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Broadcast dates announced for Super Nationals encore on Speed Sport 1

BOONE, Iowa (Nov. 20, 2024) – Didn’t get enough of the action at Boone Speedway and the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s ? You can enjoy encore presentations of highlights from America’s Racin’ Vacation four nights this week, beginning tonight (Wednesday) on the SPEED SPORT 1 channel. Three-hour produced shows broadcast at 9 p.m. EST and feature highlights from IMCA.TV from Day 4 at Boone this evening, Day 5 on Thursday and Day 6 on Friday. A nine-hour broadcast marathon begins at noon Sunday, Nov. 24. SPEED SPORT 1 is available for free on Amazon Prime, PlutoTV, SlingTV and more.

Logan Anderson will start from the front of the outside row on Championship Night, after winning the Tuesday IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s qualifier for Northern SportMods. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Qualifying checkers fly for Anderson

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Logan Anderson went to the top and hammered it. As a result, he’ll be starting on the front of the outside row in the Saturday night championship event for Northern SportMods at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Anderson led all 25 laps of his Tuesday night qualifier despite the very best efforts of Dylan VanWyk, who’d started 15th and ran second the last 10 circuits. VanWyk had pulled alongside late but couldn’t keep up the two times around following a late caution. “I went to the top, hammered it and told myself if he passes me, he passes me, I’ll be second,” Anderson said. “It worked out in our favor. It’s awesome, after winning the Prelude (on Sunday).” Joining Anderson and VanWyk on the outside row will be fellow top eight runners Cam Reimers, Alec Fett, Geoff Olson, Justin Addison, Will Wolf and Randy Havlik, promoted following the post-race disqualification of Cody Center. Reimers had started 23rd, Fett 19th and Addison 20th. Last-chance qualifying Wednesday at Boone Speedway [Read More]

Jason Kohl punched his ticket to the Big Dance, winning the first of two Hobby Stock qualifying features held Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.co)

Kohl, Smith are winners while Burg puts on Hobby Stock show

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Jason Kohl and Mike Smith won the qualifying features and front row starting spots that come with them while Keith Burg was the show Tuesday night at Boone Speedway. Kohl’s win in the first Hobby Stock qualifier puts him at the front of the middle row in Saturday’s main event at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Two-time and defending champion Smith topped the nightcap and will start on the front of the outside row. After his father and pole starter Andrew was the first car out of the first qualifier, Burg was a man on a mission, racing from 30th … dead last … all the way up to second with just three laps left. Kohl, who had inherited the lead around midway after Adam Streeter exited with a flat tire, had his hands full staying in front following a late restart. Burg was ahead coming out of turn two on the white flag lap but Kohl found a little extra speed and got to the [Read More]

Jake Sachau added a third Pulse Racing Innovations Race of Champions trophy to his collection, leading every lap of the 12-lapper for Northern SportMods Tuesday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht)

Sachau makes it three straight in Pulse Racing Innovations RoC

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Jake Sachau’s third straight Pulse Racing Innovations Race of Champions win played out a lot like his first. Sachau led start to finish in the 12-car, 12-lap RoC for Northern SportMods Tuesday at Boone Speedway, taking the checkers ahead of Colby Fett, also the runner-up in 2022. “Colby is really good. All these guys are really good … I was rolling out there where I went and if they got me, they got me,” said Sachau. “It just worked out really good for us.” 2018 race winner Fett finished just over a tenth of a second off Sachau’s pace after starting fifth. Alec Fett was third, Brayton Carter fourth and Coy Vlies fifth. “I tried a little something to see what we could do for Saturday and it wasn’t the best,” said Sachau, aiming to repeat his 2023 sweep of the race of champions and IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s main event. “We’ll go back to what we had last night (in qualifying) when we were [Read More]

Brad Chandler renewed a family tradition with his Sport Compact championship run Tuesday at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He is pictured with IMCA President Brett Root. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Family is focus following Chandler’s run to Sport Compact crown

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – The family that celebrated when Sport Compacts made their first-ever appearance at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s got to celebrate again Tuesday night. Brad Chandler made the most of a restart with five laps to go, motoring from third to the lead and ultimately the $1,250 checkers in the 4-cylinder headliner at Boone Speedway. “This means a lot to my family,” said Chandler, runner-up to brother Nathan when the division debuted at Super Nationals in 2011, a race that also saw brother Dallas finish fifth and father Merv end in 10th. “I took a couple years off. I’d finished second twice or third the next couple years and never thought I’d come back and be able to win here,” Chandler said, emphasizing his family’s support on and off the track. “It takes a lot of people to be able to do that.” 2016 champion Josh Barnes, long-time race leader Mick Rykhus and early leader Randall Martin completed the Tuesday podium. Martin was fastest the first [Read More]

Cory Probst led all 12 laps, outrunning Nathan Ballard in a tightly contested Stephenville Starter Hobby Stock Race of Champions thriller Tuesday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Probst prevails in Stephenville Starter RoC

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 3, 2024) – Prelude winner Cory Probst knew all about the talent he’d be racing against in the Stephenville Starter Race of Champions. Then he went out and beat those cars, leading start to finish of the 12-lap Hobby Stock RoC Tuesday during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s show at Boone Speedway. Probst drew the outside pole start and had Nathan Ballard on his back bumper or right alongside when every one of those dozen laps was scored. “Ballard is one hell of a driver. This was a great field of drivers and I was lucky enough to hold them off,” said Probst, who’d enjoyed a dose of Boone success topping the second of two Prelude features for the Hobby Stocks on Sunday. “You never take anything for granted here. It was until I got straight out of the (last set of turns) I thought I was set.” His margin of victory in the caution-free contest was all of three tenths of a second. Dillon Richards, Kalyb Brunssen [Read More]

Record pre-entries for 42nd annual Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 30, 2024) – They say records are made to be broken. That’s become the theme for the Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Just two days after the number of pre-entries for the 42nd annual event eclipsed the 1,000 mark for the third consecutive year, a new Super Nationals pre-entry record was set when Danube, Minnesota’s Shaun Bruns became the 1,054th entry for America’s Racin’ Vacation. Bruns was the 279th IMCA Sunoco Stock Car to register, also a pre-entry record. New early registration marks were also established with 84 STARS IMCA Mod Lites and 27 IMCA Sunoco Late Models. There are 241 Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds entered, along with 182 Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods, 164 IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and 77 Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts. The Hobby Stocks and SportMods are also nearing record pre-registration totals. Among the 1,054 entries so far, 30 states are represented, along with two Canadian provinces and Australia. The complete list of drivers who are registered so far include: MODIFIED Chris Abelson, Sioux City, IA Michael Ables [Read More]

IMCA Super Nationals entries top 1,000 for third straight year

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 28, 2024) – Early entries for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s have raced past the 1,000 mark for a third consecutive year. Late Model driver Sean Johnson of Independence, the Super Nationals Stock Car champion in 2011, became the 1,000th driver to pre-register for the Sept. 2-7 Super Nationals at Boone Speedway on Wednesday morning. The Stock Cars (275), STARS Mod Lites (77) and Late Models (24) have all topped individual division records. Entries for the are now in hand from 29 states, two Canadian provinces and Australia. Seven more entries followed Johnson’s mid-morning. “These are numbers that prove a lot of IMCA racers want to be a part of our marquee event,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “There are many opportunities for IMCA racers to compete for very large purses but there is only one IMCA Super Nationals and one Boone Speedway.” Modified, Stock Car, Northern SportMod, Hobby Stock, Mod Lite and Sport Compact drivers can continue to pre-register right up until their respective NAPA Auto Parts Double [Read More]

Speedway Motors, NAPA, Casey’s gift cards add nearly $14,000 to purse at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27, 2024) – Minus the wrapping paper and ribbon, it’s going to seem like Christmas in September when they start awarding gift cards at the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Nearly $14,000 in gift cards will be presented to champions, hard chargers, first-time main event qualifiers and heat race winners, courtesy of Speedway Motors, Casey’s and NAPA. NAPA gives $500 gift cards to champions crowned in the STARS Mod Lites on Sept. 1, the Late Models Sept. 2, Sport Compacts Sept. 3 and Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks on Sept. 7. The Official Parts Supplier of IMCA and Super Nationals, NAPA also gives $250 gift cards to the hard charger in each of those races Title sponsor Speedway Motors gives $100 gift cards to highest finishing first-time qualifiers in each main event. Each heat winner gets a gift card good for $10 off purchases of $100 from Speedway Motors and a $20 gift card from presentation sponsor Casey’s. Casey’s and IMCA, notes IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship [Read More]

Off-track Super Nationals activities centered at NAPA Fan Zone

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 23, 2024) – The NAPA Racing Fan Zone is again the locale for many of the special off-track events during the week of the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Located south of the main grandstand at Boone Speedway, the Fan Zone will be site of scheduled and perhaps some spontaneous activities beginning with the Sunday, Sept. 1 Prelude show and continuing through the Sept. 2-7 Super Nationals. “What’s new this year is the Tuesday afternoon Women in IMCA presented by NAPA and Dynamic Drivelines,” noted Carson Becker-Gramm, marketing integration and sponsorship director for IMCA. “Female drivers have played an important role in this organization for more than 40 years. There’s no better time than to recognize them, and maybe get an autograph or two, than during our biggest event.” All female drivers competing at Super Nationals will be invited to display their cars at the fan zone and sign autographs; NAPA will provide shirts they can sign and autograph for fans as well. More than a dozen [Read More]