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Princeton opens May 1 with IMCA Modifieds, Northern SportMods, Sport Compacts

PRINCETON, Minn. – Three IMCA divisions will have another regular weekly home in central Minnesota, when Princeton Speedway opens for the season on May 1. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts run on Fridays on the quarter-mile Mille Lacs County Fairgrounds dirt venue. IMCA Eagle Motor Sports Sprint Cars join May 15, June 26, July 24 and Sept. 18 shows at Princeton. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season concludes with the Sept. 25 and 26 P-Town Showdown special. “I really like the way IMCA programs are run,” said promoter and general manager Mary Beth Cripe. “IMCA puts the drivers first. Other sanctioning bodies don’t always do that.” “The IMCA divisions are also very competitive,” she added. “You don’t have the same guy winning week after week.” Like IMCA, NAPA Auto Parts will have a prominent role at Princeton Speedway this season. In addition to taking over title sponsorship of victory lane, NAPA will give $25 gift cards to hard chargers in main events for each division [Read More]

Top five pay upped for Southern Raceway Bay Area Modified Tour show

MILTON, Fla. – Bigger payouts are at stake for top five finishers in the Saturday, April 25 Bay Area Emerald Coast Tour feature at Southern Raceway. The IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature winner earns $650, with $500 for second, $400 for third, $300 for fourth and $250 for fifth. A $100 cash clean driving hard charger award will be paid to the driver improving position in the feature without making contact with another car. Hard luck awards and longest tow awards, both good for $50, will also be given Top three feature finishers and heat winners receive trophies. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points will be awarded. Pit gates at Milton open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. What was to have been the second installment of the inaugural tour at Northwest Florida Speedway was rained out last Friday.

MSD adds more Stock Car awards to IMCA program

EL PASO, Texas – MSD adds more awards for Stock Car drivers in its 12th season as a marketing partner with IMCA. The El Paso, Texas, manufacturer and distributor is new to the national decal program for the full-bodied division this year and gives $100 product certificates to top 10 drivers in final standings for both Stock Car regions. MSD also continues a comprehensive contingency awards program covering five divisions and the Deery Brothers Summer Series. “MSD is the overwhelming choice for IMCA ignition components and accessories and the quality of those products is the main reason why,” IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder said. “They work hard to develop products to safeguard IMCA power plants and for this reason we endorse their products above all others in the field.” Top eligible drivers in each of the five Modified regions receive 6AL ignition control boxes and Blaster HVC coils; the runner-up gets a control box, third and fourth place drivers get universal spark plug wire sets and the fifth place driver receives a Blaster HVC coil. The [Read More]

Cassell looks to defend IMCA Modified Oregon state title in 2015

By Ben Deatherage ALBANY, Ore. – Craig Cassell of Albany enters this season as the defending Allstar Performance Oregon State champion. In 2015 he will try his very best to defend that IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified crown. In two starts this season he managed a 15th place finish at Cottage Grove on April 4 but was very impressive last weekend at Sunset Speedway Park, ending the evening second in the feature. “Last weekend we were a little off but we learned some stuff with this car,” commented Cassell. “We were good toward the end so I’m not going to complain.” “We had to make a lot of small changes to the car this year, so the balance of the car is still a little off of where it needs to be,” he added. Cassell will visit Willamette Speedway in Lebanon this Saturday, April 25 in hopes of collecting his first triumph of the season. It is a venue where he has graced victory lane on five occasions while finishing runner-up in the points table [Read More]

Porter dominates Southern Iowa Chassis Hobby Stock Special

By Jeremy Fox OSKALOOSA, Iowa (April 22) – Dale Porter dominated Wednesday night’s headline event at Southern Iowa Speedway, the 20-lap Pepsi Cola IMCA Hobby Stock special presented by Southern Iowa Chassis. Porter grabbed the lead on lap one, just before the caution came out for several cars that got together in turn three. Porter did not let that get to him even though he had Nick Ulin and Dustin Griffiths right behind. Porter pulled away to win by a full straightaway over Ulin, who edged out Griffiths for second. Todd Shute was the Musco Lighting IMCA Modified main event winner. Damon Murty took the Budweiser IMCA Stock Car win despite a late race charge from Mike Hughes. Curtis VanDerWal was first to the KBOE Radio IMCA Northern SportMod checkers and Trent Orwig held off John Whalen to win the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature. Stock Cars and SportMods racing for extra cash thanks to Edel Lawn Care plus free front bumpers to Stock Car and Hobby Stock winners.

Season opener set for Friday at Davenport Speedway

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The battle for the Davenport Speedway track championships begins this Friday, April 24, with the Koehler Electric-sponsored season opener. All five weekly classes – the Milan Heating & Air IMCA Modifieds, Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Models, Hawkeye Auto IMCA Northern SportMods, Koehler Electric Street Stocks and Roto-Rooter 4-Stocks, will be in action on the 1/4-mile dirt oval. Defending track champions are Doug Crampton, Modified; Justin Kay, Late Model; Bryce Garnhart, Northern SportMod; Donnie Louck, street stock; and Brandon Dahl, 4-stock. Davenport Speedway is located at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, on West Locust Street in Davenport. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. For additional information on DRT TRAK Racing events, visit www.davenportspeedway.com or call 563 652-5302.

Night number two of season Saturday at Sunset Speedway Park

By Ben Deatherage BANKS, Ore. – Sunset Speedway Park is ready to go for its second race of the season on Saturday, April 25. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods will tackle the 1/4-mile clay oval for the first time in 2015. Along with the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series, other divisions making their way to the Banks Bullring include the street stocks, pure stocks and 4-bee’s. Pit gates open at 2 p.m., the front gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m.

Willamette practices Friday, races on Saturday

By Ben Deatherage LEBANON, Ore. – Willamette Speedway will be a busy place this weekend with events scheduled for Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25. An open test and tune session runs from 4 p.m. to dusk on Friday. Grandstand admission is free. Pit passes are $15 and car and driver is $30. On Saturday, the historic 1/3-mile clay oval will be back to racing. Classes in action will include the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, super sports, sportsman and street stocks. The Modifieds were apart of the April 11th event that was rained out partway through the program so it will technically be their first race of the season. Pit gates open at 1 p.m., the drivers’ meeting is at 2:30 p.m., front gates open at 3:30 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m.

Thunderhill Raceway ready for opening night

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. – Thunderhill Raceway is ready for its first point night of the season this Saturday, April 25. Racing starts at 6 p.m. for Kelsey Racing IMCA Modifieds, Rouer’s Grand Slam IMCA Stock Cars, LaVine’s Ice IMCA Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Street stocks and thunder trucks will also be in action. Each class will host a solid base of veterans and newcomers as there are numerous rookies looking to make their mark in the sport while chasing shares of $40,500 in local contingencies. Last season saw Todd Dart capture another Modified title. Dart bested James Lee Tebon by 14 points. The Stock Car field will gain a former IMCA national and local track champion with the addition of Rod Snellenberger, fresh off his 200th career feature win. Add in three-time defending champion Dave Bouche, Shawn Havel, Charlie Kroll, Dylan Heilmann, Jamie Suchocki, Billy LeMieux and Tom Brumlic, among others, and this class will be worth the price of admission. A new champion was crowned in the Northern [Read More]

Eibach renews awards for six IMCA divisions, Deery Series

CORONA, Calif. – Drivers in six IMCA divisions and a special series share the wealth in contingency award prizes from Eibach Springs. Top eligible drivers in each of the five regions for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car regions and both IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock regions, and in national standings for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods each receive four springs from the Corona, Calif., manufacturer. Runners-up get two springs and third-place finishers get one spring. Top three finishers in national point standings for Late Models and the three lowest-finishing drivers with perfect attendance in the Deery Brothers Summer Series receive a set of four springs, two springs and one spring, respectively. Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and SportMod drivers are required to compete with Eibach-manufactured springs, display two Eibach decals on their race car and return a completed sign-up form to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1. “Eibach is a great partner and continues to make a wonderful spring for all our divisions,” IMCA Marketing [Read More]