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IMCA.TV broadcast covers Prelude, Super Nationals from flag to flag

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 23, 2023) – We’re thrilled to announce our pay-per-view broadcast package for the highly anticipated Wild Rose Casino Double Down Prelude to the Super Nationals and the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Watch Every Thrilling Moment on IMCA.tv Get ready to immerse yourself in the heart-pounding excitement of the 41st annual Super Nationals from the comfort of your home. With our carefully crafted broadcast package, you can choose the perfect option to satisfy your racing appetite: · IMCA Super Nationals “Whole Shebang” Package: Immerse yourself in the Double Down Prelude and the complete week of Super Nationals, more that 100 hours of broadcasts for just $169.99. Over 73 percent in savings! · Double Down Prelude 2 Day Viewing Package: For just $54.99, catch all the Double Down Prelude action, which will include the Big Dance for the IMCA STARS Mod Lites. · Daily Viewing Passes: Don’t miss a single lap with daily passes starting at $34.99. New This Year: FPV Drone Coverage for the Entire Event! Given the enormous popularity in [Read More]

2023 Hobby, SportMod, Mod Lite state point leaders are eligible to qualify for race of champions at Boone

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 22, 2023) – Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod and STARS Mod Lite drivers leading their respective state point standings and bound for Boone and the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will be eligible to qualify for race of champions events. Twelve cars will start each of those races. State point leaders as of Aug. 31 join 2023 track/series champions and points leaders, as well as former national and Super Nationals champions, former RoC winners and former Hobby Stock regional champions in qualifying for the races of champions. Mod Lite qualifying and the RoC will be held Sept. 3 during the Sunday Prelude program at Boone Speedway. Qualifying for both Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods is on Labor Day with their RoC’s on the Tuesday, Sept. 5 card. “The number of Super Nationals entries and the growth of these divisions weekly more than justify making more drivers eligible to qualify for their race of champions,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “Defending Modified and Stock Car state champions will continue to be eligible [Read More]

Super Nationals main event qualifiers in six divisions receive replica door panels, hoods

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 22, 2023) – Along with a lifetime of bragging rights, drivers in six divisions will have special awards to show off from the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Modified, Northern SportMod and STARS Mod Lite qualifiers for their respective main events all receive replica door panels. Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Sport Compact qualifiers all receive replica hoods. Replica door panels measure 10” tall by 23” long while hoods are 16” by 12.” 2023 awards are being made by Capital Sign Co. specific to each division and display the Super Nationals and IMCA logos along with the word Qualifier. “Chris (Burke) and his staff at Capital make a lot of the cool stuff that we present to drivers at Super Nationals, like presentation checks, decals, champagne bottles … the list is extensive,” IMCA President Brett Root said. “We’re pleased to be giving these awards again this year and now that they’ll be displayed in trophy cases and race shops for a lot of years to come.” Qualifying awards will [Read More]

“Boone” IMCA Super Nationals documentary debuts this fall

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 21, 2023) – In a first-of-its-kind production for IMCA.tv, Riivet and the SPEED SPORT Network are excited to announce “Boone” a four-episode documentary series that will take fans on an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through the iconic IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s in Boone, Iowa. Each episode will capture the chaos and competition, heroism and heartbreak of the event through the eyes of the drivers, fans, officials, and family members who live it Sept. 4-9 at Boone Speedway. “We’re always looking for new ways to bring the excitement of IMCA racing to our fans and competitors everywhere,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “This series will not only showcase some of the most passionate drivers and best racing in the world, it will give viewers a glimpse at what really goes on behind the scenes at our biggest event. “From the hard work of our incredible track, fire and safety crews, to the one-of-a-kind fan experience, to the family and crew members who work tirelessly to help each driver chase their dream.” [Read More]

First Washington entry getting back on track at Super Nationals

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Nine years after his last race, Will Taylor became the first Washington State driver to register for the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. An Arkansas native and traveling respiratory therapist by profession, Taylor is now working out of Puyallup. He’ll make the trip to Boone Speedway via Batesville, where Kevin Shaw is getting his 2005 Shaw ride race-ready. “This was a track championship winning car for Shawn Walsh,” said Taylor. “I’m hoping some of his good luck rubs off on me.” The upcoming Super Nationals are a bucket list race for Taylor, a proud member of the Shaw racing family and three-time spectator at America’s Racin’ Vacation, most recently in 2019. “I’ve been a part-time racer. I have no sponsors. I’ve raced when I could and picked up another shift when I needed to pay for it,” he said. “I want to finish my races at Boone, not go out on the wrecker and take the car home in one piece.” Taylor grew up going to races every weekend, [Read More]

Bound for Boone? Be part of Boone Bound promotion

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 14, 2023) – Bound for Boone and the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s? Let your fans, friends and all of the IMCA Racing Nation know by getting in on the Boone Bound promotion. Send a high-quality on-track photo of your car along with your name, hometown, division and the name of the photographer to boonebound@imca.com and it will be posted on the IMCA Facebook page. Car photos of drivers who have pre-registered for the Sept. 4-9 Super Nationals are posted in the order they’re received. “Boone Bound is a great way to let everybody know you’re going to be a part of the biggest dirt track racing event on the planet,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “And we are doing our very best to keep up with submissions. The sooner they’re sent in the better.” “Byron Fichter originated the Boone Bound idea and continues to do all the work on it,” continued Root. “We can’t thank him enough for everything he’s done to promote IMCA, our drivers and the IMCA [Read More]

Big Dance at Boone is ultimate goal for Yeager

GREEN RIVER, Wy. – Making the Saturday show at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s? That’d be great, says Braxton Yeager. Your dad and brother making the Big Dance, too? Even better. The Yeager clan from Green River, Wy., will be fully-represented at the 41st annual Super Nationals, with 22-year-old Braxton joined by younger brother Bryson and father Justen at Boone Speedway. “I’ve raced at Super Nationals once before (in 2019) and it was pretty awesome,” said Braxton, in the midst of a Midwest racing swing with Bryson along as crew chief. “The number of cars, all the people and the track itself … it was all bigger than anything I’d ever been part of.” Now in his eighth Modified season, Yeager has won track titles at home track Sweetwater Speedway two of the last three years. He began the 2023 season in Arizona and U-turned in the spring for King of the Highbanks shows at Marshalltown Speedway. He won all four of his June starts, sweeping weekend doubleheaders at Millard County Raceway [Read More]

Friesen Performance adding to super support of IMCA Super Nationals with $63,000 in new awards

SUTTON, Neb. (Aug. 9, 2023) – Give Al Walters credit for a super idea leading up to the Sept. 4-9 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The sales manager at Friesen Performance has come up with the single richest slate of awards for competitors at the 41st annual Super Nationals, as the Sutton, Neb., race shop gives a staggering total of $63,000 in product certificates to drivers in divisions with the crate engine option. The 24 Northern SportMod and 24 Hobby Stock drivers advancing to their respective Saturday night main events from qualifying features, plus six ‘wild card’ recipients chosen at random each receive $500 certificates, good toward the purchase of a 602 crate engine from Friesen’s. And the 24 Modified drivers advancing to their Big Dance from qualifying features, six drivers in the Late Model main and another six ‘wild card’ drivers each get $1,000 certificates, which can be applied when purchasing a 604 crate. “We’ve been doing something like this with individual IMCA tracks and promoters on a much smaller scale,” explained [Read More]

Seven IMCA Stock Car drivers new to B & B All-Star eligible list

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 4, 2023) – Another seven IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers have secured B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational starts or qualifying eligibility. Brandon Beckendorf and Mike Mullen earned guaranteed starting spots with rich wins at Arlington Raceway’s Sibley County Shootout and 141 Speedway’s King of the Creek, respectively. Brian Fitzgibbons and Steven Daffern were Summer Shootout winners at Barona Speedway. Austin Meiners paced the Hawkeye 50 show at Boone and Jake McBirnie topped Marshalltown’s After The Creek show. Travis Barker was best during the Dave Riley Memorial show at Park Jefferson Speedway. Kyle Pfeifer was a Wheatshocker Nationals winner at RPM Speedway and David Murray paced Lincoln County’s Stock Car Shootout. Drivers already eligible winning qualifying events included Tathan Burkhart, Dalton Flory, Jordan Grabouski, Dallon Murty, Damon Murty, Nick Roberts, Kelly Shryock, Jared Siefert and Elijah Zevenbergen. The 101 drivers now eligible for B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational are: Dean Abbey, Jeffrey Abbey, Mike Albertsen, D.J. Banks, Travis Barker, Jason Batt, Brandon Beckendorf, David Brandies, Randy Brands, Tathan Burkhart, [Read More]

Fast Shafts All-Star eligible list adds 12

VINTON, Iowa (Aug. 4, 2023) – Add another dozen Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers to the eligible to qualify list for the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Todd Stinehart ruled Salute to Veterans at Kossuth County Speedway and Cody Laney led the way in the Rage Chassis 40 at Fayette County Speedway. Zane DeVilbiss was first in the Fair special at Hancock County while Trey Duensing was the Gage County Fair winner at Beatrice Speedway. Summer Shootout checkers at Barona Speedway flew for Trevor Fitz and Eric Mass topped the .38 Special at Black Hills. Kyle Rohleder raced to a Wheatshocker Nationals win at RPM Speedway while Jason Schueller paced Dubuque’s Julien Dubuque Classic. And Justen Yeager was a double winner at Idaho Falls’ Race to Heal. Winners of weekly qualifying features were Ryan Peery, Randy Thornell and Mike Wedelstadt. Winners of qualifying events already eligible were Spencer Diercks, Kelsie Foley, Austin Kiefer, Jeff Larson, Rodney Morgan, Chris Morris, Mike Mullen, Jake Nightingale, Clay Sellard, Todd Shute, A.J. Ward, Tim Ward, Jesse Williamson and Braxton [Read More]