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Race for Deery Series crown decided this weekend at Independence, Davenport

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Sept. 17) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series championship will be decided when touring IMCA Late Models visit Independence and Davenport this weekend. Brian Harris takes a 26-point lead over Justin Kay into the Friday, Sept. 20 event at Independence Motor Speedway, while Andy Eckrich is another 22 points behind in third and defending champion Jeff Aikey is another nine points off the pace. The tour finale is Saturday, Sept. 21 at Davenport Speedway. Both Harris and Kay are armed with provisionals so they’re guaranteed to start both main events, as are Eckrich and Aikey. Both features pay $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. One winning streak ended and another began in the July 2 Deery show at Independence. Harris had won a record-tying four straight features before Kay started a string of three straight with his first career tour victory that evening. Kay’s next checkers came on July 5 at Davenport. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. at Independence. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. [Read More]

Point races tighten at Heart O’ Texas

WACO, Texas (Sept. 13) – With only one race left in the 2013 season, point races tightened up in several classes Friday night at the Heart O’ Texas Speedway. Jason Batt used his second place finish in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature to take the lead by one point over Charles Cosper in the championship battle. Zach Riley won the feature and Tristan Carmen raced to third. Cosper finished in sixth. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature was won by Jeremy Oliver. Garrett Rawls took second, and point leader Cody Frank, finished third to maintain a narrow four point margin at the top of the standings. Brothers Kevin and T.J. Green stayed first and second in points after finishing second and third, respectively, in the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod feature won by Chris Cogburn. Cogburn is third in points. Keith White, Ben Ketteman, and Keith Green were the top three in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature. Andrew Richards kept his Bomber class lead to three points with a fourth place finish. [Read More]

DeYoung continues Great Lakes Nationals domination

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Sept. 14) – Front running drivers usually don’t like to see caution flags come out late in the race, especially when there’s big money on the line. That wasn’t the case Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway, where Myron DeYoung drove to his third straight and fourth career Great Lakes Nationals title. The $3,000 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified victory put him on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. DeYoung started third in the 50 lapper and caught Brady Hollenbeck for the lead on the 12th circuit. He was still in front and looking for a way through the back of the pack when that fortuitous yellow flew with 10 to go. “When that caution came out it was a big sigh of relief for me,” DeYoung said. “The cars ahead were running two and three-wide and I was looking for a way through.” Sticking to his preferred higher line, DeYoung sped to the checkers ahead of A.J. Ward, Robert Hutson, Toby Steele and Paul Grosnickle. “I like races like this [Read More]

Sweatman is Saturday winner at Grays Harbor

By Ben Deatherage ELMA, Wash. (Sept. 14) – The Shipwreck Beads IMCA Modifieds had the race of the evening Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway, with Tom Sweatman prevailing in a tight three-car tussle. Jeff Foster initially had the car to beat but lost the lead after a restart just before the halfway mark. From there it would be a battle between several cars for the race lead. The battle would not stop until the final lap when three cars went side-by-side all together coming to take the checkered flag. Sweatman, of Cosmopolis, was determined to be the winner for his first checkers of the season. Defending track champion J.J. Hickle ran away with the 360 sprint feature. Jason Tole notched win number nine of 2013 in the Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks. Chase Goetz would continue to flex his muscle in the USAC Ford Focus Midgets. The Hornets saw Jeff Daniel earn his fourth victory of the season. Grays Harbor will be back in action on Saturday, Sept. 28. That evening will be the [Read More]

Beaumont busts through at Salina

By Justin Sly SALINA, Kan. (Sept. 13) – It took 13 months but Pete Beaumont found his way back to victory lane at Salina Speedway. Friday night’s IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature laurels went to the driver of the no. 88B out of Concordia. Neil Normandin commanded the field from the pole position for 13 circuits. From the fourth row, Beaumont charged to the front early and executed the winning pass with just two laps remaining. Aaron McBride rallied from the back of the pack and placed third. Point leader Mike Traskowsky had tire issues in the “A.” However, the Woodbine racer still has a comfortable margin over McBride in the standings. The turnaround time for Rodger Peck’s return to victory lane was much shorter. The Minneapolis veteran piloted his IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified to the checkers for a second consecutive time in regularly scheduled events. In a fantastic 20 laps of action, Shannon Johnson, Corey Lagroon and Peck battled for the top spot. The tacky and fast oval gave all three racers multiple [Read More]

Mr. Excitement 40 this Weekend at Canyon

By Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. – The dirt will be flying at Canyon Speedway Park over the course of two nights this weekend as the 1/3-mile clay oval hosts the inaugural running of the Mr. Excitement 40, a tribute to Terry Belcher. The track’s hotly-contested IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, along with the West Coast Late Models will headline the action on both Friday and Saturday night. The Viper Smart Start Pure Stocks and Renegades are in action both nights as well with the dwarf cars filling out Saturday night’s Mr. Excitement 40 finale. Both nights of racing action get under way at 7 p.m. A host of drivers will be looking to capture the inaugural rendition of the Mr. Excitement 40, the event named for Terry Belcher who ranked as the all-time winningest driver at Manzanita Speedway during a career that produced at least 10 championships and more than 250 overall feature wins at tracks throughout Arizona. With the IMCA Modified championship hanging in the balance over the weekend, only six points separate the [Read More]

Leighton drives Dylan Smith’s ride to victory in Tiny Lund Memorial at Harlan

By Ryan Clark HARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 13-14) – Different driver, same result. That’s the story for Dylan Smith’s IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified. Just one week after Smith raced his way to victory in the 31st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, Smith loaned his car to Bill Leighton for the Tiny Lund Memorial at Shelby County Speedway. Leighton started inside of row two, which was also to the inside of Smith, who was driving a different car for the 22nd annual event. Smith took the lead a handful of laps into the 30-lapper while Leighton ran back in fourth and fifth until the caution flag waved at the midway point. Leighton went to work on the high side when racing resumed and started to challenge Smith before caution slowed action one more time with six laps to go. Again working the top groove, Leighton pulled even with Smith as the two ran side-by-side over the final laps. Leighton raced the top side to victory a couple car-lengths ahead of Smith. The [Read More]

Murty motors to Border War win at Chateau

By Ryan Clark LANSING, Minn. (Sept. 13) – Damon Murty took advantage of a late restart to drive to victory in Friday’s Border War special for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Chateau Raceway. Murty, who started seventh, raced the low side into third place six laps into the event before a caution slowed action. After working his way through traffic racing the low groove, Murty restarted on the outside of row two following the final stoppage just past the midway point of the 20-lapper. He shot to the inside of race-long leader Scott Pippert when the frontrunner pushed entering turns one and two after the green flag was displayed. Murty escaped down the back stretch with the lead and then paced the field for the remainder of the event to earn the $1,000 payday. The event was originally billed as the Spring Challenge, but was rescheduled numerous times throughout the season due to inclement weather. Feature results – 1. Damon Murty; 2. Lynn Panos; 3. Shay Curtin; 4. Andy Altenburg; 5. Chad Palmer; 6. Dan [Read More]

Ocean’s Pettit Memorial pays $15,003 to IMCA Modified winner

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 15) – The biggest IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified payday of the season will come at Ocean Speedway’s third annual Pat Pettit Memorial Shootout this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. The winner earns a hefty $15,003. The runner-up pockets $5,003 while third place is worth $2,003, fourth place pays $1,203 and fifth nets $1,103. A minimum of $503 will be paid to start the 22-car, 50-lap event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Heat races and a qualifying feature will be held on Friday; ‘B’ mains, a last-chance qualifier and the main event are scheduled Saturday. Entry fee is now $225. Sound restrictions will be strictly enforced and no IMCA cone mufflers will be allowed: Recommended for use is the Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Force Alcohol Race Muffler. Transponders and one-way radio receivers are also required. Pit pates open at 1 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m., hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to [Read More]

Callahan collects big time with career first Deery win

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 14) – The presents just kept coming Saturday for Joel Callahan. Callahan celebrated his 49th birthday with his career first Deery Brothers Summer Series feature win. The biggest payday on the 2013 IMCA Late Model tour was good for $7,500 and came during the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley Speedway. “There are so many good drivers in this series I’m just happy to be able to compete with them,” said Callahan, who got under Chris Simpson on the 33rd of 75 laps and then led to the finish. “We’ve been pretty good this year. We try to set our sights in Deery races to make the top 10, for the competition that’s out there.” Simpson ran in front the first 32 times around the half-mile oval and ended in second. Simpson and Callahan were rarely separated by more than a couple car lengths; the only caution of the contest came on lap 52. Ryan Dolan, Denny Eckrich and Jeff Aikey completed the top five. Callahan started racing at the age of [Read More]