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Strickler paces IMCA Modifieds during Race For Hope 74 time trials

By Mike Spieker BATESVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 26) – A stout field of 91 IMCA Modifieds checked in at Batesville Motor Speedway for the first of five nights of action during the Race For Hope 74. Tuesday began with practice for all competitors and concluded with time trials, which set heat race lineups for the remainder of the week. Kyle Strickler of Mooresville, N.C., set the overall quick time with a lap of 16.913 seconds, averag­ing 79.82 mph around the high-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval. Strickler was the only driver to run a lap in the 16-second bracket. Chris Abelson of Sioux City, Iowa, was second quick with a time of 17.068. Both drivers have locked themselves into Saturday night’s $20,000 to win, minimum $2,000 to start main event by virtue of their top-two qualifying efforts. Wednesday through Friday’s program will feature 15 qualifying heat races with a nightly feature, where the top eight finishers will automatically transfer into Saturday’s main event. On Saturday, the night will be highlighted by the 74-lap, Race For Hope 74 feature. [Read More]

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Taylor, Cox battle for BST CAT Sprint title

By Suzan McCoy PEYTON, Colo. – The BST CAT Tour for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars has two doubleheaders to finish out the season, first at El Paso County Raceway on Aug. 26 and 27 and at Phillips County Raceway on Sept. 29 and 30. The new kid on the tour block is Lonnie Cox, a former retired racer from Arizona, who trails Wyoming’s Zac Taylor by a 152-151 margin. Cox has taken a win at El Paso County Raceway and a second at Phillips County behind Darren Berry of Nebraska, while Taylor has taken two wins at I-76 Speedway. During the July 21 tour heat races at El Paso County Raceway, Cox got into the wall and Taylor came in third. Lineups looked good for the young Taylor, however the event rained out before the feature race started.  These feature races will be made up on Aug. 27. Rounding out the top five in points for the BST CAT Tour are Todd Pudwill, Ryan Ellinger and Nic Sutton. Fans can expect exciting Sprint Car racing action [Read More]

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Career 100th Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod win is the latest lofty accomplishment for Looft 

SWEA CITY, Iowa – Winning a single feature was a pretty big deal during Matthew Looft’s Karl Chevro­let Northern SportMod rookie season. He’s raised the bar considerably since then. The Swea City, Iowa, driver won for the 100th time in his career in the division on June 30 at Jackson Motorplex. The checkers were the ninth of the season for Looft, who has averaged better than 17 wins a year since his rookie campaign in the IMCA division. “It’s pretty surreal,” admitted Looft. “If someone told me back in 2010 that I’d get 100 wins, I would have said they were crazy. It’s something I never planned on. It took a lot of work by a lot of people.” Looft won a career-best 26 features in 2013. He became the only driver to earn back-to-back na­tional championships in the class on the strength of 18 wins the following year. Along with a division-leading 18 track and special series championships, Looft is a five-time All­star Performance Minnesota State titlist. “Winning a national championship is a commitment to [Read More]

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Jergens wins Kossuth County special

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 15) – Mike Jergens was the big winner in the IMCA Modified special spon­sored by the Algona Feed Store, as the Plover driver took first in the feature and pocketed the $2,000 first place money Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway. Clay Money was the leader after the first lap but Jergens wrestled the lead away after an early restart and never gave it up the rest of the way. Kelly Shryock and Tad Reutzel kept the heat on throughout the race with Shryock placing second and Reutzel third. Money was fourth and Rob Hughes rounded out the top five. Hughes went from 14th starting to fifth as the feature’s hard charger. Derek Green was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner and Shannon Anderson scored top IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock honors. Jake McBirnie led the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods to the checkers and Jacob Tacheny topped the Mach-1 Sport Compact main.