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IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through May 12

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Lance Mari, Imperial, Calif., 775; 2. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 770; 3. Brian Schultz, Casa Grande, Ariz., 705; 4. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 673; 5. Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., 662; 6. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 639; 7. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 611; 8. John P. Gober, Poolville, Texas, 573; 9. Cody Shoemaker, Paradise, Texas, 515; 10. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 512; 11. Jason Noll, Peoria, Ariz., 510; 12. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 506; 13. Paul Stone, Winton, Calif., 505; 14. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 494; 15. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 483; 16. Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, Mo., 482; 17. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 452; 18. Darryl Campbell, Everman, Texas, 443; 19. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 441; 20. Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 421. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 227; 2. John Emerson, Waterloo, Iowa, 220; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 190; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 168; 5. Ben Seemann, Waterloo, Iowa, 160; 6. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa, 153; 7. Jason Hahne, Webster City, Iowa, [Read More]

Rain on the 13th is unlucky in Midwest, Wyoming

SPENCER, Iowa (May 13) – Clay County Fair Speedway was first to pull the plug with cancellations and postponements following around the Midwest. Also KO’d on this unlucky Friday the 13th were Crawford County Speedway, Davenport Speedway, Dubuque Speedway, Fairmont Raceway, the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Lee County Speedway, Marshalltown Speedway, Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway and Princeton Speedway. Maquoketa Speedway has canceled for Saturday. They’ve checked rain gauges in Wyoming as well. Cloud Peak Raceway has postponed from Friday to Saturday, Billings Motorsports Park has canceled Friday and Saturday, and Gillette Thunder Speedway will be silent on Saturday.

IMCA’s Southern Hobby Stock Region continues growth with Charger Chassis support

DAVID CITY, Neb. – Charger Chassis continues its title sponsorship role for the ever-expanding Southern Region for IMCA Hobby Stocks in 2016. The David City, Neb., chassis manufacturer provides a portion of the point fund to be paid to top five drivers in official standings for the region including tracks in Arizona, western Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, for a third consecutive season. Owned by long-time driver Jamie Richards, Charger also builds cars for Stock Car and Sport Compact customers and currently has more than 420 feature wins, plus 31 track championships and two national crowns on its resume. “Our partnership with IMCA has been great exposure for us in the Southern region, as well as nationally, and we look forward to it continuing well into the future,” Richards said. Point fund checks will be distributed during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Information about Charger Chassis is available by calling 402 367-7688 and at the www.chargerchassis.com website. “The Charger brand has really been popular in [Read More]

Deery Series travels to Quad City Speedway for Sunday show

EAST MOLINE, Ill. – The Deery Brothers Summer Series show at Quad City Speedway this Sunday is the first of three May events for touring IMCA Late Models. All three feature races – May 15 at East Moline, May 18 at Maquoketa Speedway and May 30 at Boone Speedway – pay $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. Sunday and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 5 p.m. with racing to follow. Also running are Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, plus street stocks. Box seating is $18. Other spectator admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $30. More information is available by calling 309 792-5030 or at the www.qcspeedwayracing.com website. The Quad City show was rained out and rescheduled from May 1. Deery Brothers Summer Series top 20 point standings – 1. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 141; 2. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, 139; 3. Ryan Dolan, Lisbon, [Read More]

United Rebel Sprint Series Rebels resumes season on Sunday

WaKEENEY, Kan. – The 2016 United Rebel Sprint Series will make its third appearance at the lightning fast 3/8-mile WaKeeney Speedway Sunday night, May 15. Both previous races there produced some of the closest racing in the URSS history. In the first appearance, Quinter racers Zach Blurton and C.J. Johnson battled with Blurton holding off Johnson to take his first win of the season. In the second race, Liberal’s Steven Richardson held off a hard charging Luke Cranston of Ness City to take his first feature victory of 2016. After suffering its second rain out of the young season at RPM Speedway last month, the Rebels will be anxious to return to the clay once again. With the DCRP Sprint Series having a three week break in their program, look for several of the competitors to make the short pull Sunday night. Grandstands will open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 6:30 p.m.

Day of Stars at Five Mile Point features IMCA Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. – Five Mile Point Speedway’s Day of Stars features a 25-lap, $500 to win feature for touring Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds. The second appearance at Kirkwood this spring by the Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series was postponed by inclement weather from May 1 to this Sunday, May 15. Pit gates open at 1:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 2:30 p.m. Hot laps begin at 3:45 p.m. and racing begins at 5 p.m. Grandstand admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors ages 65 and over, $10 for students ages 13-17 and free for 12 and under. Amazing Family Five-Packs are $40 and a limited number of indoor VIP seats will be sold for a $5 upgrade. Pit passes are $35. More information is available at the www.5milepointspeedway.com website, on Facebook or by calling the track office at 607 775-5555. Matt Cole was the winner when the 15th annual tour opened on April 16 at 5MP. Sunday’s draw/redraw show will be the 20th series event held at Kirkwood since 2005. Round three of the 2016 series is Friday, May 20 [Read More]

IMCA.TV releases 2016 “Where America Comes To Watch Races” coverage schedule  

SILVER BAY, Minn. – The second year of IMCA.TV, the Official Network of IMCA Racing, kicks it up a notch with an impressive schedule of 70-plus races from all over the United States and Canada with a number available included in Monthly Subscription. A refresh of the service is set for June 20. The primary focus of the service will be hardcore IMCA racing coverage including full shows and feature races. In an effort to make live streaming more affordable to fans, a number of races will be included in the standard monthly subscription rate of only $19.99. Current subscribers will be locked in at the lower 2015 rate until the event they cancel. IMCA.TV coverage schedule includes a combination of all the big events, historic racing series, new shows and weekly racing tracks that dot the racing landscape. Fans will be able to catch the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, Duel in the Desert, Nights of Stars, Dakota Classic Modified Tour, Harris Clash, Cheesehead Triple Crown, Frost Busters, national banquet and [Read More]

Fox builds on first season IMCA success with Modified, Stock, Northern SportMod awards

EL CAJON, Calif. – Building on a successful first season of IMCA sponsorship, Fox Shocks gives contingency awards in three sanctioned divisions again in 2016. The El Cajon, Calif., manufacturer awards product certificates in increments of $300, $250 and $200 to top three eligible drivers in each of the five regions for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds, both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car regions and in national standings for the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Drivers in all three divisions must display two Fox decals on their race car, compete with four Fox-manufactured shocks and return a completed sign-up form to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1. Fox has been in the shock-building business since 1974, for motocross, ATV and snowmobile markets before expanding into the dirt track racing market in 2013. “We may be the new kids on the block, but our racers’ success in 2015 speaks for itself,” said Fox Track program Manager Pat Macaulay. “FOX is extremely excited and eager to continue building on that success in the 2016 IMCA season with a [Read More]

Thornton dominates opening night at Stuart

By Josh Reynolds STUART, Iowa (May 8) – Stuart Speedway kicked off season 55 with winners new and old taking home the hardware. Ricky Thornton Jr., Clint Luellen, Mike Nichols, Shannon Anderson and Jake Benischek took the wins on First State Bank Night at the Races. Dylan Book led the first three laps of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature before Josh Gilman moved into the top spot. Gilman held the lead until a lap eight caution slowed the field. Gilman stayed at the front for two more laps, and that’s when Ricky Thornton Jr. took over. As Thornton Jr. was pulling away, a terrific battle for second was on with Tim Ward coming out on top. The Arizona transplants went on to take the top two spots with Thornton Jr. winning, Ward second and Todd VanEaton third. Just past the halfway point of the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod feature, Clint Luellen began to reel in leader Jake McBirnie. As they came to the white flag, Luellen swung wide coming out of turn two and low [Read More]

Woods is fastest on fast track at Abilene SST

ABILENE, Texas (May 7) – Abilene Speedway continued to be very good to defending Sprint Series of Texas champion Dustin Woods. Woods led the last 19 of 20 circuits in winning Saturday’s main event for touring IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Cars. “It’s always fun to race at Abilene,” said Woods, the fourth different winner in as many SST events so far this season. “I started outside the front row, which was a first at Abilene. The track changed from real fast to slick in just a handful of laps so it was a pretty nice win.” Cody Whitworth was scored first on the opening lap. Early cautions gave way to a long green flag run but none of his 23 IMCA EMI RaceSaver Sprint Car foes could lasso Woods. Justin Melton, Woods’ teammate Jason Howell, Whitworth and Kenny Elwood comprised the rest of the top five. Feature results – 1. Dustin Woods; 2. Justin Melton; 3. Jason Howell; 4. Cody Whitworth; 5. Kenny Elwood; 6. Jeff Day; 7. Michelle Melton; 8. Reagan Reed; 9. Shawn Mize; [Read More]