With a nice field of IMCA Late Models on the card at Davenport Speedway Friday Night, Tom Darbyshire won the IMCA Late Model Feature.
IOWA
A Half Mile from Home
MY TWO CENT$ By Mike Ruefer A Half Mile from Home I guess you could say that this story started last year or 40 years ago. It’s a love story and has to do with the soft spot I have in my heart for the half mile dirt track. Since last year is a [...]
Memorial Day Deery at Boone a Top 40 chart topper
BOONE, Iowa (May 23, 2013) - One of the most popular destinations for the Deery Brothers Summer Series rolls out the red carpet for touring IMCA Late Models for the 40th time on Memorial Day. Boone Speedway welcomes the top Late Model drivers in the Midwest for a $3,000 to win, minimum $300 to start show on [...]
Diercks Wins Again at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 22th, 2013) – Another Wednesday Night with very questionable weather all day and night. A few hours before race time mother nature dropped a good shower to help with the moisture on the race track but that didn’t prevent the race action from happening on Supreme Lawn and Landscape [...]
Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour travels to I-35 Speedway on Memorial Day
MASON CITY, Iowa (May 22) – The Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour presented by XSAN makes its traditional Memorial Day appearance at I-35 Speedway with a $1,000 to win event. Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds headline the Monday, May 27 program in Mason City. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $750 to win and [...]
It’s time for IMCA Modified Madness at the Davenport Speedway
DAVENPORT, Ia. (May 22, 2013) – $2,000 awaits the winner of this Friday’s (May 24th) IMCA Modified Madness 50 at the Davenport Speedway. This is the third straight year DRT TRAK Racing Inc., has offered the two grand prize to the modified class. The IMCA Modifieds will use a draw/redraw format for the event. All [...]
Third, third, third, first: Point leader Harris finds top Deery success at Farley
FARLEY, Iowa (May 21) – The fourth time was a charm Tuesday night for Brian Harris. After finishing third in each of the first three Deery Brothers Summer Series events of the season, Harris led the last half of a 50-lap feature for IMCA Late Models at Farley Speedway that ran green to checkered. The [...]
ILLINOIS
Zobrist & Harrison Take Home Checkered Flags at Highland Speedway
HIGHLAND, IL (MAY 20, 2013) Awesome weather and lots of cars turned out at Highland Speedway on Saturday and the Hard Charger bonus money, provided by Oberbeck Grain Company, always makes for great night of racing. We have had great car counts so far this year and support from the drivers and teams, all [...]
Bruns wins first MOWA appearance at Montgomery Motorsports Park Action returns this weekend at I-55, Quincy
By Dewain Hulett – for MOWA NEW FLORENCE, Mo. (May 18, 2013) – A.J. Bruns and Jimmy Hurley had an epic battle during MOWA’s first visit to Montgomery Motorsports Park, Saturday, as the pair swapped the lead a handful of times with wild slide jobs as they battled through lapped traffic. Bruns would eventually lead [...]
Reed, DeLonjay, Houston, Dunker and VanZandt Take Checkers at Quincy
By Jack Walbring QUINCY, IL (May 19, 2013) – Justin Reed, Steven Delonjay, Terry Houston, Tony Dunker and Laine VanZandt all took feature event wins at Quincy Raceways on Sunday May 19 during Mark Twain Casino Night at the Races. Justin Reed, Mark Burgtorf and Jason Perry put on quite a show in the [...]
Quad City Speedway Washed Out
EAST MOLINE, IL (May 19, 2013) – Mother Nature won at the Quad City Speedway with a torrential downpour right before the final 4-Cylinder heat race was about to take the green flag. Grandstand tickets and pit passes will be honored on Sunday, June 2nd. This coming Sunday, May 26th, the Quad City Speedway will [...]
Brady Bacon takes runaway victory in POWRi Midgets, Dereck King wins in POWRi Micros at Macon
MACON, Ill. (May 18, 2013)—Brady Bacon drove to a runaway victory in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Dereck King won his second feature of the season in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series on Saturday at Macon Speedway. Bacon led the final 29 of the 30-lap feature on the [...]
Billy Laycock thrilled his hometown fans as he took the feature win in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model division at Tri-City Speedway
Pontoon Beach, IL – (May 17, 2013) – Billy Laycock thrilled his hometown fans as he took the feature win in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model division at Tri-City Speedway! In a wild battle that saw four different drivers lead the feature event, it was Laycock who took control near the half way point as [...]
MISSOURI
Owens Mastery of Lucas Oil Speedway Continues
WHEATLAND, MO (May 15, 2013) – In a tune up for the weekend’s Lucas Oil Show Me 100 Presented by Protect the Harvest.com, Newport, Tennessee’s Jimmy Owens dominated the Lucas Oil MLRA main event Thursday evening. The triumph was worth $5,000, and is Owens fifth at the state of the art 3/8 mile oval. “We had [...]
Johnny Herrera triumphs at Valley with Lucas Oil ASCS
by Bryan Hulbert GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (May 22, 2013) Going back-to-back with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real, Johnny Herrera “slid” his way to the night’s Protect the Harvest A-Feature victory at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. following stellar battles with Danny Lasoski and Brian Brown. “I [...]
Warrior Region headed for Valley and Double X
by Bryan Hulbert TULSA, Okla. (May 21, 2013) Just getting warmed up, the 2013 season for the Speedway Motors Warrior Region rolls into Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. on Wednesday, May 22 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real. Parting ways with the National Tour, the Warrior drivers [...]
21st Annual Show-Me 100, finally here!
Wheatland, Missouri (May 21, 2013) – The anticipation, hype and excitement for the 21st Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com has reached its max! The kick off for the $30,000 to win Crown Jewel event is a mere two days away. Thursday, May 23rd brings the Lucas Oil MLRA out for the newly added $5,000 to [...]
Smooth Sailing for Allen, Jackson, Schutt and Russell at Lucas Oil Speedway!
by Ashley Berry Wheatland, Missouri (May 19, 2013) – Saturday Night at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks, Jason Russell, John Allen, Brian Schutt and Kris Jackson all sailed to Victory Lane in the Lucas Oil Weekly Championship Series. Another week with more than 100 cars checked in, included some of the best regional drivers and [...]
Ford, Chevy, and Dodge all find Victory Lane at Larry McFee Trucking Night at I-35
by Rick Staley WINSTON, MO (May 18, 2013) – As the weather heated up so did the racing action at I-35 Speedway. In usual form the Grand National racers took to the 3/8 mile to set the stage for an action packed night of racing. Don Marrs #9 picked up feature win number two of [...]
SERIES
Memorial Day Deery at Boone a Top 40 chart topper
BOONE, Iowa (May 23, 2013) - One of the most popular destinations for the Deery Brothers Summer Series rolls out the red carpet for touring IMCA Late Models for the 40th time on Memorial Day. Boone Speedway welcomes the top Late Model drivers in the Midwest for a $3,000 to win, minimum $300 to start show on [...]
Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour travels to I-35 Speedway on Memorial Day
MASON CITY, Iowa (May 22) – The Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour presented by XSAN makes its traditional Memorial Day appearance at I-35 Speedway with a $1,000 to win event. Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds headline the Monday, May 27 program in Mason City. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $750 to win and [...]
Third, third, third, first: Point leader Harris finds top Deery success at Farley
FARLEY, Iowa (May 21) – The fourth time was a charm Tuesday night for Brian Harris. After finishing third in each of the first three Deery Brothers Summer Series events of the season, Harris led the last half of a 50-lap feature for IMCA Late Models at Farley Speedway that ran green to checkered. The [...]
Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour travels to I35 Speedway on Memorial Day
MASON CITY, Iowa (May 21, 2013) - The Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour makes its traditional Memorial Day appearance at I-35 Speedway with a $1,000 to win event. Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds headline the Monday, May 27 program in Mason City. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $750 to win and both IMCA Sunoco [...]
Hughes takes home USMTS hardware at West Plains Motor Speedway
WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 18) – Jason Hughes notched his first win of the 2013 campaign Saturday night as the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series invaded the West Plains Motor Speedway. Once this season the 2010 USMTS national champion has been on his way to victory when a mechanical failure sidelined him late in the race, [...]
Smith strongest in Iron Man Challenge clash at LA Raceway
LA MONTE, Mo. (May 17) – Brad Smith of Belton, Mo., started on the pole of the USRA B-Mod feature and never looked back as he claimed the Iron Man Challenge checkers Friday night at the LA Raceway. The win was worth $500 to Smith as he held off fellow Show-Me State speedsters Shawn Strong [...]
DRIVER UPDATES
Jerrod Hull – Bad Luck Has to End in Three-Race Week!
(Bill W) May 23, 2013 – More bad luck was in the offing for Jerrod Hull and the Rockwell American #12 team last weekend at Montgomery Motorsports Park in New Florence, Missouri. He broke his quick-change gears while vying for the lead. This weekend, will offer a chance at that first win of the season [...]
Wednesdays with Wayne – Pain in the Rear-ends!
(Bill W) May 22, 2013 – It proved to be a long night of racing for the Wayne Johnson Racing #77x team at Knoxville on Saturday night. The team had to replace a pair of rear-ends during the night’s events and almost lost a third in the feature. They’ll rebound with three races this week, starting [...]
Tuesdays with TMAC – Top Five at Knoxville!
(Bill W) May 21, 2013 – A top five finish at Knoxville Raceway has Terry McCarl sitting third in the Knoxville Championship Cup hunt. The defending champion ran fifth at Knoxville, and was rained out at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, South Dakota. He’s planning on running two races this weekend. He’ll return to Knoxville on [...]
David Hesmer – Building Momentum!
(Bill W) May 21, 2013 – Driver David Hesmer and the BDS Motorsports #1 team are building momentum after last Saturday night at Knoxville. After registering the 12th quick time of the night among the 30-car field, the Marshalltown, Iowa driver locked himself into their first feature of the season. They will be back this Saturday night [...]
Brian Brown – Victory at Knoxville Sets Up Busy Week!
(Bill W) May 20, 2013 – Brian Brown and the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 team came one spot short of perfection last Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. First, came a thrilling win from tenth in the 360 main event. The 410 feature was up next, and in a classic Knoxville showdown, the Grain [...]
Kaley Gharst – 2013 Underway!
(Bill W) May 16, 2013 – Driver Kaley Gharst and the Jeremy Scadden #6 team got their season underway last weekend in South Dakota. The Decatur, Illinois driver finished 8th in the Loren Barstad Memorial after going to the tail at the I-90 Speedway in Hartford on Saturday. He registered a third place finish at [...]
KANSAS / NEBRASKA
Lasoski smooth in Lucas Oil ASCS victory at I-80 Speedway
by: Bryan Hulbert GREENWOOD, Neb. (May 23, 2013) History repeated itself at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. as Danny Lasoski took the Protect the Harvest A-Feature with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real for the second year running in the Parker and Mark Burch backed No. 1m. Becoming the seventh [...]
Results from Eagle Raceway for May 18
EAGLE, NE (May 18, 2013) – Results from Eagle Raceway for May 18 IMCA Hobby Stock 5/18/2013 A Feature:1. Roy Armstrong (Beatrice, NE), 2. Justin Busboom (Lincoln, NE), 3. Garrett Bolander (Blair, NE), 4. Brint Lemke (Lincoln, NE), 5. Joe Wollenhaupt (Neola, IA), 6. Randall Macku (Lincoln, NE), 7. Josh Kennell (Bennet, NE), 8. [...]
EAGLE, NE (May 11, 2013) – Results for May 11 from Eagle Raceway
EAGLE, NE (May 11, 2013) – Results for May 11 from Eagle Raceway IMCA Hobby Stock 5/11/2013 A Feature:1. Randall Macku (Lincoln, NE), 2. Roy Armstrong (Beatrice, NE), 3. Josh Kennell (Bennet, NE), 4. Bill Woehler (SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE), 5. Joe Wollenhaupt (Neola, IA), 6. Don Hall Jr (Lincoln, NE), 7. John Cain (Homer, [...]
McClurg, Radcliffe repeat at Elmwood Park Speedway
By Mike Hughes Norton, KS (May 11)—Dustin McClurg of Logan and ‘The Hill City Hotshoe’ Jeff Radcliffe both made repeat appearances in victory lane at Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton, KS, on Saturday evening, May 11, which saw the caution flag only wave twice all night long. McClurg took the lead from Bob Rutherford [...]
Wakeeney Speedway Opens Regular Season
By Mike Hughes WAKEENEY, KS (April 28)—Wakeeney (KS) Speedway got in their first regular season show on Sunday evening, April 28. The IMCA Hobby Stock feature got off to a rough start as cars were 5 wide coming out of turn 2 on the opening lap. Brian Stich got caught on the outside with [...]
Regular season opens at RPM Speedway
By Mike Hughes HAYS, KS (April 20)—After a very successful Sunflower Classic at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS, the regular season opened on Saturday, April 20, with over 110 race teams ready to battle for track points. The S & W Supply IMCA Modified A-feature saw Rodger Peck lead the opening lap before being passed [...]
USMTS
Hughes takes home USMTS hardware at West Plains Motor Speedway
WEST PLAINS, Mo. (May 18) – Jason Hughes notched his first win of the 2013 campaign Saturday night as the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series invaded the West Plains Motor Speedway. Once this season the 2010 USMTS national champion has been on his way to victory when a mechanical failure sidelined him late in the race, [...]
Smith strongest in Iron Man Challenge clash at LA Raceway
LA MONTE, Mo. (May 17) – Brad Smith of Belton, Mo., started on the pole of the USRA B-Mod feature and never looked back as he claimed the Iron Man Challenge checkers Friday night at the LA Raceway. The win was worth $500 to Smith as he held off fellow Show-Me State speedsters Shawn Strong [...]
Payne shows the way at LA Raceway
LA MONTE, Mo. (May 17) – Jeremy Payne took the lead from Zack VanderBeek on lap 8 and never looked back as he raced to victory in the 40-lap main event Friday night during the 7th Annual Schwab’s Tinker Shop Show-Me Shootout at the LA Raceway. It was the 13th career USMTS triumph for the [...]
USMTS Casey’s Cup Series ready for Show-Me State swing May 16-18
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (May 9) – One week from today, the stars and cars of the United States Modified Touring Series will be back on the road again making sweet music at three unique dirt tracks in the Show-Me State. The next event on the calendar for the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series is Thursday, May [...]
USMTS Quarterly Report: Bad weather, good racing, great Scotts highlight first four months of 2013
WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (May 6) – With the first four months of the year already behind us, the one prevalent hope among every fan, driver, promoter and sponsor in the racing fraternity is that winter weather joins January, February, March and April 2013 in the rear-view mirror. It was a sign of things to come [...]
Scott goes back for seconds, scoops up USMTS loot at Southern Oklahoma Speedway
ARDMORE, Okla. (April 27) – Johnny Scott must have liked the taste of victory Friday because he went back for seconds on Saturday and gobbled up the competition at the Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla. After a stint in Kennedale, Texas, the night before, Scott and the rest of the tireless touring titans of [...]
IMCA
IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 16
IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 980; 2. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 955; 3. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 863; 4. Ben Ketteman, Pflugerville, Texas, 794; 5. Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas, 769; 6. George Fronsman, Surprise, Ariz., and Anthony Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., both 714; 8. David Davis, [...]
IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 2
IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 844; 2. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 801; 3. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 796; 4. George Fronsman, Surprise, Ariz., 714; 5. Anthony Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 683; 6. Ben Ketteman, Pflugerville, Texas, 659; 7. Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas, 626; 8. Jason Noll, [...]
24 Modified builders enter IMCA Manufacturer’s Cup
VINTON, Iowa (April 25) – A record 24 entries are in hand for IMCA’s fifth annual Manufacturer’s Cup contest. Modified chassis builders compete for national and regional awards, based on top 10 standings in each of the five regions. The builder with the top overall point total will be recognized as the national Manufacturer of [...]
IMCA Late Model point season starts this weekend
VINTON, Iowa (April 24, 2013) - The first weekend of the national point season for IMCA Late Models rates a perfect 10, with sanctioned events at as many different tracks. Davenport Speedway, Farley Speedway and the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines all host their first weekly shows for the full-bodied class on Friday, [...]
IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through April 18
IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through April 18 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds – 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., 717; 2. George Fronsman, Surprise, Ariz., 714; 3. Anthony Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 664; 4. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 641; 5. Keith White, Little River Academy, Texas, 609; 6. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., [...]
Modified awards new to Karl Chevrolet’s IMCA program in 201
ANKENY, Iowa (April 16) – An ever-expanding contingency program sees Karl Chevrolet giving new awards to IMCA Modified drivers beginning this season. An IMCA partner since 2005 and title sponsor of the Northern SportMod division since 2006, the Ankeny, Iowa, auto dealer and crate engine retailer will reward eligible IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified drivers [...]
Other Racing News
Owens Mastery of Lucas Oil Speedway Continues
WHEATLAND, MO (May 15, 2013) – In a tune up for the weekend’s Lucas Oil Show Me 100 Presented by Protect the Harvest.com, Newport, Tennessee’s Jimmy Owens dominated the Lucas Oil MLRA main event Thursday evening. The triumph was worth $5,000, and is Owens fifth at the state of the art 3/8 mile oval. “We had [...]
Lasoski smooth in Lucas Oil ASCS victory at I-80 Speedway
by: Bryan Hulbert GREENWOOD, Neb. (May 23, 2013) History repeated itself at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. as Danny Lasoski took the Protect the Harvest A-Feature with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real for the second year running in the Parker and Mark Burch backed No. 1m. Becoming the seventh [...]
A Half Mile from Home
MY TWO CENT$ By Mike Ruefer A Half Mile from Home I guess you could say that this story started last year or 40 years ago. It’s a love story and has to do with the soft spot I have in my heart for the half mile dirt track. Since last year is a [...]
Memorial Day Deery at Boone a Top 40 chart topper
BOONE, Iowa (May 23, 2013) - One of the most popular destinations for the Deery Brothers Summer Series rolls out the red carpet for touring IMCA Late Models for the 40th time on Memorial Day. Boone Speedway welcomes the top Late Model drivers in the Midwest for a $3,000 to win, minimum $300 to start show on [...]
Diercks Wins Again at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Supreme Lawn and Landscape Night
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (May 22th, 2013) – Another Wednesday Night with very questionable weather all day and night. A few hours before race time mother nature dropped a good shower to help with the moisture on the race track but that didn’t prevent the race action from happening on Supreme Lawn and Landscape [...]
Jerrod Hull – Bad Luck Has to End in Three-Race Week!
(Bill W) May 23, 2013 – More bad luck was in the offing for Jerrod Hull and the Rockwell American #12 team last weekend at Montgomery Motorsports Park in New Florence, Missouri. He broke his quick-change gears while vying for the lead. This weekend, will offer a chance at that first win of the season [...]
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