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Mackenthun adds pink to Stock Car, promotes breast cancer awareness in 20th IMCA season

HAMBURG, Minn. – Weeks before the first race of his 20th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car season, Dan Mackenthun was already getting compliments on his 2021 ride. The Hamburg, Minn., driver debuts a pink-themed breast cancer awareness car, complete with ribbons in the hood and side panel schemes, when he heads south for the Ice Breaker Challenge at Abilene Speedway and the Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour. “A group of us were sitting around, trying to decide what color to go with this year. I never thought I’d have a pink car but it turned out pretty nice,” said Mackenthun. “The tie-in is breast cancer awareness. We’ve had family and friends deal with it in the past and present and this is one way we can pay tribute to them.” Car owner Don Gosch jumped on board with the idea and the compliments have in come steadily since the car was finished. “We’ve had a lot of people stop by and they’ve really liked it,” Mackenthun reported. “I can’t wait to get to the track where people [Read More]

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Coleman Racing Products continues IMCA Modified awards for 16th season

MENOMINEE, Mich. – IMCA Modified drivers race for post-season awards from Coleman Racing Products for a 16th consecutive season in 2021. The sixth place driver in point standings and rookie of the year in each of the five Modified regions both receive $50 product certificates from the Menominee, Mich., high performance parts manufacturer and distributor. Those certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet this fall or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Coleman also gives $50 product certificates to each first-time qualifier for the Modified main event at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Coleman Racing Products would like wish all IMCA drives a safe and successful 2021 racing season,” said Glenn Myers. Information about Coleman products is available by calling 800 221-1851, at the www.colemanracing.com website and on Facebook. “Coleman Racing Products maintains a consistent program for 2021 targeting specific finishers and our top rookie drivers in each Modified region,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder observed. “They have always placed a high value on IMCA newcomers and a [Read More]

I-30 Speedway lightning quick to sanction IMCA STARS Mod Lites

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Promoter Tracey Clay caught lightning in a bottle last season with the addition of IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars to weekly programs at I-30 Speedway. She’ll do that again in 2021, sanctioning the new IMCA STARS Mod Lite division at her central Arkansas speedplant. “We have run this class 15 years or so. They started as dwarf cars and became Mod Lites. I love the class – they’re a great group of drivers,” Clay said. “I talked to (STARS president and now division director) Jimmy May at our Mod Lite special last fall about the IMCA sanction. I told him I was pro-IMCA and would definitely do it.” “They announced the Mod Lites would be IMCA sanctioned in December and I said I’m in.” I-30 is IMCA’s longest sanctioned Modified track in the state, at 31 years. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season for Modifieds, Stock Cars and STARS Mod Lites opens on March 20 and continues through Sept. 18, the second night of Mod Lite Madness. “IMCA Modifieds have [Read More]

Demon Decals wraps up award plans for state champions in IMCA Central Region

RISING CITY, Neb. – While making plans for another wrapping trip, Damon Richards put final touches on the Demon Decals award program for 2021. The second year-sponsor from Rising City, Neb., gives $100 gift certificates to each state champion crowned this season in IMCA’s Central Region states Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Those certificates will be presented to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod, Mach-1 Sport Compact and now IMCA STARS Mod Lite state champions during the national awards banquet this fall or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. “This program has been a pretty cool deal for us,” said Richards, a former Nebraska state Hobby Stock champion planning to get back on track in a Stock Car this season. “We like being able to interact with more drivers and this has been a great way to meet more state champions.” The son of Charger Chassis owners Jamie [Read More]

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Drivers in six IMCA divisions earn Champ Pans certificates

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Champions and their fellow top 10 finishing drivers in six IMCA divisions receive awards from Champ Pans again in 2021. The Eau Claire, Wis., manufacturer gives $50 product certificates to top 10 drivers in national standings for the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods. “We at Champ Pans are proud of all the top drivers in IMCA and know what it takes to reach that level of performance,” said Amanda Saager. “We want to give something back in return for all their efforts so this partnership is perfect. We are consistently improving our line of products because the racer is who we are and who we care about.” Awards from the nine-year IMCA sponsor will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the next week from the IMCA home office. Certificates can be applied to purchases from Champ Pans or Champ Brackets, another JR Manufacturing Company. Information about [Read More]

IMCA opens loyalty bonus to all pre-registered Lone Star Tour drivers

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 9) – Due to the upcoming cancellation of the other stock car tour scheduled the week before the Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour, IMCA will extend the $500 loyalty bonus to all IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers registered to compete in the Lone Star Tour by 5 p.m. CST today (Tuesday). Registered drivers who ran in January at Corpus Christi will be eligible for that bonus. All tour races now pay those registered drivers a minimum of $1,500 to win. The big week of racing starts with the 24th annual Ice Breaker at Abilene Speedway on Feb. 19, followed by opening night of the fourth annual tour at Abilene. The winner of the Friday, Feb. 19 Stock Car feature earns $3,000 while the winner’s share of the Saturday, Feb. 20 feature will be $2,000. Increases are parts of Brett’s Birthday Bash Doubledown as we celebrate the birthday of IMCA President Brett Root with extra money to IMCA racers. From Abilene, the Lone Star Tour travels to Heart O’ Texas Speedway on Feb. 21, Cotton Bowl [Read More]

Round 3, 4 Winter Series Challenge IMCA Modified wins to Gaylord, Baca

PEORIA, Ariz. (Feb. 6-7) – While Tripp Gaylord repeated his weekend runs to victory lane, Chaz Baca scored Sunday IMCA Modified checkers in Canyon Speedway AZ Winter Series Challenge action. After racing early with Bryson Yeager, Gaylord took charge of the Saturday main event and took home $1,000. “I lucked out with the pill draw,” said Gaylord, who started second and finished in front of Baca, 15th starting Cody Thompson and Aaron Elwess. “Then I kept it out front.” Baca, also already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, worked his way up from the third row to reel in leader Elwess on Sunday. He chased Elwess into traffic, then took over the front spot when the Oregon visitor pulled off with a flat. “I held it steady and smooth and stayed in the lead the rest of the race,” Baca reported following his third $1,000 checkers of the early season. Rounding out the top three were John Parmeley and Josh Cain. Aaron Spangler, 10th starting Anthony Madrid and 15th starting J.C. Parmeley were 1-2-3 in Saturday’s IMCA [Read More]

Antioch Speedway signs on for new IMCA Stock Car sanction in California

ANTIOCH, Calif. – Watching IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars in action at other tracks gave promoter Chad Chadwick a pretty good idea they’d be just as entertaining at his Antioch Speedway. Two races last fall confirmed that and the division joins IMCA Modifieds and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods on select Saturday night race programs at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds venue this season. “We had watched them race in the Midwest. IMCA Stock Cars put on good racing,” Chadwick said, “and we thought they’d be a good class to have here. This is a division that’s going to grow every year.” IMCA Stock Cars ran both nights of Antioch’s Bill Bowers Memorial last October, and again at the 2021 season opener on Jan. 2. Drivers and fans alike were much impressed by the class at each show. “We’ve had a real good response to the announcement that we would sanction Stock Cars with IMCA,” said Chadwick. “There’s been a lot of people talking about it and what they like are the rules. They know they can [Read More]