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Four first-time winners at RPM

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (June 13) – Saturday’s race program saw four first-time winners at Rolling Plains Motor Speedway. In the S & W Supply IMCA Modified feature, Corey Lagroon led the first two laps before Jeremy Zorn took over the top spot in what proved to be a caution-free 20-lapper. Tenth starting Dylan Sherfick slowly worked his way through the field and used lapped traffic to his advantage to get by Zorn on lap 18 to take the lead and hold on for the win. Steven Bowers Jr. finished third. Jeff Tubbs held off a hard-charging Chad Sterling for top honors in the Advantage Glass Plus IMCA Stock Car feature. Trevor Schmidt led the first four laps before the first caution waved. On the restart, Tubbs passed Schmidt to take the lead. Schmidt stayed close and passed Tubbs on lap 11, but that was short lived as Tubbs regained the lead on lap 13 and held on for a trip to the winner’s circle. Sterling was second, trailed closely by Schmidt. Eric Cross [Read More]

First IMCA win comes at Coos Bay for Martin

By Ben Deatherage COOS BAY, Ore. (June 15) – The third night of the 2015 Wild West Modified Shootout ended with a third different driver in victory lane. Brad Martin got the best of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified field at Coos Bay Speedway, taking the $1,000 checkers and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berth despite the best efforts of Danny Lauer. The win was Martin’s IMCA career first. Thirty-three drivers from eight states and Canada vied at Coos Bay. Martin drew the pole and maintained the lead following a handful of cautions throughout the first 10 laps. As the green flag run continued, he started to catch up with the back of the pack. While struggling to handle traffic, Martin had to fight off the ultra fast Lauer. Lauer beat Martin to the line on lap 27 but couldn’t secure the position. The front two went back and forth in a seesaw battle that was eventually resolved when Martin worked his way through the lapped cars. California drivers filled out the rest of [Read More]

Antioch win by Wilson comes in front of bumper bending

ANTIOCH, Calif. (June 13) – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified winner Kyle Wilson maintained his position up front from early in the event to avoid all the bumper-bending that was going on behind him Saturday at Antioch Speedway. It was a night of fender benders in the main event as the division that had little crashing all season made up for it with two multi-car pileups juggling the field on restarts. Several caution flags flew, with two key pauses changing the outcome of the race. With six laps to go, leader Shawn DeForest bogged down in turn one, with cars behind him banging into each other to bring out the caution. With three to go, Scott Busby got too far sideways with cars again scrambling on the track. The carnage sidelined favorites DeForest, Kellen Chadwick, Bobby Hogge IV and Michael Salazar. “This is unbelievable,” Wilson said of his win. “I hadn’t won a race here in two years of trying in the Modified division.” Happiest of the top finishers was third place Nick Viscussi III. “My first race [Read More]

Raceway Park checkers wave for Thies

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (June 14) – After three straight rainouts, action returned to the high banks at Raceway Park Sunday night. The Total Motors IMCA Modified feature got off to a wild start with a 10-car pile up in the third turn that brought an early halt to the action. When racing got back under way, Jim Thies roared to the win over point leader Bob Moore and defending champion Chris Abelson. Ryan Harris got to the front early in the Casey’s General Store IMCA Stock Car feature and never looked back, taking the win over Chad Allen and Jason Ward. Defending champion Andy Hoffman held off a hard-charging Jake McClure to score the win in the MOPAR IMCA Hobby Stocks. Dave Riley took the third spot. Another defending champion took the win in the Skyline Casino IMCA Sport Mod main event. Todd Boulware shot to the front early and held off Kaleb Kennedy and Darin Roepke for the victory. The top two point competitors in the KISS 107 FM IMCA Sport Compacts [Read More]

Jones earns fifth win of season at Britt

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 13) – Devin Jones of Clear Lake earned win number five in the Mach-1 Sport Compact division Saturday at Hancock County Speedway. Jacob Kofoot was the runner-up in the feature with Kaytee DeVries third. Chanse Hollatz picked up his second IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory of the season at the track, holding off the challenges of Cody Nielsen and Kyle Ricke. Shane Swanson survived a number of late-race caution flags, holding off Nick Meyer and Kyle Germundson to win his first Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature since opening night. A two-car breakaway in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division between Blake Cole and Kevin Opheim came down to a restart. Opheim got the best of Cole when the race returned to green and went on to become the ninth different winner in the division this season at Britt. Heath Tulp ended up in second place with David Smith taking third. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature went green, white, checkered with Mark Noble setting the pace early before [Read More]

Roberts, Pruitt score $1,000 wins at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (June 14) – Nick Roberts and Josh Pruitt were $1,000 feature winners in front of a packed house Sunday at Stuart Speedway. Roberts topped the rescheduled 15th annual Ron Little/Bones Memorial for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, earning a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Pruitt paced the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars’ Stew Hansen Dodge Shootout event. Jacob Murray squeezed through to take the early Modified lead. Three early cautions slowed the pace but once the green flew again, Murray stayed ahead of Roberts and Todd Shute with Luke Wanninger lurking around the bottom of the track in fourth. Lap 15 saw Wanninger get past Shute for third. Roberts began to gain ground on the bottom and on lap 19 snagged the top spot. The last caution flew on lap 21, setting up a four-lap shootout for the win and Roberts was up to the task in taking the checkers and the $1,000 top prize. Wanninger took the runner up spot with Murray third, Shute fourth [Read More]

Porter prevails in Arlington Modified main

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 13) – Chad Porter picked up his first feature win of the season in the MN 93 IMCA Modified feature Saturday at Arlington Raceway. Jeff Coon led the first three laps but spun out and relinquished the lead to Porter. He was half a lap ahead of the rest of the field at the end of the race. Clint Hatlestad took second, passing Billy Johnson on the white flag lap. Andrew Westphal took the lead from the pole in the 95.7 the Rock IMCA Sprint Car feature and led the first nine laps with Kyle Sargent on his tail. Westphal encountered engine problems, pulling into the infield and giving the lead and win to Sargent, his first in the division. Jordan Wilmes was second and Gary Serbus was third. The B&B IMCA Stock Car feature saw six different leaders. The early leader was pole sitter Dave Moriarty. On lap four, Brent Reierson passed Moriarty but hot on his tail was Dean Cornelius. He only led one lap with hotshoe Matt Speckman taking [Read More]

Carload special Tuesday for Wild West Shootout at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – The fourth stop of the Wild West Modified Shootout will be at Cottage Grove Speedway on Tuesday, June 16. This event will feature some of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified best drivers in the Western United States and teams from all over the country will be in action. Twenty-five dollars will get a car, truck, or RV load full of fans into the races, which will get underway at approximately 6:45 p.m. Already this season, Jesse Williamson and Kinzer Cox have won twice in main event competition at Cottage Grove. Braedon Hand, Jason Kocks and Curtis Towns each have one win to their credit. CGS has hosted four Wild West Modified Shootout events with four different winners being produced. Last year, Alex Stanford and Nick Trenchard won while in 2012 it was Scott Lenz and in 2011 Jesse Williamson. The 2013 event was lost to weather.

July 4 Night Before the Dakota Classic Modified Tour at Nodak Speedway to go live on YouTube

SILVER BAY, Minn. (June 15) – It is time to start the Dakota Classic Modified Tour with a bang and what better day than July 4 to do so? RACEFEEDX, in partnership with YouTube and Nodak Speedway, will showcase the Independence Day date from Minot, North Dakota, to race fans everywhere live and for free on July 4, 2015. Fans will be able to enjoy the Dakota Classic Modified Tour preview via almost any device possible! PC, Laptop, Tablet Apps, Connected TVs, and even on your mobile phones while watching the fireworks or races from your home track. This special broadcast will include an in-depth preview of the 26th running of the Dakota Tour with multiple cameras, interviews, segments, instant replay, and much more. Direct Link to View: http://bit.ly/rfxjuly4. Once fans get a taste of the intense racing action via this showcase on YouTube they can purchase the Pay Per View for the entire following week, July 5-11, 2015, throughout North Dakota and Canada. RACEFEEDX will cover the tour live for the third consecutive year. [Read More]

Peery scores huge Wild West Shootout win at Siskiyou

By Ben Deatherage YREKA, Calif. (June 14) – A quick decision late in the race paid off for Travis Peery. Originally from nearby Fort Jones, the North Dakota transplant won Sunday’s Wild West Modified Shootout feature at Siskiyou Motor Speedway. Peery started outside pole but the $1,000 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory was sealed until he made a split second decision and chose the right lane that took him through lapped traffic with two circuits left. After taking the lead at the drop of the green, Peery set a rapid pace interrupted only by cautions on laps 15 and 18. The second yellow involved Colorado pilot Ryan Gaylord, running second at the time. He spun into the infield and the second spot was inherited by North Dakota chauffeur Troy Heupel. Heupel nearly caught Peery on a couple occasions but each time Peery was able to pull away. Heavy lapped traffic came into play with just a few laps remaining and that’s when Peery picked the right line to work his way through. The win [Read More]