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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]

Stremme scores historic NY-Penn IMCA Bloomsburg Fair victory

By Evan Canfield BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 29) – The NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series made its first trip to the historic Bloomsburg Fair Raceway on Sunday night, marking the first time the division turned laps at the Pennsylvania oval for the sixth race of the 2021 season With four different winners in the first five races, coming to a new venue would be anything but predictable. One thing that nobody predicted was seeing hotshoe David Stremme of Mifflintown try his hand at trying to claim the $1,000 payday. At the conclusion of the night, he would make the trip worthwhile, earning both the grand and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. Rodney Morgan started the 25-lap feature from the pole, with Logan Terry to his outside. When the race went green, Morgan took off with Jake Maynard settling into second and Keith Jack Lamphere taking third. Drivers jockeyed for position early before the field was reshuffled on lap three for a multi-car pileup in turn one brought out the red flag. All cars continue once everyone [Read More]

Sept. 3 Showdown brings six IMCA divisions to Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Six IMCA divisions take to the fabled high banks for Marshalltown Speedway’s Friday, Sept. 3 Showdown at Motown. IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win along with Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both run for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both for $300 to win and IMCA STARS Mod Lites for $250 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis North Central, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern and Big Daddy Race Cars Northern regional points, plus KMJ Performance Iowa State points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 5:15 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m., hot laps are at 6:50 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Pit passes are $30 and there is no entry fee. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and free for kids ages 10 and under.

IMCA.TV Fantasy Challenge at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – The IMCA.TV Fantasy Racing Challenge will crown its own nightly winners and an overall champion at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway in Boone, Iowa, Sept. 6-11. To be eligible for prizes in the IMCA.TV Fantasy Challenge, fans will need to make their picks in each division running each night of America’s Racin’ Vacation on the MyRacePass app. They’ll accumulate points based on how the drivers they pick fare in each race they’re in each night. Prizes will be awarded each night of Super Nationals Monday through Saturday, with the Fantasy Racing Challenge champion crowned after the final checkers on Saturday night. “We’ve been looking forward to this,” MRP’s Josh Holt said. “We’ve started doing Fantasy Challenges a couple months ago and have had a lot of fun with it. There’s no better place to play this than Super Nationals. It’s going to be a blast.” Fantasy Challenge players can begin selecting drivers as soon as lineups are posted each day. All-Star and race of champions events won’t be [Read More]

Kids will win big, too, at Batesville’s 50th anniversary specials

BATESVILLE, Ark. – IMCA drivers won’t be the only big winners of 50th anniversary specials this fall at Batesville Motor Speedway. Promoters Mooney and Connie Starr celebrate the Arkansas track’s golden season with a pair of $50,000 to win specials, the fifth annual Race for Hope 71 for IMCA Modifieds Sept. 22-25 and the World IMCA Stock Car Championships presented by IMCA.TV Oct. 13-16. A portion of the proceeds generated by the fifth annual Race For Hope go to the Miracle League of Arkansas. Mission of the Little Rock-based non-profit that’s near and dear to the Starrs’ hearts is to create a baseball league in every major Arkansas community where all kids can play. “What they do for kids is really something,” Mooney said. “It means a lot for us to be associated with Miracle League and help them any way we can.” The Starrs have promoted Batesville Motor Speedway for 29 of its 50 seasons. “Both races are once-in-a-lifetime races paying $50,000 to win for the 50th anniversary. Next year we’ll take the money and pay [Read More]

Super Nationals cornhole tournament fields approach sellout

BOONE, Iowa – A final few spots remain in fields for Sunday, Sept. 5 and Friday, Sept. 10 cornhole tournaments during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Sixty-four two-person teams will toss for shares of a $2,560 purse on Sunday while 48 two-person teams will take aim at shares of $1,920 on Friday. All teams must be affiliated with a Super Nationals registered driver – the list of pre-registered drivers has been posted on the IMCA website – and can enter using the Super Nationals pulldown on the IMCA or Boone Speedway websites. Payout for the top six teams on Sunday are $972 for first, $716 for second, $486 for third, $256 for fourth, $78 for fifth and $52 for sixth. On Friday, payout amounts are $728 for first, $546 for second, $364 for third, $182 for fourth, $60 for fifth and $40 for sixth. Entry fee for each is $40 and both double elimination tournaments have a 100 percent payback. Entry fees can be paid at sign-in and various prizes [Read More]