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Seymour practices tonight

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. – Seymour Speedway will host another open practice session tonight (Tuesday, June 9) from 5-8 p.m. The track will be open for anyone to take laps to test, tune or just get seat time. Pit pass is $15 for anyone entering the pit. Grandstand admission will be free. A full, five-division race program will return this Sunday evening sponsored by Ben’s Small Engine and Rooster’s Pub and Grub. The night will be topped with the Spectator Eliminators. Racing starts at 5:30 p.m.

DeYoung motors to 99th career IMCA checkers

AUBURN, Mich. (June 5) – Myron DeYoung pulled into the pits Friday at Tri-City Motor Speedway in search of his 99th career win in the Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modifieds. Rookie Gavin Hunyady had a strong start, leading the first three laps before Craig Vance took control. By lap 13, DeYoung caught and passed Vance, then led the final seven laps for his first TCMS victory of the season. Vance held on for second with A.J. Ward second.

Woken wins by inches at Dawson County

LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 7) – Casey Woken’s margin of victory was measured by inches over Mike Nichols in Sunday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature at Dawson County Raceway. Woken had started in the fifth row and Nichols was right behind in the sixth row at the drop of the green flag. Nichols snared the lead on lap eight before the late showdown that saw the front pair run side-by-side the last three times around the track. Crossing the finish line in third was Casey Werkmeister. Kyle Rohleder took the lead on the eighth lap and never looked back in winning the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified headliner. Fifth row starter Josh Leonard made his way to the front with just two laps remaining to win the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Jacob Olmstead passed his brother Zach and led the final five laps to earn another IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win.

Humphries’ luck changes at Shenandoah

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (June 6) – Tom Humphries made it two wins in three Virginia Sprint Series events at Shenandoah Speedway on Saturday night. Humphries took the IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour opener at Shenandoah on April 11, then was part of a three-car tangle in the May 9 show and ended in ninth. The third time was another charm on the fast asphalt oval as he took the checkers ahead of Jerald Harris and French Grimes. Charlie Ware and Bill Rice paced the field to green with Rice out first and Anthony Linkenhoker right on his bumper. Lap five had a new leader in Linkenhoker and Humphries in second. Linkenhoker was smooth in the middle grove but Humphries had to withstand pressure from Grimes and Harris. Humphries went low and into the lead and Harris took over second on the next lap. Humphries was leading with one to go when Harris got mixed up with traffic at the wrong time and was unable to mount a charge. Feature results – [Read More]

Van Straten scores fourth straight at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (June 6) – Travis Van Straten won his fourth straight IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event at Shawano Speedway Saturday night. Rookie Cody Gagnon, Luke Uttecht and Mike Schmidt each led single circuits before Van Straten took charge. Gary Kasperek and then Brandon Czarapata chased Van Straten from second but to no avail. Eddie Muenster won for the second straight week in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, remaining unchallenged following a lap 10 restart for debris. Second went to Jerry Wilinski and John Berna was third. Lucas Lamberies led every lap of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature to pick up his first Shawano win of the season. Jordan Bart prevailed over Jason Jach in the battle for second.

Scroggins wins fourth of season at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (June 6) – Aaron Scroggins raced to his fourth local feature win of the season Saturday in the IMCA SportMod main event at Tri-State Speedway. Ken McCarty challenged but settled for second. Third was Garry Vaughn. Van Gemmill took his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers at Pocola this season. Kent Bright finished in second while Anthony Reeves crossed the line in third.

VanderMark tops Crystal Modifieds

CRYSTAL, Mich. (June 6) – Gary VanderMark’s late-race heroics put him in victory lane Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Milt Montgomery held the early lead in the All-Star Performance IMCA Modified event with Dan Wiggins, Tim Sooy and Myron DeYoung in tow. DeYoung made a furious charge and pulled even with Montgomery. DeYoung made the pass for the lead with three to go but lost an engine coming to the white flag. VanderMark jumped up from second and went on to win the feature over Chad Wernette and Joe Fowler.

Emerson wins on last lap pass at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (June 7) – Regaining the lead coming out of the final turn, John Emerson was the IMCA Late Model feature winner by all of half a car length Sunday at Stuart Speedway. Emerson led fellow front row starter Nagle as Todd Cooney moved into second on lap four. Emerson, Cooney and Nagle ran 1-2-3 until Cooney made his pass for the lead on lap 14. Emerson stayed in Cooney’s tracks until the white flag flew, driving low and up beside Cooney on the backstretch. The two were side-by-side coming out of turn four with Emerson pulling ahead by a half car length at the line. Cooney settled for second with Nagle third, Curtis Glover fourth and Daulton Maassen fifth. Jimmy Gustin stayed true to the top side and was rewarded with the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win. Nick Roberts made it a race but ran out of laps and had to settle for second. Josh Gilman finished third and Luke Wanninger drove from 16th to fourth with Josh Most [Read More]

Sargent in command of Arlington Sprint Car feature

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 6) – Saturday’s 95.7 The Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature at Arlington Raceway saw Dustin Sargent lead every lap. Trevor Serbus gained ground but had to settle for second. Jesse Cripe was third. Dan Menk was the third and final leader in the MN 93 IMCA Modified main event, taking over up front with three to go and beating Chad Porter and Jerry Wren across the line. Ninth starting Eric Larson picked up the win in the Unhinged Pizza IMCA SportMod feature. Larson gained a commanding lead and in first is where he stayed with Chet Ragan taking second and Chris Isaacson taking third. The Eckblad Trucking IMCA Hobby Stock feature was fast-paced with no yellow flags. Cory Probst took the lead on the sixth lap and won ahead of Shane Honl and Dakota Robinson. Nate Coopman won again in the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compacts, this time ahead of Jed Trebelhorn and Alan Lahr. The B&B Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature was cut a couple laps short after Mother Nature [Read More]

Rookie collects Modified checkers at Seymour

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 7) – Rookie Andy Kleczka took the lead on lap three and stayed ahead of T.J. Smith throughout a race-long duel to win his Budweiser IMCA Modified career first feature Sunday at Seymour Speedway. Smith remained relentless on the higher line but couldn’t shake Kleczka. Benji LaCrosse took over third after halfway. Chas Van Ooyen notched his first local Coors Light IMCA Stock Car win of 2015, two car lengths ahead of Rod Snellenberger. Third was Travis Van Straten. As the white flag was displayed in the O’Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Northern SportMod main event, Chris Budzban moved inside leader Lucas Lamberies and the pair made contact in turn two, with Lamberies getting sideway and spinning. In the mix up, point leader Cota almost slipped by both, but Budzban collected the car to continue as the caution flew to end the race. The race went to the last lap, Lamberies was credited with the win, his third of the season with Budzban being called for the caution. Cota took second with Vince [Read More]