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XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour seeks first repeat winner at Vinton, Tipton

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 11) – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds race for $1,000 to win in a pair of XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour shows next week. Series features at Benton County Speedway in Vinton on Monday, Aug. 18 and at Cedar County Raceway in Tipton on Tuesday, Aug. 19 are qualifying events for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and pay a minimum of $150 to start. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing begins at 7 p.m. at Vinton, where IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks complete the card. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-10 and free for youngsters five and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available from promoter Mick Trier at 515 201-5526. Touring Modifieds join the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models at Tipton, where pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing gets underway [Read More]

Iowa State Fair show is next for Deery Brothers Summer Series

DES MOINES, Iowa – Touring IMCA Late Models travel to Des Moines for their next Deery Brothers Summer Series show, during the Iowa State Fair. The Monday, Aug. 11 main event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway pays $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Justin Kay of Wheatland brings the point lead to town for the ninth of 15 events on the 2014 schedule. Gates open at 3 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. and racing follows 5:30 p.m. hot laps. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. Completing the race day card are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Dirt Trucks. More information is available at the www.iowastatefairspeedway.com website or on Facebook. Twenty-two previous series events have been held at Des Moines and Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls leads all drivers with six career wins there, including the 2013 contest. Darrel DeFrance of Marshalltown has competed at all 428 events in series [Read More]

Murray County, Arlington dates are next for Redline Racing Parts North Star Series

SLAYTON, Minn. – Dates at Murray County Speedway in Slayton and Arlington Raceway this weekend make up the only doubleheader of the season for the Redline Racing Parts North Star Series. Murray County hosts touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts on Friday, Aug. 8. The same five divisions are in action on Saturday, Aug. 9 at Arlington. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. at Slayton. Racing follows 7:15 p.m. hot laps. Grandstand admission is $11 for adults, $6 for students ages 11-15 and free for 10 and under. IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Cars are also on the card at Arlington. The pits open at 3 p.m. and hot lap are at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps begin at 6 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Pit passes are $25 both nights. Series standings are based on drivers’ best eight of 10 finishes. [Read More]

IMCA Modified stars shine at high-paying Hancock County specials

BRITT, Iowa – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified stars shine at two of the top-paying special events of the season on back-to-back nights at Hancock County Speedway. The 20th annual Night of 1,000 Stars on Thursday, Aug. 7 pays as much as $9,000 and a minimum of $3,500 to win. And on Friday, Aug. 8, the second annual Night of 10,000 Stars boasts a potential payout of $10,000 and a guaranteed $7,000 to the winner. Both Modified features are 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers and will be 50 laps. Fireworks follow each night’s race program. The Aug. 7 event is also an XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour show and is sponsored by Doug Studer Farms. Lap money totals $2,500 with a $1,000 bonus to the leader at midway. The winner earns another $2,000 if they’ve raced at Hancock County Speedway at least four times previous to that evening. Making the 33-car Modified feature field pays a minimum of $300. Thirty-six cars take the Modified green for the Iowa Corn Growers District 2-sponsored Night of [Read More]

Rooks County Speedway hosts Aug. 13, 14 fair races

By Mike Hughes STOCKTON, Kan. – Rooks County Speedway in Stockton, Kan., will host races during the Rooks County Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 13-14. Sanctioned IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks will be in action both nights. It will be a complete show each night. Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and races start at 7 p.m. sharp. Races are being promoted by NEPRA Racing and Prowler Promotions. For more information, contact Dean at 785 425-8432.

Tonight’s Deery Series event in Independence is canceled

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (Aug. 6) – With wet weather in the area and an increased threat of rain later this afternoon into the evening, officials have canceled tonight’s Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models event at Independence Motor Speedway. The event, which was also rained out on its original date of July 1, will not be made up. “The weather has affected us all year and tonight is no different,” said promoter Darin Burco of S&B Promotions. “It isn’t a decision we wanted to make,” he continued, “but it’s one we don’t take lightly.” With an increased chance for rain in Independence around the time hot laps were scheduled to start, Burco said the last thing he wanted to do is force people to drive from all over the state just to get rained out with no make-up date available. “We’ve talked to meteorologists who tell us the track of the weather will change and we’ll get wet around 6 p.m.,” he said. “I used to race the Deery Series and [Read More]

Gandrud Chevrolet Red, White & Blue Series finale August 9 at 141 Speedway

FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (Aug. 4) – Saturday, August 9 marks the final race in the Gandrud Chevrolet Red, White & Blue Series at 141 Speedway. The series will award over $10,000 in contingencies to the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, along with IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Belleville Motorsports North Central Regional, Allstar Performance State and track points. In addition to contingencies from Arneson Shock Service, BSB Manufacturing, Fast Shafts and Manitowoc Motor and Machine, the series champion will receive a GM 604 Crate Engine courtesy of Gandrud Chevrolet. All three of the $1,000-to-win Gandrud Chevrolet Red, White & Blue Series races are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifiers. Urbana, Iowa hotshoe Darin Duffy is the current series point leader with New Franken’s Shawn Kilgore trailing by just two points going into the final event. Sean Jerovetz of Suamico is seven points back in third and Denmark’s Tim Czarneski is tied with Brad Lautenbach of New Franken nine points back to round out the top five. As part of the regular weekly racing action at [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds top Tonopah Jim Marsh Classic program

TONOPAH, Nev. – A pair of $1,000 to win features for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds top the Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9 program for Tonopah Speedway’s Jim Marsh Classic. Both events are qualifiers for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local tracks will be awarded both nights. Early entry fee for both shows is $150 or $175 at the gate; entry fee for one night is $100. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. both days. Racing starts at 7 p.m. Friday and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, military personnel with ID and teenagers, and free for six and under. Pit passes are $20. Also racing are West Coast Super Stocks, dwarf cars, bombers and mini stocks. More information is available at the www.tonopahspeedway.com website or by calling 775 293-0435.

Kay seeks third straight checkers at Independence Deery

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 30) – Point leader Justin Kay has already won three times this season to match his 2013 Deery Brothers Summer Series total. He’ll try to equal his personal best of three straight feature wins when the IMCA Late Model tour travels to Independence Motor Speedway next Wednesday, Aug. 6. Kay won for the first time in his brief Deery career at Independence last year, then followed with wins at Davenport and West Liberty. He won at East Moline this May, then again on July 8 at West Liberty and July 13 at Dubuque. The upcoming feature at Independence pays $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students and free for kids 11 and under when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods run for $600 to win plus IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National [Read More]

Payouts get boost for IMCA Great Plains Series at Dawson County

LEXINGTON, Neb. (July 29) – A bigger purse has been announced for the eighth installment of the Dirt Track Central Jax Sports Grille Great Plains Series. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars now race for $1,300 to win and a minimum of $100 to start the Sunday, Aug. 3 main event at Dawson County Raceway. An anonymous donor added $1,000 to the main event purse for the Ethanol Night program; another $1,000 in bonuses has been added to the pole dash, boosting the total payout for the draw/redraw show to more than $6,000. The top 12 from the heats will transfer and draw for their starting position in the 10-lap pole dash. Winner of the dash will have the choice of splitting the $1,000 with the runner-up and inverting the 12 spots or taking the front row with the runner-up and the third through 12 place drivers each get $100. Twenty-four cars start the main event. Second place pays $700, with $400 for third, $350 for fourth, $300 for fifth, $250 for sixth, $225 for seventh, $200 [Read More]