By Bill Wright
for Sprint Invaders
COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2010) – Ben Wagoner picked up his second career win with the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders on Friday night at the CJ Speedway in Columbus Junction, Iowa.  The win came aboard the Wagoner Farms #84, as he led the distance for the $1,200 prize.
Things got off to a rocky start for several competitors.  With a failed mount in hot laps, Kaley Gharst jumped aboard Mark Tischer’s sprint car to finish the night.  Feature pole-sitter, Bobby Mincer, could not start the event.  Tim Moore tangled with another car in the 4-wide parade lap, ending his night, and Russ Hall was done before a lap could be completed as well.

BOONE, Iowa (July 26, 2010) – Winners of Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock main events on Saturday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals will see their engines sold at public auction in the infield at Boone Speedway again this September.
The same won’t be true for second, third and fourth place finishers in the evening’s Modified feature.
Instead, those drivers’ engines will be subject to claim by any other driver in the main event field eligible to do so.
“The idea of an automatic claim for these finishing positions has run its course,” said IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root. “If other feature qualifiers think the drivers who finished second, third or fourth did so by outspending them, they will still have the chance to claim.”

By Bill Wright
for the Sprint Invaders
KNOXVILLE, Ill. (July 29, 2010) – The Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders will add another track to their repertoire on Thursday, August 5, when they visit the Knox County Speedway in Knoxville, Illinois.  An increased purse that will pay $250 to start the feature will insure a solid field at the Knox County Fair event!
The Sprint Invaders will be making their first trip ever to the Knox County Speedway and event organizers are excited to host sprint cars on the ½ mile oval!  Diversity has been the key with the Sprint Invaders this season, as through July 15, the series had seen seven different winners in nine races!  As a result, just eight points separates first from third in the standings.

PEORIA, Ill. (Aug. 1, 2010) – It was an awesome night of racing on Sunday night as the Illinois Outlaw Lightning mini Sprints were a part of the Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips Sprint Car Summsr Shoot Out.
A total of 21 cars were on hand for the night of racing on one of Illinois finest 1/4 mi. dirt tracks. The track was in excellent condition for the night of racing. The 1st Keizer Wheels 8 lap race pulled to the track to start the night of racing. Harry Rogers of Galesburg IL and Chris Bolander of Burlington Ia. would bring the field to the green. Rogers would lead lap 1 with Bolander in 2nd and Will Archdale of Peoria Hgts in 3rd and Shane Morgan of Creve Coeur who started in 10th spot had already moved to 4th. Archdale would lead lap 3 with Morgan moving to 2nd. On lap 5 Morgan would use the low side of turn 1 to take the lead and hold for the win.

By Bill Wright
for Sprint Inavders
TIPTON, Iowa (July 15, 2010) – The Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders will make their annual appearance at one of their favorite stops on Thursday night, July 15.  In conjunction with the Cedar County Fair in Tipton, Iowa, they will race for the fourth time in series’ history on the ¼ mile Cedar County Raceway. 

The Sprint Invaders have been highly competitive in 2010, and in nine features contested so far, there have been eight different winners.  Ben Wagoner picked up his first career win with the series last Friday night.  The 2009 Rookie of the Year found Victory Lane at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa.

By Bill Wright
for the Sprint Invaders
DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 9, 2010) – Ben Wagoner made it a sweep on Friday night at the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa with the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders. The Emden, Illinois native took the checkers first in his heat, the dash and the main event to collect his first career Sprint Invaders win.
Russ Hall took command in the early going of the 25-lap feature paying $1,200 to the winner. Hall’s lead put three lapped cars between himself and Wagoner at one point. The 3/8 mile oval was dry-slick early in the night and started to collect a good deal of rubber. Jake Blackhurst, who became an alternate for the event when Seth Wilke could not start and Mike Houseman Jr. did not make the call, flipped wildly in turn two with ten laps in the books. The fourteen year old driver was uninjured.

By Bill Wright
for Sprint Invaders
WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (June 29, 2010) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders plan to spend Independence Day weekend at the West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty, Iowa.  The event held this Saturday, July 3, will be especially great to bring the kids to, as there will be free ice cream, American Flags and gunny sack racing!
The Lil’ Racer Car Club will be serving up FREE ICE CREAM Saturday night!  There will be 4-5 flavors available near the Sprint Invaders booth under the grandstands. All children are invited to sign up with the West Liberty Lil’ Racer Car Club that evening as they will be giving away American Flags donated by the Sons of the American Legion in Lone Tree as well as the Sprint Invaders usual prizes.  There will also be gunny sack racing, with trophies being handed out!

By Jeff Werderman
for Hawkeye Dirt Tour
DONNELLSON, Iowa (June 30, 2010) – The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds willinvade the Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA on July 1, 2010.
It’s the third annual Liberty Cup featuring two $1,000 to win events. The fourth race of 2010 for the HDT Modifieds will be raced along with the final night of the IMCA Great American Stock Car Series. Both main events will pay $1,000 to the winner.
Josh Foster (Montrose, IA) is one of the favorites for the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour stop in Donnellson. Foster is the defending IMCA Modified track champion there, and he is the current HDT points leader.

By Jeff Werderman
for Hawkeye Dirt Tour
CRESCO, Iowa (June 24, 2010) – Race fans of the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds saw a third different winner in as many races, and did he ever have to earn it! Jeff Waterman had to battle Mark Elliott and Rich Smith to the bitter end for the win at Cresco Speedway on June 24, 2010.
Pole sitter Dan Chapman took the lead at the drop of the green flag, but quickly found himself battling Rich Smith and Jeff Waterman for lead. Smith moved to the high side and wrestled the lead away from Chapman on lap four. Chapman and Waterman put pressure on the new leader, but couldn’t manage to get around Smith.
Smith would open up a commanding lead on the field by lap ten leaving the rest of the field to battle for second place. Chapman, Waterman, and HDT point leader coming into tonight’s event Richie Gustin, were locked in a dogfight for the runner up spot.

WEST UNION, Iowa (June 15) – Tonight’s JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour event at Fayette County Speedway has been rained out.

The decision to postpone the IMCA Modified series event came after another strong storm drenched the West Union area.

Tour, track and IMCA officials will determine a make-up date, to be announced as soon as possible.

What is now the third race on the inaugural series schedule will be Thursday, June 24 at Cresco Speed­way during the Mighty Howard County Fair.

The $1,000 feature is a qualifying event for the 2011 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.