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Shryock, Hahne, Gustin all have grand time at Hamilton County’s Monday Night Mayhem

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (July 28) – Kelly Shryock, Jason Hahne and Jenae Gustin all became $1,000 feature winners after Thursday Night Thunder became Monday Night Mayhem. Shryock topped the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Hahne paced the IMCA Late Models and Gustin rang up the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod win during the rescheduled fair special at Hamilton County Speedway. After starting third, Shryock raced with Mark Elliott early in the Modified 20-lapper before taking over up front. “We were in pretty good shape after that,” he said. “(Teammate) Andrew Schroeder started 11th and ran second and we always like to see that, of course.” Elliott, Jeremy Mills and Tyler Prochaska completed the top five. With new daughter Ella among the onlookers, Hahne started on the pole and led every lap in the Late Model contest. “We’re getting the car figured out. We broke the motor a couple weeks ago and AEM Race Engines got one of our old ones back in shape,” he said. “It was a [Read More]

Full program tonight at Thunderhill Raceway

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (July 30) – A full program is on slate for tonight (Wednesday) at Thunderhill Raceway. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Street Stocks will be in action beginning at 6:30 p.m. start time. The Door County Fair show is being treated as a regular night and is a track point night. Lineups will be set by point average. The night will also count towards the $30,000 contingency program. In addition to a full night of racing, there will be a Tough Truck Tug-O-War competition and a tentative Burn Out contest. For more info, please call Jeremy 920.495.0559 The ladies and mechanics will get their shot at the flat 1/3-mile clay oval. Both a powder puff and mechanics’ race are scheduled. All extra event participants must be signed at the back gate before the night starts. If you want to go in the stands with no carnival rides it cost $5 to get into the fair. The cost [Read More]

Green takes extra lap, top check at Britt Stock special

BRITT, Iowa (July 25) – That wasn’t a victory lap Derek Green took after Friday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car special at Hancock County Speedway. He was just making sure. Green collected a career-best payday of $4,000 while leading all but the first three circuits of the 25-lap county fair special. He took the checkers close to a straightaway in front of defending race winner Dan Mackenthun. “It seemed like a long race after leading for 20-some laps,” he said. “I was so pumped up that I wasn’t sure about taking the checkers, so I took another lap to make sure.” Green took the initial green flag from fourth and used an early restart to get the lead. “Once I got in front I went to the bottom. I figured I’d do that until I saw pressure from the top. I never did so I stayed low,” he said. “This is the biggest win I’ve had so far. It means a lot to me when you can have almost 50 Stock Cars at a race and [Read More]

Asbe earns first career feature win at I-35

By Greg Grabianowski MASON CITY, Iowa (July 20) – Sunday was a night to remember for Jason Asbe as he captured his first-ever feature win in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock division at I-35 Speedway. Not only had Asbe not finished in the top four in a feature this year, his best finish this summer was 11th and last week, he rolled his No. 9 car at the track. On Sunday, however, with duct tape holding his hood down and hardly a sponsor dotting his rig, he pulled his car into victory lane after the win. It was also a memorable weekend for Kyle Germundson. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod driver got married Saturday night and reversed his racing fortune by winning his first feature of the season at I-35 on Sunday. Last week, Germundson was in control of the feature and looking for a victory before a late caution flag changed things. One week later, he was not to be denied after starting on the outside of the front row. The IMCA Late Models [Read More]

Nielsen is latest Modified winner at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (July 18) – For the 11th time at Hancock County Speedway this summer, there was a different winner in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified division. Levi Nielsen was the latest winner, coming from outside row four to grab the July 18 victory. Jeremy Mills was second with Clint Hatlestad third, Jimmy Gustin was fourth and Jeff Dolphin rounded out the top five. Larry Portis has had a summer of bad luck but earned his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win of the season. Ben Kraus captured his second Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers of the year, coming from the inside of the fourth row to accomplish the feat. Kyle Ricke also became a two-time winner, in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Megan Lappegaard topped the Mach-1 Sport Compacts field to grab her second feature win of the year at Hancock County.

Hughes makes it six straight at Southern Iowa

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (July 23) – Mike Hughes continued his streak with his sixth straight Pepsi Cola Mahaska Bottling IMCA Hobby Stock feature win at Southern Iowa Speedway Wednesday night. Steve Allen started the outside front row in the 15-lapper and led early with Danny Thrasher right behind. Allen held off all challenges until the last set of turns when Hughes made his move to the front for his sixth straight and 10th local win of the season. Scott Dickey was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified winner. Cayden Carter held off Zach VanderBeek for his fourth straight and season-sixth IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory at Osky. Top KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod honors went to Curtis VanDerWal while Bill Whalen scored his third straight and season-eighth Mach-1 Sport Compact main event win.

DeBaere denies Bruns Memorial challengers

SLAYTON, Minn. (July 18) – Round two of the Dominick Bruns Memorial Challenge Cup Chase Friday at Slayton went to Murray County Speedway regular Kevin DeBaere. DeBaere led all 18 laps after starting the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature outside Shaun Madden on the front row. The victory, DeBaere’s second this season at Slayton, paid $1,000. Derek Green, Chris Palsrok, Elijah Zevenbergen and Dan Veenstra rounded out the top five. Runner-up in the series last season, DeBaere had Derek Green on his back bumper most of the way. Restarts following cautions near midway, then with four laps to go and finally with three laps left didn’t make his job any easier. “It felt good to win this race, DeBaere said. “The bottom line was the line that was working so that’s where you had to be.” The Chase, which raises awareness about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, concludes Aug. 10 at Redwood Speedway. Feature results – 1. Kevin DeBaere; 2. Derek Green; 3. Chris Palsrok; 4. Elijah Zevenbergen; 5. Dan Veenstra; 6. Jim Larson; 7. Jim [Read More]

Big Wheels races Friday at Luxemburg

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. – An action-packed race night is in store for drivers and fans alike this Friday at Luxemburg Speedway as some of those fans become drivers at intermission. The annual Kids’ Big Wheel races take place at intermission on July 25 with the first 50 kids getting medals from Gnome Games. Jared Siefert was the last IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified driver in victory lane in a classic finish. He beat Jason Czarapata but Czarapata remains the leader of the pack with a 15 point advantage over James Tebon. Brandon Czarapata continued in his winning ways in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division. With his win two weeks ago, he tied Rod Snellenberger atop the standings. Two weeks ago, Scott Boulanger earned his first career Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature win. Andy Kleczka is 16 points ahead of Christopher Budzban in the standings. Derek Moede won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature two weeks ago. He leads the division in the standings and in wins. He sits eight marks ahead of [Read More]

Abelson ends incredible week at Raceway Park

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (July 20) – Chris Abelson capped an incredible week with his victory in the Jebro Inc. IMCA Modified division Sunday at Raceway Park. After picking up IMCA wins Wednesday at Buena Vista Raceway, Thursday in the Harris Clash at Knoxville Raceway and Friday at Crawford County Speedway, Abelson closed out the week by taking Sunday’s feature win over Sean Barrigan and Matt Bonine. Abelson had moved into the lead of the national points race following his win at Knoxville. In the Casey’s General Stores IMCA Stock Car division, Ryan Harris made it two wins in a row, topping Jim Hall and Todd Gereau for the feature victory. R.J. Merchant shot to the front early and held on for victory in the Skyline Casino IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Second was Rusty Montange, followed by Darin Roepke. The MOPAR IMCA Hobby Stock feature belonged to Craig Clift who held back championship contenders Andy Hoffman and Mike Hansen. The KISS 107.1 FM IMCA Sport Compact win went to defending champion Cody Thompson, who [Read More]

Osborn, Clough, Werkmeister, Bond are Dawson County winners

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (July 20) – Lightning up the night Sunday with stellar efforts at Dawson County Raceway were IMCA hotshoes Colton Osborn, Brandon Clough, Casey Werkmeister and Kyle Bond. Grabbing the lead at halfway, Osborn powered his way to the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory. Osborn snared the lead on the 11th circuit and never looked back after starting in the fifth row. Breaking through in the Karl Chevrolet Northern Sport Modifieds with his first feature win of 2014 at Dawson County was Clough. He has been a mainstay inside the top five and flirted with winning but it was his night this time around as he scored the win from his front row starting position. No stranger to the winner’s circle, Werkmeister recovered quite nicely from a setback earlier in the weekend where he blew up a motor to finish with back-to-back feature wins in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division in North Platte on Saturday and Lexington on Sunday. Dillon Thompson and Bond put on a whale of show [Read More]