State Fair Modified feature goes to Grabouski, Bond is best in NAPA race for Hobby Stocks
September 01, 2008 at 11:16:47 am:
LINCOLN, Neb. (Aug. 29) – Jordan Grabouski proved the fastest out of a field of 67 IMCA Modified entries, while Kyle Bond drove to the NAPA Auto Parts Race of Champions for IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks at Friday’s Nebraska State Fair Championships. Grabouski topped the $1,000 to win feature... (read more)
Checkers at 100th Jackpot race fly for Johnson
Checkers at 100th Jackpot race fly for Johnson
September 01, 2008 at 11:17:49 am:
ARLINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 30) – Bill Johnson was first across the finish line, when the Jackpot Junction Tour reached a milestone Saturday night at Arlington Raceway. Johnson dedicated his victory in the 100th event in series history to his daughter, born the day before. The win was also Johnson... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Monday
Super Nationals news items - Monday
September 01, 2008 at 05:52:21 pm:
400-plus cars take track tonight at Boone for IMCA Speedway Motors Super NationalsBOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1) – With entry numbers remarkably similar to those for opening night last year, more than 400 cars will see opening night action Monday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals. ... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Tuesday
Super Nationals news items - Tuesday
September 02, 2008 at 11:22:41 am:
Portis, Snellenberger pace Stock Car qualifiersBOONE, Iowa (Sept. 1) – Veterans Larry Portis and Rod Snellenberger won Stock Car qualifying features Monday at Boone Speedway, on opening night of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.The two will square off in a Tuesday night dash to determi... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Wednesday
Super Nationals news items - Wednesday
September 03, 2008 at 11:01:30 am:
Estes, Murty top Night Two Stock Car qualifiersBOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2) – Drivers from down South and from east on Highway 30 won Stock Car qualifying features, on night two of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.Texan Chad Estes led all 25 circuits in Tuesday’s first qualifier after s... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Thursday
Super Nationals news items - Thursday
September 04, 2008 at 10:21:40 am:
Logue, Elliott win Wednesday Modified qualifiers at Super Nationals
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3) – John Logue will be in the hunt for a record-breaking sixth IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals championship, while Mark Elliott put himself in position for a shot at his first.
Both won 20-lap qu... (read more)
Super Nationals car count reaches record 825
Super Nationals car count reaches record 825
September 04, 2008 at 03:45:06 pm:
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 4) – If parking in the pit area seems a little more snug than at previous IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals, there’s a good reason why.
The car count for the 26th annual automotive racing extravaganza reached a record 825 Thursday afternoon, as 139 Karl Chevrolet... (read more)
IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals webcast to air on RaceTalkLive.com
IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals webcast to air on RaceTalkLive.com
September 05, 2008 at 12:44:54 pm:
By Jeff Werderman
BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 25) – Race fans not able to make the trip to Boone Speedway for the 26th running of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals will be able to tune into www.RaceTalkLive.com. Racing action Wednesday, Sept. 3 through Saturday, Sept. 6 will hit the Intern... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Friday
Super Nationals news items - Friday
September 05, 2008 at 02:33:52 pm:
Mark Elliott won the five-lap dash and will start on the pole of Saturday’s Modified main event.
He’ll take the initial green flag in front of five-time champion John Logue, Mike Hansen, three-time champ Mark Noble, Mike Mullen, Scotty Brown, Sean Jerovetz and Fast Shafts All-Star Inv... (read more)
Super Nationals news items - Saturday
Super Nationals news items - Saturday
September 06, 2008 at 09:41:41 am:
Pre-race ceremonies underway at IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Pre-race ceremonies just began, for the sixth and final day of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
Following the Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial Race of Champions and the Sunoco Race F... (read more)
White outruns field for qualifier win at Southern SportMod Nationals
White outruns field for qualifier win at Southern SportMod Nationals
September 06, 2008 at 12:55:31 pm:
By J.M. Hallas
WACO, Texas (Sept. 5) – Keith White used patience and track experience to find his way around early leader Benji Kirkpatrick at halfway, then cruised away from the field to win Friday’ IMCA Southern SportMod qualifying feature at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
Kirkpatr... (read more)
Stoa tops Modified main at record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
Stoa tops Modified main at record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals
September 08, 2008 at 10:29:01 am:
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6) – Kevin Stoa capped off a record-setting IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals by winning Saturday night’s Modified main event at Boone Speedway.
The North Carolina transplant and 2000 champion started 18th and worked his way through the field, passing five-time r... (read more)
Emerson electrifies crowd with late pass to win IMCA Southern SportMod Nationals
Emerson electrifies crowd with late pass to win IMCA Southern SportMod Nationals
September 08, 2008 at 01:37:03 pm:
By J.M. Hallas
WACO, Texas (Sept. 6) – Jeff Emerson used lapped traffic to his advantage in the final laps to win Saturday’s IMCA Southern SportMod main event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.
Emerson, who worked his way up from the sixth starting spot, caught race-long leader, Keith... (read more)
34’s $10,000 to win Pepsi USA Nationals wraps up Deery Brothers Summer Series
34’s $10,000 to win Pepsi USA Nationals wraps up Deery Brothers Summer Series
September 08, 2008 at 02:28:45 pm:
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa – The top prize is $10,000, when 34 Raceway hosts the Pepsi USA Nationals Deery Brothers Summer Series finale Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13.The 17th and final event in the 2008 tour for IMCA J & J Steel Late Models gets under way on Friday with time trials and qual... (read more)
Tiny Lund Memorial Late Models will be non-sanctioned
Tiny Lund Memorial Late Models will be non-sanctioned
September 10, 2008 at 11:43:10 am:
HARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 10) – Late models running in this weekend’s Tiny Lund Memorial special at Shelby County Speedway will not be IMCA-sanctioned.Track officials have decided to allow cars with crate motors to compete in the Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13 event; spec motors only are all... (read more)
Fall Nationals at RPM Speedway postponed, point races for three divisions set for Saturday
Fall Nationals at RPM Speedway postponed, point races for three divisions set for Saturday
September 12, 2008 at 12:55:19 pm:
HAYS, Kan. – This weekend’s Fall Nationals special at RPM Speedway has been postponed to Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11.Weather and track conditions permitting, however, three sanctioned divisions will race Saturday night for national, regional and Smiley’s Racing Products state p... (read more)
Tiny Lund rescheduled for Saturday and Sunday
Tiny Lund rescheduled for Saturday and Sunday
September 12, 2008 at 01:15:36 pm:
HARLAN, Iowa – Shelby County Speedway’s Tiny Lund Memorial has been rescheduled because of rain and wet track conditions, to Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14.The 17th annual special, featuring IMCA-sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Spor... (read more)
Northern SportMods sanctioned at Park Jefferson special
Northern SportMods sanctioned at Park Jefferson special
September 15, 2008 at 10:13:47 am:
JEFFERSON, S.D. – A fourth IMCA division will be sanctioned at this weekend’s South Dakota Nationals Bill Kirk Memorial at Park Jefferson Speedway.
Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods will vie in a $1,500 main event at the Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20 special.
IMCA Modifieds run ... (read more)
Drivers’ share of engine auction proceeds totals $28,150
Drivers’ share of engine auction proceeds totals $28,150
September 16, 2008 at 12:55:15 pm:
BOONE, Iowa – The traditional engine auction that wrapped up the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals added $28,150 to the payout for main event qualifiers in the Modified, Stock Car and Hobby Stock divisions.
Winning bids for the top four Modified engines totaled $22,500. Engines of ch... (read more)
Noteboom, King repeat Tiny Lund title runs
Noteboom, King repeat Tiny Lund title runs
September 16, 2008 at 02:01:37 pm:
By Ashley CatchpoleHARLAN, Iowa (Sept. 14) – Two drivers who took top honors at last year’s event were back in victory lane when the 17th annual Tiny Lund Memorial rolled around at Shelby County Speedway.Jay Noteboom repeated his winning ways in Sunday’s IMCA Modified main event, e... (read more)
Brett Allen hospitalized in Minneapolis
Brett Allen hospitalized in Minneapolis
September 17, 2008 at 10:06:42 am:
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Brett Allen is a patient at the Hennepin County Medical Center burn unit in Minneapolis.Allen sustained first, second and third degree burns, primarily from his ankles to his knees, in an accident that occurred while camping with friends on Sept. 5.Cards can be sent to the... (read more)
Fourth win for Caswell comes Sunday in World Products Empire State Series
Fourth win for Caswell comes Sunday in World Products Empire State Series
September 17, 2008 at 01:04:30 pm:
VERNON, N.Y. (Sept. 14) – Taking another step toward a third straight title, Dale Caswell topped Sunday’s World Products Empire State Series main event for IMCA Modifieds at Utica-Rome Speedway.
Gary Roberts made a race of it late in the contest, but ran out of laps and ended in second.... (read more)
Results from the WWMT
Results from the WWMT
September 18, 2008 at 01:25:07 pm:
Metz makes the most noise at Idaho Falls for first win on EQ Wild West Modified Tour
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (Sept. 12) – A late-race move to the front made Travis Metz a first-time winner in the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour.
M... (read more)
Stock Cars join IMCA Modifieds at LVMS Duel In The Desert
Stock Cars join IMCA Modifieds at LVMS Duel In The Desert
September 19, 2008 at 08:15:28 am:
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars will make their first-ever appearance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, joining sanctioned Modifieds at the season-ending Duel In The Desert special Nov. 13-15.
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Catanzano repeats winning ways at Fonda World Products Empire State Series show
Catanzano repeats winning ways at Fonda World Products Empire State Series show
September 22, 2008 at 01:06:08 pm:
FONDA, N.Y. (Sept. 20) – It had to seem like old times Saturday, when George Catanzano returned to Fonda Speedway for the Steve Bidwell/Skip Pabis Memorial. (read more)
Emotional win for Mills at Algona special
Emotional win for Mills at Algona special
September 24, 2008 at 08:13:22 am:
By Chad Meyer
ALGONA, Iowa (Sept. 20) – Mother Nature dialed up a picture perfect weekend for the season-ending Hunter Hope Foundation Makinley Mills Memorial at Algona Raceway. (read more)
Fireworks display precedes dazzling Modified show at Kirk Memorial SD Nationals
Fireworks display precedes dazzling Modified show at Kirk Memorial SD Nationals
September 24, 2008 at 08:16:32 am:
By LeRoy Beck
JEFFERSON, S.D. (Sept. 20) – Fireworks lit up the sky over Park Jefferson Speedway before the start of Saturday’s Bill Kirk Memorial South Dakota Nationals IMCA Modified feature. (read more)
Two Nights of Thunder special set for Sept. 26-27 at Shawano
Two Nights of Thunder special set for Sept. 26-27 at Shawano
September 25, 2008 at 07:55:33 am:
SHAWANO, Wis. – Three sanctioned divisions take to the track for Shawano Speedway’s Two Nights of Thunder special Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27.
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$60,000+ in cash, contingency awards given at 2008 Super Nationals
$60,000+ in cash, contingency awards given at 2008 Super Nationals
September 26, 2008 at 11:09:11 am:
BOONE, Iowa (Sept 6) – For a second straight September, more than $60,000 in cash and contingency prizes was awarded to drivers competing at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
Qualifiers for Saturday evening’s Modified main event went home with approximately $25,000 of that amoun... (read more)
IMCA banquet in Lincoln Nov. 29
IMCA banquet in Lincoln Nov. 29
September 26, 2008 at 11:11:52 am:
LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. 24) – The national IMCA awards banquet returns to Lincoln, with champions and top rookies of 2008 to be honored Saturday, Nov. 29 at The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel.
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Al Buschelman’s column for September newsletter
Al Buschelman’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 11:39:12 am:
I took in the last three races in the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Modified Tour in Idaho, traveling to Noise Park Raceway for the Sept. 12 show and to Atomic Motor Raceway for the Sept. 13-14 doubleheader.
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Davey Plato’s column for September newsletter
Davey Plato’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 11:43:15 am:
Another IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals is in the books and it was a record breaker, with 825 cars total cars in six divisions!
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Ed Billings’ column for September newsletter
Ed Billings’ column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 11:46:21 am:
It is hard to believe the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals has come and gone already. It was a fantastic event as usual with the Modified feature being the highlight of the event. We will also cover the World Products Empire State Series race at Utica-Rome Speedway and some odds and ends this mo... (read more)
Paul Vetter’s colum for September newsletter
Paul Vetter’s colum for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 12:13:43 pm:
The 26th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals is in the record books and what an event it was! Record car counts, jam-packed grandstands, great racing, great food and lots of memories made this one of our most fun events yet.
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Allen Langdale’s column for September newsletter
Allen Langdale’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 12:20:10 pm:
I hope everyone has recuperated from their week at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals. Due to work commitments, unfortunately I wasn’t able to spend the entire week at Boone Speedway this year. I did make it around to see a lot of the ButlerBuilt Central Region drivers and crews early in... (read more)
Bill Martin’s column for September newsletter
Bill Martin’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 12:24:43 pm:
No, I’d have never guessed that a record 825 cars would be in the pits for the 26th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals. Fuel prices and the economy in general being what they are, I figured beforehand that we’d have 700, maybe 750 tops, so thanks to a lot of people for proving m... (read more)
Bob Allen’s column for September newsletter
Bob Allen’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 12:59:41 pm:
We are winding down the racing season, one of the most challenging that we have seen in many years.
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Kirk Niehouse’s column for September newsletter
Kirk Niehouse’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 01:04:21 pm:
Wow! What a week the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals was, with a record 825 cars at Boone Speedway for the 26th annual event. It’s great that so many drivers from so many different states and Canada were part of America’s Racin’ Vacation, especially with fuel prices as high as... (read more)
Tom Gutowski’s column for September newsletter
Tom Gutowski’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 01:06:19 pm:
The record-breaking 26th IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals is now in the history books and I want to thank all of you who made the trip to Boone Speedway for your participation and continued support of IMCA racing. You should all be proud of the part you played in the biggest and most competitive... (read more)
Brett’s column for September newsletter
Brett’s column for September newsletter
September 26, 2008 at 01:23:14 pm:
Quality vs. quantity: It’s an argument that has stood the test of time. It’s an argument that is often attempted to be applied to the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals.
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Mills, Opheim win Fall Extravaganza features at Jackson
Mills, Opheim win Fall Extravaganza features at Jackson
September 29, 2008 at 08:27:23 am:
By Tom Svoboda (read more)
Strassheim scores big at Pepsi USA Nationals, McLaughlin wraps up Deery Series championship
Strassheim scores big at Pepsi USA Nationals, McLaughlin wraps up Deery Series championship
September 29, 2008 at 09:17:20 am:
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (Sept. 28) – The last event in the 2008 Deery Brothers Summer Series produced two winners. (read more)
Stoneburner services Tuesday morning in Boone
Stoneburner services Tuesday morning in Boone
September 30, 2008 at 10:24:02 am:
BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 30) – Funeral services will be held this morning for Brian Stoneburner.
Stoneburner, 19 and from Woodward, died Sept. 25 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines as a result of injuries sustained in an accident on Interstate 35 near Story City.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. at t... (read more)
Stop the speculation: 2009 to see few changes in Late Model rules
Stop the speculation: 2009 to see few changes in Late Model rules
September 30, 2008 at 10:24:40 am:
VINTON, Iowa (Sept. 28) – IMCA J & J Steel Late Model drivers looking to get a jump on building their 2009 rides won’t have to wait until later this fall to get started. (read more)
Speedfest Modified main goes to Martin
Speedfest Modified main goes to Martin
September 30, 2008 at 11:45:39 am:
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Sept. 27) – Visitors fared well when checkered flags flew at 281 Speedway’s season-ending Speedfest special. (read more)
McDermid weighs in with Two Days of Thunder win
McDermid weighs in with Two Days of Thunder win
September 30, 2008 at 01:22:38 pm:
By Bert Lehman
SHAWANO, Wis. (Sept. 27) – Matt McDermid was third across the finish line but ended up in victory lane at Shawano Speedway’s Two Days of Thunder special. (read more)
