Sports : Merv Chandler wins Championship and Iowa state title

Merv Chandler (right) of Vinton raced to both the Mach-1 Sport Compact championship at Benton County Speedway and the Allstar Performance Iowa State title in 2011. The winner of nine feature events at five different tracks this season, Chandler is pictured with IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root during the sanctioning organization's national awards banquet in Lincoln, Neb. on Nov. 26. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography)