EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 15) – What looked to be another night for a Deery Brothers Summer Series rookie to shine ended with veteran Joel Callahan in victory lane instead Sunday at Quad City Speedway. First-year IMCA Late Model tour driver Cayden Carter led the first 32 times around the East Moline oval before Callahan caught up and led to the $2,000 checkers. Carter ended in second while Tyler Droste, the winner at Quad City last July and 2015 series rookie of the year, took third. “We can usually run the low side when we need to and it worked well for us tonight,” Callahan said following his career fourth series victory, and first away from Farley Speedway. “There were a couple times at midway when I got alongside but couldn’t get past. I had the advantage of running second but he (Carter) was tough.” Carter had started outside the front row and set sail from the top side. Callahan drew the fifth starting spot and stayed glued to the bottom. The last 39 laps [Read More]

BOONE, Iowa (May 14) – After suffering mechanical issues in last week’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, Jay Schmidt got back on track and snapped up the feature win Saturday at Boone Speedway. Schmidt slid under Michael Murphy out of turn four to take the lead at lap six and never looked back from there on his way to the checkers. Terry Pruitt finished second and Rod Richards came from 11th starting to finish third. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified driver Mike Van Genderen started ninth and ran down pole sitter Joel Bushore in the 20-lap main event, pursuing him relentlessly from lap six, and finally making the pass with a handful of laps remaining. Those final laps saw Van Genderen pull away and take the comfortable win.  Bushore held on to second place. Third went to Tony Cox. Cody Gustoff led the 12-lap IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature from start to finish in securing his first visit to the winner’s circle this season. John Watson challenged Gustoff the entire race but had to settle for the [Read More]

By Mike Spieker WEST FARGO, N.D. (May 13) – After nearly four long years, Red River Valley Speedway was resurrected Friday night to the delight of hundreds of dedicated race fans, who braved wind chills that approached 30 degrees. A stout field of 70 race teams were signed in to inaugurate a new era of racing at “The fastest track in the Upper Midwest” and winners of inaugural features for the sanctioned divisions were Rob VanMil in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Erik Laudenschlager in the Karl Chevro­let Northern SportMods. Coming into the night everybody was asking, “Can anybody stop Rob VanMil?” The 2015 IMCA Modified national rookie of the year had picked up a convincing win the previous Sunday at Buffalo River Race Park and backed it up with a win Thursday at Norman County Race­way where he took the checkers with an advantage of 11.5 seconds. If VanMil was going to make it three in a row, he had a long way to go as he was mired back in the 10th starting position for the 25-lap [Read More]