2010IMCA

Bill Martin-Director of Public Relations
International Motor Contest Association
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Family reunion follows Hogan’s Memorial win

VINTON, Iowa (July 11) – For a fourth time, a Hogan family reunion was held in and all around victory lane.

Scott Hogan won Sunday’s Hogan Memorial IMCA Modified feature at Benton County Speedway. His name is already on the mid-season championship event plaque for checkered flag runs in 1995, 2005 and 2006 and as was the case with his three previous wins, the hometown driver was joined by dozens of family members and friends in the post-race celebration.

“Winning this race the first time was the best of the four but it never gets old. Not at all,” Hogan said after the last of the victory lane pictures were taken. “This is always one of the biggest races for me to win. It means a lot to me.”

The event is held in memory of Hogan’s parents Dick and Janet. Along with the winner’s $1,250 share of the feature purse, he earned another $1,400 in lap money, plus a $250 bonus for leading the race when the 40-lapper was stopped for a mandatory caution at halfway, making for a $2,900 payday.

Richie Gustin Jr. did time up front and chased Hogan most of the night, running with a broken left front tie rod that had him three-wheeling around the track much of the second half of the 16^th annual contest.

After crossing the stripe virtually side by side at the end of the 31^st lap, Gustin fell back a couple car lengths and brought out the final caution after slowing to a stop on the front stretch on lap 35.

Tim Murty took up the challenge from that point but couldn’t make up the distance and had to settle for second. Troy Cordes, Jay Schmidt and Jerry Luloff completed the top five.

Cordes moved up 18 spots from his starting position, but the $450 in hard charger money went to defending race winner and sixth place runner Michael Long, a plus 20 after taking a provisional and starting last in the field.

Tim Stevens drew the pole start and led the first three circuits before giving way to Gustin.

The convincing winner of the season opening Frostbuster special at Vinton in April, Gustin moved to the front on lap four with Hogan close behind. The front pair pulled away from the rest of the pack before Hogan edged ahead as lap 12 was scored.

Lapped traffic came into play and Hogan got some breathing room when Gustin was slowed by a backrunner before the midway break.

Gustin continued his pursuit when the race resumed, getting the lead back by the width of his bumper on lap 31.

He’d be unable to maintain the pace, however, and the rest of the race belonged to Hogan. Murty had taken over third after back-to-back cautions on lap 26; after Gustin exited, Cordes was settled into third and Long was briefly in fourth before giving way to Schmidt and Luloff.

Schmidt had started 14^th, Luloff seventh.

Gustin pocketed an additional $50 for each of the nine laps he was scored in front. Stevens, who exited early with mechanical problems, got $150 in lap money.

Also winning feature events were Curt Hilmer in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Damon Murty in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Jacob Keiser in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Brad Chandler in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Scott Hogan, Vinton; 2. Tim Murty, Tama; 3. Troy Cordes, Raymond; 4. Jay Schmidt, Tama; 5. Jerry Luloff, Independence; 6. Michael Long, Quincy, Ill.; 7. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb.: 8. J.J. Wise, Manly; 9. Mark Schulte, Delhi; 10. Landon Cassill, Fairfax; 11. Joe Docekal, Dysart; 12. Brian Krall, Readlyn; 13. Mike Weikert, Muscatine; 14. Johnathan Thimmesch, Independence; 15. Richie Gustin Jr., Gilman; 16. Tony Olson, Cedar Rapids; 17. Patrick Flannagan, Cedar Rapids; 18. Max Corporon, Marion; 19. Dennis Betzer, Central City; 20. Adam Johnson, Independence; 21. Jason Murray, Hartford; 22. Chris Snyder, Dunkerton; 23. Ed Thomas, Waterloo; 24. Dan Chapman, Clarence; 25. Tim Stevens, Cedar Rapids; 26. J.D. Auringer, Evansdale.

Stock Cars – 1. Damon Murty; 2. Jason Deshaw; 3. Justin Temeyer; 4. Thomas Thompson; 5. John Schaefer; 6. Norman Chesmore; 7. Bob Ahrendsen; 8. Kendall Arp; 9. Richard Quail; 10. Phil Holtz; 11. Scooter Dulin; 12. Jeff Mueller; 13. Mike Galli; 14. Curtis Roster.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Jacob Keiser; 2. Wes Stanek Jr., Buckingham; 3. Brad Forbes; 4. Doug Laughridge; 5. Vince Buchholz; 6. Justin Stander; 7. Rod Grother; 8. August Bach; 9. Russell Damme Jr.; 10. Josh Bly; 11. Frank Auen; 12. Matt Brown; 13. Josh Burrell; 14. Al Sweerin; 15. Scott Pippert; 16. Kyle Parizek; 17. Adam Streeter.

Northern SportMods – 1. Curt Hilmer; 2. Dave Schulze; 3. Mike McDonald; 4. Jason Doyle; 5. Bryan Rodman; 6. Austin Kaplan; 7. Shane Ebaugh; 8. Joel Rust, Grundy; 9. Danny Dvorak; 10. Jim Buhlman; 11. Jesse Belez; 12. Kurt Hogan; 13. Tim Zeman; 14. Dawn Krall; 15. Sean Vogt; 16. Ken Kositzky; 17. Joel Cox; 18. Doug Smith; 19. Drew Fish; 20. Brandon Morris; 21. Rick Paulson 22. Kyle Olson; 23. Rod McDonald; 24. Cody Moore; 25. Tim Swope Jr.

Sport Compacts – 1. Brad Chandler; 2. Nathan Chandler; 3. Gary Peiffer; 4. Dallas Chandler; 5. Neil Nabholz; 6. Steve Miedke; 7. Jim Hanson; 8. Joe Goodenbauer; 9. Ross Kitner; 10. Jacob McVay; 11. Paul Seabrooke; 12. Travis Losenicky; 13. Justin Wacha; 14. Cody Swanson; 15. Dustin Stansberry; 16. Kevin Franks; 17. Brett Vanous; 18. Merv Chandler; 19. Bill Whalen Jr.; 20. Dustin Sondag.

VINTON, Iowa (July 5) – The winner of the Hogan Memorial can more than double their money with a long run at the front of the IMCA Modified feature field this Sunday, July 11 at Benton County Speedway.

The headline event pays $1,250 to win and another $50 for each of the 40 laps led, plus another $250 to the leader at midway, making for a potential payoff of $3,500. The winner will be added to the ballot for the 2011 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.

National, ButlerBuilt North Central Region and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. A mandatory caution will be thrown for a five minute break midway through the feature, with all cars stopping on the frontstretch.

The winner also goes home with a Hoosier race tire and all feature qualifiers will be entered in a drawing for a barrel of methanol from Fauser Oil. A minimum of $110, including sponsor money, will be paid to make the feature. Robison Trucking and the Ron-Da-Voo Lounge will give a $450 hard charger award.

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts will vie for all applicable IMCA points.

The Ron-Da-Voo will also give $125 hard charger awards in the Stock Car and Northern SportMod mains.

Pit gates and the grandstand at Vinton open at 4 p.m., with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults and $4 for kids 6-13, with five and under admitted free. Pit passes are $20.

Brett Diercks was the $250 Sunoco drawing winner. Fifty-seven cars were entered at Davenport, right at the series average through the first three of 16 events.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 13) – After opening his 2010 Deery Brothers Summer Series campaign with back to back feature wins, Mark Burgtorf looks to add another accomplishment to his already stellar IMCA Late Model tour resume.

Burgtorf owns three championships and 24 victories over the course of his Deery career. He’s now won consecutive races for the third time and will try for a third straight trophy when the series travels to Davenport Speedway on Friday, April 16 for the first show in a weekend tripleheader.

Night two is Saturday, April 17 at Jackson County Speedway in Maquoketa. Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway hosts its first ever tour event on Sunday, April 18.

Six-time and defending series champion Jeff Aikey is the last driver to have won three straight Deery features, in 2000. Curt Martin is the only driver to have achieved the feat twice in the same season, enroute to the 1990 tour title.

The series record is four straight wins, established by Gary Webb in 1994 and matched by Rob Toland in 2004. Not surprisingly, both drivers were Deery champions those years.

Burgtorf is the defending race winner at Davenport, where a track record 61 Late Models contended last April. Aikey has won four of the other 14 previous series events there.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Friday at Davenport. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m.

Terry Neal had won three straight Deery races at Maquoketa before Ray Guss Jr. snapped the string last summer.

Jackson County opens the pit gates at 4 p.m. and the grandstand at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing begins at 6 p.m.

Grandstand admission to both Bob Wagener promoted tracks is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and teenagers and $6 for kids ages 7-12, with youngsters six and under admitted free.

IMCA Modifieds will run for national, ButlerBuilt North Central Region and Allstar Performance State points Friday and Saturday.

Dubuque becomes the 40^th different track visited by the series in the weekend finale. Gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and hot laps are set for 6 p.m., with racing to follow.

Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $12 for seniors. Students 13 years and older with a school ID pay $10 while kids 12 and under get in at no charge.

All three main events pay $2,000 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. Pit passes are $25.

Sixty-eight different drivers competed at season opening shows April 10 at 34 Raceway and April 11 at Quincy Raceway.

IMCA’s regular point season for Late Models begins April 23; the Deery Series resumes with a Tuesday, May 18 show at Marshalltown Speedway.

BURLINGTON, Wis. (April 6) – Post-season prizes for both IMCA SportMod divisions and the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars make up Bassett Racing Wheel’s contingency program again in 2010.

Track champions in the Stock Car class, as well as the Southwest Racing Specialties Southern SportMod and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod divisions, all receive $60 product certificates good toward the purchase of four wheels from the Burlington, Wis., manufacturer.

Bassett returns to the national decal program for the two SportMod classes and drivers in each of those divisions must display two Bassett decals on their race car to be eligible for contingencies.

Information about Bassett-made wheels is available by calling 888 888-7199 and at the www.bassettwheel.com website.

Heat winners were Corporon, Ratajczak, Waterman, Hogan, Pittman and Snyder. “B” feature winners were Baker and Schimmels.

Heat winners were Trogdon, Ahrendson, Murphy and VanGenderen. Gifford won the “B” feature.

Heat winners were Hennings, Hansen, Olson, Jerovetz, Wassenberg and Timmerman. “B” feature winners were Hodges and Hinton.

Heat winners were Ruschmann, Pruitt, Gustoff, Hupp and Watson. “B” feature winners were Rudolph and Roberts.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (March 30) – An early April tripleheader of Frostbuster specials will start the new season at three Iowa race tracks.

IMCA Modified features on Friday, April 2 at Marshalltown Speedway, Saturday, April 3 at Boone Speedway and Sunday, April 4 at Benton County Speedway in Vinton each pay $1,000 to win and are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $500 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks chase $250 in first place money each night, while Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods vie for $300 top checks at Boone and Vinton. Tri-County Heating of New Franken, Wis., added $200 to the winner’s share of the SportMod feature at Marshalltown, making that a $500 to win event.

National, regional and Allstar Performance state points will be given at all three Frostbusters.

Gates at Marshalltown open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

Boone opens the gates at 2 p.m. and the grandstand at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 4 p.m., with racing at 5 p.m.

Both the gates and the grandstand at Vinton open at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 3:30 p.m. and racing begins at 4 p.m.

More information is available from Marshalltown promoter Toby Kruse at 515 432-4703, Boone promoter Robert Lawton at 515 987-1220, or Benton County promoter Mick Trier at 515 201-5526.

CLINTON, Okla. (March 19) – The last blast of winter has postponed the Sooner Roundup special to what will hopefully be a more spring-like weekend in April.

Wild West Speedway officials announced this morning that forecasts for 4-8 inches of snow in Clinton on Saturday, as well as 10 inches or more further north in Oklahoma, forced rescheduling of the IMCA sanctioned event from March 20-21 to Saturday and Sunday, April 3-4.

An open practice session is now planned for Friday, April 2 from 6-11 p.m. No change has been made in the respective race cards, which still see the two IMCA SportMod classes on the same programs for the first time.

Southwest Racing Specialties Southern SportMods race for $350 to win on Saturday and for $1,000 in their regional event on Sunday. Top checks for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are $250 on opening night and $400 on Sunday.

IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $250 to win on Saturday and for $300 on Sunday. Trophies go to top four finishers in the first night feature for Mach-1 Sport Compacts while the Sunday winner earns $100.

Southern SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts are newly sanctioned at Wild West this season and all applicable IMCA points will be awarded. National points will be given for both Northern SportMod events.

Gates open at 4 p.m. Saturday, sign-in ends and the grandstand opens at 7 p.m., and racing starts at 8 p.m. On Sunday, gates will open at 11 a.m., sign-in ends and the grandstand opens at 2 p.m., and racing gets underway at 3 p.m.

A $25 track registration fee will be charged to each car and pit passes are $25 each day. Grandstand admission will be $10 for adults and $4 for kids ages 6-12, with youngsters five and under getting in free.

More information about the rescheduled Sooner Roundup is available by calling 580 323-3993 or 405 990-3990, and at the www.clintonmotorsportspark.com website.