SOMERTON, Ariz. —
The sixth of eight nights in the IMCA.TV Winter Nationals unfolded on Thursday at Cocopah Speedway with 207 cars for the five IMCA divisions and Chaz Baca taking top honors.Â
Justen Yeager in stock cars and Oliver Monson in sport compacts were new point leaders for the series.
Baca used his pole start to lead the full distance in the modified headliner, holding off Ethan Braaksma with the last three laps including traffic to add to his stress.
Braaksma was second, ahead of Jerry Flippo.
The stock cars were dominated by Zane DeVilbiss who earned his second win with 25 laps of enjoying a large lead. A restart with two laps remaining was a minor wrinkle in the DeVilbiss drive.Â
A far bigger wrinkle was tech when DeVilbiss was disqualified for three-inch shock droop. Dylan Thornton was now the winner and Rob VanMil took second and Cameron Starry moved into third.
Northern sport mods were led by Jason Bannister, the father of Wednesday’s winner Tyler Bannister, the entire distance to make it three in a row for the Bannister racers.
Aaron Spangler looked to be ready to pressure the leader, but Bannister reestablished the lead gap and added the win to the family trophy collection. Spangler was second and Tyler Bannister finished third.Â
Hobby stock action had Cody Williams in control until 12 laps were scored and Dillon Richards drove past Williams in turn four and led the final laps to win over Williams and Ryan Gilland.Â
Sport compacts finished the evening with Billy Foultz posting the win.Â
Night seven of the Winternationals can be watched on SPEED SPORT affiliate IMCA.tv.