Events

Southern Oklahoma hosts IMCA Stampede March 14-16

ARDMORE, Okla. (March 5, 2024) – Three IMCA divisions are in action each night of Southern Oklahoma Speedway’s March 14-16 Southern Stampede. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $2,000 to win and $200 to start on Thursday, $1,000 to win and $100 to start on Friday and $3,000 to win and $300 to start in the Saturday finale at Ardmore. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA South­ern SportMods both run for $1,000 to win and $100 to start on opening night, with $750 to win and $75 to start on night two and $1,250 to win and $125 to start night three. Modified feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, Stock Car feature winners for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Na­tional and Oklahoma State points will be awarded each night in all three divisions. Modified drivers also receive GRT Race Cars South Central Region points and Stock Car drivers earn EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region points. Modified pre-entry is [Read More]

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Clement capitalizes in IMCA All Star Shootout opener

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 24, 2023) – He bided his time and then Mitchell Clement banked $1,000. Clement won Wednesday’s All Star Shootout opening night feature for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, capitalize on race-long leader Troy Morris III’s bobble following a restart with nine laps to go. “I had a really good car,” Clement said after starting ninth and working his way into the top three midway through the 25-lapper at Ardmore. “I knew I just had to be patient.” Morris, from Bakersfield, Calif., and the current Junior National Champion points leader, drew the pole start and kept William Gould and then Josh McGaha at bay before back-to-back yellows on lap 17. He did some of his best driving avoiding any serious contact with a tire that had come off another car and then pinballed along the front stretch while the race was under caution. Clement earned Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility by a margin of just more than 1.7 seconds over Morris. Texans McGaha, Matthew Day and Chris Morris rounded [Read More]

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Three IMCA divisions to Stampede at Southern Oklahoma March 16-18     

ARDMORE, Okla. (March 7, 2023) – Three IMCA divisions get back on the track at Southern Oklahoma Speedway’s March 16-18 Southern Stampede special. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $2,000 to win and $200 to start on opening night, $1,000 to win and $100 to start on night two and $3,000 to win and $300 to start in their finale.  IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA South­ern SportMods vie for $1,000 to win and $100 to start Thursday, $750 to win and $75 to start Fri­day and $1,250 to win and $125 to start the Saturday show.  Modified feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, Stock Car feature winners for the B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Na­tional and Oklahoma State points will be awarded each night in all three divisions. Modified drivers also receive GRT Race Cars South Central Region points and Stock Car drivers earn EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region points.  Modified pre-entry is $75 for Thursday or Friday, [Read More]

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Four dates for IMCA RaceSaver Sprints added at Southern Oklahoma Speedway 

ARDMORE, Okla. (Jan. 26, 2023) – IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car drivers asked for more dates at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. They’ll get four of them in 2023. The winged division joins four Saturday night shows at Ardmore this season, on April 22, May 13, June 24 and July 8. At stake at each of those shows will be IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Oklahoma State points. A track championship – but no bonus points – will be awarded if dry weather prevails each of those race nights. “There are a lot of IMCA RaceSaver drivers who live down along this way and they’ve run here before at specials or at series events,” explained promoter Nicky Webb. “They’ve asked when they could run here again and we asked ourselves ‘Why not run them once a month and see what happens?’” Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMods already run regularly at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. “Sprint Car drivers like the size of this track (a 3/8-mile clay oval) [Read More]

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Jordan Page Memorial this weekend at Southern Oklahoma

ARDMORE, Okla. (Sept. 27, 2022) – Three IMCA divisions take to the 3/8-mile clay oval at Southern Oklahoma Speedway this weekend for the 18th annual Jordan Page Memorial Winter Nationals.  Main events on Saturday, Oct. 1 see Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $2,500 to win and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods chase a $1,500 top check and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $1,000 to win and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. Top 12 drivers are locked in during Friday qualifying and the final 12 cars in last-chance races on Saturday. Minimum start money is $300 for Modifieds, $200 for Southern SportMods and $175 for Stock Cars.  Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. both days. Spectator admission is $15 for adults and $10 for kids ages 6-12 on Friday and $20 for adults and $15 for kids ages 6-12 on Saturday. Pit passes are $35 for one day or $65 for two days. Pit passes for the Thursday, Sept. [Read More]

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Clement is IMCA Modified star in Shootout opener at Ardmore

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 26, 2022) – A driver without a plan going into the opening night All Star Shootout feature for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds went home with $1,000 after it.  Mitchell Clement took charge following a restart at halfway, then held off a late challenge from William Gould in winning the Thursday night headliner at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Jacob Pirkle found the fast line coming to the checkers to edge Gould for second-place pay. “I didn’t know what the track was going to do. I didn’t have a plan out there,” Clement admitted after his first feature win of 2022. “I knew the 60 car (Gould) would be coming. He likes it when it’s Baja hammer down like that.” “I was glad we could turn back under him coming out of turn four like that,” added Clement, now eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Clement had passed Pirkle for the point 13 laps into the 25-lapper. Gould made his way from 10th starting and closed to a car length, throwing a slider [Read More]

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Opening night moves to Thursday for IMCA All Star Shootout

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 25, 2022) – Rain had the final word and resulted in rescheduling opening night of the IMCA All Star Shootout.  The lidlifter for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMods moves to Thursday, May 26 at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore. The event originally scheduled that evening at Grayson County Speedway has been canceled. The Shootout is at Texas speedplants Boyd Raceway on Friday, May 27; at Kennedale Speedway Park on Saturday, May 28; and at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco on Sunday, May 29.  Modifieds run for $1,000 to win and Fast Shafts All-Star qualifying eligibility each night. Stock Cars and Southern SportMods race for $750 to win each night, with Stock Car winners becoming B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational eligible.  Pit gates and the grandstand open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Ardmore.  Boyd opens pit gates and the grandstand at 6 p.m. Hot laps precede racing at 8 [Read More]

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Early entries top 120 for IMCA All Star Shootout

ARDMORE, Okla. (May 24, 2022) – Early entries top 120 as all stars in three IMCA divisions will see action each night of the May 25-29 All Star Shootout. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMods both for $750 to win beginning with opening night Wednesday, May 25 at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore. The Shootout is then Texas-bound for shows Thursday, May 26 at Grayson County Speedway in Bells; Friday, May 27 at Boyd Raceway; Saturday, May 28 at Kennedale Speedway Park; and Sunday, May 29 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco. All five race programs will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Modified and Stock Car feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational or B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, respectively; Modified and Stock Car Shootout champions also become eligible to qualify for their race of champions events at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. An open practice runs from 6-9 [Read More]

Results

Hahn, Oliva get April 9 victories at Southern Oklahoma

By Ben Deatherage  ARDMORE, Okla. (April 9, 2022) – Southern Oklahoma Speedway had another great installment to its 2022 campaign with Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars on the Saturday night card.  In the Stock Car main, Blake James got the lead on the opening lap but got high out of turn four, allowing Marcus Hahn to get underneath him and hold down first place on lap one. The Ardmore had Todd Decker on his heels and chomping at the bit to get around him.   The lone stoppage of the main event was on lap nine and allowed Decker to crank up the heat on Hahn for the top spot.  Hahn successfully kept all challengers at bay for the checkers. Larry Bradley ended in second over Decker in third. Ray Allen Hoedebeck started dead last and placed fourth with Ryan Bohnstedt picking up fifth.   Brandon White blitzed out in front of the pack as the Southern SportMods got their feature underway. White did have some contenders to deal with, among them [Read More]

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Modifieds, Stock Cars, Southern SportMods on May 25-29 IMCA All Star Shootout cards

ARDMORE, Okla. (April 13, 2022) – All-stars in three IMCA divisions see action each night of the May 25-29 All Star Shootout.  Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds run for $1,000 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods both for $750 to win beginning with opening night Wednesday, May 25 at Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore. The Shootout is then Texas-bound for shows Thursday, May 26 at Grayson County Speedway in Bells; Friday, May 27 at Boyd Raceway; Saturday, May 28 at Kennedale Speedway Park; and Sunday, May 29 at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco.  All five race programs will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, GRT Race Cars South Central and EQ Cylinder Heads Southern regional, KMJ Performance State and series points will be awarded each night; Boyd also gives track points.  Modified and Stock Car feature winners become eligible to qualify for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational or B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, respectively; Modified and Stock Car Shootout champions also become eligible [Read More]