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Huls, Phillips, Abbot capture season championship night wins at Quincy

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (Sept. 14) – Abe Huls put on a dominating performance in the Powder Coat Plus IMCA Stock Car season championship feature Sunday at Quincy Raceway, as he pulled away from the field to take the win and the track title as well. Following Huls to the checkered flag were Jake Powers, Brandon Savage, Jerry Jansen and William Dahl. Patrick Phillips grabbed the lead on the second lap of the Summy Tire and Auto Center IMCA Northern SportMod main event and held off all challenges to capture his first feature win. Joey Gower took the second spot followed by Brandon Dale, Adam Birck and Tanner Klingele. Tony Dunker won the track championship. Austen Becerra took the lead in the IMCA Mach-1 Sport Compact feature event on the fifth lap and looked to be on his way to yet another win but Kimberly Abbott closed thegap over the closing laps and took the lead with two laps to go. Abbott scored the win followed by Becerra, Brandon Lambert, Austin McClean and Spencer [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through Sept. 11

IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., and Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, both 1,194; 3. Christopher Fleming, Union Springs, N.Y., 1,193; 4. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 1,190; 5. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa, 1,186; 6. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, 1,177; 7. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,176; 8. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 1,175; 9. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,156; 10. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 1,150; 11. Dean Abbey, Waco, Texas, 1,145; 12. Mike Jergens, Plover, Iowa, 1,132; 13. Matt Cole, Binghamton, N.Y., 1,127; 14. Brandon Beckendorf, Danube, Minn., 1,126; 15. Josh Vogt, Santa Maria, Calif., and Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, both 1,125; 17. Josh McGaha, Abilene, Texas, 1,123; 18. Mike Densberger, Lincoln, Neb., 1,119; 19. Dustin Smith, Lake City, Iowa, 1,118; 20. Glen Hibbard, Euless, Texas, 1,116. IMCA Late Models (standings for this division become official on Sept. 29) – 1. Justin L. Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 820; 2. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 808; 3. Mike Murphy Jr., Colona, Ill., 803; 4. Ryan Griffith, Webster City, Iowa, 788; 5. Tyler [Read More]

Convincingly, Kay repeats as national IMCA Late Model champion

VINTON, Iowa (Sept. 12) – At the rate he’s going, Justin Kay won’t have to make room in the trophy case. He’ll have to build another one. On the strength of a division record 24 feature wins, Kay repeated as IMCA’s national Late Model champion. He earns a $5,500 share of a $21,300 point fund to be paid to top 20 finishers in national standings that become official on Sept. 29. From Wheatland, Kay finished with the maximum possible 820 points, a dozen more than runner-up Todd Cooney of Des Moines. “We raced more this year and got a lot of wins early,” said Kay, who received 20 bonus points as champion at Dubuque Speedway and also paced the points at Davenport Speedway. “It seemed like we couldn’t do anything wrong at Dubuque. We thought last year was a dream for us when we won eight in a row. We won nine in a row at one point this year.” “It’s cool to get 820 points, the most you can get,” added Kay, also a [Read More]

Friday Deery at Farley rained out, Saturday show is still on

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 12) – Tonight’s Yankee Dirt Track Classic program, including the Deery Brothers Summer Series show, at Farley Speedway has been rained out. The Friday event for touring IMCA Late Models will not be rescheduled. Saturday’s program is still on as scheduled, headlined by a $7,500 to win, minimum $500 to start Deery Series feature. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds following the XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour race for $2,000 to win on Saturday. Entry fee for the Late Models is $100 and all pit passes are $35. Spectator admission is $30 for adults, $27 for seniors ages 65 and older, $25 for students and free for kids 12 and under when accompanying a paid adult. Racing follows 6:30 p.m. hot laps on Saturday.

Strickler ends rollercoaster week with Super Nationals Modified crown

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – A rollercoaster four days at Boone Speedway ended with Kyle Strickler on top of the dirt track racing world. Strickler led all 40 laps of Saturday’s Modified main event at another record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The victory lane scene that followed was an emotional one. “This is the greatest race ever. Winning it means so much to me,” he said, pausing several times to wipe away tears of joy. “There is so much history here. I’d always wanted to put my name on the T-shirt and now I’ve done it.” The win came a night after Strickler’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot triumph and paid $2,700. Richie Gustin, the 2011 champion, defending champion Dylan Smith and Canadian Aaron Turnbull completed the top four. Strickler had been disqualified from a runner-up finish in his Wednesday qualifier for use of unapproved wheels. He won his Friday qualifier and started at the front on the outside row in Saturday’s big dance. “It was pretty cool to be able [Read More]

IMCA SportMods qualifiers and total points

IMCA SportMods qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 23K Ben Kates 2. 1H3 Jerry Hoffman 3. 82X Jake McBirnie 4. 27 Tim Love 5. T23 Tony Olson 6. 5J Jake Simpson 7. 3R Randy Roberts 8. 11X Nelson Vollbrecht 9. 7 Carter VanDenBerg 10. 69JR Johnathon Logue 11. 174 Ethan Dotson 12. 40 Shawn Harker 13. 7C Kaid Calhoon 14. 86 Cory Rose 15. 80J Jared VanDeest 16. 7SR Levi Kiefer 17. 11A Tyler Afrank 18. 90 George Nordman 19. 33 Tim Rupp 20. 13T Taylor Musselman 21. 32Z Alex Zwanzinger 22. 32 Tina McGowan 23. 25B Benji Legg 24. 24 Brian Miller 25. 25R Chad Ryerson 26. 25M Michael Murphy 27. 28L Brandon Long 28. 3L Clinton Luellen 29. 3D Daniel Gottschalk 30. 7III Ryan Hiscocks Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 66A Anthony Onstot 1,253 2. 198 Sam Wieben 1,250 3. 14S Jacob Sachau 1,249 4. 30 Tracy Wassenberg 1,248 5. 84G Kyle Griffith 1,244 6. 72L Brett Lowry 1,242 7. 99 Doug Cook [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car qualifiers and total points

IMCA Stock Car qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 9J Jerry Gifford 2. 81 Devin Smith 3. 24W Casey Werkmeister 4. 19J Jay Schmidt 5. 50T Heath Tulp 6. 56T Justin Temeyer 7. 33C Brandon Czarapata 8. 99D Damon Murty 9. 6M Rick Mahlberg 10. 2T Travis VanStraten 11. 71D Shaun Bruns 12. 57 John Heinz 13. 25 Trent Murphy 14. 20M Perry Misner 15. 93 Michael Jaennette 16. 92B Brian Blessington 17. 63 Mike Nichols 18. 11M Jake Masters 19. 30C Abe Huls 20. 22L Chris Pruitt 21. 5B Stefan Sybesma 22. 19 Kyle Vanover 23. 8 David Smith 24. 47 Scott Pippert 25. 32 Derek Green 26. 11 Jesse Brown 27. 78P Terry Pruitt 28. 35 Donavon Smith 29. 37C Roger Ciesielski 30. 96 Troy Woelber Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 566 Jim Lynch 1,839 2. 45 Michael Dancer 1,839 3. X Chris Palsrok 1,837 4. 25J Josh Daniels 1,835 5. 02 Mike Goldsberry 1,831 6. 14 Chad Palmer 1,830 7. 81S Matt [Read More]

IMCA Hobby Stock qualifiers and total points

IMCA Hobby Stock qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 78X Shannon Anderson 2. 72V Jesse VanLaningham 3. 33VH Dustin Van Horn 4. 7B Eric Stanton 5. 79 Benji Irvine 6. 3A Austin Luellen 7. 92P Mike Pruitt 8. 48 Brandon Beeter 9. 78XX David Rieks 10. 29B Nathan Ballard 11. 4W John Watson 12. 0 Kyle Bond 13. 77 Derek Hodges 14. 5A Tyler Pickett 15. 1J Colby Langenberg 16. 27 Malik Sampson 17. 42T Tyson Overton 18. 2 Corey Madden 19. 46 Gary Pesicka 20. 27K Jason Kohl 21. 20 Jeremy Auten 22. 99 Derek Moede 23. 11T Dillon Thompson 24. 56M Matt Olson 25. 78B Andrew Burg 26. 52W Weston Koop 27. 95B Tiffany Bittner 28. 17KP Kyle Parizek 29. 23T Mike Traskowsky 30. 20N Justin Nehring Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 46H Brian Happel 1,258 2. 97M Mark Saathoff 1,254 3. 77G Ryan Grochala 1,248 4. T8 Brandon Nielsen 1,247 5. 38R Aaron Rudolph 1,246 6. 3K Dan Strandburg 1,243 7. 03 [Read More]

IMCA Modified qualifiers and total points

IMCA Modified qualifiers and total points Rank Car # Driver Name Points Qualified 1. 37X Mike Jergens 2. 83G Josh Gilman 3. 8K Kyle Strickler 4. 66P Paul Stone 5. 02JR Chris Mills 6. 08 Johnny Whitman 7. 96J Johnny Saathoff 8. 66J Jared Siefert 9. 92 Tyler Droste 10. 21 Aaron Turnbull 11. 95 Dylan Smith 12. 62 Hunter Marriott 13. 19G Richie Gustin 14. 12D Scott Drake 15. 2L Adam Larson 16. 01J Troy Jerovetz 17. 20RT Ricky Thornton 18. 10M Jeremy Mills 19. 89M Josh Most 20. 71C Troy Cordes 21. 24RS Adam Johnson 22. 7N Jay Noteboom 23. 23JR Nick Roberts 24. JC71 Jason Cummins 25. 25 Ricky Stephan 25. 57V Mike VanGenderen 26. 555R Ryan Ruter 27. 26J Joel Rust 28. 19 Jimmy Gustin 29. 12J Justin O’Brien 30. 85 Dustin Smith 31. 5 Todd Shute 33. 47X Josh Truman Rank Car # Driver Name Points Not Qualified 1. 01A Drew Armstrong 2,363 2. 87 Joel Bushore 2,357 3. 37J Sean Jerovetz 2,351 4. 00J Justin Auringer 2,342 5. 21KX [Read More]

Redline Racing Parts North Star Series returns to Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 11) – The Redline Racing Parts North Star Series returns to Arlington Raceway for a Saturday, Sept. 13 show. Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts also vied at Arlington in their most recent North Star outing, on Aug. 9. Pit gates open at 2:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Hot laps are at 4:30 p.m. and racing starts at 5:30 p.m. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Pit passes are $25. The Modified portion of the evening’s program doubles as the Jeff Rucks Memorial. Completing the card is the finale for the RaceSaver Sprint Series of Minnesota. North Star Series standings in all five divisions are based on drivers’ best eight of 10 finishes. The tour concludes Saturday, Sept. 27 during the Jackson Speedway Nationals. Redline Racing Parts North Star Series Top 10 Point Standings Modifieds – 1. Dalton Magers, Redwood Falls, 257; 2. Greg Jacobsen, Sherburn, 247; [Read More]