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Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod crate engine drivers earn $9,500 in GM Performance bonuses

VINTON, Iowa (Dec. 5) – Twenty-eight Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod drivers who competed with crate engines this season earned shares of $9,500 in bonuses paid by GM Performance.

Bonuses of $250 were paid to the top driver in local track point standings who ran a crate engine for the entire 2010 race season. Those checks have been mailed from the IMCA home office.

"This GM crate engine bonus has been a great benefit to drivers as well as sanctioned tracks and the GM commitment will continue to provide cash awards to our Northern SportMod drivers through the foreseeable future,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “Since the inception of this engine package it has provided our drivers with an affordable and competitive option for Northern SportMod racing."

Several tracks sanctioning the division did not have enough races to qualify and/or did not have any drivers competing with a crate engine. Bonus recipients, listed by track and with their point standing finish in parenthesis, were:

Troy Attwood at Elmwood Park Speedway (4) and WaKeeney Speedway (8). Aric Becker at Hawkeye Downs Speedway (1). Denny Berghahn Jr. at Eagle Raceway (3). Phillip Cossel at Lee County Speedway (2).

Scott Davis at Boone Speedway (1) and Marshalltown Speedway (1). Clint Forstner at Shawano Speedway (1). Tyler Heetland at Algona Raceway (7). Troy Jerovetz at Luxemburg Speedway (1).

Austin Kaplan at Benton County Speedway (1) and Independence Motor Speedway (1). Beau Kaplan at Hamilton County Speedway (1) and the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway (2). Jesse Kroll at Thunderhill Raceway (4). Jerry Lambeth at Minneapolis Racway (7).

Matthew Looft at I-35 Speedway (2) and Jackson Speedway (1). R.J. Merchant at Raceway Park (1). Brett Meyer at Buena Vista Raceway (1). Tyler Olson at Calhoun County Speedway (1).

Kyle Prauner at U.S. 30 Speedway (1). Tad Reutzel at Fairmont Raceway (1) and Hancock County Speedway (2). Josh Rice at RPM Speedway (5). Jamie Schirm at Stuart Speedway (6).

Dustin Schmidt at Beatrice Speedway (6). Eddie Schwope Jr. at Thunder Hill Speedway (1). Jesse Sobbing at Butler County Motorplex (1) and Shelby County Speedway (1). Shane Stout at Dawson County Raceway (3), Lincoln County Raceway (3) and Phillips County Raceway (10).

Travis Van Straten at Langlade County Speedway (1). Dale Wanger at Dodge City Raceway Park (4). Johnny Whitman at 141 Speedway (1) and Seymour Speedway (1). Shay Woods at I-35 Speedway LLC (1).