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34 Raceway bringing back IMCA Late Models

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa – Fans will welcome a very familiar division back to Saturday programs at 34 Raceway this season. IMCA Late Models return to the 3/8-mile dirt oval at West Burlington, where the division had last run weekly in 2012. “We wanted to bring Late Models back. We had done our research and when IMCA decided to go with the crate engine option it was a very good step in the right direction,” promoter Brad Stevens said. “The division fits with our budget and we will alternate weeks with Lee County Speedway.” Sanctioned Late Models had run weekly at 34 from 1987-1992 and 1997-2012. West Burlington has hosted more Deery Brothers Summer Series events than any other track – 50 – and welcomes the IMCA Late Model tour back to town on Sept. 21. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Mach-1 Sport Compacts return to regular race programs at 34. First point events of the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing season are April 6 with final track point events [Read More]

Hawaiian Island Shine has new awards for Deery Series, Arnold’s Dirt Knights drivers

AIEA, Hawaii – Drivers in two top-of-the-line IMCA series earn top-of-the-line product awards this season from new sponsor Hawaiian Island Shine. IMCA’s first-ever sponsor from the 50th state gives two quarts of Mud-B-Gone to a designated place finisher at each event in the Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour for Modifieds. “I like the enthusiasm for dirt track racing and the fact that it is family oriented,” said company owner and president Doug Smith, who expanded his research of sanctioning bodies and individual drivers via social media before contacting IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “These two series are a perfect fit for us.” A South Carolina native and already familiar with drag racing, Smith retired after serving in the Navy. He’s been the sole owner of Hawaiian Island Shine – military friends came up with the company acronym (HIS), then the name at a barbeque – since 1994. Mud-B-Gone is a water-based pre-race spray developed for the dirt track market and tested extensively on mainland ovals. A [Read More]

Lund lands round two Lone Star Tour victory

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Feb. 17) – A driver who knows a thing or two about winning tour races far from home did just that Sunday night at 281 Speedway. Minnesota veteran Curt Lund, making his first racing visit to Texas, won round two of the Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. The checkers were good for $750. “The tracks down here are smaller than I’m used to,” said Lund, who has racked up 100-plus wins in both the IMCA Modified and IMCA Sprint Car divisions. “I was real happy to win and to have competed with all the guys (59) down here.” Lund started fourth and led the last 17 of 20 circuits. He was catching up with the back of the field when the checkers flew and was chased across the line by opening night winner Jeffrey Abbey and Shawn Ritter. Lund was a winner last summer in North Dakota, during the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour. He raced his way out of ‘B’ features both nights at Abilene, finishing seventh [Read More]

Sweeps! Abbey, Elliott, Tucker all are double winners at Abilene’s Ice Breaker

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 15-16) – Three drivers brought the broom to Abilene Speedway’s season-opening Ice Breaker. Jeffrey Abbey won both IMCA Sunoco Stock Car features, earning $750 for his Saturday Sniper Speed Lone Star Tour victory, Chris Elliott swept Friday and Saturday IMCA Modified features and Gabe Tucker topped both Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod mains. Eighty Stock Cars from 10 states were in town for tour action. Abbey was racing a Stock Car at Abilene for the first time and left the track 2-for-2. “We put the car together for this tour. I ran it the weekend before at Stephenville (281 Speedway’s Big Chill Throwdown) and won there,” he said, “so I came here confident and was able to come out with two wins.” Friday’s checkers flew ahead of Elijah Zevenbergen and Dean Cornelius. Abbey had started third, caught Cornelius for the lead near midway of the 20-lapper and was catching up to the back of the field before a caution with three laps left. He won his heat, drew the pole and led [Read More]

E3 Spark Plugs inked as new title sponsor for IMCA state championship program

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – One of IMCA’s most popular championship programs has a new title sponsor for its 20th season. E3 Spark Plugs gives product awards to each of the 100-plus drivers winning IMCA state crowns in 2019. “This program allows us to take a national approach, giving awards in every division in every state,” said E3 Vice President of Motorsports Rob Fisher. “We are able to support a lot of drivers in all (eight) IMCA divisions.” Sets of eight E3 Racing spark plugs go to each IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod state champion. Mach-1 Sport Compact state champions earn sets of four E3 Racing spark plugs. Eight hundred and eighty-four different drivers have earned the 1,379 state titles awarded since 2000. A record 110 state champions were crowned last year. E3 Spark Plug State champion awards will be the first given to IMCA drivers by the Ponte Vedra, Fla., company. E3, the outgrowth [Read More]

Landrum Performance Springs rewarding track champs in 15th year as IMCA sponsor

MENTONE, Ind. – Landrum Performance Springs marks its 15th season as an IMCA sponsor with more awards for more drivers. Product certificates to buy one spring and get a second of equal value at no cost go to track champions in the IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod divisions. The Mentone, Ind., manufacturer had previously given certificates based on national or regional point standings. Late Models were added to the Landrum program last season. “Landrum Performance Springs is very excited to partner with IMCA and give back more to the racers in 2019. We feel IMCA is the best program for the grassroots racer and we are happy to give back to those drivers,” said Sales and Marketing Director Curtis Caldwell. “At Landrum we do not sacrifice quality and we feel we have the best spring on the market for an affordable price.” Landrum certificates will be presented during the national banquet in November or mailed from the IMCA [Read More]

Coleman Racing Products renews IMCA Modified regional awards

MENOMINEE, Mich. – Two drivers from each of the five regions for IMCA Modifieds earn Coleman Racing Products awards this season. A 14-year IMCA sponsor, the Menominee, Mich., high performance parts manufacturer and distributor gives $50 product certificates to both the rookie of the year and the sixth place driver in point standings for each region. Certificates will be presented during the national awards banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Information about Coleman products is available by calling 800 221-1851, at the www.colemanracing.com website and on Facebook. “The support Coleman Racing Products has shown our Modified division over the past 14 seasons has been very steady and it is great to see them return in 2019,” commented IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “We are looking forward to a great year ahead.”

Adams’ first Modified start ends with win at 281 Speedway’s Big Chill Throwdown

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Feb. 8) – Mark Adams’ first start in an IMCA Modified ended with his first feature win in the new division. Piloting the 2016 CAM Chassis that Josh McGaha drove to last season’s Razor Chassis South Central Region crown, Adams avoided an early melee, restated at the front and then led every lap of the Friday Big Chill Throwdown feature at 281 Speedway. “My goal this season was to win a local race,” said Adams, who made the move to the Modified after earning Texas State honors in the Stock Car division in 2018. “I got in more than 100 laps during practice at Abilene a couple weeks ago and that was good seat time, but I was surprised to win so soon.” Jeffrey Abbey led brothers Dean and Westin across the stripe in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Jay Coone was the Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod victor, ahead of Kaden Honeycutt and Justin Shaw. The Mach-1 Sport Compact main saw another first-year, first-time winner in Brian Schoenbaum Jr. He raced [Read More]

JE renews product, certificate awards for IMCA built engine drivers in four divisions

CYPRESS, Calif. – JE Pistons gives product awards, plus more than $9,000 to IMCA drivers competing with built engines in 2019. The Cypress, Calif., manufacturer and nine-year sponsor shares the wealth with IMCA Modified, IMCA Late Model, IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers, based on national or regional standings. The top eligible finishers in each of the five Modified regions and both Stock Car regions, and national Late Model and RaceSaver Sprint Car points all receive pistons. Certificates valued at $400, $300, $200 and $150, respectively, go to eligible second through fifth place drivers in regional Modified and Stock Car, and national Late Model and Sprint Car standings. “Dirt track racing is a core focus to JE Pistons’ product development,” Director of Content Mark Gearhart noted. “We are happy to give back to so many racers who are winning championships with our pistons.” JE awards will be presented during the national IMCA banquet in November or mailed beginning the following week from the IMCA home office. Information about JE-manufactured pistons and [Read More]

Bilstein’s 21st IMCA award program focuses on five divisions

POWAY, Calif. – Drivers in five IMCA divisions chase contingency awards from Bilstein Shocks. In its 21st season of sponsorship, the Poway, Calif., manufacturer gives nearly $8,000 worth of product certificates to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod competitors. The top eligible drivers in each of the five Modified regions receive $350 certificates while runners-up get $250 and third-place finishers $200; top three eligible drivers in both Stock Car regions receive certificates good for $350, $250 and $150, respectively. And top three drivers in both Hobby Stock regions and in national Northern SportMod and Southern SportMod point standings receive product certificates valued at $300, $200 and $100. In addition to competing with four Bilstein shocks, drivers in all five divisions must display two Bilstein decals on their race car and return a sign-up form to the IMCA home office by Aug. 1. Bilstein awards will be presented at the national banquet in November or mailed beginning the next week from the IMCA [Read More]