Events

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The winner of the headline event earns $2,000 at Davenport Speedway’s Modified Madness 50 on Friday, May 20. The 50-lap feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds is a qualifying event for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, BMS North Central Region and Allstar Performance State, but no local track points will be awarded for the draw/redraw show. The $50 entry fee can be paid at the gate. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., the drivers’ meeting is at 6 p.m. and hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. Racing on the quarter-mile oval starts at 6:45 p.m. Pit passes are $30. All other weekly divisions, including the IMCA Late Models and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, are on the evening’s card and race for all applicable points. Spectator admission will be $15 for adults and $14 for seniors and students, with kids ages 12 and under free when accompanying a paid adult. More information is available from promoter Bob Wagener [Read More]

LUXEMBURG, Wis. – Several restored and replica race cars will be on display under the grand­stand as part of Luxemburg Speedway’s Life In The Past Lane throwback night presented by Au­gie’s Bar and Grill on Friday, June 3. The night will already be special as the 2016 class of Hall of Fame inductees will be honored dur­ing a ceremony at intermission. They are former IMCA national and track Stock Car champion John Gregorich of Kewaunee and Luxemburg residents Roy Ihlenfeldt (former street stock cham­pion and IMCA Modified driver) and former driver and head groundskeeper at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds Jerry Jonet. To add to the nostalgic buzz a number of restored racers will be on display. They include: Jonet’s own no. 13 1973 Ford Mustang, in the same condition as when it ran its last race at the third-mile, clay oval in 1978. Bucky Wagner’s no. 40 1933 Plymouth Coupe. The car is now owned by Gregg Herrmann. Gene Coleman’s restored no. 40 modified, a car that raced at Luxemburg in the mid-1970’s. The car is now owned by [Read More]

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – This Saturday, May 21, West Liberty Raceway will host a special night of Late Model racing featuring the Ideal Ready Mix Tri-Track Challenge. The night’s action will be headlined with a 40-lap iWireless IMCA Late Model main event with the winner taking home the $2,000 first place prize money. This special event is expected to draw a good field of dirt Late Model competitors. In addition to the exciting Late Models all regular classes will also be battling it out for weekly points on the very fast ½-mile dirt oval. Hot laps will take to the track at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. West Liberty Raceway is located on the Muscatine County Fairgrounds on the southeast side of West Liberty.

By David Smith, Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. – Andy Shouse leads the Sprint Series of Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore this coming Friday night, May 20, as the IMCA EMI RaceSaver tour is once again part of the tracks “Fast 5 Friday” series. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with race action slated for a 7:30 p.m. start time. Grandstand prices are $15 for ages 13 and up and $10 for ages 6-12. All pit passes will be $30. In the tour’s last appearance at SOS it was John Carney II picking up his third victory of the sea­son over Joe Wood Jr. and Shouse with a 20-car field pitside. Carney has won three events thus far this season while Brandon Long and Jake Martens have each captured single victories. Southern Oklahoma Speedway is located off I-35 to exit 29, then east on Highway 70 for seven tenth’s of a mile and then south on Highway 77 for two miles.