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North Star Series races to Redwood Speedway this Sunday

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (May 28) – Redwood Speedway rolls out the red carpet for round three of the Redline Racing Parts North Star Series, with five IMCA divisions on the track this Sunday, June 1. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts all vie on the half-mile dirt oval at Redwood Falls. Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:15 p.m. with racing to follow. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State, special series and local track points will be awarded. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $8 for students ages 13-17 and free for kids 12 and under accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $25. More information about the third of 10 Redline Racing Parts dates this season is available by calling 507 430-1662 and at the www.redwoodspeedway.com website. Point leaders heading into the Sunday show are Joshua Meyer in the Modifieds, Jim Larson in the [Read More]

Sweetwater Speedway hosts May 30-31 EQ Wild West Tour dates

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (May 28) – The second doubleheader of the 2014 EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour takes traveling IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds to Sweetwater Speedway this weekend. Both Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31 features pay $1,000 to win with spots on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot at stake as well. Pit gates at Rock Springs open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. both days. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and kids. Pit passes are $25. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State, special series and local track points will be awarded. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, street stocks and cruisers complete the Friday and Saturday cards. Rigby, Idaho’s Jake Donnelly and Justen Yeager of Green River split feature wins when the Wild West Tour opened earlier this month at Millard County Raceway. Yeager, a three-time series champion, leads Donnelly by one point [Read More]

Werkmeister is Stock Car series winner at WaKeeney

By Mike Hughes WaKEENEY, Kan. (May 26) – Casey Werkmeister made his move in lapped traffic and ended up in WaKeeney Speedway’s victory lane on Memorial Day. Werkmeister topped the Dirt Track Central Jax Sports Grill Great Plains Series for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, earning $750 for his efforts. Series point leader Mike Nichols had shot out to the early lead in the 25-lap event, chased by Werkmeister, Angel Munoz, Jason Rogers and Jeff Tubbs. The top five remained the same at the halfway mark, then the lead duo got caught up in heavy lapped traffic before Werkmeister got by Nichols for the lead. The top two continued to battle their way through traffic but Werkmeister held on for the win and the $750 paycheck. Nichols finished in the runner-up spot in the caution-free race, with Rogers, Munoz and B.J. Wagoner rounding out the top five. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature also ran without caution and Cody Gearhart won his second Wakeeney feature of the year. Daniel Gottschalk worked his way to the [Read More]

Ward tops XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener at I-35

MASON CITY, Iowa (May 26) – A driver from Arizona who won a state championship in Nebraska found success in Iowa Monday night. Tim Ward led most of the XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour main event at I-35 Speedway. He’d gotten the front spot back from J.J. Wise before rain forced the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature to be called after 16 of the scheduled 25 laps. “The car was really good. We were really fast,” said Ward, racing out of Laurens and teammate of 2010 series champion Mike Jergens this season. “I got a good starting spot but I think I could have started further back and still had a chance to get to the front.” Two cautions interrupted the series-opening night contest. Ward slipped under Wise following the second restart to regain the lead. The victory paid $1,000. Ward was already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, having won the Allstar Performance Nebraska State crown last season. Wise, Jesse Sobbing, Ryan Ruter and Jergens rounded out the top five. Ruter and Jergens [Read More]

IMCA Modified Mayhem at Billings boasts $2,500 top check

BILLINGS, Mont. – The inaugural Modified Mayhem at Billings Motorsports Park boasts a $2,500 top prize. The Saturday, May 31 special for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds pays a minimum of $100 to start, is sponsored by Sorenson Racing of Billings and is a qualifying event for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western or Belleville Motorsports North Central regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Non-qualifiers taking at least one green flag during the evening get $50 tow money. There is no entry fee; pit passes are $25. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors 65 and over, juniors ages 12-17 and military personnel with ID, $3 for kids ages 7-11 and free for six and under. The pit area opens at noon and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. More information about the IMCA Modified Mayhem is available at the www.bmpspeedway.com website or on Facebook.

Fleming scores Friesen Chevrolet Empire State win at Skyline

CORTLAND, N.Y. (May 25) – Sunday’s Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series feature saw Chris Fleming complete a holiday weekend sweep of at Skyline Raceway. Already the winner of Saturday’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature at Cortland, Fleming held off Gary Roberts and hard-charging Bumps Scutt for the tour victory, his career third. Gary Smith and James Cornell completed the top five. The early stages of the feature saw Fleming work his way forward from deep in the field. A series of cautions kept the field bunched up and by the time the 10th lap went up on the board, Fleming had made his way to the lead. Most of the race was run off a few laps at a time as a series of minor spins and mishaps led to numerous cautions. The final yellow came with four laps remaining and set up a four-lap dash to the finish between Fleming and Roberts. Fleming controlled the restart and held off Roberts over the final laps to score the win. Scutt drove from his 18th [Read More]

Brown bests Modifieds at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 24) – Scott Brown became the fifth different winner in as many IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified features atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval this season by earning a hard-fought victory in Saturday night’s 20-lap main event. While Brown led all the way from his pole starting position, he had his hands full much of the distance and survived a pair of late cautions to post the triumph by a narrow margin ahead of Tracy Link and Austin Allen. “The cautions didn’t worry me much,” he commented. “My car goes good on a tacky track like this so I knew we were okay.” Front row outside starter Tracy Link actually jumped into the lead on the initial start only to have it negated for a turn four incident. Brown took advantage by racing into the lead on the restart and paced the field with intense battles for position through the pack in his wake. Brown held the point ahead of Link, Van Gemmill and Nick [Read More]

Guss outruns Rauen for Boone Deery Series checkers

BOONE, Iowa (May 26) – After enjoying a long run at the front early on, Ray Guss Jr. needed to pass Jason Rauen twice in the last two laps to win the Memorial Day Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Boone Speedway. Guss started on the pole and led the first 30 of 40 laps in the IMCA Late Model tour main event Monday evening. Rauen caught up in traffic however and made his move to the front when Guss was slowed by a lapped car on the lower line on the 31st circuit. The yellow light came on as the Rauen and Guss were coming to the white flag. They’d swap the lead after the restart before a slight bobble by Rauen opened the door again for Guss on the final lap. Once in front, Guss went to the higher line and sped to the $3,000 checkers. Four of his 30 career series wins have now come at Boone. The fifth different winner in as many Deery events this season, Guss was chased across [Read More]

Strayer is quickest at Quad City’s Reinhart Memorial

By Brad Hines EAST MOLINE, Ill. (May 25) – Sunday was a night of firsts for Jake Strayer. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified rookie made his first-ever visit to Quad City Speedway and won the 21st annual Gary Reinhart Memorial. The $1,200 victory was his first in just eight career starts in the class and put Strayer on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “Going to East Moline was a spur of the moment thing,” he said. “We pulled off the heat win and then won the feature. Everything went in our favor. It was definitely a night I’ll never forget.” Strayer started 10th in the 30-lapper and did most of his passing on the lower line coming out of the turns. He was in front just before midway and was pressured most of the way, holding off a late challenge from two-time defending track champion Greg Durbin, who had started 18th. Jim Sandusky, who came of out retirement for the race, finished third followed by Leland Bushong and Jason Buss. Strayer [Read More]

Spring Challenge checkers fly for Foster at Sunset Speedway Park

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (May 24) – Bubba Foster led the entire distance of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature Saturday, on opening night of Sunset Speedway Park’s Memorial Weekend Spring Challenge. Foster got out in front on the first lap and hold of the likes of Mark Carrell in the final laps to earn the victory, his first of the season. Carrell was a close second while third place went to Kenny Miller.