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Scroggins wins fourth of season at Tri-State 

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (June 6) – Aaron Scroggins raced to his fourth local feature win of the season Saturday in the IMCA SportMod main event at Tri-State Speedway. Ken McCarty challenged but settled for second. Third was Garry Vaughn. Van Gemmill took his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers at Pocola this season. Kent Bright finished in second while Anthony Reeves crossed the line in third.

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VanderMark tops Crystal Modifieds 

CRYSTAL, Mich. (June 6) – Gary VanderMark’s late-race heroics put him in victory lane Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Milt Montgomery held the early lead in the All-Star Performance IMCA Modified event with Dan Wiggins, Tim Sooy and Myron DeYoung in tow. DeYoung made a furious charge and pulled even with Montgomery. DeYoung made the pass for the lead with three to go but lost an engine coming to the white flag. VanderMark jumped up from second and went on to win the feature over Chad Wernette and Joe Fowler.

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Emerson wins on last lap pass at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (June 7) – Regaining the lead coming out of the final turn, John Emerson was the IMCA Late Model feature winner by all of half a car length Sunday at Stuart Speedway. Emerson led fellow front row starter Nagle as Todd Cooney moved into second on lap four. Emerson, Cooney and Nagle ran 1-2-3 until Cooney made his pass for the lead on lap 14. Emerson stayed in Cooney’s tracks until the white flag flew, driving low and up beside Cooney on the backstretch. The two were side-by-side coming out of turn four with Emerson pulling ahead by a half car length at the line. Cooney settled for second with Nagle third, Curtis Glover fourth and Daulton Maassen fifth. Jimmy Gustin stayed true to the top side and was rewarded with the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified win. Nick Roberts made it a race but ran out of laps and had to settle for second. Josh Gilman finished third and Luke Wanninger drove from 16th to fourth with Josh Most [Read More]

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Sargent in command of Arlington Sprint Car feature

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 6) – Saturday’s 95.7 The Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature at Arlington Raceway saw Dustin Sargent lead every lap. Trevor Serbus gained ground but had to settle for second. Jesse Cripe was third. Dan Menk was the third and final leader in the MN 93 IMCA Modified main event, taking over up front with three to go and beating Chad Porter and Jerry Wren across the line. Ninth starting Eric Larson picked up the win in the Unhinged Pizza IMCA SportMod feature. Lar­son gained a commanding lead and in first is where he stayed with Chet Ragan taking second and Chris Isaacson taking third. The Eckblad Trucking IMCA Hobby Stock feature was fast-paced with no yellow flags. Cory Probst took the lead on the sixth lap and won ahead of Shane Honl and Dakota Robinson. Nate Coopman won again in the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compacts, this time ahead of Jed Trebel­horn and Alan Lahr. The B&B Chassis IMCA Stock Car feature was cut a couple laps short after Mother Nature [Read More]

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Rookie collects Modified checkers at Seymour

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (June 7) – Rookie Andy Kleczka took the lead on lap three and stayed ahead of T.J. Smith throughout a race-long duel to win his Budweiser IMCA Modified career first feature Sunday at Seymour Speedway. Smith remained relentless on the higher line but couldn’t shake Kleczka. Benji LaCrosse took over third after halfway. Chas Van Ooyen notched his first local Coors Light IMCA Stock Car win of 2015, two car lengths ahead of Rod Snellenberger. Third was Travis Van Straten. As the white flag was displayed in the O’Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Northern SportMod main event, Chris Budzban moved inside leader Lucas Lamberies and the pair made contact in turn two, with Lamberies getting sideway and spinning. In the mix up, point leader Cota almost slipped by both, but Budzban collected the car to continue as the caution flew to end the race.  The race went to the last lap, Lamberies was credited with the win, his third of the season with Budzban being called for the caution.  Cota took second with Vince [Read More]

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Thornton sizzles at Canyon 

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (June 6) – The Summer Sizzle lived up to its moniker Saturday night at Canyon Speedway Park with Ricky Thornton, Jr., coming away with a hard-fought win in 9th World Vapor IMCA Modified action. Thornton rallied from the 11th starting position as pole starter Joey Moriarty led the way.  Moriarty fought off Thornton for more than half the race before surrendering the point. Thornton went on to the checkered flag ahead of Moriarty with Garrett Funk, George Fronsman and John Parmeley rounding out the top five.

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Hoeft wins second straight at Hancock County 

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (June 6) – Jesse Hoeft of Forest City won the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature for the second straight week, topping the Saturday night field at Hancock County Speed­way. Ned Kalis earned the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win by denying a serious challenge in the final laps from hard charger Elijah Zevenbergen. Heath Tulp placed third. Colby Fett became a first-time winner at Britt, taking the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod fea­ture. Hard charger Nick Meyer was second followed by Greg Sidles. Cody Nielsen won his second local IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature of the year, coming from the inside of the fifth row. Chanse Hollatz took second with Andrew Borchardt third. Devin Jones is having a good season at Britt and won his fourth local Mach-1 Sport Compact fea­ture of the year, coming from the back of the field to take the double-checkered flags first. Jay DeVries finished second and Jacob Kofoot was third.

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Rothzen wins Modified feature at 34

By Dana Royer WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (June 6) – After finding his way to the front just two laps to the finish, Brandon Rothzen won his first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature this season at 34 Race­way on Saturday night. Dean McGee took the lead from Rich Smith following a lap seven restart and had to hold off Rothzen and Jeff Waterman. Rothzen found a way past on the 18th circuit while McGee edged Waterman in the battle for third. Bobby Six led the distance in winning his first local Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main event.

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Cordes collects Modified checkers at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (June 7) – Troy Cordes returned to familiar territory Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified veteran earned his first win of the season on the quarter-mile to bring his career wins total to 103. Forty-seven of those victories have come in weekly racing in Vinton, which leads all drivers in the division at the speedway. Zach Less took the lead from Jerry Dedrick following a lap four restart and then pulled to a straightaway lead while Cordes was mired in traffic. Cordes was able to work his way into third by the time the caution flag waved again with four laps to go. When racing resumed, Cordes raced the top groove to the lead to drive to the win ahead of Less and point leader Kyle Brown. With the win, Cordes has now earned at least one Modified victory in each of the last 14 seasons in Vinton – the longest such streak in division history at the speedway. Another all-time leader in wins on the quarter-mile, [Read More]

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Cummins, Sathoff, Sandvig score first North Star Tour wins at Jackson 

JACKSON, Minn. (June 6) – Three first-time IMCA North Star Touring Series winners rook their turn in victory lane Saturday at Jackson Speedway. Jason Cummins won his career first Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified tour feature ahead of Mat Hollerich and Jeff Larson. Luke Sathoff captured his first North Star checkers in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. Jim Larson was second and third was Dustin Larson. Megan Sandvig notched her first Mach-1 Sport Compact series win, chased across the stripe by Joe Bunkofske and Blaney Markman. Now a four-time winner over the course of his tour career, Jason Andrews was fastest in a 20-car field of Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Rounding out the top three were Kyle Steuber and Randy Winter. And Jeremy Wegner raced from seventh starting to first and the finish for his career second IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock tour checkers. Jamie Songer and Justin Luinenburg were next in the field of 22. Different drivers have now prevailed in each of the first four North Star Modified, Stock Car, North­ern SportMod [Read More]