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Funeral services pending for Dave Farren Sr.

DES MOINES, Iowa – An IMCA Modified racing legend passed away Sunday in his hometown of Des Moines. Services for Dave Farren Sr., 70 are at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 30 at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue in Des Moines. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday, July 29 at Hamilton’s. In honor of Dave’s favorite color, friends are asked to wear purple. Farren began racing an IMCA Modified in 1984; his first full season was 1985. IMCA’s national champion in 1986 and 1988, he became the all-time wins leader in the division by passing Jack Mitchell and Bobby Layne, and also won for the 100th time in his career in 1988. His career total of 199 feature wins is now fifth all-time in the division. “Dave was one of the early IMCA Modified drivers who made an impact on the growth of the division,” said Kathy Root, former IMCA president and now chair of the sanctioning body’s executive committee. “He was a true budget racer who proved you could win championships with [Read More]

Three continue Raceway Park streaks

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (July 24) – Three IMCA drivers kept win streaks intact Sunday at Raceway Park. Ramsey Meyer made the pass on Andrew Harris with five laps remaining in the KISS 107.1 FM Sport Compact feature and held on for his third win in a row. Harris finished in the runner-up spot followed by Tom Meyer and Tracy Raml. Rusty Montagne took his second win in a row in the MOPAR Northern SportMod division. Behind Montagne, Karl Brewer finished second followed by Justin Voltz and Austin Price. Chris Mills took his second Casey’s General Stores Stock Car win in a row, his third in his last four starts. Behind Mills, Mel Elsberry completed a strong charge to second followed by Greg Taylor and Todd Gereau. Aaron Shearn took the Car Quest Hobby Stock feature win. Lucas Phillips led the field from the drop of the green flag, only to suffer a flat tire with two laps remaining, handing the win to Shearn. David Miller finished in the runner-up spot followed by Tony [Read More]

Gilman takes IMCA Modified checkers at Stuart

STUART, Iowa (July 24) – After three weeks with no racing, the dirt was flying Sunday night at Stuart Speedway. Marcus Fagan, John Gill, Josh Gilman, Jamie Schirm and Clint Luellen were IMCA winners on NAPA Auto Parts Night at the Races. Todd Cooney and Gilman brought the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to the line with Gilman leading early over Jake Murray and Cooney. The top three held true until Jeff James moved past Cooney for third on lap 13. Murray closed the gap some, but there was no stopping Gilman from taking his first local win of 2016. Murray finished a strong second with James third, Cooney fourth and Tim Ward fifth. Joel Tigges and Derrick Rohe brought out the IMCA Stock Cars with Tigges leading lap one. Rohe came through to take the top spot for the next six laps until Tigges found a way around. Things were looking good for Tigges until he lost the handle on lap 11 and spun in turn two, bringing out the caution. That turned the [Read More]

Stedjee nets first Shawano win

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (July 23) – Vern Stedjee earned a hard-fought IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature victory, his first one ever at Shawano Speedway Saturday night. Polesitter Kurt Olson grabbed the lead on the opening lap as Stedjee moved to second. As Olson continued to lead, Mike Schmidt passed Luke Uttecht to take third on lap five. Stedjee remained in pursuit of Olson while Dan Michonski battled with Schmidt for third. On lap nine, Stedjee got underneath Olson and took the lead away exiting turn four. A caution on the next lap slowed the pace and bunched the field up. As the race went back to green, Schmidt passed Olson for second and raced right on the rear bumper of Stedjee. Schmidt made an inside pass on Stedjee to take the lead back on lap 14. The duo raced side-by-side for the next two laps as Travis Van Straten joined the battle. Stedjee put his car back in front on lap 16. On lap 18, Olson’s car erupted in flames, ending his night while [Read More]

Holladay Scores Big Muscatine County Fair Race Win

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (July 23) – With the 2016 Muscatine County Fair in full swing, racing action took center stage on Saturday night at West Liberty Raceway. The iWireless IMCA Late Model 30-lap main saw Chad Holladay score his second consecutive feature win on a ½-mile dirt oval that was in pristine racing condition. Holladay advanced from a fourth row start, took the lead on lap 10 from Rob Moss and went on to score an impressive win Kevin Kile made a charge to the front late in the race to take second ahead of Kyle Hinrichs. The Performance Concepts IMCA Modifieds continue to delight the West Liberty Raceway faithful with great racing and Saturday night’s main was no exception as the 25-lapper saw several drivers take their turn at the front. Kurt Kile started deep in the field and steadily worked to the front in passing Brad Dubil for the race lead just pass the midway point. A late-race caution bunched the field and set up some late race heroics. Kile [Read More]

Lange leads the way at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 23) – Brad Lange rained on the parade of his B & B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car foes Saturday at Arlington Raceway. Lange took the lead from his front row spot and never looked back, leading the flag-to-flag race in its entirety for his first feature win of the year. Chad Schroeder followed close behind to take second in the event rained out the previous week. Matt Schauer was third. The make-up 95.7 the Rock IMCA Sprint feature saw several yellow flags before Brandon Allen took the checkers. Iowan Michael Johnston led the first two laps ahead of Allen. Coming around for the third lap, Johnston lost power and ended up with a caution flag and into the pit area. Two restarts later, Allen took the lead and led the race for the next 12 laps to win the race. Jeremy Schultz followed in second and third went to Michael Stien. Winners of the evening’s scheduled events were Tyler Limoges in the MN 93 IMCA Modifieds, Chad Schroeder in the B [Read More]

Wedelstadt is king of the ring at Oshkosh

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 22) – Mike Wedelstadt took command at the start and led all 20 laps of Friday’s King of the Ring feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. Wedelstadt started on the front row and quickly took charge of the race. Following a quick lap two caution, Wedelstadt was chased by Paul Parker, Benji LaCrosse, Marcus Yarie, Brian Drexler and Steve Schneider. A debris caution bunched the field again on lap 10, and the field ran the next five laps before the final amber. During that span, Wedelstadt was on cruise in front leaving a tight battle for the next five spots. Parker, LaCrosse, Yarie, Drexler, Jeremy Christians and Dan Roedl ran in a bunch setting up a five lap sprint following the final restart. Wedelstadt was able to maintain a slight lead over the final five laps to secure his first local feature win of the season, good for $1,000 and a spot on the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Yarie took the runner-up finish over LaCrosse. [Read More]

Pike prevails in Northern SportMod main at Eagle

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (July 23) – Gunnar Pike motored to the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature win and 108 kids went home with new bicycles on Kids’ Night Saturday at Eagle Raceway. Terry Callender was first back to the stand after one lap with Jeremy Noonan, James Hines and Sean Manning rounding out the top four. Joe Schidler vaulted all of the way into second the next time around as Noonan grabbed the lead. Pike put his ride into third on lap three and Brian Ostantowski took over fourth. Schidler grabbed the lead the next circuit. Pike took over second on lap seven and Ostantowski moved to third after another lap. James Roebuck cracked the top four the next time around. Pike managed to pass Schidler with five laps to go. Ostentowski and Roebuck also got past Schidler in the closing laps to make the final top four Pike, Ostentowski, Roebuck and Schidler. This was Pike’s initial victory at Eagle Raceway, and came from the inside of the fourth row on the starting [Read More]

Menasco, Ellis are tops at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (July 23) – Kayden Menasco outran Tate Cole and Eric Beshoner for the Saturday Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers at Tri-State Speedway. Logan Ellis, Dustin Leatherman and Lynn Combs ran 1-2-3 in the IMCA SportMod main event.

Flander takes first win Friday at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 22) – Eric Flander made his first visit to victory lane at Marshalltown Speedway this season following Friday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Ryan King led the troops through the first handful of circuits in the 18-lapper but Curt Hilmer made his high line run pay off, taking over at lap six. When a yellow flew at lap 10 for visiting Australian racer Frank Packer, Hilmer still held the lead but had Sam Wieben in second to contend with. Flander was running third and when the race returned to green, got the drop on Wieben and raced up to challenge Hilmer. The two ran side-by-side for several laps until Flander was able to make the pass at lap 15. He then put a comfortable distance between himself and the pack fighting behind, and swept home to the win. It was a real battle for position behind the winner but Wieben prevailed for the runner-up spot. Third went to 16th place starter Jared VanDeest, Hilmer took fourth and Ethan Braaksma completed the top five. Flander had started 12th [Read More]