06/15/2026
Clayton Jr. Leads all 20 Laps to Win IMCA Sport Mod Main
Marysville, CA (6-13-26) …This past Saturday night, Jason Clayton Jr. led all 20 laps to capture the IMCA Sport Mod main event. Cole Fear put on a fierce challenge in the final few laps but ran out of time. Clayton Jr. should be commended for his impressive performance tonight. Fear charged from deep in field to finish second. Dan Brown Jr. started third but fell to fifth during the opening laps. He regrouped and moved around Thomas Reynolds for third on lap nine. Brown Jr. would end up finishing third. Mike Merritt passed Reynolds to secure a fourth-place finish. Reynolds came home in fifth. Clayton Jr. won the eight-lap lone heat race. It was a sweep for Clayton Jr.
Kyle Cheney started fifth during the 20 lap Hobby Stock main event. Yet, on lap two he was in the second spot. On the third circuit, he was the leader. Cheney would go on to lead the final 17 laps and capture the win. Jace Badeker moved around Zack Lindgren on lap 13 for the second spot. The final three laps saw Lindgren and Howard Law swap the third spot multiple times. On the final lap, Law was able to finish in third place. Badeker closed in on Cheney, but it was too little, too late. While Cheney enjoyed the spoils of victory lane, Badeker did a nice job finishing in second. Lindgren held down the fourth spot while Jason Clayton recovered from an earlier spin to finish in fifth. Cheney won the first heat race and like Clayton Jr., swept the nights racing action. Law dominated the second heat race.
Phil Marino passed Brent Lawrence on lap seven to secure the Pro Stock feature win. Marino extended the lead to over 10 seconds at the finish. Richard Vander Ploeg finished third. Vander Ploeg held off Lawrence to win the lone heat race.
Matt Land was the star of the night. Starting fourth in the main event, Land moved into second place on lap three, six laps later he passed Bradley Schmidt for the lead. Once Land took over the top spot, there was no denying him the win. Greg Dennett moved into the second spot on lap 11. Dennett pressured Land the remaining 8 laps but was never able to get close enough to make a pass. Following winner Land, and Dennett, were Hunter Kinney, Schmidt, and Justin Norton. Jason Schostag won the first heat race. Dennett picked up the win during heat race two. Land turned the fastest lap during qualifying. His fast lap was 14.034.
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