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Becerra, Carter cash in on finale night

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (Aug. 19, 2022) – A lot of money was up for grabs at the Lee County Speedway Friday night, in the Drive For 5 finale for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Drive For 3 finale for Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. Cayden Carter and Andy Eckrich earned the most passing points in their heat races to lead the field to green in the B & B Propane IMCA Modified Photo Daddy 50-lap feature. Carter grabbed the lead over Austen Becerra and Eckrich. Becerra followed in Carter’s tire tracks. The duo entered lapped traffic on lap 14, which Becerra used to take the top spot away from Carter on lap 15. Action was slowed for the first time on lap 17 for debris and Carter slid past Becerra after the restart to gain the lead back. Becerra then chase Carter to the halfway break.When the 10 minute time limit horn sounded, it was time to go back to green. Carter jumped back out front, with Becerra and Eckrich following. Carter looked like [Read More]

First-time winners earn late-season trips to victory lane at Off Road

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 20, 2022) – With just two “memorial” nights of racing remaining to wrap up the 2022 racing season at Off Road Speedway, the Lynn Langenberg Memorial night on Saturday, which includes Championship Night hardware for those drivers at the top of the points lists in each of the four divisions, and the Bob Haase Memorial celebration on Sept. 3, three drivers made their first appearance in victory lane as feature winners, with Cory Dumpert the only repeat winner. Derek Sehi led a “Neligh sweep” of the first three places in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, leading most of the race while Cameron Wilkinson, Nate Desive, Tejay Mielke and others competed for second place behind him. Ultimately, with no cautions forcing restarts after the first few laps, Sehi wasn’t threatened until Cameron Wilkinson, who finished second, closed on the outside during the final lap. Kyle Wilkinson’s steady progress through the field resulted in a third-place finish. Likewise, in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, first-time winner Tanner Uehling [Read More]

All aboard! Union Pacific will meet with prospective employees at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 24, 2022) – The Union Pacific brings its job recruitment efforts to a town with rich railroad and dirt track racing histories. “This is a great opportunity to get out there at a great event and meet with a lot of people,” said Senior Recruiter Miranda Walters, who will help staff the Union Pacific Railroad booth on Manufacturers’ Row at Boone Speedway throughout the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “One of the track maintenance workers in the rail yard at Boone suggested it. He told us this was an event attended by a lot of hard-working people,” she explained. “We are looking for employees at all levels who can bring unique ideas and contributions to the company. Those are the kind of people we want to talk to.” The Union Pacific is hiring in all 23 of the states it serves, looking to fill openings in everything from trained crew to corporate office positions. Walters will be making her first visit to Boone as a Union Pacific employee [Read More]

Mother Nature doesn’t stop season championship night at Boone

By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 20, 2022) – It was season championships presented by Casey’s at the Boone Speedway Saturday night. Mother Nature tried her best to spoil the evening’s festivities but she didn’t succeed. The great track prep workers rolled it back in and racing went on as planned, although the green flag dropped an hour and a half later than scheduled. With the time factor taken into consideration, the heats were dropped, and “B” features were run to determine final qualifiers for the features that had the top 20 in points locked in. The IMCA STARS Mod Lites ran their 20-lap feature first. Joel Huggins grabbed the immediate lead from his outside front row starting spot and never looked back. He won going away at the checkers. Bryan Zehm finished a distant second and Randy Bryan was third. This was Huggins’ fourth feature win of the year and he is the unofficial 2022 track champion. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods ran a 23-lap season championship feature. Dustin Lynch started on the outside front row, [Read More]

Super Nationals champions each earn $500 from NAPA, Speedway Motors, Casey’s give heat winner gift cards

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 23, 2022) – Champions crowned at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s each earn another $500 courtesy of NAPA. The new Official Parts Supplier of IMCA and Super Nationals, NAPA gives $500 gift cards to main event champions crowned in the STARS Mod Lites on Sept. 4, the Late Models Sept. 5, Sport Compacts Sept. 6 and Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks on Sept. 10. NAPA also gives $200 gift cards to the highest finishing first-time qualifier in each of those races, adding a total of $4,900 to the main event proceeds. “NAPA is really making a splash this season, from becoming sponsor of the Fan Zone at Super Nationals to these new awards for champions and first-time qualifiers,” notes Carson Becker-Gramm, marketing integration and sponsorship director for IMCA. “A Super Nationals championship is the most prestigious in IMCA and this year they’re going to be worth even more.” The NAPA awards are complemented by gift card awards to be given by event title sponsor Speedway Motors [Read More]

Points battles waged at Arlington Raceway

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 20, 2022) – As the season is winding down, point battles are becoming factors in the racing action at the Arlington Raceway. Once again, Cory Probst pulled off another win in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. There were three different leaders as Cory Black led the first two laps before an early caution. On the restart, Taylor Manderfield took the lead but Probst had worked to the front from his eighth place start. The two raced side-by-side and each took turns leading with Probst passing the flags in first for the last four laps to win the race. Manderfield took second and Jed Trebelhorn took third. Nate Coopman took charge early in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main. The battle was behind him between Brett McConnell, Justin Dose, Gary Shumacher and Jerry Coopman. These four cars jockeyed positions back and forth for the duration with McConnell taking second and Dose third. Matt Looft became the winner in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature when the first car across the finish line [Read More]

Ward and Lopez find victory lane at Marshalltown

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 19, 2022) – There was a threat of rain and ominous clouds all around but Marshalltown Speedway avoided the shenanigans and racing went on as usual on Friday night. Karl Kustoms Night at the Races saw Tim Ward win for the first time this year in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds. Steve Meyer made it win number two on the year when he saw the checkers first in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Kaylin Lopez finally put it in victory lane when he won the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Bradly Graham chalked up his second win of the season in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Randy Bryan won his fifth feature in the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. The feature racing kicked off with 15 laps of Mod Lite racing and when all was said and done, it was Bryan getting the win. Bryan started fifth and snatched the lead away from Cory Sonner on lap two, never to look back. Sonner finished as the runner-up. Graham was [Read More]

Harris is fastest mover at the Bridge

By Jim Haines NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (Aug. 20, 2022) – Jerald Harris in the Harris Moving Sprinter showed he can move on track as well winning both his heat and feature, sweeping the Virginia Sprint Series show Saturday evening at Natural Bridge Speedway. Caleb Harris and Bill Rice paced the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature to green with Rice out first and Jerald Harris right behind up high on the oval. Rice stayed out front after a quick yellow with Harris second and Lance Christie, Matt Mullins and Joe Leavell rounding out the top five. The front three stayed right with each other as Leavell made his way to fourth. At halfway, Rice had started to get loose and Harris pounced, going low to the top spot and leaving Rice to battle with Christie. Christie went by and Leavell made it to third not long after. The front pack was close as the laps clicked off, trying different lines to make it to the lead. The front three were all within a few car lengths [Read More]

Mach-1 adds another $500 to Sport Compact purse at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 23, 2022) – Mach-1 Racing Solutions has doubled its financial commitment to Sport Compact drivers competing at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The Abbott, Texas company, the only divisional title sponsor in the history of IMCA’s 4-cylinder class, gives an additional $500 at the 40th annual Super Nationals. Each of the top five finishers in the Tuesday, Sept. 6 main event receive another $100 courtesy of Mach-1 and owner Gary Mach. Mach-1 is a racing solutions business that supports drivers on the dirt track level and Mach said contributions to the Super Nationals purse helps fulfill that objective. “One of the things I like best about Super Nationals is that it gives so many different drivers the opportunity to shine at dirt track racing’s biggest event,” Mach explained. “We have been a weekly racing sponsor for this division since the beginning and we’re pleased to be able to add more money to the purse,” he added. “The Sport Compacts are a division that encompasses drivers in all age groups, [Read More]

Mission accomplished for Karl

By Scott J. Owen SHAWANO, Wis, (Aug. 20, 2022) – Andy Karl survived a caution slowed Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature to score his first-ever feature win at the historic half mile Shawano Speedway Saturday night. Former rookie of the year Adam Jacobson took the lead at the start of the event. Karl went to the inside on lap three to take the lead. Karl survived and used multiple restarts to maintain his advantage at the front of the field. JJ Anderson applied pressure to the leader before mechanical woes ended his night. Late in the race, Karl held off Jayden Schmidt for the win. Schmidt advanced 13 spots for second. Lucas Lamberies finished third. Ageless Jerry Muenster was fourth and Marcus Yarie advanced 11 spots to take fifth. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature hit the track with third generation racer JJ Vanderloop leading lap one. Vanderloop quickly began to pull away from the rest of the field as Mike Springborn ran second on the grid. As Vanderloop clicked off lap after lap in the lead, Bryce Clements, [Read More]