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All Star Shootout IMCA Modified win is career first for Wojtek at Kennedale

KENNEDALE, Texas (May 29) – The hugs and high fives that followed Fred Wojtek’s All Star Shootout fueled by Fast Shafts feature win stemmed from his third place finish in his qualifying heat Saturday at Kennedale Speedway Park. Wojtek caught William Gould for the lead 11 laps into the IMCA Modified main event, then outran Gould and Jacob Pirkle to the $1,000 checkers. “We weren’t too good in the heat. We changed a spring and ball joint and good gosh, the car was like a different car (in the feature). It handled really well after we made all the changes,” Wojtek said following his first win of the season, and first-ever win at KSP. Trevor Egbert paced the first two of 25 laps before Gould drove by. Wojtek was the leader before back-to-back cautions on lap 12. He saw a two second advantage erased by the final caution of the night, on lap 21. “There was character to the track tonight. I just tried to hit my marks, drive through the middle of (turns) one [Read More]

Gould gets All Star Shootout win at Boyd in IMCA Modified he built, sold

BOYD, Texas (May 28) – The IMCA Modified William Gould sold five years ago put him back in the winner’s circle again Friday night at Boyd Raceway. Gould raced from the 10th starting spot to the lead midway through the All Star Shootout fueled by Fast Shafts headliner, then held off a pair of hard chargers in Jacob Pirkle and Jon White to the $1,000 checkers. “I like a fast track with more than one line and I like a short track,” Gould said. “This track was everything I like. I had a lot of fast guys in front of me and fast guys behind me at the start, but I could race anywhere and went where they weren’t.” Polesitter Robby Minten and then Cody Leonard led through the 12th circuit. Gould was up to third by lap six and drove to the front before the first caution of the night on lap 14. White had started 14th and crossed the stripe just half a car length behind Gould when lap 17 was scored; the 15th starting Pirkle took [Read More]

‘Something different,’ Dacotah Iron Man 100 features $5,000 top prize for IMCA Modifieds

MANDAN, N.D. – Mandan Stock Car Association board members were looking for “something different” when they came up with the idea of a 100-lap race for IMCA Modifieds. Now they’re looking forward to the same great things when Dacotah Speedway hosts its second annual $5,000 to win Iron Man 100 on Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5. Presented by Jerome Distributing and Coors Light, the Iron Man 100 starts with heat races and a pair of 25-lap $1,000 to win qualifying events on opening night. Saturday’s big 100-lap, Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying main event will be stopped at midway for fuel and tearoffs. “We’re expecting a strong field of home state drivers and some out-of-state travelers,” said board director Mike Christiansen, noting the run to the checkers by Ricky Thornton Jr. in the 2019 Iron Man slowed by just two cautions. “When we started talking about this as a board, we agreed we wanted something different,” he explained. “When we had it two years ago (last year’s even was canceled because of [Read More]

Dodge City Raceway Park preps for Driver/Fan Appreciation

By Whitney Hodgin DODGE CITY, Kan. – The June 4 weekend is shaping up to be a big one at Dodge City Raceway Park, where more than $35,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded on Driver/Fan Appreciation night along with the Boot Hill Championship two-day pointed event for IMCA Modified and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod divisions. DCRP expects a packed house for the Driver/Fan Appreciation Friday night. On Driver Appreciation night, drivers are challenged to give away tickets to the races in a competition to be eligible for a drawing for prizes. Friday will also kick-off the first of a two-night special for the Modifieds and Northern SportMods. “The format for this special event will be a draw, re-draw which mixes things up and makes for some exciting racing,” Director Craig Dollansky said. Friday night attendees will be encouraged to return on Saturday night when The Boot Hill Champions are crowned. On both nights, the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing divisions will also be in action, slated on Friday night with the Modifieds and SportMods are the IMCA [Read More]

PASS returns to Port Royal for Memorial Weekend show

By Frank Buhrman PORT ROYAL, Pa. – The storyline basket is overflowing as the Pennsylvania Sprint Series heads to Port Royal Speedway Saturday to join the program for Night One of the Bob Weikert Memorial. For starters, the May 29 show is set to be the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car series’ 10th race of 2021 and so far there have been no repeat winners. Five of those previous winners are expected to be at the Port, including Garrett Bard, who presents another choice story. The 2020 national and PASS champion, Bard earned his first 2021 win last weekend at Selinsgrove Speedway, and a win at Port Royal would move him into sole possession of second place among PASS winners there. The win would be his seventh, breaking a tie with Tyler Bear behind all-time wins leader Jeff Miller, who has a dozen PASS wins at the Juniata County oval. Overall, half a dozen teams planning to be on hand Saturday are past Port Royal winners. Those 2021 and past Port winners are an impressive group, [Read More]

Southern Oklahoma beats weather, gets in fast night two of IMCA All Star Shootout

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 27) – A fast-paced All Star Shootout fueled by Fast Shafts program at Southern Oklahoma Speedway ended with Matt Guillaume, Matthew Day and Jeffrey Abbey in victory lane. Hustling to beat bad weather, Guillaume was promoted to the $1,000 IMCA Modified checkers after Wesley Veal came up light on the post-race scales. Day was lights out for the second night in a row at Ardmore in winning the Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod feature and Abbey held Wednesday winner Tommy Fain in check to top the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. Guillaume, defending champion in the Razor Chassis South Central Region and at Southern Oklahoma, was quickly up to second from his ninth starting spot. “We were really good around the very bottom, then moved to the high line after we saw Wesley go by,” said Guillaume, already a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot candidate. The checkers were his second in the division this season and first of 2021 at Ardmore. Brint Hartwick, Chad Melton, Jacob Pirkle and Jon White completed [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through May 25

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 966; 2. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 957; 3. Kellen Chadwick, Oakley, Calif., 794; 4. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., 788; 5. Bricen James, Albany, Ore., 763; 6. Jerry Flippo, Bakersfield, Calif., 749; 7. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 741; 8. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 738; 9. William Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 719; 10. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 617; 11. Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, 586; 12. Kelly Johnson, Peoria, Ariz., 566; 13. Tanner Black, Otis, Kan., 557; 14. Jaden Fryer, Freeport, Ill., 536; 15. Paul Culp, Creswell, Ore., 531; 16. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 530; 17. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 529; 18. Cody Burke, Salinas, Calif., 527; 19. Troy Foulger, Oakley, Calif., 518; 20. Chris Morris, Taylor, Texas, 511. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, 507; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 448; 3. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 416; 4. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., 338; 5. Bryan Moreland, Durango, Iowa, 335; 6. Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., 328; 7. Eric Pollard, Peosta, Iowa, 324; 8. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 312; [Read More]

Machado masters IMCA Modifieds at Petaluma

By Stephanie Deatherage PETALUMA, Calif. (May 22) – Mitch Machado became the latest IMCA Modified feature winner at Petaluma Speedway Saturday night. Taking advantage of his inside front row starting position, Machado charged to the lead at the start of the 25-lap main event. The veteran felt some brief pressure from Michael Paul Jr. but was able to temper his advances as the race continued. Four cautions took place, but one thing remained the same, Machado was the leader. Despite the occasional bid to overtake him, Machado set the pace for the rest of the distance to secure his first win of the season at Petaluma. Paul was the runner-up with third going to Anthony Slaney. Terry Kaiser was fourth while Jake Dewsbury ended the race fifth.

Pike, Whisler shine at Mohave Valley

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (May 22) – Jake Pike and A.J. Whisler raced their way to victory lane at Mohave Valley Raceway Saturday night. In the IMCA Modified main event, Sean Stewart put his mount in front of the pack before an early caution. On the restart, Stewart’s heavy pressure came from Pike, who was fast on the restart but could not get around Stewart for the lead. However, that would change when the second yellow flag flew several laps later. Stewart still paced the field when things returned to green but Pike rearranged his game plan and motored his way around Sean Stewart via the high side. Once in the lead, Pike cruised right along and a long green flag presented lapped traffic but had no effect on the quickness of the pacesetter. Pike was the first to the line when the checkered flag waved, earning his third win of 2021 and first since conquering the field at California’s Perris Auto Speedway on May 15. Carson Russell placed second while third went to Frank Russell Jr. Stewart [Read More]

Taylor quick to accomplish at Ardmore, tops All Star Shootout opener for IMCA Modifieds

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 26) – When he pulled out of the driveway, Jeff Taylor headed for Southern Oklahoma Speedway hoping he could “accomplish something” during the five-race All Star Shootout fueled by Fast Shafts. He accomplished a lot on opening night at Ardmore, racing from 16th starting to win the IMCA Modified feature and $1,000. One hundred and twenty-five cars, including 57 Modifieds, 38 Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods and 30 IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, saw action in the Wednesday show. “I knew I had a pretty good car by lap four or five,” said Taylor, who’d made the starting grid by winning his ‘B’ feature. “It was a lot of fun. As the race went on I could see I was gaining on the front pack.” Josh McGaha had led from the start, with Jeff Emerson in tow over the first half of the 25-lapper. Taylor had made his way into the top five by lap 11, was running second when the caution came out two laps later, then caught McGaha for the front on [Read More]