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Fulton Nets $3,016 Payday with First IMCA Modified Win at Thunder Mountain

By Michael Benjamin CENTER ISLE, N.Y. (Nov. 1, 2025) — The Close Racing Supply NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series presented by Insinger Performance wrapped up its season Saturday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway, where 27 Friesen Performance IMCA Modified competitors converged for the richest event in the tour’s five-year history. The Ed and Jan Billings Classic headlined the evening, paying $3,016 to the winner and promising a dramatic conclusion to the 2025 campaign. When the green flag flew on the 26-car feature, Charlie Fulton wasted no time jumping out to an early lead. Keith Lamphere, however, quickly found his rhythm and powered past Fulton on lap 10. His time out front was short-lived, as Fulton came charging back just two laps later, finding speed on the high side to reclaim the top spot. From there, Fulton hit his marks perfectly and never looked back, cruising to his first-ever NY-Penn Series victory in commanding fashion. Lamphere crossed the line second, securing the 2025 series championship in the process, while Brad Sites, Tyler Belcher, and Randall Paxton rounded out the [Read More]

Hobby Stock

Allstar Performance to Reward 2025 IMCA Heat Race Standouts; Submissions Due Nov. 18

VINTON, Iowa (Nov. 4, 2025) — IMCA drivers who piled up heat race wins this season can cash in with Allstar Performance gift cards — but they must submit proof by Nov. 18. Any driver who wins more than 10 heat races in 2025 is eligible for a $100 Allstar Performance gift card. The single driver with the most heat-race wins nationwide will receive a $250 Allstar Performance gift card. Gift cards will be presented during the IMCA National Banquet on Nov. 29. To be eligible, drivers must email a photo of their car showing the official heat-win decal in place, as distributed by tracks, to IMCA Marketing Integration & Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm at cbgramm@imca.com. Photos must be received no later than Nov. 18.

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A First for California as Reuter Sails to IMCA Hobby Stock Rookie Title in Southern Region

By Bill Martin CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Oct. 31, 2025) — An early January suggestion became reality in late September as Kevin Reuter sailed to rookie of the year honors in the B & B Racing Chassis Southern Region for Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stocks. He’d raced the first four nights of the IMCA TV Winter Nationals at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway, planning “a hit or miss kind of season” and racing when and where he could, all depending on when he’d be at sea as a U.S. Navy aviation ordinance man, loading and arming bombs, missiles, rockets and small caliber weaponry on jets that fly off aircraft carriers homeported in San Diego. Those deployments can last six to eight months and despite the uncertainty, Reuter agreed to make the rookie chase when friend and fellow Hobby Stock driver Scott Tenney suggested it. From Chula Vista and the first California driver to earn the Southern Region rookie title, he collected six top five finishes in 25 starts, racing at one track, Barona Speedway, in his home [Read More]