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Spring Nationals first for Grabouski with IMCA Modified, Stock Car sweep

BEATRICE, Neb. (March 20) – The leader in Spring Nationals career wins raced to a new Spring Nationals accomplishment Saturday at Beatrice Speedway. Jordan Grabouski won the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car for the first time at his hometown track’s season-opening special, then topped the IMCA Modified headliner for the record 11th occasion . “It was unbelievable. It just sets the tone for the whole year,” said Grabouski, a former national champion in both divisions and three-time defending king in the Jet Racing Central Region for Modifieds. “We’ve had an unbelievable start to the year already.” Entries again topped 200 for the 28th annual event, shortened to a single day due to weather. Grabouski beat Todd Shute and Ethan Braaksma to the $2,500 Modified checkers and outran Cody Nielson and Dan Nelson to the $1,000 Stock Car victory. He led the last 19 of 20 laps after starting seventh in the Stock Car feature and then every circuit after starting outside the front row in the Modified main. “The bottom groove worked for me better in the Stock [Read More]

Merced starts season with Jerry Shannon tribute race

MERCED, Calif. – Merced Speedway opens the season March 27, paying IMCA Modifieds $2,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to start the Tribute to Jerry Shannon main event. The Shannon tribute is a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and the Modified driver with the fastest time in qualifying nets another $200. Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods run from $750 to win and $50 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Shaw Race Cars Western Region, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded. The event will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Pit gates open at 1 p.m. and the drivers’ meeting is at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing gets underway at 7 p.m. Pit passes are $40. Admission to the fan/family pit area is $20 for adults, $10 for kids ages 3-10 and free for two and under. Fans and family can bring their own food and beverages but no glass or alcohol.

Bradshaw Memorial starts I-30 season for IMCA STARS Mod Lites

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – I-30 Speedway will host its first IMCA STARS Mod Lite event on March 27, with the third annual Joey Bradshaw Memorial paying $500 to win. The 21-lap feature is expected to bring a strong field of competitors from Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas to challenge the Mod Lites of Arkansas regulars, among them the likes of defending track champion Bryce Vowan, a four-time winner last season, and defending MLA series champion Blake Wilson, who collected three checkers at Little Rock in 2020. Tough customers Chris Tucker and Chad Kirkpatrick will be counted among the contenders as well. Gates open at 5 p.m. Adult spectator admission is $20 with kids 12 and under free compliments of Dove Plumbing. Pit passes are $35.

IMCA set for record 2021 season

VINTON, Iowa – Wherever you call home or travel to this year, odds are good that there will be IMCA Racing close by. The 2021 season will be a record breaker for IMCA, with more than 600 sanctions in nine divisions, in 39 states coast to coast and border to border and in Canada. “It’s gratifying to see the support we get from tracks in adding new divisions to their current sanctions, and to be able to announce new sanctions at so many different tracks,” said IMCA President Brett Root. The Modified division, of course, will remain IMCA’s biggest both in terms of licensed drivers and sanctioned tracks. Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Late Model sanction numbers all increased in 2020 and Northern or Southern SportMods run at more than 100 tracks for a fifth consecutive season this year. New records have already been set by the more than 90 tracks to host RaceSaver Sprint Car events and the nearly 60 tracks with Mach-1 Sport Compacts on their schedules. More than 20 tracks are already [Read More]

Hyperco shifts to special events awards, adds STARS Mod Lites to IMCA program for 2021

PONTOTOC, Miss. – Hyperco takes a new awards approach in 2021, its 24th consecutive season as an IMCA sponsor. The high performance suspension components manufacturer gives a coil spring to second, third and fourth-place finishers at 80 special events for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods and the newly-sanctioned IMCA STARS Mod Lites. “IMCA has always been good to work with, the drivers, the community, everybody,” said Hyperco Motorsports and Performance Aftermarket Manager Justin Cockerham. “The opportunity to add Mod Lites popped up and any time we can help and engage with more drivers is great. That’s what we’re here for.” Spring certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office within a week after results from designated specials are received. “Having grown up in the Carolinas, I love everything about dirt track racing. I got to go to North Dakota and do the Dakota Classic Tour and go to as many IMCA races as possible every year,” Cockerham [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through March 18

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 716; 2. Tanner Black, Otis, Kan., 557; 3. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 520; 4. Bricen James, Albany, Ore., 487; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 486; 6. Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D., 435; 7. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 428; 8. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 371; 9. Russell Allen, Brawley, Calif., 370; 10. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 344; 11. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 318; 12. William Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 310; 13. Jerry Flippo, Bakersfield, Calif., 304; 14. Casey Skyberg, Rapid City, S.D., 299; 15. Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 276; 16. Spencer Wilson, Minot, N.D., 255; 17. Braxton Yeager, Green River, Wy., and Kellen Chadwick, Oakley, Calif., both 253; 19. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 245; 20. Brandon Schmitt, Sun Prairie, Wis.,, 236. IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars – 1. Tyler Drueke, Eagle, Neb., 147; 2. Jason Martin, Crete, Neb., 120; 3. Ryan Delisle, Fresno, Calif., 118; 4. Jeff Oliver, Pendergrass, Ga., 110; 5. Ryan Rocha, Hanford, Calif., and Richard Weddle, Visalia, Calif., both 109; 7. Marcus Thomas, Corsicana, Texas, 107; 8. Daniel Oliver, Pendergrass, [Read More]

Boone County to remember Tanner Pelster at fair special

ALBION, Neb. – A life well lived that ended too soon will be celebrated at the biggest event in Boone County Raceway history. The annual fair race on July 11 doubles as the inaugural Tanner Pelster Memorial, and will remember a young man who always had a smile, a contagious laugh and countless friends. Just 24, the fourth generation driver from Albion died as a result of a work accident early last month. The son of Boone County promoter Delmer Pelster and wife Dee grew up with four older sisters and at a race track just a few blocks from home. “We were proud of Tanner. He was special, and a lot of people thought that way,” his father said. “He could make anybody smile. Tanner had friends all over the place.” This would have been Tanner’s ninth season in IMCA. He started in a Hobby Stock, getting his first feature win at the age of 16, sweeping his heat, the dash and main event during a visit to Stuart before moving into a Stock [Read More]

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Friday Oil Capital Racing Series show moved to Creek County Speedway

By John Rittenoure TULSA, Okla. – Due to over seven inches of rain at Caney Valley Speedway over the past weekend, the track will not be able to host the AmeriFlex /Oil Capital Racing Series IMCA RaceSaveer Sprint Cars on Friday. Creek County Speedway has stepped up and will run the series both Friday and Saturday this week. On Friday, gates open at 4 p.m., sign-in from 5:30-6:30 p.m., drivers’ meeting at 6:45 p.m., hot laps at 7:15 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. And on Saturday, gates open at 3 p.m., Sign-in is from 3:30-4:30 p.m., drivers’ meeting at 4:45 p.m., hot laps at 5:15 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m. Mufflers are mandatory both nights. Both nights are standard $1,000 to win, $225 to start feature events.

IMCA Modified, Late Model, Sprint drivers are racing for Sweet Manufacturing awards

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The manufacturer of the Official Steering Box of IMCA rewards drivers in three divisions for again this season. Sweet Manufacturing gives steering boxes to the top three finishers in IMCA Modified national point standings along with $50 gift certificates to top five drivers in each Modified region. The Kalamazoo, Mich., company and 12-year IMCA sponsor is part of the national Modified decal program and drivers in that division must display two Sweet Manufacturing logos on their race car to be eligible for point fund shares. Sweet also gives a steering rack to the Late Model national champion and a steering box to the national IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car rookie of the year. Those awards will be presented during the IMCA national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. “Sweet is proud to continue our sponsorship of IMCA for 2021,” said Jody Kelsey. “Our long-standing relationship with IMCA is important to us. These are the grassroots racers that keep our industry strong. We are excited to continue support [Read More]