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A two-car star, Austen Becerra will make a second run at a 2024 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s crown after winning the first Monday night qualifying feature. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Becerra, Gaylord are super in Modified qualifying wins

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 4, 2024) – Austen Becerra forgot about a mid-pack finish on Monday after an exciting one on Wednesday, while Tripp Gaylord almost ran out of adjectives following his own Modified qualifying feature win at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Becerra reeled in and regained the lead from Collen Winebarger late in the first 25-lap qualifier. Gaylord handled four restarts in winning the second feature at Boone Speedway. Top four finishers in each advance to the inside row for Saturday’s Big Dance. Becerra and Winebarger were followed across the line by 2022 champion Tom Berry Jr. and 17-time qualifier Kelly Shryock; Austin Kuehl, Trevor Fitz and 16th starting Drew Janssen completed the top four behind Gaylord. Becerra, the 2021 Super Nationals Northern SportMod champ, had impressed with his Labor Day start from the pole in the Late Model main event before ending that race in 17th. He started sixth, ahead of a multi-car melee on the initial start and led the first nine laps before Winebarger drove by. Racing with [Read More]

Qualifying feature winner Devin Smith will go dancing Saturday night, chasing a career third Stock Car crown at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Former Super Nationals champions McBirnie, Smith top Stock Car qualifiers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 4, 2024) – Two drivers who have already stood on the top step of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s podium took the next step to returning to that lofty position Wednesday night. Jake McBirnie worked his way to the front from 11th starting and weathered three attempts at a green, white, checkered finish to win the evening’s first Stock Car qualifying feature while Devin Smith stayed out front and ahead of the calamity behind him in topping the nightcap. Jonny Carter, Jeffrey Abbey and 23rd starting Brandon Schmitt chased McBirnie to the checkers, Jeff Mueller, Shelby Williams and Curt Lund ran 2-3-4 behind Smith. The top four finishers from each feature decide who starts where on the inside row come Saturday night by friendly games of cornhole on Thursday at the NAPA Fan Zone south of the main grandstand at Boone Speedway. A record 264 Stock Cars saw time on the track Wednesday as the all-time Super Nationals car count mark reached 1,032. Derrick Agee led through four restarts in [Read More]

2024 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals

1,032 is new record carcount for IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 4, 2024) – Another IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, another record number of cars. With Modifieds and Stock Cars beginning qualifying today at Boone Speedway, car count for the 42nd annual Super Nationals is at 1,032, up from 1,017 last year, 1,000 in 2022 and 909 in 2021. “We’re just going to keep building on what makes IMCA racers want to race here,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “This place hits the mark on everything drivers want, starting with a really racy track and all the other details that go with it, like the format and pit parking.” “Boone is a very, very competitive track. We added more dirt this year and continue to put the focus on where it needs to be,” he emphasized. “The event staff that makes up Super Nationals has been doing this a long time and really helps make the entire week America’s Racing Vacation.” Three divisional records have been established this year with 264 Stock Cars, 168 Hobby Stocks and 78 STARS Mod Lites. Also seeing action over the course [Read More]

Jason Kohl punched his ticket to the Big Dance, winning the first of two Hobby Stock qualifying features held Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.co)

Kohl, Smith are winners while Burg puts on Hobby Stock show

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Jason Kohl and Mike Smith won the qualifying features and front row starting spots that come with them while Keith Burg was the show Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. Kohl’s win in the first Hobby Stock qualifier puts him at the front of the middle row in Saturday’s main event at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Two-time and defending champion Smith topped the nightcap and will start on the front of the outside row. After his father and pole starter Andrew was the first car out of the first qualifier, Burg was a man on a mission, racing from 30th … dead last … all the way up to second with just three laps left. Kohl, who had inherited the lead around midway after Adam Streeter exited with a flat tire, had his hands full staying in front following a late restart. Burg was ahead coming out of turn two on the white flag lap but Kohl found a little extra speed and got to the [Read More]

Jake Sachau added a third Pulse Racing Innovations Race of Champions trophy to his collection, leading every lap of the 12-lapper for Northern SportMods Tuesday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht)

Sachau makes it three straight in Pulse Racing Innovations RoC

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Jake Sachau’s third straight Pulse Racing Innovations Race of Champions win played out a lot like his first. Sachau led start to finish in the 12-car, 12-lap RoC for Northern SportMods Tuesday at Boone Speedway, taking the checkers ahead of Colby Fett, also the runner-up in 2022. “Colby is really good. All these guys are really good … I was rolling out there where I went and if they got me, they got me,” said Sachau. “It just worked out really good for us.” 2018 race winner Fett finished just over a tenth of a second off Sachau’s pace after starting fifth. Alec Fett was third, Brayton Carter fourth and Coy Vlies fifth. “I tried a little something to see what we could do for Saturday and it wasn’t the best,” said Sachau, aiming to repeat his 2023 sweep of the race of champions and IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s main event. “We’ll go back to what we had last night (in qualifying) when we were [Read More]

Brad Chandler renewed a family tradition with his Sport Compact championship run Tuesday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He is pictured with IMCA President Brett Root. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Family is focus following Chandler’s run to Sport Compact crown

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – The family that celebrated when Sport Compacts made their first-ever appearance at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s got to celebrate again Tuesday night. Brad Chandler made the most of a restart with five laps to go, motoring from third to the lead and ultimately the $1,250 checkers in the 4-cylinder headliner at Boone Speedway. “This means a lot to my family,” said Chandler, runner-up to brother Nathan when the division debuted at Super Nationals in 2011, a race that also saw brother Dallas finish fifth and father Merv end in 10th. “I took a couple years off. I’d finished second twice or third the next couple years and never thought I’d come back and be able to win here,” Chandler said, emphasizing his family’s support on and off the track. “It takes a lot of people to be able to do that.” 2016 champion Josh Barnes, long-time race leader Mick Rykhus and early leader Randall Martin completed the Tuesday podium. Martin was fastest the first [Read More]

Cory Probst led all 12 laps, outrunning Nathan Ballard in a tightly contested Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions thriller Tuesday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Probst prevails in Stephenville Starter RoC

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Prelude winner Cory Probst knew all about the talent he’d be racing against in the Stephenville Starter Race of Champions. Then he went out and beat those cars, leading start to finish of the 12-lap Hobby Stock RoC Tuesday during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s show at Boone Speedway. Probst drew the outside pole start and had Nathan Ballard on his back bumper or right alongside when every one of those dozen laps was scored. “Ballard is one hell of a driver. This was a great field of drivers and I was lucky enough to hold them off,” said Probst, who’d enjoyed a dose of Boone success topping the second of two Prelude features for the Hobby Stocks on Sunday. “You never take anything for granted here. It was until I got straight out of the (last set of turns) I thought I was set.” His margin of victory in the caution-free contest was all of three tenths of a second. Dillon Richards, Kalyb Brunssen [Read More]

Dylan Nelson starts from the pole in his quest for a career second IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Hobby Stock crown, following his Monday night qualifying feature win at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photoinsihphotos.com)

Checkers to Nelson on record night for Hobby Stocks at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2, 2024) – Dylan Nelson led the way to the checkers on a record-setting night Monday for Hobby Stocks at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. One hundred and sixty-eight Hobby Stocks were in the Boone Speedway house for Labor Day action, the most ever since the division was added to the Super Nationals card in 1997. Quality was just as visible as quantity as the 10th starting Nelson needed just seven laps to race his way to the front, earning the pole start for the Saturday night main event, when he’ll be joined by two other former champions on the inside row. “It went green to checkered and that’s what everyone wants when you get out front early. We just made it happen,” said 2019 champ Nelson. “Sometimes you start a little further back and bank on some yellows but I kept looking at the leader board, they kept coming up and I told myself we just need to keep this baby clean and green and we got her [Read More]

Tony Olson makes a record 12th straight Championship Night start from the pole on Saturday, after winning the first IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Northern SportMod qualifying feature. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Long runs at front lead Olson, Franzen to victory lane in SportMod qualifiers

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2, 2024) – After long runs at the front, Tony Olson and Jarett Franzen made their plans to go dancing. Olson led all but the first two laps in winning his Monday night qualifier and will start on the pole of Saturday’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s main event for Northern SportMods at Boone Speedway. Franzen was scored first across the stripe all 25 circuits of the second qualifier, outrunning hard-charging and defending champion Jake Sachau the final time around the track, and will start at the front of the middle row. One hundred and seventy-six Northern SportMods vied Monday at Iowa’s Action Track. Olson qualified for a career record 12th Big Dance, beating Joe Docekal to the checkers by three tenths of a second. “We threw it up top and the car was amazing. This is awesome,” he said. Docekal would fail compression in post-race tech and be disqualified while Taylor Kuehl gave up her eighth place finish to run for a better starting spot on Tuesday. With that shuffling, [Read More]

It’s one down and two to go now for Dylan Thornton following his Monday night Late Model championship run at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He’s pictured post-race with IMCA President Brett Root in the NAPA Fan Zone. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

After Late Model triumph, Thornton takes aim at two more Super Nationals titles

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2, 2024) – One down, two to go, Dylan Thornton had the fastest car when it mattered most Monday at Boone Speedway, driving away from Cory Dumpert on the final lap in winning the Late Model main event on opening night of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. While taking the $3,00 checkers, the 2023 Stock Car champion became just the sixth driver in the 42-year history of Super Nationals to win titles in multiple divisions. “It’s awesome. We had one goal for this week and that was to go 3-for-3 and be the first person to do that,” said Thornton, winner of his first Late Model start at Boone and looking to add two more big trophies to his collection on Saturday night. “This was cool. I love Super Nationals and it means so much to win any race here,” he continued. “So far, we’re starting off strong. Now we want to go for that Modified and that Stock Car win.” Austen Becerra, another of the 13 first-time [Read More]