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Trenchard, Killingsworth are fastest on Friday at Yreka

By Ben Deatherage YREKA, Calif. (July 5, 2024) – Yreka Speedway set the stage for an electrifying start to the month of July on Friday with the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods in action. Nick Trenchard would win the Modified main at Yreka for the third time this season while hometown hotshoe Ethan Killingsworth notched his ninth Northern SportMod victory, and fourth of 2024 at Yreka. The Modified main event started with a three-wide battle between Mark Wauge, Trenchard and Jacob Mallet Jr. Trenchard beat both on the backstretch and was the pacesetter. Mallet stayed in Trenchard’s tire tracks but things slowed down with two down for a caution. On the restart, Trenchard was good, while Wauge, in third, felt a little bit of pressure from Monte Bischoff. As the race stayed green, Mallet was close to Trenchard but could not find a way around. As the laps clicked away, Trenchard had just enough of an advantage to have some breathing room and continued to operate smoothly on the [Read More]

Shute, Roberts, Sachau, Ullrich, Brown beat Mother Nature at Boone

By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (July 6, 2024) – Boone Speedway was back in action on Saturday night for their weekly racing series with 161 cars checking in for some fun. Thanks to Sauerman Trucking, all heat winners got $50. Storm clouds were in every direction, but no rain fell. Todd Shute nabbed his second feature win of the year in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Nick Roberts made it to victory lane for the first time in taking the checkers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. It was Jake Sachau seeing the winner’s circle for his first regular season victory in the Friesen Performance Northern SportMods after just winning at the Eve of Destruction on July 4 in a non-track points race. Making it to victory lane for the first-time ever at Boone was second generation racer Dayton Ullrich in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Charlie Brown was an easy winner of the IMCA Stealth STARS Mod Lites. Feature racing kicked off with the Mod Lite 15-lap main. Brown started fourth and quickly [Read More]

Way breaks through with big IMCA Modified win at Maquoketa

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (July 6, 2024) – Saturday nights race program at the Maquoketa Speedway was hosted by our friends at Downtown Nutrition and the kids club hosted Christmas in July at the races. Kids were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Claus plus the Grinch was also in attendance. Travis Denning driver of the IMCA Sunoco Late Model number 56D presented all the youngsters with glowing wristbands and checkered flags. The Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature treated the fans with outstanding racing on a wide and smooth fast track. Mitch Way took control of the race early from his second row start and appeared to be on his way to his first Maquoketa Speedway win. A caution brought the field to his rear bumper just past the midway point. On the restart the battle was on, Scott Lemke took over the top spot and led for several laps before Jeff Larson took over. Way used his never give up attitude and used several sliders as Larson and Way swapped the lead back and [Read More]

Night two Freedom Cup wins to Muth, Sanders

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 5, 2024) – Night two of the Freedom Cup holiday special at Cottage Grove Speedway saw Brett Muth race to his first Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature win. The hometown hero, third in the opening night main event, led every lap of the non-stop feature and took the checkers ahead of Thursday winner Jake Mayden and Kevin Williamson. Muth started on the outside of the front row, kept Kevin Williamson and Bennett Bray of Roseburg in check when the green flag waved and promptly started to check out. Williamson, with a busted component on his right front, fought hard to maintain second but was soon challenged by Mayden, who in turn had his hands full with Aaron Sheelar. Mayden finally broke through on the 18th circuit with a double overtake. He had a lot of speed and began chomping into Muth’s advantage but ran out of time to run down the leader. Sheelar and Zane Miner chased Muth, Mayden and Williamson across the stripe. After racing from 11th to [Read More]

CJ Speedway fans see See score Stock Car win

By Jerry Mackey COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (July 5, 2024) – Oveson Refuse and Recycle hosted IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing action at the CJ Speedway located on the Louisa County Fairgrounds in Columbus Junction on Friday. The first main event on the program was the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. 2023 national rookie of the year Tucker Richardson led the main event for the first eight laps, holding off Luke Phillips. Richardson was not able to hold off a move that Phillips used working the extreme high line of the track coming off of turn two on lap number nine. Phillips went on to take the checkers first ahead of Richardson, with Shane Richardson crossing under the checkers in third. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars were up next with another great race treating fans to plenty of wheel to wheel action as drivers raced four-wide on several occasions. Austin Kemper was looking for his second win of the year at CJ and led for several laps before he was overtaken by the sixth position starter, Jason [Read More]

Thornton is extremely good on Xtream Night at Marshalltown

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (July 5, 2024) – It was Xtream Powered by Mediacom Night at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday night, along with Iron Horse Aviation giving some a different perspective of the races from high above with helicopter rides. A strong field of 134 cars checked in to entertain fans who saw Dylan Thornton capture his first local feature in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified division. Austin Kaplan also took his first trip to victory lane in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Matt Avila looked strong with his win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Bradly Graham got his first weekly win in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Jason Masengarb snagged feature win number two on the year in the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites, and Mitchell Bunch made it two in a row in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts. The evening’s feature racing kicked off with 15 laps for the Mod Lites. Masengarb started on the pole and never looked back on his way to the checkers. The race went [Read More]

Freedom Cup openers go to Mayden, Sanders

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 4, 2024) – Cottage Grove Speedway celebrated Independence Day and the facility’s sixty-eighth birthday while Jake Mayden and Matt Sanders celebrated IMCA feature wins on the first of three nights of Freedom Cup action. The Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature began with a pair of CGS champions battling it out as Mayden and Braedon Hand tussled. Hand led the opening stanza but was overtaken by Mayden on the next trip around the track. Mayden started to check out by a healthy margin, and behind him was a firecracker of a run from Brett Muth, who quickly moved from sixth into third on the 11th circuit. Two laps later, Muth climbed into second while Paul Rea made a surge to secure third place. Things cooled down briefly for the lone stoppage of the main event with 18 laps complete. When the green flag waved again, the competition heated up for the second position between Rea and Muth. Rea eventually secured the runner-up spot and Curtis Towns made an excellent restart [Read More]

Sobbing wins inaugural Ray Haase Tribute Race

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 3, 2024) – Off Road Speedway hosted a special event Wednesday night honoring Ray “the Hummer” Haase, a long-time racer who, with his brother Robert, were the founders of Riviera Raceway. As part of the ceremony, Haase’s well-known No. 02 car served as a pace car leading 21 IMCA Sunoco Late Models through parade laps just before the start of the inaugural Ray Haase Tribute Race at Off Road Speedway. The feature race, won by Jesse Sobbing, finished a weather-abbreviated program of heat races, time trials, and “B” features in six classes, with features to be completed on Friday, July 12 along with a regular night of racing. Four qualifying trials and an equal number of heats pared the 34 Late Models entries from Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois into a starting field which included a number of prominent drivers, including Cory Dumpert and Anthony Roth, the top two points leaders at Off Road Speedway, along with Sobbing, Tad Pospisil, and Justin Zeitner. Sobbing made the most of [Read More]

Bigfoot finale checkers fly for Sanders

By Ben Deatherage WHITE CITY, Ore. (June 29, 2024) – Always consistent at Southern Oregon Speedway, Matt Sanders sped to his first Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod feature win at White City this season on night two of the Bigfoot Weekend presented by Toyota. The Brookings hotshoe brought three top five’s and had finished no worse than sixth in four previous Southern Oregon starts during the current campaign, drew the ninth starting spot on Saturday and got the win ahead of Jorddon Braaten. Jeffrey Hudson led on the first trip past the finish line before a caution came out with two laps complete. On the restart, Andy Freeman moved up to third just before the yellow flag returned for the second stoppage of the main event. When things got underway again, Braaten took over third while Ethan Killingsworth was all over Freeman for fourth. Shields and Braaten battled for the runner-up position before Shields had to bow out early due to mechanical issues on lap seven. Sanders continued an impressive run, obtaining third on lap [Read More]

Henderson flies to finish at Froggy 44

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (June 29, 2024) – Cottage Grove Speedway paid tribute to the late Melvin Walker and Dusten Henderson went home with the $444 payday from Saturday’s Froggy 44 special for Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts. Henderson made his way to the front from sixth starting, taking the double checkers ahead of Burnie Bryant. The Froggy 44 finale started with Kerry Cooper building a big lead as Michael Kennerly and Melissa Bryant battled over second. As the race stayed green, Burnie Bryant got around daughter Melissa for second on lap eight and tried to catch up with Cooper while Henderson started to knock on the door for third. The caution waved on lap 10 and on the restart, Kennerly bounced back to fourth and obtained third with a pass around Melissa Bryant. Henderson rebounded to third with 32 laps to go. While all this happened, Cooper and Burnie Bryant were a close first and second. After a multi-car pile-up in turn two, the yellow flag returned on the 14th circuit. On the [Read More]