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Champ Pans begins fifth season as IMCA sponsor

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (May 5) – The Champ Pans awards program that has paid off for drivers in five IMCA divisions continues for a fifth consecutive season in 2017. The Eau Claire, Wis., manufacturer gives $50 product certificates to top 10 drivers in IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod national point standings. “Champ Pans is proud to be a supporter for IMCA but more happy to be able to help out racers all over the country,” said Sales Representative Jake Redetzke. Certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed begin­ning the next week from the IMCA home office. Certificates can be applied to pur­chases from Champ Pans or Champ Brackets, another JR Manufacturing Company. More information about Champ Pans and Champ Brackets products is available by calling 715 834-7748, at the www.champpans.com website and on Facebook. “A Champ oil pan remains the industry standard and the preferred choice of IMCA racers, regardless of the engine package,” commented IMCA [Read More]

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Bilstein renews IMCA awards program for 19th season 

POWAY, Calif. – IMCA drivers in five divisions benefit from Bilstein Shocks sponsorship for a 19th consecutive season. The Poway, Calif., manufacturer has renewed a contingency program that sees nearly $8,000 in product certificates awarded to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers. “As Bilstein nears its second decade of supporting IMCA, we are more excited than ever with a full range of new shocks for nearly every class,” said Director of Motorsports-North America Scott MacDonald. “We are looking forward to continuing our championship tradition in 2017!” Top eligible drivers in each Modified region earn $350 certificates. Runners-up get $250 for second with $200 for third. Certificates to the top three eligible drivers in the two Stock Car regions will be awarded in increments of $350, $250 and $150. The top drivers three in both Hobby Stock regions and in national Northern Sport­Mod and Southern SportMod point standings receive product certificates valued at $300, $200 and $100, respectively. In addition to [Read More]

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Velocita awarding custom fire suits to Deery, Hawkeye Dirt Tour champions 

CLEMMONS, N.C. – Velocita adds to its IMCA awards program this season, giving custom fire suits to champions of both the Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for Modifieds. The six-year IMCA sponsor again gives custom fire suits to na­tional champions in all eight sanc­tioned divisions, and $200 product certificates to all other Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock regional champions. Those awards will be presented at the national awards banquet in November. “We are pleased to work with IMCA. The forward vision of the organization is truly exciting to see,” said Velocita’s Brad Smith. “The loyal racers are a pleasure to work with and absolutely put on the best racing in the country!” Velocita will also help recognize drivers starting the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Race title sponsor Axle Exchange gives fire suits manufactured by the Clemmons, N.C., company to each of the 30 IMCA Modified drivers elected to start the 14th annual event, to be held Friday, Sept. 8 dur­ing the IMCA Speedway Motors [Read More]

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Allstar Performance rewards 100-plus IMCA state champions with gift cards

WATERVLIET, Mich. – Their state-best point totals will pay off for another record group of IMCA drivers this season. Allstar Performance awards gift cards to each of the more than 100 drivers in eight sanctioned divisions win­ning IMCA state championships in 2017 The Watervliet, Mich., high performance parts manufacturer gives $100 gift cards to each IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car state cham­pion. Each IMCA Rac­eSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact state champion receives a $50 gift card. “We are pleased to continue our partnership with IMCA and look forward to working with them in the future,” said Allstar Performance Advertising Manager John Berglund. “IMCA is truly concerned with making racing affordable by utilizing sensible rules and has done a tremendous job of growing their group of racers.” Seven hundred and fifty drivers have won state titles since the IMCA program was introduced in 2000. A rec­ord 103 state champions were crowned in 2016. Gift cards will [Read More]

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Dakota Track Side renews special events awards for 10th IMCA sponsorship season 

MINOT, N.D. – Drivers and fans should have plenty of opportunity to congratulate Dakota Track Side on its 10th season as an IMCA sponsor in 2017. The Minot high performance parts retailer and fuel supplier will have a trailer at some 60 events at North Da­kota tracks and many of those race night customers will be among recipients of Dakota Track Side special events awards. Fifty dollar product certificates go to designated place finishers at 30 IMCA Modified and 15 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car specials. Certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office within a week after official race re­sults are re­ceived. Information about Dakota Track Side products and services, as well as the trailer travel schedule, is available by calling 701 852-7223, on Facebook and at the www.dakotatrackside.com website. “Dakota Track Side will continue to focus its attention on special events in 2017, and have a particularly visibly presence along the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour,” said IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “We’re grateful for their decade of support and will honor them at the end [Read More]

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10-year sponsor Flow Design renews award program for five IMCA divisions 

WELLINGTON, Kan. – Flow Design marks a decade of IMCA sponsorship with a renewed awards program that benefits drivers in five divisions. The Wellington, Kan., manufacturer gives carburetor spacers to first through fifth place finishers in 2017 national standings for the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods. Sixth through 10th place drivers in those divisions each receive certificates good for 50 percent off the purchase of a carb spacer. Information about Flow Design-made products is avail­able by calling 620 326-3537. “The Flow Design program has endured an ownership change and even rule changes during their 10-year run, but we’ve utilized their carb spacers as part of our standard rules package in a variety of divisions and are pleased with their line of products,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. 

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Precise Racing Products adding two $500 awards for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint drivers

WICHITA, Kan. – The company that sells speed adds a pair of $500 cash awards to its IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car contingency program this season. Both the national rookie of the year and the driver with the most 40-point feature wins as of Sept. 25 receive $500 in cash from Precise Racing Products. “I talked with Chris Archer at Precise about adding something exciting to our growing RaceSaver Sprint Car program and these two new cash awards certainly satisfy that desire,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “We’re gaining new members every day, and now potentially two of them will pocket a significant amount of extra cash at our national banquet. We’re very pleased with this addition and excited to make the announcement.” The Wichita, Kan., high performance parts supplier and Hoosier race tire distributor also gives $50 gift cards to state and series champions in the division and all IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car drivers are required to display two Precise Racing Products decals on their race car to be eligible. More information about Precise [Read More]

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Dirt Works continues title sponsorship of IMCA’s Eastern Region for fifth season

ORONOGO, Mo. – A chassis builder that has helped drivers win championships since the early days of the Modified division continues in a coveted sponsorship role in 2017. Dirt Works Race Cars returns for a fifth season as title sponsor of IMCA’s Eastern Region and will provide a portion of the $6,000 to be paid to top 10 drivers in final point standings for the region that includes sanctioned tracks and events in Alabama, Florida, Michigan and New York. The regional championship pays $2,500. The runner-up earns $1,250, with $625 for third, $325 for fourth, $300 for fifth and $200 for sixth through 10th place. Drivers must display two Dirt Works Race Cars decals on their race cars to be eligible for point fund shares. “IMCA’s affiliation with Dirt Works dates all the way back to 1996 when Allen Essenburg of Copperas Cove, Texas, won the Dirt Works South Central Region,” noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “It was the first region we had with a title sponsor and soon Dirt Works became synonymous with not only that region, [Read More]

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Chevrolet Performance renews lucrative cash bonus program with IMCA through 2019 

GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Chevrolet Performance has renewed a lucrative cash bonus program rewarding IMCA drivers and sanctioned tracks through the 2017-2019 race seasons. Drivers winning track championships while competing exclusively with 602 or 604 crate engines receive a $250 bonus. Tracks sanctioning any combination of the Modified, Hobby Stock and SportMod divisions and displaying Chevrolet Performance banners become eligible for cash bo­nuses of their own. “This is a program that paid cash back to our drivers and sanctioned tracks to the tune of $75,000 last year. It is easily our biggest cash bonus program for drivers,” emphasized IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “This is a big deal. A lot of money will get paid directly to drivers and tracks that support IMCA and Chevrolet Performance.” Driver bonuses will be paid after point standings become official; track bonuses will be paid through­out the season. The Chevrolet Performance IMCA crate engine bonus program originated in 2005 with cash awards to eligible Northern SportMod drivers finishing in the top five in track standings. It expanded to include [Read More]

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National and track champions in three IMCA divisions earn Bassett Racing Wheel awards 

BURLINGTON, Wis. – The accomplishments of national and track champions in three IMCA divisions will be recognized with contingency awards again this season by Bassett Racing Wheel. Top drivers in national standings for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods all receive a set of four wheels from the Burlington, Wis., manufacturer. Track champions in the same divisions receive $60 product certificates, good toward the pur­chase of four wheels. All awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. In its 23rd season as an IMCA sponsor, Bassett also returns to national decal programs for Northern SportMods and Southern SportMods. Drivers in both divisions must display two Bas­sett decals on their race car to become eligible for point fund shares. “Only five sponsors have a longer tenure with IMCA than Bassett and it is a testament to their dedication to the IMCA market,” observed Kevin Yoder, marketing director for the sanctioning body. “We’ve seen a lot of [Read More]