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Drivers required to declare rookie status by July 1

VINTON, Iowa – Drivers in eight IMCA divisions eligible to do so must declare their rookie status by Thursday, July 1. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, eligible drivers who did not win national or regional rookie of the year awards in 2020 are eligible to compete for national and regional rookie honors. Drivers who did not indicate rookie status on their 2021 application can call the IMCA home office at 319 472-2201. IMCA names national Modified, Late Model, RaceSaver Sprint Car, Stock Car, Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod, Southern SportMod and Sport Compact rookies of the year, and regional Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock rookies of the year. A national rookie of the year will not be named in the STARS Mod Lite division in its first year of IMCA sanctioning.

Six new winners find victory lane at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 24) – For the first five weeks at Kossuth County Speedway, a handful of drivers have dominated the six weekly divisions. That all changed as six different drivers found victory lane for the first time this summer at the track on Thursday, June 24. The main attraction of the night was the $1,000 to win Wyffels Hybrid sponsored Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod special as Gerald Curry and Alex Smith brought the 17-car field to the flag stand. Curry jumped out front early and kept his no. 32 rig out front with Austin Schrage lurking two to three car lengths behind but seemingly could get no closer. Every time Schrage inched a little tighter, Curry increased his lead the next lap and went onto to claim the first place prize money in the biggest win of his racing career. Schrage held on the runner-up slot as Alec Fett was third, Matt Looft was fourth and Smith rounded out the five cars. Izac Mallicoat earned an extra $200 as the hard [Read More]

Bard is bullish in PASS win at Path Valley

By Frank Buhrman SPRING RUN, Pa. (June 26) – It’s not that Garrett Bard doesn’t race well at Path Valley Speedway. In his last seven starts there, he had finished second four times, third once and fourth once. But his only previous win in a full-sized sprint car had come in September of 2019, and since then he had won 14 Pennsylvania Sprint Series features, plus non-PASS victories, at other tracks. That picture got brighter Saturday night when Bard emerged from a furious three-way battle to win the 25-lap IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature at the quarter-mile Spring Run bullring. Bard was swapping the lead in traffic with hard-luck Kenny Heffner, with Jared Zionkowski looking for an opening, when Heffner dove to the inside on lap 23 and spun. Freed of traffic after the ensuing caution, Bard held off Zionkowski for the win, his second of the season. Zionkowski held on for the runner-up finish, .895 seconds behind Bard but ahead of Steve Kenawell, prior Path Valley winner Mikell McGee and John Walp. The PASS [Read More]

Becerra roars to East Moline Mix Memorial cash

By Rob Hinckley EAST MOLINE, Ill. (June 27) – Lap after lap, Austin Becerra did not change his strategy and knew he would not. The Carthage, Ill., ace went to the top groove and stayed there the entire 20 laps of the Mike Mix Memorial SportMod Shootout Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway. Becerra wheeled around Cody Calam and Adam Birck, then held off Jarett Franzen for the $1,000 Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod win. “The track had some character and you have to (be able to) run the top like that,” Becerra said in the Winner’s Circle. “I’m not a bottom feeder so I had to make the top work.” Becerra waited out a couple cautions, but always pulled away from the field. Franzen, Birck, Nathan Balensiefen and Logan Veloz rounded out the top five. “Franzen is the class of the field here and I saw his nose under me a couple times. I knew running the top I could have the momentum.” Not to be overshadowed, Hall of Famer Gary Webb put on a [Read More]

Smith too tough in Class Too Tough Too Tame at Boone

By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (June 26) – David Smith was too tough to catch in The Class Too Tough To Tame Saturday night at Boone Speedway. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars rolled out for their 20-lap feature and polesitter Mike House was the early race leader, holding on until halfway when the 14th starting Smith took over. A couple of late race cautions were no bother to Smith as he kept his lead to the checkers and sealed the win. Brother Donavon Smith started 10th and took second and Mathew West was third. Bryan Zehm led all 15 laps of the IMCA STARS Mod Lite race. It was an epic battle behind him however, as Josh May, Randy Bryan, and Mike Kennedy duked it out. Following the leader across the line at the checkers, it was May in the runner-up spot and Kennedy took third. Tom Lathrop grabbed the lead for the start of the 18-lap Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod feature and was looking strong, still leading at lap 13. However, by that time Johnathon Logue had moved through the pack [Read More]

Mills finds smooth line, Harris wins from last on opening night for Midwest Madness Tour

JEFFERSON, S.D. (June 27) – Chris Mills found the smooth line and Ryan Harris raced to an IMCA career first on opening night of the Karl Kustoms Midwest Madness Tour. Mills was the $1,200 IMCA Modified winner at The New Raceway Park, while Harris won the Sunday feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, and $1,000, from the 24th and last starting spot. Defending track and KMJ Performance State champion Mills stayed where it was smooth from fifth starting, staying low in the first set of turns and high in the second, and had the Modified lead early into the 25-lapper. After a series of early yellows, the race ended with a long green flag run, getting the win ahead of Travis Hatcher and 17th starting Ricky Stephan. Matt Bonine raced from 23rd starting to fourth and Shane DeMey was fifth. Drivers from closer to home were joined by competitors making the tow from as far away as Arizona, Oregon and Michigan. “It’s always good to defend your home track. It’s never fun letting the out-of-towners come and beat [Read More]

Wood earns first Oil Capital victory at Southern Oklahoma

By John Rittenoure ARDMORE, Okla. (June 26) – With five top five and nine top 10 finishes coming into Saturday’s AmeriFlex/Oil Capital Racing Series IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, Danny Wood has been on the verge of getting his first victory. The wait is over. Wood started on the pole and went the distance to win his first career series feature at Ardmore. While Wood was in firm command of the top spot, there was plenty of driver movement behind him. Joe Bob Lee started 10th and worked his way through the field to second but was six seconds behind Wood at the finish. Steven Shebester moved from fifth to third while Joe Wood Jr. came from seventh to fourth. Whit Gastineau finished fifth. The tail of the field saw lots of changes as Gary Owens came from the last row in the 20-car field to sixth at the finish. Dylan Postier started 18th and finished seventh. Blake Scott finished eighth after starting 17th. Feature results – 1. Danny Wood; 2. Joe [Read More]

Magee breaks through, Schroeder wins fourth at Wagner

WAGNER, S.D. (June 25) – On an evening that had threats of rain, week eight of the Fort Randall Casino Weekly Racing Series at Wagner Speedway took the green flag Friday night with a mission: Let’s get this show in! Mission accomplished. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main event led off the show and to say that Joel Magee has waited a long time for a win would be the understatement of the year. Magee has a home in Florida and commutes to and from the region multiple times during the summer by air to race at IMCA tracks in the area. Magee was a five-time champion at Raceway Park at Jefferson, SD and a two-time champion at Park Jefferson International Speedway, also at Jefferson. Following his last win in 1999 at the now defunct Blackbird Bend Speedway outside of Onawa, Iowa, he retired. Recently, Raceway Park placed a replica of Magee’s no. 9 Hobby Stock on top of the entrance sign and a group of his friends, after seeing that car, talked Magee into racing [Read More]

Conn wins Red Dirt Raceway’s Mike Peters Classic

By John Rittenoure MEEKER, Okla. (June 25) – Tanner Conn took advantage of his outside front row starting position to win the 40-lap AmeriFlex/Oil Capital Racing Series 40-lap Mike Peters Classic Friday at Red Dirt Raceway. It was Conn’s first career victory with the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Series and he became the seventh different OCRS winner of the 2021 season. It took Conn two laps to get past pole sitter Brandon Jennings. Once out front, Conn led the remaining 38 laps. Joe Wood Jr. started sixth and raced his way into second on lap 32 but could not catch Conn. Joe Bob Lee, who started 15th after transferring from the ‘B’ main, moved into third on the final lap. Danny Smith and Steven Shebester finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Feature results – 1. Tanner Conn; 2. Joe Wood Jr.; 3. Joe Bob Lee; 4. Danny Smith; 5. Steven Shebester; 6. Brandon Jennings; 7. Rees Moran; 8. Danny Wood; 9. Grady Mercer; 10. Noah Harris; 11. Blake Scott; 12. Alison Slaton; 13. Whit Gastineau; 14. Roy [Read More]

Eddie Sites tops podium at The Hill

By Morgan Colegrove MONROETON, Pa. (June 25) – The front row of Friday’s IMCA Modified feature at The Hill Speedway was a family affair, as Aaron and Matt Benjamin paced the field. Gary Lamphere took over the lead position on lap four, with Eddie Sites tucked up tight to Lamphere’s bumper. Sites took command on the next circuit, and fought off multiple challenges from Rodney Morgan, who was driving the Rick Watt number 99 this week. Portland, Mich.’s Jeff Reay, who won at Tri City Motor Speedway last Friday. and backed it up with a win in the Eastern IMCA All Stars at Thunderbird Raceway on Wednesday, was on the move from 10th starting position, and took over second on the 17th lap. Reay caught the leader, but ran out of time and recorded second at the end of the 20-lap affair. Morgan crossed the finish a strong third with veteran pilot Ray McClure holding down the fourth spot Defending Hill Speedway champion Keith Jack Lamphere struggled all night but fought back for a fifth [Read More]