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Winebarger scores third Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout win at SSP

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (Aug. 13) – The third different leader raced to his third feature win in seven Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout starts Friday at Sunset Speedway Park. Collen Winebarger got the best of a 23-car IMCA Modified field at Banks Bullring, earning $1,000 for his career 11th series triumph. Jake Mayden led the field at the start of the 40-lap main event and remained the pacesetter until lap five, when Greg Walters overtook him. Winebarger chased down Walters after one of seven restarts and took control of the top spot on lap 15, dealing with any lapped traffic and leading the rest of the way. Mayden rallied to end the race second while Grey Ferrando placed third. Greg Walters took home fourth while the top five was completed by Craig Cassell in fifth. The Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods had their final night alongside the Wild West Modified Tour. The 25-lap main event saw Dustin Comer take the lead from Michael Melton by the completion of the second circuit. Comer dominated the [Read More]

Cassell scores huge victory in Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout at Banks

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. (Aug. 12) – A frequent visitor to victory lane at Sunset Speedway Park raced to a huge win Thursday night at the Banks Bullring. Craig Cassell’s fifth win of the season at SSP was also his career first in Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout action and the $1,000 checkers make him eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. When the initial green flag flew for the 40-lap main event, Cassell got right to the point and then had no issue with lapped traffic when he approached it. Toward the end of the race, Cassell began to feel pressure from behind. Collen Winebarger briefly challenged but Cassell kept him in check. Winebarger threw a slider on Cassell with a few laps to go, which Cassell countered with a cross-over maneuver. Jesse Williamson wound up second, with third going to Winebarger. Aaron Elwess placed fourth, followed by Eston Whisler in fifth. For the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, the 25-lap main event began with Chris Frisbie grabbing the point and holding [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Aug. 12

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 1,000; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 984; 3. A.J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 982; 4. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 977; 5. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, 976; 6. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 973; 7. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, 969; 8. Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, 964; 9. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, and Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., both 963; 11. Ty Clemens, Belgrade, Mont., 960; 12. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 958; 13. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 957; 14. Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., 953; 15. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., 943; 16. Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif., 940; 17. Aaron Johnson, Brainerd, Minn., 939; 18. Chris Mills, Sioux City, Iowa, and Austin Wonch, Crystal, Mich., both 937; 20. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 935. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., 790; 2. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 787; 3. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 776; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 765; 5. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., 761; 6. Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, 760; 7. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 749; 8. Chase Osborne, [Read More]

Colorado rookie hunts for Hobby Stock success at first IMCA Super Nationals

BRUSH, Colo. – Hunter Smith’s first IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock season has already taken him to nine tracks in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Track number 10 will be Boone Speedway, where the 14-year-old rookie charger will test his skills against the best of the best at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Our goal is to make the Saturday night feature. If we can do that, I’ll be happy,” the national rookie of the year point leader said. “The best of the best race at Super Nationals so I think making the main event would be amazing.” While the freshman-to-be at hometown Brush Colo., is a third-generation driver, the 2021 season is also his first racing anything, two wheels or four. His grandfather Rich raced on pavement while father and now crew chief/tow rig driver Zach raced a Stock Car. “I’d always been around racing. We saw a good car (a 2020 Charger Chassis) for sale, bought that and are doing better than we expected,” Smith said. “Our first goal was to [Read More]

Five more IMCA Modified drivers eligible for Fast Shafts All-Star qualifying

BOONE, Iowa – Another five IMCA Modified drivers have made themselves eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational with recent feature wins. Dylan Sillman, Jacob Pirkle and Chris Zogg all topped qualifying weekly events while Curtis Towns and Craig Cassell became eligible with checkered flag runs during the Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout. Drivers winning sanctioned events paying $1,000 or more held through the first weekend of September become eligible to qualify. They must be pre-registered for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s to attempt to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Two rounds of group time trials on Thursday, Sept. 9 determine 28 of the 30 All-Star starters with the top driver in national point standings and the leader in 40-point feature wins attending Super Nationals at Boone Speedway completing the Friday, Sept. 10 grid. Additions to the following list of Fast Shafts All-Star qualifying eligible drivers through Aug. 12 should be directed to Bill Martin at the IMCA home office, 319 472-2201 x. 213 or bmartin@imca,com. Chris [Read More]

77 IMCA Stock Car drivers eligible to qualify for inaugural B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational

BOONE, Iowa – Cameron Wilkinson is the latest addition to the list of IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers eligible to qualify for the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational field. Wilkinson won Sunday’s Thayer County Fair special. Time trial qualifying is Sept. 8 with the inaugural invitational to be held Thursday, Sept. 9 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Drivers winning sanctioned events paying $750 or more held through the first weekend of September become eligible to qualify. They must be pre-registered for Super Nationals to attempt to qualify for the All-Star race. “We have been pleasantly surprised by the number of qualifying races and the number of drivers from so many different tracks all across the country eligible to qualify for the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational,” IMCA President Brett Root said. “We anticipate having 80-90 different drivers eligible to qualify for the inaugural event.” Additions to the following list of 77 B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligible drivers as of Aug. 12 should [Read More]

Nominations sought for honorary starters on Sept. 11

BOONE, Iowa – The three honorary starters for Sept. 11 Modified last-chance races during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will be chosen to represent the many American heroes who put their own lives on the line. IMCA fans and drivers are asked to submit nominations of military and law enforcement personnel, firefighters and First Responders to wave the green flag for the start of those Saturday afternoon events at Boone Speedway. Letters or emails of nomination should be 500 words or less and tell about the nominee and their service to country and community. Nominations should be directed to IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder at kyoder@imca.com. “9/11 also marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of Hope For The Warriors and officials from that organization will be on hand that day,” Yoder said. “The honorary starter program has been super popular since it was started and remains one of the highlights of the week.” For the ninth consecutive year, Super Nationals presenting sponsor Casey’s General Store gives $10 and IMCA matches that donation [Read More]

Edelbrock continues IMCA claim engine driver support for 24th season

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. – Edelbrock nears a quarter century of support, renewing a rich program of post-season awards for drivers competing with claim engines in five IMCA divisions. The 24-year sponsor again gives a combination of product and product certificate awards to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod competitors. Edelbrock gives 2975 Victor Jr. intakes to highest finishing claim engine drivers in each of the five Modified regions and 2701, 7121 or 2176 intakes to both Stock Car regional champions. Top claim engine drivers in the two Hobby Stock regions and in Northern and Southern SportMod national standings also receive their choice of 2701, 7121 or 2176 intakes. Gift certificates valued at $50 go to second through fifth place claim engine drivers in each of the Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock regions, and to second through fifth place claim engine drivers in national point standings for both Northern and Southern SportMods. Regional Modified and Stock Car rookies of the year [Read More]

Wild West Shootout checkers fly for Williamson in round 5

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 10) – The quarter-mile clay oval at Cottage Grove Speedway continued to be good to Jesse Williamson Tuesday night. Williamson sped to his second $1,000 win in five Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout starts. The four-time series champion now owns 14 career tour victories, with five coming a CGS. Jake Mayden was the early leader in the 40-lap main event and held onto the position until being overtaken on lap nine. Williamson prevailed despite multiple yellow flags. Collen Winebarger ended the race second with third going to Eston Whisler. Veteran Paul Rea was scored fourth with fifth going to Mayden. The Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod main had several stoppages but one thing remained the same and that was that Ryan Peery was in fine and dominant form. The California teenager took possession of the lead on the opening start. Peery successfully navigated the track to score his third Wild West win of the week and 11th feature on the year. Ray Bloom and Matt Sanders were second and third, [Read More]

Utah Boys’ Trip bringing Lawrence to Boone for America’s Racin’ Vacation

SANDY, Utah – The next great adventure in what’s already been a great season takes Dillion Lawrence to the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The 39th annual running of America’s Racin’ Vacation will do double duty as a Utah Boys’ Trip for Lawrence and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car cohorts Levi Card and Beau Hutchison. “When registration opened, my wife Sonja told me to just do it. She’s the one who encouraged me and we’re excited to go. Five minutes after I registered I got a call from IMCA asking me if I had any questions about Super Nationals and that was pretty cool to me,” said Lawrence, from Sandy. “I talked Levi and Beau into coming with me. We’re taking a stacker trailer and making it a Utah Boys’ Trip.” Already eligible to qualify for the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational, Lawrence has his eye on making the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions and Saturday night main event grids as well. “I can’t wait to go. Boone is a track we want to [Read More]