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Deery Series has Saturday date at West Liberty Raceway

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – Night number two of the 2017 Deery Brothers Summer Series takes the IMCA Late Model tour to West Liberty Raceway for a Saturday, April 8 show. A top prize of $2,000 is at stake in the main event, scheduled for 40 laps. Minimum start money is $300. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Racing follows 6:30 p.m. hot laps. Also on the card are IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Spectator admission is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors ages 62 and over, $10 for students ages 13-17 and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $30. Saturday’s race program at West Liberty is presented by Casey’s General Store, which also gives pole starter and perfect attendance awards at all Deery Series events. More information is available at the www.farleyspeedwaypromotions.com website or by calling 563 744-3620. West Liberty also hosts June 13 and Sept. 22-23 events during the 31st annual Deery Series. Nick Marolf was the [Read More]

Weather gets win at Lee County, Marshalltown hosts Friday IMCA Frostbuster

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – With the rainout of Thursday’s event at Lee County Speedway, opening night for the IMCA Frostbusters moves to Marshalltown Speedway on Friday, April 7. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods also run at Frostbusters Saturday, April 8 at Boone Speedway and Sunday, April 9 at Benton County Speedway in Vinton. All Frostbuster Modified main events pay $1,000 to win and are qualifying events for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Stock Cars run for $500 to win, Northern SportMods for $400 to win and Hobby Stocks for $250 to win each night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given at all three shows. Marshalltown opens the gates at 4 p.m. and the grandstand at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. Boone opens the pits at 2 p.m. and the grandstand at 3 p.m. Hot laps are at 4 p.m. and the first green flag is at 5 p.m. [Read More]

Winnemucca pays $1,000 to Sunday High Desert Classic Shootout IMCA Modified winner

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. – On opening weekend of a season dedicated to building IMCA Modified car counts, Winnemucca Regional Raceway will pay $1,000 to the winner of the Sunday, April 9 High Desert Classic Shootout main event. IMCA Modifieds race for $500 to win in the Saturday, April 8 lidlifter at Winnemucca. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded and both shows will be draw/redraw. Sunday’s feature is a 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. Title sponsor of the High Desert Classic Shootout is Model T Hotel and Casino. Pit gates open at 10 a.m. and the grandstand opens at 11 a.m. both days. Hot laps are at 11:30 a.m. with racing at noon. Eleven dates for the sanctioned Modified division are scheduled this season at Winnemucca, with points races April 23, May 7, June 3,4 10 and 25, July 21, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15. More information is available from promoter Cory Sample at 775 304-3893.

Sprint Series of Oklahoma reschedules Longdale show

By David Smith Jr. LONGDALE, Okla. – Saturday night’s event at Longdale Speedway for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series of Oklahoma presented by Smiley’s Racing Products and the United Rebel Sprint Series Myers Racing Engines national was canceled because of rain. Track and series officials have rescheduled this combined event for Saturday, Aug. 26. The next event for the Sprint Series of Oklahoma will be held Friday, April 21, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, for the second of seven races scheduled at the speedway. In the season opener on March 25, it was Wichita Falls, Texas driver Chad Koch getting the best of a 31-car field to capture his first-ever series victory.

IMCA Spring Shootout starts new season at Fairmont Raceway

FAIRMONT, Minn. – Fairmont Raceway opens the 2017 season with five IMCA divisions filling the card for the Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8 Cellan Motorsports Spring Shootout. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods all race for $1,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $700 to win and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $300 to win on Friday. Saturday winner’s shares are $2,000 for Modifieds, $1,500 for Stock Cars and SportMods, $1,000 for Hobby Stocks and $500 for Sport Compacts. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given for both draw/redraw shows. Track points will also be awarded on Saturday. Entry fee each day is $50 for Modifieds, Stock Cars and SportMods and $30 for Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. Drivers must race on Friday to be eligible for Saturday’s increased payout; in the event opening night is rained out, the Friday purse will be paid on Saturday. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. both days. Hot laps are [Read More]

World Nationals Hangover has $1,000 top prize for IMCA Modifieds

VINTON, Iowa – IMCA Modifieds are in the running for $1,000 to win at Benton County Speedway’s Sunday, April 2 World Nationals Hangover. The feature is a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifying event. IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are also on the card. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $5 for kids. Pit passes are $25. More information is available from Promoter Mick Trier at 515 201-5526 or Manager Mike Van Genderen at 641 521-0330.

$1,000 to win Modified mains headline April 5-8 IMCA Frostbusters

DONNELLSON, Iowa – IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win each night and there’s a $1,000 point fund for each of the four sanctioned divisions featured in April 5-8 Frostbuster specials. Opening night is Wednesday, April 5 at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson. Benton County Speedway at Vinton hosts the Thursday, April 6 show. The Friday, April 7 Frostbuster is at Marshalltown Speedway with the Saturday, April 8 finale at Boone Speedway. All four Modified main events are qualifiers for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and Ken Schrader will race at both Lee County and Benton County events. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $500 to win, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for $400 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $250 to win each night of Frostbuster Week. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given at all four shows. Entry fees are $30 for Modifieds, $25 for Stocks and $20 for both the SportMods and Hobbies. Pit passes are $25. Mach-1 Sport Compacts are [Read More]

Dodge City Raceway Park season opener around the corner

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – It’s nearly time to flip the page of the calendar to April. That means we’re well into the countdown toward opening night of dirt track racing action just more than two weeks away at Dodge City Raceway Park. The 2017 season kicks off at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile clay oval on Saturday, April 15, with a full slate of championship chase action including Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The season opener will go green at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes are $30. It marks the first of a dozen nights of championship chase action at DCRP before closing out the season with the return of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Oct. 27-28. The DCRP Sprint Cars and IMCA Modifieds will be in action over all 12 nights of championship chase action with the IMCA SportMods, Stock Cars and [Read More]

United Rebel Sprint Series kicks off 2017 season Saturday at Longdale

LONGDALE, Okla. – The Meyers Racing Engines National Points chase kicks off the 2017 season with a United Rebel Sprint Series/Sprint Series of Oklahoma co-sanctioned show this Saturday, April 1 at Longdale, Okla., Speedway. Last year the Rebels made one appearance at the lightning-quick 3/8-mile oval with Luke Cranston besting a 26-car field that ran the full 25-lap feature caution free in just six minutes and 47 seconds. The Midwest’s best 305 Sprint Car racers always put on a spectacular show for the fans each and every night. Look for a solid field of racers from both series to battle it out for $1,000 to win, $250 to start purse. Drivers making the tow this year will include three-time URSS national champion Jake Bubak, 2016 IMCA rookie of the year Zach Blurton, plus veterans Mike Peters, Brian Herbert, Ty Williams, Keefe Hemel, Tyler and Jordan Knight, Steven Richardson, Taylor Velasquez and Jed Werner, among others. Sprint Series of Oklahoma drivers include defending IMCA national and tour champion Andy Shouse, Joe Wood Jr., Shayla Waddell, Cody Whitworth, [Read More]

Tri-State reschedules Kegger, IMCA Modifieds chase $1,500 top check

POCOLA, Okla. (March 27) – IMCA Modifieds race for $1,500 to win this weekend, at Tri-State Speedway’s rescheduled Cecil Harlan Memorial Kegger. Practice is from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 30. Qualifying begins Friday, March 31 with last-chance races and the feature on Saturday, April 1. The 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier pays a minimum of $200 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Jet Racing Central Region and Allstar State points, but no local track points, will be awarded. Menasco Racing Enterprises gives a $500 bonus to the driver making the long tow. Entry fee is $100. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and racing follows 6:30 p.m. hot laps both days. Adult grandstand admission is $10 on Friday and $12 on Saturday; kids ages 6-12 get in for $5 each night. Pit passes are $30 on Friday and $35 on Saturday. Pit passes are $20 and grandstand admission is free for the Thursday practice. The Kegger was rescheduled from last weekend because of rain. [Read More]