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Record 18 states, two provinces represented at 28th Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour

MANDAN, N.D. – When they give out the next tourism awards in North Dakota, the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour should be a shoo-in. Drivers from 18 states and two Canadian provinces competed over the course of the July 8-13 tour, the biggest geographical representation in its 28-year history. “The exposure we get from IMCA and IMCATV has been very good. It really gets the word out,” said Tour Director John Gartner. “We had quite a few Texas drivers this year. They like being able to race every night for six straight nights.” “Some of our guys go down South and race in the winter so a lot of them were already friends,” he added. “We really enjoy when those drivers come up here.” Hunter Marriott and Elijah Zevenbergen both won three features in repeating as tour champions in the IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car divisions, respectively. One hundred and twenty-five different Modified drivers competed over the course of the tour, 42 of them at all six events. Twenty-two of the 55 Stock [Read More]

Out-Pace Racing Products renews IMCA Deery Series, Hawkeye Dirt Tour awards

FREEPORT, Ill. – Champions and non-qualifiers in two premier IMCA series share the wealth of Out-Pace Racing Products’ awards program. The Freeport, Ill., suspension component manufacturer and fourth-year sponsor gives prize packages of brackets and bars to champions of both the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds. Fifty dollar gift certificates go to designated drivers at each event in both series. Rounding out the Out-Pace program are $50 gift certificates for top five finishers at 30 Modified specials and at 15 SportMod specials. The Deery Series is next at Farley Speedway for the Yankee Dirt Track Classic on Sept. 1 and 2 while a July 19 date at Southern Iowa Speedway is next for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour. “Out-Pace Racing Products is honored to support the two IMCA touring series that are based in Iowa,” said company representative Rueben Meyer. “Both the Deery Series and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour are great ways to support the Late Model Modified drivers [Read More]

Stephan joins another elite group with career 100th IMCA Modified win

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. – Ricky Stephan started his IMCA Modified career 30-odd years ago at Park Jefferson Speedway. Fittingly, he returned there on July 8 to win his 100th feature in the division. “It’s really my home track and I was racing in front of my home fans,” Stephan said. “Plus, Pepsi of Siouxland sponsored the night and I’m a Pepsi guy.” “It was about time. I knew I was capable of doing it,” he continued. “Winning 100 features puts you in the history book. It’s an elite group.” While Stephan is the 50th driver in division history to reach 100 wins for his career, he’s got a resume full of equally impressive accomplishments. He earned his first of 16 career track championships, at Buena Vista Raceway, in his rookie 1987 season. He became just the ninth driver to win four track titles in a single season last year. Add in a couple Side Biter Chassis North Central Regional championships (2001 and 2003) and six Allstar Performance State championships – three in Iowa and a current [Read More]

Friday IMCA Modified feature at Salina pays $1,500 to win

SALINA, Kan. – The $1,500 to win feature for IMCA Modifieds gets top billing on the Friday, July 21 race program at Salina Speedway. The 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier will be complemented by $500 to win features for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks vie for $300 to win on Feldkamp Furniture Night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded. All divisions will be draw/redraw and there is no entry fee. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and free for retired and active military and students under the age of 16. Pit passes are $25. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the front gate opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. and racing is at 8 p.m. More information is on Facebook and the www.racesalinaspeedway.com website.

Saturday IMCA Modified feature at Thunder Hill pays $1,500 to win

MAYETTA, Kan. – IMCA Modifieds will race for $1,500 to win this Saturday, July 22 at Thunder Hill Speedway. There is no entry fee and the Modified portion of the Feldkamp Furniture Night program is draw/redraw. The winner will be one of the first candidates on the ballot for the 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods both race for $500 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. More information is available at the www.racethunderhillspeedway.com website and on Facebook.

Shouse wins URSS Wheatshocker crown

By Nick Schwien HAYS, Kan. (July 16) – A night earlier, Andy Shouse joked that he needed more laps around the dirt oval at RPM Speedway since he hadn’t raced at Hays for several years. Apparently, Shouse is a quick learner. On Sunday night, the defending IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car national champion walked away with the United Rebel Sprint Series victory and $2,000 in the ninth Wheatshocker Nationals. He also took home the Custom Pit Boss Smoker Grille presented by Lance Pittman of S&W Supply for being the high point driver of the Wheatshocker weekend. Shouse made a late charge en route to finishing second during Saturday night’s qualifier. On Sunday, he drew the fourth starting spot. “To be honest, we really just do our basic stuff,” Shouse said about being so fast at the 3/8-mile oval. “I think the big thing is we don’t really race at one race track all the time. We usually travel all over and see a lot of different places. I think that definitely helps us when we come [Read More]

Eastside series checkers are RaceSaver first for Severin

By Jim Haines WAYNESBORO, Va. (July 15) – Troy Severin was fast in the Friday Virginia Sprint Series feature and came through the field for another second place finish. That was just a preview for Saturday at Eastside Speedway where he raced to his first IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car tour victory. Severin was out first and kept Mike Keeton at bay while Daren Bolac and Mike Lerass lurked close behind. Leraas got by Bolac and went after Keeton but spun. With the green out again, Severin stayed smooth on the bottom and sprinted under the checkered flag for win number one with Keeton close behind. Feature results – 1. Troy Severin; 2. Mike Keeton; 3. Tom Humphries; 4. Daren Bolac; 5. Anthony Harris; 6. Anthony Linkenhoker; 7. Bill Rice; 8. Chris Ware; 9. Neil Sandridge; 10. Charlie Ware; 11. French Grimes Jr.; 12. Mike Leraas; 13. Brian Lawson.

Harris makes like lightning at Dixieland

By Jim Haines ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (July 14) – Almost as fast as the lightning all around the track, Anthony Harris bolted to the Friday night Virginia Sprint Series win at Dixieland Speedway. After the track promoter flipped the race program to get the traveling IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars on the track earlier on the program, Daren Bolac took the early lead with Anthony Linkenhoker and Harris in hot pursuit Harris took over second then got the front spot when Bolac made contact with another car. Troy Severin and Brian Lawson gave chase but neither could catch Harris in time to deny him his third series win of the season. Feature results – 1. Anthony Harris; 2. Troy Severin; 3. Brian Lawson; 4. Mike Leraas; 5. Anthony Linkenhoker; 6. Chris Ware; 7. Charlie Ware; 8. Bill Rice; 9. Mike Keeton; 10. Daren Bolac; 11. French Grimes Jr.

Duffy exceeds expectations after late arrival for Modified Madness

By Mike McGuire DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 14) – The driver who almost didn’t get to the track in time to qualify for Davenport Speedway’s IMCA Modified Madness 50 on Friday ended up winning it. Darin Duffy almost missed the event when eastbound traffic was slowed and then rerouted due to an accident on Interstate 80. After following the detour on a county road and through a couple towns, he arrived just in time to start last in the final “B” feature. “I was so close to turning around,” Duffy admitted. “When we finally got to the track, my guys got my car out of the trailer and I got my suit on quick. After I qualified, I thought if I could get up to fifth or so I’d be doing really good.” Starting 22nd in a field of 24, Duffy was all the way up to fourth when the caution flag flew on lap 25. 2015 race winner Tyler Droste took the lead from Jason Pershy on lap 28. Running the high side, Duffy worked his [Read More]

Freedom 40 win worth $1,000 to Wood

By David Smith Jr. MEEKER, Okla. (July 14) – After surviving a mid-race battle for the lead, Joe Wood Jr. worked lapped traffic to perfection in the latter portion of the race to claim the Freedom 40 Sprint Series of Oklahoma feature at Red Dirt Raceway. Jake Martens opened a five-car length lead with 15 laps to go. Two laps later, Wood got a run coming out of turn four to take the front spot away on lap 27. Not even encountering slower cars on lap 32 could slow Wood’s pace as he went on to claim the half-stretch $1,000 victory, his second on the season and third career with the Smiley’s Racing Products-presented series. Martens held off Andy Shouse for the runner-up position while rookie Steven Shebester had his best performance of the season in fourth. Blake Dacus was fifth. Sheldon Barksdale led the first nine circuits and ended in sixth. Wood was scored first on a couple laps at midway before Martens regained the lead, then returned the favor for the $1,000 payday. [Read More]