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Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series returns to New Egypt Speedway for opening night

By Erika Palma Wagner NEW EGYPT, N.J. – The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series presented by the Delaware Auto Exchange is gearing up for their return to New Egypt Speedway for the first time under the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series banner. The IMCA Race Saver Sprint Car series, has four scheduled events at the Central New Jersey D-shaped oval, with April 14th being the first. The series returns there on May 12, July 21 and Aug. 11. Leading the list of drivers making comebacks to New Egypt Speedway are 2017 MASS champion Eddie Wagner, with other MASS talents like Jeff Geiger, Tim Tanner, Bryant Davis, Austin Bishop, Craig Pellegrini Jr., Tom Carberry and Brendon Poff, as well as rookies and newcomers to the series Domenic Melair, C.J. Faison, Dan Leaper and Chloe Andreas looking forward to the event also. “I am thrilled to be able to come back to my home track and race in front of friends and family who usually are unable to travel to other tracks we race at,” said Jeff Geiger, general manager of MASS and [Read More]

Schoenfeld in 20th season as IMCA sponsor

VAN BUREN, Ark. – Schoenfeld Headers reaches another sponsorship landmark with IMCA in 2018, providing contingency awards for a 20th consecutive season. Manufacturer of IMCA’s official 609, 930 and 935 muffler, as well as headers and related exhaust components, the Van Buren, Ark., company maintains a very visible role in the national decal program for Modifieds. Drivers in that division are required to display two Schoenfeld decals on their race car to be eligible for shares of national and regional point funds. And drivers at 80 designated specials for the Modifieds, IMCA Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod specials all chase $50 product certificates. The special events portion of the Schoenfeld program includes each date in the Deery Brothers Summer Series. All certificates will be mailed within a week after official race results are received at the IMCA home office. When required to run a noise reduction system of 98 decibels or more, Modified, Late Model, Stock Car and SportMod must compete with one of [Read More]

Farley Speedway pre-season car show set for March 31

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa – The annual Farley Speedway pre-season race car show is set to be held inside the beautiful Palace Ballroom on Saturday, March 31. The spacious Palace Ballroom is located on the Farley Speedway grounds and has ample space to host a large number of race cars. The show will get underway at 11 a.m. and will feature free admission to all patrons. A DJ will be on hand for entertainment and will be playing your favorites from 1-5 p.m. The Palace Ballroom will also be featuring drink and food specials throughout the show. In addition, the Farley Speedway Kids Club will host a variety of events for youngsters including an Easter Egg Hunt and the Easter Bunny is also scheduled to make an appearance. Adults will have an opportunity to purchase 50/50 tickets and sign up for door prizes and returning this year will be the popular “Pick Your Pockets” game for some very nice prizes. Race cars entered will be judged by the fans in attendance and trophies will [Read More]

Sprint Series of Oklahoma in action Saturday at Enid Speedway

By David Smith Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – After a two-week hiatus, it is back to racing for the Sprint Series of Oklahoma presented by Smiley’s Racing Products/Hoosier Racing Tires Southwest as the tour makes its inaugural appearance at Enid Speedway this Saturday, March 31. Coming into race three on the 2018 race season, two-time and defending series champion Andy Shouse holds a slim two-point lead over Texas driver Michael Day. Chris Kelly, who has already picked his first feature victory of the season and second SSO victory of career, sits third while Brandon Jennings, Shane Sellers and Austin Mundie are tied for fourth. Gary Owens, Cody Whitworth, Dillon Laden and Travis Scott round out the top 10 in early-season SSO point standings. Other drivers looking to make the trip to the Garfield County Fairgrounds include Loyd Clevenger, Tanner Conn, Blake Scott, Justin Fisk, Eric Matthews and Joe Wood Jr. Jake Martens, who finished second in series points last season, is slated to make his first appearance with the series this season as is Josh [Read More]

Marriott, Taylor beat Batesville foes for Arkansas Spring Nationals wins

BATESVILLE, Ark. (March 23-24) – A first-time visitor and a regular at Batesville Motor Speedway both raced their way to victory lane during the Arkansas Spring Nationals. Hunter Marriott topped Friday’s IMCA Modified feature while Jeff Taylor went from last on opening night to first in the Saturday show. Both features paid $1,500 to win and both Marriott and Taylor were already on the ballot for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Marriott started opening night from outside the front row and led the distance, pulling away from everybody en route to his eight Fast Shafts ballot qualifying victory already this season and 11th since last August. After running in lapped traffic much of the way, Marriott won ahead of Tyler Stevens, Peyton Taylor, Jeff James and Mark Norris. “We were getting ready to race and decided on Thursday to go to Batesville,” Marriott said. “We went down there to learn and had a pretty good weekend.” Jeff Taylor, a double winner at Spring Nationals each of the last two years, started on the pole, held [Read More]

Last-lap pass nets Campbell top I-37 cash

By J.M. Hallas PLEASANTON, Texas (March 24) – To say Jamie Campbell’s road to the winner’s circle Saturday at I-37 Speedway was eventful might be an understatement. Campbell, who started eighth in the IMCA Modified feature, got clipped in a grinding lap three crash, taking some extensive body damage to the car. Then, while running third, he narrowly escaped contact with Talon Minten who spun directly in his path. That caution, the fifth of the night, saw officials call for a green, white, checkered finish on time limit. Race-long leader Dillon Tindall got a good restart, but Campbell quickly closed back in. On the white flag lap they were side by side going into turn three. Campbell used the momentum off the high line to edge out Tindall at the line by about a bumper to steal the win. “That was pretty cool,” Campbell said of his last-lap pass. “I’ve done it here before but it’s been a long time. It means a lot because I struggled so much last year with this car, especially [Read More]

QuickCar Racing Products quick to continue IMCA national champion awards

LEBANON, Tenn. – IMCA drivers planning to chase national championships didn’t have to wait long to learn that QuickCar Racing Products would continue its slate of awards for top drivers in all eight divisions. IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods national champions all receive 3-gauge panels while the national Late Model champion gets a 4-gauge panel set and both the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car and Mach-1 Sport Compact national champions receive 2-gauge panel sets from the Lebanon, Tenn., manufacturer. Now in its sixth year of IMCA sponsorship, QuickCar introduced its understandably popular program of awards for national champions in 2015. Champions crowned during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s take home QuickCar tachometers, as does the champion at the Sprint Nationals. National champions will receive their awards during the IMCA banquet in November. Super Nationals and the Sprint Car Nationals awards will be presented in victory lane. QuickCar manufactures a wide variety of high performance products that also [Read More]

Desert Thunder brings back IMCA Hobby Stocks

PRICE, Utah – Common sense and common rules bring IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks back to Desert Thunder Raceway. Sanctioned Hobbies ran at the Price, Utah 3/8-mile dirt oval from 2009-2012. They’ll return for four Friday-Saturday doubleheaders this season, joining IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods. “We tried them for a while at a time when dirt track racing was expanding in Utah,” track owner and co-promoter Harvey Howard said. “Then some other people decided they could do things better with what I call outlaw rules.” “It’s taken a while but other people have figured out what we knew 10 years ago,” he continued. “We have done everything we can to move back and hope that now we’ve come full circle. It’s just common sense to go to a national sanction and not have to argue over rules.” Race dates for all IMCA divisions at Desert Thunder are April 13 and 14, April 27 and 28, May 11 and 12, and Sept. 28 and 29. “We had 21 Hobby Stocks [Read More]

IMCA Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour opens on Memorial Day at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa – Opening night of the Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour sees the series in action on Memorial Day at Benton County Speedway, the traditional home track of the IMCA Modified division. Wehrs Machine and Racing Products comes on board as presenting sponsor for the tour, which counts forays into Wisconsin and South Dakota among its eight 2018 dates. After the Monday, May 28 lidlifter at Vinton, the series is at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wis., on Wednesday and Thursday, June 21-22; at Farley Speedway on Friday, June 29; at Knoxville Raceway on Thursday, July 19; at Park Jefferson Speedway in Jefferson, S.D., on Monday, July 23; at Hancock County Speedway in Britt on Tuesday, July 24; at Buena Vista Raceway in Alta on Wednesday, July 25; and at Clay County Speedway in Spencer on Monday, Aug. 6. Feature winners earn a $2,000 share of the $10,000 purse to be paid each night. All features are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and pay a minimum of $200 to [Read More]

Razor Chassis banner flies again in IMCA’s South Central Region

PLATTE CENTER, Neb. – Razor Chassis reaches an IMCA milestone this season, its fifth as title sponsor of the South Central Region. The Platte Center, Neb., chassis builder again provides a portion of the $6,000 point fund to be paid to top 10 Modified drivers in the region, which includes tracks in Texas and southern New Mexico. The regional champion earns $2,500. The runner-up gets $1,250 with $625 for third, $325 for fourth, $300 for fifth and $200 for sixth through 10th. All drivers in the region are required to display two Razor decals on their race car to be eligible for point fund shares. Information about Razor-built chassis is available by calling 402 246-2021, at the www.rothrace.com website and on Facebook. Cory Sample repeated as a regional champion aboard a Razor last season, albeit in the Western region. “We are seeing more and more Razor cars throughout the country and I know there are some new cars going to the South Central Region this season,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder commented. “Anthony Roth took [Read More]