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Early entries now top 200 for Duel In The Desert

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Oct. 29) – Early entries for IMCA’s Duel In The Desert continue to run well ahead of pre-registration numbers for recent seasons. Two hundred and six drivers – 146 IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and 60 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods – are already confirmed for the Nov. 12-15 special on the half-mile Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. At the same time last year, entries were in hand from 134 Modifieds and 41 SportMods. 2012 entry totals came from 136 Modifieds and 24 SportMods. Modifieds race for $7,777 to win and a minimum of $777 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event on Saturday, Nov. 15. Two preliminary features Thursday, Nov. 13 and on Friday, Nov. 14 each pay $777 to win. Saturday’s top prize for the SportMods is $1,777. Those divisions will compete in the same races with their existing 2014 rules; qualifying features on Thursday and Friday pay $500 to win. Advance entry fees paid by Oct. 31 are $200 [Read More]

Early entries for IMCA’s Duel In The Desert already top 100

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – More than 100 early entries are already in hand for the Nov. 12-15 IMCA Duel In The Desert special at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 17th annual event brings IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds back to the Entertainment Capital of the World for a $7,777 to win, minimum $777 to start Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying main event on Saturday, Nov. 15 on the half-mile Dirt Track. Two preliminary features Thursday, Nov. 13 and on Friday, Nov. 14 each pay $777 to win. Saturday’s top prize for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods has been raised to $1,777. Those divisions will compete in the same races with their existing 2014 rules; qualifying features on Thursday and Friday will pay $500 to win. Eighty-three Modified drivers from 20 states and two Canadian provinces have already pre-entered for the Duel, as have 32 SportMod drivers from nine states and Canada. Advance entry fees paid by Oct. 31 are $200 for Modifieds and $150 for SportMods; entry fees after [Read More]

Friday date at Yates County next for Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series

DUNDEE, N.Y. – Touring IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds have a Friday, Oct. 24 date at Yates County Speedway during the Dutch Hoag National Open Weekend. The eighth of nine Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series features this season pays $400 to win and a minimum of $75 to start. There is no entry fee. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Pit passes are $30 for members and $35 for temporary members. Grandstand admission is $18 for adults, $16 for seniors ages 62 and up, $10 for students ages 13-17, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. An open practice session for all divisions runs from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23. Friday’s main event for the IMCA Modifieds will be 25 laps. Matt Cole of Binghamton won the June 15 Empire State Series feature at Dundee. Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series top 20 point standings – 1. James Cornell, Port Crane, 277; [Read More]

15 marketing partners to receive awards during IMCA national banquet in November

LINCOLN, Neb. – Fifteen marketing partners will be recognized with special awards during the national IMCA banquet next month. Speedway Motors, IMCA’s longest tenured sponsor, receives a 35-year award. Bassett and Intercomp both get 20-year awards. Ten-year plaques go to Chevrolet Performance, Dynatech Headers, Landrum Springs and Smiley’s Racing Products. Recipients of five-year plaques include Allstar Performance, Arnold Motor Supply, CPD Racing Tools, HJC Motorsports, Integra Shocks, PRO Shocks, Summit Racing Equipment and Sweet Manufacturing. 2014 champions and rookies of the year receive awards, as do promoters of tracks to be recognized with length of sanction awards. IMCA’s national awards banquet is Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, Neb. Room reservations can be made by calling 866 706-7706 and requesting the IMCA group rate. Tickets are $35 and banquet reservations should be made by Nov. 20, by mail or by calling the IMCA home office at 319 472-2201. The champions’ reception will be held at the Smith Collection of American Speed, on the Speedway Motors campus in Lincoln on Friday, Nov. 28.

20th Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge this weekend at Abilene Speedway

ABILENE, Texas – Abilene Speedway marks a milestone with its 20th annual Ryan Bard Memorial Southern Challenge special Oct. 17-19. Four sanctioned divisions are on the program for the Friday through Sunday special, which totes a total purse of $75,000. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds chase a $3,000 top check, with a minimum of $450 paid to start their 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods race for $2,500 to win and a minimum of $250 to start. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars vie for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to take the main event green. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race for $1,000 to win and $100 to start. “B” feature starters get $250 in the Modifieds and $150 in both the Southern SportMods and Stock Cars. Non-qualifier pay is $100 for the Modifieds and Stock Cars and $75 for the Southern SportMods and Hobby Stocks. Gates open at 5 p.m. and an open practice session will be held from 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, with complimentary [Read More]

Fall Nationals at RPM Speedway rained out

By Mike Hughes HAYS, KS—The Xtreme Motorsports Fall Nationals VIII fueled by Casey’s General Stores at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kan., this past weekend was rained out and will not be rescheduled. Rain started to fall Thursday afternoon and continued into Friday afternoon, forcing track officials to cancel the race program both nights. The sun came out on Saturday and track prep crews did their best to try and roll in the track, but with all the rain, they were unable to do so and officials had to cancel the Saturday show as well. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Mach-1 Sport Compacts were on the program at RPM.

Friday Five Mile Point show next for Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. – James Cornell got the win when Friesen Chevrolet Empire State Series came to Five Mile Point Speedway for opening night back on April 13. He’ll bring the point lead to Kirkwood when the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified tour returns to Kirkwood for a Friday, Oct. 10 show, the seventh of nine events on the 2014 series schedule. The feature pays $400 to win, plus a $100 bonus courtesy of Riding The Cushion, and lap money. Main event qualifiers earn a minimum of $100 when they take the green flag. There is no entry fee. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4:45 p.m. Hot laps are at 7 p.m. with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors ages 65 and over, $5 for students 13-17 and free for kids 12 and under when accompanying a paid adult. A family pack sells for $30 and gets two adults and three seniors or students through the turnstiles. Each also gets a hot dog and [Read More]

RPM Speedway to host Fall Nationals VIII

By Mike Hughes HAYS, Kan. – RPM Speedway at Hays, Kan., will host the Xtreme Motorsports Fall Nationals VIII fueled by Casey’s General Stores this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-11. Thursday night’s program will feature a complete program for the IMCA Mach-1 Sport Compacts and the Crazy Cruisers starting at 7 p.m. There will also be a test and tune session for IMCA-sanctioned Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods and Hobby Stocks. There will be free grandstand admission Thursday with the gates opening at 6 p.m. Friday night will feature heat races and qualifying races for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern Sport Mods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks starting at 7 p.m. Grandstand admission will be $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, with gates opening at 5 p.m. Saturday’s program will consist of last-chance races and features for the Modifieds, Stock Cars, Northern SportMods and Hobby Stocks with the green flag flying at 6 p.m. Grandstand admission will be $15 for adults and $5 [Read More]

Deery Series finale this weekend at West Liberty

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa – The Ideal Ready Mix 100 at West Liberty Raceway is the stage for the final Deery Brothers Summer Series event of 2014. In addition to opening night qualifying races for touring IMCA Late Models, the Friday, Oct. 10 program boasts the 25-lap $1,000 to win Ideal Ready Mix Ironman Challenge race, open to all former series champions and to drivers with perfect attendance through the first 13 Deery events of the season. Two 50-lap, $3,000 to win features are on the Saturday, Oct. 11 card. The first feature is the final points race of the series; the second, non-points race will invert drivers who finished on the lead lap in the opener, replacing cars not within one lap of the winner with highest finishing non-qualifiers from the “B” feature(s). Point leader Justin Kay of Wheatland leads all drivers with five feature wins thus far and takes a 30-point advantage over Andy Eckrich of Oxford to West Liberty. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and [Read More]

Independence Motor Speedway banquet set for Saturday, Nov. 8

By Ryan Clark INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – The annual Independence Motor Speedway awards banquet has been scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8 in the 4-H Building on the Buchanan County Fairgrounds. The event will recognize the top 10 in points in each of the five weekly IMCA sanctioned divisions. Track champions to be honored include Curt Martin, who earned a track record 11th title in the IMCA Late Model division; four-time Performance Bodies IMCA Modified track champion Troy Cordes; back-to-back IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stock champion Benji Irvine and first-time champions Norman Chesmore in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Alex Zwanziger in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. The event will begin with a social hour from 6-7 p.m. S&B Promotions will provide a free keg prior to dinner, which will be served at 7 p.m. and include roast beef, baked ham, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy, coleslaw and an assortment of desserts. The awards ceremony is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Tickets for the event are $12 each and may be purchased by sending a check [Read More]