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IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Aug. 3, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 993; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 979; 3. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 975; 4. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 970; 5. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., and Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., both 963; 7. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 952; 8. Joel Rust, Grundy Center, Iowa, 947; 9. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 946; 10. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 945; 11. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, 944; 12. Jed Freiburger, Dubuque, Iowa, 938; 13. Chris Zogg, New Liberty, Iowa, 927; 14. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, and Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., both 925; 16. Charlie Mohr, Bettendorf, Iowa, 919; 17. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 913; 18. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 910; 19. Brenten DeYoung, Carson City, Mich., 908; 20. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 907. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 792; 2. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 774; 3. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 755; 4. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 751; 5. Christopher “C.J.” Horn, Auburn, Ind., 740; 6. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 739; 7. Gary [Read More]

IMCA Late Model drivers chase Sunoco bonuses at Lee County, 34 Raceway

DONNELLSON, Iowa (Aug. 1, 2023) – IMCA Late Model drivers will have two opportunities to win bonuses from Sunoco Race Fuels this weekend. The division title sponsor gives $250 to feature winners Friday, Aug. 4 at Lee County Speedway and Saturday, Aug. 5 at 34 Raceway in West Burlington. Friday sees Late Models racing for $1,000 to win their Drive For 5 qualifier at Donnellson, where pit passes are $30 for adults, $20 for kids ages 7-13, $10 for kids ages 4-6 and $5 for three and under. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m. and racing to follow. Saturday’s 34 For Kids Night show starts with a driver meet n’ greet and ends with fireworks, with bags of school supplies to be given away and bicycles and other prizes awarded to young fans in between. The gates open at 4 p.m. with racing to follow 6:15 p.m. hot laps. Also running each night are Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts. [Read More]

Let the good times roll – IMCA cars, drivers, fans are Boone Bound for Sept. 4-9 Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – There’s no exact number yet but this is guaranteed: The cars – race cars, not the band – are coming to Boone Speedway. Nearly 650 drivers from 27 states and three Canadian provinces are already pre-registered for the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Sept. 4-9 at Iowa’s Action Track, and the goals of every one of those drivers are to win the most prestigious championship in dirt track racing and have a good time while they’re doing it. “The general format for Super Nationals remains the same. We are still working on little tweaks to make sure that from the time racers pull into the pits and park their hauler or fans get their campers situated, to the time they go home that they have a good time,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “Most people come to Super Nationals to have a good time and that’s what we want, too,” he added. “It’s a great week for us and we want every driver and every fan to have the [Read More]

Off Road Speedway feature wins occur in a variety of ways

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 29, 2023) – Variety was the operative word for Saturday night’s feature winners at Off Road Speedway. Each of those winners would have had a descriptive story to hash over in any sort of late night, after competition conversation in the pit area before loading up their cars for the journey home. Dylan Schmer, for example, probably felt like he won the IMCA Sunoco Late Models feature more than once after he had to overcome a number of challenges even after producing large leads on multiple occasions. Three cautions, the last two with under eight laps remaining, along with twice catching up to and having to contend with lapped traffic on both the high and low lines, kept challengers within reach. But in the end, Schmer simply had too much speed and power for the rest of the field, using the high line of the track to secure his first win at Off Road Speedway this season. Chase Osborne came from a starting position in the sixth row within [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through July 27, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 993; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 974; 3. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 973; 4. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 964; 5. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 955; 6. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 952; 7. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 951; 8. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 941; 9. Joel Rust, Grundy Center, Iowa, 940; 10. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, and Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., both 939; 12. Jed Freiburger, Dubuque, Iowa, 932; 13. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 924; 14. Chris Zogg, New Liberty, Iowa, 916; 15. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 913; 16. Charlie Mohr, Bettendorf, Iowa, 912; 17. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, 910; 18. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 906; 19. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 899; 20. Brenten DeYoung, Carson City, Mich., 893. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 790; 2. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 774; 3. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 750; 4. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 741; 5. Christopher “C.J.” Horn, Auburn, Ind., 734; 6. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 732; 7. Gary [Read More]

Miles scores first career win at Maquoketa

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (July 22, 2023) – Following a week of no racing as the Jackson County Fairgrounds hosted a large dog competition show the racing action returned on Saturday night with 121 teams putting on an exciting show as the races were hurried along to beat the approaching rain storm. It is always special to see a driver win his first-ever main event and on Saturday night that was the case in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Jordan Miles, one of the many racing Miles brothers and one of three Miles’ that were racing Saturday night scored his first of what will be many feature wins. Miles held off the one of the best in Hobby Stock racing, Randy LaMar in scoring the win. The 25-lap IMCA Sunoco Late Model feature saw veteran driver Andy Nezworski drive his no. 7 very patiently to the front from his eighth position start and overtake Jaden Fryer late in the main to go on and score the win. Fryer had a strong run in taking [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through July 20, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 993; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 969; 3. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 965; 4. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 960; 5. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 952; 6. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 939; 7. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 934; 8. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 926; 9. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 923; 10. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 913; 11. Joel Rust, Grundy Center, Iowa, 910; 12. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, 900; 13. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 899; 14. Charlie Mohr, Bettendorf, Iowa, 891; 15. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, 888; 16. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 885; 17. Nick Meyer, Whittemore, Iowa, 870; 18. Brenten DeYoung, Carson City, Mich., 858; 19. Ryan Heskett, Muskegon, Mich., 856; 20. Jed Freiburger, Dubuque, Iowa, 854. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 790; 2. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 753; 3. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 735; 4. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 734; 5. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 725; 6. Christopher “C.J.” Horn, Auburn, Ind., 658; 7. Beau Johnson, [Read More]

Next Sunoco Race Fuels bonuses awarded at US 30, East Moline

COLUMBUS, Neb. (July 19, 2023) – Division title sponsor Sunoco Race Fuels awards $250 bonuses at two upcoming IMCA Late Model race nights, Thursday at US 30 Speedway and Sunday at East Moline Speedway. The July 20 show at Columbus, Neb., was postponed following a rainout last week. Drivers can receive the bonus one time in a season so the $250 would be given to the top finishing non-winning driver any night the winner has already earned the bonus at another track. Gates open at 5 p.m. at Columbus, where hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. and racing follows. At East Moline, Ill., on July 23, pit gates open at 2:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps at 4:30 p.m. precede the first green flag. Pit passes are $30 both nights and $15 for kids 12 and under at East Moline. Late Models will be joined each evening by IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars have a $2,000 to win Governor’s Cup show [Read More]

Off Road winners overcome difficult starting positions

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.com NORFOLK, Neb. (July 15, 2023) – Coming from behind was the trend during Saturday night features at Off Road Speedway. Only one of the four IMCA winners began the race among the first three rows in the starting grid, while the other three started at least four rows behind the pole sitter. Making up the most ground on Saturday was Cade Richards, who travelled from the sixth row in the field of 16 cars to the front to earn his first Off Road Speedway IMCA Sunoco Late Model win plus the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels bonus. Richards survived a four-car battle for fourth to enter the top three with 14 of the 25 laps left and then, without a caution to help close the gap, still had to catch up to race leader Travis Birkley, which meant winning a duel with Alex Banks, who was also in pursuit. Richards caught and passed Banks on the inside one lap later and, using the high side of the track to gain momentum, was able [Read More]

Oliver, Barnes win again at Lee County

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (July 14, 2023) – John Oliver Jr. and Josh Barnes were both working on IMCA win streaks when the final checkers flew Friday at Lee County Speedway. Oliver, who started outside row five, worked himself into the hunt for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car top spot by lap four and stayed close the next 10 times around the track, slipping under Derrick Agee for the runner-up spot and then going to work on Chad Krogmeier for the lead. Coming to the white flag, Oliver got under Krogmeier for the top spot and then held him off to claim his second win in a row and fourth of the season at Donnellson. Agee was third. Up next was the 15 lap Donnellson Tire & Service Sport Compact feature, with Blaine Lambert and Josh Barnes on the front row. Josh In contrast, Barnes grabbed the lead on lap one of the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact main and set a quick pace in a feature destined to run caution-free. Barry Taft was finally able [Read More]