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BAPS hosts co-sanctioned IMCA RaceSaver show this Saturday

By Frank Buhrman YORK HAVEN, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Sprint Series will be joined by the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series for co-sanctioned racing at BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven Saturday, July 6. Racing is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. This will be the fifth PASS IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event at BAPS this season. Zach Newlin has won two of the previous four, with single wins for Cale Reigle and John Walp. This is the first of three co-sanctioned events at the track. Ken Duke currently leads PASS point standings, as well as national standings for the division, with Newlin in second. Doug Dodson, Reigle and Devin Adams round out the top five. The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) races at tracks in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Smith starts new Kyle Suter Memorial win streak

ALTA, Iowa (July 3) – David Smith started a new streak Wednesday night at Buena Vista Raceway. Smith led the last eight circuits in topping the Kyle Suter Memorial for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Alta. He’s now won the event “eight or nine times,” including a streak of five in a row from 2013-2017. “This is always a good one to win,” said Smith, who banked $1,500 following the victory, also the fourth installment of the Arnold Motor Supply Midwest Madness Tour. “It’s getting harder to win any more. The competition is so good.” Pole starter Brian Blessington led early before giving way to Smith’s brother Devin. After a side-by-side battle, David pulled ahead following a restart with eight laps left in the 25-lapper. The win was the second of the week for Smith, also first to the checkers in the Sunday show at Clay County Fair Speedway, his fifth of the season and career 182nd in the division. Chris Ullrich, 12th starting Jake Masters, 17th starting Angel Munoz and Blessington completed the top five. One hundred [Read More]

Carter writes final chapter in Hogan Memorial history

VINTON, Iowa (July 3) – That $4,908 check was great. But taking home the winner’s trophy from the 25th, final and record-breaking Hogan Memorial, Cayden Carter said, was priceless. Carter led all but nine laps and the last 36 times around the track in the 50-lap IMCA Modified main event Wednesday night at Benton County Speedway, beating Jeff Aikey to the stripe by three car lengths. When the checkers flew, it signaled the end of one of the longest running specials for IMCA Modifieds. A track record 153 cars, including 44 Modifieds from seven states, saw action in front of a very full grandstand. “Winning this race means a lot to us,” said Carter, born a month and a half before the first annual event and who’d also won the Hogan in 2013. “This has always been a big race for us. I didn’t want the money. I wanted the trophy. You can’t buy that.” Aikey had started 13th and battled back and forth with Joel Rust before settling into second with six laps left. Carter [Read More]

The Final Ride at Stuart ends with Marriott in victory lane

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (July 2) – Everything about the Ron Little Memorial was big. A track record 141 cars took to the track Tuesday for the 20th and final event at Stuart Speedway. Forty-seven of those entries were IMCA Modifieds and Hunter Marriott wrote his name in as the $2,000 feature winner of a 30-lapper that ran green to checkers. Dubbed The Final Ride by members of the late IMCA Modified driver’s family, the main event saw Marriott and Travis Hatcher show the way, with Marriott leading Josh Most and Hatcher early on. Cody Laney advanced to third on lap four and with three and even four wide racing back in the pack it was still Marriott out front at the halfway point. Lapped traffic started around this time, but Marriott was smooth and strong as he went on to lead the entire way to pick up the top check. The Missouri speedster was already qualifier for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Jeff Aikey came from tenth to second in his first ever visit to [Read More]

Diamond Mountain Wild West Modified Tour wins to Alvarado, DeVilbiss

VERNAL, Utah (June 28-29) – The second weekend installment of the 2019 Wild West Modified Tour ended a lot like the first. Ricky Alvarado won the Friday night feature for IMCA Modifieds at Diamond Mountain Speedway while Zane DeVilbiss topped the Saturday show. They’d also paced $1,000 to win, Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying shows during the opening weekend of the tour at Aztec Speedway in May. Alvarado’s tour-leading 33rd win, and seventh at Vernal, came from outside the front row pole and through heavy lapped traffic before the checkers flew. The last 10 circuits stayed green in the 25-lapper and Regan Tafoya and Michael hale completed the top three. “The car was really good. I was able to make the top work,” Alvarado said. “Then when I got to lapped traffic, I was able to go lower on the track whenever I needed to.” “It was a good weekend for us,” added Alvarado, who motored from ninth to third on Saturday. “The track was good and racy.” DeVilbiss had similar sentiments, tuning up for [Read More]

30th annual Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour starts Saturday in Jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers from 12 states and Canada have already pre-registered for the 30th annual Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour. The tour starts its six consecutive day run Saturday, July 6 at Jamestown Speedway. The Tour then goes to Nodak Speedway at Minot on Sunday, July 7. On Monday, July 8, the series travels across the international border to Estevan, Sask., Motor Speedway. Williston Basin Speedway is the next stop on Tuesday, July 9. The series then heads to Southwest Speedway in Dickinson on Wednesday, July 10. Dacotah Speedway in Mandan hosts Championship Night on Thursday, July 11, and the Corral Sales Legendary 50 on Friday, July 12. All Modified features pay $2,400 to win and are qualifying events for the 2019 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, while all Stock Car features pay $800 to win. The Legendary 50 pays a record $10,004 to win the IMCA Modified feature, another 2019 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. More than $120,000 in payout is offered for the tour [Read More]

Belleville, Mayetta events next for United Rebel Sprint Series

By David Smith Jr., OKTidbits OBERLIN, Kan. – A busy holiday weekend is just ahead as the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing kicks off Thursday night atop the Belleville High Banks Speedway in Belleville, Kan., before making lone 2019 appearance at Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta on Saturday night. The Independence Day special will pay $1,000 to win with $200 for all drivers making the feature finale. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Racing is slated for a 7:30 p.m. start time. Adult general admission tickets are $18 with kids ages 10-17 $10. All children nine and younger will be admitted into the grandstands for free. A huge firework show follows the races on Thursday night. After taking Friday night off, the tour will then head east to Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta for a special “Clash on the Hill,” Saturday night edition of IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car racing. Once again, the night’s feature winner will earn $1,000. Gates open [Read More]

Dominator designates post-season awards for Deery drivers and in five IMCA divisions

LYONS, Ohio – Deery Brothers Summer Series competitors and drivers in five IMCA divisions chase product certificate awards from Dominator Race Products again this season. The Lyons, Ohio, manufacturer and 11-year sponsor gives $100 product certificates to sixth through 15th place finishing drivers in official point standings for the IMCA Late Model tour. Product certificates of the same value go to ninth and 10th place finishers in each of the five regions for IMCA Modifieds and to ninth and 10th place drivers in national Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod standings. Eleventh and 12th place drivers in IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock regional standings receive $50 certificates. “It is an honor to be in our 11th year partnership with IMCA and the Deery Brothers Summer Series. We are happy to give back to the racers and all their hard work through out the racing season,” commented Dominator’s Bentley Shaw. “It is nice to give them a jump start with their building process for the next season. Thank you to all the [Read More]

Jones Birdsong continues support of IMCA champions’ reception, promoter banquet

WAYZATA, Minn. – The company with the most complete insurance services in the motorsports industry is back on board as an IMCA sponsor for an 11th season. JonesBirdsong LLP continues in an invaluable role as presenting sponsor for the champions reception at the IMCA national awards banquet in Lincoln, Neb., and the promoters’ banquet during the RPM Workshop in Reno, Nev. Jones Birdsong provides policies covering tracks, individual race teams and suppliers throughout the regular point season as well as special events. Information about coverage options and cost is available by calling Bob Allen at 507 327-8416 and at the www.jonesbirdsong.com website. “Without the support of great companies like Jones Birdsong and partners Safehold and ProSight, it would be much more difficult to do what we do as a sanctioning body,” observed IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “They have come alongside IMCA racers and provided the confidence to know that they are taken care of as a member at sanctioned facilities and beyond.”

IMCA state point races heating up, $100 Eibach gift certificates go to 81 champions in six division

CORONA, Calif. – IMCA state point races, just like temperatures across much of the country, are really starting to heat up. And Eibach Springs will make the efforts of 81 drivers who earn E3 Spark Plugs State Championships pay off with $100 gift certificates. The Corona, Calif., introduced state championship awards for its 11th season of IMCA sponsorship. In addition, one randomly selected driver in each of those six divisions (IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod) receives a set of four springs. The 2019 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season continues through Sept. 29; Eibach awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. “An IMCA State Championship is s coveted award, and in this mid-season Eibach update we see lots of new faces at the top of those standings nationwide,” noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “In many cases these point battles will come down [Read More]