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Two complete shows on tap for Lee County Summerfest

DONNELLSON, Iowa – Summerfest features at Lee County Speedway pay $1,000 to winners of Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main events. The Monday, Aug. 1 Modified feature at Donnellson is a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Stock Cars and Northern SportMods are on both Monday, Aug. 1 and Tuesday, Aug. 2 programs, as are Mach-1 Sport Compacts, running for $300 to win. Complete shows will be run each night at IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State points will be given. Start money for the Modifieds is $100. Entry fee and tow is $50. Both Stock Cars and Northern SportMods get $85 to qualify. Entry fee and tow is $40. Minimum start money for the Sport Compacts is $50; entry fee and tow are $25. Performance Bodies gift certificates go to top five finishers. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing is at 7:30 p.m. both days. Grandstand admission is $15 [Read More]

Frontier Days shows feature $1,000 to win IMCA Modified mains

LOVELOCK, Nev. – A pair of $1,000 to win, Fast Shafts Allstar Invitational ballot qualifying features are on Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 Frontier Day cards at Lovelock Speedway. Presenting the Nile Valley 40 lap features are the Nile Valley Race Club and Pershing County Rec Board. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded for each show. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Car and driver is $60 a day. Pit passes are $25. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, military personnel and students ages 11-15, and free for kids 10 and under. A family package (two adults and two children ages 11-15) is $30, with additional children admitted for half price. More information is available on the www.lovelockspeedway.com website or by calling 775 273-0812 or 775 273-7922.

Des Moines hosts Friday night Deery Series show

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 26) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series is Des Moines bound for a July 29 event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Friday’s feature for touring IMCA Late Models pays $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $20 for adults or $15 with discount coupon available from any Casey’s General Store. Seniors and military are $18 or $13 with coupon, while youth are $10 and five and under get in free. Pit passes are $30. Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls leads the Deery points race coming into the 10th of 16 events in the 30th annual series. Aikey already owns seven Deery championships and counts six Iowa State Fairgrounds feature wins among his series-best 66 checkers. Twenty-three previous series events have been held at Des Moines. Darrel DeFrance of Marshalltown has perfect attendance through the series first 460 events and is a three-time winner at Des Moines. [Read More]

County Fair show takes IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour to Dubuque

DUBUQUE, Iowa – The seventh Hawkeye Dirt Tour event of the season takes touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to Dubuque Speedway for the first time Tuesday night. The July 26 feature pays $1,200 to win, a minimum of $150 to start and is a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Spectator admission is free with paid admission ($10 for adults) to the Dubuque County Fair. The grandstand is open all day and pit gates open at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Pit passes are $30. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, BMS North Central Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points, but no local track points will be awarded. Also running are Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for national and state points only. Chris Abelson’s runner-up finish in last Thursday’s series feature at Knoxville put him back on top of the tour point standings. Two-time feature winner Joel Rust is second. More information about the HDT show at Dubuque is available by [Read More]

Cottage Grove readies for Mark Howard Memorial

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – The pit area at Cottage Grove Speedway will be filled with Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds for the 2016 edition of the Mark Howard Memorial Nationals. The event will cover two nights of action beginning Friday, July 22 and concluding Saturday, June 23. The main event winner on Saturday will receive $2,600 along with a spot on the ballot for the 2017 fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Tickets each night are adults $13, juniors and seniors $10, kids ages 6-12 $5 and five and under free. Family passes are $30. In honor of the track’s 60th anniversary the 60th fan through the front gate gets in free. A two-day adult pass will be $20. Pit gates open at 2 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. and racing starts at approximately 6:30 p.m. both nights. Howard was a successful racer in the Pacific Northwest before opening his own race shop in Eugene, Wash., Pro Auto Racing, and spending countless time helping drivers stay on the race track. He [Read More]

Three-day swing takes IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour to Des Moines, Osky, Knoxville

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 14) – Three events in as many nights will test the mettle of both men and machines following the Hawkeye Dirt Tour. Traveling Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines on Tuesday, July 19 and at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa on Wednesday, July 20 for $1,000 to win events before running for $1,500 to win on Thursday, July 21 at Knoxville Raceway. All three tracks are half-mile ovals. The Tuesday show marks the first appearance by the Dirt Tour at Des Moines. Southern Iowa Speedway also makes up the Stock Car Shootout program rained out earlier this month on Wednesday. The Thursday feature at Knoxville is the final qualifying event for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and pays a minimum of $300 to start Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. at Des Moines. Hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 6:45 p.m. Spectator admission is $15 for adults with a [Read More]

Wheatshocker Nationals up next for URSS Rebels

HAYS, Kan. – The 2016 chase for the Myers Racing Engines URSS National Championship continues this weekend with the Rebels taking to the 3/8-mile oval at RPM Speedway in Hays. RPM will come alive with one of the most anticipated two-day shows on the schedule. Six drivers have captured the coveted crown, Patrick Bourke, Kasey Beckham, Ty Williams, Jake Bubak, Zach Blurton and C.J. Johnson, the only multiple winner of event. Only two drivers, Johnson (2008) and Williams (2012) have swept both nights in the history of the event. So far three national races have been run in the 2016 Myers Racing Engines National Points chase with three different drivers claiming victories. Luke Cranston, Jason Martin and Blurton have been victorious thus far. This year’s preliminary night will pay $500 to win and $125 to start with the Sunday Championship Night event paying $2,000 to win and $200 to start. In addition, S&W Supply/Federated Auto Parts will give away a special Pitt Boss custom pellet to the driver with the highest combined points total for [Read More]

Deery Series at Maquoketa next Wednesday, Dubuque reschedules IMCA Late Model show

MAQUOKETA, Iowa – The second half of the Deery Brothers Summer Series now starts next Wednesday, when the IMCA Late Model tour travels to Maquoketa Speedway for a $2,000 to win show on July 20. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 4 p.m. for the ninth of 16 events on the 2016 schedule. Beginning at Maquoketa, Sunoco Race Fuels pays a $200 bonus to the feature winner if they’ve maintained perfect attendance throughout the series; that bonus will roll over to the next event if the winner has not been at every previous event. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. at Maquoketa with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $16 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and kids ages 11 and under get in free. Also on the midweek card are Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks running for IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and state but not track points. More information is available by calling 563 219-2478 and at the www.maquoketaspeedway.com website. The Deery Brothers Summer Series event rained [Read More]

Josh Wren Memorial is Saturday at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. – Arlington Raceway hosts the Josh Wren Memorial this Saturday, July 16, paying $1,000 to the winner of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature. Fans are asked to wear blue, Wren’s favorite color, to do a “blue out” in the grandstand in his memory. All regular weekly divisions are on the program along with the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is $12 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $25. Wren, who died last November at age 24 of colon cancer, had raced go-karts and later Modifieds at Arlington. He also crewed for his father, IMCA Modified veteran Jerry Wren, for many years.

Test and tune tonight at Seymour

SEYMOUR, Wis. (July 12) – A test and tune session scheduled for tonight (Tuesday) at Seymour Raceway Park is open to anyone wishing to work on their cars or just get seat time. The pit area will open at 4:30 p.m. and the track will be open from 5-8 p.m. Pit passes are $15. Admission to the grandstand is free.