By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (May 5) – Mother Nature derailed the opening night by one week but that did not stop 93 cars to visit the Kossuth County Speedway in Algona for the 2016 season opener on Thurs­day. “We had to wait a week to get started with the rain and cold last week but it was worth the wait as the drivers put on a good show,” said track manager Ron Reefer. “Things went well. We had a decent car count and track was smooth and fast.  Overall, it was a good evening of racing.” The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature saw Tad Reutzel grab the early lead but a flat front right tire ended his night and Ricky Thornton Jr. took over the lead. Thornton’s time out front lasted only three laps as he dropped his drive shaft on the back straight­way and Dustin Smith took over the lead. Once out in clean air, Smith was never challenged and cruised to the victory. Kelly Shryock finished second and Mike Jergens was [Read More]

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (May 7) – All four of the divisions getting the Summer Storm Dirt Series competi­tion saw the eventual race winner pull away from the pack Saturday at Off Road Speedway. Kyle Prauner pulled away to secure the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod win, his second of the season at Norfolk. Ultimately, Dylan Pospisil won what became a three-car race for the runner-up spot, with Nelson Vollbrecht getting third ahead of Troy Bruns. Another runaway winner, Ron Pettitt, needed 10 laps to get to the front in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car race and then put plenty of distance between himself and second-place finisher John Had­cock during the final six laps. Chasing Hadcock to the finish line was Chad Bruns. Tejay Mielke powered his way to a convincing victory in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, his second in three nights of racing at Off Road Speedway, while Jeremy Hoskinson established a decisive second-place finish ahead of Tiffany Bittner. National points leader Ramsey Meyer won the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature for the second [Read More]

  By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 7) – Former track champions Jerry Wilinski, Dan Michonski, and Lucas Lamberies each scored their first wins of the season Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Second row starter Chucky Forstner led the first two laps of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modi­fied feature before Jeremie Hedrick asserted himself with an outside pass.  Hedrick led through lap 12 when the caution flag flew. On the next lap, Wilinski took the lead from Hedrick with an inside pass. Lance Arneson and Mar­cus Yarie joined Wilinski and Hedrick in the top four on lap 15. Yarie went three-wide with Arneson and Hedrick the next time around to grab second. Yarie pressured Wilinski the rest of the way but Wilinski would not be denied the victory.  Yarie finished second, Arneson third, Forstner fourth and Hedrick fifth. Michonski raced his way to second by the fourth circuit and set a course for leader Gary Kasperek.  Michonski went to the outside of Kasperek on lap eight to take the lead away as Travis Van Straten took over [Read More]

AUBURN, Mich. (May 6) – To say defending Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modi­fied champion Myron DeYoung has had a rough start to the season at Tri-City Motor Speed­way would be a huge understatement. It looked like maybe his luck would turn around Friday night however, as he dominated his heat race. Starting inside row two, he immediately passed front row starters Craig Vance and Matt Szecsodi and lead through lap 13 in the main event. But once again, A.J. Ward, who has won every feature in 2016, found his way to DeYoung’s back bumper. The frontrunners put on quite a display before Ward pulled away and cruised to win num­ber three on the season. DeYoung was second, followed by Vance, Chad Wernette and “B” winner Austin Wonch. A record 107 drivers vied in the regular weekly show at Auburn.

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (May 6) – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds started their inaugural season at Atchison County Raceway with a bang on Friday as Steven Bowers Jr. won both his heat race and the feature. Hall of Famer Tom Charles sliced and diced through the pack to a solid second place finish, challenging Bowers to the line. Matt Richards had an impressive run placing third with Clay Hale fourth. Other heat race winner Tyson Lanfermann raced his way to fifth. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars saw the best of the best take to the track with numerous different leaders throughout the race. Tag Team Challenge winner Greg Keuhn took the early lead with Jim Powell knocking on the door before Brad Whitney entered the picture. Whitney used the high line to pass Keuhn and pulled out to a nice lead until hitting the berm in turn two and spinning out, taking him from the front spot. Powell took over the lead and raced side-by-side with Rich Boyden. Powell pick up the feature [Read More]