2016 Super Nationals Archives

Record 84 Sport Compacts race Tuesday at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Fans of the 4-cylinder class will get their money’s worth and then some Tuesday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. A record 84 Mach-1 Sport Compacts race tonight with eight heats and four “B” features setting the field for the 25-lap main event at Boone Speedway. Sport Compacts have been part of the Super Nationals program since 2011; the previous car count record of 64 was established two years ago. Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wisconsin are represented. * Also on the night two Super Nationals program is qualifying for both the BSB Manufacturing Northern SportMod Race of Champions and Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions, a Hobby Stock qualifying feature and two Northern SportMod qualifiers. * Brendon Yamry brings a ton of momentum to his first Super Nationals, after sweeping Mighty Axe Nationals features at North Central Speedway. He just won’t get to take advantage of that momentum until the eighth and final Sport Compact heat. “The number [Read More]

Tuesday Schedule

SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DRIVERS MEETING – 1 pm TRACK PREP (HOBBY STOCK & NORTHERN SPORTMOD Best Appearing Car presentation) FIRST RACE – 2 pm SPORT COMPACT HOT LAPS (0 to 49) 5 – SPORTMOD ROC HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP (SportMod RoC Qualifiers to Fan Zone) SPORT COMPACT HOT LAPS (50 & ABOVE) 5 – HOBBY STOCK ROC HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP (Hobby Stock RoC Qualifiers to Fan Zone) MODIFIED HOT LAPS (91 & ABOVE) 8 – SPORT COMPACT HEATS (6 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (90 to 61) 10 – SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (60 to 41) 10 – SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP (Monday Hobby Stock/SportMod winners in Fan Zone) MODIFIED HOT LAPS (40 to 21) 4 – SPORT COMPACT B’s (8 laps) 4 – HOBBY STOCK HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (20 to 0) 2 – HOBBY STOCK HEATS (8 laps) SPORTMOD “A1” (25 laps) SPORT COMPACT “A” (25 laps) [Read More]

Smith scores big in Northern SportMod qualifier

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Doug Smith took the lead on the first lap and stayed in front all 30 times around Boone Speedway to win the Monday night IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifier for Northern SportMods. Smith had started fourth and quickly showed he had the fastest car on the track. He’ll start on the pole in the Saturday main event. Finishing second through eighth and earning inside row spots behind Smith were Tyler Soppe, Daniel Drury, Curtis Veber, Prelude winner Dakota Sproul, Danny Dvorak, Adam Armstrong and Brandon Williams. Dvorak will start his career sixth big dance on Saturday, Smith his fifth and Soppe his second. Armstrong, Drury, Sproul, Veber and Williams are first-time SportMod qualifiers; Armstrong made the main event twice in a Hobby Stock. Qualifying for the middle and outside rows is Tuesday. Qualifying feature results – 1. Doug Smith, Lanesboro; 2. Tyler Soppe, Sherrill; 3. Daniel Drury, Eldora; 4. Curtis Veber, Polk City; 5. Dakota Sproul, Ellis, Kan.; 6. Danny Dvorak, Vinton; 7. Adam Armstrong, Carlisle; 8. Brandon [Read More]

Burg, Watson win Monday night Hobby Stock qualifiers at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – Last year’s runner-up and another Hobby Stock big dance regular won opening night qualifying features Monday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Andrew Burg raced his way from 10th starting to win the first qualifier and will start on the pole of Saturday’s main event at Boone Speedway. Watson led every circuit in winning the second 25-lapper and will start on the front of the middle row. Burg led Sal Hernandez, Jesse VanLaningham, Benji Irvine, three-time champion Shannon Anderson, Drew Barglof, Aaron Rudolph and Gary Pesicka across the stripe and they’ll line up in that order behind him in the Saturday headliner. Shay Simoneau, Dustin Graham, Malik Sampson, Tyson Overton, Leah Wroten, Corey Madden, Jeremy Oliver finished well off the torrid pace set by Watson. They’ll start from the second through eight spots on the middle row Saturday. Nathan Ballard and Justin Luinenburg were disqualified from their respective Monday qualifying finishes in post-race tech. Anderson will start his career eighth main event, Watson his seventh, Madden his [Read More]

Texas teen wins first Southern SportMod championship at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 5) – He’s already won a lot of races in his brief career but none bigger than the one on opening night of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Jeffrey Abbey, 18 years old and a senior at Comanche, Texas, High School, became the first champion crowned at the 34th annual event when the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod division made its Super Nationals debut Monday evening at Boone Speedway. The victory was Abbey’s 22nd of the season and paid $2,225, an amount that included the Speedway Motors Weekly racing bonus. He also receives a standard weekly race engine from Centex Motorsports. “We knew coming in that we were fast. I was pretty sure we had a top five car and we won the deal,” Abbey said. “I can’t put into words what this means to me.” Thirty-three Southern SportMods made the trip to Boone from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. James Skinner started outside the front row and led the first 11 of 30 laps, pursued first [Read More]

Monday Results

Unofficial Results IMCA Hobby Stocks A-Main 01 — 1. Andrew Burg, Adel; 2. Sal Hernandez, Columbus, Neb.; 3. Jesse VanLaningham, Beatrice, Neb.; 4. Benji Irvine, Oelwein; 5. Shannon Anderson, Des Moines; 6. Drew Barglof, Sioux Rapids; 7. Aaron Rudolph, Grand Junction; 8. Gary Pesicka, Burt; 9. Kevin Bruck, Dunlap; 10. Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake; 11. Austin Brauner, Platte Center, Neb.; 12. Chuck Madden, Jr., Avoca; 13. Greg Gilbert, Osceola; 14. Daniel Ayers, Webster City; 15. Matt Brown, Dysart; 16. Kevin Lacy, Bixby, Okla.; 17. Jeremy Hoskinson, Norfolk, Neb.; 18. Wesley Warren, Fairfield, Texas; 19. Tejay Mielke, Norfolk, Neb.; 20. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 21. Zac Smith, Mason City; 22. Jason Kohl, Missouri Valley; 23. Ross Marshall, Johnston; 24. Tiffany Bittner, Hampton, Neb.; 25. Brett Vanous, Quasqueton; 26. Billy Rhoades, Maynard; 27. Eric Cross, Salina, Kan.; 28. Nathan Ballard, Marengo. A-Main 02 — 1. John Watson, Des Moines; 2. Shay Simoneau, Damar, Kan.; 3. Dustin Graham, Boone; 4. Malik Sampson, Worthington, Minn.; 5. Tyson Overton, Carlisle; 6. Leah Wroten, Independence; 7. Corey Madden, Avoca; 8. Jeremy Oliver, [Read More]

Monday Order of Events

SUBJECT TO CHANGE MONDAY HOBBY STOCK, NORTHERN SPORTMOD HOT LAPS – 1:00 pm TRACK PREP DRIVERS MEETING – 1:30 pm FIRST RACE – 2 pm MODIFIED HOT LAPS (0 to 20) 7 – HOBBY STOCK HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (21 to 40) 7 – HOBBY STOCK HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (41 to 60) 10 – NORTHERN SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP SOUTHERN SPORTMOD HOT LAPS (ALL) MODIFIED HOT LAPS (61 to 80) 5 – NORTHERN SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) HOBBY STOCK “A1” (25 laps) TRACK PREP MODIFIED HOT LAPS (81 to 100) 4 – SOUTHERN SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) 5 – NORTHERN SPORTMOD HEATS (8 laps) TRACK PREP SPORT COMPACT HOT LAPS (ALL) MODIFIED HOT LAPS (101 & ABOVE) 2 – SOUTHERN SPORTMOD B’s (10 laps) 1 – NORTHERN SPORTMOD B QUALIFIER (15 laps) HOBBY STOCK “A2” (25 laps) TRACK PREP STOCK CAR HOT LAPS (0 to 50) 2 – HOBBY STOCK B’s (8 laps) SOUTHERN SPORTMOD [Read More]

Southern SportMods debut tonight at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sep. 5) – Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods make their much anticipated debut Monday, opening night of the 34th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. They’ll race for $750 to win and as much as $1,250 in bonus money. The first-ever Southern SportMod champion also goes home with a standard weekly race engine courtesy of Centex Motorsports. Qualifying races for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods complete the card. * The 337 cars that see action Monday at Boone include 181 Northern SportMods, 123 Hobby Stocks and 33 Southern SportMods. * After IMCA made the announcement that Southern SportMods would join the Super Nationals race program, the only thing that could slow Kenneth and Vickie Graves from making the trip to Boone was a broken axle. The Tahoka, Texas couple saw their trip north slowed by six hours when the trailer axle broke late Saturday afternoon. They resumed their 950-mile trip north at about 10:30 p.m. that evening. Diagnosed earlier this year with Friedreich’s Ataxia, [Read More]

Oklahoma driver is wishing for sooner start to Super Nationals

HENNESSEY, Okla. – Social media has helped Hesston Shaw follow who’s won what at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s for the past two years. He hopes to give his Facebook friends plenty to talk about this September. The Hennessey, Okla., driver makes his first trip to Boone Speedway to experience the motorsports event everybody’s been telling him about since he started racing an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car two years ago. “When I moved up to the Stock Cars, I ordered a new Jet from Johnny Saathoff and everybody was talking about Super Nationals,” said Shaw. “The last two years I’ve kept up with it on Facebook. It’s pretty much the biggest race I’ve ever heard of. There’s a lot of racing and I can’t wait to be part of it. I wish it was this weekend.” Shaw has been racing for nearly half of his 24 years. He started at the age of 12 in a pure stock class, moving up to the factory stocks, sportmods, pure stocks and ultimately the [Read More]

Super Nationals race of champions events bring bragging rights

BOONE, Iowa – A season’s worth of bragging rights will be on the line Saturday, Sept. 10, when race of champions winners take their turn on stage at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The winner of the 28th annual Harris Auto Racing Modified Race of Champions earns $1,000 while $500 is the top prize in the 16th annual Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions for Stock Cars. Both the BSB Manufacturing Race of Champions for Northern SportMods and Stephenville Starter Race of Champions for Hobby Stocks pay $300 to win. Those events will be held for the seventh time. SportMod and Hobby Stock ROC qualifying will be Tuesday, Sept. 6. Modified and Stock Car ROC qualifying is Friday, Sept. 9. Drivers eligible to qualify for their respective events include former national and Super Nationals champions and race of champions winners, 2016 track champions/point leader or the second-place driver if the leader is not in attendance. Also eligible to qualify are former Modified (from 1993), Stock Car and Hobby Stock regional champions. A dozen [Read More]