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SportMod Challenge tops June action at Davenport Speedway

DAVENPORT, Iowa (June 4) – Four Fridays of exciting racing action are planned for the Davenport Speedway in the month of June. The month starts out this Friday, June 6, when the regular weekly racing program is joined by an appearance of the Midwest Jalopies. Race fans get a chance to re-live the racing past as the vintage racing coupes compete on the quarter-mile oval. The night’s racing action is sponsored by Kile Motorsports. Friday, June 13, brings the SportMod Challenge and $2,000 will go to the winner of the 50-lap main event in the growing Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod division. This is the second year for the SportMod Challenge race at Davenport. The best IMCA SportMod drivers in eastern Iowa and western Illinois are expected to be on hand for the event. Weekly point races will be held in all other classes. Mid-Season Championship Night is Friday, June 20. All line-ups will be done in the draw/redraw format with the point leader in each class offered the back row challenge for a chance to [Read More]

Sample is double winner in I-80 Challenge Series

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. (May 30-31) – Cory Sample couldn’t have asked for a better opening weekend for the inaugural I-80 Challenge Series. Sample won both IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified features, picking up $1,000 for Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31 victories during Battle Mountain Raceway’s Frank Iturriaga NAPA Memorial special. “I had pretty good luck drawing all weekend so that helped,” said the new Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot candidate. “I’ve won $1,000 to win races before but never two of them back to back.” “The weekend before I’d broken the gas pedal at a $1,000 to win show in California,” he added, “so this was a whole lot better weekend.” Sample started on the Friday pole but fell back to third behind Ward Amberson and Randy Artz. He got second back from Artz in a couple laps and then snuck under Amberson for the lead following a lap 10 restart. Lee Bosch, Shawn LaRocque and Reece Artz rounded out the top five. After drawing the outside pole start on Saturday, Sample led [Read More]

Cooney is lightning fast in shortened Stuart show

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (June 1) –Cody Cleghorn and Shannon Anderson won the make-up features from the Ron Little Memorial a week ago, and Todd Cooney won a shortened IMCA Late Model feature before the weather took over again Sunday at Stuart Speedway. Cleghorn led all the way to pick up the Mach-1 Sport win. Anderson took charge on lap six of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock main and kept Austin Luellen at bay to the checkers. As the skies turned darker to the west and the heat races came to an end, the decision was made to move the IMCA Late Models up to the first feature with Randy Faux and Paul Conrad drawing the front row. Cooney flew into the lead on lap one with Faux and Conrad following in his tracks. Cooney led through two cautions, and as yet another one flew and lightning was in the western sky, the decision came to end the race, and the program, on lap 14. Cooney was declared the winner with Randy Foote second, [Read More]

Hand catches Ashley for Modified checkers at Cottage Grove

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (May 31) – Braedon Hand picked up his third local IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory of the season Saturday, in front of a packed house at Cottage Grove Speedway’s Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic. Ricky Ashley had the car to beat for much of the race until Hand finally caught up and led the rest of the distance. The win was also his second straight at Cottage Grove. Ashley was a respectable second followed by Tom Berry Jr. in third. Mark Wauge was fourth while fifth went to Troy McElroy.

Ken Schrader joins IMCA Modifieds Friday at Boone County

ALBION, Neb. – Ken Schrader joins the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified field this Friday, June 6 for a $1,000 to win feature at Boone County Raceway. Pit gates open at 6 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6:30 p.m. for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier at Albion. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $5 for students ages 9-17 and free for eight and under. Pit passes are $25 for the draw/redraw show. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts also run Friday and all applicable points will be awarded in those divisions.

Garst Memorial checkers fly for Grabouski

By Bill Grit MAYETTA, Kan. (May 31) – A regular visitor to victory lanes around the region took top honors at Thunder Hill Speedway’s 20th annual Don Garst Memorial Saturday night. Jordan Grabouski caught Justin Becker, then held off Clay Hale in lapped traffic to top a 20-lap feature for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds that ran without caution and paid $1,020 to win. Already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, Grabouski was followed across the stripe by Hale, Matt Stallbaumer, Cory Wray and Danny Holt. Garst was the first flagman at Thunder Hill and the Modified feature was flagged by his grandson Tyler, using Don’s flags. Lance Brogman withstood a couple late restarts to win the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, ahead of Matt Haid and Brian LaBonte. After negotiating lapped traffic in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, Adam Armstrong was the winner with Jesse VanLaningham second and early leader Brian Stich third. Dusty Leonard became the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod winner after disqualification of the initial first-place car in post-race tech. [Read More]

Relay for Life Cancer Awareness Pink Night Saturday at Independence

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – The tradition of opening the month of June with a splash of pink continues this season at Independence Motor Speedway. The Saturday, June 7 program is the annual Relay for Life Cancer Awareness Pink Night at the Races. Race fans are encouraged to wear pink to the races that evening to help promote cancer awareness. Members from the area chapter of Relay for Life will be on hand selling merchandise to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Also a tradition, the annual helmet drive will again be held this season. A handful of drivers will make their way through the grandstands during intermission to help raise money for the cause. As an added bonus this year, the Saturday, June 7 program is also billed Fan Appreciation Night. After fans toughed out two lengthy rain delays during the May 31 race program, promoters Darin Burco and Todd Summers of S&B Promotions are showing their appreciation by cutting the general admission price in half for this Saturday’s show. Grandstand admission [Read More]

Hamilton County postpones Deery Series, XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour doubleheader

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (June 3) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series and XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour events Tuesday night at Hamilton County Speedway have been postponed due to impending severe weather. Series events for both touring IMCA Late Models and IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Webster City are to be rescheduled.

Drivers in Deery Series, four IMCA divisions earn R2C Performance Products awards

FOREST PARK, Ill. – A popular awards program benefitting drivers in the Deery Brothers Summer Series and four IMCA divisions has been renewed for 2014 by R2C Performance Products. The Forest Park, Ill., manufacturer and sixth-year IMCA sponsor will give R10522 air filters to both the IMCA Late Model tour champion and rookie of the year and a 4-barrel air filter base to second through fifth place finishers in final Deery standings. Champions in each of the five regions for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and the national Modified rookie of the year also receive 4-barrel air filter bases. The highest finishing driver in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national point standings who competes with a limited cubic engine and top finishing Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers competing with claim engines all receive 4412 air filter bases. And designated place finishers at 30 Modified specials and at all Deery events receive $50 product certificates, which will be mailed after official race results are received at the IMCA home office. All [Read More]

Brumlic is tough on Stock Car foes at Thunderhill

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. (May 31) – Tom “Tuffy” Brumlic outdueled Dylan Heilmann to score his first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win at Thunderhill Raceway Saturday night. Mike Wietor paced the opening laps of the headliner before Dylan Heilmann swept through using the low groove to take the lead. Heilmann distanced himself from the pack as Charlie Kroll and Brumlic worked through traffic. Brumlic worked to second using the high side to reel in the leader. With each driver running a different groove, the stage was set for a great battle. Brumlic pulled even with Heilmann as the duo raced door-to-door. Brumlic found a bit more speed running the cushion and grabbed the lead for good by the midway point. Brumlic set sail, going unchallenged the remainder of the caution-free contest. Heilmann edged out Kroll by a bumper for second while point leader Shawn Havel and Dave Bouche rallied late after starting deep in the field to finish in the top five. Other feature winners included Todd Dart in the IMCA Xtreme [Read More]