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Trip east ends with Ward’s win at Sean Lias Memorial

By Evan Canfield SUSQUEHANNA, Pa. (June 1) – After opening night of the NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series was postponed two days, a Michigan driver making the 10-hour tow won the inaugural Sean Lias Memorial at Penn Can Speedway and $1,037. A.J. Ward, a three-time champion in the Dirt Works East Region, raced his way back to the front in winning the inaugural event held in honor of the eight-time regional champion from Pennsylvania. “This is the first memorial event that I’ve won,” Ward said following his ninth checkers of the season and career 128th victory. “It was special that this race was for Sean, with the history he had.” The win was also Ward’s career first in Pennsylvania. He’d won sixth of seven New York starts and now owns wins in seven of eight trips to the East Coast. “Those guys treat me pretty good over that way. They’re good people,” said Ward, who also pocketed $200 in random draw lap money and was already a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot candidate. “We’d made up our [Read More]

Round 2 takes NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series to The Hill

MONROETON, Pa. (June 4) – Round two of the NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series is tonight (Friday) at The Hill Speedway, with a top check of $750 on the line. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. with practice at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Registration opens at 5:45 p.m. and closes when the drivers’ meeting starts. Pit passes are $30 and the IMCA registration fee is $20. IMCA sponsors Bob Harris Enterprises, Wilwood and PEM give certificate or product awards. The IMCA Modifed portion of the program is sponsored tonight by Lamphere’s Truck Parts and Insinger Racing Fuels. The feature pays a minimum of $75 to start.

$250 Sunoco bonus highlights races in Dubuque this Sunday night

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Extra money is on the line for the winner of Sunday’s main event for IMCA Sunoco Late Models at Dubuque Speedway. The fourth $250 Sunoco Race Fuels bonus of the season will be paid to the June 6 Late Model winner in Dubuque. Sunoco bonuses will be presented at Late Model sanctioned tracks again this year. Drivers are eligible for one bonus during the 2021 racing season. Winners so far this year are Matt Ryan at 300 Raceway in Farley, followed by Sean Johnson at Independence Motor Speedway and Andy Eckrich last Saturday night at 34 Raceway in West Burlington. IMCA will announce mid-week before the dates bonuses are to be awarded at each track. The grandstand opens at 4 p.m. and general admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $6 for students 13-17, and 12 and under get in free with a paid adult. Racing is set to get underway following 6 p.m. hot laps.

Karl Companies highlight IMCA support with Super Nationals crate engine awards

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Karl Companies’ season-long support for IMCA drivers in five divisions is again highlighted with awards given at the premier event in all of dirt track racing, the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Karl Kustoms provides a portion of the $9,500 point fund to be paid to top 10 drivers in national point standings for Northern SportMods for a 16th consecutive season. The Des Moines high performance parts manufacturer and distributor also awards $50 gift cards to top five finishers in national Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock and Mach-1 Sport Compact point standings. Drivers in each of those divisions must display two Karl logos on their race car to be eligible for post-season point shares, which will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Modified, Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock drivers who win Saturday night main events at Super Nationals receive new GM 604 or 602 crate engines, to be [Read More]

May paces two-day points for Mod Lite Cornbelt Clash

STUART, Iowa – Josh May totaled 77 points to earn the two-day Cornbelt Clash crown for IMCA STARS Mod Lites. After opening night on May 28 at Marshalltown Speedway was lost to inclement weather, May ran second to Joe Glick the next night at Boone Speedway and third Sunday at Stuart Speedway behind Justin Kinderknecht and Kaden Cochrun. On top of purse shares, May received a trophy and $100 for his Cornbelt Clash efforts, along with a Hoosier tire certificate after passing 19 cars to collect hard charger honors on Sunday. Heat winners on Saturday were May, Glick, Mike Kennedy and Bryan Zehm. The “B” winner was Cory Sonner, who also got the Hoosier hard charger tire certificate after passing 16 cars in the main . Sunday heat winners were Jon Padilla, Cody Yaw and Nathan Wolf. Yoshimura bonuses were presented to top three finishers in the feature at Stuart Speedway. Kinderknecht got $250, Cochrun $150 and May $100. Hard luck awards went to Chad Shartzer at Boone and to Yaw at Stuart, both after [Read More]

US 36, Bethany host $1,000 to win United Rebel Sprint Series shows

OSBORN, Mo. – Missouri speedplants US 36 Raceway and Bethany Speedway host first-ever appearances by the United Rebel Sprint Series this weekend, with $1,000 to win Budweiser Shootout shows on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5 programs. On Friday, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car competitors head to the Bud Shootout at US 36 Raceway in Osborn, where Mike Sosebee of Sosebee Motorsports has put up $400 for the winner of a pole dash for the top six heat race qualifiers. On Saturday, the series heads to Bethany for the bookend night of the weekend doubleheader. This race also will pay $1,000 to win with $200 to start the main event. “We’re anticipating a good mix of series drivers, local drivers, plus drivers from Nebraska and Iowa,” said promoter Jon Boller Jr. “And the weather is looking great, 88 degrees and beautiful.” Pit passes are $35. General admission both nights is $25 for adults, kids ages 7-12 are $8 and six and under are free. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. both days with hot [Read More]

IMCA Late Models headline Friday Doc Palmer Memorial at Boone County

ALBION, Neb. – A $1,045 top check and $500 hard charger prize are at stake for IMCA Sunoco Late Models on June 4, at Boone County Raceway’s Doc Palmer Memorial. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both run for $600 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win Friday night. Hot laps are at 7:30 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. The event is draw/redraw in all divisions. Adult grandstand tickets purchased online are $10. Tickets at the gate are $15 for adults and $5 for students ages 12-18. Kids 11 and under get in free. More information is available on Facebook and at www.boonecountyraceway.com.

KMJ Performance IMCA State Championship battles heat up

STORY CITY, Iowa (June 2) – KMJ Performance continues in year two as the title sponsor of the IMCA State Champions program, and battles are heating up in each state. As part of their sponsorship, KMJ has pledged one of three options to each state champion in the IMCA Late Model, Sprint Car, Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod, Southern SportMod, Sport Compact and Mod Lite divisions. Drivers may receive either $200 off any Zero-1 4-shock package, $250 off any Victory or Assault chassis purchase, or $50 off any KMJ parts purchase. With the official beginning of summer marked by Memorial Day, the current KMJ Performance State point leaders in the nine divisions are: Arizona – Chaz Baca, Modified; D.J. Werkmeister, Stock Car; Steve Bitting, Hobby Stock; Collin Bender, Mod Lite; Bo Partain, Northern SportMod; Josh Werkmeister, Sport Compact. Arkansas – Keaton Atkinson, Modified; Edwin Wells, Stock Car; Titan Crump, Mod Lite. California – Jim Pettit, Modified; Ryan Delisle, Sprint Car; Renn Bane, Stock Car; Tim Varney, Mod Lite; Trevor Clymens, Northern SportMod; Andrew [Read More]

Southern Oregon Speedway roars back to life

By Ben Deatherage WHITE CITY, Ore. (May 29) – The last time the clay was shredded at Southern Oregon Speedway was on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Since then, the facility had laid dormant and quiet as a tomb. But that all changed as a new era of racing began on Saturday, May 29, as the White City clay oval roared back to life and IMCA feature wins belonged to Craig Cassell and Jorddon Braaten. Craig Cassell made the tow all the way from Albany well worth it as he mastered the IMCA Modified field for his first win at SOS. Nick Trenchard was second followed by Albert Gill in third. The rest of the top five was made up of Zach Fettinger and Jesse Bailey, in fourth and fifth, respectively. The Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods witnessed as a familiar face graced victory lane. Jorddon Braaten got the job done in the main event. He now has four wins on the current campaign and two in the KMJ Performance Oregon State competition. Matt Sanders was the [Read More]

Registration starts today for IMCA Dakota Classic Tour

MANDAN, N.D. – Online registration starts later today (Wednesday) for the Corral Sales IMCA Dakota Classic Tour. IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car competitors can go to the drivers tab on www.dakotamodtour.com website to complete the registration process and secure their number. New this year is a $25 entry fee that will be refunded in cash the first night drivers race on the 32nd annual tour. All six Modified features pay $2,000 to win and are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Stock Car features pay $1,000 with winners becoming eligible to qualify for the B & B Chassis All-Star race. Opening night is Saturday, July 10 at Jamestown Speedway. The tour is at Nodak Speedway in Minot on Sunday, July 11 and at Estevan Motor Speedway in Saskatchewan on Monday, July 12 if the border is open. The series will be in Minot that evening if the border is still closed. Williston Basin Speedway is site of the Tuesday, July 13 show and Southwest Speedway at Dickinson hosts the Wednesday, July 14 event. [Read More]