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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]

Dacotah Speedway to host Governor’s Cup July 25, 26

MANDAN, N.D. – Dacotah Speedway’s 24th annual Governor’s Cup special boasts a $1,600 paycheck for the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified winner, along with a berth on the ballot for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Mach-1 Sport Compacts are also on the Friday and Saturday, July 25-26 cards. They’ll race for $200 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in both divisions. Modifieds also run for Belleville Motorsports North Central Region points. The Modified feature pays a minimum of $200 to start and $100 to non-qualifiers, with a $50 registration fee. Start money for the Sport Compacts is $50 with a $20 registration. The Saturday only pit fee for both divisions is $25. Pit gates at Mandan open at 5 p.m., the draw ends at 6:15 p.m. and qualifying starts at 7 p.m. Friday. Tentative times, subject to change due to the weather, on Saturday are 3 p.m. for the pit gates, 4:15 for the draw cutoff and racing at 5 p.m.

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]

Hancock County Fair payout is potential $5K for IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner

BRITT, Iowa – A check for as much as $5,000 goes home with the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature winner at the Hancock County Fair special this Friday, July 25. First place is worth a minimum of $4,000 with another $1,000 added if the first-place driver has perfect weekly attendance at Britt this season. The runner-up earns $2,000 with $1,000 for third. A minimum of $200 will be made to start the main event and tow money is $100. Twenty-four cars will qualify and the starting grid will be filled with two sponsor provisionals. All weekly divisions are on the program and a fireworks display follows the race program, which is sponsored by the Hancock County Fair, McNese Tire and IWireless Communications. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. More information is available by calling 515 295-5555 or the track at 641 843-9080 on race [Read More]

Voting begins today to determine Fast Shafts All-Star field

BOONE, Iowa (July 21) – Voting begins this evening (Monday) to determine the starting field for Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Three drivers from each of the five IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified regions will be elected through round one electronic polling conducted on the IMCA Facebook page through the end of the business day next Monday, July 28. All-Star candidates will be listed by region; one vote can be cast for one driver per region each day. Thirteen more All-Stars will be elected through round two, also via the IMCA Facebook page, between Tuesday, July 29 and Tuesday, Aug. 5. Winners will be notified and their names announced as soon as possible after each round of voting. The initial round of voting was to have been conducted through the IMCA website; one other change made was that all drivers not elected through the first round will be vote eligible in the second. “Race fans vote for the drivers they most want to see in the event and genuine vote totals should reflect that,” IMCA Vice [Read More]

Huls, Dunker and Becerra hold Quincy checkers

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (July 20) – Abe Huls, Tony Dunker and Austin Becerra all took feature event wins at Quincy Raceways on Sunday. Huls took the win in the Powder Coat Plus IMCA Stock Car main event after a huge battle with Brandon Savage and Jake Powers. Powers, Savage and Huls crossed the finish line three wide at the white flag mark with Huls edging ahead during the final lap to take the win. Savage scored the second spot with Powers in third. Tanner Klingele looked like he was well on his way to the Summy Tire and Auto Center IMCA Northern SportMod feature event win but a caution flag on the 15th lap brought Dunker to his rear bumper on the restart. Dunker powered past Klingele on the high side on the restart and went on to take the feature win with Klingele settling for second. Brad Holtmeyer came home in third. Becerra scored another feature event win in the Mach-1 Sport Compact division. Becerra took the lead on the 11th lap [Read More]

Fourth Seymour win comes Sunday for Czarapata

By Dave Panske SEYMOUR, Wis. (July 20) – Jason Czarapata raced to his fourth local Budweiser IMCA Modified feature win of the season Sunday at Seymour Speedway. Tyler Wilson grabbing the lead at the start. A seven-lap green stretch had Jamie Schmidt, Czarapata, Mike Wedelstadt and Eric Arneson battling behind Wilson and the rookie did an excellent job holding the lead while running the high line. Cautions on laps 12 and 13 bunched the field. Wilson again took the lead, but this time Czarapata was able to make a run on the inside stick as he pulled into the top spot on lap 16, and over the final four laps pulled away from the field. A lone caution on the original start of the Coors Light IMCA Stock Car set up a flag-to-flag run for the 21-car field. Jason Bork set the lead pace before Josh Mroczkowski, Bob Czarapata and Kyle Frederick made it a four-wide run. Frederick was the outside man and powered off turn two to take the lead. Once in front, Frederick [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds headline July 24 Red Willow County Fair show

McCOOK, Neb. – One thousand dollars and a spot on the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot are at stake for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds in the Thursday, July 24 fair special at Red Willow County Raceway. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods run for $750 to win and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $500 to win. Payouts are based on 20-car fields; the event is promoted by the Red Willow County Fair Board which is guaranteeing payouts. All applicable points, including local track points, will be awarded for the draw/redraw show. No entry fee or track registration fee is required. Gates at McCook open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 308 520-9739 or 308 520-9038.

Gottschalk scores second straight at Salina

By Larry Lowrey Jr. SALINA, Kan. (July 18) – Starting from outside the fifth row, winning the M & H Motors IMCA Northern SportMod main event Friday at Salina Speedway was the furthest thing from Daniel Gottschalk’s mind. A strong finish would have made him happy but sometimes being ‘just’ happy isn’t good enough. After posting the win one week ago, Gottschalk carried some momentum heading into the feature. Kamren Gruber posted the early lead during the main event but as usual the pack of cars that started in the middle half of the field were marching to the front. Gottschalk was on fire as he blew past the competition. One by one he worked his way into position for the top spot. Gottschalk took over the top spot and kept his hot streak alive picking up his second straight win and third of the season. In the Belleville Motorsports IMCA Modified division, a former champion has caught fire at the right time. It was just one week ago that Corey Lagroon found victory lane [Read More]

DeYoung delivers another Crystal win

CRYSTAL, Mich. (July 19) – Myron DeYoung went home with the Saturday night win in the Port City Race Car IMCA Modified division at Crystal Motor Speedway. Brody Bowser, A.J. Ward, John DeYoung Jr. and Brenten DeYoung rounded out the top five.