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TEXARKANA, Ark. (Jan. 8) – Promoter Dennis Gardner Jr. is looking forward to seeing a lot of the area race cars that have been sitting idle the past few seasons back on the Texarkana 67 Speedway oval this season. IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Southern SportMods are new in 2018 to Friday night programs at the ¼-mile dirt speedplant. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Na­tional point season for both divisions runs from April 6 to Aug. 31. “There is a lot of interest in the IMCA sanction. A lot of people are excited about it,” Gardner said. “We already have 15 to 20 Modified drivers in the area who are converting their old cars or build­ing new cars.” All that interest is understandable as the Modified track champion will receive a 2018 chassis pur­chased by Texarkana 67 from Larry Shaw Race Cars. The Texarkana 67 management team was in charge of four events last fall. The IMCA rules pack­age in general and economics in particular figured in their decision to sanction beginning this year. “Three [Read More]

VINTON, Iowa – General Motor has introduced an improved sealing system for GM 602 and 604 crate engines. A cap seal system has replaced the breakaway bolts effective immediately. This has resulted in an additional part number for both GM 602 and GM 604 engines. Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod drivers can compete with 602 num­bered 88869602 crates while Modified drivers can compete with 604 numbered 88869604 crates, as well as the previously approved part numbers. “GM has added a new part number for what is essentially the third generation of 602 and 604 en­gines,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “Those additions demand a part number change but as­sembly and performance remain the same. Earlier part numbered engines are not less competi­tive and remain 100 percent IMCA legal.” “While rulebooks have already been sent to print, the timing is actually very good for us,” Root said. “IMCA seals must be put on the new part numbered GM engines right out of the gate when they are purchased from a GM Performance dealer.” “This [Read More]

VINTON, Iowa – The IMCA home office will close for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays at noon CST on Thursday, Dec. 21 and re-open at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2. Happy holidays to all and the best of luck to all driv­ers throughout the 2018 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Season.

VINTON, Iowa – Running under the Deery Brothers banner for a 27th consecutive season, the Summer Series for IMCA Late Models returns in 2018 with dates at familiar venues as well as tracks that have been absent from the schedule for years or even decades. While scheduling of $2,000 to win, $300 to start events continues, the 32nd annual tour will return to Davenport Speedway for the first time since 2014 for opening night in April. The series travels to Maquoketa Speedway, Quad City Speedway, Boone Speedway, Marshalltown Speedway, Benton County Speedway, 34 Raceway, CJ Speedway and Fayette County Speedway. Five or six more races are expected to be added to the schedule and all dates will be announced in January, as will new race format procedures. The Deery Series last visited CJ in 1996 and was most recently at Benton County in 2005 and Fayette County in 2009. Home track of series ironman Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown Speedway again hosts the Miller Lite 50 Deery event. Boone rolls out the red carpet for both Memorial [Read More]

GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Chevrolet Performance has paid $36,500 in bonuses to IMCA drivers who won track championships while competing exclusively with crate engines this season. One hundred and forty-six drivers in the IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod divisions received $250 checks, mailed this month from the IMCA home office. This was the first season in the current three-year bonus agreement with Chevrolet Performance, which has now awarded nearly $240,000 to eligible drivers over the course of the program. “This has been a great program for our racers for well over a decade and Chevrolet has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to IMCA drivers during that time,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder noted. “Track champions were paid $250 and it is a bonus that will remain in place again in 2018.” The 75 crate-powered Modified drivers winning track titles and $18,750 in bonuses were: Drew Armstrong, Chaz Baca, Eric Barnes, Steven Bowers Jr., Randy Brown, John Burrow Jr., John Campos, Cayden Carter, Justin [Read More]