RPM Fall Nationals features $5,000 to win IMCA Modified main event

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HAYS, Kan. – RPM Speedway puts the wraps on 2020 with its rich Fall Nationals presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions special Friday and Sat­urday, Oct. 2 and 3, topped by the $5,000 to win main event for IMCA Modifieds.

The Saturday feature is a 2021 Fast Shafts All-Star In­vitational ballot qualifier and pays $2,500 for se­cond, $1,500 for third and $1,000 for fourth with a mini­mum of $400 paid to start.

Also on the card for the 14th annual Fall Nationals are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars racing for $3,000 to win and $250 to start; Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods for $2,000 to win and $175 to start, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,500 to win and $175 to start, and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $400 to win and $50 to start.

Qualifying events for all five divisions are on Friday; last-chance qualifying and features are on Saturday.

Entry fee and non-qualifier pay are $150 for Modi­fieds, $100 for Stocks, $80 for SportMods, $75 for Hobby Stocks and $25 for Sport Compacts.

Adult grandstand admission is $15 while kids 12 and under get in free both nights when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30.

Racing starts at 5 p.m. each day. RACEceivers and transponders are re­quired. Transponders can be rented at the track.

The Britney Motorsports Fueled by Casey’s Fall Nation­als practice night for all divisions starts at 6 p.m. on Thurs­day, Oct. 1. Grandstand admission is free and pit passes are $25 that evening. 

More information about Fall Nationals is availa­ble on Facebook, at the www.rpmspeedway.net website or by call­ing promoter Rod Bencken at 785 672-0123. 

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