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West Liberty Raceway hosts rescheduled Modified Extravaganza

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – The racing program at the West Liberty Raceway fell victim to the severe weather that passed through the Muscatine County Fairgrounds Saturday night. The Modified Extravaganza has been rescheduled for this Saturday, April 22. The race program will be headlined by IMCA Modifieds battling it out on the half-mile dirt track gunning for the $1,200 first place prize money and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational berth. In addition to the IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Mach-1 Sport Compacts will all be racing for expanded purses. Saturday night’s program will get underway with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. followed by racing action at 7 p.m. The West Liberty Raceway regular season opener will be Saturday, April 29, which will feature all the above race divisions plus the high-powered IMCA Late Models.

Family, not feature wins or fame, become Gould’s biggest accomplishment in racing

CALERA, Okla. – Ronny Gould has gotten more than feature wins and fame from racing. He’s gotten a family. Now driving an IMCA Sunoco Stock Car in his home state of Oklahoma, Gould was promoting the former Lake Country Speedway a dozen years ago when he let a group of kids from a local church camp in to the races free one night. “Everything we do kind of goes back to racing,” says Gould. “I was promoting Ardmore when we let those kids in, they sent thank you’s and my wife Kelly said we could help some of them, so we became foster parents for the State of Oklahoma.” The Goulds have since fostered more than 70 children and adopted seven of their own, who now range in age from 22 to 3 … sons Scott, Charlie, Ryder, Shay, Olyn and Derek, and daughter Danica. “The best part has been watching them learn and grow. It’s been totally amazing,” Gould said. “Scott is stationed in Seoul with the US Army, Charlie will graduate from high [Read More]

Ice Breaker Challenge Modified win to Sobbing, Drueke tops Sprint Series of Nebraska opener

By Greg Soukup EAGLE, Neb. (April 15) – Bigger shares of the purse were at stake after Friday’s Ice Breaker Challenge program was lost to rain, so Jesse Sobbing and Adam Armstrong both took homer bigger checks on Saturday. Sobbing scored the $3,000 IMCA Modified victory, earning the lion’s share of the biggest purse paid in that division at Eagle Raceway, while Armstrong collected the $750 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers. Tyler Drueke took home $1,000 for his IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car victory and Dan Nelson notched the $500 IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win. More than 140 teams made the tow to Eagle for the season lidlifter. Sobbing, who started on the front row, put his ride out front on the opening, followed by Chevy Hadan, Clint Homan and Shane Hiatt. Hiatt passed Homan for third on lap four and Dylan Smith got past Homan two laps later. The final position change in the top four came on lap 26 when Smith passed Hiatt for third. Sobbing raced his way onto the Fast Shafts All-Star [Read More]

Performance Bodies continues IMCA support for 35th season, giving $25,000-plus in awards

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – A company with one of the longest records of IMCA support is back on board in 2017 with another more than generous program of awards. Performance Bodies is in its 35th season as an IMCA sponsor. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, high performance automotive parts retailer and race car body manufacturer will give product awards and gift cards valued in excess of $25,000 to drivers in seven sanctioned divisions. “Performance Bodies has enjoyed the opportunity to work closely with IMCA Racing for the last 35 years and we look forward to partnering with them long into the future,” Scott Braun, owner of Performance Bodies explained. “Our goal is to bring the Weekend IMCA Racer the best quality parts available, unsurpassed customer service, same day shipping, and free technical support from a staff of knowledgeable racers.” Performance Bodies returns to national decal programs for both the IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock divisions and drivers in both divisions must display two Performance Bodies decals on their race car to be eligible for point [Read More]

Performance Bodies, Five Star Bodies continue award option for Modified and SportMod drivers

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Performance Bodies and Five Star Bodies will continue an award option for IMCA Modified, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickery Parts Center Southern SportMod drivers. Each of the five Modified regional champions and rookies of the year, and both Northern and Southern SportMod national champions and the rookies of the year receive MD3 Modified nosepieces or MD3 Modified valance and rocker panel kits. The award option was added to the Performance Bodies/Five Star Bodies program last season. Certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. More information is available by calling Performance Bodies at 800 722-4641.

Highway 20 Triple Crown next for Deery Series

VINTON, Iowa – After two weekend rainouts, a Highway 20 Triple Crown is in the works April 21-23 for the Deery Brothers Summer Series. Touring IMCA Late Models make up rained-out shows on Friday, April 21 at Farley Speedway and Saturday, April 22 at Independence Motor Speedway, then travel to Dubuque Speedway for the scheduled Sunday, April 23 event. All three main events pay $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Highway 20 Triple Crown bonus amounts, as well as information about other IMCA divisions running each night, are to be announced.

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through April 12

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 597; 2. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 560; 3. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 513; 4. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 497; 5. Dean Abbey, Roanoke, Texas, 492; 6. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 481; 7. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 424; 8. Josh McGaha, Abilene, Texas, 417; 9. Spencer Wilson, Queen Creek, Ariz., 411; 10. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 409; 11. Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas, 396; 12. John Parmeley, Phoenix, Ariz., 368; 13. Jeremy Thornton, Tucson, Ariz., 340; 14. Brandon Hood, McGregor, Texas, 338; 15. Scott Sluka, Casa Grande, Ariz., 334; 16. Brent Schlafmann, Bismarck, N.D., 318; 17. Austin Kuehl, Cave Creek, Ariz., 308; 18. Jeff Hoegh, New Caney, Texas, 304; 19. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 301; 20. Cody Shoemaker, Decatur, Texas, 298. IMCA Late Models – 1. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, 73; 2. Chad Holladay, Muscatine, Iowa, Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, and Jeff Tharp, Sherrill, Iowa, each 65; 5. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, Iowa, Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa, and Scott Fitzpatrick, Cedar Falls, Iowa, each 64; 8. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car, SportMod drivers chase contingency awards from Mitchell Machine

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa – Mitchell Machine has renewed contingency awards for drivers in three divisions, in its 11th season as an IMCA sponsor. Regional standings for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and national standings for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods determine recipients of product certificates given by the Webster City, Iowa, transmission manufacturer and machine shop. Top three eligible finishers in the EQ Cylinder Heads Northern and Southern Stock Car regions, and in national standings for the SportMod divisions receive product certificates valued at $250, $100 and $100, respectively. Drivers in all three divisions are required to compete with a Mitchell-manufactured transmission and provide proof of purchase made between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1, 2017, return a sign-up form to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1 and display two Mitchell Machine decals on their race car. All awards will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. “Mitchell Machine would like to thank all of our customers and IMCA for [Read More]

Atomic track champion will be first crowned in Ohio by IMCA RaceSaver

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – IMCA will crown its first-ever RaceSaver Sprint Car track champion as well as a series champion in Ohio this season. Atomic Speedway hosted the first of nine events on April 9; points races there April 22, May 20, June 24, July 22 and Aug. 5, 25 and 26, and Sept. 23 also figure toward determining that first champion. The June 24 event is during Ohio Sprint Speedweek and will be broadcast on the internet. The Aug. 26 Open Wheel Championship feature pays $600 to win. Eight Ohio Thunder Sprint Series dates are now on the schedule – at least one more will be added, at a location to be announced – at Atomic, Moler Raceway Park, Southern Ohio Speedway and Hilltop Speedway. Series dates at Moler are April 28 and Aug. 4. Atomic is site of the April 29 show while Hilltop welcomes the series on July 15. Southern is the destination for May 19, June 30, July 21 and Sept. 22 events. The one TBA date now is June 9. “What’s [Read More]

Adjustment dials must be disabled, sealed on Crane ignition boxes in 2017

VINTON, Iowa – IMCA will require four ignition boxes available from Crane Ignition to have adjustment dials disabled and permanently sealed when used in sanctioned Modified, Late Model or Stock Car competition in 2017. Those ignition boxes are: Crane HI-6RC ignition part number 6000-6700; Crane HI-6N Oval track ignition part number 6000-6410 (Weatherpak Plug); Crane HI-6N Oval track ignition, part number 6000-6412 (Deutsch Plug); and Crane HI-6RN oval track ignition, part number 6000-6750 (Digital). “These ignition boxes all have adjustable RPM limits and, as a result, an issue that allows them to operate at a different RPM limit than what the box is physically set with the adjustment dials,” explained Dave Brenn, IMCA’s executive director of competition. “For 2017, these existing Crane ignition boxes will still be allowed but must have the adjustment dials disabled and permanently sealed, effectively making the box operate as a preset RPM limited box.” “After choosing the desired RPM limit, the box must have a cover plate permanently sealed with an epoxy-type adhesive over the dials,” he continued. “Silicone or [Read More]