Thursday, September 7, 2023 Archives

Good, better nights for Ferrando, Murty in IMCA Modified qualifiers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7, 2023) – Grey Ferrando had a pretty good night. Dallon Murty’s was even better. Ferrando made the trip to Oregon for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s and won Thursday’s first Modified qualifying feature. Murty, from much closer Chelsea and winner of the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational earlier in the evening, prevailed in a nightcap that saw its share of excitement and more in the final laps. Ryan McDaniel, Lucas Lamberies and Jordan Grabouski finished behind Ferrando, Tripp Gaylord, Jerry Flippo and Chris Abelson behind Murty. All advance to the middle row of Saturday’s Big Dance at Boone Speedway. The pole starter, Ferrando led all 25 laps, holding on to the front spot despite four restarts over the last half of the race. McDaniel and Lamberies swapped second seven times before the Californian settled in for good with six to go and Grabouski had just enough oomph left to outrun Chaz Baca for the final transfer. “I was just trying to be smooth and hit [Read More]

DeVilbiss, Lund celebrate Thursday Stock Car qualifying wins

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7, 2023) – A night after coming oh-so-close, Zane DeVilbiss got on the roof of his race car and celebrated his qualifying feature win at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. And 30 years after winning his first Super Nationals championship, Curt Lund celebrated a qualifying feature win of his own, only a little more quietly than the driver known as Zippy D had done minutes before. All this after another Stock Car entry joined in Thursday at Boone Speedway, nudging the division total to a record 258 and the new Super Nationals mark to 1,014. DeVilbiss had watched Cody Laney steal the lead away late and finished second in his Modified qualifier on Wednesday. An odd twist of fate saw the New Mexico pilot drive by Troy Burkhart with six laps to go for the Thursday checkers. “He was in the same situation I was in last night. The front isn’t always where you want to be and I had the bird’s eye view,” reasoned DeVilbiss. “We got [Read More]

Dallon Murty dominates in B & B All-Star Invitational at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7, 2023) – Check another IMCA Sunoco Stock Car accomplishment off Dallon Murty’s to-do list. Murty led all 30 laps of the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational during Thursday’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s program at Boone Speedway. The convincing win was good for $1,000, another $750 in lap money and a new chassis courtesy of race title sponsor B & B. “Luckily, I could see the jumbotron,” said Murty, who glanced up at the big screen in the center of the infield to see Kelly Shryock on the move. “You know him, he’s one of the best to roll the tires.” “That was probably the longest race. I hate rolling the tires like that, but I figured I had to get down there.” Shryock, winner of the inaugural invitational in 2021, repeated as runner-up. Jeff Ware, Nick Roberts and Jeffrey Abbey completed the top five. Hard charger Jake McBirnie started 26th and finished eighth. Abbey ran second up to the only caution of the race on lap [Read More]

B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational eligible drivers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1, 2023) – These IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers are eligible to qualify for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. Qualifying will be Wednesday, Sept. 6 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway with the All-Star Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 7. Drivers who have won sanctioned events paying $5,000 or more and are guaranteed starting spots if competing at Super Nationals are indicated with an asterisk (*). Any driver(s) who believe they should be qualifying eligible MUST contact Bill Martin at the IMCA office today (Friday) at 319 472-2201 or by email at bmartin@imca.com. Dean Abbey *Jeffrey Abbey Mike Albertsen D.J. Banks Travis Barker Jason Batt *Brandon Beckendorf Tom Berry Jr. David Brandies Randy Brands Tathan Burkhart Troy Burkhart Steffan Carey Jeremy Christians Blake Clark Tim Clonch Cameron Cook Alex Crapser Eric Cross Steven Daffern Zane DeVilbiss G.W. Egbert IV Justin Erickson Tommy Fain Grey Ferrando Brian Fitzgibbons Jerry Flippo Dalton Flory Troy Foulger Kyle Frederick George Fronsman Tyler Frye Todd Gereau Adam Goff Jesse [Read More]

Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational eligible drivers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1, 2023) – These Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers are eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Qualifying will be Thursday, Sept. 7 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway with the All-Star Invitational on Friday, Sept. 8. Any driver(s) who believe they should be qualifying eligible MUST contact Bill Martin at the IMCA office today (Friday) at 319 472-2201 or by email at bmartin@imca.com. Chris Abelson Timothy Allerdings Ricky Alvarado Chaz Baca Donnie Barnhart Owen Barnhill Jordan Bartz Austen Becerra Brandon Beckendorf Eddie Belec Brett Berry Tom Berry Jr. Brady Bjella Tanner Black Tyson Blood Steven Bowers Jr. Zach Cail Cayden Carter Craig Cassell Alec Childs Ty Clemens Mitchell Clement Jimmy Cole Cory Craver Brian Cross Paul Culp Jacob Dahle Matthew Day Jon DeBenedetti Casey Delp Travis Denning Jesse Dennis Zane DeVilbiss Brenten DeYoung Myron DeYoung Spencer Diercks Brad Dierks Greg Dinsmore Logan Dinsmore Jake Donnelly Ryan Doyon Ethan Dotson Trey Duensing Ryan Duhme Grey Ferrando Drake Findley Trevor Fitz Jerry Flippo Kelsie Foley [Read More]

NAPA Racing Fan Zone hosts busy slate off-track Super Nationals activities

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1, 2023) – The NAPA Racing Fan Zone will be the hub of off-track activities throughout the week of the 41stannual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Numerous events will be held at the Fan Zone, located south of the main grandstand at Boone Speedway, beginning during the Sunday, Sept. 3 Wild Rose Casino Double Down Prelude and each day of Super Nationals Sept. 4-9. “The NAPA Racing Fan Zone will be the place to be to get close-up looks, an autograph or maybe even a selfie with your favorite driver,” said IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm. “We’ll have cars on display, interviews with race winners and some other fun stuff throughout the week,” he added, noting the fan-favorite cornhole redraws for Saturday night Modified and Stock Car main events. “Something else we’ll do different is recognize come of the drivers receiving contingency awards at the Fan Zone.” Victory lane and top four podium pictures for all divisions, and the Saturday night champions’ group photo will be [Read More]

Modified, Stock Car drivers with fastest All-Star qualifying times get P1P tents

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2023) – Getting around the track the quickest in All-Star qualifying will get two drivers custom pop up tents courtesy of P1P Canopy. The custom advertising specialist out of Boone gives 10×10 tents to drivers setting fast times in their bids to qualify for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational for Stock Cars on Sept. 6 and the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational for Modifieds on Sept. 7, during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “We have done time trials for a race we have every year at Boone Speedway and have done time trials since the inception of that,” explained P1P’s Coty Mallicoat. “We thought it would be great to do something like this for both classes at Super Nationals, too.” Two rounds of qualifying are scheduled for each division and the fast time can be determined in either. Tents will be presented after qualifying is completed each night. While specializing in tents, the product line at P1P also includes back drops, banners, shop rugs [Read More]

IMCA Super Nationals entries at record 1,022

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 30, 2023) – Chandler Fullenkamp and Chuck Ledbetter have assured themselves places in event history nearly a week before the start of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Fullenkamp, a Sport Compact driver from West Point, Iowa, became the 1,000th driver to pre-register for the 41st annual Super Nationals, slated Sept. 4-9 at Boone Speedway. Minutes later Tuesday afternoon, Hobby Stock driver Chuck Ledbetter of Loomis, Neb., became the record-breaking 1,005th to do so. A record 1,000 drivers competed at Super Nationals in 2022; 1,004, another all-time Super Nationals best, had pre-entered. Thirty states, another record, and three Canadian provinces are represented by Boone Bound drivers and pre-entries had reached 1,022 as of 9 a.m. Wednesday. “Super Nationals continues to be a snapshot of our weekly racing program and reflects the strength of these weekly divisions across the country,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “We are working very hard to host the best possible event for IMCA drivers,” he continued. “A lot of different things over the course of the season lead up [Read More]

IMCA Super Nationals champs earn $500 from NAPA, Speedway Motors, Casey’s give heat winner gift cards

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 29, 2023) – Champions, hard chargers and heat race winners at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors fueled by Casey’s will be making room in their wallets for some $13,000 worth of gift cards. NAPA gives $500 gift cards to champions crowned in the STARS Mod Lites on Sept. 3, the Late Models Sept. 4, Sport Compacts Sept. 5 and Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks on Sept. 9. The Official Parts Supplier of IMCA and Super Nationals, NAPA also gives $250 gift cards to the hard charger in each of those races, adding more than $5,000 to the main event proceeds. Event title sponsor Speedway Motors gives gift cards good for $10 off purchases of $100 or more and presentation sponsor Casey’s gives $20 gift cards to each heat winner. Nearly $8,000 in gift cards will be presented to those drivers after infield tech at Boone Speedway. “The gift card program rewards so many different drivers at Super Nationals. Every win at the biggest dirt race in the world deserves recognition and [Read More]

Split draw again in place for Super Nationals Modified, Stock, Hobby, SportMod heats

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 29, 2023) – There aren’t many guarantees in life but there’s a big one waiting for Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod drivers competing at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. A better draw. The computerized split draw system introduced two years ago will be used for Hobby Stock and SportMod qualifying Monday, Sept. 4 and Tuesday, Sept. 5, and for Modified and Stock Car qualifying Wednesday, Sept. 6, Thursday, Sept. 7 and Friday, Sept. 8. “This system is managed by MyRacePass and has been well received by drivers each of the last two years,” stated IMCA President Brett Root. “Approximately 950 drivers are already pre-registered. They’re coming from a record 29 states and three Canadian provinces and we don’t want any of them to get crappy draws both or all three nights they draw.” “The split draw system guarantees every driver in those divisions the chance to start in the front half of a heat race,” he added. “It eliminates the very real possibility that [Read More]