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IMCA Modifed special event drivers chase awards from Brinn Transmission

BAY CITY, Mich. – IMCA Modified drivers competing in designated special events are in the running for awards from Brinn Transmission again this season. Top five finishers at each of 30 designated specials held throughout the season and around the country receive $50 product certificates. All 150 of those drivers will then be entered in a random drawing, with the winner getting a new Brinn-made transmission. Mark Wauge of Medford, Ore., won the transmission drawing held last December. Product certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office after official results from designated specials are received. Located in Bay City, Mich., Brinn also gives a new transmission to the pole starter at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Saturday night main event. All 33 qualifiers for that race and the 12 Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions starters receive $50 product certificates, “We have had a great partnership with IMCA for 15 years and plan to continue that relationship for many years to come. It is really great to receive calls and [Read More]

Celebration of life planned Sunday for Bill Davis Sr.

DES MOINES, Iowa – His family and friends will have a lifetime of memories to share at Bill Davis Sr.’s celebration of life. Davis, 75 years old and a two-time IMCA Modified national champion, died Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Hospital in his hometown of Des Moines. The celebration of his very full life will be held Sunday, Jan. 14 from 1-4 p.m. at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 SW 9th Street in Des Moines. Those attending are welcome to wear racing shirts and bring stories and pictures to share. “Bill was another of the drivers who began racing an IMCA Modified in the early days of the division and really helped us lay the foundation for its success,” said former IMCA president Kathy Root, now chair of the sanctioning body’s executive committee. “He remains one of our most accomplished drivers. We extend our most sincere condolences to his family and friends.” Davis began racing an IMCA Modified in the mid-1980s. He won 27 features in 1989 and again in 1990 to become the first driver [Read More]

Karl Performance named title sponsor of Arizona IMCA Modified Tour

DES MOINES, Iowa – Anticipation is high for racing in Arizona as year two of the Arizona IMCA Modified Tour runs Feb. 8-18 in the desert. Pre-entries have eclipsed inaugural year numbers and drivers speak of this desert romp as the destination for off-season racing. In addition to all of the hype, the tour has added a familiar name as title sponsor of the week-long event, Karl Performance of Des Moines, Iowa, with a multi-year agreement. The Karl Performance Arizona IMCA Modified Tour will start Feb. 8-10 at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, and continues Feb. 11-12 at Central Arizona Speedway in Casa Grande, Feb. 13-15 at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, and then wraps up with the IMCA Winter Nationals at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma Feb. 16-18. Featured on the cards are IMCA Modifieds with $1,500 to win, minimum $150 to start Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature events along with Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Practices will be held Feb. 8 and 13, capped with a $1,000 to win King of the Hill [Read More]

Southern Oklahoma says OK to IMCA Modifieds

ARDMORE, Okla. – Nine dates for IMCA Modifieds are on the 2018 schedule at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. The division runs both nights of Southern Oklahoma’s season-opening IMCA Weekend Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10. Friday night events will also be held April 20, May 18, June 1 and 15, July 20, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Jet Racing Central Region or Razor Chassis South Central Region, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded all nine nights. The track champion earns bonus points applicable toward national and regional standings. “We’ve been a Modified track since Day One and I’ve been approached for years by IMCA drivers who wanted to race here,” said promoter John Webb. “I’m a Modified driver myself and I’m glad we can give these guys a place to race. I can promise them that we’ll give them a good track to race on.” IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars following the Sprint Series of Oklahoma, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Southern SportMods also travel to [Read More]

Integra IMCA program highlighted by Late Model, Deery Series awards

COOPERSVILLE, Mich. – A one-of-a-kind awards program for IMCA Late Model drivers continues in 2018 courtesy of Integra Racing Shocks. The Coopersville, Mich., manufacturer gives $350 product certificates to the first and second place drivers in combined Late Model national and Deery Brothers Summer Series point standings. Third and fourth place drivers in combined points each get $250 product certificates while fifth and sixth place drivers both earn $150 product certificates. In all, Integra gives nearly $10,000 in product certificates in its ninth season as an IMCA sponsor, with IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and IMCA Southern SportMod drivers receiving awards based on national or regional standings. “We are excited to continue our partnership with IMCA,” Integra Marketing Coordinator Anna Daugherty commented. “It is great to be able to show our appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the drivers who compete on a weekly basis.” Certificates valued at $350, $250 and $150 go to top three eligible drivers in each of the five regions [Read More]

March 3 opening night for Sprint Series of Oklahoma

By David Smith Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – An ambitious schedule awaits the Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products/Hoosier Racing Tires Southwest as officials released their 2018 slate on Saturday. The first of four events at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker is slated for Saturday, March 3. Other events scheduled at the 1/4-mile, red clay oval are Friday, April 27; Friday, June 29 as part of the second annual Freedom 40; and the Sprint Car series season finale on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the third annual Pat Suchy Classic. The doubleheader weekend at Southern Oklahoma Speedway is March 9-10. Other Friday events at the Ardmore speedplant are April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14. Enid Speedway, located on the Garfield County Fairgrounds, has one event slated thus far, which will take place on Saturday, March 31. Lawton Speedway, which will run IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars weekly in 2018, hosts SSO events on Saturdays April 14, July 7 and Aug. 11. Oklahoma Sports Park [Read More]

Texarkana 67 to feature IMCA Modifieds, Southern SportMods on Friday nights

TEXARKANA, Ark. (Jan. 8) – Promoter Dennis Gardner Jr. is looking forward to seeing a lot of the area race cars that have been sitting idle the past few seasons back on the Texarkana 67 Speedway oval this season. IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Southern SportMods are new in 2018 to Friday night programs at the ¼-mile dirt speedplant. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National point season for both divisions runs from April 6 to Aug. 31. “There is a lot of interest in the IMCA sanction. A lot of people are excited about it,” Gardner said. “We already have 15 to 20 Modified drivers in the area who are converting their old cars or building new cars.” All that interest is understandable as the Modified track champion will receive a 2018 chassis purchased by Texarkana 67 from Larry Shaw Race Cars. The Texarkana 67 management team was in charge of four events last fall. The IMCA rules package in general and economics in particular figured in their decision to sanction beginning this year. “Three [Read More]

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New part numbers announced for GM 602, 604 crate engines

VINTON, Iowa – General Motor has introduced an improved sealing system for GM 602 and 604 crate engines. A cap seal system has replaced the breakaway bolts effective immediately. This has resulted in an additional part number for both GM 602 and GM 604 engines. Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod drivers can compete with 602 numbered 88869602 crates while Modified drivers can compete with 604 numbered 88869604 crates, as well as the previously approved part numbers. “GM has added a new part number for what is essentially the third generation of 602 and 604 engines,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “Those additions demand a part number change but assembly and performance remain the same. Earlier part numbered engines are not less competitive and remain 100 percent IMCA legal.” “While rulebooks have already been sent to print, the timing is actually very good for us,” Root said. “IMCA seals must be put on the new part numbered GM engines right out of the gate when they are purchased from a GM Performance dealer.” “This [Read More]

New sponsor AutoMeter sharpens focus on IMCA, oval market

SYCAMORE, Ill. – A company already well-known in drag racing circles becomes a contingency award sponsor for six IMCA divisions in 2018. AutoMeter, the Sycamore, Ill.-based competition instrument and accessories manufacturer, gives $50 gift certificates to designated top five finishing drivers at 80 designated specials for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Southern SportMods. Mechanical 2 or 3-gauge panel sets go to the runners-up in all main events at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s and the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals. The company was founded in Elgin, Ill., in 1957 and relocated to Sycamore in 1979. “We have been heavily involved in drag racing for a long time,” explained AutoMeter Director of Motorsports Marc Erickson. “We want to become more involved with the short track market and focus on the Saturday night racer.” “We like the different divisions IMCA has and the support they receive from their racers,” he added. “IMCA is the type of organization we want [Read More]