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Porter parks in victory lane at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 8) – Chad Porter put his no. 12 MN 93 IMCA Modified in victory lane at Arlington Raceway for the first time since May 13 of 2017 Saturday night. Porter took the lead on the first lap after a caution that moved him up a row on the restart. When the green flag came back out, he passed three cars going into the first turn to take the lead. He remained the leader for the rest of the race with Trent Loverude directly behind him taking second ahead of Clint Hatlestad. Javen Ostermann won his first Alpha Media IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature, leading the entire caution-free race from start to finish. The Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact feature also went flag to flag, with Levi Selly leading over half of the race before Alex Dostal took the outside lane and got by him with two laps left to take the lead and win. Matt Schauer was the B&B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car winner and Cory Probst collected the Eckblad Trucking [Read More]

Wilinski, Christians win again at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (June 18) – Saturday was a night of familiar faces in victory lane at Shawano Speedway, as Jerry Wilinski secured his second straight IMCA Modified feature and Jeremy Christians outdueled Travis VanStraten for his second IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory of the season. Norman Walbruck snagged the lead on lap one of the Modified and held that spot until lap five when Wilinski charged to the front. Wilinski was in control for the duration of the race for his second consecutive win. Kevin Feck eventually prevailed in the battled for second with Brekken Kleinschmidt taking third. Kurt Olson took the lead at the start of the Stock Car main event before giving way to Mike Schmidt on lap four. Behind Schmidt it was Christians, VanStraten and Trent Nolan moving toward the front of the field. Schmidt, Christians, and VanStraten went three-wide for the lead on lap 10. Christians eventually eased ahead of the field, but not for long as VanStraten took the lead on lap 12. Christians and VanStraten battled [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car winner earns $2,500 at Stuart Speedway’s Dirt Duel

STUART, Iowa – The winner of Stuart Speedway’s Dynamic Drivelines Dirt Duel will go home with a $2,500 check. Qualifying starts on Tuesday, June 11 with a minimum of $300 paid to start the Wednesday, June 12 main event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region and E3 Spark Plugs Iowa State points will be awarded. Presented by Sniper Speed and Midstate Machine, the Dirt Duel will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods also qualify Tuesday for Wednesday features while Mach-1 Sport Compacts race on opening night and IMCA Modifieds on night two. National, regional, state and track points will be awarded in each of those divisions. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. both days. Racing will follow 7 p.m. hot laps. Grandstand admission for adults is $12 on Tuesday and $15 for Wednesday, and $6 for students on Tuesday and $7 on Wednesday. Kids 10 and under get in free both days. Pit passes are $30. [Read More]

Berry is best at Dacotah Speedway

MANDAN, N.D. (June 7) – After finishing runner-up twice the week before, Tom Berry led the final five laps for his first IMCA Modified feature victory of the season at Dacotah Speedway. Jordan Huettl led the Friday night field to green. Jeremy Keller reeled in the leader and took the front spot before a lap 11 caution. On the restart, Spencer Wilson slipped by Huettl, bringing Marlyn Seidler with him. Seidler looked under Wilson and grabbed second before yet another caution regrouped the field. When the race resumed, Berry passed Wilson and then caught Seidler for second with six laps to go. As Keller started catching lapped traffic, Berry used the slower traffic to his advantage and motored by Keller with five laps to go. Keller had to settle for second while Seidler held off Wilson. Mark Dahl rounded out the top five. Contact among the leaders allowed Ken Sandberg to slip into the lead when the green flag waved in the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Sandberg pulled away before coasting across the finish line [Read More]

Storjohann motors to Marshalltown victory

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 7) – Travis Storjohann put his no. 12R machine across the finish line first in scoring the victory in the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod 18-lap event Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. He finished just ahead of eighth starting Jake McBirnie. Joel Rust set his hot rod on the top of the track and sailed to the win in the IMCA Modified 20-lapper. Tim Ward finished in the runner up spot, Cody Laney was a hard charger, coming from the 17th starting spot, to finish in third. Ethan Braaksma made his debut in the division, moving up from the SportMods, and took fourth after starting 12th. Randy Havlik charged through the field from starting 18th and was fifth. Rust came from ninth to score his third victory of the year. The 20-lap IMCA Late Model contest went to Jeff Aikey. Aikey, piloting the car of Rick Dralle, took the lead from Todd Cooney on lap three, and never gave it up. Shawn Ritter led the 18-lap IMCA Stock Car main event [Read More]

Last-lap pass nets Clancy $1,000 IMCA Modified win at US 36

By Jacob Blair OSBORN, Mo. (June 7) – With $1,000 on the line Friday night at US 36 Raceway, the IMCA Modifieds battled for 20 laps before the top check had a recipient. Chad Clancy led only the last lap but took home the big money and earned a berth on the Fast Shafts All-Star ballot with the victory. Cory Wray had to settle for second while Scott Brown came back from an early race incident to finish third. Clay Hale and Jim Masoner Jr. made up the rest of the top five. After several early cautions, Wray and Clancy settled into the top two spots. Both ran the bottom of the track. Clancy could roll the center of the corner better than everyone on the race track but couldn’t get the drive off to move to the inside of the leader. With two laps to go, it looked as though Clancy had conceded and would settle for second. Instead Clancy went to the high side, somewhere he hadn’t been all night. Clancy didn’t have [Read More]

LaCrosse is double winner at Outagamie

SEYMOUR, Wis. (June, 7) – Benji LaCrosse was the class of two fields, scoring wins in the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Outagamie Speedway powered by Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Racing. Justin Ritchie jumped to the lead from his front row starting spot in the Modified main. LaCrosse quickly raced to second and set his sights on Ritchie. With both drivers working the top groove, LaCrosse was forced to the bottom. Lap after lap, LaCrosse gained ground, eventually pulling even for the top spot. With five laps remaining, LaCrosse took the lead from Ritchie and never looked back, scoring a popular win. Ritchie had his best run of the season to place second. Kurt Olson led the first six laps of the Stock Car feature until Chaz Van Ooyen raced by for the top spot. Van Ooyen’s reign up front didn’t last long as Eric Arneson slipped by on lap eight. After starting in row six, LaCrosse raced into the top four midway through the contest. With Arneson running low, LaCrosse took his Joe White prepared no. 11 to the top groove, blasting around Arneson with seven laps remaining. LaCrosse went unchallenged the remainder [Read More]

Oliver repeats at Pepsi Lee County Speedway

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 7) – John Oliver Jr. went back-to-back with his second consecutive Budweiser IMCA Modified feature win Friday at the Pepsi Lee County Speedway. Levi Smith and Mitch Boles led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 18-lap event, with Boles grabbing the early lead over Smith and Jeff Waterman. Boles held the top spot until lap three, when Waterman got under him. The second of two restarts saw Waterman jump back out front, John Oliver Jr., who started eighth, and Brandon Lennox, who started ninth, close behind. Oliver followed in Waterman’s tire tracks over the next seven laps, waiting for an opportunity to get the lead away from him. Coming off turn four to complete lap 16, Waterman slid up the track, which allowed Oliver to shoot under him for the lead. Oliver then held Waterman off over the final laps to claim his second win in a row at the track. Waterman was second and Dennis LaVeine finished third. Austen Becerra lead the final five [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 6

IMCA Modifieds – 1. David Goode Jr., Copperas Cove, Texas, 977; 2. Chris Morris, Taylor, Texas, 877; 3. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 866; 4. Zachary Madrid, Tucson, Ariz., 853; 5. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 784; 6. Jeffrey Hoegh, New Caney, Texas, 779; 7. Jeff “Bubba” Stafford Jr., Wittmann, Ariz., 736; 8. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 723; 9. Kevin Green, Waco, Texas, 720; 10. Chris Elliott, Abilene, Texas, 676; 11. Tyler Mecl, Queen Creek, Ariz., 634; 12. David Goode Sr., Copperas Cove, Texas, 621; 13. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 620; 14. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 618; 15. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 588; 16. Beau Begnaud, Spring, Texas, 581; 17. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 571; 18. Eric Tomlinson, Waco, Texas, 548; 19. Ricky Thornton Jr., Adel, Iowa, 547; 20. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 535. IMCA Late Models – 1. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 419; 2. Justin L. Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 347; 3. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, Iowa, 345; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 304; 5. Dalton Simonsen, Fairfax, Iowa, 291; 6. Lake Knutti, Chadwick, Ill., 264; 7. Cory Dumpert, York, [Read More]

Meinecke scores Modified win at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (June 5) – Matthew Meinecke was the IMCA Modified winner on a warm Wednesday night at Stuart Speedway. Meinecke led Cory Sauerman and Josh Gilman when the first lap was scored; Gilman got to second on lap three with Clay Money giving chase. The top three stayed the same until Kyle Brown worked his way past Money on lap 18 for third. Gilman used the whole track to reel in the leader, but it was not to be as Meinecke went on to the win. Gilman finished second with Brown third. Buck Schafroth was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner, by a margin of less than a car length over Brandon Pruitt. The race was for second as Garrett Nelson checked out early in the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod contest. Shannon Anderson worked his way through traffic en route to the lead and the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock checkers.