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Las Vegas rolls out red carpet for Duel In The Desert

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The biggest IMCA event of the season west of the Mississippi is on the schedule Nov. 11-14 when Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts the 18th annual Duel In The Desert. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds run for $7,777 to win and a minimum of $777 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying main event Saturday night on the half-mile Dirt Track. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods chase a $1,777 top check that evening. Modified qualifying features pay $777 to win and SportMod qualifiers pay $500 to win on Thursday and Friday. “A Duel record 330 drivers competed at Las Vegas last year and it appears we’ll be at or above that number in 2015,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “The locale, the venue, the racing and the purse all combine to make the Duel In The Desert the largest IMCA event on the West Coast.” In addition to Nevada, Modified pre-entries have already been received from drivers who will travel from Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, [Read More]

Outlaw’s OctoberFest special boasts $5,000 IMCA Modified payday

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Outlaw Motor Speedway’s Oct. 22-24 OctoberFest brings Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers to Muskogee in pursuit of a $5,000 payday. The Saturday, Oct. 24 feature is 60 laps and a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier, with a minimum of $400 paid to start and a $150 entry fee. An open practice is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. Qualifying starts on Friday, Oct. 23 with last-chance qualifying and the main event on Saturday. Grandstand admission is free for the practice night and $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and military, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under both race nights. Pit passes all three nights are $30 or $50 for Friday and Saturday. Transponders can be rented for $5. More information is available from promoter Chris Smith at 918 625-6200 and at the www.outlawmotorspeedway.net website.

Cancer can’t keep DiMeo from returning to Dacotah Speedway for Drive to Survive night

MANDAN, N.D. – Every night at the track is special for a race car driver. Dacotah Speedway’s seventh annual cancer awareness and fundraising Drive to Survive Night was especially so for Mach-1 Sport Compact driver Nylee DiMeo. The Aug. 21 show at Mandan marked the first time this season the diminutive Dimeo has raced this season. Diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2014, she returned to the track and won her heat race just three and a half weeks after undergoing a double mastectomy. Fellow drivers Jason Berg and Stan Thompson built the car, painted white and decorated with pink handprints, she raced that night. “My car is still on a trailer. I cried because they had a car done for me,” she said. “I told them I just needed a doctor to clear me and I was going to be out there. It meant a lot to be back with the fans, drivers and track officials.” Younger sister to veteran wheelman Joren Boyce, DiMeo has raced in the thunder-4 and later Sport Compact [Read More]

$2,000 is top IMCA Modified prize at Tri-State’s Spooker

POCOLA, Okla. – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are in the running for $2,000 to win at this weekend’s 36th annual Tri-State Speedway Spooker. A minimum of $300 will be paid to start the Saturday, Oct. 17 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Distance for the main event will be 30 laps. There is a $125 entry fee. The top eight qualify on Thursday, Oct. 15 and positions nine through 16 will be set on Friday, Oct. 16. Last-chance qualifying precedes the main event on Saturday. Pit gates open at 3 p.m., the draw closes at 6:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Pit passes are $30 for adults and $15 for kids; spectator admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 6-11. On Saturday, the gate opens at 3 p.m., sign-in concludes at 5:45 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for kids; grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $8 for kids. There is a $2 discount on grandstand [Read More]

IMCA.TV TO PRESENT THE BEST APPEARING CAR AWARD TO MODIFIED AND SPORTMOD DRIVERS AT THE VEGAS “DUEL IN THE DESERT”

Dirt track racers from far and wide visit the Duel in the Desert held at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway every November. The feature lineups boast an expansive representation of different states to certify this event as one of the IMCA “Crown Jewel” events of the year. For the 2015 edition each driver is welcomed to showcase their stomping grounds with the IMCA.TV Best Appearing Car Contest. The graphics theme for 2015 is to represent your state. The IMCA.TV Best Appearing Contest will boast a “winner-take-all” $1000 Prize for the winning IMCA Modified and for the first time ever, a $500 Prize for the winning IMCA SportMod. The winning graphics company (for each class) will get a free social media advertising package on all IMCA.TV major events for 2016, a whooping $5000 value per class! Voting will be conducted on the IMCA Racing Facebook page (www.facebook.com/raceimca). Drivers will have the ability to declare Best Appearing entry at the pit gate of The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway or online at [Read More]

Abilene Speedway hosts 21st annual Southern Challenge Oct. 16-18 run

ABILENE, Texas – Drivers in four IMCA divisions vie for shares of a $75,000 purse at Abilene Speedway’s 21st annual Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge special Friday through Sunday. Oct. 16-18. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds chase a $3,000 top prize, with a minimum of $450 paid to start their 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods race for $2,500 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars vie for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to take the main event green. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race for $1,000 to win and $100 to start. Gates open at 5 p.m. and an open practice session will be held from 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, with complimentary beverages, barbecue and music at the party to follow. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, gates open at 2 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Worship services at the track are at 10 a.m. Sunday. The [Read More]

IMCA Empire State Series finale is Friday at Five Mile Point

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (Oct. 8) – Eddie Sites takes aim at a career third title and his fourth tour victory of the season when the Empire State Series for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds travels to Five Mile Point Speedway this Friday, Oct. 9. Sites was the feature winner when the tour opened at Kirkwood in April and later added checkers at Black Rock Speedway and Skyline Raceway. Also the series champion in 2011 and 2012, he’s got the edge over Matt Cole going into the $400 to win, minimum $100 to start finale tomorrow night. There is no entry fee and the feature distance is 20 laps. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:45 p.m. Racing follows 6 p.m. hot laps. More information is available at the www.5milepointspeedway.com website and on Facebook. Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Eddie Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 303; 2. Matt Cole, Vestal, 267; 3. Brad Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 244; 4. Jason Benjamin, Towanda, Pa., 239; 5. Keith Lamphere, Monroeton, Pa., 238; [Read More]

Thunder on the Hill IMCA Modified features pay $2,000 to win

MAYETTA, Kan. – A pair of $2,000 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying features are on the ticket for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at Thunder Hill Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10 Thunder on the Hill. A minimum of $200 will be paid to start each night. Purses will be based on minimum 20-car fields. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars race for $700 to win and $150 to start each night, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for $700 to win and $150 to start, and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win and $75 to start. Entry fees per show are $100 for Modifieds, $75 for Stocks and SportMods, and $50 for Hobbies. A late fee of $10 will be applied after Oct. 1. Tow money is $75 for Mods, $50 for Stocks and SportMods and $25 for Hobby Stocks. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. for the Thursday, Oct. 8 practice that runs from 6-9 p.m. Pit passes are $15. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the draw closes and [Read More]

Bakersfield’s Budweiser Nationals boasts Oct. 9, 10 $1,500 to win IMCA Modified features

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Two $1,500 to win features for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are on tap at Bakersfield Speedway’s 30th annual Budweiser Nationals Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10. Both 40-lap features are 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events and pay a minimum of $100 to start. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods begin qualifying on Friday. They’ll also race for $1,500 to win, and a minimum of $60 to start, on Saturday. Tow money is $40 for Modifieds and $25 for Northern SportMods. RACEceivers and transponders are required for both divisions; sound must be below 95 DB at 100 feet. Car and driver is $90 each night for the Modifieds, $105 for both days for the SportMods and $150 to start in the rear for Saturday qualifying only. Pit passes are $40. Pit gates open at noon both days, pre-race tech starts at 12:15 p.m., pit gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. Spectator admission on Friday is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors and military and $6 for [Read More]

Ocean rolls out red carpet for Oct. 2, 3 Pat Pettit Memorial

WATSONVILLE, Calif. – Ocean Speedway rolls out the red carpet for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods at this weekend’s fifth annual Pat Pettit Memorial. Modifieds race for $2,003 to win and a minimum of $103 to start on Friday, Oct. 2 and for $3,003 to win and $203 to start on Saturday, Oct. 3. Both features are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events. Top checks for the Northern SportMods are $503 on Friday and $1,003 on Saturday. Those features each pay a minimum of $103 to take the green. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The drivers’ meeting is at 4:45 p.m. with hot laps at 5:15 p.m. and racing to follow. On Saturday, gates open at 1 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. The drivers meeting is at 3:45 p.m. and racing follows 4:15 p.m. hot laps. There is no entry fee. Pit passes are $45. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and kids ages [Read More]