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Another young driver wins first feature at Off Road

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (Aug. 8) – A week after Gage Koch, a junior at Norfolk Catholic High School, won his first feature in the Hobby Stock division at Off Road Speedway, Joey Haase – who will be entering his junior year at Winside High School this fall – earned his first win in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division Saturday night. The two have crossed paths on a racetrack before as competitors for two seasons in the now-defunct junior hornet class at Riviera Raceway a few years ago. Haase won the division title in their first year of racing, while Koch won the second year. Haase took advantage of his outside second row starting position along with the race’s second caution and restart to obtain the lead, then held off pursuer Justin Addison for the final 13 laps of the 18-lap race. “These last few weeks I’ve had a lot of bad luck. We went through two transmissions in the last two nights and seven DNFs,” Haase said. “It’s been a bad year [Read More]

Roth’s latest visit to Eagle unforgettable for a better reason

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 8) – Anthony Roth flipped seven times in his previous visit to Eagle Raceway. His latest start there proved unforgettable for a better reason, as Roth won the NAPA IMCA Modified main event. “This was great, sweeping my heat and the feature. It sure was better than the last time we were here, flipping seven times,” said Roth, who’d drawn the outside row one start. “I went into the first corner like there was no tomorrow.” Eric Cronin was a first-time Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compact winner. Mike Boston raced to his first RaceSaver IMCA Sprint Car checkers of the season. Gary Saathoff took the lead on lap four and sped to his first local NAPA IMCA Northern SportMod feature win of the season. Chad Fegley raced from the sixth row to win the Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stock feature for the third straight week.

Fisk is first to Crystal checkers

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Aug. 8) – Shannon Fisk was first across the finish line in Saturday’s Allstar Performance IMCA Modified main event at Crystal Motor Speedway. Cliff Denman took the lead over Fisk, Jeff Kohn and Brady Hollenbeck, but Hollenbeck got sideways in turn one and two collecting several cars and forcing him to retire for the night. Fisk got under Denman coming out of turn two to take the lead and eventually the win over Chad Wernette and Kohn.

Ward wins in completion of rain-interrupted Empire State Series race at I-88

AFTON, N.Y. (Aug. 7) – Not quite two months after taking the initial green flag, Will Ward took the checkers at I-88 Speedway’s rescheduled Empire State Series show. He’d started sixth when action resumed from the June 12 event halted with eight laps in the book. The Friday night feature was Ward’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified tour career first and came on his home track, as well as two days before his birthday. “I’d run second in the series race here the Friday before so I knew we were close,” said Ward said. “I got elected to the Fast Shafts All-Star invitational, then we got our first win at Afton. How much better could it possibly get?” Ward used the lower line in getting to second, then ran side-by-side with Tyler Stoddard for a couple circuits before taking over in front. The final caution came out with two laps to go but Ward pulled ahead to beat Stoddard, Matt Cole, point leader Eddie Sites and previous race winner James Cornell across the stripe. Feature [Read More]

Kilgore dominates 141’s Red, White and Blue Series

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS Creek, Wis. (Aug. 8) – Shawn Kilgore has earned accolades in his racing career and as of Saturday he can add Red, White and Blue Series champion to the list. Kilgore picked up the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win in the finale of the series. He earned two victories and a second place finish in the three-race swing. Kilgore receives a crate motor from Gandrud Chevrolet for his efforts. He also won $1,210 for his Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory. What proved to be the race-winning move was at the drop of the green flag. Kilgore made quick work of the field as he jetted from his outside front row starting spot and into the lead. Kilgore built up a straightaway advantage in just three laps. Johnny Whitman made his way from fifth to second in those same three laps but had a straightaway deficit to overcome. Whitman searched the whole speedway trying to catch the leader as Kilgore entered lapped traffic on lap nine. Kilgore had to [Read More]

Reeves is super in Tri-State Modified main

Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (Aug. 8) – Anthony Reeves took home the trophy following his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win of the season Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. Van Gemmill finished second for the second week in a row, ahead of Jason Payton. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature saw Brent Grover capture his first win of the season in front of Keith Heaslet and Joshua Vaughn. In the IMCA SportMod main event, Cody Rongey took home his second win of the season ahead of youngster Kayden Menasco as Alan Goforth crossed the line in third.

First visits to LaSalle for One Night Stand yield wins for Behning, Hurst, Steenbergen

LaSALLE, Ill. (Aug. 1) – Three drivers making first-ever visits to LaSalle Speedway stood above the rest at the track’s inaugural One Night Stand special Saturday evening. Brunson Behning was fastest in a field of 19 IMCA Late Models and earned $2,000. Jeremiah Hurst prevailed in a field of 24 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds for a $1,000 feature win and a spot on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Winner of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature was Jeff Steenbergen, who took home $400. Behning had raced to his first win of the season on July 30 at Jackson County Speedway. He made it two checkers over three nights after setting fast time, topping his heat race and then drawing the pole for the 40-lap main event. “I knew we had a strong car,” said Behning, who now has Zach Frields heading his crew. “I was pretty confident going in, especially after getting the win at Maquoketa.” The front cars were quick to catch up with the back of the field. Behning [Read More]

Who needs notes? Gearhart is first in Thomas County Fair Modified feature

COLBY, Kan. (July 31) – Those copious notes Cody Gearhart had from his one previous visit to Colby didn’t apply when he returned to Thomas County Speedway for Friday’s fair special. It didn’t matter. Gearhart led the last 21 of 25 circuits in winning the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event. The $1,000 victory was accompanied by a spot on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “I won the one time I ran here last season. This was the first time I’ve been back this year,” said Gearhart, now giving serious thought to make more frequent trips to Thomas County. “They’d decreased the banking (this spring) since the last time I was here so the notes I took from last year didn’t apply.” Taking a more off the cuff approach, Gearhart started fourth in the field of 24 and avoided getting caught up in an early multi-car fracas. He caught pole starter Chris Heim four laps in and led to the checkers. “I tried some off the wall setup stuff and [Read More]

Stock Car Challenge bragging rights belong to Nichols

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (Aug. 2) – Bragging rights belonged to Mike Nichols at Dawson County Raceway’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Challenge Sunday night. Nichols raced from 11th to win the pole dash, then from 12th to top the main event. He took home $2,360 for his efforts, an amount that included $1,500 for the main event victory, $500 when he agreed to invert the top 12 finishers from the pole dash and $360 in lap money. Kyle Clough led the first seven times around the oval from his pole start. Nichols passed his way toward the front on the high line, then went to the lowest line to drive by Clough. “B” feature qualifier Kyle Vanover raced from 14th starting to second but wasn’t able to catch Nichols. Jason Rogers also made the big show from his “B” race and made the most of the racy surface, driving from the eighth row to third. Casey Woken and Chad Sterling completed the top five. Nichols, who started last in his heat and just made the transfer, also [Read More]

Whitman wins fair feature at OshKosh

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (Aug. 4) – Johnny Whitman was the Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modified winner Tuesday, during the Winnebago County Fair show at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. Eric Mahlik had settled into first with the white flag in the air but Whitman made a final lap move pay off, edging Mahlik a the line for his second feature win of the season here. Mahlik took second with Mike Wedelstadt scored next. Jeff Schmuhl held off Kleinschmidt over the final laps to record his second local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature win of the season. The battle for the third was tight the entire second half of the race with Jon Schultz taking the position at the finish line. The stars came out for the Total Power Sales IMCA Stock Car feature. Travis Van Straten gained the lead for good on the 14th circuit and raced to is fourth straight and eighth overall OshKosh win this year ahead of Rod Snellenberger and Justin Jacobsen. All feature winners were presented with the Kim Parsons Memorial Trophy promoting organ [Read More]