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Another one for the record book: Aikey wins sixth Super Nationals crown

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 8) – Even after 30-plus years in the sport, Jeff Aikey is still finding ways to make dirt track racing history. Aikey became the first driver to win six career IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s championships, running away with Thursday night’s Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Model main event. The Boone Speedway victory came by a straightaway over Joel Callahan and paid $2,420, an amount that included the Speedway Motors Weekly Racing bonus. “This place just clicks for me. I just know how to get around here,” said Aikey, who passed Callahan for he lead following a lap 14 restart and stayed in front to the end of the 50-lapper. “Winning is getting better. The older you get, the better the wins get.” Thursday’s checkers also extended his Super Nationals record to four consecutive titles. Aikey has won 68 tour features and trails Tyler Bruening by a single point going into finale for the 30th annual series finale Sept. 23-24 at West Liberty Raceway. Ben Seemann drew the pole [Read More]

Van Genderen, Smith score Super Nationals qualifying wins

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 8) – They both ended their night in victory lane, but IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifying feature wins by Mike Van Genderen and Dylan Smith were anything but similar. Van Genderen ran away from everybody in winning the first Modified 25-lapper at Boone Speedway, negotiating heavy lapped traffic much of the way and then holding off Kelly Shryock following a late restart. The champion at Super Nationals in 2013, Smith was challenged by fellow Nebraskan Jordan Grabouski, who snuck ahead briefly on lap 19 before relinquishing the front spot the next time around. Top four finishers in each feature advance to the Saturday night main event. Scott Drake and Dean Abbey, brother of Super Nationals Southern SportMod champion Jeffrey Abbey, were scored next behind Van Genderen and Shryock. Hunter Marriott and Corey Dripps completed the top four in the second feature rescheduled from Wednesday because of inclement weather. John Logue and Ricky Thornton Jr. were disqualified from third and fifth place finishes, respectively, in the first qualifier after [Read More]

Two Super Nationals programs scheduled Thursday at Boone Speedway

BOONE, Iowa – Racing will resume tomorrow morning with the first of two Thursday sessions at Boone Speedway. The IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s program rained out early Wednesday night starts at 9 a.m., or as soon as the track is race-ready, on Sept. 8. A ticket purchased on Wednesday will be good for grandstand admission to that show; the pit area will be cleared at 8 a.m. and everyone who does not already have a weekly pit pass will have to purchase a Thursday pass for $30. Modified and Stock Car heat races and qualifying features are on that card. When the Wednesday program is complete, the grandstand will be cleared and admission sold to the scheduled program headlined by the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models.

Holm handles Hobby Stock competition in Super Nationals qualifying

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – After being challenged early for the lead, Trevor Holm ran away with the Tuesday qualifying feature for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks at Boone Speedway. As a result, he’ll start on the front of the outside row in Saturday’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals main event. Holm dueled with Jason Kohl, who pulled into the infield, then returned and restarted at the back of the field. Second-running Justin Luinenburg retired on lap 18 and two-time and defending champion Jason Wilkinson exited from a transfer spot and followed him to the pits on the next circuit. Solomon Bennett, Matt White, Andrew Bertsch, Jeff Ware, TeJay Mielke, Andrew Borchardt and Bill Bonnett followed Holm across the finish line and will line up in that order behind him on Saturday. Holm is in the big show for the second time and Bonnett counts the 1998 championship among his nine previous Super Nationals appearances; the other six drivers start their first Saturday show. Justin Wacha was disqualified in post-race tech. Last-chance qualifying on [Read More]

Barnes is champion on record-setting night for Sport Compacts at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Joshua Barnes put on a clinic on racing in lapped traffic Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. Then the champagne flowed as Barnes and his crew celebrated winning the Mach-1 Sport Compact championship at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Barnes started on the pole and led all 25 circuits of a main event that ran caution-free. He was running with lapped cars by midway and negotiated traffic the last 12 times around the track with Mitch Bolton and Kimberly Abbott close behind. “We worked hard just getting better after finishing second at Super Nationals last year,” said Barnes, whose $335 win included the Speedway Motors Weekly Racing bonus. “We wanted to get better and there’s only one way to do that. We race against a lot of good drivers and there were a lot of them here tonight.” A Super Nationals record 84 Sport Compacts, from eight states, competed Tuesday. That’s 20 more than the previous mark. Bolton, Abbott and Ramsey Meyer completed the top four. Defending [Read More]

Record 84 Sport Compacts race Tuesday at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Fans of the 4-cylinder class will get their money’s worth and then some Tuesday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. A record 84 Mach-1 Sport Compacts race tonight with eight heats and four “B” features setting the field for the 25-lap main event at Boone Speedway. Sport Compacts have been part of the Super Nationals program since 2011; the previous car count record of 64 was established two years ago. Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wisconsin are represented. * Also on the night two Super Nationals program is qualifying for both the BSB Manufacturing Northern SportMod Race of Champions and Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions, a Hobby Stock qualifying feature and two Northern SportMod qualifiers. * Brendon Yamry brings a ton of momentum to his first Super Nationals, after sweeping Mighty Axe Nationals features at North Central Speedway. He just won’t get to take advantage of that momentum until the eighth and final Sport Compact heat. “The number [Read More]

Smith scores big in Northern SportMod qualifier

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Doug Smith took the lead on the first lap and stayed in front all 30 times around Boone Speedway to win the Monday night IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifier for Northern SportMods. Smith had started fourth and quickly showed he had the fastest car on the track. He’ll start on the pole in the Saturday main event. Finishing second through eighth and earning inside row spots behind Smith were Tyler Soppe, Daniel Drury, Curtis Veber, Prelude winner Dakota Sproul, Danny Dvorak, Adam Armstrong and Brandon Williams. Dvorak will start his career sixth big dance on Saturday, Smith his fifth and Soppe his second. Armstrong, Drury, Sproul, Veber and Williams are first-time SportMod qualifiers; Armstrong made the main event twice in a Hobby Stock. Qualifying for the middle and outside rows is Tuesday. Qualifying feature results – 1. Doug Smith, Lanesboro; 2. Tyler Soppe, Sherrill; 3. Daniel Drury, Eldora; 4. Curtis Veber, Polk City; 5. Dakota Sproul, Ellis, Kan.; 6. Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 7. Adam Armstrong, Carlisle; 8. Brandon [Read More]

Burg, Watson win Monday night Hobby Stock qualifiers at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Last year’s runner-up and another Hobby Stock big dance regular won opening night qualifying features Monday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Andrew Burg raced his way from 10th starting to win the first qualifier and will start on the pole of Saturday’s main event at Boone Speedway. Watson led every circuit in winning the second 25-lapper and will start on the front of the middle row. Burg led Sal Hernandez, Jesse VanLaningham, Benji Irvine, three-time champion Shannon Anderson, Drew Barglof, Aaron Rudolph and Gary Pesicka across the stripe and they’ll line up in that order behind him in the Saturday headliner. Shay Simoneau, Dustin Graham, Malik Sampson, Tyson Overton, Leah Wroten, Corey Madden, Jeremy Oliver finished well off the torrid pace set by Watson. They’ll start from the second through eight spots on the middle row Saturday. Nathan Ballard and Justin Luinenburg were disqualified from their respective Monday qualifying finishes in post-race tech. Anderson will start his career eighth main event, Watson his seventh, Madden his [Read More]

Texas teen wins first Southern SportMod championship at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – He’s already won a lot of races in his brief career but none bigger than the one on opening night of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Jeffrey Abbey, 18 years old and a senior at Comanche, Texas, High School, became the first champion crowned at the 34th annual event when the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod division made its Super Nationals debut Monday evening at Boone Speedway. The victory was Abbey’s 22nd of the season and paid $2,225, an amount that included the Speedway Motors Weekly racing bonus. He also receives a standard weekly race engine from Centex Motorsports. “We knew coming in that we were fast. I was pretty sure we had a top five car and we won the deal,” Abbey said. “I can’t put into words what this means to me.” Thirty-three Southern SportMods made the trip to Boone from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. James Skinner started outside the front row and led the first 11 of 30 laps, pursued first [Read More]

Bruening returns to Farley for career third Deery Series win at Yankee

FARLEY, Iowa (Sept. 3) – The biggest paying event on the Deery Brothers Summer Series schedule brings out the best in Tyler Bruening. Bruening topped Saturday’s $7,500 to win Yankee Dirt Track Classic main event for IMCA Late Models at Farley Speedway. All three of his career tour wins have come at the Yankee and over different distances … 50 laps in 2011, 75 laps in 2012 and 100 laps this year. “It’s a huge honor to win this race. We think really highly of the Yankee,” said Bruening, who battled back and forth over second place with Chad Holladay much of the night and finally passed Matt Ryan for the lead following a late restart. “Anybody can win on any given night in the Deery Series. We’ve had kind of a dry spell so this win is pretty sweet.” Ryan, Holladay, Jeff Aikey and Ray Guss Jr. rounded out the top five. Hard charger Chris Simpson started 21st and ended in sixth. Ryan had started outside row one; Bruening took the initial green inside [Read More]