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Saltzman beats odds in race to Shelby County IMCA Late Model crown

OMAHA, Neb. – A driver who beat the odds just to race raced to the IMCA Sunoco Late Model track title at Shelby County Speedway. Brandon Saltzman, first diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer in the summer of 2019, earned that title in dramatic fashion on the Harlan, Iowa, speedplant’s championship night Aug. 21. “My aim this season was to get a track championship,” said Saltzman, 23 years old and from Omaha. “It feels amazing … it hasn’t clicked yet but I know I’m in the history book. I’m still having a hard time grasping the fact that I’m a track champion.” He’d started the championship night show 11th and drove to fifth before the caution light came on with three laps left. Rotors glowing, Saltzman went to the pits, returned to start at the back of the field and ran the rest of the way with no rear brakes, ending in 10th. When standings were figured later that evening, he’d edged A.J. Jorgensen and Robbie Jorgensen by all of three points. The [Read More]

Night one of Yankee Dirt Track Classic falls to rain

FARLEY, Iowa – Friday’s opening night Yankee Dirt Track Classic show at 300 Raceway has been rained out. Saturday, Sept. 4, will be run as a one-day show. IMCA Modifieds race for $5,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both for $1,500. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis North Central Region and EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region, and KMJ Performance State points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. More information about the Yankee, presented by GTG Peterbilt, is available by calling 563 744-3620.

Rain is Friday winner at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – After rain this morning (Friday), the Showdown at Motown has been canceled. Next on the schedule at Marshalltown Speedway is the Sept. 16-18 World Nationals, featuring IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods.

By George, Riden ends nine year PASS drought!

By Frank Buhrman YORK HAVEN, Pa. (Aug. 29) – George Riden had been trying to get his IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car out to the track more often. It paid off Sunday night, when the Elizabethtown veteran won his first Pennsylvania Sprint Series race in nine years, taking the 20-lap feature at BAPS Motor Speedway. Riden drew the outside pole and took the lead from polesitter Drew Young on lap three. He then fought off a ferocious challenge from Dom Melair, whose efforts to go past the leader fell just short. “Work has gotten pretty busy,” Riden said in victory lane. “Racing had to be put on the backburner but these guys over here have been working their butts off and we finally found some speed. It’s been a long time, man, so I’m just happy, just happy.” The win was Riden’s seventh with PASS but his first since Sept. 29, 2112. All six previous wins were at Path Valley Speedway. The veteran racer was a PASS regular from 2005-13 but has run sporadically since then [Read More]

Record 900 – and counting! – pre-entries for Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2) – The 2021 IMCA Speedway Motor Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s is an event for the record book. Again. For the first time in its 39-year history, Super Nationals has topped 900 pre-entries as drivers from 27 states and Canada will be part of the biggest dirt track racing event on the planet Sept. 6-11 at Boone Speedway. Modified competitor Tony Hilgenberg of Waukee became the 900th driver to complete early registration for America’s Racin’ Vacation shortly after 2 p.m. today. The previous mark of 878 early entries was set last year. By division, 2021 entries include 228 Modifieds, 215 Stock Cars, 178 Northern SportMods, 136 Hobby Stocks, 81 Sport Compacts and 52 STARS Mod Lites. Late Models are not required to pre-register as part of the former Deery Brothers Summer Series structure. “Momentum has been building throughout the summer with our membership and the numbers we’ve seen at race tracks across the country,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “Everyone has been looking forward to Super Nationals this year.” A record 207 Stock Cars [Read More]

Three IMCA divisions on 300 Raceway’s 44th Yankee Classic card

FARLEY, Iowa – Three IMCA divisions are on the ticket both nights of the 44th annual Yankee Dirt Track Classic at 300 Raceway. On Friday, Sept. 3, IMCA Modifieds race for $2,000 to win while IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both run for $750 top checks. And on Saturday, Sept. 4, Modifieds race for $5,000 to win, the Stocks and SportMods both for $1,500. Modified feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, Stock Car winners for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis North Central Region and EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region, and KMJ Performance State points will be awarded both nights. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Friday with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Pit passes are $30 with grandstand admission $20 for adults and $15 for active military personnel, veterans and students ages 13-17. On Saturday, gates open at 3 p.m., the grandstand [Read More]

Career highlight B & B All-Star Invitational win good for chassis valued at $6,550, too

BOONE, Iowa – The thrill of winning the inaugural B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will be a career highlight for any driver. It’ll be worth a pretty good chunk of change, too. On top of a $1,000 check and lap money, the winner of the Sept. 9 All-Star Invitational for Stock Cars at Boone Speedway goes home with a chassis courtesy of title sponsor B & B Racing Chassis of Belle Plaine, Minn. Price tag on the chassis itself would be $5,000. The powder coating adds another $650, the interior sheet metal another $900, making for a total value of $6,550. And as B & B Racing Chassis owner Paul Burger noted, that combination is a pretty good chunk of change. “We’ve got the chassis loaded up and ready to haul down to Boone,” he said. “There have been a lot of guys thanking us for doing this. It’s an all-around good deal.” B & B will have the chassis on display on [Read More]

16 Super Nationals Modified champions RSVP for Boone

BOONE, Iowa – Sixteen drivers with Modified championships on their impressive resumes will be on the track, in the grandstand and walking through the pit area shaking hands with friends, fans and fellow drivers during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. All drivers who have won Super Nationals Modified crowns receive invitations to attend as special guests of IMCA and Boone Speedway and be recognized during pre-race ceremonies Saturday, Sept. 11 and on IMCA.TV. Champions who will be competing at the upcoming Super Nationals now include Jeff Aikey (2018), Ethan Dotson (2019), Jimmy Gustin (2010), Richie Gustin (2011 and 2017), Randy Havlik (2009), Todd Shute (2007) and Jeff Taylor (2012). And champions RSVPing to attend as special guests are Tom Bartholomew (1991), Wayne Graybeal (1992), Wayne Larson (1987 and 1990), Rich Lewerke (2006), John Logue (1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003), Mark Noble (1988, 1994 and 1997), Ron Pope (1993), Mike Schulte (1983) and Kevin Stoa (2000 and 2008). “Winning a Super Nationals championship is one of the greatest accomplishments in IMCA,” [Read More]

Drivers from across the country, up the road heading to Eagle for IMCA RaceSaver Nationals

EAGLE, Neb. – IMCA Sprint Car teams from across the country and from up the road are already arriving at Eagle Raceway for the Sept. 2-5 RaceSaver Nationals powered by Sunbelt Rentals. “We’ve got all sorts of stuff going on,” Promoter Roger Hadan said this morning. “We’ve already got cars here from North Carolina and Virginia, and we’ve got a car rolling through tech now that’s from a mile up the road. We’ve got cars from a mile away and we’ve got cars from more than a thousand miles away.” More than 100 drivers from 16 states coast to coast and border to border are pre-entered for the ninth annual Sprint Car spectacular, to be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Precise Racing Products, sponsor of the Race of Champions, gives a fuel jug to the first 80 drivers through tech. Hadan also promised there’d be “plenty of tires and plenty of fuel” available throughout the event. Qualifying starts on Friday with the winner main event winner on Sunday taking home $3,000 plus a $1,500 bonus from IMCA [Read More]

Louisiana driver has Super Nationals, the world’s biggest Stock Car race, on bucket list

SHREVEPORT, La. – As the visor on Shawn Graham’s Stock Car proclaims in big bright letters, racing at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s is on his BUCKET LIST. The Shreveport, La., driver will make the 13-hour tow to be part of America’s Racin’ Vacation. While he’s watched previous Super Nationals on IMCA.TV, Graham and crew members Tracy Korp, Chris White and Ben McDuff will all be making their first trip to Boone Speedway. “I’m a Stock Car guy and this is the biggest Stock Car race in the world,” he proclaimed. “I bought a car a couple months ago and I’m ready to go. Super Nationals has been on my bucket list.” Graham has raced the last 19 seasons “in everything but a Sprint Car” and followed 2020 Sniper Speed Tour dates in a Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod. He’ll wheel a 2016 Jet Chassis at Boone for the 39th annual Super Nationals. “What I enjoy most about IMCA Stock Cars is the equality of the cars and the closeness of the racing,” [Read More]