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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]

Prauner, Johnson repeat at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (June 13) – Kyle Prauner and Drew Johnson were repeat winners Saturday night at Off Road Speedway. Prauner, who started near the back, got the lead with seven laps remaining in the 18-lap Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature with Dylan Pospisil and Matt Haase taking second and third place, respectively. Johnson led every lap of the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature to finish ahead of Ramsey Meyer and Lance Mielke. Shawn Primrose won his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature with Chad Bruns second and Prauner third. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks put on the ‘race-of-the-night’ for action as Jeremy Hoskinson battled Jeremy Knoell for several laps before Tiffany Bittner joined the fray, and took over the ‘fight for first’ with Hoskinson after the roll over loss of Knoell’s car from the race. Bittner went to the front on the inside of Hoskinson in turn two with eight laps remaining before watching TeJay Mielke use the same strategy to pass her four laps later. But Bittner then passed Mielke, who developed [Read More]

Auringer tops Iowa Donor Network, Urbana 5 Night at Benton County Speedway

By Ryan Clark VINTON, Iowa (June 14) – J.D. Auringer continued his recent hot streak in a big way at Benton County Speedway. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified driver earned his third win in eight days and pocketed $1,250 Sunday night by topping a 32-car field on Iowa Donor Network/Urbana 5 Memorial Night. The win also placed Auringer on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Outside front row starter Ronn Lauritzen paced the field while Auringer positioned himself on the top groove of the quarter-mile. Auringer made his way into second following a lap four restart and chased Lauritzen until a caution slowed action a final time on the 20th of 25 laps. On the restart, Auringer worked beneath Lauritzen to steal the lead and pull away to victory. He also won the last two Saturday shows in Independence. Mike Jergens made an impressive run from 10th to finish second ahead of Zach Less. Laurtizen ran fourth ahead of Scott Hogan, who started 22nd and qualified by winning a “B” feature. Jarod Weepie hadn’t won in Vinton [Read More]

Belec is best at Lincoln County

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 13) – Eddie Belec, Chad Dolan, Casey Werkmeister, Jacob Olmstead and Blake Fletcher all claimed checkered flag finishes to punch their ticket to the winner’s circle at Lincoln County Raceway on Saturday evening. Getting off to a fast start and being in contention for the lead, Belec was finally able to drive off the cushion to snare the lead in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature on the ninth lap and never looked back to notch the victory. Jesse Taylor started in the fifth row and cruised to a second place finish. Scoring another win at Lincoln County was Dolan as he paced the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main event after starting in row five. Finishing second was was fellow fifth row starter Henry Henderson. Werkmeister cruised to the victory in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature after getting the lead early from his third row start. Kyle Clough scored the runner-up finish from his fifth row start. Leading the laps that mean the most, Olmstead led [Read More]