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Lagroon, Grabouski are IMCA Modified winners at Salina’s Mid-America Clash

SALINA, Kan. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) – When Mid-America Clash checkers flew at Salina Speedway, Corey Lagroon and Jordan Grabouski both went home with $1,500 checks for their Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature wins. Lagroon worked his way up from seventh in topping the Friday night feature, passing Derrick Brown following a restart after midway in the 25-lapper to earn a spot on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Grabouski, the 2016 national champion, also used a restart to his advantage on Saturday, motoring by Lagroon with 10 circuits left. “Friday was my fifth win at Salina this season,” noted Lagroon. “There were a couple late yellows and Derrick made it close. He had a pretty good run off the final turn.” Brown led early but settled for second. Larry Sutton, Danny Holt and Kurtis Pihl rounded out the top five. A double winner at Salina’s April DirtFest special, Grabouski started inside row six on Saturday and wound up with the win ahead of Lagroon, Danny Morrison, Tyler Frye and Pihl. “We’ve had real good [Read More]

McGaha, Sessums, Abbey, Pirkle all are $1,500 Showdown winners at Kennedale

KENNEDALE, Texas (Oct. 1) – After he got caught up at work, Josh McGaha couldn’t be caught at Kennedale Speedway Park’s Showdown main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. “I wasn’t going to go but we finally got caught up at work,” said McGaha, who earned $1,500 along with a spot on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational for the Saturday checkers. “It turned out to be a good weekend all the way around. They had a good crowd, there was good competition and we got some good luck that played into our hands.” Crewman Jay Grimes had encouraged McGaha to make another racing weekend of it and three-hour tow was rewarded with a bookend trophy to the hardware they took home in 2012. McGaha had gone with “a happy medium” as track conditions changed from qualifying on Friday to the main event on Saturday and, one in front, edged ahead to beat Razor Chassis Southern Region champion and defending race winner Matt Guillaume to the stripe by about four car [Read More]

Budweiser Nationals boasts Oct. 7, 8 $1,500 to win IMCA Modified features at Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Oct. 4) – A pair of $1,500 to win features for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are on tap at Bakersfield Speedway’s 31st annual Budweiser Nationals this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8. Both 40-lap features are 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events and pay a minimum of $100 to start. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods begin qualifying on Friday. They’ll race 30 laps for $1,500 to win on Saturday. The complete program for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars totes a $600 to win feature and will be run Saturday. Car and driver is $90 each night for the Modifieds, $105 for both days for the SportMods and $150 to start in the rear for Saturday qualifying only, and $65 Saturday for the Stock Cars. Pit passes are $40. Pit gates open at noon both days, pre-race tech starts at 12:15 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. RACEceivers and transponders are required. Friday grandstand admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and military and $7 for kids ages 6-12. On [Read More]

Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series finale is Saturday at Five Mile Point

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (Oct. 4) – The Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series sees its final checkers of 2016 when the tour for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds travels to Five Mile Point Speedway for an Oct. 8 show. Saturday’s 20-lap main event pays $450 to win and a minimum of $100 to start. Brad Sites of Monroeton, Pa., brings the point lead to Kirkwood for the finale; Matt Cole of Vestal and James Cornell of Port Crane were winners of the first two series events held at 5MP this season. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Racing starts at 6 p.m. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors ages 65 and older, $5 for students ages 13-17 and free for kids and under. A family five-pack (two adults and three seniors/students) is $35. Pit passes are also $35. More information is available on Facebook, at the www.5milepointspeedway.com website or by calling 607 775-5555. Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Brad Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 323; 2. Tyler Stoddard, Binghamton, 300; [Read More]

Hogge sails to IMCA Modified sweep at Ocean’s Pat Pettit Memorial special

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) – Bobby Hogge IV found himself riding with an uneasy feeling of déjà vu late in the Pat Pettit Memorial main event at Ocean Speedway. But after working his way through lapped traffic, Hogge backed up his $1,003 Friday night win at Watsonville with the $3,003 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event checkers on Saturday. “Last year I had about a half a lap lead before a late restart and Alex Stanford passed me,” he said. “This year I started 11th, got to the lead and was able to get through lapped traffic. After that it was smooth sailing.” Hogge ran three-wide with front-row starters Stanford and Nick DeCarlo for the lead, catching Stanford first and then driving past DeCarlo two laps later. Stanford, DeCarlo, Cody Burke and Robby Sawyer completed the top five in the 33-lapper. Ryan McDaniel, Kellen Chadwick, Ethan Dotson and Stanford were second through fifth, respectively, in the Friday show, also 33 laps. Both features were Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers and Hogge was [Read More]

URSS 2016 Colorado Region Championship up for grabs at Byers

BYERS, Colo. – The final race of the 2016 United Rebel Sprint Series at Colorado Motor Sports Park will determine the 2016 Colorado Champion this Saturday night, Oct. 8. Current point leader and winner of the last race at Byers, Zach Blurton leads the standings by a slim four point margin over 2015 national rookie of the year Austin McLean. Justin Medlock is 20 points behind Blurton holding down the third spot. Current Colorado and national rookie point leader Scott Rhoades holds a 22-point lead over fifth place Luke Lucero. Positions sixth through eighth are separated by 12 points. Mark Walinder holds the sixth spot with Todd Plemons 10 points behind in seventh and teammate Scott Cochran two points back of Plemons. Saturday Night is Fan Appreciation Night at CMSP with the URSS Sprint Cars headlining the night’s racing. Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $8 for ages 12 and under. The track website is www.coloradomotorsportsparkllc.com.

$5,000 is top IMCA Modified prize at Oct. 6-8 RPM Fall Nationals

HAYS, Kan. – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $5,000 to win and a minimum of $400 to start their main event at RPM Speedway’s Oct. 6-8 Fall Nationals fueled by Casey’s. That feature is a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Also on the card at Hays are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars racing for $3,000 to win, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for $2,000, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,500 and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $300. Registration fee and non-qualifier pay is $150 for Modifieds, $100 for Stocks and $75 for SportMods and Hobby Stocks. Tow money for the Sport Compacts is $25. A test and tune session for all divisions and the Sport Compact program are on Thursday, Oct. 6. Grandstand admission is free on Thursday. Adults pay $10 on Friday and $15 on Saturday; children are $5 both days. Pit passes are $25 on Thursday and $30 on Friday and Saturday. More information about the 10th annual event is available at the www.rpmspeedway.net website or by calling promoter Rod Bencken [Read More]

IMCA announces 2016 national champions

VINTON, Iowa (Sept. 30) – Four of the 2016 national champions announced today by IMCA won’t have to google driving directions to get to the national awards banquet. They’ve been there before. Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice, Neb., won the national Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified crown for the second time while Mike Nichols of Harlan and Shannon Anderson of Des Moines both won career sixth championships in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock divisions, respectively. Nate Coopman of Mankato topped national Mach-1 Sport Compacts for the third straight year and for the fourth time in his career. First-time national champions are Andy Shouse of Mustang, Okla., in the IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car division, Tony Olson of Cedar Rapids in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Jeffrey Abbey of Comanche, Texas, in the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods. Final points races for all seven of those divisions were held on Sept. 25. Grabouski, also the 2011 national champ, won 33 Modified features this season, along with the Jet Racing Central Region [Read More]

Unofficial 2016 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings

Standings become official at noon CST Monday, Oct. 24 Numbers in parenthesis are 40-point feature wins and are used as tie breakers Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,240; 2. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,214; 3. A. J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 1,204; 4. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,203; 5. Eddie Kirchoff, Gillette, Wyo., 1,197; 6. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,190; 7. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,186; 8. Matt Cole, Vestal, N.Y., 1,177; 9. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 1,176; 10. Mitch Morris, Long Grove, Iowa, 1,175; 11. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 1,174; 12. Tyler Limoges, Redwood Falls, Minn., 1,172; 13. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 1,170; 14. Jacob Murray, Hartford, Iowa, 1,168; 15. Marcus Yarie, Wausau, Wis., 1,164; 16. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,162; 17. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 1,161; 18. Will Ward, Cobleskill, N.Y., 1,159; 19. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 1,157; 20. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,154. IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. Andy Shouse, Mustang, Okla., 799; 2. Tyler Drueke, Eagle, Neb., 783 (6); 3. Jason Martin, [Read More]

Norman County, Red River Valley Speedway add IMCA Stock Cars to 2017 lineups

ADA, Minn. – IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will be new to weekly race programs at Norman County Raceway and at Red River Valley Speedway in 2017. Norman County is a Thursday venue located in Ada, Minn.; Red River Valley Speedway is in West Fargo, N.D., 50 miles to the south and west, and hosts weekly races on Friday. “We have had drivers asking about sanctioning Stock Cars with IMCA. We feel the division is a good fit for both tracks and felt we needed a class that was close wheeled and a step up from the Hobby Stocks,” said Jake Bitker, promoter at Norman County and co-promoter at Red River Valley Speedway. “We have 10 guys who have already bought cars and are 100 percent committed.” 2017 schedules for both tracks are to be announced in mid-October. Sanctioned Stock Cars join Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods on weekly programs at both tracks. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks also run weekly at Red River Valley Speedway and on alternating weeks at Norman [Read More]