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Inaugural Karl Crate Clash adds 10th engine to prize package at upcoming Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – A 10th engine has been added to the awards package at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The Modified winner of the inaugural Karl Crate Clash on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Boone Speedway gets a 604 crate engine. The 12 drivers starting the winner take-all race will be randomly selected from those filling out and returning a sign-up form, to be included in their registration packet, to the Karl Chevrolet booth on Manufacturers’ Row. Drivers have from Monday, Sept. 2 until noon on Thursday to return those forms. Twelve names will be drawn and the starting field announced during the drivers’ meeting Thursday afternoon. Another drawing will be held in the Fan Zone to determine the starting lineup and the race starts at approximately 7 p.m. The last-place car will be blackflagged each lap until two cars are left; they’ll be lined back up for a green-white-checkered finish. The winner of that two-lap dash gets the motor, which will be on display at the Karl Chevrolet booth throughout [Read More]

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Three features for IMCA Modifieds at Gillette’s East-West Clash

GILLETTE, Wyo. – Three feature events for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are on the card for Gillette Thunder Speedway’s 14th annual East-West Clash Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The opening night feature pays $600 to win. Saturday and Sunday races pay $1,000 to win, a minimum of $100 to start and are 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded all three nights. Pit gates open at noon and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. all three nights. Traveling drivers can hotlap from 6:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Entry fees are $50 on Friday, $65 on Saturday and $75 on Sunday. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and Saturday, $30 on Sunday or $75 for all three days. Friday grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors 60 and over and free for kids 12 and under. On Saturday and Sunday, spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for [Read More]

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Heart O’ Texas Speedway to host Southern SportMod Nationals Sept. 6-7

WACO, Texas – The winner’s share of the purse is $3,000 when Heart O’ Texas Speedway hosts the Southern SportMod Nationals set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7. The feature for IMCA Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center South­ern SportMods pays a minimum of $200 to start. Non-qualifiers get $150. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Entry fee is $50. All Southern SportMod drivers who have won a sanctioned feature this season are eligible to qualify for Saturday’s 12-car All-Star field. That race pays $350 to win and a minimum of $50 to start. Qualifying begins on Friday. The Sprint Series of Texas is also on the Saturday card. Pit gates open at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. both nights. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $3 for kids ages 6-11 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available by calling 254 829-2294 and at the www.heartotexasspeedway.com website. The ninth annual event had been rained out [Read More]

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Ocean’s IMCA Pettit Shootout pays $15,003 to win

WATSONVILLE, Calif. – The biggest IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified payday of the season will come at Ocean Speedway’s third annual Pat Pettit Memorial Shootout Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. The winner earns a hefty $15,003. The runner-up earns $5,003, while third place is worth $2,003, fourth place pays $1,203 and fifth nets $1,103. A minimum of $503 will be paid to start the 22-car, 50-lap event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Heat races and a qualifying feature will be held on Friday; ‘B’ mains, a last-chance qualifier and the main event are scheduled Saturday. Entry fee is $175 by Aug. 31 or $225 after that date. Sound restrictions will be strictly enforced and no IMCA cone mufflers will be allowed: Recommended for use is the Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Force Alcohol Race Muffler. Transponders and one-way radio receivers are also required. Pit pates open at 1 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m., hot laps are at 5 [Read More]

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2013 IMCA point season ends on Sept. 29

VINTON, Iowa – The 2013 weekly point season for eight IMCA divisions ends on Sunday, Sept. 29. Final races are scheduled for the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified, IMCA Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact classes, as well as West Coast Super Stocks. Bonus points for track champi­onships will be figured and national champions and rook­ies of the year announced as soon as possible. Regional champions and rookies of the year will also be named for the Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. State champions will be crowned in all divisions. Final point races for IMCA Late Models were Aug. 25. IMCA’s national awards banquet will be Saturday, Nov. 30 in Lincoln, Neb.

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20 already on ballot for 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational

VINTON, Iowa – While attention is currently focused on the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, 20 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified drivers have already raced their way onto the ballot for the 2014 event. Ricky Alvarado owns a pair of qualifying wins on the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour. Winners of the highest paying events thus far were Benji LaCrosse in the Night of 10,000 Stars and Kyle Strickler at the Night of 1,000 Stars. David Murray Jr. took the checkers on night two of the Stampede special at Dodge City Raceway Park. Mark Carrell became vote eligible by winning the Dancin’ Bare Topless 100 at Sunset Speedway. Governor’s Cup honors at Dacotah Speedway went to Robert Hellebust. Jeremy Shank topped the Northwest Modified Nationals at Grays Harbor Raceway. His Nor-Cal Series win at Petaluma Speedway made Brian Cass vote eligible. Todd Dart was the $1,000 feature winner at a Thunderhill Raceway weekly show. RPM Speedway wrote out the top check to Modified Mania winner Jared Landers. Jeremy Frenier was first across the stripe [Read More]

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Dodge City residents get in free this Saturday at DCRP

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – Following on the heels of this past weekend’s Inaugural Freedom Tour non-wing Sprint Car double, action continues with this Saturday’s championship chase action at Dodge City Raceway Park featuring all five of the track’s regular classes. And it’s time to pack the track’s spacious grandstands, as all residents of Dodge City who can provide proof of residence receive free admission to the Aug. 31 racing action that gets under way at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s tilt will include the headliner IMCA Xtreme Motor SportMods along with IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Thunder Cars on the 3/8-mile clay oval with the Hornets on the inner asphalt oval. With only the September 28 Jerry Soderberg Championship Memorial Event remaining after this Saturday night, the championship point battles are hanging in the balance with Austin Allen, Jeff Kaup, Billy Phelps, Matt O’Hair and Jarett Lunow leading their respective divisions into the night. Allen carries a 27-point advantage over Jon Herring Jr. in the Modified title chase with Jesse Smith [Read More]

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Deery Series headlines opening night at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27) – The winner of the next Deery Brothers Summer Series event will also be the first champion crowned at the 2013 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The IMCA Late Model tour headlines the opening night program at Boone Speedway on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2. The feature pays $3,000 to win, plus a bonus of $30 for each of as many as 50 sanctioned starts made during the weekly point season, and a minimum of $300 to start. All regular tour procedures will be followed at Super Nationals: Twenty-four cars will start the fea­ture and take the initial green flag two-wide. Qualifying races are also on the Monday ticket for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods. Pit gates open and registration begins at 10 a.m., hot laps for those divisions are at 2 p.m. and the first heat race is at 3 p.m. Deery drivers will hot lap at approximately 6 p.m. The Late Model main event starts at approximately 10 p.m. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults, $5 [Read More]

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One-way radios required in all Super Nationals divisions

BOONE, Iowa – One-way radios will be mandatory for all drivers in all divisions competing at the Sept. 2-7 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Drivers have the option of using either the RACEceiver Fusion 1600, which will operate on Channel 300, or Nitro-Bee, which will operate on Channel 299. If they do not already own such a device, both makes will be available for purchase on Manufacturers’ Row throughout the week.

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Chevrolet Performance adds to bonus program with new crate engine prizes at Super Nationals

GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Chevrolet Performance complements its established bonus program by awarding new motors to champi­ons or top-finishing crate engine drivers in the Modified, Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod main events at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Ca­sey’s. “Weekly track championship bonuses have become a staple of the Chevrolet program but the anticipation is really high for the 602 and 604 crate engine giveaways during the upcoming Super Nationals,” noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “In combination with Karl Chevro­let, we’ll award no less than five complete crate engines during the Saturday night program in Boone and make the infield an even more exciting place than it already is.” The engines of main event winners in all three divisions will be sold during the auction that follows the Saturday program at Boone Speedway. IMCA Northern and Southern SportMod drivers competing with crate engines are in the running this season for bonuses from Chevrolet Performance as part of a program now in its ninth season. Chevrolet Performance will give $250 bonuses [Read More]