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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]

82 Stock Car drivers now eligible to qualify for B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational

BOONE, Iowa – Abe Huls and Todd Gereau are the newest additions to the list of 82 drivers eligible to qualify for the B & B Chassis All-Star Invitational. Time trial qualifying is Wednesday, Sept. 8 with the inaugural Stock Car invitational to be held Thursday, Sept. 9 during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Five drivers from the Northern Region and five drivers from the Southern Region advance from the first round; winners of sanctioned events paying $5,000 or more are guaranteed starting spots so the number of at-large qualifiers from round two that evening is yet to be determined. Drivers winning sanctioned events paying $750 or more held through the first weekend of September become eligible to qualify. They must be pre-registered for Super Nationals to attempt to qualify for the All-Star Invitational.Pre-registration is also a requirement to compete in the Sept. 4-5 Prelude at Boone. Both the registration form and pit stall application links are on Super Nationals menus on IMCA and Boone Speedway websites. Winner of [Read More]

164 IMCA Modified drivers now Fast Shafts All-Star qualifying eligible

BOONE, Iowa – Jordan Hicks, Dylan Smith, Collin Thirlby, Kelsie Foley, Craig Oakes and David Stremme are the most recent winners of IMCA Modified features paying $1,000 or more and are the latest additions to the list of 164 drivers now eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. If not already pre-registered for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, drivers must complete the early entry process by Friday, Sept. 3 to be eligible for time trial qualifying on Thursday, Sept. 9. Drivers winning sanctioned events paying $1,000 or more held through the first weekend of September become eligible to qualify. Two drivers from each of the five Modified regions advance from the first round of time trials with another 18 drivers earning at-large berths in round two. The starting field of 30 cars for the $1,000 to win All-Star race on Friday, Sept. 10 will be completed by the top drivers in national points and with the most 40-point feature wins competing at Boone Speedway.Pre-registration is also a requirement to [Read More]

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]