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IMCA Modifieds chase $1,200 checks at Santa Maria Nationals

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A pair of $1,200 to win IMCA Modified main events are on the Memorial Weekend ticket at Santa Maria Raceway’s Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28 Nationals. Both features are qualifying events for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded each night. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $1,000 to win, plus national, state and track points on Sunday. Entry fee each night is $50 and pit passes are $40. Non-qualifiers get their entry fee refunded. Pit gates open at 9 a.m., the pit booth opens at noon and grandstand gates open at 3 p.m. both days. Racing starts at 5 p.m. on Saturday and at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. Adult grandstand admission is $20 on Saturday and $25 on Sunday. Seniors, military and students get a $2 discount off those prices. Kids ages 6-12 are $6 and five and under are free both days. An open [Read More]

HO’T Memorial Weekend special boasts $3,000 to win IMCA Hobby Stock feature

ELM MOTT, Texas – One of the top-paying IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock events of the season is on tap for Sunday, May 28, when Heart O’ Texas Speedway hosts its Texas Shootout special. A minimum of $100 will be paid to start that feature and entry fee is $35. The winner also gets their registration paid for at Abilene Speedway’s Southern Challenge this fall. Completing the Memorial Weekend card are $1,000 to win features for IMCA Modifieds and the Texas Sprint Series, and $500 to win features for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods. The Modified feature is a qualifier for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. All applicable points, including local track, will be awarded. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, military and students ages 13-18, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $35. The Wall of Fame induction ceremony begins at 2 p.m. Pit gates and the grandstand both open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 [Read More]

Brown wins IMCA RaceSaver Sprint showdown at Susquehanna

By Erika Palmai Wagner YORK HAVEN, Pa. (May 20) – Dave Brown took the checkered flag Saturday at Susquehanna Speedway, for the ninth time in his Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series career. Tyler Reeser, Cale Reigle, Darren Miller and Kyle Ganoe completed the top five in the first IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event co-sanctioned this season by MASS and the Pennsylvania Sprint Series. Reigle took control from the start and led the first 11 of 20 circuits. Brown started fourth and advanced quickly, using the very top of the race track. By halfway, Reigle caught up to lapped traffic, with Brown lurking closely behind. Brown stayed in the ultra-high groove to take the lead away the next time around. Reeser also made the most of the top line and took over second on the last lap. “With most of the field leaving the top side open, it was less patience and more of a hammer-down mindset that I was thinking when getting around the slower cars,” Brown said. “I just knew the top was the fast way [Read More]

Noll, Baca battle at Canyon

By Rowdy Briggs PEORIA, Ariz. (May 20) – In one of the most fiercest battles of the year in the IMCA Modified division Jason Noll and Chaz Baca Jr. fought tooth and nail for 10 laps before Noll took the win by a small margin Saturday at Canyon Speedway Park. K.C. Dieckman had taken the early lead with Terry Belcher Sr. and Ryan Roath in tow and Baca and Noll patiently working their way toward the front. Dieckman started slipping back and an epic battle between Noll and Baca ensued as they continued their march through the field. The duo exchanged the lead several times and ran side-by-side with no contact, with Noll finally taking the win over Baca, Belcher, Roath and Kelsie Foley, who worked her way by Brian Schultz at the line. After breaking a gear in the heat race, George Fronsman captured the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature, with Joe Vlasity holding off his challengers in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks.

URSS Rebels ready for RPM, 81 doubleheader  

HAYS, Kan. – The United Rebel Sprint Series will hit the ground running with a double header weekend at one of the driver’s favorite tracks and a trip to one of the region’s most storied tracks. All eyes will be on the Rebels as the point season begins with trips to two lightning fast 3/8’s-mile ovals. On Saturday night, May 27, the URSS heads to RPM Speedway in Hays, Kan., for the first of three appearances this season. The Kansas Region date is a make-up for the April 29 race in which Mother Nature claimed victory. Pit gates will open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and the green flag waves at 7 p.m. On  Sunday, May 28, the URSS makes its way back to C. Ray Hall’s 81 Speedway in Wichita, Kan., for Sprint Car Maynia. The URSS co-sanctions with the Sprint Series of Oklahoma for a $1,000 to win, minimum $200 to start national points show. Look for a stout field of racers from both sanctions as Ty Williams, who has two wins [Read More]

Big Buck Bonus this weekend for IMCA Modifieds at Jackson, Park Jeff

JACKSON, Minn. – Jackson Motorplex and Park Jefferson Speedway are pleased to announce the Big Buck Bonus for IMCA Modifieds this Memorial Day weekend. Both tracks will offer $1,000 to win IMCA Modified Fast Shaft All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers this weekend. Any driver who can sweep both nights of racing will earn a Big Buck Bonus of $1,000 on top of their winnings, making their weekend haul a very nice $3,000 paycheck. Starting first on Friday night, May 26 at the famed Jackson Motorplex half-mile, the IMCA Modifieds will take to the newly-renovated oval for the Danny Williams Memorial race. Gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The following night, drivers head over to South Dakota to Park Jefferson Speedway north of Sioux City for The Clash, where the 3/8-mile oval will see drivers compete for a second $1,000 pay day. Gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. Jackson Motorplex is located adjacent to the Jackson County Fairgrounds off Interstate 90 in Jackson, Minn. The track website is www.jacksonmotorplex.com. [Read More]

Christianson parks in Dacotah Speedway’s victory lane

MANDAN, N.D. (May 19) – Drew Christianson made his move in the last set of turns, then parked his IMCA Modified in victory lane at Dacotah Speedway Friday night. The win at Mandan was his first since 2010. Veteran Herb Bargmann grabbed the early lead; Travis Ulmer started to catch up as Myles Tomlinson lurked in third. That three-car battle for the lead, allowed Christianson to close in. Tomlinson and Christianson split Ulmer as Bargmann got off the backstretch. Christianson shuffled into the lead, bringing Tomlinson with him. Using lapped traffic as a pick, Tomlinson grabbed the lead as the white flag waved. However, Christianson came back and threw the car in hard in turns three and four. Using a clean slide job, Christianson slid up in front of Tomlinson to pick up his first local feature victory in seven seasons. Berg Makes it a Three-Peat in IMCA Sport Compacts Bismarck’s Andy Reed and Stan Thompson started on the front row of the IMCA Sport Compact feature. Defending track champion, Jason Berg made it a [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds chase $2,000 top check at Illinois’ Sycamore Speedway

MAPLE PARK, Ill. – An Illinois speedplant celebrating its 54th season welcomes IMCA Modifieds for a $2,000 to win main event during the Memorial Weekend. Sycamore Speedway at Maple Park hosts what is believed to be the first-ever appearance by the division, on the half-mile clay oval on Saturday, May 27. A minimum of $150 will be paid to start the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifying event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis North Central Region and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. There is no entry fee. Pit passes are $30. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $5 for kids ages 5-11 and free for four and under. Gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. The drivers’ meeting also starts at 6 p.m. and racing follows 6:30 p.m. hot laps. More information is available from General Manager Tiffany Gerace at 815 895-5454 and on Facebook. The track website is www.sycamorespeedway.com. “Fans have been asking for years for us to host a Modified event. We figured this would [Read More]

Bruce is best again at Outlaw

By Paul Szmal DUNDEE, N.Y. (May 19) – Shawn Bruce won for the second time this season, in the Farmers Insurance/Marion Decker Agency IMCA Modified feature Friday at Outlaw Speedway. Brad Smith and Scott Sebring brought the field to the green for its 20-lap feature and Sebring grabbed the lead as Jake Karlnoski moved into second spot. Smith spun a lap later and on the restart Sebring maintained the lead as Glenn Whritenour and Bruce battled for third. Trouble struck on lap six and Bruce inherited second spot. He fought Sebring for the lead until Sebring slid high in turn four on lap 10, giving Bruce the top spot. Bruce pulled away from Rich Karlnoski at the finish to take his second IMCA Modified feature of the season, with Sebring third.

Oshkosh sees four first-time 2017 winners

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 19) – Four feature events produced as many different first-time 2017 winners Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modified checkers flew for Steve Schneider after a long battle with Dan Roedl. Jeremy Christians took the lead on the seventh lap of the Outlaw Chassis IMCA Stock Car main and left the rest of the field to race for second place. Brock Saunders got the best of the Don Herman Auto Repair IMCA Northern SportMod field for the first time locally since July 31 of 2015. Mike Meier took the lead in the Lynn’s Service Center IMCA Sport Compacts on lap four and despite heavy pressure from Chris Maas for much of the second half of the race, was able to win his first feature of the season. A solid field of 121 cars filled the pit area on a windy night at Oshkosh.