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281 has new promoters for 20th IMCA season

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The 20th season for IMCA racing at 281 Speedway will be the first under the promotional guidance of Joe Spillman and Heather Combs. Their C&S Promotions partnership oversees Saturday night programs on the ¼-mile dirt oval beginning with opening night on March 4. The point season for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts runs through Sept. 16. C&S has promoted a couple enduros, both held at Heart O’ Texas Speedway, and signed the lease at 281 in early December. New restroom facilities have already been built on the spectator side of the track and 1,500 yards of clay put back on the racing surface. “We want to see promoting done like a business and not like a hobby,” Spillman said. “I’ve traveled and raced a Modified and a Stock Car all across the country so I’ve got ideas about what works and what doesn’t.” Spillman started his own career in a Southern SportMod. He’s raced a Modified and a Stock Car at the IMCA [Read More]

Four IMCA divisions featured at Canyon’s Winter Challenge

PEORIA, Ariz. – IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win and berths on the Fast Shafts Allstar Invitational all four nights of the Winter Challenge Series at Canyon Speedway Park. Saturday and Sunday Jan. 21-22 and Jan. 28-29 programs also feature IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods in $500 to win features while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock chase $250 top checks. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and special series, but no local track points will be given all four nights. Pill draw is $25 for the Modifieds, $20 for both Stock Cars and Northern SportMods, and $10 for Hobby Stocks. Pit gates will be open throughout both weekends and camping is available. Grandstands open at 11 a.m. and racing begins at 1 p.m. Pit passes are $35 for adults, $20 for kids ages 7-11 and free for six and under. Spectator admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and military, and free for kids 11 and under. Open practice sessions start at 7 p.m. Fridays Jan. [Read More]

Speedway Motors announces Racer Appreciation Week

LINCOLN, Neb. (Jan. 17) – Speedway Motors will kick of its 65th anniversary year and help racers everywhere get a head start on the 2017 season with its first-ever Racer Appreciation Week Feb. 6-11. Building on the success of Racer Appreciation Day, an open house event that attracted racers from throughout the Midwest, Racer Appreciation Week will take the celebration online and nationwide with a weeklong series of promotions, social media spotlights, discounts and giveaways. Racers can watch the Speedway Motors Facebook page, sign up for the company’s email club, or simply follow along at SpeedwayMotors.com to get in on all of the action during the week. “Our Racer Appreciation Day event was such a success that we simply outgrew it,” said company spokesperson Damon Lee. “We also had countless customers who were too far away to take part. So we thought, why not open it up to all racers using the power of the internet? We think it will be a great way to get racers excited about the upcoming season.” Racers can expect special offers [Read More]

Winter Heat Challenge Series starts season at Perris

PERRIS, Calif. – Pit gates open at noon and racing starts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 when the Winter Heat Challenge Series starts the 2017 season at Perris Auto Speedway. The grandstand opens and hot laps for the IMCA Modifieds start at 2 p.m. There is no entry fee; pit passes are $50. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $5 for active military personnel and students ages 13-18 with ID, and for kids ages six through 12. Youngsters five and under get in free. Free parking during the series, which continues Feb. 11 and 12, is courtesy of the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. More information is available by calling the track office at 951 940-0139.

Northern SportMods become fourth IMCA division featured at Canyon Speedway Park

PEORIA, Ariz. – A fourth IMCA division will be featured beginning this season at Canyon Speedway Park. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are new in 2017 at the Peoria, Ariz., venue, running each night of the Winter Challenge Series in January and the Desert Classic in February. The SportMods join sanctioned Modifieds, a Canyon staple for more than a quarter century, and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks, both added last season, on regular Saturday race programs. First local track points for the SportMods, as well as the Stocks and Hobbies, will be given for Feb. 24 and 25 Desert Classic shows. “With the growth of IMCA and the number of people buying cars, we felt like this would be a good time to sanction the Northern SportMods,” said Canyon owner and co-promoter Doug Gabbard. “It’s a win-win situation. There’s definitely going to be opportunities for racing Northern SportMods in Arizona.” Arizona Speedway and Central Arizona Speedway both crowned their first local track champions in the class last year. Northern SportMods will run for a [Read More]

IMCA Stocks, Hobbies, Sport Compacts new at I-76

FORT MORGAN, Colo. (Jan. 10) – Three more IMCA sanctioned divisions join regular race programs at I-76 Speedway this season. New are the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts. The season opener for all three classes, as well as Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods at Fort Morgan is the Sunday, April 30 Ice Breaker. Eleven Saturday shows are scheduled through Sept. 16. All five divisions are also on the Monday, July 3 card. Promoter Butch Speicher anticipates sharing cars with Phillips County Raceway at Holyoke. “We ran four Stock Car shows last year and they put on a good show,” said Speicher, optimistic about building car count numbers in 2017. “Our existing econo class already had rules that were pretty close to the IMCA Hobby Stocks and our hornet class was pretty close to the Sport Compacts.” Stock Car points earned at I-76 apply in IMCA’s EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region. I-76 is part of the Big Daddy Race Cars Northern Region for Hobby [Read More]

SPI announces sale of Farley Speedway

By Jerry Mackey FARLEY, Iowa – Keith Simmons, owner/operator of the Farley Speedway located on the west edge of Farley, Iowa, announced he has sold the popular 3/8-mile dirt track along with all the assets of Simmons Promotions. The new ownership group is headlined by Dubuque businessman Joel Callahan, owner of Callahan Construction. Callahan is the majority investor of the new ownership group which also includes Farley businessmen Jason Rauen and Roger Simon. Simmons owned and operated the Farley Speedway for 16 seasons bringing the track national recognition by providing outstanding stock car racing action that included a wide variety of National sanctions and many different types of race cars. Simmons has agreed to remain on as an advisor and will continue to oversee all track preparation. “Selling the Farley Speedway was a very difficult decision for me to make but at the same time, I am very excited to see this group of owners come on board with a plan to keep racing alive and make several improvements to the Farley Speedway that I [Read More]

IMCA Stock Cars find Wyoming home at Sweetwater

ROCK SPRINGS, Wy. (Jan. 9) – Sweetwater Speedway brings IMCA-sanctioned Stock Cars to Wyoming in 2017, debuting the new class during a three-day Memorial Weekend show. In all, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will join Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA SportMods at Rock Springs on 13 nights this season. The finale is set for Sept. 16. “We’ve used rules very similar to IMCA’s for our street stock class for a while and have averaged 15-20 cars a night the last couple years. We’ve had some great shows,” explained promoter Kara Beech, also noting that the proximity of Addiction Chassis had contributed to increased car counts. “The IMCA Modified and SportMod divisions have worked great for us so I thought what the heck, hopefully we can do the same with the Stock Cars.” Sweetwater will be part of the EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region. In addition to the May 26-28 dates, IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points will also be awarded at June 9, 10 and 30, [Read More]

Opening night postponed at Perris

PERRIS, Calif. – Rain and forecasts calling for more precipitation have resulted in postponement of the 2017 opening night event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds at Perris Auto Speedway. The Saturday, Jan. 7 show at Perris has been called off with the Winter Heat Challenge Series to resume on Saturday, Jan. 21. The series continues Feb. 11 and 12.

Four IMCA divisions featured at Jan. 14 Cocopah opener

YUMA, Ariz. – Four IMCA divisions see their first action of 2017 at Cocopah Speedway on Saturday, Jan. 14. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks tussle in an afternoon show that starts at 1 p.m. Pit gates open at 9 a.m. and the grandstand opens at 11 a.m., with hot laps starting at approximately 12:15 p.m. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded. Spectator admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 55 and over and military personnel, and free for kids 12 and under. Both a family pass (two adults and four kids) and sky box tickets run $25. Pit passes are $35. More information is available at the www.cocopahspeedway.com website or by calling 928 344-1563. Cocopah hosts the inaugural Cactus Clash Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4 with IMCA Modifieds chasing $1,000 checks in their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying features. Stock Cars race for $500, Northern SportMods for $400 and Hobby [Read More]