National Points

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 3

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 989; 2. Colin Deming, Hobbs, N.M., 718; 3. Jeffrey Ab­bey, Comanche, Texas, 701; 4. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 629; 5. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 597; 6. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 596; 7. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 574; 8. Chris Bragg, Springtown, Texas, 525; 9. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 504; 10. Rob Slott, New Waverly, Texas, 497; 11. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 485; 12. Josh McGaha, Abilene, Texas, 447; 13. Brandon Hood, McGregor, Texas, 428; 14. Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, 426; 15. Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas, 423; 16. Marlyn Seidler, Underwood, N.D., 411; 17. Ja­son Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 410; 18. Cody Shoemaker, Decatur, Texas, 406; 19. Ricky Thornton Jr., Clive, Iowa, 404; 20. Garth Dushanek, Avondale, Ariz., 399. IMCA Late Models – 1. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 144; 2. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 139; 3. Chad Holladay, Muscatine, Iowa, and Rob Toland, Colona, Ill., both 114; 5. Eric Sanders, Sher­rard, Ill., 108; 6. Chuck Hanna, Port Byron, Ill., 103; 7. Nick Marolf, Moscow, Iowa, 99; 8. Tim [Read More]

Sponsors

Outerwears Performance to continue IMCA Modified special events awards 

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. – Top five finishers at 30 designated specials for IMCA Modifieds are recipients of $25 gift certificates from Outer­wears Performance Products. Those certificates are good toward the purchase of a radiator screen from the Schoolcraft, Mich., company, now it is fourth year of IMCA sponsorship. “We at Outerwears are incredibly proud to have opportunities to give back to our racing community! In the past three years working with IMCA, we have met some really awesome people and forged new relationships throughout our industry,” said Nick Schero. “We certainly look forward to working all the racers, teams, families and IMCA again this season as we are excited to continue our 39-year tradition of Improving Everyday Performance.” All Outerwears awards will be mailed from the IMCA home office within a week after official race results are re­ceived; product awards will also be given to qualifying feature winners at both the IMCA Speed­way Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s and the Sprint Car Nationals in September. Out­erwears Performance Products manufactures a wide variety of products for [Read More]

Feature

Rust, Thornton hustle to $1,000 High Banks wins

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (April 26-27) – Joel Rust hustled his way to the $1,000 checkers Thursday night at Marshalltown Speedway. Ricky Thornton Jr. did the same on Friday. Rust and Thornton were IMCA Modified winners at Marshalltown’s season-opening Twin High Banks Hustle. While Thornton was already on the ballot, Rust’s victory made him vote eligible for the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. After drawing the outside pole, Rust had to hold off Hunter Marriott late in the contest. Ninth starting Tyler Droste, Tim Ward and Ethan Dotson completed the top five. Thornton went from last on Thursday to first in the Friday feature, leading every lap and winning ahead of Marriott, Cayden Carter, Kyle Brown and Richie Gustin. Damon Murty swept IMCA Sunoco Stock Car action, catching Jay Schmidt for the lead just before midway on opening night and then taking charge just after halfway and then checking out on night two. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock winners were Shannon Anderson on Friday and Eric Stanton on Saturday. Jared VanDeest led from lap four to the finish [Read More]

Sponsors

FOX Shocks continues awards for IMCA Modifieds, Stocks, Northern SportMods 

EL CAJON, Calif. – FOX Shocks rewards many of IMCA’s most accomplished drivers in three divi­sions again this season. The El Cajon, Calif., manufacturer and fourth-year sponsor gives nearly $7,000 in product certifi­cates to eligible IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod competitors. “Racing is ingrained in our DNA and directly responsible for our success as a business over the past 40 years, so we’re eager to support our racers from the weekend warriors all the way up to the top tier professionals,” said Pat Macaulay, vice president and general manager of the FOX truck, off-road and track division. ”FOX is proud to partner with a racing organization that has such a rich heritage and vast field of competitors as IMCA. We look forward to another great sea­son of battles across all regions and classes. In the words of Bob Fox, ‘Good luck and good rac­ing.’” The top three eligible drivers in each of the five regions for Modifieds receive product certifi­cates for $300, $250 and $200, respectively. Certificates in the [Read More]

Deery Brothers Summer Series
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Next Deery Series dates are this weekend at Maquoketa, Quad City 

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (May 1) – The only weekend doubleheader of the season is next for the Deery Brothers Summer Series, with $2,000 to win events on Saturday, May 5 at Maquoketa Speed­way and Sunday, May 6 at Quad City Speedway in East Moline, Ill. The second and third installments of the tour for IMCA Late Models both pay a minimum of $300 to start. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 3 p.m. Saturday at Maquoketa. Hot laps are at 5:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students and free for ages 12 and under. Discounted tickets are available from participating sponsors and pit passes are $30. Also on the card are IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. More information is available by calling 563 940-7841 and at the www.maqspeedway.com website. On Sunday, pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Box seating is $18. [Read More]

Results

Packed pits for Lincoln County lidlifter

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (April 28) – Perseverance was tested but it was worth the wait for the 2018 Lincoln County Raceway season opener in North Platte on Saturday evening. The heated action was highlighted with the pits being jam packed with competitors looking to start their sea­son off on the right foot in front of a large crowd. Earning IMCA feature wins were David Murray Jr., Danny Concelman, Mikey Dancer, Jeromy Wagner and Andrew Baumgarder. No stranger to the winner’s circle, Murray weathered a storm restarts to earn his career 550th IMCA Modified feature victory. Coming from the middle of the pack, Cale Osborn pressured Mur­ray on the final restart, only to be forced to settle for runner-up accolades. Wasting no time to get to the front, Dancer cruised to the feature win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division. Dancer started on the outside of the second row, took the lead on the second lap and never looked back. Grabbing the lead near the halfway point and winning the sprint to [Read More]

Results

Ward shines at Crystal

CRYSTAL, Mich. (April 28) – After venturing to New York for his first IMCA Modified feature win of the season, A.J. Ward raced closer to home and got his second Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. The two-time defending Dirt Works Eastern Region champion and 2017 Crystal track king bested Brenten DeYoung and Brady Hollenbeck in the race to the checkers. Matt Szecsodi and Austin Wonch rounded out the top five.

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Results

Noll notches IMCA Modified win at Canyon

By Tony Steele PEORIA, Ariz. (April 28) – Jason Noll picked off his third win in four events in the IMCA Modified division Saturday at Canyon Speedway Park. Noll raced his way from sixth to an early lead, overtaking Jay Foster who started on the front row. Once Noll found himself out front, his MRT Chassis was set on cruise control to his third win in four points races at Canyon. Chaz Baca Jr. and John Parmeley put on a good show, both coming from the fifth row to land on the podium, with Baca eventually working his way around Parmeley to finish in second. Chase Alves accepted a $100 challenge to start in the rear of the Arizona Differential IMC North­ern SportMod field, only able to take the money home with a trip to victory lane. Alves methodically worked his way through the field, picking off cars one by one on his trek to the front. Speedy Madrid fought Alves to the checkered, but eventually it was Alves victorious, earn­ing his $100 bonus and another [Read More]

Results

Off Road Speedway’s 2018 season off and running

By Randy Pospishil sports@norfolkdailynews.co NORFOLK, Neb. (April 28) – With a large crowd on hand, the 2018 season at Off Road Speed­way began Saturday night. “We’ve got 84 cars here tonight, which is an increase from last year, and a great crowd for the first night,” promoter Jerry Pospisil said. “The track is really good, it’s slick, and that’s what we like. We’re real excited about the year, especially if we can keep the car count up around 80–that’s the best in the business around here.” With an increased purse this season for classes that consist of 20 cars or more, Pospisil noted that two of Saturday night’s classes, the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, already met that criteria on opening night. Racing action began with Ramsey Meyer starting on the pole and leading all 12 laps in the IMCA Sport Compact feature to take the first checkered flag of the season at Off Road Speedway. Tan­ner Uehling finished second with Parker Vollbrecht in third. Robby Thome won the Karl Chevrolet [Read More]

Results

Dubuque Speedway opens with Schueller, Busch winners

By Jerry Mackey DUBUQUE, Iowa (April 29) – The 2018 racing season is officially underway at the Dubuque Speed­way with opening night action being held on Sunday, April 29. Jason Schueller served notice that winning the track championship in 2017 was only incentive to repeat in the very tough IMCA Modified division. Schueller drove his new Rage chassis to the 20-lap feature win ahead of Mark Schulte and Tyler Madigan.  Scott Busch used his front row start to his advantage in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and earned the opening night feature win. Busch led flag to flag in scoring the win ahead of Jerry Miles and Tyler Soppe.