2016 Super Nationals Archives

Prelude to the Super Nationals plays out Saturday at Boone

BOONE, Iowa – A preview to the greatest show on dirt is this Saturday at Boone Speedway. The Sept. 3 Wild Rose Casino Resort Prelude to the Super Nationals will feature a total car count second only to the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s itself. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win in their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks complete the card. Drivers are required to pre-register for Super Nationals in order to be eligible to compete in the draw/redraw show. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded, as will BMS North Central Region points for Modifieds, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region points for Stock Cars and Big Daddy Race Cars Northern Region points for Hobby Stocks. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. with racing to follow. Pit passes are $25. Spectator admission is $15 [Read More]

National point leader Grabouski added to All-Star Invitational field

BOONE, Iowa – Jordan Grabouski was likely going to make his way in as the national point leader, but he won’t have to wait for that call next week. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified driver will instead fill a spot in the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational field vacated by Jeff Taylor. Taylor, who was originally voted into the 13th annual race to be held during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, will be unable to attend the event at Boone Speedway. Grabouski will take Taylor’s spot as a representative from the Jet Racing Central Region. The final two of 30 starting spots for the event will be filled by the top driver in national point standings and the driver with the most feature wins in 2016 not already voted into the starting field. The All-Star event will be part of the Fri., Sept. 9 Super Nationals program at Boone.

Duffers tee off in Friday tourney at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Cedar Pointe Golf Course hosts the 27th annual Duffer Nationals Tournament, to be held Friday, Sept. 9 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Tee time is 8:30 a.m. for the four-person best shot tournament. Cost is $40 per person, which includes nine holes of golf, a golf cart and lunch. Entries will be taken right up until tee time. Each team must have at least one Super Nationals participant in order to compete. The winning foursome earns $200 with $100 paid to the second place team. Remaining proceeds are donated to a local charity. Beneficiary last year was Shop With A Cop; youngsters accompanied local law enforcement officers to pick out Christmas presents at Wal-Mart. Entry forms for this year’s tournament are available in the Super Nationals section at www.imca.com or available by calling tournament director Rich Lange at 515 432-1679.

Fan Zone continues to be center of off-track activities during Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – When attention turns from the race track, fans will have plenty to see and do throughout the week of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Located south of the main grandstands at Boone Speedway, the Fan Zone will be the location for numerous events each day of America’s Racin’ Vacation Sept. 5-10. Card games to determine the starting grid for Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock race of champions events will be held at approximately 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively, on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Monday’s Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod qualifying feature winners sign autographs at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Drivers in the two divisions winning qualifiers that evening sign autographs during another 6 p.m. session on Wednesday, Sept. 7 Stock Cars entered in the best appearing car contest will be on display at 1 p.m. Thursday. Top four finishers from Wednesday’s Modified and Stock Car qualifiers Rochambeau for starting positions and sign autographs starting at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively On Thursday, Sept. 8, the Casey’s General Store redraw for [Read More]

Four former winners, eight first-time starters elected to All-Star field

BOONE, Iowa – Four former race winners and eight first-time starters are among the 28 Modified drivers elected to the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Eleven states are already represented in the 13th annual event, set for Friday, Sept. 9 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Previous winners returning to Boone Speedway are Jay Noteboom (2005 and 2008) of Hinton, Chris Abelson (2011) of Sioux City, Kyle Strickler (2014) of Mooresville, N.C., and Jimmy Gustin (2015) of Marshalltown. Noteboom’s nine career All-Star starts are more than those of any other driver. First-time All-Stars are Kyle Brown of Madrid, Ethan Dotson of Bakersfield, Calif., Kevin Green of Waco, Texas, Travis Hagen of Williston, N.D., Brian Irvine of Oelwein, Cody Laney of Torrance, Calif., Lance Mari of Imperial, Calif., and Scott Sessions of Milton, Fla. Sessions is the first Florida driver voted into the All-Star race. Making career second All-Star starts will be Kellen Chadwick of Oakley, Calif., Corey Dripps of Reinbeck, Corey Gearhart of Turpin, Okla., Hunter Marriott of Brookfield, Mo., Ryan Ruter of [Read More]

Surprised Sessions becomes first Florida driver elected to Fast Shafts All-Star field

MILTON, Fla. – Scott Sessions made history when he was elected to start the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational on Friday night. He hopes for even bigger and better things on Saturday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. From Milton, Sessions became the first driver from Florida elected to start the All-Star Invitational in the 13-year history of the event. He’ll come to Boone Speedway with a goal of taking the green flag in Saturday’s big dance as well. “I am very honored to be part of the race on Friday. It came as a complete shock when I got a text from IMCA after the first round of voting, asking me to call them as soon as possible,” said Sessions, the 2015 Allstar Performance Alabama State champion. “Super Nationals has always been on my bucket list but I thought I would attend as a spectator and not as a competitor.” Sessions started racing a local bomber division at the age of 19. He’s 47 now and has piloted hobby stocks, open [Read More]

‘Represent Your State’ theme for annual Super Nationals best looking car contest

BOONE, Iowa – With drivers coming from coast to coast and border to border to be part of the 34th annual event, a Represent Your State theme was only logical for the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Best-looking Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods with a Represent Your State theme will be selected during the Sept. 5-10 Super Nationals. Voting will be conducted on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the Fan Zone south of the main grandstand at Boone Speedway for the Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods; Modified and Stock Car best looking car entries will pull onto the front stretch and be determined by fan acclamation during pre-race ceremonies on Saturday, Sept. 10. Two hundred dollar awards courtesy of Golden Empire Towing go to bestlooking Modified and Northern SportMod entries while winners in each division receive trophies. All entries receive mini-doors. Drivers in all four divisions, as well as the Late Models, Southern SportMods and Sport Compacts bringing themed cars to Boone receive $100 gift cards from Speedway Motors, marking its 22nd year as title [Read More]

IMCA marketing partners fill Manufacturers’ Row at Boone

BOONE, Iowa – Nearly 40 vendors fill Manufacturers’ Row during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. IMCA marketing partners will offer a wide range of high performance products for use during the week of Sept. 5-10. They’ll also display a variety of new products being introduced and legal for use in IMCA competition in 2017. Manufacturers’ Row will be located in the northeast corner of the speedway grounds and open from approximately 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day and accessible through the main pit gates. Companies confirmed for Manufacturers’ Row locations include Aero Race Wheels, AFCO, Allstar Performance, Axle Exchange, B & B Racing Chassis, Bassett Race Wheels, Bilstein, Bob Harris Enterprises, BSB Manufacturing and Day Motor Sports; Dynamic Drivelines, Eibach Springs, Friesen Chevrolet, Fox Shocks, GRT, Harris Auto Racing, Hyperco, Integra Shocks, Jerovetz Shock Service, Karl Chevrolet, Karl Performance, Larry Shaw Race Cars, MD3 and Motorsports Warehouse; And Out-Pace Racing Products, Performance Bodies, Razor Chassis, Renner Wraps, RH2, Sidebiter Chassis, Sybesma Graphics, The Joie of Seating, Tire Demon, Velocita, Wehrs Machine [Read More]

Lap money, cash bonuses add more than $6,000 at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Drivers competing in the Sept. 5-10 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will take home more than $6,000 in lap money and cash bonuses. The first bonus of the week will be the $25 per lap led paid by Centex on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5 to the winner of the Southern SportMod main event. Both Modified qualifying feature winners each night Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 7, 8 and 9 get $100 bonuses from Derr Farms. Malvern Trust and Savings Bank provides $500 toward the purse for Thursday’s non-qualifier Dash for Cash Deery Brothers Summer Series feature. Gray Machine & Welding of Rock Island, Ill., pays $25 to the frontrunner for each of 30 laps of the Fast Shafts All-Star Modified Invitational Friday evening. The winner also receives an E-Z Bend tubing bender. Four race of champions events are on the Saturday, Sept. 10 card. One hundred dollars is at stake each time one of the 12 laps are scored in the Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions for Modifieds. From [Read More]

World class purse paid at Sept. 5-10 Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Super might not be adjective enough to describe the purse shares and contingency awards drivers competing at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will earn over the course of the 34th annual event. When 800-plus drivers from coast to coast and border to border exit Boone Speedway, they’ll have earned shares of an approximate $285,000. Add in another $60,000 or so in contingency awards and it’s clear that Super Nationals will continue to be the most prestigious, top-paying event for grassroots racers. “Our goal has always been to maintain reasonable entry fees and admission prices while still providing the best possible purse structure at Super Nationals and we accomplish that in conjunction with a lot of great contingencies,” IMCA President Brett Root said. “The addition of Southern SportMods to Super Nationals and pre-registration numbers for all divisions has been very positive.” Saturday’s Modified main event pays a minimum of $2,000 to win and $1,000 to start. The champion earns a $100 bonus for each of as many as 50 sanctioned starts made [Read More]