By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (Sept. 26) – Jason Noll continued his recent 9th World Vapors IMCA Modified hot streak, charging from the 10th starting position to capture his third win in a row Saturday at Canyon Speedway Park. Noll took the checkers ahead of pole starter John Parmeley, Bo Partain, Garrett Funk and Jay Foster.
By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (Sept. 19) – Looking to secure their positions in the final point standings, many racers were able to enhance their positions by their performance during Championship Night at Lincoln County Raceway on Saturday. Finishing their season with a trip to the winner’s circle were Dave Pederson, Chad Dolan, Casey Werkmeister, Jacob Olmstead and Jordan Biere. Leading from the drop of the green flag was Pederson tin the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Pederson jumped to the point from his front row start and never looked back. Runner-up was Jeremy Herbst and Cole Hodges was third. Working his way through traffic, Dolan snared the lead on the ninth lap and cruised to the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory. Looking to work his way into contention for the lead behind Dolan was Jamey Kennicutt, who came from deep in the field to earn runner-up honors. Third was Gary Long. The racing action was very competitive throughout the feature event for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature with Werkmeister being the [Read More]
DUNDEE, N.Y. (Sept. 18) – There were mechanical issues before and after the Empire State Series event at Black Rock Speedway, but nothing happened in between to prevent Rich Karlnoski from leading all 30 laps of the feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Karlnoski discovered a broken electrical wire that prevented him from even starting his car before the race started. He pulled into victory lane with a broken shifter and had to be towed across the post-race scales. “The stars were aligned for us. It was quite a night. To win made it worthwhile,” said Karlnoski, who earned $500. “It was a good clean race and the car had the right balance. The old girl wants to pull the left front and it’s hooked up. Boy does it work when that left front is up, I’m telling you.” Gary Roberts, point leader Eddie Sites, Keith Lamphere and Harry Ely rounded out the top five. Karlnoski started third and took a lead he’d never relinquish coming out of the final turn on the first [Read More]
MANDAN, N.D. (Aug. 28) – Spencer Wilson and Jason Berg were feature winners Friday, on championship night at Dacotah Speedway. Wilson slipped by Tracy Domagala with eight laps left and pulled away to the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers. Domagala finished a season-best in second. Shawn Strand’s third place finish locked up the unofficial track championship, his fourth in the past six years and career seventh title locally. Berg took the lead for good on the second circuit of the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event. Chance Seelye was a distant second while Josh Roehrich secured his second straight track crown by finishing sixth.
By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 29) – Collen Winebarger was a double winner Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway, following his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory with a run to the Late Model checkers. Kreg Britton led the first nine laps of the Modified go, surrendering the point the next time around to Winebarger. Winebarger led the rest of the way, then hopped into his Late Model and drove to his second checkers of the evening. Winebarger had pulled off a similar achievement not long ago in the same two classes at Willamette Speedway.
By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (Aug. 30) – Regular season number 54 came to a close Sunday at Stuart Speedway with the crowning of five track champions. John Gill, Kody Havens, Brian Blessington, John Watson and Nick Roberts were the race winners on Plowman/Stanley Trenching Season Championship night with Jacob Reiter, Clint Luellen, Marcus Fagan, Watson and Roberts capturing the unofficial track titles. The closest point battle of the season belonged to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as Watson owned a three-point advantage coming into the night over Austin Luellen. Watson endured no drama on this night as he set sail and led every lap to take the win and the championship. Buck Schafroth finished second with Luellen third. Roberts captured the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified finale and the track title ahead of Josh Gilman. Fagan ran a close second to Blessington while wrapping up the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car title. Havens made his way to the front of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod field on the fifth lap. Luellen accepted the back row [Read More]
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (Aug. 29) – Ricky Thornton Jr. capped off a perfect season at Arizona Speedway with his ninth Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory in as many events Saturday evening. With a maximum possible 360 points, Thornton led Brian Schultz, Chaz Baca Jr. and John Morris Jr. in the top four standings. Thornton has plenty of racing left in the 2015 season as there are still six races left in the 2015 San Tan Ford Modified Championships. He’ll compete at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Thornton will start the Sept. 11 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.
ANTIOCH, Calif. (Aug. 29) – Nick DeCarlo took advantage of a fumble by Shawn DeForest to win Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Antioch Speedway. The win came by out-maneuvering DeForest in lapped traffic. DeCarlo and DeForest started in the back of the pack. As they passed cars, DeCarlo made a bold move. “Nick (DeCarlo) just went around all of us,” said DeForest. “I fumbled and he got by me.” With three laps to go, Aaron Crowell was holding onto first when DeCarlo passed him on the restart. Scott Busby was challenging Crowell for second when DeForest made his move for DeCarlo with one lap to go. “Before I knew it, the race was over. Running on the bottom of the track was good for me. Every car I passed, I passed on the inside, which is uncharacteristic for me,” DeForest said. Oreste Gonella moved into third place. Anthony Giuliani outdueled Patti Ryland to win the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Giuliani scored his fourth IMCA win of the year after starting last. When Fred [Read More]
By Larry Lowrey, Jr. MAYETTA, Kan. (Aug. 29) – The 2015 season came to a close with Championship Night at the Races Saturday at Thunder Hill Speedway. All five IMCA divisions crowned their unofficial champions. In the BSB Manufacturing IMCA Modifieds Steven Bowers Jr. was the only driver that locked up his title prior to Saturday night’s races. Tyler Frye took the Bad Boyz Bail Bonds IMCA Northern SportMod crown. It’s rare that a rookie wins a track championship, but that’s exactly what Dominic Thyfault did in the Heinen Repair Service IMCA Stock Cars. Another rare feat is to win a championship without ever winning a feature on the season and that’s what Tyler Garst did in the Midwest Vending IMCA Hobby Stocks. The only driver to win for a championship for the 2nd consecutive year was Austin Umschied in the Casey’s General Store IMCA Sport Compacts. Feature winners on the final night of the season were Brandon Blochlinger in the Modifieds, Mat Stallbaumer in the Stock Cars, Frye in the Northern SportMods, Tyler Hinrichs [Read More]
By Don Martin II MERCED, Calif. (Aug. 30) – Alex Wilson continued his drive toward the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified championship at Merced Speeway with his fourth victory of the season Sunday night. Wilson grabbed the lead early on from Ricky Thatcher and prevailed in a side-by-side battle with his brother Kyle Wilson before pulling away to the impressive win. Thatcher had a front row start and led just two laps before Wilson slipped underneath him. A lap five yellow slowed the pace and Kyle Wilson drove past Thatcher for second. Ramie Stone was third and the crowd was treated to two very close battles. Kyle Wilson ran the outside with Alex on the inside. Kyle barely beat Alex back to the line to lead laps nine through 11 before a low move on lap 12 got Alex back in front. Kyle was back in front on lap 15 but Alex again came back strong on the inside to regain the lead on lap 16, then pulled away for the win. John Hensley drove [Read More]
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