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Clay County Salute To Veterans checkers are IMCA Modified career 100th for Shute

NORWALK, Iowa (July 26, 2023) – Todd Shute came up big-time again, at another big-time IMCA event. Shute won for the 100th time in his Friesen Performance IMCA Modified career Wednesday at Clay County Fair Speedway, in the Hunting With Heroes Salute To Veterans main event at Spencer. “It didn’t sink in for a bit,” said Shute, so focused on the drive from 11th starting to the lead and then the $2,000 checkers that he need a post-race reminder from brother Troy he’d just earned win number 100. “There was a time when we were in the 80’s for wins and thought it would be nice to get to 100. It seemed unattainable for a while, but we got there and now it’s something we can hang our hat on.” Shute grew up going to the races at Des Moines and Knoxville, made up his mind he was going to race himself and turned his first laps in a used dwarf car he bought from Jim Cooper. Now from Norwalk and a 20-year veteran of the IMCA [Read More]

New location for 10-year-old’s lemonade stand helps boost funds raised for Salute to Veterans

ALGONA, Iowa – IMCA fans and drivers will stand and applaud hundreds of the men and women who have served their country in the armed forces, during Hunting With Heroes Salute to Veterans race programs next week in Spencer, Algona and Boone. Another one of the people who will deserve a big salute is Toryn Kleen. The 10-year-old and fifth grader-to-be at Algona Middle School raised $3,206 to contribute to the annual veterans’ endeavor, selling lemonade along with cookies and cupcakes at a stand set up near Mike Hauan’s Lake Mills Motorsports Polaris dealership in Algona. “I feel like veterans are under appreciated,” said Toryn, whose grandfathers and a great-grandfather all served in uniform. “This is something I can do for them.” Toryn had donated the more than $2,300 she made selling lemonade and sweet treats from a stand at her home and was recognized with a special Top Gun Fund Raiser award last year. She made the move to the new location this year to up her visibility and along with veterans and folks [Read More]

Shryock collects top Classic cash at Clay County IMCA Stock Car special

SPENCER, Iowa (May 22, 2023) – He’s won a lot of races at a lot of tracks but there’s just something about Clay County Fair Speedway that makes Kelly Shryock even better. Shryock started fourth, got to the front in a hurry and led the distance in Monday’s 35-lap Clay County Classic, collecting $5,000 for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory. “I just seem to get around here pretty good,” explained Shryock, who had run first and then second in Sunday qualifying heats at Spencer. “We watched what the track did and made to the car accordingly,” he continued. “After I got the lead I looked around to see where the best line was. I didn’t know if the top side was coming in but the bottom worked for us and that’s where we stayed and just kept doing our thing.” Multiple cautions slowed the main event and both Dustin Vis and Dylan Thornton were rebuffed after trying to get under the leader. Vis and Jesse Sobbing ended in second and third, respectively, after both [Read More]

Clay County’s IMCA Stock Car special is a guaranteed Classic

SPENCER, Iowa (May 17, 2023) – An IMCA Sunoco Stock Car special that’s guaranteed to be a Classic is coming up May 21-22 at Clay County Fair Speedway. Stock Cars run for $5,000 to win and a starting spot in the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational at Spencer’s Master’s Manufacturing Clay County Classic, presented by Emmetsburg Collision, Sybesma Graphics and Midwest Land Management and broadcast by IMCA.TV. All Stock Cars will run two heats during Sunday qualifying, with 8-12 cars locking in depending on the number of entries. Heats and ‘B’ features will complete the starting grid on Monday with heat lineups determined by passing points from Sunday and any new entries starting at the back. A minimum of $500 will be paid to start the Monday night main event and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region, Iowa State and track points will be awarded. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods both run for $500 to win and lineups are already set for $2,000 [Read More]

Five IMCA divisions featured in fifth annual Midwest Madness Tour

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (May 3, 2023) – Drivers in five IMCA divisions race on five consecutive nights in the fifth annual Midwest Madness Tour. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both run for $1,000 top checks, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200 to win at venues in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota. Modified winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and Stock Car winners become B & B Racing Chassis All-Star qualifying eligible. The tour opens Sunday, June 25 at Worthington, Minn., Speedway and then travels to Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer on Monday, June 26; to Park Jefferson Speedway in Jefferson, S.D., on Tuesday, June 27; to Buena Vista Raceway in Alta, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 28; and to Stuart, Iowa, Speedway on Thursday, June 29. IMCA.TV affiliate Advantage Racing.TV broadcasts all five race programs. Drivers can now register for each event, at no cost, on MyRacePass. IMCA Speedway [Read More]

Clay County Salute to Veterans win gets IMCA career top ranking from Beckendorf

SPENCER, Iowa (July 20, 2022) – He’s won a lot of races in a Friesen Performance IMCA Modified but Brandon Beckendorf didn’t hesitate when asked just where to rank his run to the checkers at Wednesday night’s Hunting With Heroes Salute to Veterans at Clay County Fair Speedway. “This is number one. It means a lot to me and it’s the highest paying race I’ve won,” Beckendorf said following the $3,500 feature victory, his fifth of the season and IMCA career 183rd. “It’s a pretty neat deal. This is a bucket list race every year.” A late charge took ninth starting Jake McBirnie to second. Tom Berry Jr. swapped the lead with Beckendorf on laps 15 and 16 before finishing third and Tim Ward and Jeremy Mills completed the top five. Mills led the first three laps from the pole before Beckendorf was scored inches ahead at the end of the fourth circuit. Berry came calling after a lap 10 restart; Chris Abelson spun out of third to bring out the next yellow, then Beckendorf [Read More]

Big payday for Shryock at Kossuth County’s Evers Memorial

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (July 14, 2022) – It was a big payday for Kelly Shryock at Kossuth County Speedway’s inaugural Larry Evers Fair Street Faceoff Memorial. The veteran with more than 500 wins during his career collected $1,000 as the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner and followed that up with a Friesen Performance IMCA Modified victory that paid another $2,300. Jeff Aikey and Dustin Kroening brought the Modified field to green. Aikey led the first three laps before Shryock reeled him in and checked out, slowed only by cautions on laps eight and nine. There was some jockeying back in the pack as drivers tried to make the high side work but no one could catch Shryock. Aikey finished second with Jeremy Mills, Kroening and Cody Laney next. Hard charger Mills raced from 11th starting to earn an extra $700. Nick Meyer finished 13th and won the $250 random mystery position drawing. The Evers family led by Tyler put this special together, guaranteeing each Modified driver $100 to pull in the pits and $200 to [Read More]

IMCA Midwest Madness Tour returns for June 26-30 run

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (June 24, 2022) – Drivers in five IMCA divisions see action on five consecutive nights in the upcoming Midwest Madness Tour. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both race for $1,000 top prizes Sunday, June 26 at Minnesota’s Worthington Speedway; and at Iowa venues Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer on Monday, June 27; Buena Vista Raceway in Alta on Tuesday, June 28; Shelby County Speedway in Harlan on Wednesday, June 29; and at Stuart Speedway on Thursday, June 30. Modified winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational while Stock Car winners become B & B Racing Chassis All-Star qualifying eligible. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200 to win each night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, regional, KMJ Performance State and tour points will be awarded. Stuart also gives track points. Point funds will be paid in all divisions. Modified and Stock Car tour champions both earn [Read More]

IMCA Midwest Madness Tour returning for June 26-30 run

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (June 7, 2022) – Drivers in five IMCA divisions see action on five consecutive nights in the upcoming Midwest Madness Tour. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both race for $1,000 top prizes Sunday, June 26 at Minnesota’s Worthington Speedway; and at Iowa venues Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer on Monday, June 27; Buena Vista Raceway in Alta on Tuesday, June 28; Shelby County Speedway in Harlan on Wednesday, June 29; and at Stuart Speedway on Thursday, June 30. Modified winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational while Stock Car winners become B & B Racing Chassis All-Star qualifying eligible. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200 to win each night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, regional, KMJ Performance State and tour points will be awarded. Stuart also gives track points. Point funds will be paid in all divisions. Modified and Stock Car tour champions both earn [Read More]

Shryock delivers trophies, takes home Clay County Classic title

SPENCER, Iowa (May 23, 2022) – The guy who delivered the trophies to Clay County Fair Speedway on Monday afternoon took the big one home that evening. Kelly Shryock topped the $5,000 to win Clay County Classic main event for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, outrunning Brandon Beckendorf following a restart late in the 30-lapper at Spencer. “It was a way good night. We’ve got a new car and have been super busy,” said the two-division star. “We started up toward the front (fourth) and didn’t know for sure where to run. We had a pretty good race with the 9 car (pole starter Eric Mahlik) and the 21 car (Beckendorf) before we got to the lead five or seven laps in.” “I figured out where I needed to go, got there and got the lead,” he continued. “We had that late yellow but I was able to hold on.” Rounding out the top five were Dylan Thornton, Chanse Hollatz and Damon Murty. Hard charger Murty advanced 11 spots to fifth, Dustin Vis nine places to [Read More]