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Smith is mid-season king at Outlaw

DUNDEE, N.Y (June 15) – Brad Smith was the Marion Decker Agency IMCA Modified feature winner on mid-season championship night at Outlaw Speedway. Friday night’s main event went green to checkers with Brad Smith holding off defending track champion Shawn Bruce for the victory. The win for Smith was a special one as he’d suffered a severe injury during the off-season that put his racing career in jeopardy. Brandon Smith, Will Ward and Rodney Morgan filled the remaining spots in the top five.

141 Speedway hosts history-making $10,000 to win Clash at the Creek for IMCA Modifieds June 20-21

FRANCIS CREEK, Wis. – A $10,000 top check is at stake when IMCA Modifieds travel to 141 Speedway for the history-making June 20 and 21 Clash at the Creek. The Clash doubles as the second installment of the Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour and pays a minimum of $750 to start in the tour’s first-ever venture outside the State of Iowa. Ken Schrader joins the Modified field for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods race for $1,000 to win both nights at Francis Creek. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis North Central Region and EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region, and Wisconsin State points will be awarded. Pre-tech starts at noon and an open practice session runs from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19. Dirt Kings Late Models are in town, pit passes are $25 and admission to the grandstand is $10 for adults. Clash qualifying for the Modifieds starts Wednesday, June 20. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and racing starts [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through June 14

IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 1,106; 2. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche, Texas, 1,061; 3. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 980; 4. Colin Deming, Hobbs, N.M., 970; 5. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 925; 6. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 892; 7. Rob Slott, New Waverly, Texas, 844; 8. Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz., 826; 9. Josh McGaha, Abilene, Texas, 823; 10. Chris Morris, Taylor, Texas, 757; 11. Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, and Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif., both 711; 13. Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa, 708; 14. Chris Bragg, Springtown, Texas, 701; 15. Scott R. Smith, Davenport, Neb., 693; 16. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 678; 17. Drew Armstrong, Alexander, Ark., 674; 18. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M., and Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas, both 672; 20. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 666. IMCA Late Models – 1. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 688; 2. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 680; 3. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, Iowa, 543; 4. Chad Holladay, Muscatine, Iowa, 532; 5. Todd Cooney, Pleasant Hill, Iowa, 518; 6. Rob Toland, Colona, Ill., 501; 7. Eric Sanders, Sherrard, Ill., 414; 8. Joe [Read More]

Nelson hustles to $1,000 Hobby Stock win

By Greg Grabianowski ALGONA, Iowa (June 14) – Along with talent, winning a special in dirt track racing frequently involves two other factors, a little luck and a good draw. Dylan Nelson used all those things to top a big field of IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks in a $1,000 to win main event Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway. Nelson started on the outside of the front row and led all 20 laps. The caution flew on four occasions to regroup the field, but each time Nelson pulled away from the pack. Cody Nielsen ended up in second place with Chanse Hollatz placing third. Leah Wroten took fourth and Greg Sidles was fifth. Kyle Sidles went from 22nd starting to eighth as the hard charger. Other feature winners during the evening were Rob Hughes in the IMCA Modifieds, Calvin Lange in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, George Nordman in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Oliver Monson in the Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Feature results – 1. Dylan Nelson; 2. Cody Nielsen; 3. Chanse Hollatz; 4. Leah [Read More]

Finishline Racing Products backs IMCA Dirt Knights

DUNLAP, Iowa – A company that many IMCA drivers are already familiar with has a new sponsorship role this season. Finishline Racing Products, owned and operated by Ryan and Theresa Anderson since March of 2017 and relocated to Dunlap, will give $50 gift cards to a top five finisher in each Arnold Motor Supply Dirt Knights Tour event. Each qualifier for the Modified race of champions during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s receives a gift card of the same value. “Ryan raced a Sprint Car and my brother (Craig Reetz) is a long-time Modified driver,” said Mrs. Anderson. “The love of racing was definitely there so we decided to take on the adventure.” The high-performance parts supplier is a vendor for Speedway Motors, Performance Bodies, Aero, Allstar Performance, Wilwood, QA1 and Eibach, among other manufacturers, The Finishline parts trailer also supplies Hoosier tires and Sunoco fuel on Fridays at Crawford County Speedway and Saturdays at Shelby County Speedway. “Many of our customers are IMCA drivers and we want to help [Read More]

Tire Demon inks IMCA awards pact through 2019

KELLEY, Iowa – Drivers in four IMCA divisions earn a wealth of awards from Tire Demon by Love Tap in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The Kelley, Iowa, manufacturer gives $500 certificates at 30 designated specials for IMCA Modifieds and at 15 designated specials for both IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and for Karl Chevrolet Northern and Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMods each year. Certificates are good toward the purchase of a tire prep stand and will be mailed after official race results are received at the IMCA home office. Tire Demon is owned by former SportMod driver Tim Love and gave its first award at the 2016 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “This last year has been absolutely surreal for us and we continue to be blown away and humbled by all of the positive feedback expressed to us by race car drivers and their crew members once they get our machine into their racing program and see the results for themselves,” Love said. “Customer service is always of the utmost importance [Read More]

URSS heads to Dodge City for 305 Nationals this weekend

DODGE CITY, Kan. – One of the highlights on the 2018 United Rebel Sprint Series takes place this coming Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16 as the Rebels head to Dodge City Raceway Park for the second annual Lubbock Wrecker Service 305 Sprint Car Nationals.” The tour will be joined by the track’s Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars for two nights of fast-paced sprint car action. Friday night’s feature payout will be at least $500 for the winner and $125 to start the finale. All non-qualifiers earn $100. Saturday night’s feature finale winner will earn a cool $3,000 and could earn up to $4,500 with lap money in play as well. Starting the twenty-four-car championship feature finale will take home $600 while all non-qualifiers earn $150. Friday action will get underway at 8 p.m. while championship Saturday night will see heat races begin at 7:30 p.m. Thanks to Mother Nature’s fury, only two events have been held thus far for the URSS. Jake Martens holds a 10-point lead over Taylor Velasquez. Tyler Knight [Read More]

Tough Clough tops Dawson County Modifieds

By Kelly Ninas LEXINGTON, Neb. (June 10) – Running away and hiding from the field in the Sunday IMCA Modified feature at Dawson County Raceway was Brandon Clough. Clough started on the outside of the front row and wasted no time in rolling to a big lead and convincing victory. Coming from the rear of the field was runner-up Cale Osborn while Jay Steffens took third. Mike Nichols was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner, Luke Wassom topped the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Jacob Olmstead collected the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod checkers.

Dirt Defender designates awards for IMCA national champions, special events drivers

RED OAK, Texas – Dirt Defender has renewed awards for IMCA national champions while introducing a new slate of prizes for special events competitors this season. The Red Oak, Texas, manufacturer again gives a pair of vented mud covers to IMCA Modified, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car, Smiley’s Racing Products Southern SportMod and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod national champions. A top five finisher at 30 designated specials for Modifieds, 15 designated specials for Stock Cars and 15 designated specials for the SportMods will receive a Dirt Defender product. “When we started this business, we made a promise that we would always give back to the racer and continue to help the sport in any way possible,” said Dirt Defender’s Billy Vest. “We are very blessed to have the customer loyalty throughout the years we have been in business and would like to thank each and every person who has ever purchased one of our products.” “The new slant to the Dirt Defender program this season focuses on IMCA special events across the country and getting products [Read More]

Herrick hoists Lincoln County trophy

By Kelly Ninas NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (June 9) – Veteran wheelman Bryan Herrick of Curtis piloted his IMCA Modified to the Saturday night feature win at Lincoln County Raceway. Herrick started on the outside of the front row, took the lead on the first lap and never looked back. Putting the pressure on Herrick for much of the feature was eventual runner-up Brandon Clough. Jamey Kennicutt was the winner of the Karl Chevrolet Northern Sport Modified feature as he held off all challengers during the waning laps after his big cushion was extinguished by late cautions. For the second week in a row, Casey Woken scored the victory in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Jacob Hagan rocketed to the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory and Daryl Cauffman powered his way to the Mach-1 Sport win.