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Sweet repeat for Raffurty at Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2024) – His week of racing at Hendry County Motorsports Park was very different than last February, but the end results were just as sweet for Dillon Raffurty. Raffurty repeated his Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lite main event winning ways Saturday night, earning $5,000 for the Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals victory at Clewiston. While he’d dominated in Wednesday through Saturday shows in 2023, Raffurty bookended race of champions and main event wins around a DNF in the manufacturers’ dash and two third-place finishes in Twin 25 features on Thursday and Friday this time around. “Things were very different this year, that’s for sure,” the Kansas City, Mo., star said following IMCA win number 90 and his second big money checkers already this season. “They got the track prepped really good Saturday, with multiple grooves.” “I knew the bottom would come in and I ran the top side until it did.” Raffurty led the first 21 circuits before Ronnie Choate motored by. He needed a couple laps to find the fastest [Read More]

Perfect start to season sees Raffurty dominate IMCA Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2023) – Dillon Raffurty thought he had the car to win last year’s Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals presented by Sunoco Race Fuels. When he returned to Hendry County Motorsports Park for the fourth annual IMCA STARS Mod Lite special, he won almost everything but Saturday night’s 50/50 drawing. Raffurty led all but the first circuit in winning the 30-lap headline event at Clewiston, taking the $7,500 checkers nearly four seconds ahead of runner-up Jimmy Wills. “This was the perfect way to start the season. Three points races and three wins,” said the two-time defending IMCA national champion from Kansas City, Mo. “Our total for the week (just shy of $10,000) was way more than I was hoping for coming down.” Fifty-eight drivers from a dozen states and Canada vied over the course of the Feb. 8-11 special and nine of those states were represented on Saturday’s main event grid. Defending race winner Ronnie Choate started outside Raffurty on the front row and led the first lap, then went to the back [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites Florida bound for $7,500 to win Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2023) – A lot more than the weather has IMCA STARS Mod Lite drivers Florida-bound this weekend. The Feb. 8-11 Mod Lite Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston concludes with a $7,500 to win, minimum $500 to start main event. The fourth annual special is presented by Sunoco Race Fuels and Yoshimura bonuses of $250, $150 and $100 to be awarded to the top three finishers. Full race programs are scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday Feb. 9-11 with IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Florida State points awarded each of those nights. Twin 25 features Thursday and Friday pay $500 to win $150 to start and $50 tow. Two provisionals will be awarded to fill the main event field and tow is $100 on Saturday. Wednesday’s pre-tech and practice will be followed by a $500 to win race of champions and $1,000 to win manufacturers’ race; both pay $100 to start. Drivers can check in beginning at noon EST each day with pre-tech from 1-5 [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites chase sweet $7,500 top check at 4th Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2022) – A sweet $7,500 awaits the winner of the IMCA STARS Mod Lite Sugar Bowl Winters Nationals. Hendry County Motorsports Park hosts the fourth annual special, presented by Sunoco Race Fuels, on Feb. 8-11, 2023. Saturday night’s main event pays a minimum of $500 to start with Yoshimura bonuses of $250, $150 and $100 to be awarded to the top three finishers. Full race programs are scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday Feb. 9-11 with IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Florida State points awarded each of those nights. Drivers can register now on MyRacePass for $100 or $250 after Jan. 1. Twin 25 features Thursday and Friday pay $500 to win $150 to start and $50 tow. Two provisionals will be awarded to fill the main event field and tow is $100 on Saturday. Wednesday’s pre-tech and practice will be followed by a $500 to win race of champions and $1,000 to win manufacturers’ race; both pay $100 to start. Gates open at 4 p.m. each day at Clewiston [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites are Florida bound for Winter Nationals presented by Sunoco Race Fuels

CLEWISTON, Fla. – The stars of the IMCA STARS Mod Lite division are Florida-bound in February for the $5,000 to win Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals presented by Sunoco Race Fuels at Hendry County Motorsports Park. The Saturday, Feb. 12 main event at Clewiston pays $500 to start while the non-qualifiers feature that evening pays $300 to win and $100 to start. The Winter Nationals Weekend at The Southern-Most Dirt Track in America begins Wednesday, Feb. 9 with an open practice and $500 to win and $100 to start Race of Champions Invitational. RoC qualifying is open to former national and Winter Nationals champions, and to 2021 track, state and series champions and national race winners. STARS Mod Lite features on Thursday, Feb. 10 and Friday, Feb. 11 both pay $500 to win and $150 to start. New to the Thursday card is a manufacturers’ race. All three nights of racing will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Pre-tech starts at 2 p.m. with pit gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m. each day. IMCA Speedway Motors [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites are Florida bound in February for Winter Nationals Sugar Bowl

CLEWISTON, Fla. – With the opportunity to win over $6,000 and an entry fee of just $100, hotels and Air BnB’s are already filling up fast in and around Clewiston, Fla., says IMCA STARS Mod Lite Director Jimmy May The 2022 IMCA STARS Mod Lite Winter Nationals Sugar Bowl, is being held at Hendry County Motor Sports Park in Clewiston Feb. 8-12. “We will be kicking off the event on Tuesday, Feb. 8 with our second annual Big Bass Fishing Tournament and you have until Jan. 24 to register for that,” May said. “Then join us to get your cars all dialed in and pre-teched at practice night Wednesday, Feb. 9. We will end the night with the Race Of Champions Invitational.” That race pays $500 to win, with the runner-up earning $400, third place paying $300, fourth place $200 and the remainder of the field $100 each. A maximum of 20 cars will start the RoC. Thursday, Feb. 10 starts the first full program with the addition of a Manufacturer’s Race. “This will allow builders of [Read More]

Sweet weekend for Gonzales with sweep of IMCA STARS Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 13) – A last-minute decision led to the biggest win of R.J. Gonzales’ career. Gonzales swept the IMCA STARS Mod Lite Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals weekend at Hendry County Motorsports Park, pocketing $850 on Friday and then outrunning everybody for the big $5,750 checkers on Saturday evening. “That was the biggest win of my career right there,” the Colona, Ill., driver said following his first-ever visit to the Florida oval. “It took a while for it to set in that I’d done it. We started driving home Sunday morning and probably talked about it for the first two hours.” Gonzales started the weekend at Clewiston with a second place showing in Thursday’s race of champions. He led the last 10 laps in winning on Friday, then drew the pole and led all 30 laps of the Saturday main event. “We ran really good in the feature on Friday night so I put the exact same setup on Saturday,” he said. “We had a late restart and Austin Martin was right there. I [Read More]

IMCA STARS Mod Lites head to Hendry County for $5,000 to win Winter Nationals main event

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 12) – IMCA STARS Mod Lites are Hendry County Motorsports Park bound and racing for $5,000 to win on the second night of their weekend Winter Nationals twinbill. Tonight’s feature at Clewiston pays $750 to win and $225 to start, with $50 tow while the Saturday, Feb. 13 main event, part of the Sugar Bowl program, pays $5,000 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. National special events sponsor Yoshimura adds another $500 in bonuses to eligible podium finishers on Saturday. Friday sees the drivers’ meeting at 7 p.m. and racing following 8 p.m. hot laps. On Saturday, racing follows the 6 p.m. drivers’ meeting and 7 p.m. hot laps. Both race programs will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Cost is $24.99 each night or $39.99 for a two-day pass. Viewers can watch at IMCA.TV. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and KMJ Performance Florida State points will be given each night at The Southern-most dirt track in the United States. IMCA sponsors giving special events and/or post-season awards to Mod Lite drivers [Read More]

IMCA.TV to broadcast $5,000 to win STARS Mod Lite Winter Nationals at Hendry Co.

CLEWISTON, Fla. – The stars of the IMCA STARS Mod Lite division will have an international audience for the Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals weekend at Hendry County Motorsports Park. The Friday, Feb. 12 $750 to win and the big $5,000 to win show Saturday, Feb. 13 at Clewiston will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. “It is fitting that one of the highest paying STARS Mod Lite events of the season will be broadcast by IMCA.TV,” stated IMCA President Brett Root. Cost is $24.99 each night or $39.99 for a two-day pass. Viewers can watch at IMCA.TV. Both programs from The Southern-most dirt track in the United States start at 7 p.m. EST.

$5,000 top prize at stake for Saturday Winter Nationals IMCA STARS Mod Lite main event at Hendry County, FL

CLEWISTON, Fla. – The big money is at stake on the final night of February Winter Nationals doubleheader dates for the newly IMCA sanctioned STARS Mod Lites. The Saturday, Feb. 13 feature at Hendry County Motorsports Park, part of the Sugar Bowl program at Clewiston, pays $5,000 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. Pit gates open at 11 a.m. and racing starts at 1 p.m. The non-qualifier race that evening pays $250 to win and $125 to start and tow is $100. Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala and Hendry County host the first Mod Lite events sanctioned by IMCA. The Feb. Friday, Feb. 5 feature at Bubba pays $750 to win, $100 to start and $50 tow while the Saturday, Feb. 6 feature sports a $1,500 top prize with $200 paid to start and $100 tow. A practice night and $300 to win, $100 to start race of champions kick off the Sugar Bowl Winter Nationals weekend Thursday, Feb. 11 at Hendry County. The Friday, Feb. 12 feature pays $750 to win and $225 [Read More]