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Davenport’s SportMod Challenge pays $2,000 to win

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods take over the spotlight in a $2,000 to win main event on Friday, June 9 at Davenport Speedway. The IMCA SportMod Challenge will use a draw/redraw format and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students, and free for kids ages 12 and under. Pit passes are $30. IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Late Models are also on the Friday program, racing for all points. More information is available at the www.davenportspeedway.com website or by calling 563 340-4079.

Kay scores big at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (June 2) – Friday night’s racing at Farley Speedway was highlighted by a 40-lap Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track feature for the Out Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models. When the checkered flag flew following the 16-minute main event, which ran caution-free, it was Justin Kay capturing the $2,000 payday. Kay led the 40 lapper flag-to-flag despite very heavy late race pressure by Andy Eckrich and Ryan Dolan. The frontrunners encountered lapped traffic as the race wound down and as the front three raced under the flagstand with three laps to go they were separated by less than a car length. Kay was able to clear lapped traffic and score the win over Eckrich and Dolan. Matt Gansen turned around some early season misfortunes and raced to the 20-lap feature win in the GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified feature. Gansen took the win over Jeff Aikey. Mark Schulte ran a strong race in taking third. Tyler Soppe added another GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Northern SportMod feature win to his 2017 racing [Read More]

Schmuhl is outstanding in Oshkosh Stocks

OSHKOSH, Wis. (June 2) – Jeff Schmuhl, in his second full night in the Outlaw Chassis IMCA Stock Car division, started the main event from outside pole and led every lap to record his first career feature win Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. A late race caution with two laps left bunched the field but Schmuhl held off defending champion, Travis Van Straten, David Hoerning, Jeremy Christians, Aaron Stolp and Joe White to seal the deal. Other winners of scheduled features were Tony Wedelstadt in the Automotive Supply Co. IMCA Modifieds, Lucas Lamberies in the Don Herman Auto Repair IMCA Northern SportMods and Chris Maas, who topped the Lynn’s Service Center IMCA Sport Compact main with a last-lap pass. Winning make-up features were Eric Scribner in a caution-free Modified contest and Kevin Bethke in the Northern SportMods. The event had 120 cars entered for the evening.

Duffy drives to first Marshalltown win of season

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 2) – Darin Duffy made his first visit of the season to Marshalltown Speedway on Friday and was rewarded with the IMCA Modified feature win. Jimmy Gustin saw his nice lead disappear when a yellow flew at lap seven. By this time, Duffy had made it to second after starting 11th and Joel Rust, who had started even deeper in the field, was closing in on the frontrunners. The three top cars duked it out, swapping positions until Duffy finally established the top spot for good, and sealed the win. Rust took the runner-up spot and Gustin was third. Another driver getting his first win at Marshalltown after trying for five years was Johnathon Logue Jr. in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division. Logue did it the hard way, coming from 11th starting spot and having to catch and pass some tough competition. Todd Cooney made it three in a row as he dominated in the 20-lap IMCA Late Model main event while Shannon Anderson started 12th and went back-to-back for wins in the IMCA [Read More]

First wins for four Friday at Luxemburg

By Scott Owen LUXEMBURG, Wis. (June 2) – A robust field of 121 cars signed in the battle it out Friday at Luxemburg Speedway. Lance Arneson, John Heinz, Dennis Miesler and Alvin Testroete all got their first local IMCA wins of the season. The IMCA Modified feature started with Jeff Bodendorfer leading the first five laps. Arneson got underneath Bodendorfer to take the lead on lap six. During the second half of the race Russ Reinwald got to second but could never mount a serious charge as Arneson went to victory lane. In IMCA Sunoco Stock Car action, Heinz proved to too tough to catch as he led every lap en route to victory. Kyle Frederick worked his way from 13th to challenge late in the race but to no avail. Miesler led wire to wire to win the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Miesler was pestered all race long by the likes of Scott Boyea, Chris Budzban and Sawyer Haese. Miesler was too tough as he cruised to victory. It was the Testroete show in the Mach-1 [Read More]

Ryan squeezes out IMCA Late Model win at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 2) – Matt Ryan made some quick maneuvers in lapped traffic to capture the Petersen Plumbing and Heating IMCA Late Model feature Friday at Davenport Speedway. Ryan had taken the lead from Andy Nezworski after a lap six restart. Brunson Behning slowly reeled in the leader and the lead duo was side-by-side on lap 24 with two slower cars in front of them. Ryan squeezed between the infield tires and Jay Chenoweth to retain the lead and score his first points win of the season at Davenport. Behning finished second with Nezworski holding on to third. The Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Modifieds provided another thrilling main event. Jordan Hicks jumped out to the early race lead and led the first three laps. On a lap four restart, Doug Crampton showed some muscle and powered his way to the front. Late in the race, Bryce Garnhart got inside of Crampton and took away the lead. On lap 19 of 20, Rob Toland, who had gone to the tail of the field [Read More]

Hard chargers win features at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 1) – Four hard chargers earned feature wins to highlight a big night of dirt track racing at Kossuth County Speedway on Thursday. Pole sitter Clay Money took the lead early in the IMCA Modified main. Tad Reutzel and Tim Ward both came calling on Money for the lead at halfway but two laps later, Reutzel exited with car troubles and Kelly Shryock joined the battle for the lead. Shyrock gradually reeled in Money and took the lead with two laps to go before going onto the victory. Tenth starting Curt Lund weaved his way through the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field and finally grabbed the top spot with two laps to go and went on to the win. Leader George Nordman bobbled just a bit following a restart with two laps left. Jake McBirnie slid past to take the lead and went onto the victory. Shannon Anderson slid past Jamie Weishaar at the halfway mark of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock race and went onto to win for [Read More]

Anderson stays perfect at Osky

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (May 31) – Shannon Anderson remained perfect by picking up the KBOE Radio/Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature during a fast-paced night of racing Wednesday at Southern Iowa Speedway. Anderson started eighth and quickly worked his way through the field, getting to the front on lap six. He built up a big lead that was erased by a lap 11 caution, but held on to get the victory ahead of Aaron Martin, Chanse Hollatz, Bill Bonnett and Thomas Stevens. Hobby Stocks see extra an $300 available to grab because of a bounty placed on Anderson next week, thanks to Edel Lawn Care, Cindy Drost and Independent Auto. Cayden Carter and Curtis VanDerWal repeated wins from last week in the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified and Oskaloosa True Value IMCA Northern SportMod divisions, respectively. Derrick Agee was the Budweiser IMCA Stock Car winner and Brandon Housley checked out on everybody to win the Kelli Steli State Farm IMCA Sport Compact main event. 30

Tiger doubles awards for IMCA drivers in 2017

MOUNT ULLA, N.C. – Tiger Rear Ends doubles the dollar amount of awards to be given to IMCA drivers this season, with $5,000 in product certificates designated for Modified and Late Model competitors. Top five finishers in national standings for both divisions, and in point standings for the Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for Modifieds all receive $250 certificates from the Mount Ulla, N.C., aftermarket rear end manufacturer. Tiger had given national Late Model and Deery awards in its first three years as an IMCA sponsor. Certificates will be presented during the national IMCA awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the home office, and can be redeemed directly through Tiger. The next events for both series are June 6 at Marshalltown Speedway. The national Late Model point season concludes with the final Deery event in September. The point season for the Modifieds ends on Sept. 24. “The Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour is becoming a high profile series of [Read More]

Schwartz is number one at 81

By David Smith Jr. PARK CITY, Kan. (May 28) – Todd Schwartz wasted little time getting to the lead Sunday night at 81 Speedway, then held off Joe Wood Jr. on the final lap to capture his first career Sprint Series of Oklahoma victory and $1,000 during the Sprint Car Maynia show at Park City. The IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event, co-sanctioned by the United Rebel Sprint Series, saw Jake Martens, Steven Richardson and Ty Williams complete the top five. Thirty-four cars vied for starting spots on the main event grid. Schwartz started third and took the lead as the green flag fell. Wood was five car lengths behind in second midway through the 20-lapper. Andy Shouse and Brandon Long, who were running third and fourth respectively, made contact coming out of turn two on 13, causing Long to execute a series of flips down the backstretch. He was shaken but otherwise uninjured. Schwartz entered slower traffic with three laps to go, then denied Wood’s final attempt at a pass in turns three and four on the [Read More]