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IMCA Modified winner’s check could top $5,000 at Hogan Memorial

VINTON, Iowa – The IMCA Modified winner at Benton County Speedway’s 23rd annual Hogan Memorial could take home a check for more than $5,000. The Sunday, July 2 main event pays a minimum of $2,333 to win. Fifty dollars will be paid to the leader of each of the feature’s 50 laps with a bonus of $250 plus a new Hoosier G-60 tire going to the leader when the race is stopped at halfway. A 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifier, the Hogan pays $983 for second, $808 for third, $683 for fourth and $558 for fifth. Minimum start money is $283. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Side Biter Chassis and Allstar Performance State, but not local track points will be given. Also on the pre-holiday program are IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars running for $1,000 to win and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, both for $750 to win. All points, including track, will be given in those divisions. There is no entry fee and all classes are draw/redraw. IMCA gives the [Read More]

IMCA Stock Car Shootout set July 3-4 at Southern Iowa

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – The Class Too Tough To Tame takes top billing at the 22nd annual Budweiser Stock Car Shootout set for Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $2,500 to win, $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third; a minimum of $300 will be paid to start the Tuesday night main event. The top eight will qualify on opening night. Entry fee is $100 or $175 on Tuesday. Tow is $200 for drivers who race both days. Heats and last-chance races are on the Tuesday card. Complete shows are also on Musco Lighting co-sponsored programs both days for IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts. Modifieds race for $1,000 to win Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot-qualifying events. SportMods and Hobby Stocks also race for $1,000 to win both nights, Sport Compacts for $500. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and Allstar Performance State points, but no local track points will be awarded at both draw/redraw shows. Entry fee [Read More]

$1,000 IMCA Empire State Series feature during Fireworks Night at Outlaw Speedway

DUNDEE, N.Y. (June 27) – IMCA Modifieds race for $1,000 to win when the Empire State Series travels to Dundee this Friday to join the Fireworks Night event at Outlaw Speedway. The Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier pays a minimum of $100 to start and IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded at the June 30 show. There is no entry fee and the feature will be 30 laps. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission is $17 for adults, $15 for seniors and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $35. As the name of the event would imply, a fireworks extravaganza follows the race program. The race night is sponsored by the Douglas B. Miles Agency, Inc. More information is available from promoter Tyler Siri at 607 228-7038 and at the track website, www.outlawspeedwayllc.com.

Opening night for newly-sanctioned Bronco Motor Speedway is Friday

CLEVELAND, Texas – IMCA Modifieds will have another Friday night home in Texas beginning this weekend at Bronco Motor Speedway. Pit gates open early for out-of-town drivers traveling to the June 30 show at Cleveland. The grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m., hot laps are at 7 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. Bronco is part of IMCA’s Razor Chassis South Central Region. Season championship night is Sept. 22. “There are a lot of IMCA Modified drivers in this area,” said speedway owner Jerry Brown. “They have been asking about sanctioning since I bought the track.” Promoter is Mike Cannon, whose family built the track 20 years ago. “We want to give Modified drivers in the area another Friday night option,” Cannon said. “I can remember when area tracks had full fields of Modifieds. That’s what we hope to accomplish again here.” Bronco re-opened earlier this month and has hosted three sprint car programs as well as regular Tuesday night test and tune sessions. The quarter-mile clay oval has been completely reworked. Concession stands – [Read More]

Miller picks up PASS win at Port Royal

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 24) – Darren Miller wired the field in the 18-lap Pennsylvania Sprint Series main event for the first win of his career Saturday at Port Royal Speedway. Jeff Miller raced into second early from the sixth starting spot and kept the leader honest the entire distance of the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car headliner. Only on the final lap, as the pair headed to the checkered flag and Darren Miller got bottled up by traffic was Jeff Miller able to challenge, albeit unsuccessfully. Tyler Reeser rode home third followed by Cale Reigle and Ken Duke Jr. Feature results – 1. Darren Miller; 2. Jeff Miller; 3. Tyler Reeser; 4. Cale Reigle; 5. Ken Duke Jr.; 6. Drew Ritchey; 7. Dave Guss Jr.; 8. John Walp; 9. Kassidy Kreitz; 10. Kyle Ganoe; 11. Erin Statler; 12. Tom Worrick; 13. Scott Ellerman; 14. Zach Newlin; 15. Ron Aurand; 16. Reed Thompson; 17. Tyler Denochik; 18. Mike Alleman; 19. Stephanie Dodson; 20. Jay Krout; 21. Coltt Lepley; 22. Nathan Gramley; 23. Dave Grube; 24. Brian Sweitzrer.

Campos collects Cottage Grove checkers for first Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout victory

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (June 26) – John Campos earned $1,000 plus a dose of redemption along with the checkers when the Wild West IMCA Modified Shootout returned to Cottage Grove Speedway Monday night. Campos led the last 16 of 35 laps, running side-by-side with Mark Wauge much of that distance before taking the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying victory. “We were persistent on the bottom,” said Campos, who had started seventh. “He (Wauge) was right there. We had that late-race caution on lap 29 and checked out a bit from there.” The former super late model driver has found a more economical division in the IMCA Modifieds. Campos has followed the Shootout each of his three seasons in the sanctioned divisions and had posted second- and fourth-place finishes since being disqualified in post-race tech on opening night. Wauge set a wicked fast pace from the start but was slowed by a couple cautions. Shortly after a lap 16 restart, he came under pressure from the hard-charging Campos. Campos completed his pass [Read More]

Dodge City title chases hit the midway point this Saturday

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – The state-of-the-art Dodge City Raceway Park will reach the midway point of the 2017 racing season with a full card of championship chase action this Saturday night, July 1. Saturday’s action that fires off at 7:30 p.m. featuring the Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Cars along with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks. Thus far, huge fields of cars have been the norm on nights in which all five featured championship chase divisions have been in action with an average of more than 100 cars per night. Tickets for Saturday’s championship chase action are $15 for adults with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. The 2017 season at Dodge City Raceway Park consists of 14 total nights of scheduled racing action, culminating with the Boot Hill Showdown on Oct. 27-28.

Noteboom notches another Modified win at Park Jeff

JEFFERSON, S.D. (June 24) – Saturday’s SignMasters IMCA Modified division saw Jay Noteboom put another notch in the belt between himself and Ron Luitjens as he picked up win number 52 for his career at Park Jefferson Speedway. Noteboom currently sits second in overall feature wins in all divisions at 68, just five behind Joe Kosiski. Bob Moore had strong run to second and Jason Schneiders turned in a strong third place finish. The IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars were once again a quick an easy win by Colin Smith. In the Schaeffer Oil IMCA Northern SportMods, veteran Rusty Montagne was again the feature winner. Montagne, like Noteboom, is slowly creeping up the all-time win charts at Park Jefferson, and did so at the expense of Todd Boulware and Karl Brewer, the 2016 kings of the division. Paul Menard put a stop to the Hoffman Train as the 16D was able to cruise to the top spot and keep Andy Hoffman from another IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock victory lane interview. The Fox 620 IMCA Sport Compacts saw [Read More]

Sprint Series of Oklahoma set for Freedom 40 Friday at Red Dirt Raceway

By David Smith Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Sprint Series of Oklahoma is set for a huge night of racing this Friday, June 30 as the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car tour makes its second appearance at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., and their “Freedom Forty.” Highlighting the program will be a 40-lap championship feature for the SSO with an increased purse from top to bottom and the track will have a huge fireworks display as well. The SSO is coming off a successful two nights of racing action where Texas driver Michael Day earned his first career series victory Friday night in Ardmore while defending champion Andy Shouse scored his third feature victory of the season Saturday night in Ardmore. When the series, presented by Smiley’s Racing Products, first visited Red River Speedway back in May it was Shouse getting the best of a 27 car field to take the victory. Among the series regulars expected to compete include Jake Martens, Shouse, Joe Wood Jr., Chris Kelly, Cody Whitworth, Blake Scott, Loyd Clevenger, [Read More]

Johnson, Probst are double winners at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (June 24) – Make-up features from the previous week were on the card Saturday at Arlington Raceway and Bill Johnson and Cory Probst both made a pair of trips to victory lane as a result. Johnson swept the two 95.7 the Rock IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car features while Probst doubled up in the Premier Logistics IMCA Hobby Stocks. Other feature winners were Clint Hatlestad and Trent Loverude in the MN 93 IMCA Modifieds, Dan Mackenthun and Chad Schroeder in the B & B Racing Chassis IMCA Stock Cars, Jeff Lloyd and Dustin Engelke in the Unhinged Pizza IMCA Northern SportMods and Alex Dostal and Ryan Bryant in the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compacts. Jam the Trailer Night brought in 850-plus pounds of food for the Sibley County Foodshare program. More than 120 cars signed in to compete.