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Brauns goes back to back at West Liberty

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (July 9) – Jonathan Brauns won his first-ever iWireless IMCA Late Model Feature at West Liberty Raceway one week ago. Now Brauns has two wins in as many weeks as he bested the 25-lap feature Saturday night. Brauns led the caution-free race flag to flag in scoring an impressive win over Andy Eckrich and Chad Holladay. Dakota Hayden took advantage of a late-race caution in the Performance Concepts IMCA Modified feature and shot past race leader Matt Bodman and went on to score the win. Kurt Kile was able to get to the finish line just ahead of Bodman. Tim Plummer scored a very impressive win in the Weikert Iron & Metal IMCA Northern SportMod division. Plummer used all of the smooth racing surface in crossing the finish line ahead of Dalton Simonsen and Troy Phillpott. David Brandies broke out of the pack early and went on to score the win in the 15-lap Kile Motorsports IMCA Stock Cars. Brandies took the win ahead of Kurt Kile and Brandon [Read More]

“Ladies’ night” Saturday at Off Road Speedway

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 9) – The winners of the first two feature races made Saturday night at Off Road Speedway appear to be “ladies’ night.” Brooke Fluckiger won the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature and Tiffany Bittner was the winner of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main event. Fluckiger’s victory was the 23-year-old’s first-ever win at Off Road Speedway. “We rolled the car here a couple weeks into (the season) and didn’t have very good luck last year here, so I’m very excited,” Fluckiger said. “We’ve been in the top five, but it’s always a fight. Last year I think we ran here around eight times, and I probably finished about three of them. But we’ve had a lot better luck here this year than we ever have.” A good start helped Fluckiger break to the front from her third row-outside starting position just two laps into the 12-lap race. From that point she was able to hold off challenges from Cody Rush, who had started on the pole, and then Ramsey [Read More]

Blurton thunders to URSS win at Lincoln County

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (July 9) – Feeling the thunder and getting to see the lightning was the packed house of race fans that assembled at Lincoln County Raceway as the URSS Sprint Cars joined forces with the IMCA competitors that call Lincoln County Raceway their Saturday night home. Leading the way from the onset, Zach Blurton piloted his rocket ship to the URSS victory. Blurton grabbed the lead early and never looked back to cruise to the winner’s circle in the 30-lapper. Luke Cranston settled for runner-up honors and Ty Williams crossed the line in third. Cole Hodges grabbed the lead on the second circuit and led to the end of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Kyle Werkmeister was the green to checkered leader in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Jamey Kennicutt captured the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers and Brady Weinman was promoted to the top spot in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock headliner. First in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main went to Andrew Baumgardner.

Dobel, Benson are first-time winners at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (July 9) – Two drivers earned their first feature victory of the season to highlight a night of dirt track racing at Hancock County Speedway on Saturday. For the first time in the last six races at Britt, someone beside Cody Nielsen won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature. Scott Dobel crossed the finish line first to earn his first feature win of the season as Nielsen was the runner-up; Drew Barglof was third with Andrew Borchardt fourth and Jay Sidles fifth. Hunter Benson won his first Mach-1 Sport Compact feature of the year with Olivier Monson taking second. Austin Wolf was the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified winner while Derek Green raced from 10th starting to first finishing in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main. Shane Swanson scored the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers.

Noll take Mid-Summer Classic Honors at Canyon

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (July 9) – Jason Noll was among the headliners in Saturday night’s Mid-Summer Classic at Canyon Speedway Park. After capturing his first Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature win of the year in last month’s Father’s Day Classic, Noll raced from the sixth starting position to snare his second win in a row ahead of Mike Strobl, with pole starter Austin Kuehl, Chaz Baca Jr. and Zack Madrid rounding out the top five.

Boston tops SportMods at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (July 9) – Dustin Boston outran the IMCA SportMod field for his first Tri-State Speedway victory of the season on Saturday night. Logan Ellis finished second for the second week in a row and last week’s winner, Dustin Leatherman, followed for a third place finish. Tate Cole captured his eighth Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win of the season over Kevin Guinn in second and 15-year-old Kayden Menasco in third.

Victory for VanDeest at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 8) – Racing at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night shared the Central Iowa Fairgrounds with the county fair. Chase Rudolf took the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod lead as the green flag flew, and was looking strong. By lap five, he had 12th starting Jared VanDeest to contend with but continued to keep his lead. VanDeest was relentless, however, pestering Rudolf until finally making it pay off at lap 12, when he grabbed the lead. VanDeest was able to distance himself from the pack in the final handful of laps, and took the checkers and the win. Eleventh starting Cory Rose was runner-up and Rudolf was third. The 15-lap IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock event went to Adam Armstrong. Armstrong, who has been racing a SportMod this season, jumped back into his Hobby Stock for the night and made the switch seem effortless. He had the lead at lap seven, and then pulled away the remaining laps to take the easy win. Leah Wroten started ninth and took the runner-up spot. Gene Nicklaus took third. There was fast [Read More]

Hurst tops Fan Appreciation Night feature at Farley

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa (July 8) – Near perfect weather conditions greeted a huge crowd on Driver and Fan Appreciation night Friday at the Farley Speedway. The Out-Pace Racing Products IMCA Late Model feature saw Jeremiah Hurst advance from his 6th position start to take over the top spot from Jeff Tharp on lap 10 and sail on to record his third win of the season at Farley. Tyler Droste was closing on Hurst late in the race but ran out of laps and settled for second. Joel Callahan started ninth and advanced to take third at the finish line. Jerry Luloff broke a two-year winless streak at the Farley Speedway by capturing the 20-lap GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Modified feature. Luloff took the lead on lap eight and went to hold off a late-race charge by Mark Schulte. Tyler Soppe has been a man on a mission lately as he recorded his 15th win of 2016 by scoring the GSI Collision Specialists IMCA Northern SportMod win. Soppe charged to the front in the 15-lap main [Read More]

Behning handles Davenport IMCA Late Model foes

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 8) – Brunson Behning captured his second feature win of the season at Davenport Speedway on Friday evening. Behning started the Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model feature in the sixth position. By the end of lap one, he was three-wide and in the lead. Brunson led all 25 laps despite a couple of caution flags which slowed the field. Rob Toland steadily worked his way up to a second place finish. Andy Nezworski limped home to third, followed by Chuck Hanna. Brian Harris, in a return visit to Davenport, rounded out the top five. A bizarre finish in the Eriksen’s IMCA Modified main gave Matt Werner his second feature win this year at Davenport. Werner took the lead from Dave Hammond on lap eight by using the high side of the track. On lap 17, Joe Beal took the point on the very bottom. Coming to the checkered flag, Beal found a hole in turn four that sent him sideways. As Beal tried to recover, Werner, Doug [Read More]

Bowers, Keuhn collect Atchison checkers

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (July 8) – Friday Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified action at Atchison County Raceway saw Steven Bowers Jr. use heat race win momentum to capture the main event victory as well. Rodney Schweizer and Nicholas Carpenter battled fast and furious the entire feature with Schweizer finishing second and Carpenter third. When the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car smoke had cleared, Greg Keuhn was standing tall with his third local feature win of the season. Jim Powell Jr. again came from deep in the field to challenge Keuhn but settled for second on the night. Brad Whitney had a solid feature race, finishing third.