By Ben Deatherage
MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn. (Dec. 4, 2025) — IMCA is proud to welcome SCE Gaskets as the official gasket of IMCA Weekly Racing, marking the company’s debut in the world of dirt track competition.
The support of SCE will extend across IMCA’s highest seasonal honors. Complete engine gasket kits will be presented to each of the six Speedway Motors IMCA Weekly Division national champions, including the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified, Sunoco IMCA Stock Car, Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMod, Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stock, and Sunoco IMCA Late Model title winners. Decal placement is required on both sides of every IMCA Stock Car, IMCA SportMod, and IMCA Hobby Stock throughout the season.
This national program is paired with a strong presence at the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, where IMCA Modified, IMCA Stock Car, and IMCA Northern SportMod champions will also receive complete gasket kits during the industry’s most prestigious week-long event at Boone Speedway.
To broaden racer participation throughout the year, SCE will additionally award a set of head gaskets to the winners of up to 15 randomly selected IMCA special events, giving drivers across the country multiple opportunities to benefit from the program.
“Today, SCE Gaskets knows and understands that supporting grassroots racing of all kinds is VITAL for our support to continue and grow. As a former racer myself, I get the struggles that most racers go through, and I know the reach that IMCA has throughout the Country, which is why we decided to partner with them to help thousands of drivers, teams, and engine builders throughout the U.S.,” said Jim Devitt of SCE Gaskets.
Founded in 1990 in a small California garage, SCE Gaskets quickly became a trusted name in precision-engineered, high-performance sealing solutions. Innovations such as their Pro-Copper and Titan Self-Sealing copper head gaskets, Embossed Exhaust Gaskets, and ICS copper head gaskets with integrated o-rings helped elevate SCE to international benchmark status in engine-sealing technology.
The company expanded steadily into Europe, Canada, and Australia, and broadened its capabilities further following the acquisition of an Iowa manufacturing facility in 2011. Production was later consolidated in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, in 2017 as part of its continued growth.
A major step forward came in 2018 when SCE joined Athena S.p.A., the northern Italian parent company headquartered in Alonte near the Adriatic coast. Athena traces its roots to 1973, when founder Giovanni Mancassola launched a small gasket workshop in the nearby village of Lonigo — a business that has since expanded into a global engineering group with a strong presence in powersports and automotive markets.
From those artisan beginnings, Athena has grown into a global engineering group with roughly 1,000 employees, producing advanced engine components, electronics, industrial systems, and distributing leading powersports and technology brands throughout southern Europe. The partnership blends SCE’s American performance heritage with Athena’s deep engineering resources and international manufacturing network, strengthening their combined presence across high-performance, marine, motorcycle, and OE-replacement markets.
For more information on SCE Gaskets be sure to visit their website at www.scegaskets.com.