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Hoeft wins second straight at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 6) – Jesse Hoeft of Forest City won the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature for the second straight week, topping the Saturday night field at Hancock County Speedway. Ned Kalis earned the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win by denying a serious challenge in the final laps from hard charger Elijah Zevenbergen. Heath Tulp placed third. Colby Fett became a first-time winner at Britt, taking the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Hard charger Nick Meyer was second followed by Greg Sidles. Cody Nielsen won his second local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature of the year, coming from the inside of the fifth row. Chanse Hollatz took second with Andrew Borchardt third. Devin Jones is having a good season at Britt and won his fourth local Mach-1 Sport Compact feature of the year, coming from the back of the field to take the double-checkered flags first. Jay DeVries finished second and Jacob Kofoot was third.

Rothzen wins Modified feature at 34

By Dana Royer WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (June 6) – After finding his way to the front just two laps to the finish, Brandon Rothzen won his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature this season at 34 Raceway on Saturday night. Dean McGee took the lead from Rich Smith following a lap seven restart and had to hold off Rothzen and Jeff Waterman. Rothzen found a way past on the 18th circuit while McGee edged Waterman in the battle for third. Bobby Six led the distance in winning his first local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main event.

Draw/redraw show June 12 at Lee County

DONNELLSON, Iowa – A draw/redraw format will be in place for the five IMCA divisions on the Friday, June 12 program at Lee County Speedway. Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models are in Donnellson that evening, along with weekly Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

Friday date at I-88 next for IMCA Empire State Series

AFTON, N.Y. (June 8) – I-88 Speedway hosts the first of consecutive IMCA Empire State Series events this Friday, June 12. Touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $400 to win and a minimum of $75 to start their main event at Afton. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points will be given. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 9-14 and free for eight and under. Gary Roberts has won two of the previous four Empire State Series features at his hometown track, in 2012 and again last July. Monroeton, Pa., pilots Eddie Sites and Brad Sites took tour checkers at I-88 in 2011 and 2013, respectively. Eddie Sites is a two-time series champion and the current point leader. Round five of the tour is Friday, July 31 at Afton. More information about those two [Read More]

Cordes collects Modified checkers at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (June 7) – Troy Cordes returned to familiar territory Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified veteran earned his first win of the season on the quarter-mile to bring his career wins total to 103. Forty-seven of those victories have come in weekly racing in Vinton, which leads all drivers in the division at the speedway. Zach Less took the lead from Jerry Dedrick following a lap four restart and then pulled to a straightaway lead while Cordes was mired in traffic. Cordes was able to work his way into third by the time the caution flag waved again with four laps to go. When racing resumed, Cordes raced the top groove to the lead to drive to the win ahead of Less and point leader Kyle Brown. With the win, Cordes has now earned at least one Modified victory in each of the last 14 seasons in Vinton – the longest such streak in division history at the speedway. Another all-time leader in wins on the quarter-mile, [Read More]

SportMod Challenge winner earns $2,000 at Davenport

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods take over the spotlight in a $2,000 to win main event on Friday, June 12 at Davenport Speedway. The IMCA SportMod Challenge will use a draw/redraw format and all racing will be on the quarter-mile oval. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., with racing at 6:45 p.m. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and free for kids 12 and under when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30. Also racing that evening will be Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Late Models. For additional information, call 563 652-5302 or 563 326-5338 on race day. The track website is www.DavenportSpeedway.com.

Tri-City’s Greased Pig pays $1,055 to IMCA Modified winner

AUBURN, Mich. – Version 5.0 of the annual Greased Pig special at Tri-City Motor Speedway pays the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified winner $1,055. The Friday, June 12 feature will be 37 laps, pays a minimum of $135 to start and is a qualifying event for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. There is no entry fee. Pit gates at Auburn open at 5 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:55 p.m. Carload Night admission is $40 for passenger cars, pickups, vans or SUVs; regular grandstand admission is $14 for adults, $13 for seniors ages 55 and over, $8 for kids ages 7-13 and free for six and under. Pit passes are $28. More information about the Greased Pig 5.0 is available by calling 989 316-6804 and at the track website, www.tricityracetrack.com.

Cummins, Sathoff, Sandvig score first North Star Tour wins at Jackson

JACKSON, Minn. (June 6) – Three first-time IMCA North Star Touring Series winners rook their turn in victory lane Saturday at Jackson Speedway. Jason Cummins won his career first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified tour feature ahead of Mat Hollerich and Jeff Larson. Luke Sathoff captured his first North Star checkers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. Jim Larson was second and third was Dustin Larson. Megan Sandvig notched her first Mach-1 Sport Compact series win, chased across the stripe by Joe Bunkofske and Blaney Markman. Now a four-time winner over the course of his tour career, Jason Andrews was fastest in a 20-car field of Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Rounding out the top three were Kyle Steuber and Randy Winter. And Jeremy Wegner raced from seventh starting to first and the finish for his career second IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock tour checkers. Jamie Songer and Justin Luinenburg were next in the field of 22. Different drivers have now prevailed in each of the first four North Star Modified, Stock Car, Northern SportMod [Read More]

Van Pay is 2-for-2 at 141

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 6) – The second night in his new IMCA Modified produced the second feature win of the season Saturday for R.M. Van Pay at 141 Speedway. Van Pay took the lead from third starting on the opening circuit held off Eric Scribner late to pick up the win. The battle turned out to be for third, which went to Mike Mashl. Barry Van Straten earned his first career 141 Speedway win over Devin Snellenberger in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car action. John Heinz was right behind Snellenberger in third. Kelsy Hayes earned her second win Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod win of the season in late, dominating fashion. Hunter Parsons made a late pass for second over Brian Bruechert. Scott Johnson staved off late advances from Shaun Bangart to pick up the Mach-1 Sport Compact win. Third was Neil Watzka.

Richter starts his own streak at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (June 6) – Jesse Richter put a stop to Clay Sellard’s run of perfection in Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified action Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park. Richter slipped past Joe Cleveland on the third of 20 rounds and then held off late pressure from Cleveland and Cody Gearhart to snare his first local win of the year. Richter paced the final 18 rounds of the non-stop affair, although Cleveland made one last-ditch effort on the final lap. Working forward from 13th after winning the B feature, Gearhart took third on the white flag lap before trying to make a move for the win on the final circuit. Clay Money captured IMCA SportMod honors, Michael Pepper snared his third IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win of the season and Cody Williams took the top spot in IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as a total of 120 cars filled the pit area. Money rallied from 12th to win the 20-lap SportMod main. He needed just nine laps to take the lead away from Matthew Crowell. Money [Read More]