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Spring Thunder special to open 2023 season April 30 at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (April 16, 2023) – The first green flag of the season is set to wave during Spring Thunder action Sunday, April 30 at Benton County Speedway. The special event will offer increased prize money to a number of divisions that compete weekly at The Bullring. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds will vie for a $1,250 winner’s share and qualifying eligibility for this year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. A hefty $1,000 prize will be awarded to the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod winner, while IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will compete for a $500 winner’s share, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks $400 to win and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts $250. IMCA state, regional and national points will be awarded, as applicable, in each division. Track points will not start until Sunday, May 7. Entry fees are $40 for Modifieds, $30 for SportMods and $20 for Stock Cars. There are no entry fees for Hobby Stocks or Sport Compacts. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and veterans, and $5 for kids ages 6-14. Children ages [Read More]

Williams Grove, Path Valley highlight first PASS doubleheader of 2023

By Frank Buhrman WILLIAMS GROVE, Pa. (April 14, 2023) – The River Valley Builders Pennsylvania Sprint Series heads into its first two-race weekend of its Silver Anniversary Season tonight (Friday) and Saturday with dates at one of its largest tracks, Williams Grove Speedway, and its smallest, Path Valley Speedway. It’s the ultimate test of IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car driver versatility. On Friday, PASS sprinters tackle the historic and lightning-fast Williams Grove oval as part of the track’s Spring Sprint Special and it will be a victory of sorts if the race is run. PASS’ early-season Grove race hasn’t happened since 2018, with rain cancelling activities last year and in 2019, cold weather prevailing in 2020, and the stoppage of public events due to the COVID outbreak wiping 2020 off the schedule. Those cancellations, plus departures of some past winners from the PASS ranks, mean that Austin Reed, last year’s points runner-up, is the only current driver to have won at the Grove in the last six years. He took the feature on Sept. 17 of [Read More]

IMCA Stock Cars have two weekend dates at 34

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (April 13, 2023) – IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars join both Slocum Memorial programs this weekend at 34 Raceway. Winners of both Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15 features for the Class Too Tough To Tame earn $755 and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility, along with IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region and Iowa State points. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. both days with hot laps at 6 p.m. with racing at 7:15 p.m. More information is available on Facebook.

Maquoketa Speedway opening with All Star Night

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (April 11, 2023) – The Maquoketa Speedway is set to host the first race of the 2023 season which will be All Star Night. Darkside Promotions (Tim Current and Ryan Duhme) will be working in conjunction with the Jackson County Fair Board and track manager Bret Sieverstein to present a special event to kick off the new season. Racing will include greatly enhanced purses for all classes in competition on the very quick ¼-mile dirt track, located on the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Maquoketa, on Saturday, April 15. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars chase a $750 check along with a berth in a B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying heat. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $350. Festivities on the fairgrounds will begin at noon with a race car show held on the parkade area behind the grandstands. Fans are encouraged to come out [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Northern SportMods headline Ice Breaker Challenge shows

EAGLE, Neb. (April 11, 2023) – Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods are on both race night cards, with bonus money waiting for drivers in either division who can sweep Eagle Raceway’s Ice Breaker Challenge Weekend. Modifieds run for $1,000 to win on Friday, April 14 and for $2,000 to win on Saturday, April 15 while Northern SportMods chase $500 top checks both nights. A Twice is Nice Challenge bonus of $1,000 goes to the driver(s) who can win both their main events. Modified winners earn Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility as well. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $2,000 to win and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational eligibility, while IMCA Sunoco Late Models vie for $600 to win on Friday. Top checks on Saturday are $1,000 for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars and $400 for the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Jet Racing Central, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern and Big Daddy Race Cars Northern regional, and Nebraska State points will be awarded each night. [Read More]

Spring Nationals this weekend at US 36

By Rick Staley OSBORN, Mo. (April 11, 2023) – After a spectacular opening Friday hight, the work to improve and bring fans the very best in racing action continues at US 36 Raceway. Spring Nationals are set for this Friday, April 14 featuring IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstands open at 6 p.m., with hot laps at 7:30 p.m. and racing to follow.

IMCA Stock Car crown is worth $5,000 at Marshalltown’s King of the Highbanks

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (April 6, 2023) – The IMCA Sunoco Stock Car king or queen taking the checkers at Marshalltown Speedway’s April 13 and 14 King of the Highbanks takes home $5,000. Along with that big check and bragging rights, the winner of the finale next Friday night at Marshalltown also earns a guaranteed starting spot in the third annual B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational field. Entry fee for The Class Too Tough to Tame is $125. Stock Cars will run two sets of heats on Thursday night to lock in the top 10 in points on the main event grid Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility both nights while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods run for $500 top checks. Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts join the Friday night card. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m. each night. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults and $15 for seniors, veterans and [Read More]

Weekend shows at 34 Raceway feature three IMCA divisions

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (April 5, 2023) – Three IMCA divisions see their first action of 2023 at 34 Raceway this Friday and Saturday. April 7 and 8 features for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds both pay $750 to win and a minimum of $125 to start. Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods race for $500 to win and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts for $250 to win each night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Iowa State points will be given each night. Modifieds also earn Razor Chassis North Central Region points. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. with racing to follow both evenings, as the IMCA divisions are joined at West Burlington by 410 Sprint Cars. Spectator admission is $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and students, and free for kids 10 and under. Pit passes are $38. The track website is www.34Raceway.com. First night for track points at 34 Raceway is April 29 with IMCA Sunoco Late Models, Modifieds, Northern SportMods and Sport [Read More]

Trying again, PASS heads to Port Royal this Saturday

By Frank Buhrman PORT ROYAL, Pa. (April 4, 2023) – The anticipation was already sky high. Now it’s much higher. Foiled by Mother Nature in its effort to get the season started last weekend, the River Valley Builders Pennsylvania Sprint Series re-charges and heads to Port Royal Speedway this Saturday for its Silver Anniversary inaugural race. The IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car portion of the program will include qualifying events and a 20-lap feature. Nearly a week before the race, 35 drivers had already indicated their intentions of racing, including nine of the top 10 from 2022 points. They include runner-up Austin Reed, third-finishing Doug Dodson, fourth-finishing and two-time former champ Ken Duke and fifth-finishing Kruz Kepner. Dodson was a Port winner in last season’s PASS opener at the track, and Duke scored the first of his two Port wins four years ago this weekend. Reed and Kepner have both posted runner-up finishes and are ready to move up a spot. Logan Spahr is the most recent Port winner in a RaceSaver car, having claimed last [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Late Models, SportMods go Topless to open 60^th season at Eagle

EAGLE, Neb. (March 24, 2023) – Promoter Roger Hadan wasn’t fooling when he said he wanted to do something that hadn’t been done for a long time to start the 60th anniversary season at Eagle Raceway. The first green flag of the season at Eagle flies for the inaugural Topless Nationals Saturday, April 1. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Late Models and Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods all race for $1,000 to win that evening and as the name of the event indicates, they’ll do so topless. The Modified winner becomes eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Nebraska State points will be awarded in all three divisions; Modifieds also earn Jet Racing Central Region points. “We wanted to try something that we haven’t done for a long time,” Hadan said. “After I retired from driving I did four topless events (headlined by two-barrel late models, at Eagle and three other area tracks) in my first shot as a promoter. The next year I was promoting [Read More]