) – It’s a good bet that Siskiyou Motor Speedway will be back on Jake Holland’s race schedule in 2016. Holland led the last 12 laps in winning Sunday’s Rod Restad Memorial. The $4,000 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory put him on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “It was the first time we’d raced at Yreka,” Holland said. “I guess I’m a little biased but I like it there.” He’d started the 50-lapper from inside row two. Collen Winebarger led the first 30 circuits before giving way to Travis Peery. Holland used a restart to his advantage, using the bottom line to pass Peery and then leading to the checkers. The race was red flagged with three to go for a car that went off the backstretch. Holland crossed the stripe ahead of Peery, Monte Bischoff, Mark Wauge and John Campos. “I was patient and conserved my tires because it was a 50-lap race,” he said. “My car came to me at the end and I still [Read More]

Auringer, VanDeest bank $1,000 Fall Challenge checks

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (Sept. 26) – A first-time visitor this season and a Webster City regular both took $1,000 feature wins Saturday during Hamilton County Speedway’s Fall Challenge. J.D. Auringer raced his way onto the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot by topping the tightly contested Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified headliner. Jared VanDeest, meanwhile, checked out on the rest of the field in winning the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main. Making his first Hamilton County start on the next to the last night of the point season, Auringer started second and chased Adam Larson most of the 20-lapper. The first caution wiped out the big lead Larson had built up. Auringer made his move to the front with a couple circuits to go, slipping by on the lower line in the second set of turns. Larson ended in second, two car lengths back, and Mark Elliott drove from 12th starting to third. Clint Wendel and Chris Webb rounded out the top five. With five local wins already to his credit coming into the night, VanDeest closed [Read More]

Fourth TSS win of season comes Saturday for Gemmill

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (Sept. 26) – Van Gemmill raced to his fourth local Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory of the season Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. Tate Cole was second and Jake Davis took third. The IMCA SportMod feature saw Neil Johnston pick up his first win in the class, as Logan Ellis finished second ahead of Ken McCarty. In the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car headliner, Kris Vaughn picking up his first win of the season ahead of Cecil Hayes and Jerome Heinrich.

Bucket list win for Sathoff accompanied by Cellan Memorial checkers at Jackson

JACKSON, Minn. (Sept. 26) – Last year’s runner-up ran in front every time around the track at this year’s Doug Cellan Memorial, during Saturday’s Jackson Nationals show. Luke Sathoff started outside the front row and led all 25 laps in taking the $2,000 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers at Jackson Speedway. “This was definitely a bucket list win. This is one of the top events we race in,” said Sathoff, the winner ahead of Randy Brands and Dustin Larson. “We’ve got a lot of good Stock Car drivers around here so the wins never come easy. It’s always nice when you’re able to beat a couple Super Nationals champions.” Brands was two car lengths off the pace. Twelfth starting Shaun Bruns and 17th starting Andy Altenburg rounded out the top five. Other winners during the rich Jackson Nationals program were Brandon Beckendorf in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, Nick Meyer in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Justin Luinenburg in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mick Rykhus in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Beckendorf and Meyer [Read More]

Hogge repeats historical sweep of Delta-Valley Classic

MERCED, Calif. (Sept. 26-27) – Bobby Hogge IV repeated history in taking both legs of the fourth annual Delta-Valley Classic at Antioch Speedway and Merced Speedways, collecting $4,000 in winnings and a $500 bonus. Hogge had accomplished the same difficult Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feat four years earlier. Challenged by 16-year-old Ethan Dotson, the veteran Hogge searched for the right groove to maintain the lead Sunday at Merced. Paul Stone, who had run second the night before at Antioch, chased Dotson across the line. “Ethan is a true racer. He left me room to race him clean. He’s very impressive for his age,” Hogge said from victory lane. “As the track became slicker and slicker, I tried to stay in the same ruts lap after lap to maintain traction.” Earlier this summer, Dotson pulled off an upset, winning the Harris Clash at Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City, Iowa. He was the first Californian to win that race. Soft-spoken Dotson was modest after the Merced show. “I came close to passing him a few [Read More]