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Hager repeats in IMCA Hobbies at RPM

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (April 25) – Hometown driver Garrett Hager won his second feature in a row at RPM Speedway Saturday evening. Brady Bencken led the first 11 laps of the 20-lap IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock event when Robert Leonard slowed to bring out a caution. While under caution, Bencken went to the pits with a flat tire. That handed the lead over to Shay Simoneau when the green flag returned, but he was passed by Hager on the following lap. Hager held on through two more cautions to make his return appear­ance in the winner’s circle. Duane Wahrman finished in the runner-up spot. The most emotional feature win of the night went to Casey Woken. He took the lead on lap seven from Nick Tubbs and drove away for the victory in the Advantage Glass Plus IMCA Stock Car main event. Woken and girlfriend Chelsey Calvin had lost their house and belongings, including their family pet, in a fire several days prior to Saturday night’s races. Jason Rogers chased Woken but had [Read More]

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Sellard doubles up at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (April 25) – Clay Sellard doubled up by winning not only the makeup IMCA Modified feature event from April 11 but then the regularly scheduled feature as well Saturday at Dodge City Raceway Park. The evening began with the postponed event with Sellard racing past early leader Austin Allen on the opening round en route to his first of two wins on the night. Allen paced the opening eight rounds ahead of Joel Lane and Sellard, with Sellard racing past Lane for second on the eighth lap and then disposing of Allen for the lead the next time around. Allen battled back on the 12th round, only to have a caution negate the move. Sellard took full advantage of the reprieve, keeping has chasers at bay the rest of the way even with an unhinged hood blocking his view. Mired six rows deep in the night’s regularly scheduled Modified feature, Sellard needed just a handful of laps to charge into third and then took the lead way from Jack [Read More]

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Cady collects top IMCA Modified cash at Willamette

By Ben Deatherage LEBANON, Ore. (April 25) – Dustin Cady raced his way back to victory lane Saturday at Willamette Speedway. Bricen James had the car to beat for much of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature. The teenager ran a great race but was overtaken by a late-race pass. Fellow Albany driver Cady made a banzai move on lap 23 to propel his mount into the lead. Cady stayed out in front the rest of the way and parked his number 7 GRT in the winner’s cir­cle. It was the second straight victory for the team at Willamette as Cady was the winner of the last IMCA Modified event at the historic 1/3-mile clay oval. B.J. Wild was second and James ended in third.

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Huls, Gower, Abbott score wins at Quincy

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (April 26) – Abe Huls, Joey Gower and Kimberly Abbott all took feature event wins at Quincy Raceway during the second night of the 2015 race season on Sunday. Huls held off several challengers to take the feature win in the Powder Coat Plus IMCA Stock Car main event. Jake Powers settled for second followed by Jerry Jansen. Nineteen Summy Tire and Auto Center IMCA Northern SportMods signed in to do battle with Gower coming from his third row starting spot to take the checkers. Gower held back Tony Dunker in second and Bobby Anders in third. Abbott charged to the front of the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event from her fourth row starting spot in just five laps and pulled away for the feature win over Sieth Woodruff in second and Bran­don Lambert in third.

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Anschutz cruises to first IMCA Stock Car win at Thunderhill

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (April 25) – Jeremy Anschutz withstood heavy pressure from Rod Snellen­berger to win his first-ever IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature at Thunderhill Raceway. Jeremy Anschutz gained control on lap three after Scott Reinhardt tagged the wall. Snellenberger wasted no time jumping to the runner up spot and began to pressure Anschutz down low. Snellenberger took the lead on lap six but Anschutz came storming back up top to regain the front. While trying to find a little extra grip down low, Snellenberger clipped an infield tire, allowing defending champ Dave Bouche to sneak by. In the end it was Anschutz cruising to the win over Bouche. Snellenberger had to settle for third. Other feature winners were Todd Dart in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Todd Wiese in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Dave Schmidt in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Dart worked his way from fifth to second in the first 10 laps and began to close in on Greg Gretz for the top spot midway through [Read More]

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Wernette wins Modified main at Crystal

CRYSTAL, Mich. (April 25) – Chad Wernette held off A.J. Ward to take the win in the All Star Perfor­mance IMCA Modified event Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Myron DeYoung followed in a close third, followed by Gary VanderMark and Cory Ruesink.

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VanDenBerg scores first IMCA Modified win at Lee County

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (April 24) – Carter VanDenBerg raced back into the lead on the ninth of 20 laps and stayed in front the rest of the way to earn his career-first Budweiser IMCA Modified fea­ture win Friday at Lee County Speedway. VanDenBerg was briefly in the lead following an early restart. Bill Roberts Jr. slipped under him to grab the point. The front pair raced side-by-side for two circuits before VanDenBerg regained first. John Oliver Jr. was able to challenge Abe Huls for the top spot for a couple laps before Huls pulled away to pick up his second consecutive local Donnellson Tire and Service IMCA Stock Car vic­tory. Adam Birck pulled away over the final seven laps to capture his first Shottenkirk of Fort Madison IMCA Northern SportMod feature win of the season at Donnellson. Brandon Symmonds edged Garrett Eilander at the line by a half a car length to pick up his first career Coors Light IMCA Hobby Stock win. Travis DeMint started 11th and finished first in the Armstrong [Read More]

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Van Pay conquers 33-car IMCA Modified field at 141

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (April 25) – R.M. Van Pay showed he is still one of the top hands in the poker division that is the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified class after all his years in competi­tion. Van Pay bested a star-studded 33-car field Saturday at 141 Speedway. Jay Matthias was putting the lap money in his pocket early, working the berm smoothly while Van Pay settled into second. Not content to just occasionally take a peak underneath, Van Pay made his move halfway through the event. He shot down low heading into turn one as Matthias had his right rear tire go down. Van Pay cleared Matthias and then set sail on the top of the track. Van Pay picked up the cau­tion-free feature event win, his career 123rd in the division. Kyle Kudick prevailed in a late-race duel with Tim Czarneski for the runner-up spot. John Heinz picked up his second straight IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory. Other winners included Ryan Lemieux in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Shaun [Read More]

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Porter dominates Southern Iowa Chassis Hobby Stock Special  

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (April 22) – Dale Porter dominated Wednesday night’s headline event at South­ern Iowa Speedway, the 20-lap Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stock special presented by South­ern Iowa Chassis. Porter grabbed the lead on lap one, just before the caution came out for several cars that got to­gether in turn three. Porter did not let that get to him even though he had Nick Ulin and Dustin Griffiths right behind. Porter pulled away to win by a full straightaway over Ulin, who edged out Griffiths for second. Todd Shute was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified main event winner. Damon Murty took the Budweiser IMCA Stock Car win despite a late race charge from Mike Hughes. Curtis VanDerWal was first to the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod checkers and Trent Or­wig held off John Whalen to win the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature. Stock Cars and SportMods racing for extra cash thanks to Edel Lawn Care plus free front bump­ers to Stock Car and Hobby Stock winners.

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Ashley completes sweep at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 18) – Jimmy Owen led most of the main event but couldn’t prevent Saturday’s Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod sweep at Cottage Grove Speedway by Gene Ashley. Owen kept his ride out in front for the majority of the feature but on lap 11 Ashley took over and began to pull away. It became a clean sweep for Ashley as he also collected the quick time award and trophy dash and heat race wins. Owen and Jayson Nelson completed the top three.