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Early entries for Super Nationals at record 800

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27) – Another week, another record number of entries for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Registration opened on July 7 and Northern SportMod driver Travis Burger of Manhattan, Kan., became the first pre-entry. Modified driver Brent Dutenhoffer of Watertown, S.D., became the record 800th pre-registered driver this afternoon. This is the earliest day early entry numbers for Super Nationals have hit that mark. The 800 entries this year continue to run about 60 ahead of the same time last August. As of 3:30 p.m. Friday, drivers from 27 states and Canada are entered in the 39th annual running of America’s Racin’ Vacation® at Boone Speedway Sep. 6-11. By division, entries include 214 Modifieds, 198 Stock Cars, 150 Northern SportMods, 124 Hobby Stocks, 63 Sport Compacts and 47 STARS Mod Lites. That total now includes drivers from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. Late [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Aug. 26

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill., 1,000; 2. A. J. Ward, Ionia, Mich., 989; 3. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 986; 4. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, 985; 5. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 981; 6. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., and Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa, both 977; 8. Ty Clemens, Belgrade, Mont., 973; 9. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Jeffrey Reay, Portland, Mich., both 968; 11. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 966; 12. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 965; 13. Shane DeMey, Denison, Iowa, 964; 14. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 962; 15. Mitchell Hunt, Lakeview, Mich., 959; 16. Travis Denning, Sterling, Ill., 956; 17. Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif., 953; 18. Jim Pettit, Prunedale, Calif., 952; 19. Aaron Johnson, Brainerd, Minn., 946; 20. Chris Mills, Sioux City, Iowa, 945. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Exeter, Neb., 795; 2. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 793; 3. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 778; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 771; 5. Logan Duffy, Independence, Iowa, 769; 6. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk, Neb., 765; 7. Ben Sukup, Norfolk, Neb., and Alex Banks, Newman [Read More]

Racing action returns to the high banks of US 36 Raceway

By Rick Staley OSBORN, Mo. – Exciting racing action like none other roars back on the beautiful high banks of US 36 Raceway tonight (Friday) with IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern Sport Mods on the Aug. 27 program. The HWY 36 Auto and Diesel Shocker Chassis Shootout is this Friday Night as well with Mich Ross, Rickie Bobby, Shadren Turner, Nate Barnes, Carson Masoner and JJ Baumli ready to compete. One lucky fan can leave with $200 cash in their pocket if they choose the winning driver, if not, they still receive $100 for playing so be sure and sign up at the beer shack for a chance to win. The drawing will be at Intermission and the winning driver will either receive $400 or $300 depending on the fan’s choice. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., grandstand gates open at 6 p.m., the drivers’ meeting is at 7:15 p.m. with hot laps and racing to follow. Pit passes are $35, grandstand admission is $15 for [Read More]

Super Nationals drivers can return support with hometown bar best appearing car theme

BOONE, Iowa – Drivers competing at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors fueled by Casey’s have the opportunity to give a shout out to some of the hometown businesses that have supported them throughout their racing careers. Cars in any division competing at the 39th annual version America’s Racin’ Vacation® Sept. 6-11 at Boone Speedway with a local bar/bar and grill theme are eligible. That includes the STARS Mod Lites, which run their complete program during the Prelude. While winning drivers receive trophies, the local watering holes featured on their cars will be selected to host Super Nationals Watch Parties courtesy of IMCA.TV. “We wanted to draw attention to these hometown establishments, many of which are long-time sponsors of IMCA and IMCA Racers,” said Kevin Yoder, director of marketing for IMCA. “That support continued through what can be best described as a challenging 2020 season because of the pandemic and is deserving of special recognition as our best appearing car theme for Super Nationals in 2021.” Participating drivers will be required to submit a photo of their themed [Read More]

Bigger, better IMCA Super Nationals on track Sept. 6-11 at Boone Speedway

BOONE, Iowa – Even bigger. Even better. More than 780 pre-entries are already in hand for the 39th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Sept. 6-11 and drivers and fans from across the country and Canada have, as always, much to look forward to during the week at Boone Speedway. “We’ve already put a lot of thought into, and done a lot of work in making this year’s Super Nationals the best yet,” said IMCA President Brett Root, ticking off the list of physical improvements already completed at the speedway. “But at the end of the day what makes this event is the race track itself. It’s the track we give them, the ability crews have to adapt to it and just the quality of racing.” Another 100 reserved pit stalls, some including electricity and water, in the VIP area and new concrete stalls in the south parking area were quickly spoken for. An additional exit road east from the track allows race cars to exit into the north or south pit area. [Read More]

$250 Sunoco bonus Saturday night at Junction Motor Speedway

VINTON, Iowa – Extra money is on the line for the potential winner of the main event for IMCA Sunoco Late Models this Saturday at McCool Junction. The next installment of the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels bonus will be paid to the August 28 Late Model winner at Junction Motor Speedway. Sunoco bonuses will be presented at IMCA Late Model sanctioned tracks in 2021. Drivers are eligible for one bonus during the racing season. Winners so far this year have been Matt Ryan at 300 Raceway in Farley, followed by Sean Johnson at Independence Motor Speedway, Andy Eckrich at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Ron Klein at Dubuque Speedway, Kyle Prauner at U.S. 30 Speedway in Columbus, Chase Osborne at Boone County Raceway in Albion, Brock Carlson at Off Road Speedway in Norfolk, Dave Eckrich at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Justin Kay at Davenport Speedway, and most recently Kale Kosiski last Saturday night at Shelby County Speedway in Harlan. IMCA will announce mid-week before the dates bonuses are to be awarded at each track.

24 IMCA rookies earn gift cards from Speedway Motors

LINCOLN, Neb. – Twenty-four IMCA rookies raced to recent career-first feature wins and have received $100 gift cards from Speedway Motors. By division, they are: Modified – Kendall Morrison at Tri-City Motor Speedway on July 16; Jamie Pfeiffer at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway on Aug. 15; and Alyssa Smith at Perris Auto Speedway on Aug. 14. RaceSaver Sprint Car – Zackery Bealer in the Pennsylvania Sprint Series on July 25; Zachary Foesch and Hannah Graf at Arlington Raceway, on July 10 and Aug. 14, respectively; Vivian Jones in the Allegheny Sprint Tour on July 31; and Randy Martin at Lake Ozark Speedway on June 5. Stock Car – Anthony Rhoads at El Paso County Raceway on Aug. 14; and Ryan Satter at Norman County Raceway on Aug. 5. SportMod – Connor Barnes at Salina Speedway on July 23; Jonathan Hagio of Ocean Speedway on Aug. 13; and Kaleb Emerson at Boyd Raceway on July 9. Sport Compact – Kayla Curtis at Winnemucca Regional Raceway on July 31; Marissa Gentry and Rex Eckley at Willamette Speedway on [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds, Late Models chasing $1,000 top checks at US 30 Speedway

COLUMBUS, Neb. – IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Late Models both race for $1,000 to win on season championship night Thursday, Aug. 26 at US 30 Speedway. The Modified feature is a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifier and is sponsored by Westring Trucking of Humphrey. L & M Steel Co. LLC of Newman Grove provides the extra money for the Late Models. Completing the race program are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $6 for kids and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30.

East Moline Speedway honors Webb’s 50-year career with rescheduled tribute race Sept. 19

By Rob Hinckley EAST MOLINE, Ill. – As well as he is running right now, he may even win it. At age 72, Hall of Famer Gary Webb’s dirt track racing career is still at high speed. Webb is in his 50th season of speeding around tracks locally and beyond. The 50 years will be celebrated with The Salute to Gary Webb Eriksen Chevrolet IMCA Sunoco Late Model race on Sunday, Sept. 19 at East Moline Speedway. The event was rescheduled from June 20 due to rain. “Fifty years at anything is a milestone, but racing at the level Gary has for five decades means more,” EMS General Manager and Race Director Bret Sievertsen said. “We knew East Moline Speedway wanted to honor Gary, especially since he considers this track ‘home’ and won a lot here.” The feature race will be 56 laps, in honor of Webb’s car number and pay $2,000 to the winner. Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and KMJ Performance State points will be disbursed and line ups will be determined via draw/redraw. [Read More]

Mulligan draw adds pre-race excitement to Prelude

BOONE, Iowa – A mulligan draw sponsored by IMCA.TV will add pre-race excitement and money to purses paid for Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts at the Sept. 4 and 5 Prelude at Boone Speedway. There is no entry fee for those divisions. If they wish, drivers can pay $20 before drawing their first pill; if they’re not happy with that number they can draw a second time and must keep that pill. All of the money generated by the Mulligan pill draw will be added to that division’s purse for the night. IMCA.TV then matches the proceeds generated in each division. Complete shows for Modifieds and Stock Cars are on Saturday, complete shows for SportMods, Hobbies and Sport Compacts on Sunday. The mulligan draw option won’t be available to STARS Mod Lite drivers, who run a two-day Super Nationals qualifying format during the Prelude.