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220-plus entries practice today for IMCA Duel In The Desert

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov. 9) – Practice begins later this afternoon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, for the biggest event of 2016 in IMCA’s Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region. More than 220 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are now entered for the 19th annual Duel In The Desert. Qualifying features are Thursday, Nov. 10 and Friday, Nov. 11 with last-chance races and main events for both divisions set for Saturday, Nov. 12. The Modifieds race for $7,777 to win and a minimum of $777 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Northern SportMods vie for a $1,777 top check on Saturday. Twenty-two states and three Canadian provinces are represented at the Duel. Racing starts at 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; Young Guns and Legends races precede 25-lap Northern SportMod and 40-lap Modified main events. The Modified runner-up earns $3,250, with $2,250 for third, $1,750 for fourth, $1,500 for fifth, $1,250 for sixth, $1,150 for seventh, $1,100 for eighth, $1,050 for ninth and $1,000 for 10th. Winners of [Read More]

October Fest treat for Traugott is $2,000 feature win

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Oct. 29) – The treat Cole Traugott took home from Outlaw Motor Speedway’s pre-Halloween October Fest special was a check for $2,000. Traugott led all 30 laps of Saturday’s main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, pulling away from Dalton Clay as the race ended green, white, checkered. “The whole track was good from top to bottom,” said Traugott, new to the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, “but the dominant line was the top.” He had started outside pole but used the lower groove to take the lead on the opening circuit. Traugott followed the middle line early on and gradually moved up on the oval, catching lapped traffic before midway. “It’s a 4-1/2 hour trip for us from home to Outlaw and we won here twice this season,” said Traugott, who also topped the opening night IMCA Weekend Blowout in June. Tate Cole, Brett Hansen and Fausten Willhite rounded out the top five. Dale Richardson was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner and Travis Johnson was first to the checkers in [Read More]

IMCA crowns record 103 Allstar Performance State champions in 2016

VINTON, Iowa – Sixty-four of the record 103 IMCA Allstar Performance State crowns awarded this season went to first-time champions in their respective divisions. Each Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car state champion receives a $100 gift card from Allstar Performance. The Watervliet, Mich., high performance parts manufacturer gives $50 gift cards to each IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact state champion. Myron DeYoung paced the point race for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified drivers in Michigan for the sixth time in his career. Ricky Stephan’s title in South Dakota was his third straight; he’d also won state honors for Iowa three times. Drew Armstrong’s Arkansas state championship was his career fifth. Tim Ward adds the Iowa prize to a collection that already includes two plaques from his home state of Arizona and another from Nebraska. Three-time Modified champs were Greg Durbin, Jeremy Meirhofer, Dean Deming and Cory Sample in Illinois, Montana, [Read More]

Throwback theme to best appearing car contest at Duel

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – If you’re headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Duel In The Desert, a little imagination could make you some serious coin. Winners of both the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod with top vote totals in the IMCA.TV Duel In The Desert Throwback best appearing car contest earn $500. As the name of the contest implies, graphics must be throwback or a retro-appearing scheme … a tribute paint scheme, a replica of a driver’s first race car, an homage to old-school Las Vegas or a number of creative ideas to celebrate the past. Graphics can be hand-painted, vinyl cut or wraps. Deadline is 1 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Nov. 7 to submit entries online at https://racexr.com/duel16best/. Entries cannot be made at the track or after that deadline. IMCA.TV staff will verify the entry on or before Nov. 10 and a photo will be taken for online voting. IMCA.TV has sole discretion to deny entry if it does not conform to the spirit of the retro/throwback topic. [Read More]

Official 2016 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings

Numbers in parenthesis are 40-point feature wins and are used as tie breakers Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,240; 2. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,214; 3. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 1,204; 4. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,203; 5. Eddie Kirchoff, Gillette, Wyo., 1,197; 6. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,190; 7. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,186; 8. Matt Cole, Vestal, N.Y., 1,177; 9. Mitch Morris, Long Grove, Iowa, 1,175; 10. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., 1,174; 11. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 1,172 (5 and 10 39 point finishes); 12. Tyler Limoges, Redwood Falls, Minn., 1,172 (5 and eight 39 point finishes); 13. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 1,170; 14. Jacob Murray, Hartford, Iowa, 1,168; 15. Marcus Yarie, Wausau, Wis., 1,164; 16. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,162; 17. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 1,161; 18. Will Ward, Cobleskill, N.Y., 1,159; 19. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 1,157; 20. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,154. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 800; 2. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 797; 3. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, [Read More]

Domagala stampedes to IMCA Modified checkers at 45th annual Jamestown special

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Oct. 15) – Tracy Domagala won’t just return to Jamestown Speedway next fall to defend his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Stampede title. He’ll come back to buy a souvenir sweatshirt … the one with his name listed among the winners of the prestigious event. Domagala earned $2,000 along with a spot on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “This has to be one of the biggest events in the three-state area,” Domagala said. “The trophy and the money are great but having your name on the sweatshirt for the rest of your life is really special.” Fifty-two IMCA Modified drivers vied at the 45th annual Stampede. Domagala, whose best finish in three starts this season at Jamestown was 11th, started ninth in the main event. “We knew we had a pretty tough row to hoe but we’ve been figuring some stuff out with this new Taylor Chassis,” he said. “I thought if I stuck on the bottom that maybe it would come in. Around lap 15 I got next to [Read More]

17 sponsors to receive awards at IMCA national banquet

LINCOLN, Neb. – Seventeen marketing partners will be recognized with special awards during the national IMCA banquet on Saturday, Nov. 26. Both Bushore Racing Enterprises and the Deery Brothers Automotive Group receive 25-year sponsorship awards. Twenty-year sponsors are Aero Race Wheels, Brodix, Gillund Enterprises/Justice Brothers and KSE Racing Products. BMS is a 15-year award recipient while Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Mitchell Machine and Performance Distributors get 10-year awards. Chase Signs, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing, Precision Racing Products, Sybesma Graphics, TomCat Performance, Velocita and Wehrs Machine & Racing Products all will be recognized for five years as partners with IMCA. The banquet will be held at the Cornhusker Marriott in downtown Lincoln. Drivers winning championships and rookie of the year awards will also be honored and track sanction awards will be presented that evening. Cocktails are at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the awards ceremony to follow. Tickets are $35 each and available by calling the IMCA home office at 319 472-2201. An order form is published on page A3 in this month’s Inside IMCA newsletter. A [Read More]

James is 2-for-2 at Tri-State following Spooker feature win

POCOLA, Okla. (Oct. 15) – Jeff James’ second competitive trip to Tri-State Speedway resulted in a second big payday. James, winner of the Spring Kegger special at Pocola, led all 30 laps of Saturday’s $3,000 to win Spooker main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. “Isn’t that crazy? I won the spring one and the fall one. That’s $5,000 in two races,” said James. “It’s a long ways (a little over 450 miles from his home in Stanton, Iowa) but it’s a nice payday.” As a bonus, the win put James on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Jeff Taylor, Steve Holzkamper, Todd Van Eaton and William Gould rounded out the top five. James had won his qualifying feature on Friday night and started outside pole. Taylor, Holzkamper and Gould all challenged from the inside after early restarts but could not get past. He’d won the Kegger and the Friday qualifier running the lower line, but James followed the high side to the checkers in the main event. “I didn’t know [Read More]

Green earns redemption and $2,000 at Southern Challenge

By J.M. Hallas ABILENE, Texas (Oct. 15) – A long green flag run at Abilene Speedway’s Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge ended with Kevin Green in victory lane. Green caught Monte Bolton late in the 25-lap main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and gained a bit of redemption along with his career-best payday in the division. “We’d been running second before hitting an infield tire at 85 Speedway’s Bryan Mize Memorial. We were fast at Ennis but ended up not finishing,” Green said, “so this was kind of redemption for me.” The $2,000 win put Green on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. He’d raced a Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod at Abilene previously and drew the outside pole start for the weekend’s Modified main event. The one caution of the race came out before the first lap was scored as a five-car pileup brought out a quick red flag; Bolton took the lead on lap two but Green stayed close throughout. With five to go Green turned up the [Read More]

Bakersfield Budweiser Nationals IMCA Modified wins go to Dotson, Childress

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Oct. 7-8) – Ethan Dotson and Ricky Childress Jr. took different routes to $1,500 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified wins at Bakersfield Speedway’s Budweiser Nationals. Dotson started on the pole in Friday’s 40-lapper and led every lap, pulling away from Bobby Hogge IV and Robby Sawyer in the late going for the victory. Childress had to work his way up from 10th starting on Saturday. He was running third, just a couple car lengths off the pace when frontrunners Mike Johnson and Brad Pounds tangled late in the race. Their respective wins put both drivers on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Dotson and Hogge both moved from the lower line to the top side after seeing Sawyer use that line to advance in the opening night show. “There were a couple cautions that took out the lapped traffic so that worked in my favor,” Dotson said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better night to get my first win of the year here.” Pounds and Logan Drake completed the top [Read More]