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Six IMCA features produce six different winners at World Nationals

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Sept. 20-21) – Six sanctioned features resulted in as many different winners at Marshalltown Speedway’s World Nationals special. Friday victories went to Donavon Smith in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Carter VanDenBerg in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Jamie Songer in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Saturday checkers flew for Kyle Vanover in the Stock Cars, Tony Dunker in the Northern SportMods and Austin Luellen in the Hobbies. Both Stock Car and both SportMod features paid $1,000 to win. The Hobby Stock features paid $500. In the opening night Stock Car feature, it was Todd Reitzler grabbing the lead right after the first lap was scored. Robert Stofer took over until lap four, when Smith worked his way from ninth to take the front spot away. Smith checked out from that point and took the win over Jordan Grabouski, Brian Irvine, Vanover and Damon Murty. Track champion Eric Elliott set the early pace for the SportMod feature with plenty of two- and three-wide racing behind him. VanDenBerg drove by [Read More]

Aikey wins Deery finale, Harris clinches IMCA series championship

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Sept. 21) – Jeff Aikey raced to his tour-career leading 61st feature win and Brian Harris clinched his career first Deery Brothers Summer Series championship Saturday night at Davenport Speedway. Aikey passed Justin Kay with eight circuits to go in the 40-lapper, then ran away from the rest of the field enroute to the $3,000 checkers. The seven-time IMCA Late Model tour king also went home with the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing prize and another $99 check from Ideal Ready Mix for perfect series attendance. Kay was runner-up to Aikey in the finale and to Harris in the point standings by 25 markers. Harris redrew 12th and fell back in the pack before driving all the way back to third. He’ll be rewarded for his season-long efforts with a $5,000 share of the series point fund during the IMCA national awards banquet in November. Andy Eckrich and Jason Rauen completed the top five at Davenport. Dan Shelliam took charge from outside the front row and led the first nine times [Read More]

Independence Deery rained out, series ends Saturday at Davenport

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Sept. 20) – Tonight’s Deery Brothers Summer Series event at Independence Motor Speedway has been canceled. Three inches of rain fell overnight in the Independence area. What is now the 16th and final event of the 2013 IMCA Late Model tour will be held on the half-mile dirt oval at Davenport Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 21. Hometown driver Brian Harris brings a 26 point lead over Wheatland’s Justin Kay into the $3,000 to win, minimum $300 to start finale, during Davenport’s All-Star Classic. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $17 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, and free for kids 10 and under when accompanying a paying adult.

Dacotah Speedway’s annual Drive to Survive raises $8,420

BISMARCK, N.D. – Dacotah Speedway’s fifth annual Drive to Survive is the Mandan race track’s most successful cancer fundraiser to date. “Through gate receipts, hat and T-shirt sales, event sponsorship and donations, and an intermission auction, Dacotah Speedway raised $8,420 to fund patient support services for the Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation,” said Beau Simmons, track promoter. The event was sparked in 2008 when Cody Miller, a track official, issued a challenge to local driver David Falkenstein. Miller, who had recently lost his mother-in-law to breast cancer, remarked that drivers should paint their cars pink like other athletes wear uniforms of that color to support cancer fundraisers. Falkenstein agreed and pledged to go pink in exchange for a charitable contribution. The first event raised $500. Over the past five years, the Drive to Survive has raised approximately $15,000.

26 more rookie winners get Speedway Motors gift cards

LINCOLN, Neb. – Another 26 IMCA rookies have won career-first feature events in their new division and received gift cards good for $100 from Speedway Motors. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified rookies winning career-first features included Gregory Gretz at Thunderhill Raceway on July 13; Jeff Larson at Redwood Speedway on Aug. 18; Nate Miller at Clinton County Raceway on July 19; Colton Osborn at Dawson County Raceway on July 21; Jesse Taylor at Phillips County Raceway on Aug. 24; Craig Ward at Skyline Raceway on Aug. 24; and Austin Wonch at Tri-City Motor Speedway on Aug. 23. Lyle Klein was the Aug. 16 IMCA Late Model winner at Farley Speedway. IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car rookie winners were Shawn Mize at Kennedale Speedway Park on July 27 and Aaron Wisch at Arlington Raceway on Aug. 17. Rookie K.C. Ansel became a first-time IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner at Dubuque Speedway on Sept. 1. First–time IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature winners were rookies Tyson Canas at Lincoln County Speedway on Aug. 10; Dalton James at [Read More]

$2,000 top prizes in three IMCA divisions at Lubbock’s Fall Brawl

LUBBOCK, Texas – The winners of three IMCA main events take home $2,000 checks from Lubbock Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21 Fall Brawl. Two grand is the top prize for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $1,000 to win. The total purse is more than $22,000. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in all four divisions. Regional points will also be awarded to Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock drivers. Pit gates open at 5:30 p.m. Friday and at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Racing starts at 8 p.m. on Friday and at 7 p.m. on Saturday. A party in the pits for fans and drivers follows the Friday program. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 6-12, with five and under free. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 806 781-6624 or 806 438-1642.

Marshalltown hosts World Nationals this weekend

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Features for three IMCA sanctioned divisions are on the program for both nights of the Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21 World Nationals at Marshalltown Speedway. Both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod features pay $1,000 to win while both IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock features pay $500 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in all three divisions. Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks also vie for regional points. Pit passes are $15 for the 7-9 p.m. open practice on Thursday, Sept. 19. The Cookies BBQ Sauce Kickoff party will feature free food and a band. Gates open at 2 p.m., hot laps are at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and $30 on Saturday. Adult admission to the grandstand is $12 on Friday and $15 on Saturday. Kids get in for $2 each night. Camping, with showers and limited electrical hookups, is available for $15 a night. More information about [Read More]

Race for Deery Series crown decided this weekend at Independence, Davenport

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Sept. 17) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series championship will be decided when touring IMCA Late Models visit Independence and Davenport this weekend. Brian Harris takes a 26-point lead over Justin Kay into the Friday, Sept. 20 event at Independence Motor Speedway, while Andy Eckrich is another 22 points behind in third and defending champion Jeff Aikey is another nine points off the pace. The tour finale is Saturday, Sept. 21 at Davenport Speedway. Both Harris and Kay are armed with provisionals so they’re guaranteed to start both main events, as are Eckrich and Aikey. Both features pay $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. One winning streak ended and another began in the July 2 Deery show at Independence. Harris had won a record-tying four straight features before Kay started a string of three straight with his first career tour victory that evening. Kay’s next checkers came on July 5 at Davenport. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. at Independence. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. [Read More]

Point races tighten at Heart O’ Texas

WACO, Texas (Sept. 13) – With only one race left in the 2013 season, point races tightened up in several classes Friday night at the Heart O’ Texas Speedway. Jason Batt used his second place finish in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature to take the lead by one point over Charles Cosper in the championship battle. Zach Riley won the feature and Tristan Carmen raced to third. Cosper finished in sixth. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature was won by Jeremy Oliver. Garrett Rawls took second, and point leader Cody Frank, finished third to maintain a narrow four point margin at the top of the standings. Brothers Kevin and T.J. Green stayed first and second in points after finishing second and third, respectively, in the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod feature won by Chris Cogburn. Cogburn is third in points. Keith White, Ben Ketteman, and Keith Green were the top three in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature. Andrew Richards kept his Bomber class lead to three points with a fourth place finish. [Read More]

DeYoung continues Great Lakes Nationals domination

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Sept. 14) – Front running drivers usually don’t like to see caution flags come out late in the race, especially when there’s big money on the line. That wasn’t the case Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway, where Myron DeYoung drove to his third straight and fourth career Great Lakes Nationals title. The $3,000 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory put him on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. DeYoung started third in the 50 lapper and caught Brady Hollenbeck for the lead on the 12th circuit. He was still in front and looking for a way through the back of the pack when that fortuitous yellow flew with 10 to go. “When that caution came out it was a big sigh of relief for me,” DeYoung said. “The cars ahead were running two and three-wide and I was looking for a way through.” Sticking to his preferred higher line, DeYoung sped to the checkers ahead of A.J. Ward, Robert Hutson, Toby Steele and Paul Grosnickle. “I like races like this [Read More]