Stock Car Archives

Baca visits victory lane twice during Showdown opener

By Ben Deatherage CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Nov. 22, 2024) – Chaz Baca, reigning national champion of the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and the Shaw Race Cars Western Region, showcased his dominance at Central Arizona Raceway to score a big win on the first night of The Showdown presented by Toste Construction. The Mesa maestro obtained the lead just before the midway point of the 25-lap feature at Casa Grande. Montana standout Joey Price paced the field early. He would receive a strong challenge from Baca around lap six but kept him at bay. The two-time national champion would pressure again and get the necessary run-off of turn four on lap nine to become the new pacesetter. From there, Baca handled the rest of the distance without issue despite some congested lapped traffic. North Dakota traveler Shawn Strand ended the race second with Price in third. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites were also on hand. Baca, Taylor Kuehl, Zack Tate and [Read More]

Confident Spalding scores rookie award in Southern Region for IMCA Stock Cars

ANDREWS, Texas (Nov. 22, 2024) – After racing to national rookie of the year honors in a Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMod last season, one of the first questions Cutter Spalding heard was ‘Think you can race a Stock Car, too?’ His answer was a confident “Shoot, yes!” and the 19-year-old from Andrews, Texas, was quick to back up that bravado with another rookie of the year award, this one in the EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region. “We were blessed with a lot of good luck and a good team,” said Spalding, after driving a Kerry Fryar Motorsports-owned 2024 Sniper Speed ride built by Jeffrey Abbey to six feature wins, the Texas State championship and a runner-up finish in the regional points race. “I love everything about this sport, no matter what. I’ve been blessed to be able to do it.” Second in points at Abilene Speedway and fourth at Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Spalding had a lot of blessings to count after making a combined 67 starts between the Stock Car and SportMod [Read More]

Few changes in 2025 rules for other IMCA divisions

VINTON, Iowa (Nov. 21, 2024) – As promised, few changes have been made in rules for seven other IMCA divisions. “We had announced this summer that the 1978-87 General Motors OEM replacement frame manufactured by Speedway Motors would be legal for use in the Stock Car, Hobby Stocks and Southern SportMod divisions, and that Stock Car drivers could compete using the MD3 Camaro kit,” stated IMCA President Brett Root. “No other changes were made in rules for any of those three divisions.” New to 2025 rules are: •A one piece rear spoiler is allowed the Northern SportMods, a maximum of five inches for crate engines and a maximum of three inches for claim engines. •STARS Mod Lite fuel cell vents must have check valves. One spring rubber is allowed per wheel and a minimum 2” x .083” steel drive shaft must be used from the transmission adapter to the automotive rear end. •Skirting is allowed between the tires only on Sport Compacts and while belt driven accessories may be removed, the crank balancer must remain [Read More]

Broadcast dates announced for Super Nationals encore on Speed Sport 1

BOONE, Iowa (Nov. 20, 2024) – Didn’t get enough of the action at Boone Speedway and the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s ? You can enjoy encore presentations of highlights from America’s Racin’ Vacation four nights this week, beginning tonight (Wednesday) on the SPEED SPORT 1 channel. Three-hour produced shows broadcast at 9 p.m. EST and feature highlights from IMCA.TV from Day 4 at Boone this evening, Day 5 on Thursday and Day 6 on Friday. A nine-hour broadcast marathon begins at noon Sunday, Nov. 24. SPEED SPORT 1 is available for free on Amazon Prime, PlutoTV, SlingTV and more.

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Fett finesses his way to IMCA Stock Car national, northern region rookie awards

ALGONA, Iowa (Nov. 8, 2024) – Nobody was more surprised than Colby Fett after he won his career-first start in an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car. But no one was surprised that he became the national and EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region rookie of the year in The Class Too Tough To Tame. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod veteran from Algona, Iowa, made 48 Stock Car starts at nine different tracks in three states, finishing with a flourish and counting seven wins among 22 top-five finishes “We were going to race the SportMod most of the season and hit specials in the Stock Car. We were never thinking about running for rookie of the year,” said Fett, “but then we went out and won our first race in the Stock Car at Clay County Fair Speedway and figured we’d keep going and see where it took us.” “The Stock Car seems to be the division everyone is gravitating toward,” continued Fett, a built motor fan and sixth in national point standings for 2024. “It’s one of [Read More]

Another first for Arizona as Partain reigns in Southern region for IMCA Stock Cars

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Nov. 6, 2024) – A racing vacation to California ultimately took Bo Partain straight to the IMCA record book. His mid-July sweep of Summer Shootout features at Barona Speedway was part of an eight in a row win streak that made the Casa Grande speedster the first driver from Arizona to earn the EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region championship for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. “I did not plan to run for the region, not at all. We had three races left, somebody called me and told me ‘Hey, you’re leading regional points,” said Partain, who wrapped up 2024 two months later with a win at home track Central Arizona Raceway. “I hadn’t even looked at ’em. I had no idea.” “I just bounced around this season and raced to have fun,” he explained. “My wife Tina and I had decided to race Barona, which is a fun little track for sure, spend a couple days on the beach and go deep sea fishing while we were over there in California and then [Read More]

B & B All-Star eligible list adds eight

VINTON, Iowa (Nov. 4, 2024) – Eight more IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers will contend for the 2025 B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational crown. Zane DeVilbiss earned an automatic berth in that event with his $10,000 checkers at Batesville Motor Speedway’s Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America IMCA Stock Car Championship. Jeff Larson won twice during the Fall Bash at Cedar County Raceway while Dallon Murty’s night two win at Tipton proved to be his first of three qualifying victories during October. Jordan Grabouski swept the Octoberfest weekend at Beatrice Speedway. Patrick Linn and Hayden Linn each made visits to victory lane during the Natural State Nationals at Two Dollar Pistol Motor Speedway. Mike Mullen banked the big money at 141 Speedway’s Car Wars, David Brandies was the class of the field at Maquoketa Speedway’s Allstar Classic and Jason Batt was best at Abilene Speedway’s Southern Challenge. Drivers winning specials paying $750 or more who were already qualifying eligible were Tathan Burkhart and Branon Schmitt. Drivers already eligible to qualify for the B & B All-Star Invitational [Read More]

Nichols races to record 13th IMCA crown, he’ll move national title trophies to Texas

HARLAN, Iowa (Oct. 23, 2024) – Another IMCA racing season, another IMCA record. Mike Nichols raced to a career 13th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national crown in 2024, breaking the all-time mark set by Late Model legend Ernie Derr. While appreciative of his own efforts and his IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing competition – Nichols won 30 features and four track titles this year, boosting those career record totals to 657 and 51, respectively – he cautions that comparisons between eras are difficult to make. Nichols’ first national championship came in 2002, Derr’s last in 1971. “There should always be an asterisk with breaking Ernie Derr’s record. It was a different time. I didn’t beat Ernie Derr because I didn’t compete with Ernie Derr,” Nichols reasoned. “I have a lot of family history of talking about Ernie Derr and how awesome he was back in the day.” Nichols was nothing short of awesome himself this season, racing to a fifth consecutive crown. He also stood on top of the podium in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014 and [Read More]

Wisdom, Batt, Spalding each bank $2,000 at Southern Challenge

ABILENE, Texas (Oct. 19, 2024) – Kyle Wisdom had impressed at last year’s Southern Challenge Ryan Bard Memorial, racing from his ‘B’ feature to finish fourth in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature. He turned heads again at Abilene Speedway’s 30th annual season-ending event on Saturday night, this time winning the main event and $2,000. “I’ve run second here in a SportMod a couple times and raced the Southern Challenge in a Modified four times but have never been able to win it before,” said the hometown hotshoe, newly eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “It’s something every driver around here wants to do. It means a lot.” Wisdom had started from the pole in the Friday night qualifier but was a DNF after getting into the wall with six laps left. Returning to the speedway the next day, he made the most of Scotty Cook’s expertise and the track wrecker “to correct the geometry” and got the wheels and tires on with all of three minutes to spare before hot laps. Wisdom [Read More]

Iowa Dirt Nationals set records at Maquoketa Speedway

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Oct. 17-19, 2024) – The final race of the 2024 season was held this past weekend at the Maquoketa Speedway as the Iowa Dirt Nationals were run with three near perfect weather days greeting record-setting car counts and large crowds. The action got underway on Thursday, Oct. 17with a practice session and the makeup features of the All Star Classic that was cut short back on Sept. 14 due to rain. Ethan Braaksma scored the win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature, David Brandies topped the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event, Brayton Carter raced to the win in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Eric Knutson took the win the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Friday was opening night of the Iowa Dirt Nationals with 206 competitors packing the infield on the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Winners on Friday night included Drew Janssen in the Modifieds, Brandon Schmitt took top honors in the Stock Cars, Carter scored the win by inches in the SportMod feature and Knutson took the checkers [Read More]