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Parade of different winners continues as Humphries tops Natural Bridge Sprint show

By Jim Haines NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (May 18) – On the first summer-like day Tom Humphries figured out what he needed to get back to victory lane. Humphries topped the Saturday Virginia Sprint Series feature at Natural Bridge Speedway, becoming the fifth different IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car tour winner in as many events so far this season. Charlie Ware and Bill Rice started on the front row as the field went green with Rice out first. Rice tried to gap the field but Humphries stayed right on him. Jerald Harris made his way after the front two, first getting by Charlie Ware and then Daren Bolac. Humphries was by Rice and checking out as Harris closed, going low into second to take up the chase. The laps clicked off as Harris kept closing as they went under the white flag they were side-by-side. Going in to turn one, Humphries had a cleaner line and pulled out a car length on Harris and he held it under the waving checkered flag. Next it’s off to Hagerstown [Read More]

Patience pays off for defending champ at US 36

By Jacob Blair OSBORN, Mo. (May 17) – Steven Clancy showed why he holds the top spot in Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod point standings at US 36 Raceway Friday night. The defending track champion waited through the early laps before picking up the pace and working his way through the field. Midway through the race he got to the back bumper of race leader Coleman Browning. He made the move for the lead and picked up win number three this year. Browning finished second, while Chris Wright finished third. Matt Lent looked strong early but faded to fourth and Randy Smith Jr. rounded out the top five. Mike Nichols also showed patience as he worked his way through the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car field, then on the backside of halfway he moved around Mich Ross to take the lead. While Nichols checked out to take the win, Ross and Connor Masoner battled for second. Ross hung on for second with Masoner third. Alive Christofferson fought hard for a fourth place run in his first appearance [Read More]

Shryock, Mills top Modified features at Kossuth County

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (May 16) – Night number two of the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season at Kossuth County Speedway saw Kelly Shryock and Jeremy Mills win IMCA Modified features. Shryock came from the outside of the second row to earn the victory in the scheduled feature as pole sitter Austin Wolf was the runner-up. Winner-of the event rained out and made up from the previous week, Mills rounded out the top five in the scheduled race. Two features were on tap for the Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods as well, with Doug Smith winning the scheduled race and Matt Looft the make-up. Also ending their nights in victory lane were Chad Palmer, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars; Bryce Sommerfeld, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks; and Oliver Monson, Mach-1 Sport Compacts.

Zamp Racing brings high caliber awards program to IMCA

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Zamp Racing, the company known as The Number One Name In Protection is a new sponsor for all eight IMCA divisions. The Vancouver, Wash., manufacturer of helmets and head and neck restraint systems begins its partnership with the sanctioning body with a program that also extends to two special series and the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “We really like IMCA and its history, and the programs and structure it provides,” explained Zamp’s Kyle Keenan. “We want to complement that and we want to do something at a high caliber.” Champions of both the Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour receive Zamp Z-Tech Series head and neck restraints with a complete helmet kit. Product certificates good for $100 off the purchase of a Z-Tech Series head and neck restraint go to each IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock regional champion, and to IMCA Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern [Read More]

Bassett continuing Stock Car, SportMod awards in 25th IMCA sponsorship season

BURLINGTON, Wis. – Another of IMCA’s longest tenured sponsors will be recognized with an award of its own this season. 2019 marks the 25th year of IMCA sponsorship by Bassett Racing Wheel. The Burlington, Wis., manufacturer will again give sets of four wheels to IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod national champions. Track champions in the same divisions all receive $60 product certificates, applicable in the purchase of four wheels. Bassett also returns to national decal programs for Northern SportMods and Southern SportMods. Drivers in both divisions are required to display two Bassett decals on their race car to eligible for point fund shares. All Bassett awards will be presented during the national IMCA banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Information about Bassett-made wheels is available at the www.bassettwheel.com website on Facebook or by calling 888 888-7199. “Bassett becomes just the sixth partner to achieve the silver anniversary status and we are proud to celebrate that achievement with them,” observed IMCA Marketing [Read More]

Memorial Weekend date for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars at Chateau

LANSING, Minn. – IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars start their Memorial Weekend with a $1,000 to win date at Chateau Speedway. The Friday, May 24 Toot’s Trucking Shootout feature pays a minimum of $75 to start and $50 tow money. There is no entry fee and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region and E3 Spark Plugs State points will be awarded at the draw/redraw show. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. and cutoff for the draw is 6:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $5 for juniors and free for ages five and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available by calling 507 391-2486 and at the www.chateauspeedway.com website.

Hagerstown hosts East Coast Nationals for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars May 24-25

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – All roads lead to Hagerstown Speedway for the May 24-25 East Coast Nationals for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars. The event is co-sanctioned by the Virginia Sprint Series, Pennsylvania Sprint Series and Laurel Highlands Sprint Series, and also features Carolina Sprint Tour and Mid Atlantic Sprint Series competitors. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and E3 Spark Plugs State points will be awarded. Two $300 to win, $150 to start features will be held if there are 70 or more entries on Friday. Saturday’s main event pays $1,000 to win and $500 to start. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. both days. Hot laps are at 7:30 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, students ages 13-17 and military, and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $35 and there is no entry fee. The Hampton Inns on Interstate 81 and on Interstate 70 are the official hotels for Hagerstown Speedway and reservations can be made by [Read More]

URSS heads to Dodge City Raceway Park this Saturday

By David Smith, Jr., OKTidbits DODGE CITY, Kan. – A busy stretch consisting of two weekends of racing for the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing kicks off this coming Saturday night as the tour makes its second trip of the young 2019 race season to Dodge City Raceway Park and another battle with the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprints. Three events have been completed thus far this season with Jake Martens of Fairview, Okla., picking up the season-opening victory at 81 Speedway back on April 5. The next night the tour made its first trip of the season to Dodge City where track regular Luke Cranston of Ness City picked up the victory. In the last event held back on May 4, Lincoln, Neb.’s Jason Martin claimed the checkered flag at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte. Brian Herbert will come into the night’s racing action as the point leader while two-time and defending tour champion Zach Blurton is just four-points behind. Twenty-eight drivers competed in that first event back in April at Dodge City and officials [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through May 16

IMCA Modifieds – 1. David Goode Jr., Copperas Cove, Texas, 736; 2. Zachary Madrid, Tucson, Ariz., 660; 3. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 639; 4. Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev., 618; 5. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 606; 6. Chris Morris, Taylor, Texas, 593; 7. Jeff “Bubba” Stafford Jr., Wittmann, Ariz., 570; 8. Jeffrey Hoegh, New Caney, Texas, 533; 9. David Goode Sr., Copperas Cove, Texas, 529; 10. Tyler Mecl, Queen Creek, Ariz., 525; 11. Chris Elliott, Abilene, Texas, 502; 12. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 464; 13. Ryan Roath, Peoria, Ariz., 455; 14. Don Gumke, Jamestown, N.D., 439; 15. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 428; 16. Kevin Green, Waco, Texas, 416; 17. Ricky Thornton Jr., Adel, Iowa, 395; 18. Raymond McSpadden, Buda, Texas, 377; 19. Beau Begnaud, Spring, Texas, and Don Banker, Austin, Texas, both 370. IMCA Late Models – 1. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 225; 2. Justin L. Kay, Wheatland, Iowa, 117; 3. Lake Knutti, Chadwick, Ill., 115; 4. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, Iowa, 114; 5. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 112; 6. Dalton Simonsen, Fairfax, Iowa, 88; 7. Tommy Elston, Keokuk, [Read More]

Out-Pace Racing Products renews awards for Deery Series, Arnold’s Dirt Knights Tour

FREEPORT, Ill. – Competitors in both the Deery Brothers Summer Series and the Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour are in the running again this season for awards from Out-Pace Racing Products. The Freeport, Ill., suspension component manufacturer and sixth-year sponsor gives prize packages of brackets and bars to champions in both the Deery Series for IMCA Late Models and the Arnold’s Dirt Knights Tour for IMCA Modifieds. Fifty dollar gift certificates will be awarded to drivers in designated finishing positions at each event in both series, and to selected top five finishers at 30 Modified specials and at 15 specials for Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods. Gift certificates will be mailed from the IMCA home office after official results are received. Series champion awards will be presented during the national banquet in November. Opening night for the Dirt Knights Tour is May 21 at Sports Park Raceway in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Next up for the Deery Series is the May 26 event at Quad City Speedway in East Moline. [Read More]