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Rogers, Money are repeat winners at RPM

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (June 27) – Jason Rogers and Clay Money made return appearances in the winner’s circle at RPM Speedway on Saturday evening. Rogers became the first repeat winner in the Advantage Glass Plus IMCA Stock Car division at Hays this year. Rogers took the lead on lap seven from Arnold Williams. A caution on lap 19 set up a green, white, checkered finish, giving the field a shot at Rogers, but Rogers, the winner the night before at Thomas County Speedway in Colby, was up to the challenge. Williams was second, followed by Chad Sterling. Money won his third Golden B Hydra Drilling IMCA Northern SportMod feature after taking a lead on lap seven he would not relinquish. Daniel Gottschalk finished in the runner-up spot Jake Krone third. Jesse Richter notched the win in the S & W Supply IMCA Modifieds while Brady Bencken picked up his first feature local win in the Golden Plains Trucking IMCA Hobby Stocks. Randy Murphy took the lead on lap two and drove away for [Read More]

Longdale celebrates with IMCA America Proud special on July 4 and 5

LONGDALE, Okla. – Drivers in three IMCA divisions will celebrate big paydays when Longdale Speedway celebrates the holiday with its Saturday and Sunday, July 4 and 5 America Proud Firecracker Nationals special. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $1,200 to win and a minimum of $150 to start on opening night and $2,500 to win and a minimum of $225 to start on night two. Both features are 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. IMCA SportMods race for $1,000 to win and $125 to start on Saturday and $2,000 to win and $150 to start on Sunday. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars vie for $750 to win and $100 to start Saturday and $1,200 to win and $125 to start Sunday. A $500 bonus will be paid to the driver(s) in any division who can win both main events. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given for both draw/redraw shows. Non-qualifier pay is $50 for Modifieds and SportMods and $35 for Stock Cars. Entry fees each [Read More]

Hunt ends in victory lane at Crystal

CRYSTAL, Mich. (June 27) – Mitchell Hunt earned All-Star Performance IMCA Modified honors Saturday at Crystal Motor Speedway. Hunt caught Cliff Denman for second and John Row for the lead. The feature got off to an inauspicious start when point man Travis Fisher got turned around going into turn one on the opening lap and collected Toby Steele, who had nowhere to go.

Bishofberger takes career first IMCA Modified checkers

By Dave Panske OSHKOSH, Wis. (June 26) – Zeke Bishofberger became a first-time Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modified winner Friday at Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway. Following a lap five caution, Bishofberger took over the lead and started to pull away. Mike Mueller was next to move up and took over second on lap seven with Tim Robbins and Dan Roedl making up the rest of the top four. They pulled away until a final caution bunched the field on lap 17. Bishofberger controlled the lead over the final three circuits with Mueller making a charge on the outside over the final lap to fall just short and finished second. Roedl was third. Travis Van Straten held off challengers over the final couple laps to secure his fourth local Total Power Sales IMCA Stock Car feature win. Justin Jacobsen was second followed by Jerry Winkler. Jeff Schmuhl controlled the final six laps and collected his first local and second Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod victory of the season. Brandon Schmitt fought with the leader to the final lap, when Colten Van [Read More]

Texas IMCA Nationals are July 3-4 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway

WACO, Texas – Plenty of racing and plenty of fireworks are staples of the Texas IMCA Nationals, scheduled Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4 and Heart O’ Texas Speedway. Saturday’s Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds pays $1,500 to win and a minimum of $200 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods both race for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $125 to start. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $600 to win and $80 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Gates open at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m., with fireworks to follow on Friday. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing gets underway at 7 p.m. Saturday. Spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, students and military personnel, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under both nights. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and $30 on Saturday. Gates open [Read More]

Sixth annual Sheen Memorial July 3, 4 at Cardinal Speedway

EUNICE, N.M. – Four IMCA divisions are featured at Cardinal Speedway’s sixth annual Kelly Sheen Memorial Topless Shootout on Friday and Saturday, July 3-4. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $2,000 to win, Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds for $1,200, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center SportMods for $1,000 and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $750. The Modified feature is a 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. Modified and Southern SportMod drivers must remove all body panels above the deck, including the roof, sail panels and pillar posts. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded to Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock drivers; Southern SportMod drivers race for national and state points. Thirty laps is the feature distance for the Modifieds, Stock Cars and SportMods, 20 laps for the Hobby Stocks. Cash awards of $100 will be paid to the hard charger and to the driver making the longest tow in each division. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, the draw closes at 6 p.m. and racing [Read More]

Czarapata dominates Luxemburg’s $5,000 to win show

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. (June 26) – While cousins Jason Czarapata and Brandon Czarapata have won on the same night many times before, Friday was certainly one of their mutually richer nights at the race track. Jason Czarapata bagged the $5,000 top prize at Luxemburg Speedway’s Friday night special for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds while Brandon Czarapata was the $750 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner. Jason Czarapata earned his pole position for the IMCA Modified feature by winning a six-car, eight-lap dash earlier in the evening. Front row starter and former national champion Jordan Grabouski was slated to start on the front row also but mechanical woes forced his night to be done. Mike Mullen, who topped the $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek main event at 141 Speedway the night before, moved alongside Czarapata at the drop of the green flag. Mullen quickly fell in line behind Czarapata before a lap six caution slowed the pace. Czarapata had his open motor hooked up on the glazed over track and gradually pulled away [Read More]

McCarty repeats at Tri-State

By Rob Nugent POCOLA, Okla. (June 27) – Ken McCarty made it two straight IMCA SportMod feature wins Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. The victory was McCarty’s third locally this season and came ahead of Neil Johnston and Rodney Cantrell. Jason Payton won for the first time in the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. Zane Hunter and Anthony Reeves rounded out the top three. Dalton Ragsdale scored his second IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory of the season ahead of last weekend’s winner Kyle Woody. Jay Anderson finished third for the second week in a row.

XFactor Bushings continues IMCA special events awards

TULSA, Okla. – Second-year sponsor XFactor Bushings shares the wealth again in 2015 with awards for special events competitors in three IMCA divisions. Designated place finishers at as many as 80 specials for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods receive $50 product certificates from the Tulsa, Okla., manufacturer. Certificates are mailed within a week after official race results are received at the IMCA home office. “Support from companies like XFactor add value to selected IMCA special events across the nation,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “We have already sent out a fair amount of XFactor certificates and will continue to attempt to dodge the rain at marquee special events and distribute them to qualified drivers all summer long.” Information about XFactor-made bushings is available at the www.xfactorbushings.com website, on Facebook or by calling 918 381-0076.

Clean sweeps all around at Salina Speedway

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. (June 26) – For some racers, Friday night it was only the second or third time for their division to race due to the weather. But from the action on the track you’d of thought it was already well into the season as five first time winners for 2015 emerged. Last season, Corey Burch finally picked up his first feature win near the end of the year. This season it only took him three races to do the same in the 1st Class Chassis IMCA Modified division. Burch methodically moved from fourth to first and set sail for the checkered flag despite Brian Knoell closing in late. Knoell would have to settle for second while Jesse Richter and Joe Cleveland finished off the top four. Burch was also in for the clean sweep after he won his qualifying heat race. The Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Northern SportMod division was in for a double on the night. The first race out was the make-up feature for May 22, in which Daniel [Read More]