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Wakeeney Speedway opens season with Spring Fling

| March 30, 2015
Wakeeney Speedway opens season with Spring Fling

  By Mike Hughes WAKEENEY, KS (March 29)—The Wakeeney (KS) Speedway opened the 2015 racing season with the Spring Fling on Sunday, March 29, with drivers from 6 states competing for extra prize money. Cody Gearhart of Turpin, OK, started on the pole of the 27-car 25-lap IMCA Modified feature and took an early lead […]

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Work on track already has race fans coming to watch at Lincoln County

| March 30, 2015

  NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (March 29) – New promoter Wade Hill can tell that Lincoln County Raceway fans are ready to get the new season started. Opening night isn’t until April 11 at North Platte but folks have already been showing up to watch Hill and his crew at work on the 3/8-mile dirt oval. […]

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Spring Fling special is Sunday at WaKeeney

| March 26, 2015
Spring Fling special is Sunday at WaKeeney

WaKeeney Speedway hosts fifth annual Spring Fling this Sunday   WaKEENEY, Kan. (March 26) – WaKeeney Speedway hosts its fifth annual Spring Fling special this Sunday, March 29. The Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifying feature for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modi­fieds pays $1,000 to win and a minimum of $125 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock […]

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Nine dates for new IMCA Sprint Series of Nebraska

| March 26, 2015

  EAGLE, Neb. (March 26) – Opening night for the inaugural Sprint Series of Nebraska comes on night two of Eagle Raceway’s Ice Breaker Challenge. The Saturday, April 18 main event for touring IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Cars pays $1,000 to win. Another eight dates are on the 2015 schedule, including Fridays, April 24 […]

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New promoter adding to, checking off his to-do list at Boone County Raceway

| March 14, 2015
New promoter adding to, checking off his to-do list at Boone County Raceway

  ALBION, Neb. (March 13) – Ron Sutton has been busy adding to and checking off the to-do list since taking over as promoter at Boone County Raceway. Five IMCA divisions are on Friday night programs at Albion. Opening night at the 3/8-mile clay oval is April 24. “We’re putting up a new catch fence […]

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22nd Spring Nationals slated March 13-14 at Beatrice Speedway

| March 4, 2015

  BEATRICE, Neb. (March 3) – Checks for $2,000 and berths on the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot are at stake when IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds headline the Friday and Saturday, March 13-14 Spring Nationals at Beatrice Speedway. Both features pay a minimum of $200 to start. Tow money is $75 each night. […]

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History Made: Wayne Johnson Sweeps the Midwest Fall Brawl III

| September 21, 2014

GREENWOOD, Neb. (September 20, 2014) – It’s the little things that matter, and for Wayne Johnson it was a quarter turn of weight that made the difference between winning and losing on Saturday, September 20, 2014 as the Oklahoma City native captured the biggest payday of his career, and largest payout in ASCS history by […]

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Wayne Johnson Dominates Fall Brawl III Opener at I-80 Speedway

| September 21, 2014

GREENWOOD, Neb. (September 19, 2014) – For the first time since 2012, Wayne Johnson returned to Victory Lane with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real, taking night one of the Casey’s General Store Midwest Fall Brawl III at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. Racing with vigor, Johnson led […]

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Wakeeney Speedway crowns track champions

| September 15, 2014

  By Mike Hughes WAKEENEY, KS (September 14)—The Wakeeney (KS) Speedway wrapped up the 2014 racing season Sunday night, September 14, with the regular five classes in action. Point leader Kyle Rohleder of Wakeeney led all 20 caution free laps in the IMCA Modified feature to claim his second win of the season and the […]

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The Nebraska Cup Goes to Brian Brown

| September 8, 2014

EAGLE, Neb. (September 7, 2014) – The Nebraska Cup offered a $5,000 prize to the winner, and Brian Brown gladly swooped in and claimed the winner’s check on Sunday night with the Speedway Motors Midwest Region at the famed Eagle Raceway. A red on the start followed by a pair of cautions; fourth starting Brian […]

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