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Arlington Raceway collects for Sibley County Foodshare

ARLINGTON, Minn. – Arlington Raceway collects non-perishable food items for Sibley County Foodshare during its Saturday, June 25 Jam The Stands and Jam The Trailer Salute to Agriculture Night. Fans get $1 off, with a maximum of $10, for each donated food item. All regular weekly divisions will be in action and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 4 p.m., hot laps are at approximately 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. More information is available at the www.arlingtonraceway.com website.

Halfway to Dodge City titles … chase continues Saturday night

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (June 23) – This Saturday’s H&H Roofing Night at Dodge City Raceway Park marks the halfway point of the 2016 season at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. IMCA hotshoes Nick Link, Kevin Tabor, Michael Pepper and Cody Davis are in the driver’s seat for 2016 track championships, but there is still plenty of time for major changes to take place. Saturday’s H&H Roofing Night action that goes green at 7:30 p.m. includes Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Adult admission is $10.

Murray races back to front, then to victory lane at Wild West Challenge

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 21) – After finding his way back to the front, David Murray Jr. found his way to victory lane Tuesday at Lincoln County Raceway. Murray topped the $1,500 to win main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at the Colton and Connor Gentry Memorial Wild West Challenge. He’d led the first seven circuits before falling back to second for most of the race. After regaining the point from Eddie Belec on lap 21, Murray charged ahead to career win number 539. Already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, he was chased to the checkers by Anthony Roth, Belec, Mike Densberger and Colton Osborn. Also punching tickets to the $1,000 winner’s circle were Jason Rogers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Lance Borgman in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Jacob Olmstead pocketed $500 for taking the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock checkers and Ramsey Meyer’s victory in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main paid $400. Rogers experienced the good, the bad and the ugly over the [Read More]

LaCrosse earns $10,000 for career second Clash at the Creek checkers

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 23) – Benji LaCrosse led every lap of the 50 lap Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Clash at the Creek main event Thursday at 141 Speedway. LaCrosse held off heavy pressure from two-time defending race winner Mike Mullen to take home the $10,000 payday in the opening installment of the Cheesehead Triple Crown. LaCrosse earned the pole position for the feature by virtue of passing points during Wednesday qualifying. The 2013 Clash winner showed he was going to be a threat as he pulled away from the field immediately. Mullen settled into position in second and Kyle Brown into third, with a whole crew running right behind. Several cautions kept the field together like a close knit family. On each restart, LaCrosse pulled Mullen around the speedway and eventually edged away from the field. Shawn Kilgore and Hunter Marriott battled for third during the middle portion of the race. Kilgore ran the top with Marriott down low. With 15 circuits remaining, LaCrosse entered lapped traffic and Mullen was able [Read More]

$3,500 is top check when IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour travels to Hancock County for Salute to Veterans show

BRITT, Iowa (June 23) – The Hawkeye Dirt Tour returns to Britt and five IMCA divisions see on-track action at Hancock County Speedway’s Salute To Veterans special on Tuesday, June 28. Touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $3,500 to win their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier while the runner-up earns $1,600. Fourteen hundred dollars will be paid for third, $1,200 for fourth and $1,000 for fifth. Hancock County is the only track to have hosted an HDT event every year since the series started in 2010. Next Tuesday’s show will be the seventh tour event held at Britt. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $2,000 to win, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks both for $1,500 and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200. Winners in all divisions receive six-foot-tall trophies and those with perfect attendance this season at Britt get $500 bonuses as well. Second in the Stock Car main pays $1,200 with $1,000 for third. SportMod and Hobby Stock runners-up get $800, with $600 paid for third. All divisions [Read More]

Brayton Carter wins Lowry Memorial at Osky

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 22) – Brayton Carter’s first KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod win at Southern Iowa Speedway came during Wednesday’s Dave Lowry Memorial. Trent Brink led the first lap of the 16-lapper. Matthew Van Gelder took the top spot away following a lap two restart but that was short-lived as Carter grabbed the top spot on lap three. Carter cruised on to take the checkers ahead of Brett Lowry, Van Gelder, Curtis VanDerWal and Eric Flander. Cayden Carter won again in the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars. Zack Vander Beek topped the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds, Dustin Griffiths paced the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks and Cody Van Dusen ruled the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

Stien sprints to Arlington checkers

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 18) – Michael Stien was the second and final leader in Saturday’s 95.7 the Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature. Justin Allen was the early frontrunner until a yellow came out on lap five. On the restart, the seventh starting Stien got by for the lead. Allen stayed right on his tail throughout the race to take second and Jesse Cripe was third. A late caution gave Clint Hatlestad the chance he was waiting for as he passed Tyler Limoges on the last lap to win the MN 93 IMCA Modified main. Limoges was the runner-up while Tyler Mecl of Arizona took third from his 12th place start. Dan Mackenthun edged past Jeff McCollum on lap 11 to take the B & B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car lead with Ken Tietz alongside. In the end, Mackenthun won with Tietz taking second ahead of McCollum. The Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stocks saw a repeat winner as Cory Probst worked his way to the front from 10th starting. Matt Olson and Brian Loscheider rounded out [Read More]

Fast Friday coming up at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – The second Fast Friday of the season is Friday, June 24 at Cottage Grove Speedway. General admission for fans ages 13 and up will be $5. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are on both Fast Friday and the Saturday, June 25 Loggers’ Cup cards. The IMCA Modifieds are coming off of a very busy schedule with the recent conclusion of the Wild West Shoot Out. Cottage Grove Speedway has already had 10 IMCA Modified events with an already impressive win list. Mark Wauge is still the driver with the most triumphs, at three, including one of the Wild West Modified Shoot Out races. Single race winners include Craig Hanson, Jake Mayden, Curtis Towns, Collen Winebarger, Kinzer Cox, Jesse Williamson, and 2016 Wild West Shoot Out champion Kellen Chadwick. Tickets for Saturday are adults $13, juniors and seniors both $10 and youth ages 6-12 $5. A family pass is $30 and children five and under are free. As is the case all season long in honor of the track’s [Read More]

Henry scores in SportMods at Sunset

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (June 18) – John Henry hammered out a win in Saturday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature at Sunset Speedway. Henry took the coveted front spot on the opening lap and led all 20 laps. It was Henry’s second win of the year, making him the first repeat winner of the 2016 campaign. Michael Melton was second and Archie Somers was third.

10 are already qualified for IMCA Modified $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (June 22) – Sixty-seven of the best Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers from 10 states converged on 141 Speedway for opening night of qualifying for the $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event. When passing points were figured after 16 heat races, 10 of those drivers … Benji LaCrosse, Mike Mullen, Kyle Brown, Jay Matthias, Hunter Marriott, Shawn Kilgore, Jordan Grabouski, Jeremy Jacobs, Todd Dart and Marcus Yarie … were locked into Thursday’s starting grid at Francis Creek. The remainder of the field will be set by the “B” features and a Final Four race. Racing starts at 6 p.m. tonight. Brandon Czarapata and Jeff Schmuhl raced to $500 paydays on Wednesday, in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod features, respectively. Kyle Frederick started on the pole of the Stock Car feature. He was looking for his fourth win of the season but the rest of the field had other ideas. Frederick took to the lead immediately and set a quick pace. Czarapata [Read More]