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Two-time Hobby Stock runner-up to make bid for Super Nationals crown from the pole

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2) – The runner-up in each of the last two Hobby Stock main events at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will start his drive for the 2013 crown from the pole. Brandon Pruitt won the first of two qualifying features Monday night at Boone Speedway to secure the inside front row spot for Saturday’s big show. Pruitt started seventh and took the lead on the 14th of 25 laps. Six car lengths ahead by lap 18, he got faster and stretched that advantage in the closing laps. The race ran caution free, with Pruitt taking the checkers ahead of a multi-car entanglement in the final set of turns. David Rieks ran a distant second and Jason Kohl was third. Lining up behind Pruitt, Rieks and Kohl on the inside row will be 18th starting Chris Luloff, Mike Pruitt, Myles Michehl, Shane Slezak and Colby Langenberg. The front eight starters in Saturday’s middle row will be determined by a second Hobby Stock qualifier Monday evening. Now a six-time qualifier [Read More]

Perfect start to 31st annual Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2) – You couldn’t ask for a better day to start the 31st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low 70’s usher in the opening night program of America’s Racin’ Vacation at Boone Speedway. The Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models headlines a Monday card that also includes qualifying for both Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods. Brian Harris is the point leader coming into the Labor Day Deery show. Tonight’s 50-lap main event will pay $3,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Sunday saw 105 Northern SportMods and 83 Hobby Stocks go through pre-tech. An open practice session followed, before a complimentary chili feed and a rockin’ performance by the band Helferstout. Inspection for both divisions resumed Monday morning. By noon, another 75 SportMods and 44 Hobbies had gone through the tech tent. Two 25-lap qualifiers will determine the front eight starters in the inside and middle row for Saturday’s Hobby Stock main event. Northern SportMods run a [Read More]

Kay captures national IMCA Late Model championship

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 30) – Winning a track championship was the goal Justin Kay set for himself at the start of the 2013 season. He accomplished that and much more. Kay won a division-best 16 weekly features, as well as titles at Davenport Speedway and Jackson County Speedway on the way to his career first national IMCA Late Model crown. “The national championship was always on our mind but our main goal this year was to get a track championship,” said Kay, who celebrated his 25th birthday just four days after the season ended. “We knew if we could do that at Davenport we’d be doing good in national points.” Kay earns a $5,500 share of the $21,300 point fund that will be paid to top 20 finishers in the final divisional point standings, which become official on Sept. 23. Runner-up for a third consecutive year, 1997 and 2002 national king Todd Cooney won a dozen times and earned track titles at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway, Southern Iowa Speedway and Stuart Speedway. Completing the [Read More]

Championship Night Friday at Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis. – It’s the final laps of the 2013 racing season at Oshkosh Speedzone. After an exciting and successful season at the 1/3-mile clay oval, the raceway is ready to determine a new class of champions. First up tonight (Friday, Aug. 30) is the LaSaure’s Banquet Hall season championship night at the races. Season-long point battles will come to an end and the champions in each of the five weekly divisions will be named. The point battles in three classes are exceptionally tight and will likely not be settled until the final checker flag drops. The Automotive Supply Company IMCA Modifieds have seen the Jerovetz family atop the standings for most of the year as cousins Troy and Sean Jerovetz have fought tooth and nail for the title. Sean, by virtue of his win last week, managed to put a five point gap between himself and Troy. Both drivers have a solid cushion on Marcus Yarie who sits third in the standings, so the outcome is all but assured the Jerovetz name will be [Read More]

Three first time winners at I-35 Speedway

By Greg Grabianowski MASON CITY, Iowa (Aug. 25) – In the last night of dirt track racing at I-35 Speedway before next week’s season championships, three different drivers earned their first feature victories of 2013 at the half-mile oval. Jesse Brown outlasted John Campbell and Heath Tulp to grab his first-ever IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win. Brown took full advantage of his outside front row starting position. This is Brown’s second season in the division and he had not placed in the top four previously at I-35 this season. Campbell finished second with Tulp placing third; Chris Adams took fourth and point-leader Travis Shipman rounded out the top five. Matt White survived a wild last lap, four-car battle to earn his first victory of the year in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Chanse Hollatz and White were door-to-door heading into the final lap when Weston Koop and Cory Gansen join the fight for the lead in turn number three. White and Hollatz touched a bit on the curve but White held his line and got [Read More]

Tri-County Heating championship night at Luxemburg

By Greg Aregoni LUXEMBURG, Wis. – Championship night is upon us for the 2013 season at Luxemburg Speedway. Tonight (Friday, Aug. 30) champions will be crowned in all five divisions. Tri-County Heating will sponsor the final point night with racing starting at 7 p.m. There will be kids’ bikes to be given away courtesy of Tri- County Heating. There is also Big Wheel’s courtesy of Cory Cochart racing. The IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks provide the closest battle and either way it shakes down there will be a first time champ. Derek Moede is considered the veteran in the class and holds a two point edge over rookie Dan VanPay. Sawyer Haese needs a little help as he sits five points behind Moede. Shawn Kilgore and Todd Dart have won many championships in their respective careers but a Luxemburg IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified crown has eluded both. This Friday night, one of their journeys will come to an end. Kilgore leads Dart by 19 points heading into the finale. Brandon Czarapata has already been crowned [Read More]

Added money for SportMods Saturday at DCRP

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds will have a little extra incentive to reach the front during Saturday’s Pack the Stands night at Dodge City Raceway Park as extra money has been added to their purse for the Aug. 31 event. Saturday’s card, which offers free admission to Dodge City residents, also includes the track’s other championship chase divisions of IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Thunder Cars and Hornets with racing action going green at 7:30 p.m. An extra $500 has been added to the United Wireless IMCA SportMod purse on Saturday night by an anonymous donor. Two hundred of the added $500 will go to the feature winner to bring the victor’s total take to $500. One hundred dollars has been added to both second and third place with 50 dollars added to both fourth and fifth, bringing the total payout for second through fifth to $325, $275, $200 and $175, respectively. The United Wireless IMCA Sport Modified division has featured highly competitive [Read More]

IMCA.com is BACK!

We apologize to our fans, drivers, and sponsors for a major website outage over the past week. Unfortunately our entire site was lost due to a server malfunction and we had to build it from scratch. We have restored the major features of the website and will continue to update throughout the week of the 2013 Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s General Stores and after. Thanks for hanging with us and we hope you enjoy the new website.

Inaugural Karl Crate Clash adds 10th engine to prize package at upcoming Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – A 10th engine has been added to the awards package at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The Modified winner of the inaugural Karl Crate Clash on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Boone Speedway gets a 604 crate engine. The 12 drivers starting the winner take-all race will be randomly selected from those filling out and returning a sign-up form, to be included in their registration packet, to the Karl Chevrolet booth on Manufacturers’ Row. Drivers have from Monday, Sept. 2 until noon on Thursday to return those forms. Twelve names will be drawn and the starting field announced during the drivers’ meeting Thursday afternoon. Another drawing will be held in the Fan Zone to determine the starting lineup and the race starts at approximately 7 p.m. The last-place car will be blackflagged each lap until two cars are left; they’ll be lined back up for a green-white-checkered finish. The winner of that two-lap dash gets the motor, which will be on display at the Karl Chevrolet booth throughout [Read More]

Three features for IMCA Modifieds at Gillette’s East-West Clash

GILLETTE, Wyo. – Three feature events for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are on the card for Gillette Thunder Speedway’s 14th annual East-West Clash Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The opening night feature pays $600 to win. Saturday and Sunday races pay $1,000 to win, a minimum of $100 to start and are 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded all three nights. Pit gates open at noon and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. all three nights. Traveling drivers can hotlap from 6:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Entry fees are $50 on Friday, $65 on Saturday and $75 on Sunday. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and Saturday, $30 on Sunday or $75 for all three days. Friday grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors 60 and over and free for kids 12 and under. On Saturday and Sunday, spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for [Read More]