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Mills, Swearingen, Fett, Nielsen earn Hancock County crowns

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 23, 2024) – Season championship night at Hancock County Speedway on Friday night was sponsored by Doug Studer Farms and KIOW 107.3 Radio. In the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, Jeremy Mills entered the night with a sizable point lead and was crowned the track champion. In the feature, he worked the top side repeatedly until he was able to get past Cody Knecht in the second half of the main. Knecht, who led the first half of the event, used a late-race caution to make one last attempt to get past Mills but had to settle for second. Kelly Shryock gained six spots to finish third ahead of Nick Meyer. The closet point battle of the night was in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Troy Swearingen entered the night with a three-point lead on Heath Tulp. Tulp led the entire feature and collected the trophy but had to fend off a charging Swearingen, who fell back several spots early in the race. Swearingen finished a close second and secured [Read More]

Meyer, Smith, Hanselman all find first 2024 victories at Hancock County

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 16, 2024) – Races Friday night were sponsored by John Furst Construction and the Hancock County Snowmobile Association and featured a gold rush on the front straight that featured over $500 in coins for the kids. Nick Meyer’s season at the Hancock County Speedway didn’t start until after mid-season, and he captured his first Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature of the year on Friday. Over the last five laps he pulled away from second place finisher Kelly Shryock. Jeremy Mills pressured the top three early but had to settle for third over Cody Knecht. Shryock won the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main but had to hold off a quick Colby Fett to do it. Fett found the bottom to be faster, however Shryock moved his line down just in time to prevent Fett from getting past. Behind Fett was a fast Kevin Ophiem in third while Justin Ades finished fourth. In the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods, Doug Smith capitalized on his return to Britt and led every lap. [Read More]

Belec dominates 1,000 Stars finale for IMCA career best payday

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 10, 2024) – Eddie Belec had a DNQ and a rainout to show for his first visit to Hancock County Speedway. He has a Friesen Performance IMCA Modified career-best $5,000 payday to show for his second. The Colorado speedster led all 40 laps of Saturday’s Night of 1,000 Stars main event at Britt, the final event of IMCA Speed Week. “This is huge. We’re lucky enough that we get to race with these guys a few times a year. I get to watch them a lot and see them win a lot of races,” he said from victory lane. “When you can come out and line up with them and win, it feels pretty good, for sure.” “I had a few notes from last year and we did make some changes from Friday,” added Belec, who had run third in the opening night qualifier. “I knew we could make the car a little bit better because I knew the track was going to be a little bit different because [Read More]

Flippo dominates at Britt, Smith gets 99th win

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (Aug. 2, 2024) – Three different drivers were in the second position at different times of Friday’s Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature at Hancock County Speedway. Jerry Flippo, however, proved to be the one who could move up a spot. Flippo, who has suffered through a summer of bad luck, finished the race more than a half track ahead of eventual runner-up Cody Knecht. Knecht charged from sixth to finish ahead of Clint Hatlestad and Jeremy Mills. In the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Troy Swearingen made the last lap count as he made a huge move to the bottom of turns one and two to sweep up in front of long-time leader Parker Slagle. It was Swearingen’s second win at the Britt track. Kevin Opheim finished third ahead of Heath Tulp. Dustin West was fast in the Friese Performance IMCA Northern SportMods, leading the most laps, but several yellows and a late-race red flag proved his undoing as Alec Fett sailed around the outside of turn four in the waning [Read More]

Big bonus for sweep brings potential Night of 1,000 Stars IMCA Modified payday to $12,050

BRITT, Iowa (July 29, 2024) – Two thousand dollars, $50 and $5,000 will add up to $12,050 for the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified driver who can win both nights of Hancock County Speedway’s Night of 1,000 Stars. The Friday, Aug. 9 qualifying feature will pay $2,000 to win while Saturday’s main event pays $5,000 to win. The driver who can win both, plus their $50 to win heat race on Friday, earns a $5,000 bonus, making for that $12,050 total. Runner-up money on Friday is $1,000 with the top six advancing to the Saturday show and a minimum of $150 paid to start. Second place on Saturday is good for $2,500 with $1,500 for third, $1,000 for fourth and $250 to start. Tow money both nights is $100. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars are also part of the IMCA Speedweek installment, running for $750 to win and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying nods each night. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods are on the Friday card and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks the Saturday show, [Read More]

Barglof, Fett, Shryock, Braaksma are Britt fair victors

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (July 23, 2024) – IMCA racing action kicked off the 2024 Hancock County Fair grandstand events with the Black Dirt Nationals. Races were sponsored by Java 18 and Schleusner Dirt Works and featured trophies besting six foot tall. Ethan Braaksma’s hot July continued with him dominating the Tuesday Friesen Performance IMCA Modified action. Winning the heat and main event, he collected $1,000 for his efforts. Already Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligible, he bested a charging Cody Knecht, who came from the sixth starting spot to finish second. Kelly Shryock and Timothy Allerdings completed the top four. Though Colby Fett pressured for the lead early in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, the ninth starting Shryock ran away with the feature. Fett finished second in the race, ahead of Chad Palmer and Heath Tulp. Alec Fett gave his older brother all he wanted in the early stages of the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod main event. Alec faded before halfway and that opened the door for Colby to handily secure the [Read More]

Jerovetz is back for win at Britt, Krug is IMCA Hobby Stock Titan

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (July 19, 2024) – Troy Jerovetz continues to be a fan of Hancock County Speedway. A winner at Britt earlier in the season, he claimed the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature event Friday night. A caution erased his 2.5 second lead and Jerovetz had to hold off a charging Kelly Shryock and Colby Fett. Justin Ades rounded out the top four. Early in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature, a three-wide battle between Zane DeVilbiss, Jeremy Mills and Todd Steinhart saw contact between DeVilbiss and Mills. The result of the slight contact had Mills spinning and bringing out a yellow. When the race concluded, DeVilbiss went on to win over Izac Mallicoat and Kelly Shryock. Mills raced back to claim fourth place. Charlie Stevens earned a long overdue win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. It had been since June of 2022 that Stevens was in victory lane at Britt. Stevens held off Colby Fett and Alec Fett who raced up from their ninth and seventh place starting positions, [Read More]

Hancock County Christmas in July Wins to Mills, Shryock, Fett, Sidles

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (July 12, 2024) – It felt like Christmas morning in more ways than one at Hancock County Speedway Friday night. After nearly a month off due to the July 4th holiday and persistent weather challenges, clear skies and warm temperatures greeted race fans for “Santa’s Christmas Spectacular.” Jeremy Mills navigated lapped traffic and a mid-race restart to capture the lead from Greg Elliott and win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds. Clint Hatlestad was up front all night and finished second. Owen Barnhill charged from his 10th starting spot to third in the late going, finishing ahead of Stinehart and Elliott. In the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Justin Ades led the first six circuits before Kelly Shryock, who started 10th, made the winning pass using the middle groove of the speedway. Over the last six laps, Shryock was a half-second a lap faster than the field to seal the win. Colby Fett surged from ninth to secure the second spot late over Ades and Kevin Opheim. Nate Chodur was strong in the [Read More]

Shryock, Slagle, Fett, Nielsen score Hancock County wins

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (June 14, 2024) – Sam Hoffman led throughout much of the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature on Friday at the Hancock County Speedway, but Kelly Shryock was able to slip past late for the win. Shryock waited patiently for his opening when Hoffman came off the bottom groove and led for the last four laps of the race. Jeremy Mills was the only driver on the top side late and closed to within a few car lengths with two laps to go. Lapped traffic impeded his progress on the final circuit, however, sealing the win for Shryock. Hoffman and Jason Bass completed the top four. In the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Parker Slagle lost the lead but a yellow flag put him back out front for a mid-race restart. He made sure to finish off the feature by holding off Kelly Shryock, Troy Jerovetz and Scott Olson. Alec Fett started the Friesen Performance IMCA SportMod feature seventh but he was a rocket on the extreme bottom groove. Fett took off [Read More]

Shryock scores $2,000 Hobo Hustle checkers

By Chad Meyer BRITT, Iowa (June 7, 2024) – Cloudy skies and early sprinkles did little to dampen the exciting action on Friday night at Hancock County Speedway, with IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars competing for a $2,000 Hobo Hustle top prize. Landus was the night’s title sponsor. Kelly Shryock hustled to the lead the early in the feature and motored out to a sizeable advantage that he held throughout much of the race. While he was leading, the action throughout the rest of the field was intense, as Colby Fett made a late-race run around the outside of the speedway to ultimately finish second. Troy Swearingen was in contention all night and finished third, ahead of Dan Mackenthun and Heath Tulp. Shryock, already guaranteed a starting spot in the upcoming B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, had prefaced that win with the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified checkers. He built a lead of more than three seconds, however once Jeremy Mills got to the runner-up spot, it got interesting. In the last handful of laps, Mills [Read More]