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Decal photo good for $50 Karl Performance certificate

DES MOINES, Iowa – Drivers in all IMCA divisions displaying 10 or more Karl Performance heat win decals are eligible to receive a $50 gift certificate from the Des Moines high performance parts supplier. Drivers should send a photo of their car proving placement of those decals to Marketing Director Kevin Yoder at the IMCA home office by Monday, Nov. 14. Yoder’s email address is kyoder@imca.com. Gift certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet next month.

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Lagroon, Grabouski are IMCA Modified winners at Salina’s Mid-America Clash 

SALINA, Kan. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) – When Mid-America Clash checkers flew at Salina Speedway, Corey Lagroon and Jordan Grabouski both went home with $1,500 checks for their Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature wins. Lagroon worked his way up from seventh in topping the Friday night feature, passing Derrick Brown following a restart after midway in the 25-lapper to earn a spot on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Grabouski, the 2016 national champion, also used a restart to his advantage on Saturday, motoring by Lagroon with 10 circuits left. “Friday was my fifth win at Salina this season,” noted Lagroon. “There were a couple late yellows and Derrick made it close. He had a pretty good run off the final turn.” Brown led early but settled for second. Larry Sutton, Danny Holt and Kurtis Pihl rounded out the top five. A double winner at Salina’s April DirtFest special, Grabouski started inside row six on Saturday and wound up with the win ahead of Lagroon, Danny Morrison, Tyler Frye and Pihl. “We’ve had real good [Read More]

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McGaha, Sessums, Abbey, Pirkle all are $1,500 Showdown winners at Kennedale

KENNEDALE, Texas (Oct. 1) – After he got caught up at work, Josh McGaha couldn’t be caught at Kennedale Speedway Park’s Showdown main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. “I wasn’t going to go but we finally got caught up at work,” said McGaha, who earned $1,500 along with a spot on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational for the Saturday check­ers. “It turned out to be a good weekend all the way around. They had a good crowd, there was good competition and we got some good luck that played into our hands.” Crewman Jay Grimes had encouraged McGaha to make another racing weekend of it and three-hour tow was rewarded with a bookend trophy to the hardware they took home in 2012. McGaha had gone with “a happy medium” as track conditions changed from qualifying on Friday to the main event on Saturday and, one in front, edged ahead to beat Razor Chassis Southern Region champion and defending race winner Matt Guillaume to the stripe by about four car [Read More]

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Dean, Jeffrey Abbey are Mize Memorial winners

By J.M. Hallas ENNIS, Texas (Sept. 24) – Brothers Dean and Jeffrey Abbey were both $1,000 feature winners Saturday as drivers from all over central and north Texas converged on 85 Speedway for the se­cond annual Bryan Mize Memorial. Dean Abbey raced to the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers and put his name on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Jeffrey Abbey paced the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod show. Dean got by early Modified leader Robbie Daniels, who stayed close and was joined by Josh McGaha in pursuit of the leader. Greg Dinsmore got by both on a late restart but didn’t have enough laps left to challenge Abbey. Fresh off his IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s victory, Jeffrey contin­ued his run by scoring the 20-lap Southern SportMod win. He beat Michael Martin to turn one as the green waved then went wire to wire for the win. Mize was the setup guru for Kevin Sustaire and passed in 2015. Mize, nicknamed the ‘Setuperachaun,’ ran Bryan Mize [Read More]

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Hansen returns to Goodland for another big check at Flatlander 

GOODLAND, Kan. (Sept. 24) – Another visit to Sherman County Speedway ended with another stop in victory lane for John Hansen. Hansen passed Jeremy Frenier early in Saturday’s main event for Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Goodland, survived contact with a slower car near midway and led to the end of the 30-lapper. The Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying win paid $3,500. “The Flatlander has been very good to us,” said Hansen, who now has three wins at the annual special to his credit. “We usually only race at Goodland once a year and we always look forward to going back.” Frenier drew the pole and set the pace in the early circuits. Outside front row starter Hansen made his pass for the lead on the inside line. Eddie Belec finished second as the race stayed green the final 15 circuits. Frenier, Ryan Gaylord and Brendon Gemmill rounded out the top five. Nick Tubbs, a Flatlander winner every year but one since 2010, also started out row one and topped the IMCA Sunoco Stock [Read More]

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Lawson leads last half to Eastside Sprint win 

By Jim Haines WAYNESBORO, Va. (Sept. 24) – Jerald Harris looked strong for the first half of Saturday’s Virginia Sprint Series feature at Eastside Speedway but Brian Lawson took over at midway to get the win. Bill Rice and Chris Ware led the field to green with Rice out first. Harris swept around the top to get to the front on the second circuit and tried to run away from the field. Lawson got by Mike Leraas for second, then used a restart to his advantage to catch Harris. Tom Humphries was third. Feature results – 1. Brian Lawson; 2. Jerald Harris; 3. Tom Humphries; 4. Mike Leraas; 5. Glenn Worrell; 6. Daren Bolac; 7. Anthony Linkenhoker; 8. Bill Rice; 9. Ed Mesaros; 10. Chris Ware; 11. French Grimes; 12. Ron Moyers; 13. Josh Perreault.

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Mundie holds on in Sprint Series of Oklahoma finale

By David Smith Jr. ADA, Okla. (Sept. 24) – After rain washed out many tracks in the North Texas area, Austin Mun­die made the trip up from his Tyler, Texas home worthwhile, capturing Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA Racesaver season finale at Oklahoma Sports Park Saturday night. Joe Wood Jr., who won his only series feature at Ada in June, stretched his early advantage to five car lengths before reaching slower cars on lap seven. This allowed Mundie to close in and the two swapped the lead before Mundie settled in up front. Following the final restart on lap 13, Mundie opened an eight-car length lead over Andy Shouse and kept that advantage until Shouse narrowed the gap with four laps to go. Shouse got another good run on the last lap but Mundie held on and took the checkered flag just a car length over Shouse. He also became the 10th winner in the last 10 events. Wood settled for third while Chad Koch and Gary Owens rounded out the top five. Feature results [Read More]

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Abelson rakes in top IMCA Modified cash at September Fest 

BEATRICE, Neb. (Sept. 23) – Chris Abelson wrapped up his 2016 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified campaign with his 31st victory of the season Friday at Beatrice Speedway’s September Fest. The checkers were worth $1,500 and came ahead of Jordan Grabouski and Dylan Smith as driv­ers with national championships on their resumes finished 1-2-3. Travis Hatcher and Jordy Nel­son completed the top five. Abelson had started sixth and made his way to the front in the first handful of laps. “When we went out before the race it felt like the track was taking rubber from the middle on up, so that’s where I ran,” Abelson said. “I figured everybody else would run the bottom.” Grabouski was able to pull ahead on several occasions in the later laps but Abelson was scored first every time around. “We’ve had a pretty good season,” said Abelson, already on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “Our goal this year was to follow the Hawkeye Dirt Tour and we won that. We won the Tiny Lund, then [Read More]

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Moriarty masters Mr. Excitement 40

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (Sept. 24) – Joey Moriarty picked an ideal time to shine by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature event at Canyon Speedway Park’s Mr. Excitement 40 Tribute to Terry Belcher. Racing from the second row outside, Moriarty charged to the checkered flag to become the eighth dif­ferent winner in the last nine Arizona Differential IMCA Modified feature events ahead of Jay Foster, with Jason Noll, 12th-starter Chaz Baca Jr., and Austin Kuehl rounding out the top five. Feature results – 1. Joey Moriarty; 2. Jay Foster; 3. Jason Noll; 4. Chaz Baca Jr.; 5. Austin Kuehl; 6. Zack Madrid; 7. Guy Norton; 8. Brian Schultz; 9. Cody Center; 10. Don Hagan; 11. Steve Stultz; 12. Nate Warren; 13. Kenny Gill; 14. Phil Baille; 15. Mike Strobl; 16. Terry Belcher Sr.; 17. Jim Perkins; 18. Jinger Kesler; 19. John Parmeley; 20. Danny Curry.

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Persistence pays off for Thomas with first career Sprint Series of Oklahoma victory  

By David Smith Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. (Sept. 23) – Marcus Thomas finally made a slider stick in lapped traffic and captured his first career Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA Racesaver Sprint Car Series feature Friday at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Thomas began utilizing sliders through each turn on lap five and each time fellow front row starter Dacus edged out front at the completion of each lap. The torrid pace up front stayed that way as the leaders began approaching slower cars on lap seven and that’s when Thomas appeared to have taken the lead exiting turn two but the feature’s first caution fell, nullifying the pass. On the restart, Dacus again motored ahead with Thomas right there on his rear bumper, once again pulling sliders in each turn, only to come up short. Lap sixteen is when the outcome of the race came into play as the leaders began entering slower cars once again. Using the top of the three-eighths mile oval as he had all race long, Dacus got hung up in lapped traffic [Read More]