IMCA.TV adds bonuses for Abilene’s 30th annual Ice Breaker

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 18, 2023) – A regular at the IMCA.TV Ice Breaker finally made the long tow home with a feature winner’s trophy. Tyler Iverson loaded up the hardware along with Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility following Saturday’s Friesen Performance IMCA Modified victory, then headed home to Albion, Neb. “We have been going to the Ice Breaker since about 2010 and had never won a feature,” Iverson said, after leading all 20 laps and taking the checkers ahead of four-time Ice Breaker winners William Gould and Josh McGaha. “I knew he (Gould) was right behind me and with the restarts, the key was making sure I didn’t drive too hard into the corner.”  “We’ve been chasing a win here for a long time and it seems like we finished second or third a lot,” added the Friday night runner-up. “It was great for us to finally get a win at Abilene.” Shelby Williams got his first Abilene win since 2008, collecting $1,500 along with the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers, while John Neal [Read More]

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 14) – Josh McGaha and Gabe Tucker made return trips to victory lane at Abilene Speedway, while Derek Green won in his first-ever outing at the Texas speedplant on opening night of the Ice Breaker. Multi-time track champion McGaha scored IMCA Modified career win number 92 Friday night while Tucker’s checkers were his Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod career 113th. Minnesotan Green, meanwhile, led all 32 laps of the Prelude To The Tour feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, contended by nearly 80 drivers. The checkers were his IMCA career 91st.  Most recently the winner of Abilene’s 2019 season-ending Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge, McGaha started from the pole, chased Mark Carrell across the stripe after the first lap and then went to the bottom for the lead on lap two. Jason Wolla settled into second on lap five. Carrell and Jesse Sobbing tussled over third following a lap 12 restart with Sobbing eventually getting the upper hand. Mike Hansen and Carrell completed the top five as McGaha pulled away to win by half [Read More]

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 15) – Following his opening night Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour win Saturday at Abilene Speedway, Westin Abbey will take aim at a much bigger payday.  The three-time and defending EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region champion topped the main event for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, earning $1,000 and a shot at a $10,000 bonus if he can win Texas Motor Speedway’s Wednesday night Dirty 30 show as well. Eighty drivers from 11 states saw tour action at Abilene. Ninth in Friday’s opening night show at the Ice Breaker, Abbey won the first of 10 heat races, started outside the front row and caught Derek Green for the lead midway through the 30-lapper. Green, the Friday winner, ran side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper with Abbey the last half of the race. The front pair caught up to lapped traffic with two laps left but Abbey found the fastest way through and left Green to settle for second.  “We didn’t know what the car was going to do. We changed a lot of stuff after the heat race,” [Read More]