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URSS set to invade RPM Speedway for Sunflower Classic

HAYS, Kan. – The Mel Hambelton Ford Racing POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series will invade RPM Speedway this Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14 for the Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic in Hays, Kan. This race, originally scheduled for late March, is expected to draw a great field of cars as racing has opened back up in the state of Kansas. With this being the first two day show for the traveling IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car series and paying $1,000 to win both days, cars from Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas are expected to attend. After two previous outings in Salina and Wichita, the point battle is heating up and this year promises to be extremely competitive. Defending champion Zach Blurton took the opening round in Salina with 2019 tour rookie of the year Kyler Johnson picking up his first career feature victory in Wichita last weekend. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, series and Kansas State points will be awarded. IMCA Modifieds also race for $1,000 to win, plus Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot berths both nights. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, [Read More]

RPM hosts Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic June 13, 14

HAYS, Kan. – IMCA Modifieds and touring IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars chase $1,000 top checks both nights of RPM Speedway’s June 13-14 Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic. A minimum of $125 will be paid to start each Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying feature for the Modifieds. Both Sprint Car features are United Rebel Sprint Series Tour events. Saturday and Sunday features for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars pay $400 to win. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both race for $300 to win, Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $200 to win. Both shows are draw/redraw and racing starts at 5 p.m. each day. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, state and track points will be awarded. Entry fee for Modifieds only is $25 each night. Reserved pit parking will be honored and all Sprint Cars will pit in the north extended area to the west of the pit trailer. Make-up features for Modifieds and Hobby Stocks rained out on May 24 will be first on the opening night program. Pit passes are $30 [Read More]

Little line takes Gottschalk to big Fall Nationals payday

HAYS, Kan. (Oct. 5) – After finding a little line, Daniel Gottschalk took the big check at RPM Speedway’s Fall Nationals. A caution late in the 40-lapper helped open the door as Gottschalk topped the $5,000 Saturday night main event. “I didn’t know if I had a chance midway through but I found a little line and made it work,” said Gottschalk, who passed Tanner Black and Cody Laney for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory. “I don’t get real emotional but that was probably the most excited I’ve ever been after taking the checkered flag.” Once in front, he pulled away on the white flag circuit and took the win half a second ahead of Black, who’d raced his way up from 14th starting. Laney, Jeff Taylor and defending race winner Jordan Grabouski completed the top five. “We broke last year at Fall Nationals and DNF’d,” said Gottschalk, who started seventh this time around and wheeled a Slider Chassis. “This year we found some extra speed. This was our last race of the [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds chase $5,000 check at RPM Speedway’s Fall Nationals

HAYS, Kan. – IMCA Modifieds chase a top check of $5,000 at RPM Speedway’s Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5 Fall Nationals. The main event is a 2020 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and pays a minimum of $400 to start. Also on the card for the 13th annual Fall Nationals are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars racing for $3,000 to win and $250 to start, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods for $2,000 to win and $175 to start, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks for $1,500 to win and $175 to start, and Mach-1 Sport Compacts for $400 to win and $50 to start. Adult grandstand admission is $15 while kids 12 and under get in free both nights when accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $30 on Friday and on Saturday. Racing starts at 5 p.m. each day. RACEceivers and transponders are required. Transponders can be rented at the track. he Britney Motorsports Fueled by Casey’s practice night for all divisions runs from 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. Grandstand admission is free and pit [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car Shootout checkers get Grabouski $5,000 and cool trophy

HAYS, Kan. (May 29) – He’s enjoyed his share of success and then some at Hays in an IMCA Modified, but Jordan Grabouski wasn’t sure about his chances when taking the green flag in Thursday’s IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Shootout feature at RPM Speedway. After the 40-lapper, he wasn’t sure where to best display the cool trophy. Grabouski worked his way up from ninth starting, drove between Mike Nichols and Kyle Pfeifer to take the lead before midway, and stayed in front to the $5,000 checkers at the inaugural event, presented by First Class Chassis. “I didn’t think we had a shot, from where we started and with so many good cars starting ahead of us,” admitted Grabouski. “But my car was lights out. I had a lot of corner speed. This race was the most fun I ever had in a Stock Car and there are probably 5,000 reasons why.” A caution before halfway had bunched the field back up. Lapped traffic didn’t become a factor in the later stages and Nichols chased Grabouski [Read More]

$5,000 is top prize at RPM’s inaugural First Class Chassis Stock Car Shootout

HAYS, Kan. – The inaugural IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Shootout May 27-29 at RPM Speedway offers not only $5,000 to the winner, but many contingency prizes and awards also. RPM staff have been hard at work to ensure the Shootout, presented by First Class Chassis, is the biggest paying prize money and contingency event the Great Plains has ever seen. “The IMCA Stock Cars are one of the most competitive classes right now.” stated speedway co-promoter Wade Porter. Porter ,along with Rod Bencken promote the highly successful 3/8-mile speedplant in Hays, Kan. “The Stock Cars put on three- and four-wide racing on any given night and we wanted to showcase that here in Kansas for the nation to see,” commented Bencken. A unique qualifying procedure will be used for the Stock Cars. Drivers will draw for their starting sports on Tuesday for one of two heat races they will compete in. Drivers will earn passing points that qualify for Wednesday night lineups. The second heat race will be a complete invert of their first heat [Read More]

Black gets IMCA Modified victory, Grabouski wins twice at RPM’s Sunflower Classic special

HAYS, Kan. (March 30) – Tanner Black atoned for a misadventure on opening night of last season’s Mike Hughes Memorial Sunflower Classic while Jordan Grabouski was a double winner at RPM Speedway’s 2019 season-opening special. Both took home $1,000 for their respective IMCA Modified victories on Saturday, after inclement weather brought an early end to Friday’s scheduled show. Black was added to the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot while defending national champion Grabouski was already on the candidate list. A late caution in the first feature worked to Black’s advantage, taking out traffic ahead of him and clearing out his preferred higher line for the last five laps. “I messed up last year. Jason Wolla got by me and I didn’t want that to happen again,” Black said following his first feature win of the season. “This year we were able to finish.” He’d taken the lead at the drop of the initial green from his outside front row starting spot and led by three seconds and more at several points, ultimately beating Grabouski to [Read More]

RPM hosts IMCA Hughes Sunflower Classic this weekend

HAYS, Kan. – The first green flag of the new season flies when RPM Speedway opens with its Mike ‘Huey’ Hughes Sunflower Classic on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30. IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win each night at Hays. Both features are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Also running both nights are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $750 to win, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods both for $500 to win. Mach-1 Sport Compacts race for $200 to win on Saturday. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and E3 Spark Plugs Kansas State points will be awarded at the seventh annual event. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m. on Friday. Gates open at noon and racing gets underway at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Gates open at 3 p.m. and the Thursday, March 28 open practice starts at 6 p.m. Pit passes are $25 on Thursday and $30 on Friday and Saturday. Entry fees each night are $40 for [Read More]