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Opheim tops thriller at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 23) – One thing is for sure when fans come to Kossuth County Speedway: They know the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will put on an entertaining show. Thursday night was no exception as Kevin Opheim and Derek Green went door-to-door and back-and-forth before Opheim edged out Green for his first local win of the season. Green captured hard charger honors while Calvin Lange, Shane Curry and Kellie Schmit com­pleted the top five. Josh Ruby was another first time winner in Algona, in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event, while Shane Swanson collected his first local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod tro­phy of the season. Cody Nielsen has been dominant in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and captured his third fea­ture win of the summer at Kossuth County, coming from outside row four. Kaytee DeVries won the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature, earning her second feature victory of the sea­son at Algona.

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Toland, Morris, Olson win Mid-Season championship features at Davenport 

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 24) – As Davenport Speedway readies for next week’s Iowa Governor’s Cup, there was still one more night of point racing action to get in the books. Friday was Mid-Season Night. Rob Toland stretched out his point lead in the Petersen Plumbing and Heating IMCA Late Model class. Toland started on the outside pole and led all 25 laps. Andy Nezworski came from ninth starting and used the low groove to finish second. Matt Ryan took third, finishing ahead of Kevin Kile and Chuck Hanna. Mitch Morris came from mid-pack to win the Eriksen’s IMCA Modified main. Ray Cox Jr. jumped out to the early lead and was able to hold the advantage for the first 14 laps. On lap 15, Morris forced his way under Cox to take the lead and his third point win of the season at Davenport. Cox held on to take second, with Doug Crampton third. Bruce Hanford and Rick Ratliff rounded out the top five. Thirty-three IMCA Modifieds were on hand Friday. The [Read More]

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Atchison checkers fly for Brown, Powell

By Rick Staley ATCHISON, Kan. (June 24) – Derrick Brown and Jim Powell Jr. were winners of IMCA features that ran green to checkered Friday at Atchison County Raceway. Brown picked up his second local feature win of the season, leading every lap of the Xtreme Mo­tor Sports IMCA Modified main. Steven Bowers Jr. raced through the pack to challenge Brown late, coming up with a close second place finish. Tony Layne, Jeremy Chambers and Nicholas Carpenter rounded out the top five. Greg Keuhn had the early lead until Jim Powell Jr. charged through the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field en route to his third Atchison County victory of 2016. Brad Whitney held off Gene Stigall for third and fifth place belonged to Josh Steele. IMCA Stock Cars were crowned “Best in Show” with the 10th finishing position being drawn and the added $100 cash awarded to Todd Wilson.

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Murray races back to front, then to victory lane at Wild West Challenge

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 21) – After finding his way back to the front, David Murray Jr. found his way to victory lane Tuesday at Lincoln County Raceway. Murray topped the $1,500 to win main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at the Colton and Connor Gentry Memorial Wild West Challenge. He’d led the first seven circuits before falling back to second for most of the race. After regaining the point from Eddie Belec on lap 21, Murray charged ahead to career win number 539. Already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, he was chased to the checkers by Anthony Roth, Belec, Mike Densberger and Colton Osborn. Also punching tickets to the $1,000 winner’s circle were Jason Rogers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Lance Borgman in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Jacob Olmstead pocketed $500 for taking the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock checkers and Ramsey Meyer’s victory in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main paid $400. Rogers experienced the good, the bad and the ugly over the [Read More]

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Brayton Carter wins Lowry Memorial at Osky

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 22) – Brayton Carter’s first KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod win at Southern Iowa Speedway came during Wednesday’s Dave Lowry Memorial. Trent Brink led the first lap of the 16-lapper. Matthew Van Gelder took the top spot away following a lap two restart but that was short-lived as Carter grabbed the top spot on lap three. Carter cruised on to take the checkers ahead of Brett Lowry, Van Gelder, Curtis VanDerWal and Eric Flander. Cayden Carter won again in the Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars. Zack Vander Beek topped the Musco Lighting IMCA Modifieds, Dustin Griffiths paced the Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stocks and Cody Van Dusen ruled the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

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Stien sprints to Arlington checkers

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 18) – Michael Stien was the second and final leader in Saturday’s 95.7 the Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature. Justin Allen was the early frontrunner until a yellow came out on lap five. On the restart, the sev­enth starting Stien got by for the lead. Allen stayed right on his tail throughout the race to take second and Jesse Cripe was third. A late caution gave Clint Hatlestad the chance he was waiting for as he passed Tyler Limoges on the last lap to win the MN 93 IMCA Modified main. Limoges was the runner-up while Tyler Mecl of Ari­zona took third from his 12th place start. Dan Mackenthun edged past Jeff McCollum on lap 11 to take the B & B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Car lead with Ken Tietz alongside. In the end, Mackenthun won with Tietz taking second ahead of McCollum. The Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stocks saw a repeat winner as Cory Probst worked his way to the front from 10th starting. Matt Olson and Brian Loscheider rounded out [Read More]

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Henry scores in SportMods at Sunset

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (June 18) – John Henry hammered out a win in Saturday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature at Sunset Speedway. Henry took the coveted front spot on the opening lap and led all 20 laps. It was Henry’s second win of the year, making him the first repeat winner of the 2016 campaign. Michael Melton was second and Archie Somers was third.

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Victory for Van Ooyen Sunday at Seymour 

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 19) – Charles Van Ooyen took the final checkers of the night Sunday at Seymour Raceway Park. Brandon Gagnon set the pace early for the Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars with Trent No­lan moving into the top spot on lap three. The pack stayed tight and Travis Springstroh moved up to challenge and took the lead on lap 10. Defending national champion Travis Van Straten, Van Ooyen, Bob Czarapata and Kyle Frederick were moving up through traffic. There were several cautions in the first half of the race but the final restart came on lap 15 and the last half of the race stayed green. Van Ooyen and Frederick challenged Springstroh after the restart and Van Ooyen made the move to the inside to take charge on lap 16. Frederick followed into second one lap later and the pair took off from the field. By the time Van Straten took third, the leaders had a several car length advantage. With a clear track ahead of him, Van Straten quickly closed the gap and for the final [Read More]

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Meyer wins 100th on ‘big night’ of racing at Off Road Speedway 

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (June 18) – Multiple drivers experienced a ‘big night’ of racing at Off Road Speedway Saturday night but none more so than Ramsey Meyer. Meyer, the IMCA Mach-1 Sport Compact national points leader, won for the second straight week at Norfolk but this win was even more special as the Pierce driver recorded his 100th career victory in the division. “I’ve been fighting for that for the last, I don’t know how many, races,” Meyer said. “To finally get that, hopefully we can get some momentum going now.” Starting on the inside of the third row, Meyer immediately squeezed through the midst of the four cars in front of him to get the lead early, then maintained it during two cautions for his fifth win in seven starts this season at Off Road. With a second-place showing, Kandie Smidt managed her first top five finish while Brooke Fluckiger’s race-long progress through the 12-car field ended with a didn’t-quite-get-there effort at the finish line as Dustin Jackson, in a borrowed car, [Read More]

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Money earns top Modified cash at Lexington

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 19) – Earning trips to the winner’s circle Sunday at Lexington Raceway were Clay Money, Daniel Gottschalk, Mike Nichols and Jacob Olmstead. Leading the final two laps of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature was money in the bank for Money. Colton Osborn ran a near-flawless race in leading the first 18 circuits, only to end up with runner-up accolades. Anthony Roth worked through traffic to finish third. Being at the point during the laps that matter the most was Gottschalk in the Karl Chevrolet North­ern SportMod feature. After leading much of the way, Cole Egge was second while third went to Trent Roth. Nichols picked up IMCA Sunoco Stock Car career win number 399 in dramatic fashion. Casey Werkmeister grabbed the lead on the second lap and stayed in front until Casey Woken used the bottom groove to get past. Woken led from the 11th lap until the final circuit when Nich­ols worked his magic and scored the victory. Woken crossed the line in second place with [Read More]