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Van Straten makes it eight at Shawano

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (July 4) – Travis Van Straten continued to dominate the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division at Shawano Speedway with his seventh straight and eighth overall feature win Saturday night. Former Modified track champion Jeremie Hedrick led the first two laps before being overtaken by Van Straten. Hedrick continued to run second until lap seven, when he was passed by Scott Stewart. Stewart gave way on lap 12 to Dan Michonski. With Van Straten holding a big lead, Michonski set out to erase that advantage. Lap after lap, Michonski closed the gap and with two laps to go the lead was down to a car length. Michonski got a fender to the inside of Van Straten exiting turn two, but VanStraten was quicker down the back stretch. Michonski was right on the bumper of VanStraten as the white flag waved. VanStraten held on to win, Michonski finished a strong second after starting in 15th and Dustin Loberger and Justin Jacobsen rounded out the top four. Jamie Schmidt won for the first time this season at Shawano [Read More]

Steve, Tom Schneider both win first IMCA features

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 3) – Steve Schneider sped to his career-first Automotive Supply IMCA Modified feature win Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. Rookie contender Trevor Spaulding grabbed the lead and looked every bit a veteran, setting the pace and opening a lead after each of four first-half cautions. The final restart saw Spaulding again open a slight lead with Matt Klenz, Chris Engels, fellow rookie contender Schneider, Dennis Schultz and Mike Mueller behind. This time, the pack stayed tight with Spaulding still in command before suddenly pulling high on lap 14 and dropping out with mechanical problems. Schneider was running the inside line, slipped into the top spot and once in front, took off and left the race for the runner-up spot. Schneider sped across the finish line to collect his first career IMCA Modified feature win. Point leader Marcus Yarie started the race 14th and took the runner up spot over Klenz. Tom Schneider kept the family streak going by matching brother Steve’s Modified win with his first career Karl Chevrolet SportMod feature win. John Heinz [Read More]

Guest stars shine at Luxemburg

By Tom Wagner LUXEMBURG, Wis. (July 3) – They may have been visitors, guests or spoilers, but by the end of the night, you could call them winners, too. Keeping with the theme of 4th of July road trips, visiting teams nearly dominated victory lane Friday night at the Luxemburg Speedway. Once the green flag flew, that was pretty much the last the rest of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified field saw of Erik Mahlik. The focus shifted to second, with Josh Long grabbing the position from James Tebon at the mid-point. Long did solidify his hold on the spot, but without a caution, had no chance to real in the departed Mahlik. The night’s closest feature finish came in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars as Jeremy Jauquet survived a wild final corner scramble to record his first feature win in the division. He took the lead on lap one, but was literally under pressure every lap and ultimately prevailed in a three-wide race to the finish line. One driver who didn’t follow the night’s [Read More]

Lambert hammers down for $1,000 Soukup Memorial win

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (July 5) – Josh Lambert scored the biggest win of his Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod career, outdueling defending track champ Chris Budzban in Sunday’s $1,000 to win Soukup Memorial at Thunderhill Raceway. Budzban drew a front row start for the 40-lapper, along with Kyle Raddant, and quickly established himself as the car to beat, distancing himself from Bernie Reinhardt and Jarred VanLaanen. Following a lap five restart, Budzban set a blistering pace as Lambert battled Reinhardt and VanLaanen for the runner-up spot. The race stayed green all the way to the competition caution on lap 20 with Budzban as the race leader. Budzban picked up where he left off when the race went green again but Lambert kept pace and began to chip away at the lead. A caution set up what became a nine-lap dash to the checkers. Budzban stayed true to running the low line and Lambert used this to his advantage, leaping by Budzban on the outside as the race resumed. Lambert left the competition in the [Read More]

Eakin, Smith are Sprint winners at I-90

By Steve Zwemke HARTFORD, S.D. (July 4) – Nate Eakin lead 35 laps of Coffee Cup IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature racing Saturday at I-90 Speedway. The first 20 were in the makeup feature, which was postponed due to rain a week ago. Eakin dominated the field as the race went without caution. Eakin won the night’s heat before going on a tear in the regularly scheduled feature. He led the first 15 laps but Colin Smith began to catch him and on the 16th lap Smith made an incredible pass in the second turn to become the first driver overtake Eakin on Saturday.

Dripps, Murty, Swanson top thrilling three-wide finishes at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (July 5) – Fans were seeing triple Sunday night at Benton County Speedway as three divisions came down to three-wide finishes in exciting action on the quarter-mile. In the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, David Brown led throughout the 20-lap feature while Corey Dripps gave chase. Brown was dialed in on the preferred high groove while Dripps pestered him from the low side. Meanwhile, Zach Less was working through traffic and into contention following a lap five miscue that sent him to the tail of the field. Following a caution on the 18th circuit, Brown led the field back to green while Dripps and Less pressured from the low side. The three approached the checkers three-wide with Dripps inching ahead to steal his first win of the season. Brown was scored second ahead of Less. After being mired in traffic throughout the first half of the 16-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event, Damon Murty made his way into the top four just prior to the midway point. While Murty raced through the [Read More]

Off Road Speedway provides Fourth of July action

By Randy Pospishil NORFOLK, Neb. (July 4) – Troy Bruns won his second Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature at Off Road Speedway on Saturday night, ending Kyle Prauner’s streak of six straight victories. Bruns needed 12 laps to get the lead, only to see his work temporarily negated by the race’s only caution, which returned him to second behind Eric Haase. On the restart Bruns made his move and passed Haase on the outside. Meanwhile, Prauner, was passed Justin Addison on the inside and then slipped past Haase with five laps remaining. Prauner was able to switch cars quickly enough to pick up a win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, edging ahead of Shawn Primrose coming out of turn four with a narrow lead at the finish line. Jeremy Hoskinson took his second IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock checkers and forced Tracy Buck to continue his quest for a first-ever win at Off Road Speedway. Buck had taken advantage of his front-row starting position to lead 12 laps, holding on to the lead in [Read More]

Hanford celebrates the Fourth at 34 with $1,000 IMCA Modified win

By Dana Royer WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (July 4) – Bruce Hanford took the lead from Brandon Rothzen following a caution on lap 13 and went on to win the Roberts Tire Center-sponsored $1,000 to win IMCA Modified feature Saturday at 34 Raceway. The victory landed Hanford on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. John Oliver ran at the front of the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature field before mechanical issues sidelined him halfway through the 20-lapper. Jason Cook took charge on the 13th circuit and drove to the win. Austen Becerra led from start to finish for his second local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature victory, holding off Joey Gower at the end.

Carrell captures Cottage Grove checkers

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 3) – Mark Carrell was the fastest in a 20-car field of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds Friday at Cottage Grove Speedway. Monte Bischoff grabbed the early lead and ran in front until Collen Winebarger made his way around on lap nine. Winebarger seemed to be on rails and on his way to his first local victory of the season but Carrell had other plans in mind. Using the bottom of the oval, Carrell worked his way underneath Winebarger on lap 18 and started to distance himself from the pack. Winebarger started to reel Carrell back in but ran out of laps and ended in second. Curtis Towns, Kreg Britton and Jake Mayden completed the top five.

Lunow leads to SportMod finish at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (July 3) – Hometown shoe Jason Lunow led all the way to become the seventh different winner in as many IMCA SportMod events this season at Dodge City Raceway Park. Lunow weathered three cautions in the opening half of Friday’s 20-lapper, then fended off Bart Baker over the closing rounds to secure the win. Josh Appel chased the lead duo to the stripe in third with Jeff Kaup and Brian May rounding out the top five.