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West Liberty Raceway hosts Saturday IMCA Late Model special

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – Following two consecutive weeks of rainouts, West Liberty Raceway is set to host the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge. Winner of the Saturday, June 3 IMCA Late Model feature will walk away with a cool $2,000. The night’s racing action will also be the Jennifer Brauns Massey Memorial. Jennifer lost her bat­tle with cancer this past December, Jennifer’s brother Jon Brauns and nephew Jonathan are dedicat­ing this racing season to her memory and are racing to create awareness of ovarian can­cer. In addition to the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Mach-1 Sport Compacts will all be in action. During Intermission, kids in attendance will take part in the world’s largest candy scramble. The West Liberty Raceway half-mile clay track is located on the Muscatine County Fairgrounds. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with racing at 7 p.m. For more information, log onto the official racing website at www.farleyspeedwaypromotions.com.

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Farley, Dubuque set for IMCA Late Model specials 

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa – Officials of Farley Speedway Promotions have announced that both Farley Speedway and Dubuque Speedway will host IMCA Late Model specials this coming weekend, Friday, June 2 and Sunday, June 4. Tri-Track Late Model racing events sponsored by Ideal Ready Mix will highlight the racing action this weekend. Late Model drivers will battle for the winner’s prize money of $2,000. In addition to the high-powered Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will race both Friday and Sunday. Farley Speedway will host racing on Friday, June 2 with hot laps taking to the Palace of Speed at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. On Sunday, June 4, the Dubuque Speedway will roar to life at 6 p.m. with warmups and racing is set to follow at 6:30 p.m. For more information, log onto the official website at www.farleyspeedwaypromotions.com.

Weekly

Families battle for IMCA Modified crown at Perris

PERRIS, Calif. – When it comes to families in racing one must look no farther than the IMCA Modi­fieds when they return to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, June 3. Four of the top five places in the championship standings are occupied by fathers and their racing chil­dren and all are expected to be in action Saturday, when spectator gates open at 5 p.m. and the first race will be at 7 p.m. Billy Wormsbecker is the IMCA point leader heading into round four at Perris. However, if he feels some families may stick together and gang up on him, it is perfectly understandable. Mike Kirby, who has two wins in the first three races, trails Wormsbecker by five points. Trailing Kirby by two points is defending track champion Chuck Becker. Becker’s son Brandon, a San Bernar­dino County sheriff, is currently fourth. Kirby’s daughter Brenda, a college student who turned 21 two weeks ago, is fifth. “When you watch these kids race, it is clear the apple did not fall far from the tree,” Perris Auto Speedway promoter [Read More]

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IMCA rookie of the year awards new from Ricochet 

BRUSH, Colo. – Awards from Ricochet Race Components are new this season for rookies of the year in two IMCA divisions. Top first-year drivers in each of the five regions for IMCA Modifieds and in national standings for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods all receive sets of three shock guard covers. The Brush, Colo., company, a four-year IMCA sponsor, again gives the same awards package to Modified regional champions, the national Northern SportMod champions, and to feature winners and champions in the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Modified Tour and the Arnold Motor Sup­ply Hawkeye Dirt Tour. Ricochet is owned by long-time Modified driver John Hansen and information about the company’s shock guard covers is available on Facebook. Feature winner awards will be presented in victory lane while all other Ricochet awards will be presented during the national IMCA banquet in November. “We wanted to make sure a variety of deserving drivers receive the quality Ricochet shock guards, so adding a couple rookie awards to the program was a great step,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. [Read More]

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Meyer wins fourth straight at Off Road 

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (May 27) – With the biggest crowd ever at Off Road Speedway, an estimated 1,000 spectators, Ramsey Meyer extended his local victory string to four wins in four tries Satur­day in the Mach-1 Sport Compact division. After taking the lead three laps into the 15-lap race, Nate DeSive won his first local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature of the season. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature ended with its fourth different winner in four nights of racing as Jason Wilkinson edged Chad Bruns in a green, white, checkered finish for his first Norfolk win of the year. Colby Langenberg bounced back from a third-place finish last week to win the Karl Chevrolet North­ern SportMod feature, getting to the front to lead the last eight laps of the 15-lap race.

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Clay Sellard starts Dodge City streak 

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 28) – Clay Sellard started his own IMCA Modified winning streak Sunday at Dodge City Raceway Park. Sellard battled into the lead on the ninth of 20 rounds and led the rest of the way to put a stop to Cole Traugott’s recent run of domination. While Tracy Link paced the early rounds, Sellard worked forward from 12th on the heels of Mike Lunow, who started one row further up.  The duo reached second and third, respectively, behind Link within a half dozen circuits before charging by on the ninth round with Sellard taking command. Meanwhile, Traugott was working his way through the field from 13th after winning the “B” Main as the driver of the No. 9 was searching for his ninth win in his last nine visits to DCRP. Traugott worked up to second by the 14th round, trailing Sellard by a dozen car-lengths.  Traugott nibbled away at the advantage but could only cut in half by the time the checkered flag flew. Sellard enjoyed his [Read More]

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Carter tops Marshalltown Modified main 

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (May 26) – Sixth row starting Cayden Carter was the IMCA Modified winner Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. Jenae Gustin led the troops from the topside of the track. Carter capitalized on Gustin’s slight slip when her right rear dropped over the cushion. He quickly dove under to take over the top spot. Carter held that lead to the checkers.  Gustin had to be content with second.  Joel Rust took third, Todd Shute started 1tth and finished fourth, and Adam Larson was fifth. Todd Cooney’s last-corner pass put him in victory lane following the IMCA Late Model feature and Da­mon Murty paced the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Doug Smith led from the fifth lap to the end of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and Shannon Anderson raced from the sixth row, going four-wide at one point, en route to another IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory.

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Sobbing wins Memorial Day Deery feature at Boone 

BOONE, Iowa (May 29) – Jesse Sobbing couldn’t have asked for a much better weekend than this. After hearing his name called as winner of the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing, Sobbing went out and won the 40-lap Deery Brothers Summer Series main event at Boone Speedway’s Memorial Day special. The IMCA Late Model tour victory paid $2,000 and was the career first for Sobbing, who has already done his share of winning and then some in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and IMCA Modified divisions. “At the end of last year, we decided we were going to race an IMCA Late Model and one of our goals was to try and win a few of these races. Now we’ve got one,” he said. “We’ve been right with these guys and it feels good to be able to get a win.” Sobbing started third and admittedly got a little anxious as he worked his way to the front of the field. “It seemed like once we got into the lead, around midway, there [Read More]

Feature

IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener is stage for Gustin’s first Benton County, 100th career win 

VINTON, Iowa (May 29) – A driver accustomed to winning on IMCA’s biggest stages did so again Monday night. Jimmy Gustin won the IMCA Modified feature on opening night for the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour at Benton County Speedway. The victory was his first-ever at Vinton, his first since the death of his grandfather Dale DeFrance last week and his career 100th in the division. “Winning tonight means a lot to me. We definitely had the right guy watching over us,” Gustin said after the $1,000 to win 35-lapper brought an end to the Memorial Day show. “I’m proud of the accomplishment (winning 100 career features) and joining an elite group of drivers. This is all I needed to get my confidence back. Now we’ve got to start toward 200 wins.” The only caution of the race came on the fourth circuit. Late Model regular John Emerson led the first 17 times around the oval, then got caught behind a slower car and watched Gustin drive by. Hunter Marriott, the $2,000 winner at Vinton [Read More]