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Buena Vista Raceway’s Aug. 5 IMCA Modified feature pays $1,300 to win

ALTA, Iowa – Winning the Wednesday, Aug. 5 Marv Rueter Memorial for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at Buena Vista Raceway will be good for $1,300 and a spot on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner earns $500 and the Mach-1 Sport Compact winner earns $300. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and BVR Bombers complete the weekly race program. All applicable IMCA points will be awarded. Modified, Northern SportMod and Sport Compact portions of the show will be draw/redraw. Entry fees are $50 for the Modifieds, $35 for the Northern SportMods and $25 for the Sport Compacts. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and veterans with ID, and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available by calling promoter Lee Meyer at 712 299-5147 or the track at 712 284-2561. The [Read More]

Southern Iowa Speedway hosts IMCA Late Models on Aug. 5

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – IMCA Late Models return to Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 5, with a top prize of $750 at stake. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Also on the weekly card will be Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Mach-1 Sport Compacts and the Iowa Sportsman Series. Sponsors for the evening are Supreme Lawn & Landscape, Van Wall Equipment, Farmers Support America, KBOE and Mahaska Bottling. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $6 for students and free for 12 and under. Pit passes are $25. Kids’ Club is at 6:30 p.m., hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

Grossenbacher wins Gage County Fair Sprint show at Beatrice

BEATRICE, Neb. (July 26) – The first time Trevor Grossenbacher raced at Beatrice Speedway, he ended up upside down in a borrowed car. His second visit had a happier ending. Grossenbacher won Sunday’s Sprint Series of Nebraska feature during the Gage County Fair. He led all 20 circuits after starting outside row three, taking the top line to the front on the first turn and then running the bottom groove. Adam Guillion, Jason Danley, Joey Danley and Shon Pointer completed the top five. The victory was Grossenbacher’s IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour second this year. He’d also topped the opening night event at Eagle Raceway. Feature results – 1. Trevor Grossenbacher; 2. Adam Guillion; 3. Jason Danley; 4. Joey Danley; 5. Shon Pointer; 6. Terry Richards; 7. Jason Martin; 8. Tyler Drueke; 9. Jake Bubak; 10. Clint Benson; 11. Ethan Fleetwood; 12. Shayle Bade; 13. Keith Dragoo; 14. Gene Ackland; 15. Mark Pace; 16. Tim Hilfiker; 17. Chase Weiter; 18. Blain Petersen; 19. Kyle Flodman.

Hasty Hammock tops 281 Sprint Series of Texas main

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (July 25) – Jerry Hammock didn’t waste much time getting to the front Saturday night at 281 Speedway. The sixth starting Hammock drove to the lead half a lap into the Sprint Series of Texas main event at 281 Speedway. He stayed in front ‘til the end of a 20-lapper that ran caution-free. “The two cars in front of me went to the cushion and I went to the middle,” Hammock summarized after the win, his IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car tour second of the season. Mike Herring was second and Reagan Reed was third. Completing the top five were Gary Kelley and Trevor Reed. Feature results – 1. Jerry Hammock; 2. Mike Herring; 3. Reagan Reed; 4. Gary Kelley; 5. Trevor Reed; 6. Adam Barr; 7. Dustin Woods; 8. Matt Etzelmiller; 9. Mark Klis; 10. David Garland; 11. Craig Woods; 12. Jason Howell; 13. Josh Hanna; 14. David Munden; 15. Bud Hanna; 16. Drew Wright; 17. Matt Holt; 18. Bob Odom; 19. Ed Keaton; 20. Danny Merrell.

Yarie, Loberger race to Sun Drop Shootout wins

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (July 28) – Marcus Yarie and Dustin Loberger both brought home the hard fought victories from Shawano Speedway’s Sun Drop Shootout. Yarie started on the pole of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature field but it was no cakewalk as Brad Lautenbach was scored first on each of the first six laps. Yarie took the lead from Lautenbach with Brian Mullen following on the next circuit. Mullen and Johnny Whitman began to pressure Yarie on lap 10. Yarie fought off numerous charges by Mullen and Whitman over the remaining 10 laps on his way to victory lane. Matt Oreskovich passed Whitman late in the race to take third. Loberger started outside one in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature and took the lead with brother-in-law Scott Stewart and nephew Steven Stewart close behind. Behind them, Mike Schmidt, Travis Van Straten, and John Heinz battled for the next three positions. By lap seven it was Loberger still in the lead with Steven Stewart and Van Straten running second and third. Lap [Read More]

Three IMCA divisions LaSalle-bound for Aug. 1 One Night Stand

LaSALLE, Ill. – IMCA Late Models race for $2,000 to win and Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds for $1,000 to win at LaSalle Speedway’s inaugural One Night Stand special Saturday, Aug. 1. The Modified feature is a qualifying event for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Completing the card are Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods chasing a $400 top check. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in all three divisions. Modifieds also vie for Belleville Motorsports North Central Region points. Minimum start money is $250 for the Late Models, $150 for the Modifieds and $75 for the SportMods. There is no entry fee for any division; SportMods will use passing points. Spectator admission is $20 for adults and free for kids 11 and under. Pit passes are $35. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. with one-lap time trials for Late Models and Modifieds at 6:30 p.m. and racing to follow on the quarter-mile dirt [Read More]

Green matches top payday with repeat run to Hancock County Fair Stock Car checkers

BRITT, Iowa (July 24) – Winning the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car headliner at Hancock County Speedway’s fair the first time was special. Winning that event, and another $4,000, a second time was even better for Derek Green. Green repeated the big payday at Britt on Friday night. He had the fastest car among 55 entries from six states, including Texas, and beat Kyle Vanover to the line by a couple car lengths. Kevin Opheim, who’d pocketed $2,000 just the night before at Kossuth County Speedway, 17th starting Randy Brands and Dan Mackenthun, completed the top five. Green had started fourth and was running at the front of the 26-car field by the third of 25 laps. He built a straightaway lead that disappeared with a rash of late cautions. Opheim tried inside on two restarts and Vanover tried outside the next two. Neither could make their way past the leader, however, in a race that ended green, white, checkered. “Last year I pretty much checked out,” said Green, who led the last 22 laps of the [Read More]

Dream season continues for Olmstead

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (July 26) – Taming the Dawson County Raceway oval with authority Sunday evening were hotshoes Mike Densberger, Steve Kempt, Casey Werkmeister and Jacob Olmstead. Continuing his dream season, Olmstead led the final two laps to win the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Earning second-place accolades was Kyle Bond and Caleb Hetrick worked his way through heavy traffic for third. Densberger cruised to the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory after taking the lead on lap eight. Cole Hodges paced the first seven circuits and ended as the runner-up. Chuck Stryker rallied to complete the top three. Starting on the front row and storming off to big leads time and time again was Kempt, who led all 20 laps to punch his ticket to the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner’s circle. Getting through traffic swiftly, Jamey Kennicutt was second and third went to Chad Dolan. In a race for the ages, Werkmeister grabbed the lead on the second lap and held off all challenges to earn the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers, despite [Read More]

Round 2 voting starts for Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational

BOONE, Iowa (July 29) – Fourteen more IMCA Modified drivers will be elected to the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational field, in voting that starts today (Wednesday) through the IMCA Facebook page. Round two candidates all won 40-point features held between June 19 and July 16. Voting continues until Aug. 5. The drivers with the top two vote totals in each of the five regions and four at-large candidates advance to the Friday, Sept. 11 Invitational during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Completing the starting field of 30 will be the All-Star candidates with the highest national point total and the most 40-point feature wins as of Sept. 4 not already elected and who are competing at Super Nationals. Elected from the first round were Ricky Alvarado of Delta, Colo., William Gould of Calera, Okla., 2012 race winner Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice, Neb., Jimmy Gustin of Marshalltown, Richie Gustin of Gilman, Hunter Marriott of Brookfield, Mo., Kelly Shryock of Fertile, 2013 race winner Todd Shute of Des Moines, defending [Read More]

I-88 Speedway hosts IMCA Empire State Series on Friday

AFTON, N.Y. (July 29) – I-88 Speedway is next on the IMCA Empire State Series schedule this Friday, July 31. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds chase a $500 top check in the fifth of eight tour installments this season. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 9-15, and free for eight and under. Pit passes are $30. Point leader Eddie Sites is the only repeat series winner thus far; Michigan visitor A.J. Ward and Brad Sites have each won once. Four previous Empire State Series events have been held at Afton. The tour date there in June was rained out. More information is available on Facebook and at the www.I-88speedway.com website. IMCA Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Eddie Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 153; 2. Brad Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 142; 3. Chris Fleming, Union Springs, 130; 4. Jason Benjamin, Towanda, Pa., 127; 5. Matt Cole, Binghamton, 124; 6. Keith [Read More]