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Carter banks $5K in Drive For 5 finale for IMCA Modifieds at Lee County Speedway

By Brian Neal DONNELLSON, Iowa (Aug. 20) – Cayden Carter drove to the $5,000 IMCA Modified win at Lee County Speedway’s Friday night Drive For 5 finale. After two rounds of passing point heat races, Steve Picou and Chris Zogg earned the most points to start the 50-lap Hinkle Auto Sales Drive For 5 main event from the front row. Zogg took advantage of his starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap one over Picou and Carter. On lap three, Carter overtook Picou to move into the runner-up spot and then went to work on Zogg for the lead. Action was slowed on laps four and five for spinning cars and Zogg shot to the front on the ensuing restarts with Carter and Picou close behind. Carter made the move into the top spot on lap eight as fifth-place starter Austin Howes moved in to challenge Zogg for second. The side-by-side battle between Zogg and Howes allowed Carter to begin to pull away. The next thing to slow down Carter was the caution after lap 25 was [Read More]

Cordes, Grady sweep championship night honors at Benton County Speedway

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 22) – A number of close points battles were finally settled as champions were crowned on the final night of racing for the 2021 season at Benton County Speedway. Troy Cordes and Cristian Grady made the most of the finale by locking up track titles with season championship feature wins on the fast, smooth, multi-grooved, quarter-mile Bullring. Features were lined straight-up based on season point totals, allowing those in contention for track titles to settle things from the front row. And in four of those divisions, margins of four points or fewer separated the top contenders entering the final night. From his pole position start, Cordes quickly made his move to the top side while fellow front row starter and championship contender Dylan Thornton gave chase in the KISS Country 96.5 IMCA Modifieds. Cordes extended his advantage while Thornton tried both high and low to reel in the front-runner. He distanced himself in lapped traffic and built over a straight-away lead to secure the win and track title ahead of a hard-charging [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Northern SportMods spy big paydays at Southern Oregon’s Snyder Salute

MEDFORD, Ore. – IMCA Modified and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod drivers will spy the chance to run for big payouts at Southern Oregon Speedway’s R. Charles Snyder Salute. Held in honor of the late track announcer and James Bond fan, the fourth annual special sees the Modifieds run for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $100 to start their qualifying feature on Friday, Sept. 3 and for $7,007 to win and a minimum of $707 to start on Saturday. The Saturday winner becomes eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Shaw Race Cars Western Region, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded. Northern SportMods chase a top check of $707 on Friday and $1,007 on Saturday. National, state and track points are awarded to SportMods both nights. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, KMJ Performance and track points will be awarded both nights; Modifieds also earn Shaw Race Cars Western Region points. Early Modified entry fee is $150 and includes the driver’s pit [Read More]

Entries for Super Nationals soar past 700

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 20) – Entries for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s are already at the lucky 711 mark. As of 1 p.m. Friday, drivers from 25 states and Canada have confirmed that they’ll be part of the premier dirt track racing event on the planet. Entries for the 39th annual America’s Racin’ Vacation® Sept. 6-11 at Boone Speedway now include 206 Modifieds, 176 Stock Cars, 134 Northern SportMods, 107 Hobby Stocks, 51 Sport Compacts and 37 STARS Mod Lites. Late Models are not required to pre-register as part of the former Deery Brothers Summer Series structure. That total runs more than 60 ahead as the same time last August and includes drivers from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. Twenty-two states are now represented in the Modified field. Drivers must be licensed members in the division(s) they will compete in at Super Nationals and are required to register [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Aug. 19

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 1,000; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 984; 3. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 983; 4. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, 982; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 977; 6. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 974; 7. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, 972; 8. Ty Clemens, Belgrade, Mont., 970; 9. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 966; 10. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 965; 11. Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, 964; 12. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., both 963; 14. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 961; 15. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 951; 16. Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif., 950; 17. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., 949; 18. Mitchell Hunt, Lakeview, Mich., 946; 19. Aaron Johnson, Brainerd, Minn., 944; 20. Austin Wonch, Crystal, Mich., 943. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., 792; 2. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 791; 3. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 778; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, and Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, both 766; 6. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., 765; 7. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 753; 8. Ben Sukup, Norfolk, [Read More]

XS Power Batteries giving excellent awards to IMCA drivers in 5 divisions

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Second-year sponsor XS Power Batteries gives certificate and product awards to drivers in five IMCA divisions again this season. Top 10 finishers in national point standings for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods all receive $100 product certificates from the Knoxville, Tenn., company. Rookies of the year in the same divisions, plus the Junior National Champion and Lady Eagle winner all receive S3400 12V racing batteries. Those awards will be presented during the IMCA national banquet this fall, or mailed beginning the following week from the home office. “We are excited to continue our partnership with IMCA for the 2021 season,” said XS Power Batteries’ Jed Emert. “We are proud to be a part of the IMCA family and we are glad to be able to give something back to the racing community.” First non-qualifiers for Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod main events at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s also receive [Read More]

Reimers sails to rich Captain of the Creek checkers

FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. (Aug. 19) – Cam Reimers sailed to the $10,000 checkers in the Captain of the Creek feature for IMCA Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods at 141 Speedway. Then he enjoyed some more Wisconsin hospitality, signing autographs and sampling barbeque in the pit area at Francis Creek along with several hundred new friends. The outside front row starter led all 50 laps of the Thursday night main event, keeping Jayden Schmidt in second most of the distance before holding hard charger Elijah Koenig at bay the last four times around the track. After back-to-back cautions on lap nine, Reimers and his closest challengers ran in traffic much of the night as the race stayed green to the checkers. “It’s awesome. It was a really good race,” he said. “I didn’t want to give the lead up early. My tires were pretty tired at the end of the race. I didn’t know if Jayden had gotten by me if we’d be able to catch back up.” A DNQ in his first visit to 141 two [Read More]

Mod Lites, Hobby Stocks both new to Motorsports Warehouse IMCA program

BOONE, Iowa – Awards for Hobby Stock and STARS Mod Lite drivers are new to the Motorsports Warehouse IMCA program for 2021. The high performance parts, tools and safety equipment retailer, located just north of Boone Speedway and owned by former IMCA driver Brent Antill, gives certificates good for $40 off purchases of four tires to a top five finisher at designated specials for both divisions. A top five driver at designated specials for Late Models receives a $50 off certificate good toward the purchase of four tires. And a top five finisher in 15 designated IMCA Sunoco Stock Car specials receives a certificate to get two tires prepped. That tire siping service is valued at $40. The seven-year sponsor also gives $80 certificates good toward the siping of four tires to Modified, Stock Car and Northern SportMod drivers qualifying for their respective main events at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Hobby Stock and Mod Lite main event qualifiers get $40 certificates, Late Model main event qualifiers $50 certificates and [Read More]

Clark aims for Sprint win in sixth state in return to Eagle, RaceSaver Nationals

HAMERSVILLE, Ohio – Justin Clark already owns IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car feature wins in five different states this season. He’s hoping to add a sixth state to that list when he returns to Nebraska’s Eagle Raceway for the RaceSaver Nationals Sept. 2-5. From Hamersville, Ohio, Clark has won 13 times, in his home state and in Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. With 100 percent chance of rain close to home, he made the 15-hour tow to Nebraska in mid-July and won his heat race before Eagle got washed out as well. “Our goal at the beginning of the year was to race for national points. We don’t usually start racing too early in Ohio and Indiana and had to travel to do that,” said Clark, second in national standings to Texan Marcus Thomas for most of the season. “I tell people that you don’t know how good you are until you race with different people to see how good you stack up.” Through 29 starts, he’s stacked up pretty well. Clark leads both Ohio [Read More]

BOONE BOUND photos posted on IMCA Facebook page

BOONE, Iowa – BOONE BOUND? Any of the more than 700 drivers already pre-registered for the 39th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s who wants a BOONE BOUND promo on the IMCA Facebook page should email an on-track photo of their current IMCA race car to boonebound@imca.com. High resolution photos work best, a minimum of 2mb or 1,200 pixels wide. Please include your name, division and car number, hometown and photo credit for the photographer with that email. Photo submissions not meeting those guidelines will be ignored. BOONE BOUND photos will be posted on a first come, first serve basis so do it today! “With entries climbing over 700, getting this done is very challenging. Byron Fichter does an amazing job with this production,” IMCA President Brett Root said. “We will do our best to post BOONE BOUND photos submitted by drivers meeting the required guidelines.”