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Carter cashes in again at Osky with win in IMCA Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (July 19) – Another night racing with the big names at his hometown track brought out the best again in Cayden Carter. Carter led the last nine times around the Southern Iowa Speedway oval in winning Wednesday’s Arnold Motor Supply IMCA Modified Hawkeye Dirt Tour main event. The checkers paid $1,000. “When all the big names come to town, there’s some extra pressure,” said Carter, echoing the comments he made after winning the Stock Car Shootout feature on Fourth of July at Osky. “We put a lot of extra time in the shop to be 100 percent prepared for tonight. I believe a lot of races are won in the shop.” “We won our heat and we redrew good. Everything went our way tonight,” he continued. “It was Fair Night so there was a big crowd in the stands. It was a good night to win.” Hunter Marriott, coming off another Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic championship, started from the pole and checked out early on the rest of the field. Carter worked his [Read More]

Warrior nominations sought for honorary starters of last-chance Super Nationals Modified features

BOONE, Iowa – IMCA drivers and fans are asked to Nominate A Warrior as an honorary starter for each of the three last-chance Modified features on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Current or former service members are eligible; letters or emails of nomination should be 500 words or less and tell about the nominee and their service to our country. Nominations should be directed to Marketing Director Kevin Yoder at the IMCA home office or kyoder@imca.com. “We enjoy this opportunity to honor those who have or are currently serving our country in the armed forces,” Yoder said. “Super Nationals is our biggest event and it is a privilege for us to recognize them on championship day at Boone Speedway.” All three honorary starters will be recognized that afternoon when officials from Casey’s General Store and IMCA present a check to Hope For The Warriors.

Small adjustment keys Stoddard in Empire State win

CENTER LISLE, N.Y. (July 15) – Tyler Stoddard has seen a lot of countryside traveling to a lot of different tracks over the seven years he’s followed the Empire State Series for IMCA Modifieds. On Saturday, he got his first view of the tour from victory lane. Stoddard won his first career series feature, and first IMCA Modified event since 2015, at Thunder Mountain Speedway. The 2016 tour runner-up noted that he’d made one small adjustment, suggested by car builder Bob Bills by text earlier in the day. “It seems like I’ve always been the bridesmaid. I’ve got a ton of second-place finishes,” he said. “This win was just unbelievable especially because going into this race we had been having setup issues with the car.” Stoddard started outside pole and fell back to third briefly before getting the second spot, behind Gary Lamphere. Three early cautions came out but Stoddard had the lead before midway in the 20-lapper. Lapped traffic was not a factor as Bumps Scott, Rich Michael Jr., Will Ward and Keith Jack [Read More]

Record 18 states, two provinces represented at 28th Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour

MANDAN, N.D. – When they give out the next tourism awards in North Dakota, the Kupper Chevrolet Dakota Classic Tour should be a shoo-in. Drivers from 18 states and two Canadian provinces competed over the course of the July 8-13 tour, the biggest geographical representation in its 28-year history. “The exposure we get from IMCA and IMCATV has been very good. It really gets the word out,” said Tour Director John Gartner. “We had quite a few Texas drivers this year. They like being able to race every night for six straight nights.” “Some of our guys go down South and race in the winter so a lot of them were already friends,” he added. “We really enjoy when those drivers come up here.” Hunter Marriott and Elijah Zevenbergen both won three features in repeating as tour champions in the IMCA Modified and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car divisions, respectively. One hundred and twenty-five different Modified drivers competed over the course of the tour, 42 of them at all six events. Twenty-two of the 55 Stock [Read More]

Out-Pace Racing Products renews IMCA Deery Series, Hawkeye Dirt Tour awards

FREEPORT, Ill. – Champions and non-qualifiers in two premier IMCA series share the wealth of Out-Pace Racing Products’ awards program. The Freeport, Ill., suspension component manufacturer and fourth-year sponsor gives prize packages of brackets and bars to champions of both the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds. Fifty dollar gift certificates go to designated drivers at each event in both series. Rounding out the Out-Pace program are $50 gift certificates for top five finishers at 30 Modified specials and at 15 SportMod specials. The Deery Series is next at Farley Speedway for the Yankee Dirt Track Classic on Sept. 1 and 2 while a July 19 date at Southern Iowa Speedway is next for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour. “Out-Pace Racing Products is honored to support the two IMCA touring series that are based in Iowa,” said company representative Rueben Meyer. “Both the Deery Series and the Arnold Motor Supply Hawkeye Dirt Tour are great ways to support the Late Model Modified drivers [Read More]

Stephan joins another elite group with career 100th IMCA Modified win

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. – Ricky Stephan started his IMCA Modified career 30-odd years ago at Park Jefferson Speedway. Fittingly, he returned there on July 8 to win his 100th feature in the division. “It’s really my home track and I was racing in front of my home fans,” Stephan said. “Plus, Pepsi of Siouxland sponsored the night and I’m a Pepsi guy.” “It was about time. I knew I was capable of doing it,” he continued. “Winning 100 features puts you in the history book. It’s an elite group.” While Stephan is the 50th driver in division history to reach 100 wins for his career, he’s got a resume full of equally impressive accomplishments. He earned his first of 16 career track championships, at Buena Vista Raceway, in his rookie 1987 season. He became just the ninth driver to win four track titles in a single season last year. Add in a couple Side Biter Chassis North Central Regional championships (2001 and 2003) and six Allstar Performance State championships – three in Iowa and a current [Read More]

Friday IMCA Modified feature at Salina pays $1,500 to win

SALINA, Kan. – The $1,500 to win feature for IMCA Modifieds gets top billing on the Friday, July 21 race program at Salina Speedway. The 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier will be complemented by $500 to win features for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks vie for $300 to win on Feldkamp Furniture Night. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded. All divisions will be draw/redraw and there is no entry fee. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and free for retired and active military and students under the age of 16. Pit passes are $25. Pit gates open at 5 p.m. and the front gate opens at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are at 7:15 p.m. and racing is at 8 p.m. More information is on Facebook and the www.racesalinaspeedway.com website.

Saturday IMCA Modified feature at Thunder Hill pays $1,500 to win

MAYETTA, Kan. – IMCA Modifieds will race for $1,500 to win this Saturday, July 22 at Thunder Hill Speedway. There is no entry fee and the Modified portion of the Feldkamp Furniture Night program is draw/redraw. The winner will be one of the first candidates on the ballot for the 2018 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods both race for $500 to win. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional, Allstar Performance State and track points will be awarded. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and free for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates and the grandstand open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. More information is available at the www.racethunderhillspeedway.com website and on Facebook.

Shouse wins URSS Wheatshocker crown

By Nick Schwien HAYS, Kan. (July 16) – A night earlier, Andy Shouse joked that he needed more laps around the dirt oval at RPM Speedway since he hadn’t raced at Hays for several years. Apparently, Shouse is a quick learner. On Sunday night, the defending IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car national champion walked away with the United Rebel Sprint Series victory and $2,000 in the ninth Wheatshocker Nationals. He also took home the Custom Pit Boss Smoker Grille presented by Lance Pittman of S&W Supply for being the high point driver of the Wheatshocker weekend. Shouse made a late charge en route to finishing second during Saturday night’s qualifier. On Sunday, he drew the fourth starting spot. “To be honest, we really just do our basic stuff,” Shouse said about being so fast at the 3/8-mile oval. “I think the big thing is we don’t really race at one race track all the time. We usually travel all over and see a lot of different places. I think that definitely helps us when we come [Read More]

Eastside series checkers are RaceSaver first for Severin

By Jim Haines WAYNESBORO, Va. (July 15) – Troy Severin was fast in the Friday Virginia Sprint Series feature and came through the field for another second place finish. That was just a preview for Saturday at Eastside Speedway where he raced to his first IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car tour victory. Severin was out first and kept Mike Keeton at bay while Daren Bolac and Mike Lerass lurked close behind. Leraas got by Bolac and went after Keeton but spun. With the green out again, Severin stayed smooth on the bottom and sprinted under the checkered flag for win number one with Keeton close behind. Feature results – 1. Troy Severin; 2. Mike Keeton; 3. Tom Humphries; 4. Daren Bolac; 5. Anthony Harris; 6. Anthony Linkenhoker; 7. Bill Rice; 8. Chris Ware; 9. Neil Sandridge; 10. Charlie Ware; 11. French Grimes Jr.; 12. Mike Leraas; 13. Brian Lawson.