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Dodge City Raceway Park season opener around the corner

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – It’s nearly time to flip the page of the calendar to April. That means we’re well into the countdown toward opening night of dirt track racing action just more than two weeks away at Dodge City Raceway Park. The 2017 season kicks off at the state-of-the-art 3/8-mile clay oval on Saturday, April 15, with a full slate of championship chase action including Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. The season opener will go green at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes are $30. It marks the first of a dozen nights of championship chase action at DCRP before closing out the season with the return of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Oct. 27-28. The DCRP Sprint Cars and IMCA Modifieds will be in action over all 12 nights of championship chase action with the IMCA SportMods, Stock Cars and [Read More]

Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center in fifth season of IMCA Southern SportMod title sponsorship

LUBBOCK, Texas – Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center marks a milestone in 2017, its fifth consecutive season as title sponsor of IMCA’s Southern SportMod division. The Lubbock, Texas, GM parts retailer, Chevrolet engine dealer and certified engine rebuilder provides a portion of the $9,500 point fund to be paid to top 15 drivers in national standings for the division. Southern SportMods see action this season at tracks in Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center also returns to the national decal program for IMCA’s Southern and Northern SportMods. Drivers in both divisions must display two Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center decals on their race car to be eligible for point fund shares. Point fund checks are to be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. More information about parts and engines available from fourth generation and family-owned SDPC is available by calling 800 456-0211, on Facebook and at the www.sdparts.com website. Southern SportMods made their debut at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super [Read More]

United Rebel Sprint Series kicks off 2017 season Saturday at Longdale

LONGDALE, Okla. – The Meyers Racing Engines National Points chase kicks off the 2017 season with a United Rebel Sprint Series/Sprint Series of Oklahoma co-sanctioned show this Saturday, April 1 at Longdale, Okla., Speedway. Last year the Rebels made one appearance at the lightning-quick 3/8-mile oval with Luke Cranston besting a 26-car field that ran the full 25-lap feature caution free in just six minutes and 47 seconds. The Midwest’s best 305 Sprint Car racers always put on a spectacular show for the fans each and every night. Look for a solid field of racers from both series to battle it out for $1,000 to win, $250 to start purse. Drivers making the tow this year will include three-time URSS national champion Jake Bubak, 2016 IMCA rookie of the year Zach Blurton, plus veterans Mike Peters, Brian Herbert, Ty Williams, Keefe Hemel, Tyler and Jordan Knight, Steven Richardson, Taylor Velasquez and Jed Werner, among others. Sprint Series of Oklahoma drivers include defending IMCA national and tour champion Andy Shouse, Joe Wood Jr., Shayla Waddell, Cody Whitworth, [Read More]

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Tri-State reschedules Kegger, IMCA Modifieds chase $1,500 top check

POCOLA, Okla. (March 27) – IMCA Modifieds race for $1,500 to win this weekend, at Tri-State Speedway’s rescheduled Cecil Harlan Memorial Kegger. Practice is from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 30. Qualifying begins Friday, March 31 with last-chance races and the feature on Saturday, April 1. The 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier pays a minimum of $200 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Jet Racing Central Region and Allstar State points, but no local track points, will be awarded. Menasco Racing Enterprises gives a $500 bonus to the driver making the long tow. Entry fee is $100. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and racing follows 6:30 p.m. hot laps both days. Adult grandstand admission is $10 on Friday and $12 on Saturday; kids ages 6-12 get in for $5 each night. Pit passes are $30 on Friday and $35 on Saturday. Pit passes are $20 and grandstand admission is free for the Thursday practice. The Kegger was rescheduled from last weekend because of rain. [Read More]

IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car growth results in more awards from Smiley’s Racing Products

MESQUITE, Texas – The continued growth of IMCA’s RaceSaver Sprint Car division is seen by more new awards given by Smiley’s Racing Products. The Mesquite, Texas, high-performance parts manufacturer and distributor rewards each track and series champion in the division with a $50 gift card. New track and series sanctions for the class have been already been announced in Iowa, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Texas. Smiley’s also gives $50 gift cards to top 10 finishers in national point standings for the Sprint Cars, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts, and to top 10 drivers in the Razor Chassis South Central Region for IMCA Modifieds, the EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and the Big Daddy Race Cars Southern Region for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Gift cards will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office, and are redeemable through Smiley’s Mesquite location. The home of Hoosier Tire Southwest, Smiley’s Racing Products returns [Read More]

Koch utilizes high side to capture Sprint Series of Oklahoma opener

By David Smith Jr. ARDMORE, Okla. (March 25) – The Sprint Series of Oklahoma IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car Series presented by Smiley’s Racing Products opened its 2017 race season Saturday night and when all said and done it was Chad Koch leading the final five laps to capture his first-ever victory with the series at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. This event was co-sanctioned with the Sprint Series of Texas IMCA Racesaver Sprint Series. The fourth starting Koch quickly moved into the runner-up position, utilizing the top of the oval while leader Jake Martens worked the bottom. The leader began approaching slower cars on lap 11. Martens built a full-stretch lead that was erased by the final caution of the night, on lap 13. Koch got a run around Martens to take the lead on the next circuit. From then on there was no stopping Koch as he led the rest of the way unchallenged to capture the victory aboard his home-built sprinter. “Man, what a night,” said an elated Koch. “We had ignition issues and didn’t [Read More]

West Liberty Raceway to hold pre-season open practice

By Jerry Mackey WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – The West Liberty Raceway located on the Muscatine County Fairgrounds, will kick off the stock car racing season this Saturday, April 1 with an open practice session for all drivers planning on racing on Saturday nights at one of the longest running dirt tracks in the state of Iowa. The pit gates will open at 11 a.m. with practice slated to take the green flag at 1 p.m. Grandstand admission will be free although there will be a charge to get into the pits to cover insurance costs. All drivers will have plenty of opportunities to dial their new cars in for the opening event of the season which will be held Saturday, April 8 as the Deery Brothers Summer Series will come to town. For more information, please log on to www.farleyspeedwaypromotions.com.

Four Hall Of Fame inductees set for Luxemburg Speedway Aug. 18

LUXEMBURG, Wis. – A trio of former Luxemburg Speedway promoters and a veteran driver still giving the youngsters a run for their money weekly will be inducted into Luxemburg Speedway’s Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 18. Tri Star Promotions members Kelly and Debbie Hafeman and Ralph Aschenbrenner along with Green Bay’s Jerry Muenster will be ushered into the track’s Hall of Fame. Tri Star Promotions promoted the weekly racing at Luxemburg Speedway for 13 seasons from 1989 through 2001. During their tenure the track boasted some of the highest weekly IMCA car counts nationwide. Kelly Hafeman himself is a former IMCA Modified champion. Muenster was the Luxemburg Speedway track champion in 1968. Despite being two full generations older than most of his on-track foes, the soon-to-be 76-year-old Muenster, the last holdover driver still competing from the track’s coupe days, still competes weekly at Luxemburg in an IMCA Modified. The stories of Tri Star Promotions, along with Jerry Muenster and his son Eddie’s racing careers will be featured in motorsports author Joe Verdegan’s third book “Life [Read More]

Holley Performance backs five divisions, Deery Series in 19th season as IMCA sponsor

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Holley Performance, manufacturer of the official carburetor of IMCA, continues its association with the sanctioning body for a 19th sponsorship season in 2017. The Bowling Green, Ky., company has renewed a generous program of awards for IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model and Deery Brothers Summer Series, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMod competitors. “Holley Performance and MSD Performance are proud sponsors of IMCA. The history of these brands with IMCA, and the support we get from IMCA along with all of its competitors makes this a great relationship,” said Circle Track Sales Manager Graham Fordyce. “We strive to continually improve the products we offer to the circle track industry and to provide support to the competitors for their achievements.” Holley returns to the decal program for Stock Cars and drivers in that division are required to display two Holley decals to be eligible for national and regional point fund shares. Both the national Late Model rookie of the year and the Deery Series rookie of [Read More]