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24 IMCA rookies earn gift cards from Speedway Motors

LINCOLN, Neb. – Twenty-four IMCA rookies raced to recent career-first feature wins and have received $100 gift cards from Speedway Motors. By division, they are: Modified – Kendall Morrison at Tri-City Motor Speedway on July 16; Jamie Pfeiffer at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway on Aug. 15; and Alyssa Smith at Perris Auto Speedway on Aug. 14. RaceSaver Sprint Car – Zackery Bealer in the Pennsylvania Sprint Series on July 25; Zachary Foesch and Hannah Graf at Arlington Raceway, on July 10 and Aug. 14, respectively; Vivian Jones in the Allegheny Sprint Tour on July 31; and Randy Martin at Lake Ozark Speedway on June 5. Stock Car – Anthony Rhoads at El Paso County Raceway on Aug. 14; and Ryan Satter at Norman County Raceway on Aug. 5. SportMod – Connor Barnes at Salina Speedway on July 23; Jonathan Hagio of Ocean Speedway on Aug. 13; and Kaleb Emerson at Boyd Raceway on July 9. Sport Compact – Kayla Curtis at Winnemucca Regional Raceway on July 31; Marissa Gentry and Rex Eckley at Willamette Speedway on [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Late Models chasing $1,000 top checks at US 30 Speedway

COLUMBUS, Neb. – IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Late Models both race for $1,000 to win on season championship night Thursday, Aug. 26 at US 30 Speedway. The Modified feature is a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifier and is sponsored by Westring Trucking of Humphrey. L & M Steel Co. LLC of Newman Grove provides the extra money for the Late Models. Completing the race program are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $6 for kids and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30.

East Moline Speedway honors Webb’s 50-year career with rescheduled tribute race Sept. 19

By Rob Hinckley EAST MOLINE, Ill. – As well as he is running right now, he may even win it. At age 72, Hall of Famer Gary Webb’s dirt track racing career is still at high speed. Webb is in his 50th season of speeding around tracks locally and beyond. The 50 years will be celebrated with The Salute to Gary Webb Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Sunoco Late Model race on Sunday, Sept. 19 at East Moline Speedway. The event was rescheduled from June 20 due to rain. “Fifty years at anything is a milestone, but racing at the level Gary has for five decades means more,” EMS General Manager and Race Director Bret Sievertsen said. “We knew East Moline Speedway wanted to honor Gary, especially since he considers this track ‘home’ and won a lot here.” The feature race will be 56 laps, in honor of Webb’s car number and pay $2,000 to the winner. Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and KMJ Performance State points will be disbursed and line ups will be determined via draw/redraw. [Read More]

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]