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IMCA Hobby Stock qualifiers and total points

IMCA Hobby Stock qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 78X Shannon Anderson 2. 72V Jesse VanLaningham 3. 33VH Dustin Van Horn 4. 7B Eric Stanton 5. 79 Benji Irvine 6. 3A Austin Luellen 7. 92P Mike Pruitt 8. 48 Brandon Beeter 9. 78XX David Rieks 10. 29B Nathan Ballard 11. 4W John Watson 12. 0 Kyle Bond 13. 77 Derek Hodges 14. 5A Tyler Pickett 15. 1J Colby Langenberg 16. 27 Malik Sampson 17. 42T Tyson Overton 18. 2 Corey Madden 19. 46 Gary Pesicka 20. 27K Jason Kohl 21. 20 Jeremy Auten 22. 99 Derek Moede 23. 11T Dillon Thompson 24. 56M Matt Olson 25. 78B Andrew Burg 26. 52W Weston Koop 27. 95B Tiffany Bittner 28. 17KP Kyle Parizek 29. 23T Mike Traskowsky 30. 20N Justin Nehring Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 46H Brian Happel 1,258 2. 97M Mark Saathoff 1,254 3. 77G Ryan Grochala 1,248 4. T8 Brandon Nielsen 1,247 5. 38R Aaron Rudolph 1,246 6. 3K Dan Strandburg 1,243 7. 03 [Read More]

IMCA Modified qualifiers and total points

IMCA Modified qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 37X Mike Jergens 2. 83G Josh Gilman 3. 8K Kyle Strickler 4. 66P Paul Stone 5. 02JR Chris Mills 6. 08 Johnny Whitman 7. 96J Johnny Saathoff 8. 66J Jared Siefert 9. 92 Tyler Droste 10. 21 Aaron Turnbull 11. 95 Dylan Smith 12. 62 Hunter Marriott 13. 19G Richie Gustin 14. 12D Scott Drake 15. 2L Adam Larson 16. 01J Troy Jerovetz 17. 20RT Ricky Thornton 18. 10M Jeremy Mills 19. 89M Josh Most 20. 71C Troy Cordes 21. 24RS Adam Johnson 22. 7N Jay Noteboom 23. 23JR Nick Roberts 24. JC71 Jason Cummins 25. 25 Ricky Stephan 25. 57V Mike VanGenderen 26. 555R Ryan Ruter 27. 26J Joel Rust 28. 19 Jimmy Gustin 29. 12J Justin O’Brien 30. 85 Dustin Smith 31. 5 Todd Shute 33. 47X Josh Truman Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 01A Drew Armstrong 2,363 2. 87 Joel Bushore 2,357 3. 37J Sean Jerovetz 2,351 4. 00J Justin Auringer 2,342 5. 21KX [Read More]

Redline Racing Parts North Star Series returns to Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 11) – The Redline Racing Parts North Star Series returns to Arlington Raceway for a Saturday, Sept. 13 show. Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts also vied at Arlington in their most recent North Star outing, on Aug. 9. Pit gates open at 2:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Hot laps are at 4:30 p.m. and racing starts at 5:30 p.m. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Pit passes are $25. The Modified portion of the evening’s program doubles as the Jeff Rucks Memorial. Completing the card is the finale for the RaceSaver Sprint Series of Minnesota. North Star Series standings in all five divisions are based on drivers’ best eight of 10 finishes. The tour concludes Saturday, Sept. 27 during the Jackson Speedway Nationals. Redline Racing Parts North Star Series Top 10 Point Standings Modifieds – 1. Dalton Magers, Redwood Falls, 257; 2. Greg Jacobsen, Sherburn, 247; [Read More]

Soares memorial service, celebration of life will be Sept. 14

PETALUMA, Calif. – Racers, sponsors, friends and fans are invited to a memorial service and celebration of life for Jim Soares this Sunday, Sept. 14 beginning at 2 p.m. in the Petaluma Speedway grandstands. Soares, 68, died Sunday, Sept. 7. He had promoted Petaluma and Merced Speedway. After the eulogy, anyone who would like to share a story or anecdote about Soares is invited to do so; anyone with a picture or memento is also encouraged to bring it for display. A catered barbeque will follow the service in the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds outdoor covered dining area located next to Herzog Hall. Side dishes would be appreciated. The front gate to the fairgrounds will be open so folks may come in behind the grandstand. The pit area will also be open. If racers competing Saturday night want to spend the night and camp in the pit area, they may do so. Surviving Soares are his wife Karen; step-son Tim, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brother John Jr. and sister Joyce, and sister-in-laws Marylyn and Donna. Born [Read More]

IMCA’s 2014 EQ Wild West Tour ends with Sweetwater twinbill

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – The final checkers fall this weekend for the eighth annual EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour. Traveling IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are at Sweetwater Speedway for $1,000 to win, Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events on Friday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13. The Wild West Tour All-Star Race is also on the weekend card. Pit gates at Rock Springs open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. both days. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors 60 and older and kids ages 6-12, and free for five and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available at the www.sweetwaterspeedway.webs.com website or by calling 307 870-5959. Chase Hansen owns two tour wins and leads Bert Beech by a dozen points heading into the series-ending doubleheader. The twinbill marks the 16th and 17th EQ Wild West Tour dates at Rock Springs, more than at any other track EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West [Read More]

IMCA Spectacular ends Buffalo River Race Park season this weekend

GLYNDON, Minn. – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds race for $1,000 to win on the final night of the season at Buffalo River Race Park. All applicable IMCA points will be awarded for Fargo Tractor IMCA Spectacular presented by Performance Auto shows on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14. Modifieds chase a $750 top check on Saturday and earn a minimum of $100 by starting the main event both days. The Sunday feature is a qualifying event for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods vie for $300 to win on Saturday and for $500 on Sunday. There is no entry fee; car and driver is $30. Contingency awards will include a $300 gift card from Velocita; two containment kits, each valued at $400, from The Joie of Seating; two shock rebuilds from Bob Harris Enterprises; mud plugs from Dirt Defender; and three $150 gas cards for the highest finishing long tow drivers from Petro Truck Stops. To be announced are contingencies from a number of IMCA marketing partners, among [Read More]

Two $1,000 to win IMCA Modified features at Billings’ Rebel Run special

BILLINGS, Mont. (Sept. 9) – A pair of $1,000 to win features for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are on the card this weekend at Billings Motorsports Park. Both Friday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13 Rebel Run races are 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers and pay a minimum of $100 to start. All IMCA points, including local track, will be awarded. Non-qualifiers will get tow money if there are more than 20 entries. Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. both days. Hot laps precede 7 p.m. racing. There is no entry fee. Both car and driver and pit passes are $25. Grandstand admission is $14 for adults, $10 for seniors and students ages 12-17, $5 for kids ages 7-11 and free for six and under. The Rebel Run is held in conjunction with the Dan Laber Memorial for ASCS sprint cars. More information is available by calling 888 722-3267 or 702 775-1408.

Deery Series, XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour headline Farley’s Dirt Track Classic

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 9) – Drivers in one IMCA special series contend for their biggest payday of the season while another tour comes to a conclusion this weekend during the 37th annual Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley Speedway. IMCA Late Models on the Deery Brothers Summer Series circuit race for $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start on Friday, Sept. 12. The stakes are much higher for the Saturday, Sept. 13 tour event, a 100-lapper that pays a hefty $7,500 to win and a minimum of $500 to start. Winners of Deery features at last year’s Yankee were Chad Simpson and Joel Callahan. Justin Kay is a four-time winner this season and continues to lead the current point race. Mike Van Genderen is one of the nine different drivers to have won an XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature in as many events held so far in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified series. He’ll look to clinch the tour crown in Saturday’s $2,000 to win, minimum $175 to start feature. Sanctioned [Read More]

Final night of Super Nationals XXXII

Hobby Stocks Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions A-Main 01 — 1. Austin Luellen, Minburn; 2. Kyle Bond, Gibbon, Neb.; 3. Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 4. John Watson, Des Moines; 5. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 6. Dillon Thompson, Hastings, Neb.; 7. Jason Kohl, Missouri Valley; 8. Justin Wacha, Vinton; 9. Derek Moede, Casco, Wis; 10. Mike Traskowsky, Woodbine, Kan.. Main Event “A” — 1. Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 2. Mike Pruitt, Redfield; 3. Jesse VanLaningham, Beatrice, Neb.; 4. Eric Stanton, Carlisle; 5. Austin Luellen, Minburn; 6. Nathan Ballard, Marengo; 7. Gary Pesicka, Burt; 8. John Watson, Des Moines; 9. Andrew Burg, Adel; 10. Jason Kohl, Missouri Valley; 11. Kyle Bond, Gibbon, Neb.; 12. Brandon Beeter, Minot, N.D.; 13. Jeremy Auten, Clarinda; 14. Malik Sampson, Worthington, Minn.; 15. Mike Traskowsky, Woodbine, Kan.; 16. Matt Olson, Morton, Minn.; 17. Corey Madden, Avoca; 18. Derek Moede, Casco, Wis; 19. Colby Langenberg, Norfolk, Neb.; 20. Derek Hodges, Des Moines; 21. Tyson Overton, Carlisle; 22. David Rieks, Eldora; 23. Tiffany Bittner, Norfolk, Neb.; 24. Tyler Pickett, Boxholm; 25. Dillon Thompson, [Read More]

Saturday at the Super Nationals

Werkmeister is first, last at Super Nationals XXXII BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Regardless of how tonight’s main event action plays out, Casey Werkmeister will go home to North Platte, Neb., with a pair of IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s distinctions. First in his Friday night Stock Car qualifying feature, Werkmeister was also the 866th entry to compete during the Sept. 1-6 Super Nationals at Boone Speedway. That car count total is the second highest in event history, just eight fewer than the record set in 2012 * Pre-race ceremonies, including determination of best-looking Modified and Stock Car entries with the ‘Speedy’ Bill Smith Speedway Motors tribute theme, begin at 1 p.m. Fifteen last-chance heats for the Modifieds will be followed by the 25-lap last-chance feature for the Stock Cars. The top six finishers in that event advance to the back two rows of tonight’s big dance. A trio of 12-lap last-chance races each add three cars to the back of the Modified main event field, with the 10-lap Stephenville Starter Race [Read More]