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IMCA national champions will wear Velocita firesuits

CLEMMONS, N.C. (June 25) – A custom embroidered firesuit courtesy of Velocita awaits each national champion at the IMCA awards banquet this fall. Top drivers in point standings for the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Late Models, IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts all receive firesuits during the Nov. 28 gala in Lincoln, Neb. Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock regional champions not winning national titles receive product certificates good for $200 off the purchase of a custom firesuit. Now in its fourth year as an IMCA marketing partner, Velocita also manufactures gloves and shoes. More information is available at the company’s www.velocita-usa.com website, on Facebook or by calling 336 816-7223. “It is critical to maintain a clean firesuit void of holes and tears, and Velocita designs and stitches some of the best on the market,” emphasized IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “Make plans now to update your safety equipment this off-season and contact Velocita [Read More]

Ten locked in for $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek IMCA Modified main event

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. – Ten Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers have punched their tickets into tonight’s $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event at 141 Speedway. Johnny Whitman will have the pole for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier with Justin O’Brien to his outside. Eric Mahlik and Russ Reinwald comprise row two, Brad Lautenbach and Shawn Kilgore row three. Tim Czarneski starts inside row four with Benji LaCrosse gunning for IMCA Modified career win number 100 from the outside. Rookie Brian Irvine and James Tebon fill row five. Seventy-four IMCA Modifieds ran two sets of Wednesday heats that saw the top 10 in passing points automatically make up the front five rows. Thursday’s Modified portion of the show sees 10 last-chance races where the winner will advance to the feature. Second and third place finishers in those races will be put into a single last, last chance qualifier. The top four in this race will make up starting spots 21-24. New to The Clash at The Creek [Read More]

Ward shows the way at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 18) – Tim Ward showed the way to the winner’s circle in weekly racing at Kossuth County Speedway. Using the same high line that took Ryan Watnem out to a big lead early on, Ward gained the lead with four laps left and stayed in front to the finish of an Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event that ran caution-free. Watnem was second and Tad Reutzel took third. Once out in clean air, Jake Masters pulled away from the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field for his first feature win at Algona this summer. Heath Tulp was the runner-up with Dan Hanselman taking third. Ben Schultze finally wrestled the lead away from Colby Fett and went onto the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory, his first of the year at Kossuth County Speedway. Fett held on for second place with third going to Nick Meyer. Shannon Anderson won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature ahead of Chanse Hollatz and Jeremy Wegener. Nate Coopman won his fifth Mach-1 Sport Compact feature [Read More]

Murray tames Modified foes at Dawson County

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 21) – David Murray Jr. tamed his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified foes in front of a capacity crowd Sunday at Dawson County Raceway. Murray worked his way through the field and took charge on the final go around. Jay Steffens led the first 19 circuits before giving way to Murray, Colton Osborn and Anthony Roth. Kyle Clough led the last two laps in winning the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature and Josh Leonard was promoted to the top spot when the apparent Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner was disqualified in post-race tech. Jacob Olmstead raced from deep in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock field and ran in front the last four laps.

LaCrosse leads the way at Seymour

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 21) – Benji LaCrosse became the first local repeat winner in the division with his 99th career Budweiser IMCA Modified victory Sunday at Seymour Speedway. LaCrosse started outside row five and was running second to Rob Charapata by the sixth circuit. He dove to the inside for the lead on lap 14 and held off Mike Wedelstadt, already a member of the IMCA 100 career wins club, following a lap 18 restart. Travis Van Straten was half a car length faster than Brandon Czarapata in the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car main event. Point leader Jeremy Cota flew from 10th starting to first at the finish of the O’Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Northern SportMod feature.

Moede four-peats at Thunderhill Raceway

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (June 21) – If he spends much more time there, Marcus Moede may start getting his mail delivered to victory lane at Thunderhill Raceway. Moede won his fourth straight IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature Sunday at Sturgeon Bay. He passed Travis LuMaye for the front spot with six laps left and took the checkers ahead of Dave Schmidt, who rallied after an early spin. Tyler Hackett maintained a streak of his own, leading every lap and winning for the third straight time in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Shawn Havel repeated in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Jacob Zellner was the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner. Inducted into the Thunderhill Raceway Hall of Fame during the evening were Wally Massart, Darrell Massart, Reggie Cochart, Jerry Jonet and George Henkel.

Rockstar Energy out in full force at Sunset’s Fan Appreciation Night

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. – Rockstar Energy Drink is the presenting sponsor to the 2015 Fan Appreciation Night Saturday, June 27 at Sunset Speedway Park. Company representatives will have giveaways, including eight ounce samples of Rockstar, plug swag items, stickers and raffle prizes. Budweiser IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are on the Saturday card. Racing starts at 6:30 p.m.

Drivers in Deery Series, four IMCA divisions earn R2C Performance Products awards

VERNON HILLS, Ill. – Drivers in the Deery Brothers Summer Series and four IMCA divisions receive a combination of product and product certificate awards again this season courtesy of R2C Performance Products. Both the champion and rookie of the year in the tour for IMCA Late Models receive R10522 air filters while second through fifth place finishers in Deery point standings each get a 4-barrel air filter base compliments of the seven-year IMCA marketing partner. Champions in each of the five Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified regions and the national Modified rookie of the year also receive 4-barrel air filter bases. The highest finishing driver in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national point standings who competes with a limited cubic engine and top finishing Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers competing with claim engines all receive 4412 air filter bases. Fifty dollar product certificates will be awarded to designated place finishers in all Deery Series main events and at 30 Modified specials. Certificates will be mailed after official race results are [Read More]

Gemmill, McCarty double up at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (June 20) – Ageless wonder Van Gemmill returned to his winning ways Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. Gemmill’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory was his second locally this season. Shawn Walsh was runner-up while Travis Johnson crossed the finish line in third. Kyle Woody picking up his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win of the year ahead of former winner Jay Anderson and Justin Johnson. The IMCA SportMod feature saw Ken McCarty pick up his second win of the season. Logan Ellis and Gerry Vaughn completed the top three.

Meyer leads flag to flag at IMCA Northern SportMod Nationals

BRITT, Iowa (June 23) – Even though he’d led the first 15 laps, Nick Meyer’s crew was sure they could make his car even faster for the second half of Tuesday’s MaxYield Seed IMCA Northern SportMod Nationals at Hancock County Speedway. After changing four tires, tightening the car up and topping off the tank during the mandatory pit stop at midway, Meyer proved them right. He led to the checkers and took home a check for $3,500. “We won on opening night at Spring Nationals in Beatrice and that was big, but this win is bigger,” said Meyer. “It’s definitely my biggest win money-wise.” Eighth in the special for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods in 2013 and seventh last summer, Meyer started the 30-lapper from outside row one. Three tries were needed to get the initial start in and a handful of yellows came out before the break at halfway but the light stayed green for the final 15 circuits. Meyer made the most of the lower line. Lapped traffic stayed higher on the oval and didn’t [Read More]