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Motts makes first Modified drive to Antioch victory lane

ANTIOCH, Calif. (April 18) – It was a long road to the Antioch Speedway’s victory lane for Bobby Motts. After four years behind the wheel of his IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, Motts steered to the checkered flag in Saturday main event. “I’m shaking like a leaf,” were the first words out of Motts’ mouth when he got out of his car in victory lane. ”All these years of trying, and it finally paid off.” Motts’ car is a collaboration of personal time and money of crewmembers Mike Ferry, Bill Garrell and Steve Cunningham. “The guys have been with me for 18 years,” explained Motts, who won the speedway’s super stock championship back in 2004. The feature event unfolded with the twists and turns of an action movie. Defending champion Carl Berendsen looked to be in route to the win. Then, halfway through the feature, a tap in turn two from Scott Busby spun out Berendsen and sent both he and Busby to the back of the lineup. Sean O’Gara looked to be heading for the [Read More]

Ward wins opener for Modifieds at Crystal

CRYSTAL, Mich. (April 18) – Three-time and defending All-Star Performance IMCA Modified track champion was the opening night feature winner Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Robert Putt took the early point in the main event with Brody Bowser tight behind. Ward and Bowser tangled, sending Bowser to the rear. Ward overtook the lead and cruised to the win over John DeYoung Jr. and Putt.

Spring Roundup starts new season at Electric City Speedway

Spring Roundup starts new season at Electric City Speedway GREAT FALLS, Mont. – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds headline both nights of the Friday and Saturday, April 24-25 Spring Roundup special at Electric City Speedway. Both features pay $500 to win and a minimum of $75 to start. Twenty cars take the green flag in each main event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. There is no entry fee and pit passes are $25. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $7 for students ages 12-17, and free for seniors 70 and over and kids 11 and under. More information about the Montana Spring Roundup is available from promoter Dan Mann at 406 727-4884 and at the www.electriccityspeedway.com website.

Lauritzen leads Marshalltown Modified finish

By Jeremy Fox MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (April 17) – Making the most of a lap eight restart, Ronn Lauritzen raced to the Coors Light IMCA Modified checkers Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. Lauritzen had sped to the front from the 11th starting spot, taking the lead before back-to-back cautions on the eighth circuit. Brian Irvine started 10th and settled for the runner-up finish. Jimmy Gustin was third. The door opened for Trent Murphy with four laps left in the Miller Lite IMCA Stock Car 18-lap feature. Steve Meyer tried to regain the lead but Murphy held on for the win. Third went to Donavon Smith. Jared Van Deest snuck up on the high side to take the lead on lap nine of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature and saw the caution come out with two laps to go but was not to be denied the victory. Jayme Duinink finished second and Travis Peterson was third. Eric Stanton took the Toby K’s Hideaway IMCA Hobby Stock win over Nathan Ballard and Andrew Burg. One hundred and ten [Read More]

Stock Car checkers fly for VanStraten in Shawano lidlifter

By Scott Owen SHAWANO, Wis. (April 18) – Defending track champion Travis VanStraten raced to the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win on opening night of the 53rd year of racing at Shawano Speedway. Mike Schmidt held the lead for the first four laps of the race until VanStraten took over the point. He began to pull away from the rest of the pack while Brandon Czarapata raced to second. The race went green to checkered. VanStraten picked up where he left off last year, in victory lane. Czarapata took second and Steven Stewart finished third. At the start of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature, it looked as though defending track champion Marcus Yarie would run away and hide. Yarie started outside row one and quickly put distance between himself and Chris Engels. After a lap four restart, Lance Arneson moved to second while John Berna and Matt Oreskovich battled for third. On lap seven, Oreskovich passed Berna to take third. With Yarie still leading, Oreskovich ran down Arneson and made the pass to [Read More]

Lautenbach lands $1,000 checkers at 141 opener

By Greg Aregoni FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (April 18) – 141 Speedway kicked off the much anticipated season with a bang on Saturday night as 147 drivers signed in to do battle and be one of the first cars to lock up their spot in the chase. Brad Lautenbach picked up his first IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified win of the season and a $1,000 pay day courtesy of Prestige Custom Cabinetry. Lautenbach, the defending Allstar Performance State champion and already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, picked the one pill and then had to wait to officially lead any laps as the race saw four cautions before the first circuit was scored. Lautenbach stayed in charge in a contest that went caution-free from that point. Brian Mullen got close a couple times but could never challenge. Mike Montie passed Matt Brehmer early in the Mach-1 Sport Compact main event. Montie led every lap en route to the win over Brehmer. The win for Montie makes him the first-ever feature winner in Wisconsin [Read More]

Miller prevails for first PASS victory of season

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 18) – Saturday at Port Royal Speedway, defending oval series champion Jeff Miller captured the feature for his first Pennsylvania Sprint Series win of the year. Miller allowed Ken Duke to lead only the first lap of the 18-lap IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car main event before taking over after starting second. Miller’s pace was slowed twice over the distance but to no avail for his challengers. Scott Ellerman crossed the line second followed by Duke, Zach Newlin and Nathan Gramley. Feature results – 1. Jeff Miller; 2. Scott Ellerman; 3. Ken Duke; 4. Zach Newlin; 5. Nathan Gramley; 6. Jason Bergstresser; 7. Bill Jones Jr.; 8. Erin Statler; 9. James Pryde; 10. Jake Waters; 11. Joe Zap; 12. Jaremi Hanson; 13. Drew Ritchie; 14. Marcus Defreitas; 15. Jonathan Jones; 16. Tyler Cochran; 17. Dave Guss Jr.; 18. Ron Aurand; 19. John Bordlemay; 20. Tyler Reeser; 21. Jim Kennedy; 22. Cale Reigle; 23. Reed Thompson.

Olson, Ciesielski, Irvine beat the rain at Independence

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Apr. 18) – Three of four features were run to completion before rain halted action Saturday night at Independence Motor Speedway. The program, which was the final of two draw/redraw specials for IMCA state, regional and national points before weekly points racing starts at the speedway April 25, welcomed 90 race teams to the pit area. Tony Olson took advantage of his pole position start by racing into the lead at the drop of the green in the 15-lap Tenacity Graphics IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Olson paced the field while Jenae Gustin made her way into second from a third row start on the second circuit. Olson, who built a quick half-straightaway lead, extended his advantage in lapped traffic before a trio of cautions slowed action with two laps to go. He pulled away on the final restart to take the win ahead of a hard-charging Alex Zwanziger and Gustin. Roger Ciesielski drove the high side into the lead in the 15-lap Burco Sales IMCA Stock Car main. From an outside third row [Read More]

Hamilton County Deery rained out

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa – The Deery Brothers Summer Series event scheduled for Saturday, April 18 at Hamilton County Speedway has been rained out. The next event for the Late Model tour is set for Sunday, May 3 at Quad City Speedway in East Moline, Ill.

Sanction numbers guarantee IMCA record-breaking centennial season

VINTON, Iowa – What was already guaranteed to be a history-making centennial season will be a record-breaking one for IMCA as well. Contracts for a total of 415 sanctions were in hand as of April 15 for the 2015 season. That’s nine more than were issued last year and another two dozen are expected to be returned as more tracks get closer to holding opening night programs. IMCA Modified sanctions have topped 100 every year since 1992; the number of Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod sanctions is expected to exceed 100 for the first time this year. “One factor we’ve noticed in the increase is tracks that have already been sanctioned are adding new divisions,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “RaceSaver Sprint Cars are obviously playing a role, too. New tracks that sanction Sprint Cars are also sanctioning other divisions, for example the Modifieds or Southern SportMods.” Currently, IMCA events will be held in 31 states this season. “We have a lot of newly sanctioned facilities around the country and that reflects on efforts by [Read More]