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Weekly success at Cocopah has Toth confident before first competitive trip to Super Nationals

HOLTVILLE, Calif. – Chris Toth crewed for Lance Mari and Jason Noll when he made his first trip to Boone Speedway last September. He’ll bring his Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod along when he returns with MRT Race Cars teammate Mari for the 33rd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Last year was the first year I went and I crewed for Lance and Jason. I was really impressed with the number of people that were there and all the racing,” Toth said. “We talked about it on the way home and I decided I would bring my car this year. The Holtville, Calif., driver has run a limited schedule this season, with three feature wins in 11 starts at home track Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Ariz. He’s the point leader and eligible to qualify for the BSB Manufacturing Race of Champions. “When we first started this class at Cocopah, we were getting eight or nine cars. Now it’s closer to 20,” said Toth. “I feel good about going to Boone. I would be [Read More]

Entries top 100 for Sept. 3-6 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals at Eagle

EAGLE, Neb. – Drivers and fans from coast to coast and north of the border will converge Sept. 3-6 at Eagle Raceway for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Nationals. More than 100 entries, from 17 states and Canada, are in hand now for the third annual event. The Sunday finale sends the winner home with $2,000 and a year’s worth of bragging rights. The field of 27 will start three wide. All other main event qualifiers earn a minimum of $1,000; Friday and Saturday qualifying features pay $700 to win and the top prize in Saturday’s Jake Ita Memorial is $1,000. Pre-tech runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and will be followed by an open practice on Thursday. The front three rows qualify and Ita Memorial heats are on Friday. Rows four, five and six qualify on Saturday, rows seven, eight and nine on Sunday. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 6 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The pits open at 4 p.m. [Read More]

National oil brand with local roots; TiLUBE to award winners at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Sept. 7-12 is the biggest dirt track event in the world, the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. TiLUBE has come on board with the prestigious dirt track event to award the feature winners in every division during that week with an oil change of their HP racing oil. During the week, there are 24 total feature races and each winner in the qualifying features as well as the Big Dance main events will receive product from TiLUBE totaling over $1,500. “It was a no-brainer for us at TiLUBE to team up with IMCA and the Super Nationals. This is where I grew up and we have an opportunity to get our great product in the hands of a lot of race car drivers that week,” said Coty Mallicoat, director of sales and marketing for TiLUBE. “The Super Nationals is a great event and we are very happy to be a part of it to give back to the racers.” TiLUBE is a nationally recognized brand with local roots right [Read More]

Stuart Speedway crowns track champions

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (Aug. 30) – Regular season number 54 came to a close Sunday at Stuart Speedway with the crowning of five track champions. John Gill, Kody Havens, Brian Blessington, John Watson and Nick Roberts were the race winners on Plowman/Stanley Trenching Season Championship night with Jacob Reiter, Clint Luellen, Marcus Fagan, Watson and Roberts capturing the unofficial track titles. The closest point battle of the season belonged to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks as Watson owned a three-point advantage coming into the night over Austin Luellen. Watson endured no drama on this night as he set sail and led every lap to take the win and the championship. Buck Schafroth finished second with Luellen third. Roberts captured the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified finale and the track title ahead of Josh Gilman. Fagan ran a close second to Blessington while wrapping up the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car title. Havens made his way to the front of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod field on the fifth lap. Luellen accepted the back row [Read More]

Abelson adds third Tiny Lund trophy to collection

HARLAN, Iowa (Aug. 29) – For the third time in his career, Chris Abelson stood tallest at Shelby County Speedway’s Tiny Lund Memorial. Abelson held off Nick Deal in winning Saturday’s 25-lap main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. “It was definitely a battle,” the national point leader said following his 31st victory of the season. “It was a good race and fun for sure.” Abelson drew the inside row four start and was in the lead when the fifth circuit was scored. He’d trade the lead with Sobbing and led to the finish once he got back in front. The late-race storyline included lapped traffic and one final restart. Deal was threatening on the high side, so Abelson moved higher on the oval himself. Deal, Sobbing, Jacob Anson and Adam Larson completed the top five. Along with the $1,000 checkers, Abelson earned a spot on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. He’d also won the Tiny Lund main event for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods in 2006 and the Modified headliner [Read More]

24 states, Canada, Australia represented in early Super Nationals entries

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1) – With less than a week before the first green flag flies, more than 600 drivers from 24 states, two Canadian provinces and Australia are already pre-entered for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Opening night for the 33rd annual event is Monday, Sept. 7. Late Model, Sport Compact, Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod, Stock Car and Modified champions will be crowned by the time the final checkers fly on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and race of champions events for Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks complete the headline races at the greatest show on dirt. Some $275,000 in purse money will be paid out and another $60,000 in contingencies awarded. Drivers in all six divisions can still pre-enter by calling the IMCA home office. “We continue to encourage drivers to pre-register. It speeds up the entire process, starting with their car number,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “They save money by taking a couple minutes to do this ahead of time. [Read More]

Thornton goes 9-for-9 at Arizona Speedway

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (Aug. 29) – Ricky Thornton Jr. capped off a perfect season at Arizona Speedway with his ninth Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory in as many events Saturday evening. With a maximum possible 360 points, Thornton led Brian Schultz, Chaz Baca Jr. and John Morris Jr. in the top four standings. Thornton has plenty of racing left in the 2015 season as there are still six races left in the 2015 San Tan Ford Modified Championships. He’ll compete at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Thornton will start the Sept. 11 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.

Fan Zone continues to be site of off-track activities during week of Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – When attention turns from the race track, fans will have plenty to see and do throughout the week of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The Fan Zone, located south of the main grandstands at Boone Speedway, will be the location for numerous events each day of America’s Racin’ Vacation Sept. 7-12. On Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7, the Casey’s General Store redraw for starts in the front six rows of that evening’s Deery Brothers Summer Series event will be held at approximately 7 p.m. Card games to determine the starting grid for Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock race of champions events will be held at approximately 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively, on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Monday’s Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod qualifying feature winners sign autographs at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Drivers in the two divisions winning qualifiers that evening sign autographs in another 6 p.m. session on Wednesday, Sept. 8 Stock Cars entered in the best appearing car contest will be on display at 1 p.m. and top four [Read More]

DeCarlo capitalizes at Antioch

ANTIOCH, Calif. (Aug. 29) – Nick DeCarlo took advantage of a fumble by Shawn DeForest to win Saturday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Antioch Speedway. The win came by out-maneuvering DeForest in lapped traffic. DeCarlo and DeForest started in the back of the pack. As they passed cars, DeCarlo made a bold move. “Nick (DeCarlo) just went around all of us,” said DeForest. “I fumbled and he got by me.” With three laps to go, Aaron Crowell was holding onto first when DeCarlo passed him on the restart. Scott Busby was challenging Crowell for second when DeForest made his move for DeCarlo with one lap to go. “Before I knew it, the race was over. Running on the bottom of the track was good for me. Every car I passed, I passed on the inside, which is uncharacteristic for me,” DeForest said. Oreste Gonella moved into third place. Anthony Giuliani outdueled Patti Ryland to win the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature. Giuliani scored his fourth IMCA win of the year after starting last. When Fred [Read More]

2015 champions crowned at Thunder Hill Speedway

By Larry Lowrey, Jr. MAYETTA, Kan. (Aug. 29) – The 2015 season came to a close with Championship Night at the Races Saturday at Thunder Hill Speedway. All five IMCA divisions crowned their unofficial champions. In the BSB Manufacturing IMCA Modifieds Steven Bowers Jr. was the only driver that locked up his title prior to Saturday night’s races. Tyler Frye took the Bad Boyz Bail Bonds IMCA Northern SportMod crown. It’s rare that a rookie wins a track championship, but that’s exactly what Dominic Thyfault did in the Heinen Repair Service IMCA Stock Cars. Another rare feat is to win a championship without ever winning a feature on the season and that’s what Tyler Garst did in the Midwest Vending IMCA Hobby Stocks. The only driver to win for a championship for the 2nd consecutive year was Austin Umschied in the Casey’s General Store IMCA Sport Compacts. Feature winners on the final night of the season were Brandon Blochlinger in the Modifieds, Mat Stallbaumer in the Stock Cars, Frye in the Northern SportMods, Tyler Hinrichs [Read More]