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Tim Ward extended his NAPA Auto Parts Double Down Prelude record with a fourth consecutive Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature win Saturday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography)

Ward, McBirnie write more Prelude history at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2024) – Tim Ward made more history Saturday at Boone Speedway. Then Jake McBirnie wrote some of this own. Defending IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s champion Ward won the first of two Friesen Performance IMCA Modified features for his fourth consecutive victory during the NAPA Auto Parts Double Down Prelude. Brother-in-law and former Northern SportMod victor McBirnie then followed with a Modified win of his own, making him the first driver to win Prelude crowns in different divisions. A record 416 cars in four divisions saw action during the Saturday show. Ward chased and caught pole starter Izac Mallicoat four laps into their feature, then led another 21 fast-paced times around Iowa’s Action Track. The sole caution came on lap 16 but Ward quickly caught up with the back of the pack and beat Mallicoat to the $1,500 checkers, his Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying 11th dating to last September. “I figured it was going to be really tough to get four in a row. There’s just something about the [Read More]

McDowell, Raffurty are Mod Lite Saturday stars at Boone

Jaedon McDowell will start from the pole in the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s main event, after winning Saturday’s first qualifying feature for STARS Mod Lites at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography) BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2024) – Two STARS Mod Lite drivers with some unfinished business at Boone Speedway took care of business Saturday night. Jaedon McDowell raced from 10th, Dillon Raffurty from 12th in winning their respective IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifying features. McDowell, from Murfreesboro, Tenn., will start on the pole in Sunday’s $2,000 to win big dance, while Kansas City, Mo., ‘shoe Raffurty takes the green from the front of the middle row. A Super Nationals record 78 Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites were among the 416 cars competing at Iowa’s Action Track, another new mark for opening night of the NAPA Auto Parts Double Down Prelude. “It felt amazing. Last year we came out here and couldn’t even get a heat win. Tonight we came out and did both. Hopefully tomorrow [Read More]

Cody Thompson got a huge dose of momentum headed to Boone with his $10,000 Friesen Performance IMCA Modified win at Rocket Raceway Park’s Bryan Mize Memorial, (Photo by Stacy Kolar, Southern Sass Photography)

Thompson towers above IMCA Modified foes at Paris

PARIS, Texas (Aug. 31, 2024) – He didn’t know for sure where on the track he needed to be but Cody Thompson ended up in the place he wanted to be Saturday night. The Sioux City, Iowa, speedster led the last half of the 40-lap Bryan Mize Memorial main event at Rocket Raceway Park, earning a career-best $10,000 Friesen Performance IMCA Modified payday. One of 47 IMCA entries at the 10th annual event, Thompson started the big show from sixth, was quickly up to third, snuck under pole starter Jared Maupin for second and then rode in the runner-up spot several circuits before reeling in Matthew Day. “I kind of wanted to be where he (Day) was at but I didn’t know if I needed to be on the bottom right around the tires or in the middle,” Thompson admitted. “There’d be times when I’d leap out ahead of him and there’d be times he’d leap out ahead of me.” “I really didn’t know what to expect because I’m not super familiar with that place or [Read More]

Trevor Grossenbacher was first to the checkers in the Friday night qualifying feature at the IMCA RaceSaver Nationals. (Photo by Joe Orth)

Grossenbacher is first in Friday RaceSaver qualifier

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (Aug. 30, 2024) – Thursday was to have been a practice night to allow time for participants in the IMCA Racesaver Nationals to get acclimated to the high banks of Eagle Raceway, but that evil deity Mother Nature decided to gift us with her liquid sunshine. That caused the Eagle officials to call off the night’s events. But Friday saw a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and lots of race teams in the pits just waiting to put on a show for the fans and attempt to lock themselves into the inside nine rows of Sunday’s Big Dance. In all, 106 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars filled the pits. Lap one of the Sprint Car feature saw Billy Alley and Shayle Bade make contact with Alley spinning and causing the cars behind him to bunch up. Zach Rhodes then made contact with Koby Werkmeister, sending Rhodes flipping. Rhodes’ car was pushed to the pits while Alley drove to the pits for repair and rejoined the field. The restart saw Stu [Read More]

Cody Laney cruised to the $1,000 checkers and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility, winning Friday’s Showdown at MoTown feature for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

$1K ShowDown at MoTown wins to Laney, Freeburg

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2024) – The Karl Auto Group ShowDown in MoTown was held at the Marshalltown Speedway on Friday with a whopping 178 cars from all across the United States tuning up for the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Cody Laney would take the honors in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Austin Kaplan won the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Jenae Gustin repeated her win from last year’s ShowDown in MoTown when she took the checkers in the Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods. Bradly Graham won the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature, Brandon Freeburg won the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lite main and Michael Gardner won the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature. Feature racing kicked off with the 16-lap Northern SportMod event. Hometown racer Gustin started third on the grid, grabbed the lead immediately and held that top position the entire run to the checkers. Jake Sachau started seventh and tried chasing down Gustin but had nothing for her and had to settle for second place. Third went [Read More]

Record pre-entries for 42nd annual Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 30, 2024) – They say records are made to be broken. That’s become the theme for the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Just two days after the number of pre-entries for the 42nd annual event eclipsed the 1,000 mark for the third consecutive year, a new Super Nationals pre-entry record was set when Danube, Minnesota’s Shaun Bruns became the 1,054th entry for America’s Racin’ Vacation. Bruns was the 279th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car to register, also a pre-entry record. New early registration marks were also established with 84 STARS IMCA Mod Lites and 27 IMCA Sunoco Late Models. There are 241 Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds entered, along with 182 Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods, 164 IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and 77 Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts. The Hobby Stocks and SportMods are also nearing record pre-registration totals. Among the 1,054 entries so far, 30 states are represented, along with two Canadian provinces and Australia. The complete list of drivers who are registered so far include: MODIFIED Chris Abelson, Sioux City, IA Michael Ables [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Aug. 29, 2024

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 1,000; 2. Ethan Braaksma, Newton, Iowa, 986; 3. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, and Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, both 977; 5. Chris Zogg, New Liberty, Iowa, 974; 6. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., Jed Freiburger, Dubuque, Iowa, and Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., each 966; 9. Myron DeYoung, Stanton, Mich., 962; 10. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 960; 11. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 955; 12. Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., 951; 13. Charlie Mohr, Bettendorf, Iowa, 939; 14. Matt Werner, Geneseo, Ill., 936; 15. Jake McBirnie, Boone, Iowa, and Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, both 933; 17. Ben Chapman, Clarence, Iowa, 932; 18. Brett Berry, Russell, Kan., and Cole Czarneski, Denmark, Wis., both 930; 20. Jake Nightingale, Maize, Kan., 926. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 794; 2. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 788; 3. Evan Miller, Silvis, Ill., 774; 4. Anthony Roth, Platte Center, Neb., 772; 5. Zach Zeitner, Bellevue, Neb., 766; 6. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 750; 7. Mitch Morris, Long Grove, Iowa, 744; [Read More]

Hamilton looks forward to victory lane interviews at Super Nationals

LINDSAY, Okla. (Aug. 29, 2024) – Tim Hamilton enjoyed his interview with Wade Aunger at his first IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He’s hoping to have more to talk with Wade about at his second. From Lindsay, Okla., Hamilton returns to Boone Speedway as the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified champion at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, and eligible to qualify for both the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and the Rage Chassis Race of Champions. “This was the first time we ever stayed at one track and tried to run for points. We won the first two weekends there and one of them was an All-Star qualifying race,” said Hamilton. “Then I was like ‘heck, let’s run for a track championship’ and get the opportunity to qualify for the race of champions, too.” He didn’t find victory lane at Ardmore again but was in top five the next eight nights – he also worked in an early July trip to race with Kansas friends at Salina Speedway and Dodge City Raceway Park – and wrapped [Read More]

Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational eligible drivers

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 29, 2024) – Four more Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers made themselves eligible to qualify for the Friday, Sept. 6 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, to be held during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at Boone Speedway. Brian Ungaro won the All-Star Modified special at Sweetwater Speedway and Matthew Hicks topped Barona’s Josh and Bob Thompson Memorial. Jeff Aikey aced the Legends Night feature at Benton County Speedway and Denny Eckrich was a weekly winner at 34 Raceway. The list of eligible drivers now includes: Chris Abelson Jeff Aikey Chase Allen Curtis Allen Tyler Allen Ricky Alvarado Chad Andersen Steve Askew Chaz Baca Eric Barnes Jordan Bartz Austen Becerra Brandon Beckendorf Bert Beech Eddie Belec Brett Berry Tom Berry Jr. Tyson Blood Ethan Braaksma Jarrett Brown James Bundy Kellen Chadwick Ty Clemens Troy Cordes Jason Czarapata Cole Czarneski Shane DeMey Ryan DeShaw Zane DeVilbiss Myron DeYoung Spencer Diercks Ryan Doyon Denny Eckrich Grey Ferrando Drake Findley Trevor Fitz Troy Foulger Jed Freiburger Tripp Gaylord Trevor Geist Casey Jo Gemmill Daniel Gottschalk William [Read More]

B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational eligible drivers

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 29, 2024) – The following IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers are eligible to qualify for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Boone Speedway during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Winners of sanctioned events paying $5,000 or more who are guaranteed starting spots in that event are Austin Brauner, Jordan Grabouski, T.J. Herndon, Luke Lemmens, Dallon Murty, Kelly Shryock, Dylan Thornton and Ricky Thornton Jr. Jeffrey Abbey Mike Albertsen Brock Beeter Layne Bellm Chase Berkeley Tom Berry Jr. Austin Bouzek David Brandies Austin Brands Austin Brauner Larry Brigner Shaun Bruns Nick Buckarma Tathan Burkhart Troy Burkhart Cayden Carter Jonny Carter Kyle Clough Cole Czarneski Austin Daae Maguire DeJong Gabriel Deschamp Zane DeVilbiss Rick Diaz Hunter Domagala Levi Feltman Colby Fett Race Fisher Dalton Flory Troy Foulger Kyle Frederick Adam Goff Jordan Grabouski Trent Grager Dustin Griffiths Jimmy Gustin Cody Gustoff Thomas Hall Jr. Todd Heinrich T.J. Herndon Miciah Hidlebaugh Abe Huls McCain Jennings Troy Jerovetz Justin Kinderknecht Brendon LaBatte Benji LaCrosse Jeff [Read More]