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Gould brings broom to Kennedale for Spring Kick Off sweep

KENNEDALE, Texas (Feb. 24-25, 2023) – William Gould brought the broom to Kennedale Speedway Park’s season-opening Spring Kick Off. The defending GRT Race Cars South Central Region, Texas State and track champion started the weekend with Friday’s $1,000 Friesen Performance IMCA Modified checkers. Looking to complete the sweep on Saturday, he paced the field back to green following a late caution with familiar foes Jake Upchurch and Jacob Pirkle lined up right behind. “I had led every lap from the pole but that caution turned the race into a dash for cash, with two of the same fast guys I raced here with last season,” Gould said. “It was good to be able to hold on for the win. The track is always good, there’s always at least two lanes, and it was fast.” That win was also good for $1,000 and was Gould’s career 181st, tying him for 12th all-time in the division with Cory Sample. He ran his own Kerry Fryar Motorsports Gould Chassis for the first this season at KSP, after shaking down [Read More]

Brian LeBaron takes dream job as new Crystal promoter

CRYSTAL, Mich. (Feb. 27, 2023) – He’s already been a race car driver and owner, but Brian LeBaron sees a childhood dream come true this season as the new promoter and general manager at Crystal Motor Speedway. “One of the things I love most in life is dirt track racing. This is something I always hoped would happen,” said LeBaron, who takes over the helm of the 3/8-mile Michigan clay oval now owned by his brother Jake and childhood friend Steve Vernon and purchased from long-time owners Ron and Mary Jane Flinn. “It’s something we started talking about at the 2021 awards banquet. It has taken a while but it finally happened.” “I know there are big shoes to fill, literally, and Ron left us an incredibly good product,” he continued. “I love the family atmosphere at Crystal and look forward to seeing my racing family again.” Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds have run at Crystal, the longest continuously sanctioned track in both Michigan and the Eastern Region, since 1988. Saturday night IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly [Read More]

Velocita renews IMCA fire suit awards for 12^th season

LEXINGTON, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2023) – A select group of 2023 IMCA champions will have their Velocita awards on very visible display when they’re at the race track next season. The Lexington, N.C., manufacturer awards custom fire suits to the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA STARS Mod Lite IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Friesen Performance Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod and Mach-1 Sport Compact national champions, as well as the Junior National Champion and Lady Eagle title-winning drivers. In its 12th season as an IMCA sponsor, The Business Built on the Track and in the Pits also gives $200 product certificates good toward the purchase of a fire suit to the other six drivers winning Modified, Stock Car or Hobby Stock regional titles. Those awards will be presented at the IMCA national banquet in November. Fire suits to be awarded during the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s go to top non-qualifiers in Modified, Stock Car, Hobby Stock and Northern [Read More]

Fulton to crown first IMCA STARS Mod Lite track champ

FULTON, N.Y. (Feb. 24, 2023) – Fulton Speedway will crown its first IMCA STARS Mod Lite track champion this season. Five race dates, four of them on Saturday nights, will complement Friday shows at sister track Brewerton Speedway. “We have had a dedicated and devoted group of drivers in this division the last few years. The Fulton dates give them the chance to race for a track championship as well as more opportunities to race for IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national and state points,” said Cory Reed, promoter of the two north central New York speed plants. Mod Lites had run at both venues before Brewerton began sanctioning the division full-time in 2021; Fulton has hosted three sanctioned races each of the last two years. Following their Friday, April 28 opener, the IMCA STARS Mod Lites run Saturdays May 13, June 10, July 29 and Aug 12 at Fulton. They are also on the card for the Outlaw 200 special on Sept. 28, the weekend after the 2023 point season ends. Seventeen Friday dates [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through Feb. 23, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 453; 2. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 344; 3. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 333; 4. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 329; 5. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 328; 6. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 306; 7. Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 266; 8. Timothy Allerdings, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 258; 9. Jonathan Mawhinney, Las Vegas, Nev., 236; 10. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 226; 11. Braxton Yeager, Green River, Wy., 220; 12. Kody Scholpp, Estevan, Sask., 207; 13. Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb., 203; 14. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 199; 15. Jeremy Thornton, Chandler, Ariz., 198; 16. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 197; 17. Devin Fouquette, Saint Cloud, Minn., 193; 18. Aaron Spangler, Dove Creek, Colo., 190; 19. Adam Hommerding, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 189; 20. William “Bill” Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 176. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars – 1. Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz., 468; 2. Chris McCurdy, Tempe, Ariz., 442; 3. Kevin Roberts, Gresham, Ore., 412; 4. Buddy Wade, Congress, Ariz., 403; 5. Jim Horejsi, Marshall, Minn., 318; 6. Shelby Williams, Bonham, Texas, 302; 7. [Read More]

Great IMCA racers, partners combine to make Clash on the Coast an event

BAKER, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2023) – All the nervous energy that promoter Peyton Taylor brought with him to Florida ahead of the inaugural Clash on the Coast presented by IMCA.TV has been transformed. Now it’s energy. “The response has been mind-blowing,” Taylor said, not much more than hours ahead of the tour for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, at NW Florida Speedway in Baker Feb. 27 and 28 and at Southern Raceway in Milton on March 3 and 4. “We have turned four races into an event, and that would not have been possible without a lot of great IMCA racers and a lot of great IMCA partners.” More than 50 early entries are in hand, among them former and defending regional champions, former regional rookies of the year and IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s champions. Local drivers will greet a strong contingent from Taylor’s home state of Arkansas and another 10 states, racing for $1,000 to win, a minimum of $100 to start and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility each night. Purses [Read More]

Night two checkers are Iverson’s IMCA Modified first at Ice Breaker

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 18, 2023) – A regular at the IMCA.TV Ice Breaker finally made the long tow home with a feature winner’s trophy. Tyler Iverson loaded up the hardware along with Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility following Saturday’s Friesen Performance IMCA Modified victory, then headed home to Albion, Neb. “We have been going to the Ice Breaker since about 2010 and had never won a feature,” Iverson said, after leading all 20 laps and taking the checkers ahead of four-time Ice Breaker winners William Gould and Josh McGaha. “I knew he (Gould) was right behind me and with the restarts, the key was making sure I didn’t drive too hard into the corner.” “We’ve been chasing a win here for a long time and it seems like we finished second or third a lot,” added the Friday night runner-up. “It was great for us to finally get a win at Abilene.” Shelby Williams got his first Abilene win since 2008, collecting $1,500 along with the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car checkers, while John Neal [Read More]

Top five car puts Clonch on top of opening night Ice Breaker podium

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 17, 2023) – Tim Clonch thought he had a top five car. Then he knew he had a winning one. Clonch caught race-long leader Gregory Muirhead just after midway and stayed in front the rest of the way to win Friday’s IMCA.TV Ice Breaker feature for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, earning $1,500 and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility. “We struggled in our heat race and before the feature we threw a big guess at it,” Clonch said of the setup changes made before the main. “I felt I had a top five car but after five or six laps I realized I had a car I could win with, and once I got the lead I knew we’d be tough to beat.” Jeffrey Abbey moved up 10 spots to second and Muirhead was third. Clonch had returned to the class last season, winning four times at Grayson County Speedway in a Paul Peters Motorsports 2018 B & B ride. “We put a lot of time in on this [Read More]

Morris, Hogge, haul to first wins of season at Mohave Valley IMCA Meyer Showdown

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (Feb. 17-18, 2023) – Two of the California drivers who made long tows to Mohave Valley Raceway loaded up with early-season, shot-in-the-arm type Friesen Performance IMCA Modified wins at the end of the Bill and Shirley Meyer Showdown weekend. Bakersfield’s Troy Morris III won the Friday feature and $1,000 while Salinas veteran Bobby Hogge collected Saturday’s $1,500 checkers. Their wins were the first of the season for both drivers and came in Morris’ 11th start and Hogge’s sixth outing of 2023. Morris had made a single prior visit to Bullhead City, finishing second on a weekly show last spring. Wheeling the Victory ride his father drove in 2022, he got the best of Cody Laney in the battle for second, then reeled in leader Timothy Allerdings. “I was able to set the pace from there and won by three and a half seconds,” said Morris, who took the checkers running in lapped traffic. “It was definitely rewarding to be able to go down there and win. It reassured me that I was still [Read More]

Florida vacation for IMCA Modifieds has sun, sand, four Clash on the Coast dates

BAKER, Fla. (Feb. 21, 2023) – If he hasn’t already, promoter Peyton Taylor should be giving serious thought to a parade of states during the inaugural Clash on the Coash presented by IMCA.TV. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win and Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility at Feb. 27 and 28 shows at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, and March 3 and 4 shows at Southern Raceway in Milton. Drivers from 15 states – from all across IMCA’s Eastern Region, Texas to the west and Minnesota and Wisconsin to the north – are already pre-registered and Taylor believes it’s more than warm temperatures and sandy beaches that’s bringing them to The Sunshine State. “The whole package deal works. Everything from the IMCA sanction to having (executive director of competition) Dave Brenn here for duration to the weather is going to make the Clash on the Coast popular,” he said. “The weather is one thing – it’s so nice in Florida this time of year – and we have a lot of good [Read More]