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Dubuque Speedway posts IMCA Late Model bonus

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa – Dubuque Speedway has added purse money to the Sunday, July 17 Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model main event. Thanks to sponsors, Pro Care Auto of Dubuque and Associated Real Estate Counselors of Preston, Late Models will be gunning for a $900 first place prize. In addition, a $100 bonus will be paid to the 15th place finisher. Racing action will get underway at 6:30 p.m. Sunday on the high-banked 3/8 mile oval.

Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge set for West Liberty

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – This Saturday night, July 16, racing action at West Liberty Raceway will feature a special event for the iWireless IMCA Late Models. The Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge will award $2,000 to the winner of the 40-lap main event for the Late Models. In addition to the Late Model special event, a full program of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Mach-1 Sport Compact racing will be held on the Muscatine County Fairgrounds ½-mile West Liberty oval. Hot laps will take to the track at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow at 7 p.m.

Farley to host Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa – On Friday, July 15, Farley Speedway will host a special night of racing action featuring the Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Models. The Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge will headline the program with the Late Models battling it out on the 3/8-mile dirt track for 50 laps with $2,000 going to the winner. In addition to the Late Models, Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks will be racing. Action gets underway with hot laps at 7 p.m. and racing to follow.

$1,000 is top check at Skyline Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series show

CORTLAND, N.Y. (July 12) – A $1,000 check and berth on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot are at stake this Sunday when the Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series travels to Skyline Raceway Park. The July 17 show is the fifth of 10 events on the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified series schedule this season. Sponsor for the IMCA portion of the Legend of Skyline, A Night to Remember program is DFG Construction. A minimum of $75 will be paid to start the 25-lap feature and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern, Allstar Performance State and special series points, but no local track points, will be given at the draw/redraw show. There is no entry fee and pit passes are $35. Both the pits and the grandstand open at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Grandstand admission is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors and students ages 10-15, and free for kids nine and under. More information is available by calling 607 745-0275. Eddie Sites won the Empire State [Read More]

Schoenberger, Rohleder win at RPM Speedway

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (July 9) – Jason Schoenberger and Kyle Rohleder were first-time winners this season at RPM Speedway on Saturday evening. Schoenberger edged Jason Rogers by about a foot in the closest feature finish on the night in the Advantage Glass Plus IMCA Stock Car feature. Shaylon Holloway led the first 2 laps, then was passed by Cody Zimmerman. His lead was short-lived as Trevor Schmidt took over the top spot the next lap. Schmidt continued to lead through lap 11 before Holloway went back in front. Schoenberger took command on lap 15 and led to the finish as he held off Rogers at the flagstand for the win. Nolan Remus was third. Rohleder took the lead on lap two from Marty Clark and led the remaining distance in the Gib’s Auto Supply IMCA Modified feature. A lap 13 caution bunched the field on the restart and David Murray Jr. gave chase but could not catch Rohleder. Dylan Sherfick, Brian Knoell and Tyler Frye rounded out the top five. Polesitter Brenden Damon [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds race for $10,001 to win at Dacotah Speedway’s Legendary

MANDAN, N.D. – As the name of the race would imply, the winner of the largest paying IMCA-sanctioned Modified event in North Dakota racing history will go home with a legendary paycheck. The Friday, July 15 Legendary 50 at Dacotah Speedway follows the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and pays $10,001 to win. All IMCA rules and procedures will be in effect for the 50-lapper, a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. A mandatory mid-race pit stop will allow race fans to see their favorite driver and crew up close and personal as they work on their cars right in front of Dacotah Speedway’s huge grandstand. The five minute pit stop, with cars lined up in running order, will allow crews to do anything to their cars except change tires. A provisional auction will be held following the final “B” feature for the 25th and final starting spot on the main event grid. Drivers competing in the Dakota Tour at Mandan on Thursday can leave their rigs in the [Read More]

Grams Memorial honors go to Johnson

ARLINGTON, Minn. (July 9) – Bill Johnson was the third and final leader in Arlington Raceway’s Dan Grams Memorial feature. The Saturday feature, part of the IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car Series of Minnesota, saw Brett Geldner set the fast pace the first four times around the big, fast oval from his front row start. Geldner gave way to the battle for the lead between Michael Stien and Johnson. A yellow came out on lap eight and Stein took the lead on the ensuing restart. Two laps later, however, Johnson took charge. With only a few laps left, Stien tried unsuccessfully to pass on the high side going into turn three but couldn’t get the job done and settled for second. Jordan Wilmes was promoted to third when Brandon Allen came up light on the post-race scales. Other feature winners were Tyler Limoges in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, Ken Tietz in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Eric Larson in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Cory Probst in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and [Read More]

Williston date is next for Dakota Classic Tour

WILLISTON, N.D. – The Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour now heads to Williston Basin Speedway on Tuesday, July 12. Monday evening’s scheduled show for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Estevan Motor Speedway was cancelled because of rain; a state of emergency was declared in the city due to the resulting flooding. A record 99 Modifieds and 35 Stock Cars saw heat and “B” action on July 9 at Jamestown Speedway before inclement weather cut the rest of the race program short; the July 10 program at Nodak Speedway in Minot was also a casualty to weather. Williston opens the pits at 3 p.m. and the grandstand at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow night. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Modifieds race for $2,200 to win in their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier while Stock Cars race for $800 to win. The tour is at Southwest Speedway in Dickinson on Wednesday, July 13 and at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan on Thursday, July 14. All Dakota [Read More]

Bushore, Rudolph get first Boone wins of 2016

BOONE, Iowa (July 9) – Two drivers found their way to victory lane for the first time this season at Boone Speedway on Saturday night. Joel Bushore captured his first win of the season in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified division while Aaron Rudolph made it win number one in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Bushore got to the lead by lap two and never let the cautions deter his march to the checkers. Jon Snyder took second place, Russ Dickerson was third, Mike Van Genderen, who had won the last two features, was fourth and Tony Cox finished fifth. Bushore won for the first time this year at the speedway. Jordan Peters got around early leader David McQuiston in the Hobby Stock headliner but was soon having to hold back Aaron Rudolph. Rudolph, who had started 10th, put the pressure on Peters and with just two laps remaining, was able to make the pass for the lead. He kept that top spot to the finish line and the win. Peters finished in second, [Read More]

Andersen scores big win at Eagle

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (July 9) – Shelly Andersen was the NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod winner during the Freedom Fest program Saturday at Eagle Raceway. This is Andersen’s first season back in the car after taking two years off to give birth to her daughter Lexi. “The car felt really good tonight. Roger Sluka and Bruce Haskell do wonders with it. My cousin Jessie passed away Tuesday and I talked to my aunt on the way out to the races tonight,” she said. “This win is dedicated to Jessie and my family.” Jack Dover made a fantastic run in the RaceSaver IMCA EMI Sprint Car main after coming through the B and moving from his 16th starting spot to take the checkers. Dover’s only previous Racesaver Sprint Car victory came two years previous when he took the crown for the Sprint Nationals. Rik Gropp raced to his first Kaplan University IMCA Modified victory since he took home the trophy in the 2008 Icebreaker Challenge. Travis Albracht made his first visit to the winner’s circle at [Read More]