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Cancer can’t keep DiMeo from returning to Dacotah Speedway for Drive to Survive night

MANDAN, N.D. – Every night at the track is special for a race car driver. Dacotah Speedway’s seventh annual cancer awareness and fundraising Drive to Survive Night was especially so for Mach-1 Sport Compact driver Nylee DiMeo. The Aug. 21 show at Mandan marked the first time this season the diminutive Dimeo has raced this season. Diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2014, she returned to the track and won her heat race just three and a half weeks after undergoing a double mastectomy. Fellow drivers Jason Berg and Stan Thompson built the car, painted white and decorated with pink handprints, she raced that night. “My car is still on a trailer. I cried because they had a car done for me,” she said. “I told them I just needed a doctor to clear me and I was going to be out there. It meant a lot to be back with the fans, drivers and track officials.” Younger sister to veteran wheelman Joren Boyce, DiMeo has raced in the thunder-4 and later Sport Compact [Read More]

Burch, Gaylord rumble to top IMCA Modified paydays at Thunder on the Hill

By Larry Lowrey Jr. MAYETTA, Kan. (Oct. 9-10) – Corey Burch and Ryan Gaylord rumbled to $2,000 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature wins at Thunder Hill Speedway’s season-ending Thunder on the Hill special. Burch captured opening night honors, overcoming lapped traffic and late cautions to take his first win this season at Mayetta. Gaylord outran track champion Steven Bowers Jr. in a tightly contested Saturday feature. Once in front of the Friday night field, Burch put a stranglehold on the top spot and refused to let go. Bowers mounted an assault at Burch on a late race restart but it was deemed that both he and Johnny Saathoff jumped the start and were penalized and put to the rear of the field. That left Jet Racing Central Region champion Dylan Sherfick and Jordy Nelson to try and unseat Burch at the top. It was all Burch down the stretch while Sherfick, Nelson, Eddie Ingram and Jay Noteboom rounded out the top five. The Saturday finale went down to the final lap. The eighth starting [Read More]

$2,000 is top IMCA Modified prize at Tri-State’s Spooker

POCOLA, Okla. – Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds are in the running for $2,000 to win at this weekend’s 36th annual Tri-State Speedway Spooker. A minimum of $300 will be paid to start the Saturday, Oct. 17 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Distance for the main event will be 30 laps. There is a $125 entry fee. The top eight qualify on Thursday, Oct. 15 and positions nine through 16 will be set on Friday, Oct. 16. Last-chance qualifying precedes the main event on Saturday. Pit gates open at 3 p.m., the draw closes at 6:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Pit passes are $30 for adults and $15 for kids; spectator admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 6-11. On Saturday, the gate opens at 3 p.m., sign-in concludes at 5:45 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for kids; grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $8 for kids. There is a $2 discount on grandstand [Read More]

Harris tops Virginia Sprint Series finale

By Jim Haines SHENANDOAH, Va. (Oct. 10) – Jerald Harris wrapped up the Virginia Sprint Series crown with his third straight feature win Saturday at Shenandoah Speedway. The race stayed green from start to finish and Harris was unchallenged at the checkers. The Extreme Motorsports IMCA Sprint Car victory was his sixth of 2015 and second this season on the asphalt at Shenandoah. Glenn Worrell and Brian Lawson paced the field to green with Lawson out first. Harris shadowed him for seven laps before taking over the lead and ran in front to the finish. Tom Humphries and Lawson were next across the stripe. Feature results – 1. Jerald Harris; 2. Tom Humphries; 3. Brian Lawson; 4. Tony Harris; 5. Anthony Linkenhoker; 6. Charlie Ware; 7. Glenn Worrell; 8. Chris Ware; 9. Ron Moyers.

IMCA.TV TO PRESENT THE BEST APPEARING CAR AWARD TO MODIFIED AND SPORTMOD DRIVERS AT THE VEGAS “DUEL IN THE DESERT”

Dirt track racers from far and wide visit the Duel in the Desert held at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway every November. The feature lineups boast an expansive representation of different states to certify this event as one of the IMCA “Crown Jewel” events of the year. For the 2015 edition each driver is welcomed to showcase their stomping grounds with the IMCA.TV Best Appearing Car Contest. The graphics theme for 2015 is to represent your state. The IMCA.TV Best Appearing Contest will boast a “winner-take-all” $1000 Prize for the winning IMCA Modified and for the first time ever, a $500 Prize for the winning IMCA SportMod. The winning graphics company (for each class) will get a free social media advertising package on all IMCA.TV major events for 2016, a whooping $5000 value per class! Voting will be conducted on the IMCA Racing Facebook page (www.facebook.com/raceimca). Drivers will have the ability to declare Best Appearing entry at the pit gate of The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway or online at [Read More]

Pounds, Heckman run 1-2, 2-1 in IMCA Modified features at Budweiser Nationals

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Oct. 9-10) – Brad Pounds and Kyle Heckman both had first- and second-place finishes to show for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified outings at Bakersfield Speedway’s 30th annual Budweiser Nationals. Pounds led all 40 laps on Friday while Heckman gained the lead midway through Saturday’s main event. Both features paid $1,500 to win. Newly-crowned 2015 and now four-time track champion Pounds worked his way around front row starters Derek Nance and Carla Laney for the early lead on opening night. The seventh starting Heckman moved up into the second spot by lap 15 but was unable to put up a major challenge on Pounds. Bobby Hogge IV, Troy Foulger and Collen Winebarger rounded out the top five. The same pair contested for the Modified win on Saturday night as well. Ethan Dotson led the first lap from the front row before John Piker escaped unhurt from a flip in turn one. Dotson led pole starter Heckman before a yellow on lap 19, then pulled into the infield and out of the race prior to the restart. [Read More]

Double dose of Morrison opens Mid-America Clash

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (Oct. 9) – Announcer Jerry Jones announced Danny Morrison Jr. as the winner of a race not once, not twice, not even three times, but four times on Friday night as the Mid-America Clash 3 opened at Salina Speedway. Two individual clean sweeps were in the works for the Morrison team, starting with the Auto House Mod Lites. Morrison had more of a challenge in the $2,000 to win 1st Class Chassis IMCA Modified feature but was still able to hold off former multi-time national champion David Murray Jr. and Darrick Klima, who returned to an IMCA Modified for the first time in over a year at the speedway and finishing second. Ryan Gaylord finished third while Jerry Phillips’ bid to win three straight at the speedway came up short in fourth. Morrison’s win put him on the Ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. In a display of true skill, Austin Carter took home the hardware after having to drop to the back early in the Coors Light [Read More]

Abilene Speedway hosts 21st annual Southern Challenge Oct. 16-18 run

ABILENE, Texas – Drivers in four IMCA divisions vie for shares of a $75,000 purse at Abilene Speedway’s 21st annual Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge special Friday through Sunday. Oct. 16-18. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds chase a $3,000 top prize, with a minimum of $450 paid to start their 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods race for $2,500 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars vie for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to take the main event green. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race for $1,000 to win and $100 to start. Gates open at 5 p.m. and an open practice session will be held from 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, with complimentary beverages, barbecue and music at the party to follow. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, gates open at 2 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. Worship services at the track are at 10 a.m. Sunday. The [Read More]

IMCA Empire State Series finale is Friday at Five Mile Point

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (Oct. 8) – Eddie Sites takes aim at a career third title and his fourth tour victory of the season when the Empire State Series for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds travels to Five Mile Point Speedway this Friday, Oct. 9. Sites was the feature winner when the tour opened at Kirkwood in April and later added checkers at Black Rock Speedway and Skyline Raceway. Also the series champion in 2011 and 2012, he’s got the edge over Matt Cole going into the $400 to win, minimum $100 to start finale tomorrow night. There is no entry fee and the feature distance is 20 laps. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:45 p.m. Racing follows 6 p.m. hot laps. More information is available at the www.5milepointspeedway.com website and on Facebook. Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. Eddie Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 303; 2. Matt Cole, Vestal, 267; 3. Brad Sites, Monroeton, Pa., 244; 4. Jason Benjamin, Towanda, Pa., 239; 5. Keith Lamphere, Monroeton, Pa., 238; [Read More]

Restart sets stage for Stanford’s late-race heroics at Pat Pettit Memorial

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 2-3) – A restart with two laps left set the stage for Alex Stanford’s late-race heroics Saturday at Ocean Speedway. Stanford drove by Friday winner Bobby Hogge IV to capture the $3,003 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified checkers on night two of the Pat Pettit Memorial. A spot on the ballot for the 2016 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational accompanied the big check. Stanford led the first four laps from the pole before Hogge came from second row start to take lead. Passing continued through mid-pack and the light stayed green until fourth running Andy Obertello brought out the caution with a couple laps to go. Stanford outgunned Hogge for the lead on the restart and paced the pack for the win ahead of Hogge, Ryan Porter, Kellen Chadwick and Paul Stone. Chadwick had drawn the Friday pole spot and took the immediate lead over Brian Cass and Hogge. He led the first 16 laps before Hogge led a pair. Chadwick was scored first again on lap 19 before Hogge took over for [Read More]