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Defending champ scores at Salina

By Larry Lowrey Jr. SALINA, Kan. (June 6) – Joe Cleveland has always been a strong force in the Belleville Motor Sports IMCA Modified division at Salina Speedway. Cleveland is the reigning champ in the class and Friday night he showed just why. Out of the gate it was Jesse Richter with the early lead from the pole position. At the midpoint of the feature things started to heat up as new leader Corey Burch took over the top spot and was looking to secure his first win. Someone forgot to relay the message to Cleveland, however. Cleveland caught up to Burch and worked to get around the leader. It was a good battle for the top position. The two attacked and countered lap after lap. On lap 18 it was Cleveland’s time to move into the lead and he hung on for his second win of the season. Burch finished in the runner-up spot, third went to Mike Petersilie, another former champ, Corey Lagroon, finished fourth and the early leader Richter, finished in the [Read More]

Taycher teaches Northern SportMod lesson at Seymour

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 8) – Joey Taycher assumed the lead in the Karl Chevrolet Northern Sport Mod main at the start and after a lone caution on lap three, took control and ran away from the field the rest of the distance Sunday at Seymour Speedway. Dennis Meisler, Lucas Lamberies, Jordan Barkholtz and Jordan Tuyls bunched behind running two- and three-wide chasing the leader. Tycher picked up his first feature win of the season with Lamberies taking the runner-up finish. Jordan Barkholtz, Meisler and Jessi Ness rounded out the top five. The Budweiser IMCA Modifieds put 23 cars on the feature grid with T.J. Smith grabbing the lead at the start and Tyler Wilson, Tony Wedelstadt, Travis Spaulding and Brad Lautenbach behind. Smith hooked up on the outer groove and maintain a couple length lead as the battle was tight right behind for position. Lautenbach moved into the runner-up spot on lap 10 and set out to close in on the leader. A lone caution on lap 13 bunched the field on [Read More]

Repeat winners at Algona Raceway

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 7) – Each of the winners at the Algona Raceway on Saturday had previously won a feature at the track in 2014. In the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature, polesitter Rob Hughes took the early lead and the race came to sudden halt as point leader Mike Jergens rolled his car going into turn number one but walked away from the incident. Off the restart on lap number six, Jeremy Mills went up on the high side and wrestled the lead away from Hughes. Once out in clean air, the Garner driver cruised to his second victory of the year with Hughes taking second. Eric Dailey was third with Austin Wolf placing fourth and Dustin Smith was fifth. David Wickman grabbed the early lead with a wild six-IMCA Sunoco Stock Car battle behind him battling for the first six laps. A few laps later, Chad Palmer and Wickman briefly touched going into turn number three and Kevin Opheim took advantage of the paint-trading by the two cars to [Read More]

Ken Schrader returns to RPM, Murray is Modified winner

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (June 7) – NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader returned to RPM Speedway Saturday night, June 7 to compete in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified division. Twenty-four cars started the 20-lap S & W Supply main event with outside polesitter Tim Watts jumping out to an early lead, trailed by Jesse Richter, Corey Lagroon, Brian Calhoon and Kevin Gray. Lagroon took over the top spot on lap three and held on to that position through lap 12. Then David Murray Jr. got under Lagroon in turns three and four on lap 13 and assumed command. The man on the move, however, was Kyle Rohleder. Rohleder reeled in Murray and was about to make a pass when the final caution waved on lap 18. Murray was able to hold on after the restart for his third feature win at Hays this season. Rohleder finished second, followed by Lagroon, Dylan Sherfick and Watts. Schrader finished sixth. After his hometown track Lincoln County Raceway rained out, Casey Werkmeister made the long haul to Hays [Read More]

Cole, Bryant repeat at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 6) – Blake Cole in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Ryan Bryant in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts Friday at Hancock County Speedway. Cole was the best for a second straight week in the always-competitive Stock Car class after starting on the outside of row two and holding off a serious challenge from the hard-charging David Smith. Bryant topped the Sport Compacts for a fourth straight week. The runner-up spot went to Megan Lappegard with Jacob Kofoot earning the third spot; Devin Jones was fourth and Taylor Earles finished fifth. Ned Kalis was third, Calvin Lange took fourth and Craig Berhow placed fifth. Jesse Hoeft used his front row outside starting position to full advantage in grabbing his first career IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature win, holding off a hard-charging Jeremy Mills, who started 11th. Levi Nielsen finished third with Tad Reutzel ending up fourth and Mark Elliott was fifth. Greg Elliott improved from 25th to take sixth. Clay Evans grabbed his second Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory [Read More]

Durbin nearly pulls off the racing hat trick

By Brad Hines EAST MOLINE, Ill. (June 8) – It had been an up and down start to the 2014 season for Quad City Speedway regular Brandon Durbin. He made the switch to the IMCA Xtreme Motoro Sports Modified divisionduring the off-season and there had been a bit of a learning curve and some bad luck to start the season. Two weeks ago at Davenport Speedway Durbin finally got it figured out and took home the checkered flag. Then on Sunday night, Durbin nearly pulled off a racing hat trick. In the Toppert Services IMCA Modified make-up feature, Durbin held off a fierce challenge from Matt Werner, who was all over Durbin for majority of the 20-lap feature, to win the first race of the evening. Werner took second followed by Ray Cox Jr., Doug Crampton, who came charging through the field after an early caution sent him to the back of pack, and Brian Bushong. Durbin went on to win his heat race and the stage was set for the nearly impossible racing hat [Read More]

Circle Racing Wheels rewards top rookies in IMCA Modified, Stock, SportMod divisions

FRESNO, Calif. – The most successful rookie drivers in four IMCA divisions earn post-season awards again in 2014 from Circle Racing Wheels. The Fresno, Calif., manufacturer gives a set of four wheels to national IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod rookies of the year. The highest finishing rookies in state point standings in the same four divisions, excluding the national rookies of the year, each receive $100 product certificates. Drivers must fill out and send a rookie of the year application form to IMCA by Aug. 1 to be eligible. Awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed the following week from the IMCA home office. This is Circle’s ninth year as a marketing partner with IMCA. Information about Circle Racing Wheels is available at the www.circleracing.com website or by calling 559 251-1127. “Not only will we be awarding four sets of wheels to rookies at the end of the season, but we’ll also have the opportunity to [Read More]

AFCO starts third decade of partnership with IMCA

BOONVILLE, Ind. – AFCO begins its third decade as a marketing partner with IMCA by giving contingency awards to drivers in five divisions. Top three eligible drivers in each of the five IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified regions earn product certificates worth $250, $150 and $50, respectively, while the top three in both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car regions receive $200, $100 and $50 certificates. The Boonville, Ind., manufacturer also gives certificates good for $125, $75 and $50 based on national point standings for the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and for Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods. Drivers in those four divisions must compete with AFCO-manufactured shocks and springs, display two AFCO decals on their race car and return a completed sign-up sheet to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1 to be eligible. Fourth, sixth and 11th place finishers in national Late Model point standings and the national Late Model rookie of the year all receive $100 product certificates. Information about AFCO products is available by calling 800 632-2320 and at the new www.afcoracing.com website. “The [Read More]

Design 500 renews Lady Eagle awards, Deery Series and Modified specials prizes

TUKWILA, Wash. – Design 500’s 16th season as a partner with IMCA also marks the eighth year for the Tukwila, Wash., driver suit and apparel manufacturer’s popular Lady Eagle award. Female drivers in all sanctioned divisions are automatically in the running. The top finisher in combined point standings earns a complete set of custom No Fly Zone Pro-Tek CarbonX underwear, which includes a long-sleeved mock turtleneck, long pants, headsock and socks. The runner-up receives a No Fly Zone Pro-Tek CarbonX tank and shorts while the third place driver earns a $100 product certificate and CarbonX socks. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock driver Tiffany Bittner from Norfolk, Neb., is the three-time and defending Lady Eagle champion. “Tiffany has dominated our Lady Eagle competition over the past few seasons but we have so many great female competitors this is always a hotly contested race,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “April Phillips is continuing an outstanding start to the 2014 season and we’ll see if she or someone else will be crowned our newest Lady Eagle Champion.” Design [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 5

IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 1,018; 2. Ryan Roath, Phoenix, Ariz., 965; 3. Glen Hibbard, Euless, Texas, 945; 4. Dean Abbey, Waco, Texas, 931; 5. Ronnie Welborn, Princeton, Texas, 904; 6. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 885; 7. Kyle Wilson, Monterey, Calif., 878; 8. Alexander Wilson, Salinas, Calif., 864; 9. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 834; 10. Ben Ketteman, Pflugerville, Texas, 808; 11. Joe Spillman, Marble Falls, Texas, 800; 12. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 770; 13. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 768; 14. Tim Ward, Gilbert, Ariz., 766; 15. Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas, 760; 16. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa, 755; 17. Mike Jergens, Plover, Iowa, and Jeff Streeter, Madera, Calif., both 742; 19. Clay Sellard, Ellis, Kan., 738; 20. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 730. IMCA Late Models – 1. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 656; 2. Curt Schroeder, Ames, Iowa, 528; 3. Curtis Glover, Des Moines, Iowa, 508; 4. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 463; 5. Jason Hahne, Webster City, Iowa, 439; 6. Ryan Griffith, Webster City, Iowa, [Read More]