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Four IMCA divisions featured at Cardinal’s Raulston Memorial

EUNICE, N.M. – Four IMCA divisions run both nights of Cardinal Speedway’s Blake Raulston Memorial this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds race for $400 to win Friday and for $1,000 to win in their Saturday night Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods both chase $300 top checks on Friday and $750 prizes on Saturday. Top pay for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks is $200 on Friday and $500 on Saturday. Both shows are draw/redraw. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in all four divisions each night. Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks also vie for regional points. A minimum of $25 will be paid to start all features. Drivers traveling 70 miles or more to the track will receive an additional $25 in tow money. Car and driver is $35 on Friday and $50 on Saturday. Pit passes are $20 while grandstand admission is $10 for adults and free for kids [Read More]

Dave Hubbard Memorial Fall Challenge Sept. 28 at Hamilton County Speedway

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa – IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds race for $1,500 to win this Saturday, Sept. 28, during the inaugural Dave Hubbard Memorial Fall Challenge at Hamilton County Speedway. The feature is a qualifier for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Top prize for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods is $1,000. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $750 to win and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded in all four divisions. Regional points will be awarded to Modified and Hobby Stock drivers. Local sponsors have already added $7,700 to purses for the four IMCA divisions and non-sanctioned Late Models and Stock Cars. Any additional sponsorship money will also be added to the purse. Entry fees are $60 for the Modifieds, $40 for SportMods and $25 for Hobby Stocks. There is no entry fee for Sport Compacts. The first 100 Modified, SportMod, Hobby Stock, Late Model and Stock Car drivers who draw will be refunded their pit passes. Pit gates [Read More]

Beatrice Speedway hosts September Fest special for five IMCA divisions

BEATRICE, Neb. – The traditional season-ending special at Beatrice Speedway moves to this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28, meaning IMCA points will be awarded in five divisions at September Fest. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified features are on the card both nights, pay $1,500 to win and a minimum of $125 to start. Both are qualifying events for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $500 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $300 to win each night. Saturday’s Mach-1 Sport Compact feature pays $200 to win. Tow money is $75 for Modifieds and $50 for Stocks, SportMods and Hobbies. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. on Friday. Gates open at 3 p.m. on Saturday, with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. An open practice runs from 6-9 p.m. pm [Read More]

Yeager sweeps Sweetwater’s Fall Roundup Modified twinbill

By Ryan Clark ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (Sept. 20-21) – Justen Yeager swept the weekend by winning two features in as many days during the Modified Fall Roundup special at Sweetwater Speedway. Yeager, who started ninth in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified 30-lapper on Friday night, reeled in leader Jake Donnelly in the waning laps. That pair, along with Zane DeVilbiss, battled for the top spot before Yeager broke free with two laps to go and went on to collect the $750 winner’s share. Donnelly, DeVilbiss, Casey Delp and Greg Scott were next across the stripe. Yeager got to the front a little earlier during Saturday’s 30-lapper. From a seventh place start, Yeager worked around front row starter DeVilbiss on the fourth circuit, then drove away to the $2,000 victory and earned a spot on the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. The race, which was stopped for yellow once on lap two, went caution-free over the final 28 circuits. DeVilbiss, Bert Beech, Brian Ungaro and Dustin Hansen ran second through fifth, respectively. Feature Results [Read More]

WWMT All-Star Race set for Oct. 4, 5 at Millard County

DELTA, Utah – The 2013 EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Modified Tour All-Star Race will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5 at Millard County Raceway. The special is presented by Hansen Web-Design, Forty laps is the distance for IMCA SportMods on Friday and 50 laps is the distance for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds on Saturday. During both races, the field will stop at halfway for fuel only and the field may be shuffled for the last half. A drawing on the front stretch will determine the positions that will be shuffled. Modified qualifying will be on Friday. Drivers not previously locked into the main event must run compete in a heat and possibly a “B” feature to qualify for the All-Star Race. Drivers already qualified will run a pole dash to determine their starting spot in the All-Star Race. Drivers locked into the Modified race include Ricky Alvarado, Jeep Berry, Zane DeVilbiss, Michael Hale, Chase Hansen, Dustin Hansen, Travis Metz, Ron Moser, Cory Sample, Aaron Spangler, Bryan Wordelman and Justen Yeager. [Read More]

Thies tops South Dakota Fall Nationals at Raceway Park

JEFFERSON, S.D. (Sept. 21) – As the season ended at Raceway Park on Saturday night, Jim Thies was the big winner of the $1,000-to-win WinnaVegas South Dakota Fall Nationals. In the Professional Concrete IMCA Modified main event, 2013 track champion Thies got to the front in the early laps and held off Ricky Stephan and Jason Schneiders for the top prize. The win qualified Thies for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. The Casey’s General Stores IMCA Stock Car division saw Jason Ward atop the field once again, taking the win over Aaron Cain and Chad Bruns. The Skyline Casino IMCA SportMod feature went to Todd Boulware, who held off a late charge from Karl Brewer and Jeff TenEyck to cap his track championship season. The Frederick Welding IMCA Hobby Stocks saw action from start to finish with Dave Riley coming out on top, followed by Paul Menard and Justin Regneres. The KISS 107FM IMCA Sport Compact feature came down to a green, white, checkered finish with Joelle Gustin passing 2013 points champion Cody [Read More]

Yeager collects pair of wins in Modified Fall Roundup at Sweetwater Speedway

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (Sept. 21-22) – Justen Yeager swept the weekend by winning two features in two days during the Modified Fall Roundup at Sweetwater Speedway. Yeager, who started ninth in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified 30-lapper Friday night, reeled in leader Jake Donnelly in the waning laps. That pair, along with Zane DeVilbiss, battled for the top spot before Yeager broke free with two laps to go. Yeager went on to collect the $750 winner’s share. Yeager got to the front a little earlier during Saturday’s 30-lapper. From a seventh place start, Yeager worked around front row starter DeVilbiss on the fourth circuit, then drove away to the $2,000 victory and earned a spot on the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. The race, which was stopped for caution once on lap two, went caution-free over the final 28 circuits. Results Friday – 1. Justen Yeager; 2. Jake Donnelly; 3. Zane DeVilbiss; 4. Casey Delp; 5. Greg Scott; 6. Bert Beech; 7. Chris Clark; 8. Travis Metz; 9. Brian Ungaro; 10. Jim Shoemaker; [Read More]

Track champions crowned at RPM Speedway

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. (Sept. 21) – It was championship night at RPM Speedway with three of the five track titles still up for grabs when the evening started. In the S & W Supply IMCA Modifieds, it was a two-car race for the championship as four points separated Corey Lagroon and Dylan Sherfick. Scott Brown took the lead at the start of the 20-lap feature with Tim Watts and Ronnie Hill in tow. Hill took over the top spot on the following lap. Hill led the field back to green following a lap eight caution, only to be passed by Travis Sherfick on lap nine. The red flag flew on the following lap when Teel flipped on the back straightaway. Teel was okay, but done for the night. Travis led the remaining distance to claim his third win of the year at Hays. Younger brother Dylan finished second. Lagroon’s third place finish was good enough to claim the track title. Watts and Hill completed the top five. In the Golden Plains Trucking IMCA [Read More]

Savage, Dunker and Becerra score Quincy wins

By Jack Walbring QUINCY, Ill. (Sept. 22) – Brandon Savage, Tony Dunker and Austen Bercerra all took feature event wins at Quincy Raceways during Mississippi Belle Distributing Miller Lite Night at the Races. Brandon Savage scored his third feature win of the season in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car main event. Savage held off Abe Huls in second, Terry Houston in third, Beau Taylor in fourth and Jerry Jansen in fifth. Savage and Jansen were the heat race winners. Tony Dunker got another feature event win in the Summy Tire and Auto Center IMCA Northern SportMod main event, his 10th points win of the year. Tanner Klingele settled for the second spot followed by Todd Reed in third, Brad Holtmeyer in fourth and Bob Cowman in fifth. Charles VanZandt and Dunker were the heat race winners. Austen Becerra solidified his hold on the points championship with the feature win in the Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact division. Becerra held off Brandon Lambert to take the win, his seventh of the season. The third spot went to [Read More]

Cameron holds off Kuehn in Stock Cars at Winston

WINSTON, Mo. (Sept. 21) – Jake Cameron scored a close win in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division at I-35 Speedway. Cameron and Greg Kuehn battled wheel-to-wheel for the entire race with Cameron edging Keuhn by a mere car-length at the line to take the feature victory. Point leader Dean Wray was third with Brad Whitney and Gene Stigall rounding out the top five. With cautions plaguing the early going of the Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMod feature, several cars found the pits and did not return to action. When the smoke cleared, a familiar face found victory lane for the third time this season. Jeremy Pittsenbarger picked up the feature victory while holding off the hard charge of Mitch Booher. Josh Barnes held off Mathew Webb to finish third. Caleb Dennis recovered from an early race encounter to round out the top five. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock newcomer Scott Treadwell tasted victory for the very first time. Lee Farmer took the lead with three laps to go, only to have lapped traffic come into [Read More]