Benji LaCrosse is an American racecar driver. He was the 2006 IMCA Modified

IMCA Modified

IMCA Modified is the top division sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. The series began in 1979.The car bodies are a hybrid of an open wheel car and a stock car. The front tires have no body around them like an open wheel car, and the back wheels have a body around them like a...

 national champion, and the winner of the 2005 IMCA SuperNationals.

IMCA stock car

He began racing in the IMCA

International Motor Contest Association

The International Motor Contest Association was organized in 1915 by J. Alex Sloan, and is currently the oldest active auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. IMCA is currently headquartered in Vinton, Iowa, and features several classes and divisions of weekly racing in six geographical...

 stock car division in his first full season in 2000. He was the track champion at the Door County Speedway in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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LaCrosse was the Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 state champion in his second season in 2001. He won the points championship at his hometown track (Luxemburg Speedway). He finished second at Door County (then called Thunderhill Speedway) and the Seymour Tri-Oval. He finished second in the points at Thunderhill Raceway in 2002.

IMCA Modified

LaCrosse moved up to the IMCA Modified division in 2003. He won the rookie of the year at Luxemburg Speedway, Seymour, and Thunderhill.

LaCrosse won the Wisconsin state championship in the IMCA Modified division in 2004. He became the first driver ever to qualify a modified and an IMCA stock car at the IMCA Super Nationals.

He became the first Wisconsin driver to win the IMCA Super Nationals in 2005, when he won the IMCA Modified event. He received a parade by his hometown of Luxemburg, Wisconsin. He won the track championship at Luxemburg.

LaCrosse was the 2006 IMCA Modified National champion. He won the North Central regional championship, the Wisconsin state championship, and track championships at Luxemburg and Seymour. He was voted one of the Top 10 most popular drivers in IMCA at the All Star Invitational Race.

LaCrosse was the 2007 track champion at Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,437 at the 2000 census. It is located at the natural end of Sturgeon Bay, although the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was built across the remainder of the Door Peninsula.-Geography:Sturgeon Bay is...

. He finished second at Luxemburg, third at Seymour. The Luxemberg and Seymour season championships were won by 2007 IMCA Modified National champion Jared Siefert. On August 11 he had his first win at Shawano Speedway. He finished second in the Wisconsin state championship behind Siefert, sixth in the North Central region, and fifteenth nationally. At the 2007 IMCA Super Nationals he won his heat race and last chance races before finishing 25th in the feature.

He started his 2008 season by winning his heat and the feature at Luxemburg. He won the feature on the following evening at Shawano.

As of the end of the 2006 season, LaCrosse has 45 IMCA Modified and 31 IMCA Stock Car feature victories.

External links

• Official website; Retrieved February 19, 2007