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Three IMCA divisions run at Oct. 22-23 Heart O’ Texas Fall Classic

WACO, Texas – Heart O’ Texas Speedway will host its 24th annual Fall Classic Oct. 22-23, with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods all running for $2,000 to win. A minimum of $150 will be paid to start each of those “A” mains. The Modified winner becomes eligible to qualify for the 2022 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, the Stock Car winner for the 2022 B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. Friday is qualifying night and pit passes are $30. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. A minimum of eight cars will qualify in each division for Saturday main events. Saturday Night is Championship Night with $35 pit passes. Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Last chance qualifiers complete the starting fields for all divisions. Drivers competing Saturday only have to start at the back of a last-chance qualifier and pay an additional $30. Entry fee and non-qualifier pay in all three IMCA divisions is $100. Drivers must race [Read More]

Jason Smith, Family Owner of Speedway Motors, Passes Away at Age 60

By Speedway Motors PR Team (Lincoln, Neb. Oct. 16) Speedway Motors, a manufacturer, retailer and distributor of high-quality automotive parts and racing products, is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Jason Smith, second-generation family owner, after a long battle with cancer at the age of 60. “We are devastated by the loss of Jason. He was a leader and innovator in the after-market industry,” said Clay Smith, President & CEO of Speedway Motors. “Jason was truly passionate about the hobby, our customers and our business.” He spent the early years at Speedway Motors stuffing envelopes on evenings and weekends, sweeping the floors, putting away mufflers and taking packages to the Greyhound station on the back of a truck. In a video interview about the company’s rebrand in 2019, he said, “I worked for my dad basically my whole life. The earliest memory is [when I was] about six or seven years old. My pay in those days was a new grape soda. So if I’d help sweep the floor or pick up something, by [Read More]

Ogle, Poor, Fain, Leasure score IMCA Southern Challenge wins at Abilene

ABILENE, Texas (Oct. 16) – Vince Ogle figured he’d finished every position but first in all the years he’s been running Abilene Speedway’s Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge. He led all 30 laps of the IMCA Modified feature at the 27th annual event to get that first win and $2,500 Saturday night. “I’ve been trying to win this race for 25 years and I’m pretty sure I’ve finished everywhere except first,” he said. “It’s a really awesome feeling to finally win it. I was beginning to think it wouldn’t happen. This was the best shot I had at winning it and I didn’t want to let it go.” “I gave it everything I had every lap.” Ogle had drawn the outside pole start, then made last-minute setup changes after main event hot laps. Into lapped traffic early, he was challenged by track champion Fred Wojtek on the lower line, then saw William Gould’s pass for the lead waved off by a caution. Ogle held the pack at bay to the checkers, winning ahead of Wojtek, Gould, [Read More]

Fireworks follow rich World IMCA Stock Car Championship feature win by LaCrosse

BATESVILLE, Ark. (Oct. 16) – An IMCA Sunoco Stock Car marathon ended with a two-lap sprint and Benji LaCrosse took home $50,000 from Batesville Motor Speedway’s World IMCA Stock Car Championship presented by IMCA.TV Saturday night. LaCrosse took his first lead seven circuits into the 71-lapper, passed Peyton Taylor on the 21st and 43rd circuits to regain the front spot, then held off Taylor in a two-lap shootout following a late caution. “I’m just speechless,” LaCrosse said following the top payday in division history and then getting a chance to catch his breath mid-interview while waiting for a spectacular post-race fireworks display to end. “We had a good car all week and I thought if a guy could get through quick enough he had a good chance of holding the spot. It was better than I thought to start off and it worked out pretty well.” LaCrosse had started seventh, runner-up Taylor 15th. Pole starter Dylan Thornton, Derrick Agee and hard charger Westin Abbey rounded out the top five. Dallon Murty led the first six laps, with [Read More]

Mach-1 Racing Solutions on board through 2026 as IMCA Sport Compact title sponsor

ABBOTT, Texas – Mach-1 Racing Solutions continues its support of the IMCA Sport Compact division through the 2026 race season. The five-year title sponsorship extension is the first for the Abbott, Texas, company owned by Gary Mach and takes Mach-1 through its 18th season as title sponsor for the 4-cylinder class. Mach-1 will provide a portion of the $1,000 point fund paid to top 10 drivers in Sport Compact national standings each of the next five years. Drivers in the division must display two Mach-1 logos on their race car to be eligible for point fund shares. Continued growth in the division saw the division sanctioned for the first time in Montana and a record 15 Sport Compact state champions crowned in 2021. Caine Mahlberg of Dunlap, Iowa, reigned as national champion and national rookie of the year was Greg Kohl Jr. of Fort Ripley, Minn. Kaytee DeVries of Spencer, Iowa, earned her career fourth Lady Eagle award. Information about Mach-1 support and consulting services is available by calling Mach at 254 537-3040. “To extend this [Read More]

16 states represented at Batesville’s World IMCA Stock Car Championship

BATESVILLE, Ark. – Qualifying for the World IMCA Stock Car Championship presented by IMCA.TV gets under Wednesday night, with drivers from 16 states already registered for the $50,000 to win special at Batesville Motor Speedway. The top-paying event for The Class Too Tough To Tame brings the 50th anniversary season at Batesville to a close Oct. 13-16. Thirty cars start Saturday’s main event, running for shares of a $125,000 purse with $15,000 paid to the runner-up, $10,000 for third, $5,000 for fourth, $3,000 for fifth and a minimum of $1,500 to start. Top two drivers from each of 15 heat races transfer to nightly ‘A’ features Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the top nine from those races advancing to Saturday’s big show. Third and fourth place drivers, fifth and sixth place drivers and seventh and eighth place drivers transfer to nightly “B,” “C” and “D” features to race for points. Tonight’s (Tuesday) practice session runs from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pit passes are $20. Pit gates opens at 2 p.m. Wednesday and at 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The grandstand [Read More]

Bowers’ third straight Missouri Nationals IMCA Modified win mirrors 2020 checkers

OSBORN, Mo. – Steven Bowers Jr.’s third straight victory at US 36 Raceway’s Missouri Nationals played out a lot like last year’s run to the checkers. A DNQ due to fuel pump-related issues again on Friday, Bowers won his last-chance IMCA Modified qualifier on Saturday, started 13th and took the lead 20 laps into the main event, leading the last 10 circuits to earn $2,000 and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. “It was déjà vu,” said Bowers, who’d won every weekly feature at Osborn except opening night. “This has been a good track for me, that’s for sure. “It’s a fast track and you’ve got to be up on the wheel. “It’s definitely not a finesse track. It’s a driver’s track.” Bowers went to the top to catch the leaders, then moved down a line. He pulled away following a late caution, winning by two-plus seconds ahead of Drew Janssen. Jeff James, Terry Hurt and Brandon Conkwright completed the top five. Stuart Snyder was the $2,000 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car winner, Mike Nichols repeated his [Read More]

Octoberfest at Beatrice features five IMCA divisions

BEATRICE, Neb. – Five IMCA divisions are on Octoberfest race night cards Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 and 16 at Beatrice Speedway. IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win on Friday and for $2,000 to win Saturday, with both winners becoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligible. A minimum of $200 will be paid to start each night. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCAA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods run for $500 to win each night while Mach-1 Sport Compacts run for $200 to win each night. Entry fee per night is $50 for Modifieds and $25 for Stocks, Hobbies and SportMods, and can be mailed to the track at PO Box 753 in Beatrice, Neb., 68310. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the draw closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. On Saturday, gates open at 3 p.m. and the draw closes at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Pit passes are $30 [Read More]

Abilene wraps up season with 27th annual Southern Challenge

ABILENE, Texas – IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods main events all pay $2,500 to win at Abilene Speedway’s season-ending Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 and 16. The Modified feature pays a minimum of $300 to start with the winner becoming eligible to qualify for the 2022 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational; both Stock Car and SportMod features pay a minimum of $200 to start, with the Stock Car winner eligible to qualify for the 2022 B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. Mach-1 Sport Compacts run for $1,250 to win and $100 to start their main event. Drivers can register online at abilenespeedway.com. Early entry fee for Modifieds, Stocks and Southern SportMods is $85 and $65 for Sport Compacts. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 2 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. both days. Pit passes are $35. Adult grandstand admission is $12 on Friday and $15 on Saturday while military with ID are $10. Kids ages 6-12 get in for $5 and [Read More]

Batesville building weekly race program with World IMCA Stock Car Championship

BATESVILLE, Ark. – The World IMCA Stock Car Championship presented and broadcasted by IMCA.TV will be more than the best-paying event for The Class Too Tough To Tame. The $50,000 to win race will help establish a weekly foundation for the division at Batesville Motor Speedway, which welcomes drivers from across the country for its 50th anniversary season-ending special Oct. 13-16. “The World Stock Car Championship is going to make it happen,” promoter Mooney Starr said confidently. “This is making people around here build ‘em and buy ‘em. It’s going to really make this division take off here.” IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars joined the weekly program at the Arkansas speedplant this season, replacing a local street stock class. “What we had been running had become too expensive,” reasoned Starr. “IMCA Stock Cars are competitive, they’re economical and the fans like them. They are the class of the future.” The World Stock Car Championship will start 30 cars and boasts a main event purse of $125,000 with $15,000 paid to the runner-up, $10,000 for third, $5,000 for fourth, [Read More]