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IMCA Stock Cars are next great thing at Wisconsin’s Tomahawk Speedway

TOMAHAWK, Wis. (Dec. 22) – The next great thing at Tomahawk Speedway will be IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. The sanctioned division officially joins the Saturday night race program at the north central Wisconsin speedplant in 2021, with opening night set for May 22. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season runs through Aug. 28. “I have friends that race IMCA Stock Cars, I’ve watched them at other tracks and I’ve watched them at Super Nationals,” said promoter Andrew Bartelt. “The respect the drivers in the class have is something we want to incorporate here.” “We have used rules very similar to IMCA’s the last two years and the cars performed very well at our facility,” he continued. “Beginning next year this will be a place where they can race for local track, state, regional and national points.” Bartelt, a former pavement racer and track and series announcer, owns several local businesses and along with Marilyn Fanetti purchased 1/3-mile clay Tomahawk in July of 2015. New pit, grandstand and parking lot lighting has been installed [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods to open new season Jan. 2 at Antioch Speedway

ANTIOCH, Calif. – The track Where Action Is The Attraction opens for 2021 with three IMCA divisions on the Saturday, Jan. 2 card. Antioch Speedway hosts IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods in its first show of the new season, with IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and KMJ Performance California State points to be awarded. Pit gates open at noon and hot laps are at 3 p.m. with racing to follow. Pit passes are $50 and face masks must be worn any time drivers or crew members are outside their pit area. No grandstand seating will be sold. The race night program will be broadcast by AntiochSpeedway.TV. More information is available by calling promoter Chad Chadwick at 925 584-1527 and on Facebook.

Five IMCA divisions making big news at Wagner Speedway in 2021

WAGNER, S.D. – The ownership and management of Wagner Speedway is proud to announce some big news for the racing community in our region and announce the 2021 race schedule. Following a season of hard work, planning and discussion, Wagner Speedway is thrilled to be sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) for the upcoming campaign. IMCA is America’s premier dirt track racing sanctioning body, home of the Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Series. Since exploding onto the racing scene in 1979, the Modifieds have become the calling card of IMCA. These open wheel wonders push the limits of power and excitement. The IMCA Modified was the savior of modern racing, and IMCA has received many awards for its visionary efforts. IMCA has incorporated that same philosophy in the growth of the seven other divisions it sanctions, five of which will be on display weekly at Wagner beginning May 7. Classes that will run for IMCA points in 2021 include IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and [Read More]

IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds will both Drive For Five, $5,000 paydays at Lee County

DONNELLSON, Iowa – IMCA Sunoco Late Model and IMCA Modified drivers will both Drive For Five at Pepsi Lee County Speedway in 2021. Seven qualifying features are scheduled for each division, with $5,000 to win main events for the Modifieds on Friday, Aug. 20 and for the Late Models on Saturday, Sept. 11. Drivers in both divisions must compete at a minimum of five qualifying features to be eligible for the $5,000 winner’s shares in the respective finales. All seven Late Model qualifiers will pay $1,000 to win; payout for the Modifieds is to be announced. The Aug. 20 finale will be a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Drive For Five dates are Fridays April 2, April 30, May 14, June 25 and July 2; Saturday, July 31; and Friday, Aug. 6. Rain date for one or both $5,000 to win shows is Saturday, Sept. 18. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded each night; Modifieds also earn Side Biter Chassis North Central Region points at each Drive For Five event. [Read More]

IMCA adding to membership benefits, doubles excess medical coverage to $100,000

VINTON, Iowa – With no increase in cost to drivers, IMCA membership benefits will include excess medical coverage doubled to $100,000 beginning in the 2021 race season. “It has always been extremely important for IMCA to maintain membership costs while increasing the benefits our licensed drivers and sanctioned race tracks receive,” emphasized IMCA President Brett Root. “While no one ever wants to have to need or have to use it, it’s very important that such coverage is available and in place.” This excess medical policy that accompanies IMCA membership reimburses IMCA members racing in sanctioned events for covered excess medical expenses, including those incurred during travel to and from IMCA sanctioned events. Excess means the accident medical benefit is payable after benefits under any other health plan have been considered first. Also, there is a $5,000 policy deductible, usually track insurance, that needs to be satisfied before any payments can be made. Coverage is subject to policy terms, conditions and exclusions. The member’s policy purchased from Jones Birdsong includes $5,000 accidental death, dismemberment and paralysis coverage [Read More]

All 2020 IMCA awards in transit

VINTON, Iowa – All 2020 IMCA awards are now en route to destinations coast to coast, with the last of nearly 370 packages shipped Monday afternoon. Champions and rookie of the year trophies, plaques and jackets, plus point fund checks and contingency certificates/awards will arrive via UPS. In addition, the rest of more than 3,000 point fund checks, along with any contingency certificates, have been sent by U.S. Mail. Questions about awards or point fund amounts should be directed to the IMCA home office.

GRT captures IMCA Manufacturers’ Cup crown

GREENBRIER, Ark. – The company with the We Build Winners slogan is the winner of IMCA’s 2020 Manufacturers’ Cup contest. GRT Chassis of Greenbrier, Ark., paced the 16 chassis builders entered in the 12th annual contest with 49 points, awarded based on the make of chassis driven by racers finishing in the top 10 in each of the five regions for IMCA Modifieds. Nine drivers, including regional champions Mitchell Hunt in the Eastern and Jordan Grabouski, in the Central, contributed to the GRT point total. “It definitely means a lot to us being the Manufacturers’ Cup champion and winner of two regions,” said GRT’s Zach Wehlage. “It means a lot to our customer base and we look forward to serving them in the future.” Razor Chassis was second with 34 points, defending cup contest champion Rage Chassis third with 23. Both had five drivers finishing in regional top 10’s; national and North Central Region champion Tom Berry Jr. wheeled a Razor. Rounding out the top five in Manufacturers’ Cup points were Harris Auto Racing with 21 and Ingalls Racing [Read More]

New IMCA, STARS Mod Lite agreement hailed as win-win

VINTON, Iowa – Drivers, tracks and race fans across the United States and Canada are the winners of the new agreement between IMCA and the Modified Lite STARS Racing Series. The Mod Lites, a 5/8-scale Modified division of race car powered by a motorcycle engine, become the ninth division sanctioned by IMCA, which will provide administration, including points and point funds, while supporting current sanctions and promoting new sanctions of the class. STARS will continue to use rules now in place for weekly, regional and special events. Owner and President of Competition and Racing Operation Jimmy May also becomes IMCA’s division director for the Mod Lites. “This agreement is win-win,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “While Mod Lites run at many tracks we already sanction, it is a division that in almost every aspect we have nothing similar to now. There are a lot of things about STARS that appeal to IMCA.” “IMCA provides consistency in administration and benefits of membership,” he added. “Our goal is to grow this division across the United States and [Read More]

Consistent Kuehl captures championship of Arizona Northern SportMod Dirt Track Tour

CAVE CREEK, Ariz. – The most consistent driver of the Arizona Dirt Track Tour for Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods will hang a career-first IMCA championship plaque on the wall. Taylor Kuehl wrapped up the title with sixth- and seventh-place finishes in the final two tour events, at USA Raceway. “Winning the tour was really exciting. We didn’t expect to be in the running until the last two days,” said the second-year SportMod competitor from Cave Creek, Ariz. “Unfortunately we didn’t get any (feature) wins but we were consistent.” Kuehl logged 18 pre-pandemic starts in her home state. She relocated to Montana to work on a farm in the summer, getting in another 10 races in North Dakota and Wisconsin before heading to Boone for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Her father Chuck raced and now serves as crew chief and mentor to Kuehl and brother Austin, who drives an IMCA Modified. Kuehl won the Arizona Ticket to the World Finals and was one of just three female drivers from across the [Read More]

Johnson enjoys chance to travel, dominates in IMCA Wild West Northern SportMod Tour

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Looking for a one-word description for Michael Johnson’s charge to the championship in the 1st Class Chassis Wild West Tour for Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods? Try dominating. The Bakersfield, Calif., driver won six of the eight events, towing nearly 3,000 miles one way to tour doubleheaders in Wyoming, Nevada and Utah. “I had never been to any of the four tracks before. My brother (and eventual tour runner-up) Kevin and I decided we wanted to have fun this year, do something different and take the family along,” Johnson said. “Winning this tour is something that I can look back on that was pretty cool and that we got to race at a bunch of tracks we normally wouldn’t have to do it.” After winning on opening night and running fourth at Sweetwater Speedway, Johnson swept twinbills at Winnemucca Regional Raceway and Diamond Mountain Speedway. He ran his winning streak to five, then finished second behind his brother in the finale at Desert Thunder Raceway. Johnson is the only driver with multiple wins in the [Read More]