MOBERLY, Mo. (April 25, 2009) – For the first 14 laps of the Sportsman Special, it was a trading of the lead between two Moberly drivers, Tim Eravi running up high on the 24 Raceway track, while Clinton Dale used the lower lanes.  After a caution on lap 15, Derrick Agee got his turn at the front for a couple of laps until the next yellow flag came out.  On that lap 18 restart, Eravi resumed his role at the front, fending off Joni Petersheim this time until lap 20, when Dale regained the lead for a moment until another spin brought out the caution, this time by Moberly’s Randy Rindom.  With Rindom stalled in turn 3 and facing the wrong way, Larry Perkins couldn’t stop in time and the resulting head-on crash brought out the race-stopping red flag on lap 21, as both drivers and cars were attended to.  When racing resumed, Dale jumped back to lead the remining 4 laps with Jeff Creed of Cairo close behind.  Chad Walter of Clarence came in 3rd after starting from the pole position, followed by Mike Harward of Floris, IA.  Rounding out the top five was Huntsville’s Agee, the winner from opening night, two weeks earlier.

By  Mike McGuire
DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 24, 2009) – Kevin Blum marked his return to IMCA Late Model racing by scoring a feature win on Koehler Electric Season Opener night at the Davenport Speedway. Blum took the lead of the race from Leroy Brenner on lap two and would go untouched to the checkers.
Nate Buesling started third and would finish second, ten car lengths behind Blum. There was an equal distance back to third place finisher Matt Ryan. Joe Zrostlik started eighth and was a top five car all race, finishing fourth. Ray Guss Jr., was mired in heavy traffic throughout the 25 laps and finished fifth.

By Dana Royer
CJ Speedway
COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (April 24, 2009) – ­The weather couldn¹t have been any better for the season opener of CJ Speedway last Friday, April 24 and the fans came out to support and cheer on their favorite drivers. Under the new promotership of Don and Sharon Wood and Brian and Amanda Tipps, five classes of racing took to the track including IMCA Stock Cars, Modifieds, Mod Lites, Hobby Stocks and 4 cylinders. Getting wins in the tracks first night of action would be David Hemsted, Lone Tree (IMCA Stock Cars), Matt Gavin , Kirkwood, Il., (Hobby Stocks), Bruce Hanford, Davenport (Modifieds), Brett Timmerman, Wapello ( 4 cylinders) and Scott Walker (Mod lites).

Pratt, Long, Tomlinson, Powell claim feature wins
By Jack Walbring
QUINCY, Ill. (April 26, 2009) – Pratt redeemed his bad luck in the Deery Brothers Summer Series event on Thursday night when he rolled his new ride in turn one by leading every lap of the Budweiser IMCA Late Model 30 lap main event. Pratt took the lead at the drop of the green flag with Matt Bailey in tow in the second spot. Bailey tried in vain to catch Pratt but was unable to do so even with a couple of caution flags being thrown. The red flag came out on lap the second lap as veteran Terry Gallaher flew off the top of turn one and rolled his late model. Gallaher was uninjured but the same could not be said of his car. Pratt got into lapped traffic and worked it with ease as he outdistanced himself from the field at the checkered flag. Matt Bailey settled for second followed by Jason Frankel in third, Justin Reed in fourth and Jerry Weisenberger in fifth. Weisenberger and Gallaher were the heat race winners with Joey Gower scoring his second win in the Summy Tire and Auto Center Trophy Dash Series.

Burgtorf, Long, Cook, Gaylord, Fenton get night one wins
DONNELLSON, Iowa (April 24, 2009) – The 2009 racing season opened in fine fashion at Lee County Speedway Friday night with the Pepsi opener featuring the Pilot Grove Savings Bank/Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Model “Driver for Five.”
Five classes saw action on the fast 3/8 mile dirt oval, including the Pilot Grove Savings Bank/Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Models, Miller Lite IMCA Modifieds, Budweiser IMCA Stock Cars, Lawson Racing Engine and Parts Supply IMCA Sport Mods and Donnellson Tire Hobby Stocks.

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