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KSE switches gears with national IMCA Sprint Car prize

WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (March 11) – KSE Racing Products makes a single change in its post-season award program with IMCA, giving a Gen 2 power steering gear to the 2014 national Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car champion. Second through 10th place drivers in national point standings for the winged division again receive $100 product certificates. The White House, Tenn., high-performance parts manufacturer gives certificates of the same value to designated place finishers at 50 special events for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Late Models and the Sprints. The national Modified champion earns a KSE tandem power steering/fuel pump. Second through fifth place drivers in national standings receive $200 product certificates while sixth through 10th place drivers each get $100 product certificates. Certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office or presented during the national awards banquet “The positive growth of the IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car program has led to an increase in awards for those drivers, and KSE will not only step up and provide great incentive for our national champion, [Read More]

Drivers prepare for Antioch Speedway opener March 15

ANTIOCH, Calif. – Racers will be turning wrenches and cleaning cars late into the night this week to prepare for opening night at Antioch Speedway. The Contra Costa Fairgrounds 3/8-mile banked clay oval has an exciting schedule kicked off by a six-division program on Saturday night, March 15. Champion Troy Foulger, 23, of Martinez will return to competition at his home track driving the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified owned by Oakley’s Billy Bowers. Foulger has an unprecedented four straight track championships and the Bowers car has seven – three with its previous driver, Kenny Neu. The Foulger-Bowers duo returned from a rough season-opening race this past Saturday in Chico, Calif. They chased friendly Oakley foe Kellen Chadwick across the finish line. Both are Antioch Speedway regulars. “Any time you can beat the locals at their home track, it is quite an accomplishment,” Bowers explained. “It was a great way to start off the season.” Foulger and Bowers returned from Chico and promptly focused on getting race-ready for this Saturday. “We had to go through [Read More]

Car show, test and tune April 12 in Independence

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – The streets of downtown Independence will soon be filled with the sights and sounds of a new race season during the Indee Drivers’ Day Car Show. The event, which kicks off the 2014 season at Independence Motor Speedway, offers race fans the chance to get a close-up view of this year’s competition and to meet their favorite drivers. It is scheduled for Saturday, April 12. Area drivers are invited to bring their cars to display during the morning-long event. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with the car show running until noon. A number of streets in the downtown area will be blocked off and restricted to race cars and foot traffic that morning. They include 1st Street East from 2nd Avenue NE to 3rd Avenue NE, along with 3rd Avenue NE from 1st Street East to 2nd Street NE. Hauler parking will be available at the fairgrounds, with transportation provided back to the downtown area. Downtown parking for race car haulers will not be permitted. At around noon, awards will be [Read More]

Chandler funeral services are Saturday

URBANA, Iowa – Funeral services for Merv Chandler will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15 at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, 4200 1st Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids. One of the most successful drivers of IMCA’s modern era, Chandler, 60, died unexpectedly Monday, March 10 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Friday, March 14 at the chapel. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. A celebration of life follows funeral services at Wildhogs in Walford. The winner of 118 feature events during his IMCA career, Chandler finished third in the Modified main event at the first-ever Super Nationals in 1983. He qualified for the big show five more times, matching that third-place finish in 1988. Chandler ended the Modified portion of his career with 42 feature wins and three track titles. Returning to IMCA and the Mach-1 Sport Compact division in 2008, he won another 76 feature races, nine local track championships and three Allstar Performance Iowa state crowns. Chandler became the first driver in division history [Read More]

QA1 contingency awards for IMCA top $11,000

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (March 10) – More than $11,000 in contingency awards go to drivers in five IMCA divisions competing with QA1-manufactured shocks again in 2014. The Lakeville, Minn., company will reward eligible IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod competitors. Product certificates given in each of the five Modified regions will be $350 for first, $250 for second, $200 for third, $150 for fourth and $100 for fifth. Top three finishers in both Stock Car regions, both Hobby Stock regions and national points for each SportMod division receive awards in increments of $350, $250 and $150. All drivers must compete with four QA1 shocks, display two QA1 decals on their race car and return a completed sign-up form to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1 to be eligible. QA1 awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the next week from the IMCA home office. QA1 also gives product awards or product certificates [Read More]

Admission prices finalized for 2014 at Salina Speedway

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. – As the racing season quickly approaches at Salina Speedway, admission prices for 2014 have been finalized and will save many fans money as they attend America’s Fast Track to Fun this year. General admission to the grandstand will now be an even $10 no matter what is racing, special events excluded. This is a change from the previous two seasons in which nights when Late Models competed admission was $12. Now adults will only need to pay $10 each week, a savings of nearly $50 per person over the season. Kids’ admission will continue to be free, but the ages have been adjusted slightly. Kids 15 and under will now always be free. Anyone 16 and up will need to purchase an adult ticket. Kids getting in for free will also need to accompany a paying adult when entering the Speedway or they will not be allowed to enter. There are new discounts for this year as well. Senior citizens ages 55 and up will receive a half price [Read More]

34 Raceway car show, kick off party March 15-16

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa – 34 Raceway is gearing up for its 2014 season with the annual Midwest Performance & Power Westland Mall two-day car show and the Roederer’s kickoff party Saturday, March 15 and Sunday March 16. Racers in all divisions taking to the track this season will have their cars on display at Westland Mall during regular mall hours both days. Saturday night, March 15 will be the Roederer’s 2014 Season kickoff party starting at 6 p.m. There will be prizes, food and drinks and fun. The 2014 lidlifter is Saturday, March 29 with the Brockway Mechanical Sprint Invaders season opener. Join us at Westland Mall in West Burlington and Roederer’s Pit Stop, 1100 Chalfant Street in Burlington this Saturday and Sunday as we get ready for an exciting and fan-friendly 2014 racing season at 34 Raceway. For more information on the upcoming race season at 34 Raceway go to www.34raceway.com and facebook.

Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods new to BST Tour

By Joe Bellm HOLYOKE, Colo. – The 2014 Modified, Stock Car and Northern SportMod tours are pleased to announce three title sponsors, Precise Racing Products with the Modifieds, and new additions of Addiction Chassis for Stock Cars, and long-standing supporter Leary Racing Products for the inaugural Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod Tour. This year’s tour consists of four weekend stops consisting of ten races; with a best of nine out of 10 format which allows all participants to race their local weekly racing series as well as the BST Tour without any conflicts. The season will start April 12 and 13 for the Phillips County Raceway and I-76 Speedway Ice Breaker Classic. Going into Thursday and Friday, July 3 and 4 for the midsummer BST/IMCA Nationals and being a part of the historic Steve Kinser Salute to the King Tour event will be one for the record books. Both events will be held at Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke. After the Friday races, Phillips County will hold its annual Fourth of July Fireworks show along with [Read More]

First practice at Dodge City Raceway Park is April 5

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (March 6) – It’s drawing ever closer as Dodge City Raceway Park is set to fire to life just 30 days from now with an open practice session on Saturday, April 5. The open practice will be from 5-8 p.m. with pit passes $10 and admission to the grandstands free. The session precedes an exciting season of racing action atop the 3/8-mile clay oval that ranks among the premier dirt tracks in the nation. Racing action officially gets under way on Saturday, April 12, with a full slate of championship series action featuring the track’s regular classes of IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Thunder Cars and Hornets. The season continues with 15 nights of competition before culminating with the second annual Jerry Soderberg Memorial featuring the URSS Sprint Cars along with the track’s championship series finale on Saturday, Sept. 27. Along the way will be the always highly-anticipated World of Outlaws Sprint Cars “Boothill Showdown” on July 4-5 along with a variety of [Read More]

Plenty of firsts accompany Whitwell in Wednesday Modified win at Las Vegas

R.C. Whitwell won the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature Wednesday evening at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com) LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 5) – Wednesday was a night of firsts for R.C. Whitwell on the half-mile Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Whitwell topped the first of four qualifying heats, then led all 25 laps of the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature on opening night of the FVP Outlaw Showdown. The Arizona native and recent California transplant took the $750 checkers in his first night out in the Bill Henderson-owned Victory Circle ride. Forty Modifieds ran at LVMS in the first of two midweek events. Josh Vogt, Kyle Heckman, Logan Drake and Brad Pounds rounded out the top five in the feature. “The track was very racy. I ran the high side to the middle most of the way,” said Whitwell, after making his first non-Duel In The Desert visit to the Dirt Track, “and (teammate) Kyle ran a lower line. It was a pretty good [Read More]