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Mod Lites of Arkansas, Crowley’s Ridge Racing For The Paws this Saturday night

PARAGOULD, Ark. (June 14, 2023) – This Saturday night, June 17, the Mod Lites of Arkansas, a Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lite series, will be making its series debut at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway for the first annual Racing For The Paws while raising needed pet food and supplies for the Greene County Animal Farm. Already home to the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, this will mark the second time in the speed plant’s 30-plus year history that another IMCA sanctioned division will participate at the historic race track operated by the Francis family for generations. “We are really excited to welcome new racers and fans to our community. Our racing family loves to support local non-profit organizations and the Greene County Animal Farm holds a special place in many of our fans hearts. We can’t wait to see the show the Mod Lites of Arkansas put on Saturday!” said Paige Francis-Hill with the raceway. The Greene County Animal Farm is a non-profit, no-kill, animal shelter that is home to all walks of animals, big and small. They [Read More]

Smith tops Hawkeye Challenge, Mills, Lopez and May see checkers before Mother Nature wins at Boone

June 10, 2023 By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (June 10, 2023) – Boone Speedway held its Hawkeye Challenge, one of the most unique races in the country, pitting six different classes of cars all racing at one time Saturday night. The overall winner was Mike Smith in his IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock. The Hawkeye Challenge was run before features and 21 cars were scheduled to start, qualified through track points and through heat racing earlier in the evening. Classes were staggered by lap count, with the lone Sprint Car of Mike Houseman needing to complete 25 laps, the Modifieds 23 laps, SportMods and Mod Lites 22 laps, Stock Cars 21 laps, and the Hobby Stocks 20 laps. When the dust cleared in the race that went non-stop, it was Smith in his Hobby Stock taking pocketing the $1,000 top prize. Other class winners were Josh May in the Mod Lites, Johnathon Logue in the Stock Cars, Jeremy Mills in the Modifieds, Kaylin Lopez in Northern SportMods, and Houseman in the Sprint Car. They took home $500 each. [Read More]

Shute repeats, Schmidt gets first Marshalltown win of season

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 9, 2023) – Todd Shute came away with back-to-back wins in the Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Jay Schmidt got win number one of the season in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars Friday at Marshalltown Speedway. Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts kicked off feature racing with their 15-lap “A” main. Kolby Sabin led from the drop of the green to take his third win of the year. He was chased most of the way by Terry Bickford who crossed the finish line in second. However, Bickford was disqualified in the post-race inspection. This handed second spot over to Matt Miller, and Mitchell Bunch was third in a close one at the line. Fourth was Larry Werner and rounding out the top five was Chad Larson. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks ran 20 laps for their feature event and it was Calvin Dhondt taking the checkers. Dhondt started ninth and ran down early leader Sam West. He made a nifty pass low in turns one and two and had the lead by lap 10. The [Read More]

Hyperco renews awards program for IMCA special events

PONTOTOC, Miss. (June 10, 2023) – Special events competitors in seven IMCA divisions earn product awards again this season given by Hyperco. Hyperco, the high performance suspension components manufacturer that brings Total Performance Advantage to the race track, gives a coil spring to second, third and fourth-place finishers at 80 designated specials for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Late Models, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMods. A pair of coil springs also go to two designated place finishers in Modified, Late Model, Stock Car, Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod and Mod Lite main events at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s in September. “Throughout our involvement in global motorsports such as NASCAR, Indycar, Formula 1, WEC and more, short track racing is our core. IMCA has some of the best competition and personalities, which is what we love the most,” said Hyperco Motorsports & Performance Aftermarket Manager Justin Cockerham. “While on-track performance and results are our [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 8, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 969; 2. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 855; 3. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 815; 4. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 812; 5. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 751; 6. Timothy Allerdings, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 713; 7. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 658; 8. William “Bill” Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 628; 9. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 615; 10. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, 601; 11. Nick Meyer, Whittemore, Iowa, 597; 12. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, 596; 13. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 577; 14. Izac Mallicoat, Boone, Iowa, 560; 15. Michael “Bubba” Ables, Caddo, Okla., 555; 16. Owen Barnhill, Milton, Fla., 554; 17. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 548; 18. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 542; 19. Jason Barnhill, Pace, Fla., 523; 20. Chris Zogg, New Liberty, Iowa, 521. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 505; 2. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 481; 3. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 440; 4. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 397; 5. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 389; 6. Colton Leal, Dubuque, Iowa, 352; 7. Chance [Read More]

Shute, Olson take Topless wins at Marshalltown

By Joyce Eisele MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 2, 2023) – It was the Dirty 30 Topless Two-Fer presented by Capital Sign Company at the Marshalltown Speedway Friday night so Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and Northern SportMods shed their tops for a night of racing topless. The Modified winner was Todd Shute while Kyle Olson went to victory lane in the SportMods. The IMCA Modifieds presented by Tire Demon by Love Tap ran a 30 lapper. Johnathon Logue started on the pole and jumped to the immediate lead, as Joel Rust who had started on the outside front row, tucked in to run second. Rust had the lead by lap six but by then it was ninth place starter Shute and Dallon Murty joining in challenging Logue and leader Rust in a real dogfight. Shute made the pass down low on Rust at lap 12 and took the lead with Murty and then Drew Janssen giving him chase. The closing laps saw Murty try his darndest to get by Shute, throwing a last ditch slider out of turn [Read More]

Prestige, big paydays for champions at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (June 2, 2023) – Prestige and big paydays are on the line again at the 41st annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Seven champions will be crowned over the course of the Sept. 2-3 Prelude and Sept. 4-9 Super Nationals at Boone Speedway. Those drivers will not only etch their name in the history book of the most prestigious event in dirt track racing, they can take those titles to the bank. The Modified champion earns $10,000 with $7,500 paid to win in the Stock Car main event, $5,000 to win the Northern SportMod main and $3,000 to win the Hobby Stock main, all on the final night Saturday, Sept. 9. STARS Mod Lites race for a top check of $2,000 in their Sunday, Sept. 3 final. The Labor Day program sees Late Models running for $3,000 to win and Tuesday, Sept. 5’s Sport Compact main pays $1,000. “Winning a Super Nationals championship is a career pinnacle accomplishment for any driver,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “Super Nationals is our biggest [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings through June 1, 2023

Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds – 1. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 969; 2. Andrew Pearce, Oakley, Calif., 820; 3. Troy Morris III, Bakersfield, Calif., 775; 4. William Gould, Calera, Okla., 736; 5. Timothy Allerdings, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 695; 6. Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas, 675; 7. William “Bill” Miller, Yuma, Ariz., 613; 8. Grey Ferrando, Stayton, Ore., 575; 9. Owen Barnhill, Milton, Fla., 554; 10. Jeremy Mills, Clear Lake, Iowa, 546; 11. Dyllan Ricks, Boyden, Iowa, 539; 12. Jason Barnhill, Pace, Fla., 523; 13. Kaleb Emerson, Weatherford, Texas, 522; 14. Michael “Bubba” Ables, Caddo, Okla., and Trevor Fitz, Santa Maria, Calif., both 517; 16. Jake Pike, Pahrump, Nev., 511; 17. Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, 508; 18. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 504; 19. Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa, 489; 20. Izac Mallicoat, Boone, Iowa, 482. IMCA Sunoco Late Models – 1. Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, Neb., 385; 2. Alex Banks, Newman Grove, Neb., 368; 3. Andy Nezworski, Blue Grass, Iowa, 349; 4. Chase Osborne, Norfolk, Neb., 326; 5. Kale Kosiski, Omaha, Neb., 289; 6. Chance Huston, East Moline, Ill., 262; 7. [Read More]

Car photos needed this fall for Allstar Performance heat win awards

VINTON, Iowa (June 2, 2023) – With the Memorial Weekend in the rearview, IMCA racing action will heat up literally and figuratively all the way to the end of the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season. Correspondingly, drivers in all nine IMCA divisions winning heat races through the last full weekend of September receive heat win decals courtesy of Allstar Performance. Winning 10 or more heats this season gets them a $100 gift card from the Watervliet, Mich., high performance parts manufacturer. The driver, regardless of division, winning the most heat races gets a $250 gift card. The sole requirements, IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm reminds drivers, is that they must display those heat win decals on their race car and send a picture of their car proving decal placement, to be eligible. Photos should be emailed to contingencies@imca.com. “Heat win decals, and feature win decals from AERO Race Wheels, have been sent to every IMCA track,” said Becker-Gramm. “Drivers should make sure they are getting those on race nights and getting [Read More]

Reimers rules Boone, May takes Corn Belt Clash win

By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (May 27, 2023) – It was a beautiful night Saturday for racing at Boone Speedway to kick off the Memorial Weekend. There were 148 cars checked in to provide the crowd with a full night of entertaining racing action. The Stealth Racing STARS Mod Lites ran a 25-lap feature event for their second night of a three-race Corn Belt Classic series. Ben George was the early leader of the main event but had big-time company in the likes of Josh May, Bryce Vowan and Jon Padilla. Bad luck bit George when a lapped car caused him to fall back on lap 10, with May taking over the top spot. May never looked back after getting the lead and would take it the rest of the way home to the win. Second place went to Jon Padilla. Third place was Bryce Vowan. Josh May was the Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lite winner on night two of the Corn Belt Clash, at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography) The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern [Read More]