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Donnelly wins 1st, Yeager wins 15th in EQ Wild West Tour opening twinbill

DELTA, Utah (May 2-3) – A first-time winner and a regular visitor to victory lane prevailed when the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour opened at Millard County Raceway. Jake Donnelly regained the lead from Justen Yeager and took the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified checkers for his career first tour triumph on Friday. Yeager, a three-time series champion, battled Casey Delp and Randy Artz en route to the front, then captured his 15th career WWMT win ahead of Michael Hale on Saturday. Both 30-lap features paid $1,000 to win. Donnelly is new to the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot while Yeager was already vote eligible. The high line took Donnelly to the front twice. He used the top to pass Bryan Wordelman for the lead on the first lap, then built up a big lead before becoming mired in lapped traffic. Yeager caught up and passed Donnelly before the pair came up on a lapped car late in the race. Yeager went low while Donnelly found better grip higher up on the oval and [Read More]

Czarneski collects $1,000 in first Red, White & Blue race at 141

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (May 3) – Tim Czarneski stepped up to win round one of the Red, White and Blue Series and $1,000 Saturday night at 141 Speedway. The victory in the first of three RW & B specials for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at 141 this season put Czarneski on the ballot for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. It also gave him an early leg up in the race to win a 604 crate engine from series sponsor Gandrud Chevrolet. Traveler Darin Duffy found himself the early leader of a race that saw cautions slow the early going. Duffy put distance on the field through the first five laps. Czarneski then found the high line and started to reel in the frontrunner. “I wanted to pass him off of turn two when I caught him but he pushed in (corners) three and four, so that’s when I dove inside for the lead,” Czarneski said of what proved to be his race-winning pass on lap eight. Czarneski then moved back [Read More]

Carter pulls off second straight at Salina

SALINA, Kan. (May 2) – After a strong opening night last week, everyone was waiting to see if Salina Speedway could follow up on the magic from week one. Yes, they could. One driver in particular, Austin Carter, is enjoying the 2014 season. After Friday night at Salina Speedway Carter remains undefeated on the season in the M&H Motors IMCA Northern SportMod division as he won his second straight feature. It wasn’t an easy win for Carter. He started 10th on the grid and there were some tough competitors in the 20-car main. Tyler Post looked to have the win all but locked up. Post started eighth in but by virtue of picking drivers off one at a time he found himself at the front of the pack. Post, unfortunately, had to deal with a late-race yellow. As the restart got underway Carter found a way to take over the lead and go on to the win. A good old fashioned barn burner had the fans on their feet for the Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stock [Read More]

New winners in week two at Riviera Raceway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (May 3) – Four different drivers made it to victory lane at Riviera Raceway in week two … in fact, none of the four had been in the top three the week before. Ramsey Meyer of Pierce won the feature for the Mach-1 Sport Compacts, while three Norfolk drivers took home trophies in the other divisions, including Jim Kimmel in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race, Nelson Vollbrecht in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, and Robert Osborne in Grand Nationals. For Meyer, last year’s national champion, this season’s first win at Riviera is his sixth first-place finish so far in 2014, well ahead of last season’s pace when, at this same time, he had no wins. “We’ve won races in three different states so far,” Meyer said. “We won specials in Kansas and South Dakota. At one time we were the points leader in three different states. We’re ahead of schedule so far, we just need to keep it up. We did well in the specials, so we’re just [Read More]

Kay challenged, but not caught in Quad City’s Roberts Memorial Deery

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 4) – Justin Kay was challenged but never caught in Sunday’s Hershel Roberts Memorial Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Quad City Speedway. Kay started on the pole and led all 58 laps of the IMCA Late Model tour event, held in memory of the popular East Moline driver and car owner. Sticking to the lower line all around the oval, the tour point leader took the $3,000 checkers in front of a very full grandstand and ahead of Jeff Aikey, hard charger Joel Callahan, Mike Murphy Jr. and defending series champion Brian Harris. Jason Rauen nipped at Kay’s heels before falling back. Aikey came from 12th starting and Callahan from 17th to join Murphy and Harris in their pursuit of the leader. Restarts gave each the opportunity to challenge Kay but none could catch up after the green flag came back out. Tyler Bruening took a provisional and also advanced 14 spots, to eighth. Aikey won the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing. Random tire samples were taken following [Read More]

Brodix gives IMCA Late Model, Deery rookie awards

MENA, Ark. – Two IMCA Late Model rookies receive awards from Brodix again this season. The national rookie of the year and the rookie of the year in the Deery Brothers Summer Series receive a set of cylinder heads. Both awards will be presented during the national IMCA banquet in November. Rookie drivers competing for national or Deery points are required to display two Brodix decals on their race cars. They also have an Aug. 1 deadline to return a rookie application form to the IMCA home office. 2013 rookies of the year were Randy Foote for the national Late Models and Rob Moss for the Deery Series. Brodix, of Mena, Ark., manufactures the official cylinder heads for the Late Model division. This is the company’s 18th season as an IMCA marketing partner. Information about Brodix-made cylinder heads and intake manifolds is available at the www.brodix.com website or by calling 479 394-1075. “The list of rookie winners both nationally and through the Deery Brothers Summer Series is long and distinguished, and we’ll add two more [Read More]

Lawson hauls home Sprint series checkers from Shenandoah

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (May 3) – Long haul trucker Brian Lawson knows about hauling fast freight and showing up on time and Saturday night he showed up at the finish line on time and first in the Virginia Sprint Series feature at Shenandoah Speedway. The third different winner in as many IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour events this season, Lawson led the last 10 circuits. Charlie Ware and Chris Ware brought the field to green and Chris Ware led the first lap before Anthony Linkenhoker took over and began making good time. Laps on the pavement clicked off quickly. Tony Harris broke a logjam at the front and got by for the lead. Lawson was right there with them, got around Linkenhoker a couple laps later and was challenging the leader right away. With 10 laps to go, Lawson got around Tony Harris as Jerald Harris, French Grimes and Tom Humphries tried to stay in contention. Lawson stayed in front, Jerald got by to second and Humphries made his move to [Read More]

White, Gustin get first Independence Motor Speedway wins

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (May 3) – Matt White made his first career visit to Independence Motor Speedway a memorable one as the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock driver used a late race pass to drive to victory Saturday night. White rolled off 10th on the starting grid and worked his way through the field while pole-sitter Brian Happel held the lead. Happel was pestered by Jamie Whitaker and Jacob Keiser as White made his way into the top six before the race’s first caution on lap 10. White powered into the runner-up spot one lap after racing resumed and just before the final caution on the 11th circuit of the 15-lapper. White took two laps following that restart to work past Happel on his way to the win. Happel ran second ahead of teammate Chad Albert. Jenae Gustin also earned her first Independence win, that coming in the 15-lap Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. From a second row start, Gustin quickly worked the low side into the lead and pulled away from traffic. She [Read More]

Waterman, Oliver, Anders get first 34 Raceway wins of season

By Dana Royer WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (May 3) – A trio of IMCA drivers got their first wins of the 2014 season at 34 Raceway Saturday. Jeff Waterman topped the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, John Oliver Jr. was first in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars main and Bobby Anders ruled the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Waterman took the lead from the front row and pulled away from the rest of the Modified field. Tyler Glass got the best of Mitch Morris in the battle for second. Oliver led the last nine circuits of the Stock Car feature. Shane Watts ran in front for eight laps and ended in second. After holding off Tony Dunker much of the distance, Anders took the SportMod checkers ahead of Ryan Fullenkamp. Other winners were Jayson Ditsworth in the 305 sprints, Austen Becerra in the 4-cylinders and Justin Buchholz in the mod lites. A nice field of 112 cars checked in for the night’s racing action, topping last week’s 100 car count.

10-year sponsor Smiley’s Racing Products gives post-season awards in five IMCA divisions

MESQUITE, Texas – Smiley’s Racing Products reaches a sponsorship milestone in 2014, its 10th season as a partner with IMCA. Drivers in five divisions again receive contingency awards, based on national or regional point standings, from the high-performance parts manufacturer and distributor. “When IMCA was on the verge of switching to a new tire manufacturer almost a decade ago it became important to align with a quality and trusted distributor network,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “Smiley’s Racing Products was the cornerstone of that network and continues to be a trusted partner as we enter our 10th season with them. We couldn’t be more happy with the relationship.” Gift cards good for $50 go to top 10 finishers in the Razor Chassis South Central Region for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, the Arnold Motor Supply Southern Region for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and the Charger Chassis Southern Region for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Top 10 drivers in national standings for Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts all get gift cards of [Read More]