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Five new winners at Hancock County

By Greg Grabianowski BRITT, Iowa (May 2) – There were five new winners at Hancock County Speedway on Saturday, May 2. Nate Hughes grabbed the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified his first win, ahead of Jeremy Mills and Jeff Dolphin. Dan Hanselman took full advantage of his pole start to capture the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers. Kevin Opheim placed second and Ned Kalis was third. George Nordman crossed the finish line first in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod headliner. Nick Meyer was runner-up and third was Greg Sidles. Drew Barglof bagged the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock win with 10th starting Cody Nielsen and Scott Dobel in tow. Megan Sandvig raced from inside row three to top the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event. Jay DeVries was runner-up and his wife Kaytee finished third.

Winebarger ends night in winner’s circle at Willamette

By Ben Deatherage LEBANON, Ore. (May 2) – Collen Winebarger was a man on a mission in Saturday’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main event at Willamette Speedway. The Corbett chauffeur got out in front early and took off. Dustin Cady challenged for the lead but spun on the last lap. Winebarger cruised to the win, his second of the season and first at Willamette. Chris Quinn, Jeff Lovell, Brian Cronk and Brett James completed the top five.

Abelson rules Raceway Park Modified main

By Bob Coney JEFFERSON, S.D. (May 3) – Sunday’s Total Motors of Akron IMCA Modified feature at Raceway Park ran green from start to finish. Defending champion Chris Abelson took the lead coming to the green flag when the front row cars pushed high coming out of the fourth turn. From that point, Abelson extended his lead to half a lap over the second-place battle which went to Justin Zeitner over Ricky Stephan. Casey Jones started on the pole for the Casey’s General Stores IMCA Stock Car feature and never looked back en route to the victory over Bo Lundquist and Jason Ward. The Skyline Casino IMCA Northern SportMods saw Todd Boulware take the feature win, but not without strong competition from Rusty Montagne and Karl Brewer who finished second and third, respectively. John Cain shot to the front of the field in the early going of the MOPAR IMCA Hobby Stock feature and held off charges from Jake McClure and Aaron Shearn to take the victory. The KISS 107 FM IMCA Sport Compact win [Read More]

Kilgore wards off Whitman to win 141’s Red, White and Blue

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. ((May 2) – Two past champions played a game of cat and mouse in front of a stellar field to figure out who would take home the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified top prize of $1,000 in Saturday’s Gandrud Chevrolet Red, White and Blue special at 141 Speedway. The man leading the field at the checkered flag was Shawn Kilgore and the man trailing was defending champion Johnny Whitman. Kilgore made quick work of pole starter Brad Theys in the opening corners to start the feature, then worked up top while Whitman used a three-wide pass to make his way to second on the second lap. Kilgore had a five car length lead that Whitman ate up by lap 11. Whitman tried different lines and found bite down low but Kilgore fended him off and then went to the bottom of the track himself. Whitman continued to try different lines to get around Kilgore in the final laps but to no avail. Kilgore led Whitman past the finish line [Read More]

Second straight for Galbreath in IMCA Bay Area Tour

BLACKMAN, Fla. (May 2) – Justin Galbreath raced from sixth starting to collect his second straight Bay Area Emerald Coast Tour triumph Saturday at Northwest Florida Speedway. Galbreath took the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified checkers ahead of Jason Barnhill, who had worked his way back through the field after contact with another car on a late restart left him with a flat tire. Ryan Mosley was third in his Modified debut. Jason Lockwood and Dewayne Burchell rounded out the top five. Next up for Bay Area Tour Modifieds is the Saturday, May 9 event at Flomaton, Ala., Speedway. Feature results – 1. Justin Galbreath; 2. Jason Barnhill; 3. Ryan Mosley; 4. Jason Lockwood; 5. Dewayne Burchell; 6. Jimmy McDaniel; 7. Joey Bartlett; 8. Jessie Barnhill; 9. Trey Cawthon. 30

Hill hauls to Electric City victory

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (May 1) – Once in front, Gary Hill never looked back in sailing to the Friday night IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified checkers at Electric City Speedway. Defending track champion Mark Wermling had the field of 17 covered before breaking and opening the door for Hill, who never looked back from that point. Finishing second and third were rookies Kory Wermling and Zack Olsen. Joey Price drove his grandfather’s car to fourth and Jody Kropp rounded out the top five.

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Stannard returns to IMCA vice president post

VINTON, Iowa – Jim Stannard’s newest role at IMCA is one he’s already familiar with. Stannard has been named vice president of operations for the automotive racing sanctioning body. He’ll continue most of the duties from his previous director of track relations post while taking over others for former Vice President of Operations Brett Root. “Jim’s responsibilities will largely be similar to those he has now,” explained Root, who became company president in January. “As director of track relations, he’s worked with all our promoters. Because of his long career in the racing industry, many of our drivers know him as well.” “He’ll continue to travel and make track visits while I handle more of the day-to-day management from the home office,” Root concluded. After stints as director of the Sprint Car division and director of the Mountain Region, Stannard was named IMCA director of marketing in 1994. He was vice president of marketing and corporate communications, then worked for Speedway Motors and JR Motorsports before returning to IMCA in March of 2011. “There isn’t [Read More]

IMCA announces amendment to rules for Northern SportMod rear suspension

VINTON, Iowa (May 4) – IMCA officials have announced an amendment to rules for the rear suspension of Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, which takes effect immediately. Wording has been added to rules posted on the IMCA website allowing the use of solid safety chains securely mounted to the axle housing. Chains cannot be mounted to any floating device. “From our standpoint, allowing this chain gets back to how the division and its rules have evolved over the past 10 years,” said IMCA President Brett Root, citing maximum free standing spring height and the upper spring perch. “Short of us writing more rules, this amendment makes the most sense.” Two factors figured in the decision allowing safety chains. “We were concerned with springs falling out of the back of cars and the amount of excessive force the rear suspension is putting on rear shocks,” Root explained. “It’s our opinion that shocks shouldn’t be used as a limiting device. Shocks can be used in that manner but it can be destructive and an expense to the racer.” [Read More]

IMCA Modified, Stock, Hobby, SportMod drivers pursue Moser Engineering awards

PORTLAND, Ind. – Drivers in five IMCA divisions have targeted awards from Moser Engineering again in 2015. The Portland, Ind., rear end components manufacturer and 12-year IMCA marketing partner gives product certificates based on national or regional point standings and to designated place finishers at 80 special events. Runners-up in each of the five IMCA Modified regions and in both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car regions get $300 product certificates. Runners-up in standings for the two IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks regions and in national standings for both Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods receive $200 certificates. Those awards will be presented during the national IMCA banquet in November. Moser also gives $100 product certificates to designated place finishers at selected specials for the same five divisions; those awards are mailed from the IMCA home office the week after each event is held. Information about Moser products is available by calling 260 726-6689, on Facebook and at the www.moserengineering.com website. “Moser has remained committed to IMCA racing for the past dozen years and that won’t [Read More]

Brown is best in opener at Billings

By Dru Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (May 2) – Kasey Brown started the second season of IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified sanctioning at Billings Motorsports Park with his career sixth win in the class. Kasey Brown drew the pole for Saturday’s lidlifter with Jeremy Meirhofer to his outside, taking a commanding lead from the drop of the green. Dennis Hurd showed plenty of speed down low, catching Meirhofer for second and then peeking low. Multiple yellows waved for incidents around the track. Kenny Baumann was into the top three before another yellow waved with four laps to go. Brown stayed fast to the finish, capturing the season opener victory ahead of Tim Sorenson and Baumann. Three of Brown’s five 2014 wins in the division came at BMP.