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Domagala stampedes to IMCA Modified checkers at 45th annual Jamestown special

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Oct. 15) – Tracy Domagala won’t just return to Jamestown Speedway next fall to defend his Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified Stampede title. He’ll come back to buy a souvenir sweatshirt … the one with his name listed among the winners of the prestigious event. Domagala earned $2,000 along with a spot on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. “This has to be one of the biggest events in the three-state area,” Domagala said. “The trophy and the money are great but having your name on the sweatshirt for the rest of your life is really special.” Fifty-two IMCA Modified drivers vied at the 45th annual Stampede. Domagala, whose best finish in three starts this season at Jamestown was 11th, started ninth in the main event. “We knew we had a pretty tough row to hoe but we’ve been figuring some stuff out with this new Taylor Chassis,” he said. “I thought if I stuck on the bottom that maybe it would come in. Around lap 15 I got next to [Read More]

17 sponsors to receive awards at IMCA national banquet

LINCOLN, Neb. – Seventeen marketing partners will be recognized with special awards during the national IMCA banquet on Saturday, Nov. 26. Both Bushore Racing Enterprises and the Deery Brothers Automotive Group receive 25-year sponsorship awards. Twenty-year sponsors are Aero Race Wheels, Brodix, Gillund Enterprises/Justice Brothers and KSE Racing Products. BMS is a 15-year award recipient while Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Mitchell Machine and Performance Distributors get 10-year awards. Chase Signs, Performance Engineering & Manufacturing, Precision Racing Products, Sybesma Graphics, TomCat Performance, Velocita and Wehrs Machine & Racing Products all will be recognized for five years as partners with IMCA. The banquet will be held at the Cornhusker Marriott in downtown Lincoln. Drivers winning championships and rookie of the year awards will also be honored and track sanction awards will be presented that evening. Cocktails are at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the awards ceremony to follow. Tickets are $35 each and available by calling the IMCA home office at 319 472-2201. An order form is published on page A3 in this month’s Inside IMCA newsletter. A [Read More]

James is 2-for-2 at Tri-State following Spooker feature win

POCOLA, Okla. (Oct. 15) – Jeff James’ second competitive trip to Tri-State Speedway resulted in a second big payday. James, winner of the Spring Kegger special at Pocola, led all 30 laps of Saturday’s $3,000 to win Spooker main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. “Isn’t that crazy? I won the spring one and the fall one. That’s $5,000 in two races,” said James. “It’s a long ways (a little over 450 miles from his home in Stanton, Iowa) but it’s a nice payday.” As a bonus, the win put James on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Jeff Taylor, Steve Holzkamper, Todd Van Eaton and William Gould rounded out the top five. James had won his qualifying feature on Friday night and started outside pole. Taylor, Holzkamper and Gould all challenged from the inside after early restarts but could not get past. He’d won the Kegger and the Friday qualifier running the lower line, but James followed the high side to the checkers in the main event. “I didn’t know [Read More]

Green earns redemption and $2,000 at Southern Challenge

By J.M. Hallas ABILENE, Texas (Oct. 15) – A long green flag run at Abilene Speedway’s Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge ended with Kevin Green in victory lane. Green caught Monte Bolton late in the 25-lap main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and gained a bit of redemption along with his career-best payday in the division. “We’d been running second before hitting an infield tire at 85 Speedway’s Bryan Mize Memorial. We were fast at Ennis but ended up not finishing,” Green said, “so this was kind of redemption for me.” The $2,000 win put Green on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. He’d raced a Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod at Abilene previously and drew the outside pole start for the weekend’s Modified main event. The one caution of the race came out before the first lap was scored as a five-car pileup brought out a quick red flag; Bolton took the lead on lap two but Green stayed close throughout. With five to go Green turned up the [Read More]

Winter Nationals this weekend at Longdale Speedway

By Shawn Miller LONGDALE, Okla. – The Winter Nationals is developing into a strong event that helps close each season at Longdale Speedway. The third edition of the marquee event is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16 and will feature three IMCA sanctioned divisions. The first night will be the standard purse for each class with the Oct. 16 event paying $1,000 to win and $200 to start for both the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and IMCA SportMods and $800 to win and $100 to start for the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Sunday’s feature for the Modifieds is a 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. The opening night of the doubleheader will feature a full race program with the top 12 drivers in each class locked into Sunday’s starting grid. Last-chance races kick off the second night of racing on Oct. 16 and will determine the remainder of the starting lineup for the main events. The entry fee increases $100 for a driver only racing on Oct. 16. Adult tickets are [Read More]

Bakersfield Budweiser Nationals IMCA Modified wins go to Dotson, Childress

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Oct. 7-8) – Ethan Dotson and Ricky Childress Jr. took different routes to $1,500 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified wins at Bakersfield Speedway’s Budweiser Nationals. Dotson started on the pole in Friday’s 40-lapper and led every lap, pulling away from Bobby Hogge IV and Robby Sawyer in the late going for the victory. Childress had to work his way up from 10th starting on Saturday. He was running third, just a couple car lengths off the pace when frontrunners Mike Johnson and Brad Pounds tangled late in the race. Their respective wins put both drivers on the ballot for next year’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Dotson and Hogge both moved from the lower line to the top side after seeing Sawyer use that line to advance in the opening night show. “There were a couple cautions that took out the lapped traffic so that worked in my favor,” Dotson said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better night to get my first win of the year here.” Pounds and Logan Drake completed the top [Read More]

Scott scores $5,000 IMCA Modified win at RPM Fall Nationals

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (Oct. 8) – Johnny Scott was the $5,000 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified winner at RPM Speedway’s Fall Nationals. Scott led all 40 laps of the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier at the 10th annual special. A few cautions kept the field close but Scott was able to outrun his brother Stormy to the checkers for the win. Jeff Taylor, who won the event in 2012, was third, followed by 2009 winner David Murray Jr. Cole Traugott rounded out the top five. Two hundred and sixty race teams from across the country were on hand at Hays. It was a three-way battle for all 30 laps in the $3,000 to win IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event between Jason Rogers, three-time race winner Mike Nichols and Casey Woken. Rogers took the lead at the drop of the green and led Dominic Ursetta, Woken and Nichols. Nichols squeezed by for the lead on lap 13, but Rogers regained the top spot on lap 17 and never looked back. Nichols held on [Read More]

Stock Car Stampede at Jamestown boasts $2,000 IMCA Modified top prize

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Oct. 10) – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds chase a $2,000 top check at Jamestown Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15 Stock Car Stampede. The Stampede is a qualifying event for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. The runner-up earns $1,500 with $1,000 paid for third; drivers taking the main event green earn a minimum of $300. Heat races begin at 7 p.m. on Friday with “B” features preceding Saturday’s main event. What’s new at the 45th annual Stampede is a $500 to win, minimum $120 to start race for the top 24 Modified non-qualifiers. Other non-qualifiers who finish their “B” race will be paid $50. Car and driver entry fee for the Modifieds is $90. Pit passes are $60 for Friday and Saturday or $35 for Saturday; no Friday only pit passes will be sold. Pit gates open at 10 a.m. and the grandstand opens at 3 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $18 for adults and $45 for a family pass. Gates open at 2 p.m. and racing starts at 5 p.m. [Read More]

Abilene Speedway hosts Oct. 14-15 Southern Challenge

ABILENE, Texas – Abilene Speedway rolls out the red carpet for four IMCA divisions at its 22nd annual Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge special Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $2,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods both for $1,700 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $650 to win. The Modified feature is a 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. An open practice runs from 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. Qualifying begins on Friday and Dirt Defender adds to the payout in all four sanctioned divisions. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Friday. Gates open at 2 p.m. and the first green flag waves at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for military with ID, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available from promoter Rob Poor at 325 725-3849 or 325 692-8800, and at the www.abilenespeedway.com website.

Lagroon, Grabouski are IMCA Modified winners at Salina’s Mid-America Clash

SALINA, Kan. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) – When Mid-America Clash checkers flew at Salina Speedway, Corey Lagroon and Jordan Grabouski both went home with $1,500 checks for their Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature wins. Lagroon worked his way up from seventh in topping the Friday night feature, passing Derrick Brown following a restart after midway in the 25-lapper to earn a spot on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Grabouski, the 2016 national champion, also used a restart to his advantage on Saturday, motoring by Lagroon with 10 circuits left. “Friday was my fifth win at Salina this season,” noted Lagroon. “There were a couple late yellows and Derrick made it close. He had a pretty good run off the final turn.” Brown led early but settled for second. Larry Sutton, Danny Holt and Kurtis Pihl rounded out the top five. A double winner at Salina’s April DirtFest special, Grabouski started inside row six on Saturday and wound up with the win ahead of Lagroon, Danny Morrison, Tyler Frye and Pihl. “We’ve had real good [Read More]