By Bill Martin
ESTEVAN, Sask. (Oct. 23, 2026) – The road that led Keenan Glasser to the IMCA Junior National Championship started in sunny Florida.
Glasser began his 2026 Karl Kustoms IMCA Northern SportMod campaign with a fourth-place finish in the IMCA TV Clash on the Coast.
He returned home to Estevan, Sask., and The Great White North, and two months later started reeling off feature victories on his way to an became the first Canadian driver to win the Junior National crown.
“Junior National Champion was a goal but we didn’t really expect to be competing for it. We didn’t realize until more than three quarters of the season that we were in contention for it. We buckled down those last races and got all the points we could,” said Glasser, after topping point standings for the nearly 600 drivers ages 18 and under at the start of the season competing in IMCA’s nine divisions.
Sixth in the national standings, he wheeled a 2020 Rage Chassis to 16 wins and another 16 top five finishes in just 37 starts. Glasser was track champ at both Estevan Motor Speedway and Williston Basin Speedway, as well as the North Dakota State king.
Runner-up at Nodak Speedway by a single point, he swept both nights of the Coal County Classic at McLean County Speedway, won four of the five nights on the Tougher Than Dirt Tour and topped Williston’s Fall Roundup.
He also ran a Terminator on 14 nights, six of them during the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car half of the Dakota Classic Tour powered by Industrial Electric.
“It’s unreal to think about all we accomplished this season. It’s been a really fun ride and we hope to bring that speed back next year,” said Glasser. “The Stock Cars drivers around here are good guys, it’s a fun class and I really liked racing on the tour. I ended up winning a heat race in our hometown and that was special.”
The fourth generation driver joined father Kyle Scholpp in the Stock Car ranks this season while uncle Kody Scholpp ran a Modified. All three won track championships in their respective divisions at Estevan to complete a rare family trifecta.
“We put in a lot of time in the shop. We spend more time in the shop than we do on the track,” he said. “We spent a lot of time trying to figure out what worked and what wouldn’t, and we had a phenomenal year.”
Top 10 finishers in Junior National Championship standings each receive $500 scholarship certificates good toward post-secondary education costs. Glasser will race both a SportMod and a Stock Car next season before attending heavy duty diesel mechanic school.
He’ll start 2027 back in the Clash on the Coast.
“It’s a good feeling for sure, to have had the experiences racing that I have. It’s unreal,” Glasser said. “It was all froze up in Estevan and anywhere around here in February. We had never been able to do the Clash before and our whole crew enjoyed it. We plan on going back next year.”
Wins – 16
Top Five Finishes – 32
Starts – 37
HIS CREW: Father Kyle Scholpp, uncle Kody Scholpp, grandfather Chris Scholpp, mother Aryn Glasser and stepfather Corey Ganje, Dion Hunter, Shawn Debruyne, Jayce Debruyne and Gunner Raynard.
HIS SPONSORS: Redline Well Service, C & R Lubricants, Innovative Artificial Solutions, Willy’s Taphouse, RPM Vac Services, Glasser Environmental, RF Trucking, Thunder Oil Field, Local Buzz Liquor, Dart Services, L & C Trucking, BK Creations, Hoffman Elite Enterprises and TS & M Fiberglass, all of Estevan; JJ Trucking of Arcola; MX Ranch of Williston, N.D.; and Toby K’s Hideaway of Marshalltown, Iowa.