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IMCA Modifieds race for $5,000 to win at RPM Fall Nationals

HAYS, Kan. (Oct. 8) – The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature pays $5,000 to win during RPM Speedway’s seventh annual Fall Nationals Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 10-12. The main event is a 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and pays a minimum of $400 to start. Fall Nationals also boasts a $3,000 check for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $2,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,000 and Mach-1 Sport Compacts race for $300. Minimum start money is $250 for the Stocks, $150 for the SportMods and Hobby Stocks and $50 for the Sport Compacts. Non-qualifier pay is $150 for Modifieds, $100 for Stocks, $75 for SportMods and Hobby Stocks, and $25 for Sport Compacts. RACEceivers are required in all divisions. The entire Sport Compact program complements test and tune for all other divisions on Thursday, Oct. 10. Gates open at 7 p.m. Heats and qualifying features start at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. Last-chance features and main events start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. [Read More]

Gould edges Sobbing in race for national IMCA Modified crown

VINTON, Iowa (Oct. 8) – William Gould has won a lot of close races in his IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified career, but few were as close as the one that made him a national champion. The Calera, Okla., veteran edged rookie Jesse Sobbing of Glenwood, Iowa, by a razor-thin 1,233-1,232 margin to win the national IMCA Modified crown. Gould was a 25-time feature winner this season, taking 24 of those checkers in his home BillsBuilt South Central Region. IMCA’s first national champion from the Sooner State, he got the maximum possible 40 bonus points for winning the track title at Kennedale Speedway Park and the Texas Lone Star Series. Sobbing collected 32 wins in all, with 24 of them coming in the Belleville Motorsports North Central Region. He earned 38 bonus points for track championships at Shelby County Speedway and Crawford County Speedway. “I’ve raced 18 years and this was the first time for points,” said Gould, who campaigned in a six-year-old homebuilt chassis and ended his campaign with a built engine from Karl [Read More]

First-time winner prevails at Fulton in World Products Empire State Series

By Dave Medler FULTON, N.Y. (Oct. 4) – Rob Keller Jr. took the $400 checkers when the World Products Empire State Series traveled to Fulton Speedway for Friday’s Outlaw 200 show. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified tour victory was the career first for Keller, who took the lead on the first of 25 circuits and led to the checkers. The win was anything but easy, however, as Keller had to hold off constant late pressure from Mike Wilmot and James Cornell. It proved to be an emotional victory lane scene for Keller as he recalled his favorite moment in racing, when his brother Dane won the same event that happened to be the final race his mother ever attended. Runner-up was new point leader Wilmot. Cornell, Matt Jones and Gary Smith completed the top five. Keller became the fifth different winner in as many series events this season. Chris Fleming brought the point lead to Fulton, won his heat and raced from 10th starting into the top four in the main event before breaking. [Read More]

Frenier, Gearhart are first in features for IMCA Modifieds at Sherman Co. Flatlander

GOODLAND, Kan. (Sept. 28-29) – Jeremy Frenier wrapped up a series championship and Cody Gearhart raced his way onto the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot by winning IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified features at Sherman County Speedway’s Flatlander special. Frenier’s fourth 2013 tour win came on Saturday at Goodland and sealed the deal on the Precise Racing Blood, Sweat and Tears Series crown. Gearhart paced the main event on Sunday. Both features paid $1,500 to win. Eddie Belec ran second each night and split top two-day point bonus money with Frenier. Originally fourth on Saturday’s starting grid, Frenier moved up to the front of the outside row for the restart following a multi-car tangle on the initial green. He led all 25 laps, following the lower line to his 11th win of the season and taking the checkers five car lengths ahead of Belec. Will Brack, Ricky Alvarado and the 24th starting Gearhart completed the top five. Gearhart helped himself by drawing the outside pole on Sunday. Running with lapped traffic, his sizable lead was [Read More]

Ogle extends Cardinal streak to three with $1,000 Raulston Memorial checkers

EUNICE, N.M. (Sept. 27-28) – Chalk up a third “W” in as many visits this season to Cardinal Speedway for Vince Ogle. Ogle led all 20 laps in winning Saturday’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified Blake Raulston Memorial main event at Eunice. The $1,000 victory put him on the ballot for next September’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “I’ve been very lucky at Cardinal. I’ve been there three times and I’ve won three times,” said the former track champion, most recently the winner at Cardinal’s Sheen Memorial in July. “I definitely go there every chance I get.” Phillip Houston kept the pressure on much of the way. Early cautions slowed the feature before a long green flag session past midway. Houston wasn’t far off the pace in the green, white, checkered finish. Roy Don Mason, Toby Herring and Jimmy Breeding rounded out the top five. Inclement weather interrupted the Friday program, forcing that evening’s scheduled Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod to be completed on Saturday. Cory Davis topped the Modified main and Keith Cagle was the [Read More]

Wins by Larson, Shryock headline Jackson Nationals

Wins by Larson, Shryock headline Jackson Nationals JACKSON, Minn. (Sept. 28) – Dustin Larson was the big winner dollar-wise Saturday at Jackson Speedway while Kelly Shryock’s run to the checkers put him on the ballot for one of IMCA’s highest profile races. The two joined Cory Probst, Matt Looft and Megan Lappegard as IMCA winners at the 35th annual Jackson Nationals. Larson earned $1,500 for his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory, part of the Doug Cellan Memorial, while $1,100 checks went to Shryock in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Probst in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Looft in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Lappegard’s Mach-1 Sport Compact checkers were good for $500. Larson drew the pole start and stayed in front all 20 laps in the Stock Car main. He made the most of the middle line in outrunning Roger Verdoorn to the checkers for his 17th victory of the season. Jim Larson, Ken Tietz and Andy Altenburg were next across the stripe. Shryock didn’t get to the front until the 20th and [Read More]

Gustin tops Modified main, Embrey gets 100th win at Hamilton County Speedway’s Hubbard Memorial

By Ryan Bergeson WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (Sept. 28) – Richie Gustin took home the biggest check while Randy Embrey reached a big career win mark Saturday at Hamilton County Speedway’s inaugural Dave Hubbard Memorial. Gustin capitalized on his pole start and led all 20 laps of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main event, earning $1,500 for his efforts. Ryan Ruter raced to second from the ninth starting position but could not reel in Gustin. Tyler Droste raced to a third place finish from the sixth row and Jason Murray finished fourth from the fifth row. Gustin was already on the ballot for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Charging to the front of the field from his fifth row start, Embrey won for the 100th time in his IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock career, earning $750. David Rieks, Bill Bonnett and John Watson finished out the top four. Continuing his torrid September, Carter VanDenBerg added the $1,000 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers to his resume. Matt Lettow and VanDenBerg battled up front for several laps [Read More]

Fulton date is Friday for World Products Empire State Series

FULTON, N.Y. (Oct. 1) – Chris Fleming brings the point lead to town, when the World Products Empire State Series visits Fulton Speedway this Friday, Oct. 4. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified tour feature pays $400 to win and a minimum of $75 to start. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. for the Outlaw 200 weekend show. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $22. Pit passes are $35 and entry fee is $20. More information is available at the www.fultonspeedway.com website or by calling 315 593-6531. Seven different drivers have prevailed in the nine series events held at Fulton since the 2003 season. Kevan Cook became a two-time winner there last September. Following the Fulton date, the Empire State Series is at Black Rock Speedway on Oct. 26 before concluding Nov. 2 at Five Mile Point Speedway. World Products Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Chris Fleming, Union Springs, 153; 2. Mike Wilmot, Windsor, 146; [Read More]

Kennedale Speedway Park hosts Showdown special this weekend

KENNEDALE, Texas (Sept. 30) – Kennedale Speedway Park’s seventh annual Showdown special is this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5, with four IMCA divisions on the card. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds run for $2,500 to win and a minimum of $300 to start their 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature. First place in both the IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod features is good for $1,500 while the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature pays $1,000 to win. Gates open at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 for practice and registration. Pit passes that evening are $15 and grandstand admission is free. A party in the pits follows. On Friday, Oct. 4, gates open at 3 p.m., the draw closes at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Gates also open at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, the draw closes at 5 p.m. and racing begins at 6 p.m. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and $30 on Saturday. Friday’s grandstand admission is $12 for adults and [Read More]

Saathoff sweeps IMCA Modified features at September Fest

BEATRICE, Neb. (Sept. 27-28) – Seven years separated Johnny Saathoff’s fifth and sixth main event wins at Beatrice Speedway’s season-ending special. He went a day between wins number six and seven. Saathoff checked out in topping $1,500 to win IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified September Fest features. Both were Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events. From Friday’s third starting spot, Saathoff caught Jesse Sobbing for the lead on the ninth of 25 laps. Dylan Smith had started from inside the sixth row and worked his way into second following a restart. With Saathoff well ahead, Smith bested Sobbing, Jordan Grabouski and Jeff Joldersma in the race for runner-up points and pay. A similar scenario played out Saturday after Saathoff caught pole starter Chris Abelson with 11 laps left. He’d take the checkers by nearly a straightaway, with Grabouski, Abelson, Chris Alcorn and Hunter Marriott second through fifth, respectively. “We had a caution Friday night where Smith and Sobbing were lined up right behind me but my car was good and I was able to [Read More]