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15-year sponsor Performance Distributors renewing awards for five IMCA divisions

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An industry leader in ignition system innovation is on board for a 15th season of IMCA sponsorship in 2021. Performance Distributors again gives a combination of product and product certificate awards to drivers in the IMCA Sunoco Late Model, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod divisions. “Fifteen years being a sponsor of IMCA is a fantastic milestone for us,” said Performance Distributors’ Steve Davis. “Being associated with the best racers in the world is a pleasure. The fact that many of them run our ignition systems is a real compliment!” Late Model awards, new to the Performance Distributors program in 2019, include D.U.I. distributors for the national champion and national rookie of the year. All track champions in the division earn D.U.I. coil kits while second through fifth place drivers in national standings get $50 product certificates. The Memphis, Tenn., manufacturer also awards D.U.I. distributors to the top eligible drivers in the two Stock Car regions and both Hobby Stock regions, and in [Read More]

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints returning to Sunday shows at Huset’s Speedway

BRANDON, S.D. – The IMCA RaceSaver division returns this season to a hotbed for Sprint Cars in South Dakota. A dozen Sunday night shows are on the 2021 schedule leading up to the Sept. 25-26 finale at Huset’s Speedway. “IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars are a perfect fit for this area. We ran them a couple times at the end of 2020. They’re a great class and very affordable,” promoter Doug Johnson said. “I was at a swap meet in Sioux Falls and drivers were very excited about the sanction. It will be a great addition and one that will fill a void in the Sioux Falls market.” Opening night at Brandon is set for May 9. Top prize at the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing season-ending special will be a minimum of $1,000. Johnson, also promoter at Friday Sprint Car venue Jackson, Minn., Motorplex, has extending the backstretch catch fence at the quarter-mile dirt oval and replacing a portion of the grandstand railing on his to-do list before the green flag flies that evening. Outdoor [Read More]

Maynard doing double duty as IMCA regional director, new Modified series promoter

WYALUSING, Pa. – Jake Maynard adds a couple new titles to his resume with IMCA this season. The Modified driver from Wyalusing, Pa., becomes both the director of IMCA’s Dirt Works Eastern Region and promoter of the new NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series. In the former post he’ll help IMCA develop new and strengthen existing track sanctions, in the latter he’ll oversee events in the inaugural New York and Pennsylvania-based series. “I want to help IMCA be successful in this region and keep the interest of drivers, promoters and fans up,” Maynard said. “I kind of feel like the new kid at a new school right now. It was exciting to see and talk to people at the drivers’ meeting we held to gauge interest in the IMCA Modified division and the series. There have been lots of smiles and lots of excitement.” Maynard followed his late father Billy into the sport, starting his IMCA career in 2012. A strong proponent of both the rules and economics that accompany IMCA sanctioning, Maynard got a reminder just [Read More]

IMCA Modified special events drivers chase Brinn Transmission awards for 19th season

BAY CITY, Mich. – IMCA Modified special events competitors chase awards from Brinn Transmission for a 19th season. Top five finishers at 30 designated IMCA Modified specials receive $50 product certificates. All 150 of those drivers will be entered in a random drawing, with the winner receiving a new transmission from the Bay City, Mich., manufacturer. Brinn begins the second year of a three-year pact that continues through a second decade of sponsorship and includes IMCA’s biggest event. The pole starter at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Saturday night Modified main also receives a new transmission. The 33 qualifiers for that feature, as well as the 12 Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions starters receive $50 product certificates. Additionally, champions of special series for Modifieds earn free transmission rebuilds. Brinn product certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office within a week after official results from designated specials are received. Tripp Gaylord of Lakewood, Colo., runner-up at RPM Speedway’s Fall Classic, won the transmission drawing held last December. “Congratulations to Tripp [Read More]

Two repeat at IMCA.TV Winter Nationals, Osantowski, Olson get first Cocopah wins

SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 9) – Tanner Black and Kyle Heckman were repeat winners while Brian Osantowski and Matt Olson both made first visits to victory lane Saturday, on night four of the IMCA.TV Winter Nationals at Cocopah Speedway. Black led every lap of the IMCA Modified feature but had to hold off the hard-charging Ethan Dotson for the $1,000 checkers. Heckman made his way to the front following a lap six restart, then outran Blake Adams and Michael Sheen as the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature stayed green the last 19 circuits. Osantowski checked out on the rest of the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod field before encountering lapped traffic and three late cautions, finally running away from Miles Morris and Austen Becerra in a one-lap dash to the finish. And Olson led all 25 laps of the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock feature before ending Eric Knutson’s streak of three straight Winter Nationals wins by the width of his bumper. Knutson made his charge toward the front from 16th starting. Already on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational [Read More]

Arneson dominates IMCA Modifieds at Cocopah, Knutson captures 3rd straight Winter Nationals win

SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 8) – Casey Arneson led every lap of the IMCA Modified feature while Eric Knutson led just enough of the race to capture a third straight IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory Friday at Cocopah Speedway’s IMCA.TV Winter Nationals. Arneson, from North Dakota, topped a $1,000 to win, Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying headliner that ended with 24 consecutive green flag laps. Ricky Alvarado moved into second on the fifth circuit but was not able to mount a serious threat to the leader. Braxton Yeager, Wednesday winner Tanner Black and Zane DeVilbiss completed the top five while Thursday winner Ethan Dotson. Raced from 16th starting to sixth. One hundred and sixty-four cars in the four IMCA divisions saw action for a second straight night. Knutson had to make his way to the front of the Hobby Stock field from the 22nd starting spot, catching Brandon Bombardo coming out of the final turn for his third checkers in as many Winter Nationals outings. Matt Olson had led much of the way before getting together with [Read More]

Dotson dials up IMCA.TV Winter Nationals win, Cocopah entries at 164 for night two

SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 7) – Once he got to the front, there was no catching Ethan Dotson on another record night at Cocopah Speedway’s IMCA.TV Winter Nationals. Dotson started 12th in the Thursday night IMCA Modified feature at Somerton, then took the lead on the 15th circuit following a restart that had seen frontrunner Alex Stanford exit with mechanical issues. The California hotshoe then outran opening night winner Tanner Black for the $1,000 victory and accompanying Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berth. One hundred and sixty-four drivers vied in the second installment of Winter Nationals, including 64 Modifieds and 52 Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods. Travis Denning led the first four laps in the Modified main before Stanford drove past. He was pulling away before being forced pitside and Denning took over for a single circuit following the restart. “B” qualifier Black raced from 17th to third on lap 17 and was up to second with four to go, but ran out of time to catch Dotson, who has earned a knack for coming up big at IMCA spotlight [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Jan. 6

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jim Pettit II, Prunedale, Calif., 40; 2. Nick DeCarlo, Martinez, Calif., and Russell Allen, Brawley, Calif., both 39; 4. Troy Foulger, Oakley, Calif., and Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., both 38; 6. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., 37; 7. Bobby Hogge, Salinas, Calif., and Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., both 36; 9. Michael Paul Jr., Petaluma, Calif., and Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D., both 34; 11. Chester “Buddy” Kniss, Oakley, Calif., and Shawn Natenstedt, Fernley, Nev., both 33; 13. Jesse Bailey, Central Point, Ore., 32; 14. Tim Ward, Chandler, Ariz., 31; 15. Matthew Hagio, Salinas, Calif., 30; 16. Jeffrey Hudson, Keno, Ore., and Spencer Wilson, Minot, N.D., both 29; 18. Dave Duste Jr., Central Point, Ore., and Kyle Heckman, Bakersfield, Calif., both 27; 20. Jake Dewsberry, Vallejo, Calif., 26. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars – 1. Aaron Spangler, Dove Creek, Colo., 66; 2. Joe Gallaher, San Jose, Calif., 63; 3. Andy Altenburg, Truman, Minn., 40; 4. Michael Sheen, Lamesa, Texas, 39; 5. Blake Adams, Stacyville, Iowa, 38; 6. Gary Wray, San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Tony Hill, Cortez, [Read More]

Patient Black cashes in, collects checkers on record night at IMCA.TV Winter Nationals

SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 6) – Patience put $1,000 in Tanner Black’s pocket. With a record 161 entries in the pits for opening night of the IMCA.TV Winter Nationals, Black returned to his home state to win Wednesday’s feature for IMCA Modifieds at Cocopah Speedway. He reeled in Russell Allen on the 16th circuit in a fast-paced main event that ran 25 caution-free laps. “I decided I needed to roll around the bottom and be patient,” said Black, who’d run second the first 15 times around the track. “Maybe he’d make a mistake and I could get around him.” Allen ended in second while defending track and Shaw Race Cars Western Region champion Chaz Baca was third. Zane DeVilbiss and Ethan Dotson completed the top five. Sixty-two Modifieds saw action at Cocopah. Black, now from Kansas, had put his name on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot by winning night two of the Turkey Classic at Cocopah last November. Other Wednesday night winners were Andrew Altenburg in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Chris Toth in the Karl [Read More]