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Design 500 renews Lady Eagle awards, Deery Series and Modified specials prizes

TUKWILA, Wash. – Design 500’s 16th season as a partner with IMCA also marks the eighth year for the Tukwila, Wash., driver suit and apparel manufacturer’s popular Lady Eagle award. Female drivers in all sanctioned divisions are automatically in the running. The top finisher in combined point standings earns a complete set of custom No Fly Zone Pro-Tek CarbonX underwear, which includes a long-sleeved mock turtleneck, long pants, headsock and socks. The runner-up receives a No Fly Zone Pro-Tek CarbonX tank and shorts while the third place driver earns a $100 product certificate and CarbonX socks. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock driver Tiffany Bittner from Norfolk, Neb., is the three-time and defending Lady Eagle champion. “Tiffany has dominated our Lady Eagle competition over the past few seasons but we have so many great female competitors this is always a hotly contested race,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “April Phillips is continuing an outstanding start to the 2014 season and we’ll see if she or someone else will be crowned our newest Lady Eagle Champion.” Design [Read More]

Drivers in Deery Series, four IMCA divisions earn R2C Performance Products awards

FOREST PARK, Ill. – A popular awards program benefitting drivers in the Deery Brothers Summer Series and four IMCA divisions has been renewed for 2014 by R2C Performance Products. The Forest Park, Ill., manufacturer and sixth-year IMCA sponsor will give R10522 air filters to both the IMCA Late Model tour champion and rookie of the year and a 4-barrel air filter base to second through fifth place finishers in final Deery standings. Champions in each of the five regions for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and the national Modified rookie of the year also receive 4-barrel air filter bases. The highest finishing driver in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car national point standings who competes with a limited cubic engine and top finishing Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers competing with claim engines all receive 4412 air filter bases. And designated place finishers at 30 Modified specials and at all Deery events receive $50 product certificates, which will be mailed after official race results are received at the IMCA home office. All [Read More]

Dakota Track Side returns as sponsor for IMCA special events

MINOT, N.D. – Dakota Track Side returns for a second season as a contingency award sponsor for IMCA special events. Located in Minot, N.D., the high performance parts retailer, fuel supplier and chassis builder will give $50 product certificates at 30 specials for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and at 15 specials for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. Those 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 is available by calling the seven-year IMCA sponsor at 701 852-7223 and at the www.dakotatrackside.com website. “We’ve added some outstanding new special events to our contingency roster in 2014 and look forward to recognizing racers at upcoming races in Montana and Wisconsin,” noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “Dakota Track Side helps make that possible and we appreciate their support of IMCA events in those areas.”

“Speedy” Bill Smith crosses the Finish Line

LINCOLN, Neb. – Victory Lane fell silent this weekend as the performance automotive community lost a pioneering racer, hot rodder and entrepreneur. “Speedy” Bill Smith, founder and owner of Speedway Motors, died May 30 at his home in Lincoln, Neb., just weeks before his 85th birthday. He is survived by four sons, their wives, ten grandchildren and an extended family of Speedway Motors employees and thousands of loyal customers. A Lincoln, Neb., native, Smith got hooked on cars early in life and began buying, fixing, and selling Model T’s for profit as a teen. Soon he was racing, first motorcycles, then cars, while attending classes at Nebraska Wesleyan University. After earning a degree in education, Smith followed his automotive passion and opened Speedway Motors in 1952, aided by a $300 loan from his wife Joyce. A combination of passion, tenacity and innovation allowed Smith to grow a small 20×20 storefront into a flourishing mail-order business and manufacturing empire. During its 62 years in business, Speedway Motors has grown to become one of the largest manufacturers, [Read More]

Seals-it returns as IMCA sponsor with awards in Deery Series, all eight sanctioned divisions

ELLINGTON, Conn. – A company already familiar to many IMCA drivers returns as a sponsor for special events in all sanctioned divisions this season. Seals-it gives $50 product certificates to designated place finishers at IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA Eagle Motorsports RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact specials. Deery Brothers Summer Series competitors will be among the award recipients. Certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office after official race results are received and can be applied toward purchases of seals, seal kits and a wide variety of high performance products from the Ellington, Conn., manufacturer. Seals-it had previously been a national sponsor for the Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock divisions from 2000-2002. “We’ve always had an interest in IMCA and have recognized what they’re doing to keep racing affordable,” Seals-it owner and president Skip Matczak said. “We’re concerned about Saturday night racing becoming out of touch to the average working [Read More]

Ricochet shock guard awards are new for IMCA Modfieds, Northern SportMods

BRUSH, Colo. – Ricochet Race Components gives product awards this season, its first as an IMCA sponsor. Owned by veteran driver John Hansen, the Brush, Colo., company gives sets of three Ricochet shock guard covers to IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod competitors. “After running an IMCA special event last season we had several shocks damaged from debris on the track, as a result we saw the need to offer the racers a product to protect the shaft of the shock,” explained Hansen, who started Ricochet in April. “Other drivers expressed an interest in this product so we decided to give it a try.” Sets of three shock guard covers go to each of the five Modified regional champions, each Modified special series champion, fifth place finishers at each Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour event and each XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour event, and to winners of 10 Modified specials throughout the season. The national Northern SportMod champion gets three shock guard covers, as do the top three finishers in both Modified [Read More]

Dirt Works banner flies over Eastern Region for Modifieds

ORONOGO, Mo. – Welcomed back to the IMCA partnership ranks last season, Dirt Works Race Cars returns in 2014 as title sponsor of the Eastern Region for Modifieds. The Oronogo, Mo., chassis builder provides a portion of the $6,000 point fund to be paid to top 10 drivers in final standings for the Eastern Region, which includes tracks in Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Formerly located in Walker, Mo., Dirt Works is a sister company to Hoffman Race Cars and is also owned by veteran driver Jerry Hoffman. More information about either brand is available by calling 417 673-7426 or 417 465-2410. The company websites are www.hoffmanracecars.com and www.dirtworksracecars.com. Regional championships pay $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 are required to display Dirt Works Race Cars decals on their race cars to be eligible for point fund shares. Regional point fund checks will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week [Read More]

Emphasis on safety with new awards from The Joie of Seating

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Randy LaJoie and The Joie of Seating will help take some of the sting out of race night crashes this season. Drivers in all IMCA divisions submitting photos of their crashed race car to the home office will receive $200 certificates, good toward the purchase of a seat from the Kannapolis, N.C., manufacturer. Each month, one driver will be featured in The Joie of Seating Safety Spotlight and will receive a $750 product certificate. Damage to race cars must have occurred at a sanctioned event; photos can be sent to IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “With this new program the goal is to bring additional attention to driver safety and not necessarily glorify a wrecked race car,” Yoder emphasized. “However, by showing what can happen in a racing accident The Joie of Seating wants to educate all IMCA racers about the value of containment seats and the added protection that is necessary and available.” “We know accidents are going to happen and by showing the reality of some of those incidents, we [Read More]

Victory Chassis drivers with top win totals in four IMCA divisions earn post-season awards

BOONE, Iowa – Drivers winning IMCA sanctioned features in a Victory Chassis have new goals to run for this season courtesy of the Boone manufacturer. Modified and Northern SportMod drivers racking up the most feature wins in a Victory ride through the 2014 calendar year both receive a new frame. The top Stock Car and Hobby Stock winners both receive a roll cage and floor pan. The Victory Chassis Challenge is open only to licensed drivers in those divisions. “We are excited to provide racers with a fun and unique challenge,” said Victory Chassis Manager Randy Havlik, the 2009 Super Nationals and 2011 North Central Region champion. “We put our heart and soul into every race car we build and there’s nothing more exciting than seeing a Victory Chassis cross the finish line first.” “We hope this challenge adds an extra incentive for racers to drive their hardest day in and day out,” he added. “There’s a lot on the line.” Drivers who switch from a different brand into a Victory Chassis must do so [Read More]

Top non-fendered honors go to national point leader

By Ryan Clark PHOENIX, Ariz. – One IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified driver is not only turning heads on the track, but off the track as well. Ryan Roath, the national point leader in the division through mid-May, was also the top vote-getter in the month’s Sybesma Graphics IMCA Facebook Fan Favorite contest. Roath is currently at the top of the standings at Prescott Valley Raceway, sits third at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria and finished fourth in the Winter Challenge Series. “That’s where we want to be,” stated the Phoenix driver, recipient of a mini-mod door courtesy of Sybesma. “We’re trying to win a track championship this season and the Arizona State championship as well.” While Roath has won a track title in a local stock car division, he is seeking his first in a Modified. “We’ve never really run strong since we won Western Region Rookie of the Year in 2006,” he admitted. “We hope to change that this year.” Being from the West Coast, Roath realizes he’s already put much of his [Read More]