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Thursday tidbits from Boone

Race of Champions qualifying for Modifieds, Stocks today at Super Nationals BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 4) – Race of champions heats for Modifieds and Stock Cars and plenty of qualifying races for both divisions are on the Thursday schedule at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The first of five Sunoco Race Fuels RoC heats for the Stock Cars is on the track now at Boone Speedway. Twenty Stock Car heats precede half a dozen Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions heats for the Modifieds. Ten Modified heats come next, with a pair of 25-lap qualifying features for the Stocks to follow. Another 20 Modified heats lead up to two more qualifiers, also 25 laps in distance. The top four finishers from each of Thursday’s qualifying features advance to the middle row of Saturday main events. *** Joe German of Aberdeen, Wash., and Medford, Ore.’s Tom Berry Jr. race against each other on occasion in the Pacific Northwest. German drove 36 hours and 2,000 miles and found himself in the same heat as [Read More]

Wednesday at Super Nationals

Super Nationals nears car count record; Modifieds, Stocks begin qualifying today BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3) – Day three of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s boasts the first qualifying races Modifieds and Stock Cars, while last-chance races are on the docket for Hobby Stocks and SportMods. Hot laps are currently underway at Boone Speedway, where 277 Modifieds and 176 Stock Cars see their first action of the week. The Modified car count is up more than 20 from last year; total car count is currently 865, the second highest number in the 32-year history of Super Nationals. “Our car count is a reflection of our weekly racing. As our membership grows, so does the popularity of Super Nationals,” IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root said. “Plus, it’s a really cool place to be.” “This year’s Super Nationals is also a very fitting way to remember ‘Speedy’ Bill Smith and all that he and Speedway Motors have done for IMCA for so many years,” Root added. Thirty Modified heats and 20 Stock [Read More]

Tuesday results and happenings at Super Nationals XXXII

Sport Compacts take turn in spotlight on day two at Super Nationals BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2) – Sport Compacts take their turn in the spotlight, on day two of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The full program for IMCA’s 4-cylinder class will be held Tuesday at Boone Speedway. Fifty-eight cars were signed in to fill the starting grid for six heat races. Race of champions qualifying started today’s show, with five heats for the SportMods and five for Hobby Stocks. A total of 20 SportMod heats and four ‘B’ features, and 14 Hobby Stock heats and seven ‘B’ races are on Tuesday’s card. Twenty-five laps will be the distance for the one Hobby Stock qualifier, the two SportMod qualifiers and the Sport Compact main event. * Justin Nehring of Storm Lake and Bobby Anders of Quincy, Ill., were winners of best looking car awards in the Hobby Stock and SportMod divisions, respectively. Both received trophies during a Tuesday ceremony. Theme for this year’s best looking car contest is a ‘Speedy’ Bill [Read More]

Dover delivers Sprint Car Super Nationals victory

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Sept. 1) – One day late, Jack Dover won the rain-delayed Sprint Car Super Nationals at Eagle Raceway. The $2,000 to win feature was rescheduled from Sunday to Labor Day due to inclement weather. Dover took the lead following a late re-start and held off fellow Nebraskan Tadd Holliman for the victory. “I knew that the key would be set-up and tire management. That, and I found the rubber first,” said Dover, also $1,000 richer after winning Saturday’s Speedy Bill Smith Memorial Race of Champions. Ryan Hall, John Ricketts and Luke Cranston rounded out the top five in the second annual event for IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Cars. Jason Martin led the field at the end of the first circuit with Tadd Holliman, Jerry Hammock and Ryan Hall in hot pursuit. Luke Cranston slowed on lap six and headed pitside with a flat right front. Hall took third on the restart and Tyler Thompson also passed Hammock the next lap. Hammock headed for the pits on lap nine. Chase [Read More]

Monday results and news items from Super Nationals XXXII

Sunshine returns, hot laps are underway at Boone Speedway BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1) – The sun is shining and the first hot lap sessions are underway on opening day of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Fourteen sets of Hobby Stock heats and 15 sets of Northern SportMod heats – plus Modified and Late Model hot laps and track prep sessions – precede the first qualifying feature for the Hobbies. Then it’s more Modified hot laps, five Late Model heats and the final five SportMod heats leading up to Late Model “B” action, a SportMod “B” and the second Hobby Stock qualifier. The 50-lap Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models main event follows Stock Car hot laps and a couple Hobby Stock “B” features. Completing the Labor Day card are two Hobby Stock “B” features, the SportMod qualifier, three more Hobby “’B’s” and four SportMod “C” races. More than 300 cars are in qualifying action Monday. At last count, entries included 165 SportMods and 145 Hobby Stocks. *** [Read More]

Super Nationals primed for Sept. 1-6 run at Boone Speedway

BOONE, Iowa – The biggest dirt track racing event is just around the corner and competitors from 26 states and Canada have already signed on to be part of America’s Racin’ Vacation. The IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will be held Monday through Saturday, Sept. 1-6 at Boone Speedway. Many of the best drivers in six IMCA divisions will chase championships and accompanying places in the IMCA history book during the 32nd annual event. “Super Nationals has grown to be much more than six days of racing,” emphasized IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root. “From the party and live music on the Sunday before to a week of camping on the speedway grounds for many fans, it has truly become a racing vacation for many fans and drivers.” Start time for racing has been moved up to 2 p.m. each day. IMCA has also announced changes in pre-tech inspection intended to speed that process and reduce the amount of traffic in the pit area. Manufacturers’ Row, located on the northeast side [Read More]

$250,000-plus in product, contingencies awarded at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – The dollar amount of product and contingency awards to be awarded at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s is already a guaranteed record-breaker. With the addition of engines given to Saturday night champions by Karl Chevrolet and Karl Performance, more than $250,000 will be awarded to drivers in the six divisions competing Sept. 1-6 at Boone Speedway. “Our partners continue to be very generous as the value of their product and contingency awards is again approximately equal to the purse money that will be paid out,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “Combining the purse and prizes comes to more than $500,000 to be paid or given at the biggest week-long dirt track racing event in the world,” he added. “One of the best things about so many of these product awards is that drivers get to take them home with them when they leave the speedway. That provides an even greater tangible benefit.” IMCA sponsors and the dollar amount of their Super Nationals product and/or contingency awards [Read More]

First in non-fendered voting goes to McGee’s Modified

GALESBURG, Ill. – No doubt readers of the Inside IMCA newsletter with good memories will remember Dean McGee as the winner of the November, 2009 best looking car contest. More recently, his IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified was voted the top non-fendered entry in this month’s Sybesma Graphics IMCA Facebook Fan Favorite contest for August. He’ll receive a mini-mod door from Sybesma. Unfortunately, race fans at Davenport Speedway and 34 Raceway may not be seeing that car on the track this weekend. “The car is in pieces at the moment. I tangled with a lapped car and met the wall a week ago Saturday,” said McGee, who has taken advantage of the time away from the track to enjoy his grandchildren more. “I’m hoping to get the car ready but it was pretty well mashed.” The son of two-time Illinois state champion “Fibber” McGee, he started his career in 34’s super modified class in 1973. He drove a sprint car and then a late model at Illinois and Iowa speedplants before moving to Florida in [Read More]

Burg tops fan voting for IMCA fendered divisions

ADEL, Iowa – The number of votes left little doubt that Andrew Burg has quite a fan following. Burg’s IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock was the top choice in August balloting for the Sybesma Graphics IMCA Facebook Fan Favorite contest. As a result, the 13-year-veteran will receive a mini-hood from contest sponsor Sybesma Graphics. “I’ve always raced a Hobby Stock. I’ve spent my entire career in that division,” said Burg, who finished fourth in points at Stuart, anticipates a similar finish at Boone and won a single feature at each track this season. “I like the cost of the class and being able to race with the best of the best. We race with a lot of the best drivers in the country every Saturday and Sunday of the season.” He shares a shop with Shannon Anderson, John Watson and Jamie Songer. “I started racing with my dad when I got out of the service. I bought a used car for the first season and we built a new one for the next year,” Burg said. [Read More]

IMCA Modified rear end rules announced for 2015

VINTON, Iowa – A quick change option will be new for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds beginning in 2015. “We feel we have taken steps in the right direction toward curtailing Modified engine costs. This quick change rule is also a good direction for the future of IMCA Modified racing and definitely one that many of our members have expressed their opinion over,” IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root said. “Nothing is mandatory or speced. We have tried to define an economical quick change option as best we can.” The new 2015 rule will read: 12. REAR END: Any steel approved OEM passenger car or truck rear end allowed (housing and carrier). OEM rear end must use steel spool (full or mini). Steel axle tube quick change allowed. Quick change must use 10” ring gear with aluminum or steel spool. Quick change must use minimum one inch wide spur gears and bolt on rear cover. Safety hubs (floater) allowed. Steel axles only. Any additional components must be steel, except lowering blocks, axle caps, U-joint [Read More]