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Two-time champ Ellithorpe back at Boone to chase first IMCA Super Nationals Stock Car crown

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2022) – He already owns the distinction of being the only Sport Compact driver to win back-to-back championships at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Jacob Ellithorpe will next be running for membership in one of the event’s most exclusive fraternities when he returns to Boone Speedway for the 40th annual Super Nationals Sept. 5-10. The 2012 and 2013 Sport Compact king at America’s Racin’ Vacation moved to the Northern SportMods before finding new success in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division. He won the track title at hometown Maquoketa Speedway in 2020 and is a six-time feature winner so far this season. “We have gone back to Super Nationals to watch, or watched from home on IMCA.TV. This will be my first visit to Boone in a rear wheel drive car,” said Ellithorpe, one of the record 240 drivers in the division already pre-registered. “We wanted to go back this year especially because it was 10 years since my first championship and this is the 40th annual Super Nationals.” Only five [Read More]

Harris Auto Racing returns as title sponsor for Super Nationals Modified Race of Champions

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2022) – A dozen championship-winning Modified drivers will battle side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper in the Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions at Boone Speedway during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Harris, the Boone chassis builder, has been title sponsor of the event for 16 years and provides a portion of the purse to be paid for the $1,000 to win race pn Saturday, Sept. 10. Qualifying for the 12-car, 12-lap, race is Thursday, Sept. 8 and is open to top drivers in local track standings competing at Super Nationals, as well as 2022 track champions, former national, regional and Super Nationals champions, and to previous race winners. Two hundred and sixteen different drivers from 26 states and Canada have competed in the Modified Race of Champions since it became part of Super Nationals in 1989. Owned by IMCA Modified driver Kyle Brown, Harris is now its 27th season of IMCA sponsorship. “We have a saying in our showroom, Behind These Walls…Champions are Built, and a lot of those champions [Read More]

Bucket list Super Nationals is next for Arizona’s Alves

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Aug. 30, 2022) – Shelby Alves makes her next trip of the summer to the Midwest, coming to Boone Speedway to put the final checkmark on her 2022 bucket list. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod driver from Casa Grande, Ariz., qualified all five nights of the June Tougher Than Dirt Tour in North Dakota, and made the show at the 31st annual Harris Clash. The crowning achievement to what’s already been a pretty good season would be taking the green in the Saturday night main event at the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “I’ve raced at Super Nationals about five years now,” said Alves, who cheered husband Chase on to a seventh place finish in last year’s Big Dance. “It’s a very prestigious race and we have a lot of friends we see there. The racing is very good and you get a lot of racing in during the week. My goal this year is to make it into the show.” Born into a racing family, Alves wheel a Modified [Read More]

$41,000+ in IMCA.TV bonuses added for 40th annual IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 30, 2022) – Saturday night champions crowned at the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will go home with even bigger paychecks courtesy of IMCA.TV. On the heels of a $15,550 boost last September, the official broadcast partner of IMCA and Super Nationals adds another $25,500 to bonuses paid to Modified, Stock Car, Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock drivers at the upcoming Super Nationals Sept. 5-10 at Boone Speedway. The Modified champion will earn $10,000, with $7,500 paid to win the Stock Car main, $5,000 to win the Northern SportMod main and $3,000 to win the Hobby Stock main. Correspondingly, purse shares will be increased throughout each championship night starting field. Second through fourth place pay in each division for example will be $7,000, $3,500 and $2,000 for the Modifieds; $5,000, $2,500 and $1,500 for the Stock Cars; $3,000, $1,500 and $1,000 for the Northern SportMods; and $2,000, $1,000 and $500 for the Hobby Stocks. “Divisions with multiple days of qualifying see the lion’s share of increases this year [Read More]

Quest to race with the best brings Neu to IMCA Super Nationals

FAIRVIEW, Mont. (Aug. 30, 2022) – Ethan Neu aims to make history at the history-making 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The second-year driver has his sights set at becoming the first driver from Montana to make the Saturday night Hobby Stock Big Dance, and he will have a former Super Nationals champion in his corner as he makes that quest. “My main goal is to win a qualifying event. Just going to Boone and racing with the best of the best at Super Nationals is a goal but I want to go there, do my best and see if I can learn something,” said Neu, from Fairview, a town of 900 in the northeast corner of the state and located right on the border with North Dakota. Driving a 2018 Penetrator Chassis purchased out of Bismarck and built by three-time Hobby Stock qualifier and 2009 Super Nationals Northern SportMod champ Mike Pruitt, he’s got a couple runner-up finishes in 16 starts – at seven different tracks – so far this season. [Read More]

VIP Medical Concierge brings unique service back to Super Nationals

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2022) – The impression Dr. Robert Baker got, and the impression VIP Medical Concierge made at last year’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s bring them back to Boone Speedway for the 40th annual event. VIP Medical Concierge sets the gold standard for delivering intravenous vitamins and minerals directly to the bloodstream of drivers and fans alike and will be located in a mobile medical clinic outside turn two throughout the week of Super Nationals. Winners of Modified qualifying features all receive $100 from the Los Angeles medical services provider. “Super Nationals was awesome last year and that’s why we’re coming back,” said Dr. Baker, a primary sponsor for IMCA Modified driver Jerry Flippo. “We’re looking forward to bringing our mobile clinic, to help promote hydration and nutrition. Our mobile clinic is like a doctor’s office on wheels, so we’re equipped to help with non-emergency medical situations, and we’re looking forward to seeing Jerry take the title on Saturday night.” “We met a lot of people at Super Nationals last year. [Read More]

Corn looks to continue California success at IMCA Super Nationals

MERCED, Calif. (Aug. 29, 2022) – California drivers have enjoyed their share of success and then some at recent IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Fourth generation and third-year IMCA Sunoco Stock Car driver Garrett Corn travels to Boone in September, looking to be the next Golden State speedster to do so in the state where corn is king. The Merced pilot has enjoyed a breakout season in the division, with five wins and another nine top five finishes in 23 starts. “This is going to be quite the adventure,” said Corn, who will make the nearly 1,900 mile one-way trip for the 40th annual Super Nationals with crewman Tyler Irwin. “It feel like we’re on a bit of a roll, so this is a good time to go to Boone.” “Drivers from California have been doing pretty good at Super Nationals. Ethan Dotson and Cody Laney have both won the Modified championship,” he noted. “I would be stoked if I could make the Stock Car main event. If I could do that, it [Read More]

Cash bonuses, lap money at Super Nationals nears $8K

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 26, 2022) – The generosity of event sponsors and local businesses means drivers will take home nearly $8,000 in cash bonuses and lap money from the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Yoshimura bonuses of $250, $150 and $100 go to the top three finishing drivers in the STARS Mod Lite main event. Quick Performance gives $100 bonuses to the winners of three qualifying features for Hobby Stocks, three qualifying features for Northern SportMods and six Stock Car qualifying features. Final qualifiers for Stock Car and Hobby Stock mains receive $100 from Methanol Moonshine. VIP Medical Concierge and Dr. Robert Baker give $100 cash bonuses to each of the six drivers winning Modified qualifying features while the final qualifiers for both Modified and Northern SportMod main events receive $250 in cash from Saint’s Avenue Café. Big Daddy Race Cars pays $50 to the leader each time around the track in the Sept. 6 Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions. Elmquist Towing antes up $25 to the leader of each [Read More]

Super Nationals-bound Herrera sets winning pace at Price

By Janelle Bates PRICE, Utah (Aug. 20, 2022) – Payce Herrera won both Friday and Saturday Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact features at Desert Thunder Raceway. He brought home the $1,000 grand prize sponsored by the Desert Thunder Raceway Foundation. Torrential downpour and brief flooding postponed Saturday’s races but the crew at Desert Thunder worked tirelessly to keep everything running smoothly. The young Herrera was not deterred. The busy eighth grader ranks first in Utah state point standings and Saturday’s trip to victory land marked his 11th win of the season. “I felt pretty good winning this weekend,” he said. “It was fun and exciting.” Earlier this month, Herrera completed pre-registration for the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway in Iowa. “I feel good about going to Super Nationals. I have wanted to go since I was little,” said Herrera, who turns 14 two days after the Sept. 6 Sport Compact program at Boone. “I have been working all summer to achieve this goal.” Herrera is a third-generation dirt track racer [Read More]

Sept. 3-4 Prelude sets stage for 40th IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 25, 2022) – Drivers in five IMCA divisions will get some important racing laps in, while drivers in a sixth will crown a champion during the eighth annual Wild Rose Casino Prelude at Boone Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race for $1,500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $1,000 to win and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts for $250 to win on Saturday while Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods run for $750 to win and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $400 to win on Sunday. Modified and Stock Car winners become eligible for their respective All-Star Invitationals later in the week. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and state points will be awarded both nights; drivers must be pre-registered for Super Nationals to compete in the Prelude. Super Nationals qualifying for the STARS Mod Lites starts on Saturday. Sunday’s program includes last-chance races, the race of champions and the $2,000 to win championship event. Pit gates at Boone open at noon and the [Read More]