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Mid-Summer Classic is Saturday at Canyon

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. – Summer is most definitely in full effect in Arizona’s valley. So it’s quite fitting that Canyon Speedway Park near Phoenix hosts its annual Mid-Summer Classic on Saturday night, July 9. Following an open practice tonight from 7-10 p.m., Saturday’s Mid-Summer Classic atop the 1/3-mile clay oval will feature a full slate of that includes Arizona Differential IMCA Modifieds. Saturday tickets are $16 with a $3 discount for military, seniors and students. Children ages 7-12 are $6, with children six and under admitted free. VIP passes are available for $20.

Recovery fund started for PA Sprint Car driver

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – A recovery fund has been established by the Beer Hill Gang for the family of IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car driver Jake Waters, who was injured last weekend during the feature at Selinsgrove Speedway. There’s a $40,000 goal. The link is https://www.gofundme.com/2cjczk5g. Waters, 32, is in his second season of sanctioned competition with IMCA.

URSS Rebels prepare for Nebraska doubleheader weekend

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The United Rebel Sprint Series will make the trek to the Cornhusker State this weekend as the third race of the Myers Racing Engines National Points Championship kicks off the weekend Saturday at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte and a Sunday trip to the lightning fast Dawson County Speedway in Lexington for a regional show. Look for many Sprint Series of Nebraska drivers to bolster the fields for both races as it is an opportunity to pick up valuable URSS/IMCA RaceSaver points as well. With the recent rescheduling of the Valentine Speedway show to Aug. 20 in Glen Rock, Wyo., look for some of the Colorado Region drivers to run for national and regional points as well. So far out of the 13 races run, 10 different drivers have made their way to victory lane. Only two drivers have multiple wins, Luke Cranston with three and Zach Blurton with two. The parity the series has enjoyed over the last few seasons is once again its biggest drawing card. The intent was [Read More]

Modifieds chase $2,000 top check at Luxemburg tonight

LUXEMBURG, Wis. – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds chase a $2,000 top check and a spot on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot tonight (Friday, July 8) at Luxemburg Speedway. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, BMS North Central Region and Allstar Performance State points, but not local track points will be awarded at the event, sponsored by Pagel’s Ponderosa and Ron’s Cheese. There is a $30 entry fee. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods will vie for all applicable points. Pit gates open at 4:45 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:40 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for teens ages 13-17 and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $25. Additional information is available at the www.luxemburgspeedway.com website or by calling 920 621-3272.

Kossuth County Deery checkers fly for Callahan

ALGONA, Iowa (July 7) – Joel Callahan and Jeff Aikey were the big winners Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway. While Callahan paced the Deery Brothers Summer Series main event and earned $2,000, Aikey edged Tyler Bruening by all of one point to top standings for the first half of the IMCA Late Model tour season for a $2,500 prize. The 30-lap main event ran caution-free. Callahan started on the pole and was not seriously challenged as lapped traffic never became an issue and the closest Bruening could get in the waning circuits was four car lengths back. Cayden Carter, Charlie McKenna and Ryan Dolan completed the top five. Carter was also the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing winner. Callahan’s win was his Deery career fifth and second this season. Skies over Algona were dark earlier in the evening, with a tornado warning to the north and storm warnings all around, but a rainbow greeted Late Model drivers as they drove onto the track for their main event. The ninth event of the 30th annual [Read More]

Independence checkers make Fitzpatrick first repeat Deery winner

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 6) – Scott Fitzpatrick took home a prize better than any blue ribbon Wednesday night. Fitzpatrick became the first repeat winner in the 30th annual Deery Brothers Summer Series, topping the 40-lap main event for IMCA Late Models at Independence Motor Speedway. The Buchanan County Fair special checkers were worth $2,000. Fitzpatrick passed pole starter Jon Passick on the sixth circuit and led to the end of the 40-lapper. Denny Eckrich pulled close twice before Fitzpatrick got a lapped car ahead just after midway. The race had boiled down to a two-car battle, with Matt Ryan alone in third and points leader Jeff Aikey by himself in fourth, before the final caution came out with 12 laps left. Fitzpatrick then pulled away from the pack to win easily in front of Eckrich, Ryan, Aikey and Cayden Carter, who’d started 16th. Tyler Bruening took the initial green from 17th and ended in sixth. Provisional starter Andy Eckrich raced from shotgun on the field to ninth for hard charger honors. Fitzpatrick had won for the first [Read More]

Zrostlik takes Fever Heat Classic at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (July 3) – Joe Zrostlik celebrated the Fourth a day early, with the $1,000 IMCA Late Model victory at Stuart Speedway’s Fever Heat Classic. Charlie McKenna and Paul Nagle were the lucky ones to draw 1-2 for the feature and it was McKenna leading through several early yellows. Once the cautions were sorted out, Corey Zeitner set the pace with McKenna not far behind. Zrostlik began to move forward around halfway and just past the 20th lap he passed Zeitner for the lead. Zrostlik went on to take the win and the $1,000 for the 30-lap inaugural event. Zeitner finished second with Jake Neal overcoming some early adversity to finish third. McKenna was fourth and Paul Glendenning fifth. Other winners included Jeff James in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, Brian Blessington in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Austin Luellen in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Buck Schafroth in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Jake Benischek in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

Night two of Stock Car Shootout postponed

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (July 6) – Early morning rains left the track and speedway grounds too wet to race night two of the Budweiser and Musco Lighting Stock Car Shootout at Southern Iowa Speedway As a result, the second night has been postponed to Wednesday, July 20. There will be a buy-in for new IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts that night. Also on the Southern Iowa Fair card are Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds following the Hawkeye Dirt Tour. Bill and Ray’s will sponsor any new driver on July 20 who did not race Tuesday and pay their pit pass in the Stock Car, SportMod, Hobby Stock and Sport Compact divisions. The top eight in points from last night are locked in and will run a dash during the fair. Meanwhile any car that ran Tuesday night plus new cars will race heats and “B” features to qualify for the main event. The Lee County Speedway portion of the Shootout is on for [Read More]

Martin sprints to URSS Boothill Showdown Steve King Memorial checkers

DODGE CITY, Kan. (July 3) – Now a resident of Lincoln, Neb., Jason Martin rarely gets an opportunity to race in front of his native Liberal, Kan., friends and family. Martin took full advantage of the opportunity to do just that by leading wire-to-wire in the 25-lap URSS vs. Precise Racing Products Sprint Car portion of the Boothill Showdown Steve King Memorial at Dodge City Raceway Park to take the $2,000 winner’s share. “There were some bad boys behind me. I had to be on my ‘A’ game to keep them there,” Martin said after the triumph over a field of 39 competitors. After a sixth-place run from 18th in Friday’s preliminary event, Martin earned a position in Sunday’s redraw after heat race action and pulled the pole starting position for the feature event with reigning track champion Luke Cranston alongside. Martin gunned into the lead at the outset and kept Cranston at bay throughout, surviving three minor cautions in the opening 15 rounds and then one final stoppage after 22 laps. Martin held off [Read More]

Driver appreciation, free grandstand admission Friday at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa – Farley Speedway will host a full program of IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing action this Friday, July 8, featuring free grandstand admission on Driver Appreciation Night. The 3/8-mile dirt oval will host six classes of race cars headlined by the IMCA Late Models. Hot laps get underway at 7 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m.