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Placerville Donnie Tilford Tribute win is IMCA Modified career first for Wagner

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (April 27) – The IMCA Modified driver who plans to make 2019 a learning season took his Donnie Tilford Tribute foes to school at Placerville Speedway. Danny Wagner led every lap of the 25-lap Saturday night main event, complementing his career first win in the division with a $1,500 check and a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational berth. “It was pretty great,” Wagner said following the first start of his third IMCA season. “I had Troy Foulger close behind me and could hear him all the way. I saw him quite a few times.” Wagner had started outside Foulger on the front row. He made the best use of the higher line, getting strong restarts after every caution in outrunning Foulger to the checkers. Nick DeCarlo, Tim Balding and Ray Trimble rounded out the top five finishers in a stellar field of Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region competitors. Wagner logged 17 outings in his rookie campaign and then a handful of starts, most of them at Ocean Speedway, last year. He’s planning to [Read More]

37-year sponsor Performance Bodies gives post-season awards in seven IMCA divisions

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Performance Bodies continues its long association with IMCA in 2019 by renewing a program of awards totaling nearly $25,000. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, high performance automotive parts distributor and race car body manufacturer is in its 37th year as an IMCA sponsor and gives post-season awards to competitors in seven divisions. “Performance Bodies is proud to be a sponsor of IMCA for over 37 years,” said company owner Scott Braun. “We are honored to be involved with a program that gives back to the racers. We look forward to many more years of partnership with IMCA and the racing community.” An MD3 Mod valance and rocker panel kit or spruce-up special go to second through seventh place drivers in point standings and second, third and fourth place finishers in rookie standings in each of the five Modified regions; and to second through sixth place finishers in national points and runners-up in rookie of the year standings for the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods. Top 10 finishers and [Read More]

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Stock Car Shootout this Saturday at Dodge City

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The month of May at Dodge City Raceway Park gets under way in a big way this Saturday night with the $1,000 to win IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Shootout atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. Along with the Stock Car Shootout presented by Winner’s Circle Feedyards and Factory Direct Fireworks featuring the IMCA Stock Cars, Saturday’s tilt includes a full complement of championship chase action for Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Saturday’s racing action goes green at 7:30 p.m. with adult admission $12 and children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult It kicks off a weekend double with the inaugural Little DCRP event taking place on Sunday. While Dusty Witthuhn reigns as defending track champion, Angel Munoz has burst out of the gates in strong fashion by topping both events thus far in 2019. It continues a trend for the 2017 track champion, as Munoz has raced to victory lane 11 times [Read More]

Entry forms available for Dodge City Raceway Park Sprint Car Nationals

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Dodge City Raceway Park Sprint Car Nationals is expanding from two to three nights in 2019. And with the June event rapidly approaching, entries are now being accepted for the upcoming third annual Lubbock Wrecker Service-sponsored event. The $3,000-to-win IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car event that could potentially climb to as much as $4,500 with lap money included is set for June 13-15 atop the 3/8-mile clay oval in southwest Kansas. The rapidly-evolving event includes the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars along with the United Rebel Sprint Series and Sprint Series of Oklahoma. Entry forms are available at https://www.dodgecityraceway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DCRP-305-Sprint-Car-Nationals-2019-Entry-Form.pdf. Entries submitted prior to June 6 are $50 with driver’s pit pass $20 for each night. Entries submitted after June 6 are $75 with driver pit pass the standard $30 per night. After Fort Worth, Texas driver Kevin Ramey topped the inaugural version of the DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals in 2017, Fairview, Okla.’s Jake Martens pocketed $4,040 including lap money by fending off a last-lap slider from Jake Bubak and then [Read More]

Borrowed ride takes Leonard to I-37 winner’s circle

By JM Hallas PLEASANTON, Texas (April 27) – Borrowed car ? No problem. If you put young gun Cody Leonard in anything, he’ll make it go fast. Last weekend Leonard broke a motor during hot laps at a race at Texana Raceway. Marcus Berndt stepped up and let Leonard jump in his car for the feature, which he won. On Saturday at Pleasanton, Leonard, who started ninth, took the lead from Bill Pittaway after halfway then motored on to the win. “We blew my car up last week at Texana and Marcus came through and asked me to drive his car,” explained Leonard. “I’m real grateful for that. We won last weekend in it and he asked me to drive it again this weekend. We’re two for two now.” Pittaway was the runner-up and third was Dillon Tindall.

Spring Fling night two win goes to Young

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 27) – Derik Young was the Mohawk Metal IMCA Modified winner Saturday, on night two of Cottage Grove Speedway’s season-opening Spring Fling. Ray Bloom had a great start and paced the field the first three laps before being overtaken by Young. Young had no issues once in front of the pack as the only things slowing him down were four cautions. Despite the stoppages, Young maintained the top place position to achieve his first win of the season. Curtis Towns was yet again the runner-up while B.J. Wild posted a third-place finish. In Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod action it was all about Matt Sanders. The Brookings ace held onto the coveted top spot the entire race despite five cautions and a handful of challenges. Buddy McHargue was second while grabbing third was the previous night’s winner Jorddon Braaten.

Tritt dominates Lincoln County opener

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (April 27) – The word to describe Terry Tritt’s on-track performance on opening night Saturday at Lincoln County Raceway was dominating. Tritt started on the pole in the D & S Automotive IMCA Sport Compact feature and ran away and hid from the rest of the podium finishers. Quincy Eggleston ran out of real estate once he got to second and didn’t have enough laps remaining to dent the deficit behind the leader. Darryl Cauffman was third. Jacob Slough won for the first time in his North Platte GMC Buick IMCA Northern SportMod career, outrunning Dillon Schultz. Eddie Belec led start to finish of the Maxwell Offroad Center IMCA Modified main event while Mike Nichols worked his way from inside row six at the start to first at the finish of the Knucklehead Garage IMCA Stock Car feature. Luke Wassom motored from the fourth row and led the last two circuits in winning the Herrick Auto & Marine IMCA Hobby Stock feature.

Top IMCA Modified, Stock Car rookies earn FAST awards

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fastest first-year drivers in two IMCA divisions earn awards from FAST again in 2019. National IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car rookies of the year receive FAST ignition boxes from the Memphis, Tenn., manufacturer and third-year IMCA sponsor. The other four Modified and the other Stock Car regional rookie of the year get $100 product certificates. All FAST awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Part of the COMP Performance Group since 2001, FAST is a leading developer in electronic fuel injection technology. In addition to ignition components, FAST manufactures a complete line of intake manifolds, throttle bodies and other EFI components. Information about that product line is available at the www.fuelairspark.com website, by calling 877 334-8355 and on Facebook. “The FAST awards are a nice complement to our complete rookie of the year program and something racers notice when making the decision to step into a new division,” commented IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “Their support of IMCA [Read More]

Thompson is quickest around Springfield oval

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (April 27) – James Thompson took the early lead and then held back Jet Racing Central Region Point leader Steven Bowers Jr., Bobby Pearish and Bad Boy Mowers IMCA Modified track point leader Jody Tillman in becoming the third different in three events Saturday at the “Quick-Quarter” of the Springfield Raceway. Thompson, who started fourth, quickly went topside to open a large lead early in what proved to be a caution-free 20-lap feature. Pearish moved to the extreme high side in giving chase as Bowers was slicing his way to the front while battling with Tillman. Thompson used the tight races behind him to pull away but Pearish started to reel in the race leader just past halfway while Bowers was using every inch and every lane of the smooth, slick surface in gaining ground. On lap 15, Bowers caught Pearish and the duo gained on Thompson quickly. On lap 18, Bowers made a huge run on Pearish and made the slide job stick to grab second while Tillman was coming on strong. [Read More]