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Frederick conquers Stock Cars at 141 opener

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (April 16) – Kyle Frederick exited the pit area following opening night at 141 Speedway as the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car point leader. Frederick used all the tack in the track to put his no. 50F ride solidly up front in a feature that ran caution-free. Frederick put his racer on cruise control early as a great battle ensued behind him for second. Shawn Havel flew to the front of pack to challenge the leader. The duo ran side by side early but Havel could not maintain the pace. Frederick ran down lapped traffic and took his time getting through. Frederick picked up the win in comfortable fashion. John Heinz ran down Havel and finished second later in the contest. Defending champion Brett Wenzel finished fourth with Troy Muench fifth. On the first lap of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature, Robby Thiel flipped his car in turn three. Track officials decided to call the rest of the evening’s events for drivers’ safety. Saturday nIght, April 30 will be the Red, White and Blue [Read More]

Deery Series heads to Quad City Speedway for Sunday show

EAST MOLINE, Ill. – The Deery Brothers Summer Series looks for its fourth winner in as many 30th season shows this Sunday, when touring IMCA Late Models travel to Quad City Speedway. The May 1 main event at East Moline pays $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. It’s also the first time in the series’ 454-race history that an event has been held on May Day. While Denny Eckrich, Curt Martin and Scott Fitzpatrick own feature wins so far, it’s seven-time series champion Jeff Aikey who will take the Deery point lead to East Moline. Aikey and eventual rookie of the year Tyler Droste were tour winners at Quad City Speedway last season. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. Sunday while the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to follow. Box seating is $18. Other spectator admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. Also running will be Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds [Read More]

Ward prevails in Tri-City lidlifter

AUBURN, Mich. (April 22) – Two-time track champion A.J. Ward started his 2016 campaign with the Friday night checkers at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Toby Steele and 2015 regional and track rookie of the year Mitchell Hunt took the field of 20 to the green flag in the Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified main event. Hunt paced the group the first five laps before Heath Grizzle led a pair of laps. Ward maneuvered his way from his ninth place starting position to make the pass on Grizzle for the lead. It looked like Ward was going to cruise to an easy win but with just three laps to go Ward would be caught in traffic that allowed Grizzle to challenge for the win. Ward, however, was able to score the win by a car length at the stripe. Grizzle had to settle for second. He was followed by Matt Szecsodi, Kody Johnson and Hunt. Nearly 100 competitors saw action in the lidlifer at Auburn.

Ellerman prevails in PASS headliner at Path Valley

DRY RUN, Pa. (April 23) – Scott Ellerman picked up the Pennsylvania Sprint Series win at Path Valley Speedway Saturday night by holding off a late charge from Zach Newlin. The defending IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car tour champion pulled close to the leader as he navigated lapped traffic but was unable to deny Ellerman his second win of the season. He’s now the second repeat winner of the year. Dale Schweikart had another top five finish with Darren Miller and Kyle Lloyd next across the stripe. Feature results – 1. Scott Ellerman; 2. Zack Newlin; 3. Dale Schweikart; 4. Darren Miller; 5. Kyle Lloyd; 6. Jeff Taylor; 7. Drew Ritchey; 8. Scott Lutz; 9. Stephanie Dodson; 10. Cody Hackenberry; 11. Kyle Ganoe; 12. Andrew Hake; 13. Seth Kearchner; 14. Jack Thornton; 15. Brad Mellott; 16. Kirsten Hess; 17. Dave Grube; 18. Jim Kennedy; 19. Cale Reigle; 20. Quintin Hankla.

Holladay tops IMCA Late Model opener at West Liberty

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (April 23) – The 2016 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season got underway Saturday night at West Liberty Raceway. The track was extremely fast on a nice night for the opening night racing action. Chad Holladay served notice to his fellow iWireless IMCA Late Model competitors that he is going to be a contender for the West Liberty Raceway 2016 track championship. Holladay advanced from his third row start to overtake race leader Rob Toland on lap 15 en route to the 25-lap feature win. Toland crossed the finish line in second ahead of Andy Eckrich. Dakota Hayden found the high line to be very fast around the big half-mile. Hayden topped the very tough Performance Concepts IMCA Modified division with the 20-lap feature win. Larry Herring turned in a fine run in coming home second ahead of Kurt Kile. Dalton Simonsen turned in a strong performance in coming from the fifth row to score an impressive win in the Weikert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod main [Read More]

Traskowsky Times Two for Feature Wins at Salina Speedway

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (April 22) – Three new IMCA feature winners visited the O’Reilly Auto Parts Victory Lane for the first time in the early season on Friday at Salina Speedway. The night was presented by B Strong Running Company of Salina. Of those winners, two were father and son, something that doesn’t happen often at all on the same night. First was Fred Traskowsky, who pulled out to the lead from the front row at the start of the M&H Motors IMCA Northern SportMod feature. He held off a resurgent Tyler Watts to capture his first win of the season. Watts finished second with Chris Humphries and Tim Echevarria rounding out the top four. The final win of the night went to Fred’s son Mike as he raced to his second win in a row in the Budweiser IMCA Hobby Stock division. Mike had no problem working his way from an eighth place starting position to capture the top prize, with Kelly Pihl, Tony Slothower, and Cody Williams chasing him across the [Read More]

Cole collects Tri-State Modified win

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (April 23) – Tate Cole took home the Friday night Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win again at Tri-State Speedway as hard-charging William Gould and Johnny Bone Jr. battled it out for second and third. Aaron Scroggins took the IMCA SportMod win over Steve Little and Caden Ellis.

No repeat winners in second week at Off Road

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (April 23) – A second night of racing at Off Road Speedway produced four first-time IMCA feature winners. The list of winners from Saturday night’s four sanctioned divisions, along with the first session of IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, consisted of different names, suggesting that the level of competition at the track is wide open and the standings will see continued movement each week of the season. Tiffany Bittner came out on top in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, winning what became a highly competitive four-car battle with Tracy Buck, TeJay Mielke and Nate DeSive. Eventually, just as Bittner and Mielke were pulling away from the field, a caution and restart with three laps left brought the pack of four together again to finish the race. Bittner’s win, perhaps a one-day-early birthday present to herself, helped rid her of “a monkey on my back the last couple of nights,” adding that the win “felt a lot better.” In the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division, James Roebuck followed up a victory at [Read More]

Yarie now two for two at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (April 23) – Another stellar car count of 124 cars signed in to do battle Saturday at Shawano Speedway and Marcus Yarie stayed consistent, winning his second Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature in a row. Clint Forstner led the opening lap of the Modified main. Lance Arneson made a three-wide pass to second on lap two. On lap four Arneson went to the outside of Forstner to take the top spot away. By lap five, Yarie had worked his way up to second place and began to reel in Arneson. Lap 12 saw Yarie go to the outside in turns three and four and take the lead by a bumper at the line. Yarie led the rest of the way for the win with Arneson on his rear bumper. Jerry Wilinski made a late pass of Jaimie Schmidt to finish in third. Benji LaCrosse crossed the line in fifth. Defending IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national champion Travis VanStraten recorded his first win of the season. Wyatt Block was first to the [Read More]

Morris family doubles up at Davenport

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 22) – Davenport Speedway celebrated the Koehler Electric Season Opener Friday night. For one family in attendance, victory lane celebrations started to look like a family reunion. Mitch Morris and Jake Morris had identical nights at Davenport Speedway, although in two separate classes. Mitch (IMCA Modified) and Jake (IMCA Northern SportMod) each won their respective heat races. Each started their feature on the outside pole, led every lap and won the features, which were run back-to-back. Rob Toland led flag-to-flag for the win in the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model feature. Toland set a blistering pace that no one was able to follow. Brunson Behning finished a distant second followed by Luke Goedert. Matt Ryan and Jay Chenoweth rounded out the top five. In the Eriksen’s IMCA Modified feature that was won by Mitch Morris, Bryce Garnhart put together a nice run to finish second. Doug Crampton took third over Todd Hansen and Darin Duffy. Thirty-two Mods were on hand Friday. Following Jake Morris to the checkers [Read More]