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Phillips County Raceway crowns track champions

HOLYOKE, Colo. (Sept. 13) – Phillips County Raceway wrapped up the last race of the season with a double feature ending with the track championships for each division. The night started off by running four features postponed from Aug. 23 due to inclement weather. Garrett Sporhase checked out and won the first IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified main, followed by Zach Hilzer and Jesse Taylor. The Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main was taken by Chad Dolan ahead of of Brandon Clough and Mike Lininger. Justin Bussell collected the checkers in a dandy of a first feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Kyle Clough and Gregory Gutt completed the top three. Leland Stute, Michael Brunswick and Woody Woodhead ran 1-2-3 in the first IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock race. It then came down to the wire determining track championships for each division. Still dominating the Modifieds was Sporhase, who checked out once again in sweeping the night. He was followed by Bubba Alvarado and Taylor. It had been a battle with Jake Adler leading points for the [Read More]

IMCA Desert Classic this weekend at Canyon Speedway Park

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. – The 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval is back in action for two full nights this weekend with the running of the 26th annual IMCA Desert Classic on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds will take center stage, battling it out for $1,500 to win both nights with the pure stocks, renegades, dwarf cars and AMA Mod Lites in action as well. The green flag flies at 7 p.m. both nights. After having his seven-race win streak snapped on the opening night of the recent Stock Car Shootout on Aug. 30, Ricky Thornton, Jr., will try to get to work on another win streak after topping the IMCA Modified feature the next night. In total, Thornton, Jr., has won 12 of 15 IMCA Modified features at Canyon in 2014 with Cody Center interrupting the run of Thornton domination on Aug. 30. Center is 46 points behind Thornton in the track championship points race with Steve Stultz four more points back in third and [Read More]

IMCA Modified feature pays $3,000 to win at Estevan’s Race for Life special

ESTEVAN, Sask. – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds will race for $3,000 to win at Estevan Motor Speedway’s Saturday, Sept. 20 Race for Life special. Sponsored by Kevin Lisafeld and Airseeder Hopper, the special also pays $1,300 to win for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and $700 to win for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. All applicable points except for local track points will be awarded. The Modified feature is a qualifying event for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Pit gates open at noon and the grandstand opens at 1 p.m. Hot laps are at approximately 2 p.m. and racing starts at 3 p.m. Car and driver is $25; pit passes are $20. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $5 for kids ages 7-12 and free for six and under. A family pack (two adults and two kids) is $25. More information is posted on the www.estevanmotorspeedway.com website.

Saturday show at Davenport next for Deery Series

DAVENPORT, Iowa– The track that hosted the first tour event of the season is the site for the next Deery Brothers Summer Series date. Touring IMCA Late Models return to Davenport Speedway this Saturday, Sept. 20 for a $3,000 to win, minimum $300 to start the show on the half-mile dirt oval. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, street stocks and 4-Stocks complete the card. Andy Eckrich of Oxford was the winner in the series lidlifter on April 11. Davenport has hosted 22 previous Deery Series events. Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls is a six-time winner there. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing begins at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, and free for kids ages 11 and under when accompanying a paid adult. The 28th annual series concludes with an Oct. 3-4 show at West Liberty Raceway. That’s the latest date for a Deery finale since the curtain [Read More]

Thunder On The Hill IMCA special this weekend at Mayetta

MAYETTA, Kan. – Feature events for four IMCA divisions are slated each night of Thunder Hill Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-20 Thunder On The Hill Special. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified features pay $2,000 to win, a minimum of $200 to start, and are qualifying events for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods both run for $700 to win and a minimum of $150 to start. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $400 to win and $75 to start. Purses are based on minimum 20-car fields. Friday’s Stock Car feature is the finale for the Dirt Track Central Jax Sports Grille Great Plains Series. An open practice will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18. Gates open at 5 p.m. Pit passes are $15. Gates at Mayetta open at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Drivers’ meetings are at 6:30 p.m. both nights with hot laps and racing to follow. Grandstand admission each night is $15 for adults and free for 12 and under. [Read More]

Hunter, Yeager win features, Beech is EQ Wild West Modified Tour champion

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (Sept. 12-13) – Jeff Hunter and Justen Yeager won the battles while Bert Beech won the war, when the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour concluded with Friday and Saturday features at Sweetwater Speedway. Hunter and Yeager were $1,000 winners in main events for touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds. Beech ran third both nights at Rock Springs to capture the series championship, his first with IMCA. “We made all the features this year and the car was real good the last three weekends,” said Beech, who caught Chase Hansen in the race for the crown. “We’ve been following the tour for about five years so it feels pretty good to win it.” Hunter’s win on opening night came in his career 14th Wild West Tour outing. He started the 30-lapper from sixth, was in front by lap five and stayed there ‘til midway. He’d get the lead back late and beat travel partner Eddie Belec across the stripe. Beech, Tony Steward and Jake Donnelly completed the top five. “I bought Eddie’s [Read More]

Marriott becomes 10th, final XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour winner

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 13) – Hunter Marriott enjoyed more dividends from a season devoted largely to competing at IMCA’s top events Saturday night. Marriott became the 10th different winner in as many XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour events this season, earning $2,000 for his checkered flag efforts in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified series finale at Farley Speedway. The victory came during the Yankee Dirt Track Classic and put Marriott on the ballot for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “I really didn’t think we were that good from the get-go,” admitted Marriott, who started sixth, took the lead before halfway and beat 24th starting Troy Cordes across the stripe by a comfortable margin. “But I changed my line right before the first caution on lap 10 and just kept turning it up.” Cordes had taken a provisional and started 24th; Cayden Carter, Brian Mullen and Scott Hogan completed the top five in the 40-lapper. Forty-nine Modifieds were entered at Farley. Mike Van Genderen wrapped up the tour championship with his 10th place finish. His [Read More]

North Star Series checkers fly for five, Benson best in Arlington Sprint tour field

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Sept 13) – Six drivers won IMCA special events features Saturday at Arlington Raceway. Redline Racing Parts North Star Series victories went to Brandon Beckendorf in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Dan Mackenthun in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Eric Larson in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Justin Luinenburg in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Nate Coopman in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Clint Benson made another long tow from Nebraska pay off with the RaceSaver Sprint Series of Minnesota triumph. Chad Porter had the early lead in the Modified feature but on the fifth lap, Beckendorf got around him and led the remaining 15 laps. The tour win was his second straight and career sixth, matching Beckendorf with Eric Dailey for the all-time lead in the division. Curt Lund was a distant second and Jerry Wren took third. The Modified main was also the Jeff Rucks Memorial. Mackenthun led from start to finish in the Stock Car headliner with Matt Schauer right behind and Jeff McCollum third. Three of Mackenthun’s five [Read More]

Another year older and $7,500 richer, Callahan repeats Yankee Deery win

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 14) – Joel Callahan finished the Yankee Dirt Track Classic Deery Series main event at Farley Speedway a year older and $7,500 richer. The 100-lap IMCA Late Model tour event started late Saturday evening and finished in the wee hours on Sunday. Callahan, who figured he turned 50 somewhere around lap 27, inherited the front spot when race-long leader Colby Springsteen cut his right rear tire and then led to the checkers in repeating as the big money Yankee winner. “I think we step up our game for this race. There’s a lot of adrenaline pumping,” he said. “To me, this is the biggest race on the Deery schedule and not because of the pay but because it’s at my home track.” “The track was fast from top to bottom,” he added. “It didn’t matter where you were running.” Richie Gustin was second in the best showing of his brief Deery career. Denny Eckrich was third and point leader Justin Kay roared all the way back to fourth after exiting to fix [Read More]

Stallbaumer clinches Thunder Hill Modified crown

MAYETTA, Kan. (Sept. 13) – Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Wix Filters Championship Night at Thunder Hill Speedway brought an end to the 2014 point season. At the end of the night, champions were crowned in each of the IMCA divisions. In the BSB Manufacturing IMCA Modifieds, Mat Stallbaumer took the lead and a 29-point cushion. All he had to do was compete in this heat race to win the championship. Stallbaumer locked up the championship and moved on to the main event where there was a dominating performance by a former track and national champion. Jordan Grabouski brought a new car to Thunder Hill Speedway. As a matter of fact he didn’t even have any numbers on it, only a plain black car rolled out onto the track. By the time his heat race rolled around he put a no. 30 on with duct tape. After starting 10th, it took Grabouski one lap and a turn before taking the top spot. He rode the high side on the opening lap and roared by [Read More]