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AUBURN, Mich. (May 15) – Once back in front, John Taylor wasn’t caught again in Friday’s Main Street Seed and Supply IMCA Modified feature at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Point leader and defending champion A.J. Ward was involved in an early race caution and, after one lap was completed of the scheduled 20 circuits, had to restart at the back of the 20-car field. Brenten DeYoung held the early lead as the field watched mid-pack drivers dice their way toward the front. By lap 14, John Taylor held the lead but had Ward, Myron DeYoung and Rusty Zeigler on all sides and trying to take away the point. Ward and Myron DeYoung passed Taylor but contact between the two sent Ward airwards and on his roof. Neither was able to continue. Taylor inherited the lead and was able to hold off Chad Wernette, Zeigler, Todd Matheson and Brenten DeYoung survived to finish in the top five. Toby Steele celebrated the 40th anniversary of his first Tri-City Motor Speedway start with a heat race victory.

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (May 16) – Mark Weisnicht went wire-to-wire on the way to winning a caution-free IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified feature Saturday at Shawano Speedway. Weisnicht started outside row one and quickly pulled away from the rest of the field. Tony Wedel­stadt gave chase much of the race but could not catch Weisnicht.  Wedelstadt finished the race in se­cond. Matt Oreskovich passed Jerry Wilinski on the final lap to finish in third. It was the first win of the year for Weisnicht. The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature saw Luke Uttecht and Gary Kasperek up in front while Travis VanStraten worked his way through the field from ninth starting.  Van Straten took over second on lap seven and caught Kasperek for the lead the next time around. Van Straten led the rest of the race for his third local win of the season. Steven Stewart put on a late-race charge to take second spot.  Harley Simon finished a strong third. In her second visit to the track, Brianna Ambroziak took the lead at the drop [Read More]

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (May 16) – Rod Snellenberger capitalized on a late race restart to score the Saturday IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory at Thunderhill Raceway. A field of 18 Stock Cars did battle. John Anschutz and Tom Brumlic battled for the lead until lap five, when Jamie Suchocki went cruising by. Snellenberger quickly made his way from row four to second and began to pressure Suchocki. Snellenberger was glued to the leader’s back bumper. A caution with five laps remaining changed everything. With Suchocki running perfect down low, Snellenberger chose to restart up top. As the green flew, Snellenberger got a great restart and pulled past Suchocki to take the lead. Snellenberger never looked back from that point while Suchocki scored his best finish of the young season with second, Dave Bouche rallied late to place third. Next Saturday, May 23, the Stock Cars will race for $1,000 to win. After three feature wins in a row, a $100 bounty was put up for anyone who could beat Dave Schmidt in the [Read More]

By Greg and Marco Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (May 15) – A week after graduating from college, Kelsy Hayes taught her Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod foes a lesson at 141 Speedway. Hayes led every lap of the Friday feature for her career first local victory. Hayes had her hands full throughout the 20-lapper, first holding off Josh Lambert and Hunter Parsons and then denying Kevin Bethke in the later circuits. Last-corner finishes are always a blast for the fans and for the winning side of finish. The IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified finale saw Johnny Whitman edge Shawn Kilgore by a bumper. The local win was the defending champion’s first of the season. Larry Karcz Jr. got back to winning in his second week back in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars after an off-season accident. A fog-shortened Mach-1 Sport Compact feature saw Brian Johnson pick up his first win of the season.

CRYSTAL, Mich. (May 16) – Jimmy Hale Jr. was the All-Star Performance IMCA Modified winner on Janet Zeigler Memorial Night Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Vern Buskirk held sway before finally being overtaken by Hale on lap 10. Hale had to outlast a couple restarts but held on to win over Dan Wiggins II, John DeYoung Jr., Chad Wernette and Myron DeYoung.

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 15) – Bragging rights belonged to Mike Wedelstadt when the first round of the King of the Ring Series for Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modifieds brought 53 entries to Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway Friday night. Twenty-four cars made up the main event grid and Wedelstadt and Brad Lautenbach started on the front row. The front pair pulled away at the start and for the first five laps ran side-by-side for the number one spot.  Wedelstadt was finally able to wrestle the point away and started to open his own lead. The battle behind was for third with Brian Mullen, Todd Dart, Eric Arneson, Johnny Whitman, Ed­die Muenster and Sean Jerovetz in a cluster behind. A lone caution flew for a stalled car on lap 11, and Wedelstadt resumed his lead after the restart with Lautenbach, Mullen, Dart, Arneson, Whitman, Muenster and Jerovetz now right behind. Wedelstadt pulled away over the final laps to record his first local feature win of the year.  Mullen caught Lautenbach with three laps left to take [Read More]