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Leiting soars at Eagle

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 1) – Mark Leiting raced all the way from 18th starting to win the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod main event Saturday at Eagle Raceway. He’d transferred from the “B” feature and took the lead after a lap eight restart. The win was his fourth this season and second in 2015 at Eagle. “My guys worked really hard getting me going after getting that axle bent,” he said. “Not transferring out of my heat and having to come through the ‘B’ meant that we had a lot of work to do, but the win makes it all worthwhile.” Trevor Grossenbacher rocketed from 14th on the initial start to win the RaceSaver IMCA Sprint Car main. Chad Fegley’s second straight Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock feature win came from 11th starting. Shane Hiatt caught long-time leader Kevin Larkins on the final set of turns for the Kaplan University IMCA Modified checkers, his fourth at Eagle this season. Winner of the time-shortened Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compact main event was Jeremy Baker.

Harris notches third Virginia Sprint Series win of season

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (Aug. 1) – Jerald Harris cruised to his third Virginia Sprint Series feature win of the season Saturday at Natural Bridge Speedway. Chris Ware and Anthony Linkenhoker were on the front for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car main event with Linkenhoker out first and looking strong. By lap five, however, Harris was close behind and contending for the lead. On lap seven, Harris went to the front and left Anthony to fight with Tom Humphries. Glenn Worrell got to fourth and joined the battle for second. Harris was not challenged up front. Linkenhoker worked through traffic better, got away from Humphries and took second. Feature results – 1. Jerald Harris; 2. Anthony Linkenhoker; 3. Tom Humphries; 4. Glenn Worrell; 5. Brian Lawson; 6. Chris Ware; 7. Troy Severin; 8. Kevin Fletcher; 9. Daren Bolac; 10. J.D. Coats; 11. Cassandra Davis; 12. French Grimes; 13. Bill Rice.

Mashl dominates Hall of Fame Night feature

By Tom Wagner LUXEMBURG, Wis. (July 31) – Friday was Hall of Fame night at Luxemburg Speedway and perfect night for one of the track’s stars of the past to shine again. Mike Mashl, a Luxemburg Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified champion nearly two decades ago, powered away to his first feature win of the season on a night that included the induction of three new members into the Speedway’s Hall of Fame. When he ran the circuits full time, Mashl was one of the top IMCA Modified competitors in the area, with a resume that included the 1997 Luxemburg championship. Back behind the wheel on a limited basis now, he was making only his second run at Luxemburg this season. The early feature pace was set by a guy working on his fourth decade of competition, Dave Zeitler, who led the first two laps before a slip high on the second turn of the third lap allowed Mashl to shoot by on the low line and take command. For the most part, that was [Read More]

Crowell dominates, Ferguson wins first

ANTIOCH, Calif. (Aug. 1) – Aaron Crowell dominated the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified class, winning both his qualifying race and the main event Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. The 2004 champion was untouchable as he blasted into an early lead and never looked back. Crowell’s family and friends work on and sponsor his car. When his engine started going bad a couple of weeks ago, they feared the season would end early. Earlier in the week, Crowell borrowed an engine from Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod racer Fred Ryland. “I was just trying the engine out, and the thing ran like a top,” Crowell said in victory lane. “I’ve got to see if I can keep it.” Terry Kaiser finished second with Nick Viscusi III chasing him across the finish line. Jason Ferguson took his first-ever win in the Northern SportMod division. Ferguson, 20, began racing when he was seven years old. He’s raced in karts and stock cars – never winning. “It’s my first win ever, in any kind of car at any race track, [Read More]

Off Road IMCA Hobby Stock win is first for Koch

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 1) – Hometown driver Gage Koch earned his first feature victory in three years of participating in the competitive IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock division Saturday at Off Road Speedway. Koch began the race with the outside front row position and immediately moved to the lead, with Cameron Wilkinson in pursuit. Surviving three restarts that closed the field behind him, including the last one with five laps to go which involved Wilkinson’s spin, and placed two different cars on his rear bumper, Koch faced a final challenge for the lead. Jim Kimmel and Tejay Mielke were in a heated battle for second before Mielke passed Kimmel on the low side coming out of turn two with two laps remaining. Koch was able to deny Mielke’s attempts to pass on the inside to secure his win. “I didn’t know how far ahead I was but the restarts kept coming and I just concerned myself with staying in the lead,” Koch said. “I tried to run down low, but I couldn’t keep [Read More]

Thornton schools IMCA Modified foes at Canyon

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (Aug. 1) – Ricky Thornton Jr. captured 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified honors during the Allscapes Back to School special at Canyon Speedway Park. Thornton rallied from the 11th starting position for his third consecutive Back to School Special triumph ahead of Steve Stultz with Lance Mari, Garrett Funk and Guy Norton in the top five.

Cole three-peats at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (Aug. 1) – Tate Cole went back to back to back – yes, that’s three – for his seventh Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature win of the season Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. Van Gemmill finished in second and Jake Davis was third. Justin Johnson collected his third IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win of the season ahead of a hard-charging Dalton Ragsdale and former winner Chris Patterson. In the IMCA SportMod feature, Ken McCarty took home his fifth win of the season and second in a row ahead of former winner Steve Little and Lonny Flanagan.

Smith wins fifth at I-90

By Steve Zwemke HARTFORD, S.D, (Aug. 1) – Colin Smith added to his impressive streak of wins and runner-up finishes in I-90 Speedway’s Coffee Cup IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car division by driving to his fifth victory of the season Saturday. Smith won handily as he led all 20 laps, finishing ahead of Ben Waxdahl and Dusty Ballenger. Smith’s streak of top two finishes is now at seven. That includes four wins over the last five nights of racing. Smith credited his father for finding the right set up and said, “He told me to just go out there and race.”

Lynch, Gower and Abbott grab Quincy checkers

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (Aug. 2) – Jim Lynch, Joey Gower and Kimberly Abbott all took feature event wins at Quincy Raceway on Sunday, Aug. 2 during Titan Wheel and Tire Mid Season Championships. Lynch worked his way to the front of the Powder Coat Plus IMCA Stock Car main event on the ninth lap and held off Beau Taylor for the final nine circuits to capture the feature event win. Michael Long scored third. Gower took over the lead of the Summy Tire and Auto Center IMCA Northern SportMod main event on the fifth lap and held off a succession of challengers for his third feature win of the season. Bobby Six scored the second spot followed by Brandon Lennox in third. Abbott and Brandon Lambert put on quite as show as the two battled for the win in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event. Abbott made the right move at the right time as she took over the lead on the final lap to take the win with Lambert in second and [Read More]

Ballard, Cordes, Roster, Olson among winners at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa – Nathan Ballard continued his winning ways Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock point leader drove to his third straight win and eighth of the season on the Vinton quarter-mile. Pole-sitter Jason Cox held the lead for the early stages of the 16-lapper before Leah Wroten made her bid for the top spot on the fifth circuit. As Wroten made her way into the lead, Ballard chased her into second. Wroten fought off pressure from Ballard until he was able to sneak by for the lead with four laps to go. Ballard held on for the win while Wroten fought off pressure from Justin Wacha to finish second. Troy Cordes first used the high side and then the low groove on the way to his second Cassill Motors IMCA Modified win of the season. Jerry Dedrick took the early lead from his outside front row starting spot while Cordes made his way through the field from a fourth row start. Cordes used the low groove to drive past [Read More]