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Fairmont Raceway to host Cellan Motorsports Shootout

FAIRMONT, Minn. – Fairmont Raceway’s Friday, Aug. 5 Cellan Motorsports Summer Shootout presented by IMCA.TV boasts a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. A minimum of $1,000 will be paid to win and $175 to start the Modified main event. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $750 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $525 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win. Among the race sponsors contributing to the purse are the Southern Minnesota Area Corn Growers and Wilmont Oil. Payouts in all divisions will be increased as additional contributions are received. There are no entry fees for the draw/redraw show. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State but no local track points will be given. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults and free for students 18 and under. Pit passes are $30.

Rust, Wroten grab first Marshalltown wins

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 29) – Marshalltown Speedway found new faces in Victory Lane on Friday night in the Modified and Hobby Stock divisions, while there were repeat winners in the Stock Cars and Northern SportMods. Jake Strayer took command from Gatlin Leytham on lap six of 20 circuits in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main but soon had Joel Rust to contend with. Rust, who started eighth, made the move around the topside of Strayer, taking the lead at lap eight. Rust then held that top spot to the checkers flying, securing the win. Strayer finished second, third went to eleventh starting Jacob Murray, Jimmy Gustin started 14th and finished fourth and Jenae Gustin was fifth. Rust won the Hawkeye Dirt Tour race on June 7 but this was his first regular season win at Marshalltown in 2016. A new winner came from the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock class when Leah Wroten scored her first victory at Marshalltown. Wroten, who started ninth, outran point leader Eric Stanton to grab the trophy. Following second-place Stanton was Gene Nicklas [Read More]

Derry delivers Stock Car feature win

By Rick Stalely ATCHISON, Kan. (July 29) – A new face would emerge in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division on Friday as Brad Derry raced his way to the front of the Atchison County Raceway field for the feature win. Dominic Thyfault was second while Jim Powell Jr. stayed in the hunt for the win all night, ending with a third place finish. The Stocks were deemed best of show by track officials with position no. 9 being drawn and Marvin Griffith Jr. picking up the extra cash. Steven Bowers Jr. won both his heat race and the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Bowers used a late-race caution to get past Nicholas Carpenter and cruise into victory lane, leaving Carpenter to finish second. Rodney Schweizer raced through the pack to finish third.

KRA Speedway fair special features three IMCA divisions

WILLMAR, Minn. – KRA Speedway brings in three IMCA sanctioned divisions to headline the Kandiyohi County Fair special on Wednesday, Aug. 10. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $375 to win and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for $300 to win that evening in Willmar. Rules in place for Princeton and Brainerd will be in effect. “We wanted to bring in something different this year,” said Promoter Jason McCoy, who anticipates that a solid number of regulars at IMCA tracks in the area will enter the midweek show. “I think we’re going to knock the socks off this thing.” IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be given in all three divisions. Modifieds and Stock Cars also run for regional points. Mach-1 Sport Compacts will be legal for the $200 to win Duel of the Hornets. There is no entry fee and spectators get into the grandstand with purchase of fair admission. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates and the grandstand both open [Read More]

First round of All-Star voting is complete

BOONE, Iowa – Defending race winner Jimmy Gustin, 2014 winner Kyle Strickler and a trio of first-time All-Stars are among the 10 Modified drivers already guaranteed starting spots on the Fast Shafts Invitational grid during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Gustin and brother Richie had the top two vote totals in first-round balloting from the BMS North Central Region – Richie led all candidates with 12,945 votes – while Strickler and Scott Sessions, the first Floridian elected to the All-Star event in its 13-year history, led the way in the Dirt Works Eastern Region. Hunter Marriott and Jeff Taylor were elected out of the Jet Racing Central Region, first-timer Kevin Green and William Gould from the Razor Chassis South Central Region. The Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region will be represented by Brad Pounds and first-time All-Star Ethan Dotson. The second round of All-Star voting, also conducted through the IMCA Facebook page, sees 18 drivers elected at-large. Balloting is now underway and runs through 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. The All-Star [Read More]

Jim Marsh Classic Modified IMCA features pay $1,000 to win

TONOPAH, Nev. – Both Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified features at Tonopah Speedway’s Jim Marsh Classic will pay $1,000 to win. The Friday, Aug. 5 and Saturday, Aug. 6 main events are qualifiers for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Saw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded both nights. Entry fee is $100. The grandstand opens at 3 p.m., hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. both days. Spectator admission is $10 for adults and $5 for seniors, military and kids. Pit passes are $25. More information is available by calling 775 294-3006 and on Facebook. A pre-entry form is on the www.tonopahspeedway.com website.

IMCA One Night Stand on Aug. 6 card at LaSalle Speedway

LaSALLE, Ill. – More money is on the line when three IMCA divisions return to LaSalle Speedway for the second annual One Night Stand special on Saturday, Aug. 6. IMCA Late Models race for $3,000 to win, Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods both for $2,000. The Modified feature is a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance Illinois State points will be awarded in all three divisions. Modifieds also vie for BMS North Central Region points. Minimum start money is $300 for the Late Models, $200 for the Modifieds and $125 for the SportMods. Tow money in all three divisions is $75 and there are no entry fees. Spectator admission is $25 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 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. with time trials to follow. The track website is www.lasallespeedway.com. More information is available on [Read More]

Whitman wards off LaCrosse at Luxemburg

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. (July 29) – Two of the area’s best duked it out for the $600 top prize in Friday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Luxemburg Speedway. At the end of 20 laps it was Johnny Whitman outdueling Benji LaCrosse for the pay day. Whitman grabbed the top spot at the start and flew away from the field while LaCrosse and Jeremy Jacobs came to second and third from their mid-pack starting positions. A caution on lap five was the only break in the action. On the restart, Whitman stayed out front but had LaCrosse challenging immediately. Over the final 15 laps, LaCrosse tried every possible line around the 1/3-mile to get around Whitman. LaCrosse prepared to make one final move but contact with the wall coming to the white flag ended his chances at the win. Whitman was held up briefly on the final lap by a lapped car but still led LaCrosse past the line for his first win of the season. Jacobs finished third with Brad Lautenbach [Read More]

Aikey holds off Bruening, scores Deery Series win in Des Moines

By Ryan Clark DES MOINES, Iowa (July 29) – To say Jeff Aikey had to work for his Friday win at the Iowa State Fair Speedway would be an understatement. The current point leader in the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models rolled off from the pole but was pressured throughout most of the 40-lapper by Tyler Bruening. Aikey, also the 2016 track champion in Des Moines, led the field through a pair of early cautions on laps three and nine, the only two stoppages of the event. Bruening, who started outside of row three, took advantage of the lap nine restart and stole second from Matt Ryan before running down the race leader. The lead pair built a near straightaway lead over the field while they battled for the top spot. Bruening remained within a couple car lengths throughout the rest of the first half of the event and pulled alongside Aikey when they encountered slower traffic just shy of midway. Although Bruening drew even on numerous occasions, Aikey held him at [Read More]

Dodge City Raceway Park into the home stretch

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – Another season is quickly racing by at Dodge City Raceway Park. Including Friday’s Driver Appreciation Night special, only three nights of championship chase action remain for the track’s featured divisions of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The only point race action that remains after Friday is the third annual SportMod Mayhem event on Aug. 27 and the season-ending Jerry Soderberg Memorial Championship on Sept. 24. Attention shifts first to Friday’s Driver Appreciation Night card that fires off at 7:30 p.m. While a large number of free tickets to Friday’s card will be distributed by drivers, additional tickets will be available at the gate for $15 for adults with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes are $30.