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Hansen leads flag to flag in Lamar BST

LAMAR, Colo. (July 18) – John Hansen opened with a flag to flag run in the opener of a four-night Precise Racing BST Series trek. The Friday IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified checkers came at Lamar Speedway, paid $1,000 and put Hansen on the ballot for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “We’ve been successful at Lamar before although this time wasn’t as peaceful,” Hansen said following a 25-lapper that saw its share of cautions. “Brady (Coen) pressured me the whole race and pulled alongside a couple times.” Coen, Jeremy Frenier, Eddie Belec and Ryan Gaylord rounded out the top five. Hansen had drawn the pole start and maintained the lead through multiple yellows from the preferred lower line. Once into lapped traffic, he went higher up on the oval to stay ahead of the pack. Kelly Yutterman won the Addiction Chassis BST Series feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Gregory Gutt was second and Lloyd Meeske third. Chad Dolan was the winner for the third time in as many Leary Racing Products BST Series [Read More]

Stanford wins round 3 of Wild West Modified Series

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 22) – Alex Stanford became the third different winner in as many nights when the Wild West Modified Speedweek resumed Tuesday at Cottage Grove Speedway. The $1,000 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory was his career third and put the California clipper on the ballot for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Collen Winebarger was very fast on the initial start but every time he built a decent lead it was erased by caution. By lap 12, Winebarger was under considerable pressure from Stanford. Stanford made his pass for the lead on lap 12 but when Winebarger tried to get it back, the two got together. Winebarger sustained damage and came to a stop. From there on out, Stanford had no issues in front. Cautions came out when he caught up with lapped cars, eliminating that traffic. Stanford led the rest of the distance to score the victory, his first ever at Cottage Grove. Jesse Williamson, Jesse Bailey and Curtis Towns were next across the stripe. Winebarger raced [Read More]

Modified Mayhem win at Billings pays off big for Hagen

BILLINGS. Mont. (July 19) – His first visit to Billings Motorsports Park produced a new career highlight for Travis Hagen. The North Dakota traveler led all 30 laps in winning the inaugural Modified Mayhem special. Saturday’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main event at Billings paid $2,500 to win and landed Hagen on the ballot for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “It’s fun to race at different tracks and we had a lot of fun at Billings,” said Hagen, who hadn’t decided between the original Mayhem date and Estevan Motor Speedway before both shows were rained out on May 31. “They put on a great show and the people at the track were nice.” After drawing the outside row one start, Hagen ran most of the way with fellow traveler Eric Sinness. The two were in the process of checking out on the rest of the field before a caution waved with five circuits to go. With lapped traffic eliminated by that yellow, Hagen pulled away again to win ahead of Kenny Baumann, Jeremiah [Read More]

Lund gets back on track for Redline North Star Series win at Redwood

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (July 20) – Once he got back on track, Curt Lund got his first Redline Racing Parts North Star Series win of the season at Redwood Speedway. Lund started Sunday’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature from the pole and led all 20 laps despite driving off the second set of turns just before midway. He got back on the track as Dalton Magers and Brandon Beckendorf made up ground, then pulled away to the checkers. Beckendorf, Magers, Josh Rogotzke and Tyler Limoges completed the top five. The tour victory was Lund’s career third; he’d won two North Star events in 2012. Matt Speckman won his career second IMCA Sunoco Stock Car tour feature while Danny Myrvold and Jamie Songer were first-time winners in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, respectively. Nate Coopman scored his sixth straight Mach-1 Sport Compact victory. Speckman started sixth and found the fast groove at the top of the track following a restart, then ran side-by-side with Rich Gregoire before easing ahead. Jim [Read More]

Brendon Gemmill takes Modified Stampede by the horns

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (July 19) – Brendon Gemmill picked off his second Dodge City Raceway Park triumph of the year by posting a $1,200 victory in Saturday night’s second annual IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified Stampede. Gemmill raced past his father Troy 13 rounds into the 30-lapper before holding off Eddie Belec over the closing circuits for his second consecutive DCRP score. “I really didn’t feel comfortable out there, it was the first time we’ve had this car out this year,” Gemmill commented from victory lane following the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. “Sometimes the fastest car doesn’t win. This is one of those times.” Troy Gemmill gunned into the lead at the outset of the main event from his front row outside starting position with Brendon Gemmill chasing from the third starting position. Brendon moved in to challenge after eight laps before finally slipping underneath Troy for the lead entering turn one on the 13th lap. With the father-son Gemmill duo out front, 11th-starter Belec and 10th-starter Scott Drake [Read More]

Carrell captures Wild West Speedweek Night 2 at Banks

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (July 20) – His first Wild West Modified Speedweek paid $1,000 to Mark Carrell. Travis Peery had looked to make it two IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified tour wins in a row at Sunset Speedway Park. He started on the front row and was dominant for much of the race. In the first 15 laps, five cautions would take place resulting in Peery having to deal with an open race track. Peery set a rapid pace and as the lap count dwindled he showed no signs of slowing down. But he used up too much of his tires and briefly got out of shape on lap 27, allowing Carrell to make the pass for the lead. Carrell led the remaining distance for the win and accompanying 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berth. Rounding out the top five were Peery, Jesse Williamson, Cory Sample and Alex Stanford. Twenty-eight entries from five states returned for the second of six Wild West Speedweek installments. Next up are Tuesday, July 22 and Wednesday, [Read More]

Peery paces Wild West Modified Speedweek opener

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (July 19) – A $1,000 check accompanied opening night honors for Travis Peery, winner of Saturday’s Wild West Modified Speedweek event at Sunset Speedway Park. Thirty IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified entries were on hand from Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and North Dakota for the first round of the fourth annual tour. Leading the entire distance of the 40-lap Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature was Peery, coming all the way from North Dakota, but originally from California. Collen Winebarger put his machine in the runner-up position while “B” winner Alex Stanford was third. Braedon Hand was fourth and defending Speedweek champion Jesse Williamson was fifth. Speedweek continues at Sunset Speedway Park on Sunday, July 20 with racing action scheduled to get underway right around 5:00 PM. Feature results – 1. Travis Peery; 2. Collen Winebarger; 3. Alex Stanford; 4. Braedon Hand; 5. Jesse Williamson; 6. Mark Carrell; 7. Doug Lockwood; 8. Cory Sample; 9. Monte Bischoff; 10. Rob Ireland; 11. Jerry Schram; 12. Matt Jenner; 13. Chris Quinn; [Read More]

Deery Brothers Summer Series top 20 point standings

1. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 382; 2. Andy Eckrich, Oxford, Iowa, 370; 3. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 347; 4. Ryan Dolan, Lisbon, Iowa, 329; 5. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, 325; 6. Jason Rauen, Farley, Iowa, 299; 7. Brian Harris, Davenport, Iowa, 287; 8. Scott Fitzpatrick, Urbandale, Iowa, 285; 9. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, 282; 10. Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill., 278; 11. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 267; 12. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 264; 13. Jeremy Grady, Story City, Iowa, 209; 14. Tommy Elston, Keokuk, Iowa, 200; 15. Nate Beuseling, Silvis, Ill., 189; 16. Rob Moss, Iowa City, Iowa, 181; 17. Colby Springsteen, Wapello, Iowa, 172; 18. Spencer Diercks, Davenport, Iowa, 164; 19. Denny Eckrich, Tiffin, Iowa, 161; 20. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, Iowa, 140.

McGaha, Batt, Upchurch, Oliver are Texas Lone Star Series champions

WACO, Texas (July 15) – Four IMCA drivers won championships and three of them will receive pro-rated bonus points for their Texas Lone Star Series titles. The series ended with July 4 and 5 shows at Heart O’ Texas Speedway; the July 3 event at Cotton Bowl Speedway was rained out and will not be rescheduled. Josh McGaha’s two feature wins over the course of the Modified series gave him the tie-breaking edge over Keith White. Jason Batt topped point standings for the Wild Child Race Cars-sponsored series Stock Car series and Jake Upchurch paced points for the Southwest Racing Specialties-sponsored Southern SportMod Series. A minimum of eight events must be scheduled and held for full bonus points to be awarded and applied to national and regional standings. McGaha, Batt and Upchurch will each receive pro-rated bonus points (87.5 percent of the average car count up to 20) in addition to their shares of series point funds. Jeremy Oliver is champion of the Hobby Stock series. No bonus points will be awarded or point fund [Read More]

Harris sprints to fourth Virginia Series feature win

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (July 12) – Jerald Harris turned a good run in to a great finish as storms danced all around Shenandoah Speedway Saturday night. Harris won his fourth Virginia Sprint Series feature of the season. Three of those IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car victories have now come on the Shenandoah asphalt oval. Chris Ware and Charlie Ware paced the field to the green before Charlie Ware took off and brought Tony Harris along. Harris got by on lap four and did his best to run away from the rest of the field but Tom Humphries, Harris and French Grimes were on a march to the front. The battle for second between Humphries and Harris ended right after halfway when Humphries rolled into the infield. With five to go, Harris had a great run go bad as his right rear tire was wearing out and starting to vibrate. With just four to go he had to slow to make it to the end. Harris and Grimes drove by, with Anthony Linkenhoker [Read More]