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Two Memorial Weekend main events for IMCA Modifieds at Santa Maria Nationals

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (May 24) – A pair of $1,000 to win features for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified features are on programs for the May 28 and 29 Nationals at Santa Maria Raceway. Both Saturday and Sunday races are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Entry fee is $50. Pit passes are $40. Pit gates open at noon both days. The grandstand opens at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, when grandstand admission is $20 for adults and $18 for students ages 13-17, seniors 55 and over and military personnel with ID. On Sunday, the grandstand opens at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. Spectator admission is $25 for adults and $23 for students, seniors and military. Kids ages 6-12 are $6 and five and under get in free both days. Pit passes are $40. Entry fee and tow money are $50. Camping, but [Read More]

URSS Rebels ready for Colorado/Kansas tripleheader weekend

BYERS, Colo. – The 2016 United Rebel Sprint Series returns to Colorado Motorsports Park Saturday night. The 3/8-mile oval hosted several events last season and will host the second of eight races in 2016. The Colorado region is thick with talent, both young guns and seasoned veterans and looks to be ultra-competitive again this season. In the last visit to the CMSP oval, 18 racers made the trek with Zac Taylor scoring his first victory of the 2016 URSS/IMCA EMI RaceSaver Series Colorado Region. Mark Walinder, Jed Werner, Adam Trimble and Austin McLean rounded out the top five. Drivers from Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are also expected to make the trip to Colorado for an action-packed night. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing action at 7 p.m. Colorado Motorsports Park is located 44 miles east of Denver, I-70 exit no. 316. The Rebels then make their appearance at WaKeeney Speedway on Sunday night and Monday afternoon. The racing action starts Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. sharp.

Deery Series has Memorial Day date at Boone Speedway

BOONE, Iowa (May 24) – Boone Speedway rolls out the red carpet on Memorial Day for the traditional holiday visit by the Deery Brothers Summer Series. The Monday, May 30 show marks the 45th appearance at Boone by the IMCA Late Model tour. This will be the 14th event to be held there on Memorial Day. Two thousand dollars will be paid to win and a minimum of $300 paid to start the main event. Pit gates open at 2 p.m., the grandstand opens at 3 p.m., hot laps are at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. Monday. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $7 for students ages 13-17 and free for kids 12 and under when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30. Also running are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, for all applicable points, including local track points. More information is available by calling Promoter Robert Lawton at 515 987-1220 and at the www.raceboone.com website. Current point leader Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls owns seven career Deery Series [Read More]

IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour title chase starts at Benton County

VINTON, Iowa – The best Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers from across the Hawkeye State and much of the Midwest converge on Benton County Speedway next Monday, May 30 for the first of a dozen 2016 Hawkeye Dirt Tour events. The Memorial Day feature at Vinton pays $1,000 to win, a minimum of $150 to start and is a qualifier for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Modified drivers also have the opportunity to tune up for the Memorial Day event with a $1,000 to win feature during the weekly show May 29 at Vinton. HDT drivers who race in the Sunday draw/redraw event don’t have to pay the $50 series entry fee on Memorial Day. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 4 p.m. Monday. Hot laps are at 5:45 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, BMS North Central Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points, but not track points, will be awarded to Modifieds. Also running are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco [Read More]

Ron Little Memorial set for May 29 at Stuart Speedway

STUART, Iowa – Stuart Speedway hosts its 16th annual Ron Little Memorial on Sunday, May 29, with a $2,000 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at the top of the card. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts also run on the holiday weekend program. All applicable points will be awarded in the sanctioned divisions. There is no entry fee. Pit passes are $20 or $25 for drivers. Spectator admission is $10 for adults, $4 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. with racing to follow. More information is available by calling 515 238-6945 and at the www.stuartspeedway.net website.

Hawthorne Speedway grand reopening is Saturday

HAWTHORNE, Nev. – The grand reopening for Hawthorne Speedway is Saturday, May 21, as Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds take to the quarter-mile oval for their first of six 2016 events at the Nevada speedplant. Racing starts at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Iron Man Challenge Series comes to town on June 27 and 28. Other sanctioned dates are July 9 and Sept. 3 and 4. Hawthorne is part of IMCA’s Larry Shaw Racing Western Region.

Davenport Speedway hosts May 20 Modified Madness 50

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The winner of the headline event earns $2,000 at Davenport Speedway’s Modified Madness 50 on Friday, May 20. The 50-lap feature for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds is a qualifying event for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, BMS North Central Region and Allstar Performance State, but no local track points will be awarded for the draw/redraw show. The $50 entry fee can be paid at the gate. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m., the drivers’ meeting is at 6 p.m. and hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. Racing on the quarter-mile oval starts at 6:45 p.m. Pit passes are $30. All other weekly divisions, including the IMCA Late Models and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, are on the evening’s card and race for all applicable points. Spectator admission will be $15 for adults and $14 for seniors and students, with kids ages 12 and under free when accompanying a paid adult. More information is available from promoter Bob Wagener [Read More]

Outlaw hosts Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series Friday show

DUNDEE, N.Y. – Outlaw Speedway plays host to the IMCA Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series Friday night, with a $500 to win feature for the touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. All applicable IMCA points will be awarded at the May 20 show. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults and $10 for seniors; kids 12 and under get in free while pit passes are $30. More information is available at the www.outlawspeedwayllc.com website or by calling 607 228-7038. Outlaw has been site of 10 previous IMCA tour events since 2006 and hometown driver Rich Karlnoski became the first repeat winner by taking the checkers last September. Round three takes the Empire State Series to Skyline Raceway on Memorial Day Monday, May 30. Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Matt Cole, Vestal, 40; 2. Drue Perrault, Locke, 39; 3. Eddie Sites, Towanda, Pa., 38; 4. Gary Roberts, Afton, 37; 5. James Cornell, Port Crane, 36; 6. Brad Sites, Monroeton, 35; [Read More]

IMCA Modified tour dates tote $1,000 to win checks in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota

BILLINGS, Mont. – Two upcoming tours traveling in three states will give Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers nine opportunities to win $1,000 over the course of just 10 days. All feature races in the June 25-29 Interstate IMCA Modified Challenge Series and the July 1-4 Warriors Rendezvous in Montana series are qualifying events for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and will pay a minimum of $100 to start. Pit gates open at noon and racing starts at 7 p.m. for each event in the Interstate Challenge, which opens Saturday, June 25 at Billings Motorsports Park in Montana. The tour is at Cloud Peak Raceway in Sheridan, Wyo., on Sunday, June 26; at Casper, Wyo., Speedway on Monday, June 27; and at Gillette, Wyo., Thunder Speedway on Tuesday, June 28 before concluding Wednesday, June 29 at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. More information about Interstate Challenge events is available from Ed Kirchoff at 307 682-8866. After a day off, Billings hosts the first two events in the Warriors Rendezvous on Friday [Read More]

Life in the Past Lane is June 3 at Luxemburg

LUXEMBURG, Wis. – Several restored and replica race cars will be on display under the grandstand as part of Luxemburg Speedway’s Life In The Past Lane throwback night presented by Augie’s Bar and Grill on Friday, June 3. The night will already be special as the 2016 class of Hall of Fame inductees will be honored during a ceremony at intermission. They are former IMCA national and track Stock Car champion John Gregorich of Kewaunee and Luxemburg residents Roy Ihlenfeldt (former street stock champion and IMCA Modified driver) and former driver and head groundskeeper at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds Jerry Jonet. To add to the nostalgic buzz a number of restored racers will be on display. They include: Jonet’s own no. 13 1973 Ford Mustang, in the same condition as when it ran its last race at the third-mile, clay oval in 1978. Bucky Wagner’s no. 40 1933 Plymouth Coupe. The car is now owned by Gregg Herrmann. Gene Coleman’s restored no. 40 modified, a car that raced at Luxemburg in the mid-1970’s. The car is now owned by [Read More]