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Three features for IMCA Modifieds at Gillette’s East-West Clash

GILLETTE, Wyo. – Three feature events for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are on the card for Gillette Thunder Speedway’s 14th annual East-West Clash Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The opening night feature pays $600 to win. Saturday and Sunday races pay $1,000 to win, a minimum of $100 to start and are 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifiers. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded all three nights. Pit gates open at noon and the grandstand opens at 6 p.m. all three nights. Traveling drivers can hotlap from 6:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Entry fees are $50 on Friday, $65 on Saturday and $75 on Sunday. Pit passes are $25 on Friday and Saturday, $30 on Sunday or $75 for all three days. Friday grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors 60 and over and free for kids 12 and under. On Saturday and Sunday, spectator admission is $15 for adults, $12 for [Read More]

Heart O’ Texas Speedway to host Southern SportMod Nationals Sept. 6-7

WACO, Texas – The winner’s share of the purse is $3,000 when Heart O’ Texas Speedway hosts the Southern SportMod Nationals set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7. The feature for IMCA Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center Southern SportMods pays a minimum of $200 to start. Non-qualifiers get $150. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be awarded. Entry fee is $50. All Southern SportMod drivers who have won a sanctioned feature this season are eligible to qualify for Saturday’s 12-car All-Star field. That race pays $350 to win and a minimum of $50 to start. Qualifying begins on Friday. The Sprint Series of Texas is also on the Saturday card. Pit gates open at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. both nights. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $3 for kids ages 6-11 and free for five and under. Pit passes are $25. More information is available by calling 254 829-2294 and at the www.heartotexasspeedway.com website. The ninth annual event had been rained out [Read More]

Ocean’s IMCA Pettit Shootout pays $15,003 to win

WATSONVILLE, Calif. – The biggest IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified payday of the season will come at Ocean Speedway’s third annual Pat Pettit Memorial Shootout Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. The winner earns a hefty $15,003. The runner-up earns $5,003, while third place is worth $2,003, fourth place pays $1,203 and fifth nets $1,103. A minimum of $503 will be paid to start the 22-car, 50-lap event. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Larry Shaw Racing Western Region, Allstar Performance State and local track points will be awarded. Heat races and a qualifying feature will be held on Friday; ‘B’ mains, a last-chance qualifier and the main event are scheduled Saturday. Entry fee is $175 by Aug. 31 or $225 after that date. Sound restrictions will be strictly enforced and no IMCA cone mufflers will be allowed: Recommended for use is the Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Force Alcohol Race Muffler. Transponders and one-way radio receivers are also required. Pit pates open at 1 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m., hot laps are at 5 [Read More]

Dodge City residents get in free this Saturday at DCRP

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – Following on the heels of this past weekend’s Inaugural Freedom Tour non-wing Sprint Car double, action continues with this Saturday’s championship chase action at Dodge City Raceway Park featuring all five of the track’s regular classes. And it’s time to pack the track’s spacious grandstands, as all residents of Dodge City who can provide proof of residence receive free admission to the Aug. 31 racing action that gets under way at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s tilt will include the headliner IMCA Xtreme Motor SportMods along with IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Thunder Cars on the 3/8-mile clay oval with the Hornets on the inner asphalt oval. With only the September 28 Jerry Soderberg Championship Memorial Event remaining after this Saturday night, the championship point battles are hanging in the balance with Austin Allen, Jeff Kaup, Billy Phelps, Matt O’Hair and Jarett Lunow leading their respective divisions into the night. Allen carries a 27-point advantage over Jon Herring Jr. in the Modified title chase with Jesse Smith [Read More]

Deery Series headlines opening night at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27) – The winner of the next Deery Brothers Summer Series event will also be the first champion crowned at the 2013 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The IMCA Late Model tour headlines the opening night program at Boone Speedway on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2. The feature pays $3,000 to win, plus a bonus of $30 for each of as many as 50 sanctioned starts made during the weekly point season, and a minimum of $300 to start. All regular tour procedures will be followed at Super Nationals: Twenty-four cars will start the feature and take the initial green flag two-wide. Qualifying races are also on the Monday ticket for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods. Pit gates open and registration begins at 10 a.m., hot laps for those divisions are at 2 p.m. and the first heat race is at 3 p.m. Deery drivers will hot lap at approximately 6 p.m. The Late Model main event starts at approximately 10 p.m. Grandstand admission is $20 for adults, $5 [Read More]

One-way radios required in all Super Nationals divisions

BOONE, Iowa – One-way radios will be mandatory for all drivers in all divisions competing at the Sept. 2-7 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Drivers have the option of using either the RACEceiver Fusion 1600, which will operate on Channel 300, or Nitro-Bee, which will operate on Channel 299. If they do not already own such a device, both makes will be available for purchase on Manufacturers’ Row throughout the week.

Chevrolet Performance adds to bonus program with new crate engine prizes at Super Nationals

GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Chevrolet Performance complements its established bonus program by awarding new motors to champions or top-finishing crate engine drivers in the Modified, Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod main events at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Weekly track championship bonuses have become a staple of the Chevrolet program but the anticipation is really high for the 602 and 604 crate engine giveaways during the upcoming Super Nationals,” noted IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder. “In combination with Karl Chevrolet, we’ll award no less than five complete crate engines during the Saturday night program in Boone and make the infield an even more exciting place than it already is.” The engines of main event winners in all three divisions will be sold during the auction that follows the Saturday program at Boone Speedway. IMCA Northern and Southern SportMod drivers competing with crate engines are in the running this season for bonuses from Chevrolet Performance as part of a program now in its ninth season. Chevrolet Performance will give $250 bonuses [Read More]

Tech inspection, practice, party planned for the Sunday before Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – Tech inspection, an open practice session, some music and a big party are in the works for Sunday, Sept. 1, the night before the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s get underway at Boone Speedway. Pre-tech opens at 10 a.m. Sunday for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods only, the two divisions that start qualifying on Labor Day. Tech inspection ends at 4 p.m. Pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. for the 5 p.m. practice, which is open to all divisions running at Super Nationals. Admission is $10. The practice session will be followed by a complimentary chili supper, complete with beverages, for everyone who purchased pit admission. The rock and roll band Helforstout, based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plays from sundown to 1 a.m. A stage will be set up on the speedway grounds for fans to take in the live music performance at no charge. More than 300 drivers from across the United States and Canada are already pre-entered for the 31st annual Super Nationals.

All roads lead to Boone for 31st annual Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa – All roads will lead to Boone Speedway for the Sept. 2-7 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. More than 400 drivers from 22 states and Canada have already pre-registered and/or purchased pit stalls for the 31st annual version of America’s Racin’ Vacation. That’s resulted in IMCA extending the early registration deadline to Thursday, Aug. 29. “This is a good problem to have, and it seems like it’s one we ‘ve been having every year as long as I can remember,” IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for anyone who hasn’t pre-registered or sent in their forms for camping to do so as soon as possible. It speeds up the registration process immensely at the event and saves the racer a few bucks in the process.” Car counts at Super Nationals have topped 800 every year since 2008. New event records have been set each of the last three years, with the 874 entries in 2012 setting the latest standard. Depending [Read More]

BST series at El Paso County, I-76 this weekend

CALHAN, Colo. (Aug. 27) – Two IMCA series see action this weekend at El Paso County Speedway and at I-76 Speedway. Both the Precise Racing BST Series for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds and Chubby Chassis Series for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars hit the dirt Saturday, Aug. 31 at Calhan and Sunday, Sept. 1 at Fort Morgan. Sunday’s Modified feature at I-76 pays $1,000 to win and is a qualifying event for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods also run Saturday at El Paso County, where pit gates open at 2 p.m., the grandstand opens at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 4:30 p.m. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and active military personnel with ID, $7 for kids ages 3-7 and free for two and under. Pit passes are $25 and fireworks follow the racing. There is no entry fee for the Modifieds for Sunday’s $1,000 to win show. Pit gates open at 2:30 p.m., the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 5 [Read More]