Jamestown Speedway draws Midwest racers for competitive July 10 night

Cole Czarneski of Denmark, Wisconsin, led all 30 laps to win the IMCA Modified feature at Jamestown Speedway on July 10, turning a regional tour stop at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds into one of the summer’s sharper nights of racing in Jamestown. Thomas Berry Jr. of Marshalltown, Iowa, finished second after entering the night with a four-race winning streak, and Berry still left with his third Dakota Classic Modified Tour crown.

The top 11 in the feature showed how wide the draw reached beyond North Dakota. Tanner Black of Otis, Kansas, finished third, followed by Colton See of Chilton, Wisconsin, Zach Frederick of Richardton, Steven Pfeifer of Bowbells, Travis Hagen of McGregor, Austin Kuehl of Cave Creek, Arizona, Ethan Braaksma of Newton, Iowa, Shawn Strand of Mandan and Clint Hatlestad. The lineup mixed local and traveling drivers in a way that has become familiar at the quarter-mile track.

The July 10 program was part of the Dakota Classic Modified Tour powered by Industrial Electric, which moved through Williston on July 7, Dickinson on July 8 and Mandan on July 9 before ending at Jamestown on July 10. IMCA’s tour schedule placed Jamestown at the end of the North Dakota stretch, giving the Speedway a spot on a multi-track summer circuit rather than just a weekly local card.

Jamestown Speedway sits as a 1/4-mile, high-banked clay oval on the Stutsman County Fairgrounds and typically runs Saturday nights from May through August, then closes the season in September with the long-running Stock Car Stampede. The track’s 2026 opener drew a field that topped 100 cars, and the next scheduled race night after the July 10 tour stop was July 18. That steady rhythm keeps the Speedway central to Jamestown’s summer calendar, pulling racers, crews and fans into town while the dirt-track season is in full swing across the Upper Midwest.