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GM crate engine bonuses total $18,500 for Karl Chevrolet
Northern SportMod drivers
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (Nov. 5) A hefty $18,500 in bonuses from GM Performance
Parts will be paid to IMCA Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod drivers who
competed with crate engines during the 2008 race season.
Fifty-one different drivers from 21 sanctioned tracks will get GM checks
during the national IMCA awards banquet on Nov. 29, or in the mail in early
December.
Bonuses totaling $12,850 were paid to 32 drivers from 15 tracks last year.
The GM program has grown considerably each year it has been in place and
with the number of tracks now sanctioning the division it will continue to
grow, noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder.
Northern SportMod drivers must be aware that filling out the contingency
sign-up form located in their drivers packets and on our website are crucial
in making themselves eligible for the GM bonuses.
The top crate engine driver in point standings at each track sanctioning
Northern SportMods earned $500, with $250 for second, $150 for third and $50
for fourth and fifth. Drivers must have participated at half of a tracks
weekly events with a crate engine to be eligible.
National champion Luke Wanninger and runner-up Tim Jorgenson both won three
track championships with crate engines under the hood and get $500 bonuses
for each title.
By track and finishing position in point standings, bonus amounts paid to
drivers include:
Beatrice Speedway 8. Denny Berghahn Jr., $500.
Benton County Speedway 1. Austin Kaplan, $500; 2. Jim Buhlman, $250; 8.
Jeremy Berstler, $150.
Boone Speedway 1. Kevin Sather, $500; 2. Kaplan, $250; 5. Scott Davis,
$150; 6. Rick Ringgenberg, $50; 14. Austin Lucas, $50.
Buena Vista Raceway 1. Wanninger, $500; 3. Harvey VandeWeerd, $250; 5.
Geoff Olson, $150; 7. Mick King, $50; 12. Berghahn, $50.
Butler County Motorplex 1. Berghahn, $500; 7. Olson, $250.
Hawkeye Downs Speedway 4. Arnie Reif, $500.
I-35 Speedway LLC 2. Royce Stanley, $500; 6. Cody Graham, $250; 10.
Jeremy Pittsenbarger, $150; 11. Bobby Penney, $50.
I-70 Speedway 5. Graham, $500; 6. Penney, $250.
I-80 Speedway 1. Olson, $500; 3. Robert Tippery, $250; 9. Berghahn, $150.
Independence Motor Speedway 4. Buhlman, $500.
Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway 1. Kaplan, $500; 2. Rick Gladson, $250; 5.
Kevin Fee, $150.
Lake Erie Speedway 1. Scott Bayle, $500; 3. Eric McCray, $250; 4.
Dale Murdock, $150; 6. Randy Culver, $50; 11. Carter Mook, $50.
Langlade County Speedway 2. Matt Oreskovich, $500; 3. Jake Solin, $250; 4.
Chad Guyette, $150; 6. Chad Jaje, $50; 10. Cheyenne Cameron, $50.
Luxemburg Speedway 1. Tim Jorgenson, $500; 2. Tracy Wassenberg, $250; 3.
Travis Cain, $150; 4. Adam White, $50; 5. Dennis Miesler, $50.
Marshalltown Speedway 1. Wanninger, $500; 2. Sather, $250; 5. Zack
Rawlins, $150; 9. Lucas, $50.
Park Jefferson Speedway 2. VandeWeerd, $500; 3. Jeff Brunssen, $250; 7.
Chris Weatherton, $150; 8. Olson, $50; 10. R.J. Merchant, $50.
Seymour Speedway 1. Jorgenson, $500; 2. White, $250; 3. Marcus Yarie,
$150; 4. Eric Arneson, $50; 5. Rod Solem, $50.
Shawano Speedway 1. Jorgenson, $500; 2. Oreskovich, $250; 3.
Wassenberg, $150; 4. Arneson, $50; 5. Jeremy Hodkiewicz, $50.
Shelby County Speedway 1. Wanninger, $500; 3. Chad Dills, $250; 4.
Tippery, $150; 11. King, $50; 14. Mike Brown, $50.
Stuart Speedway 1. Sather, $500; 5. Kent Croskey, $250; 7. Jack Myer,
$150.
Thunderhill Raceway 2. Brad Lautenbach, $500; 4. Bernie Reinhardt, $250;
7. Jesse Kroll, $150; 10. Shawn Potts, $50; 12. Miesler, $50.
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