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Saturday wins are first of season for three at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 24, 2024) – A fast track provided great racing action Saturday night at Arlington Raceway. There were three different leaders in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature. Shaun Bruns led the first 13 laps with Josh Larsen on his tail. Bruns and Tim Pessek then dueled multiple laps with Bruns falling back, Pessek taking over the lead and Dave Moriarty moving up a couple spots to challenge. A yellow flag came out for a spinning car on the 17th lap. On the restart, Moriarty took the lead and remained in front to win his first feature of the year. Pessek took second but was docked two spots in post-race tech. That gave second place to Matt Looft and third to Dan Eckblad. Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts saw a new car in victory lane with Zach Vande Kieft having a solid lead over Justin Dose in his drive to the checkers. Alan Lahr held on for third place. Zach Vande Kieft topped Saturday’s feature for Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts at Arlington. (Photo by Sarah [Read More]

Stock Cars race for Super Nationals glory, Midstate Machine-built engine

BOONE Iowa (Aug. 27, 2024) – A record number of Stock Car drivers will compete at Boone Speedway in the first week of September, with their mutual ultimate goal being an IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s champion. The Midstate Machine-built engine one of them will receive for accomplishing that feat will be pretty sweet, too. The Des Moines builder donates the labor that goes into awarding a new engine to the winner of the Sept. 7 main event at Iowa’s Action Track. Bullet Cams, Champ Pans, Edelbrock, EngineQuest, Kevko, Manley Performance Products, Motorsports Warehouse, Motorville, Summit Racing Products and event title sponsor Speedway Motors, as well as Midstate Machine, all contribute parts. “Interest in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division continues to grow nation-wide,” said IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm, also noting Midstate Machine’s long-time role in the engine awards program. “Stock Car pre-entries for the upcoming Super Nationals are already over 260, ahead of last year’s record total.” “Given the caliber of competition that’s guaranteed to be on the [Read More]

Boone Bound from Down Under

HEALESVILLE, Australia – Like hundreds of other drivers, David Donegan will be traveling to Boone Speedway to make memories at the Sept. 2-7 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. He’ll be the only driver, however, traveling more than 9,000 miles to do it. Donegan and wife Renee make the long trip from Healesville, about 40 miles north of Melbourne in extreme southeast Australia, to Boone, where America’s Racin’ Vacation will be the biggest stop during a six-week dirt track trek in the United States. He’s among the record 250-plus IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers already pre-entered for the 42nd annual event. “I just look forward to creating memories. I have no expectations on the track, though I am a racer. I would love to win,” said Donegan, who has both 410 and 360 sprint car teams and also runs an enduro car, most similar to an IMCA Modified, in Australia. “We are traveling America, creating some memories and racing.” “I would love to make the feature but understand that I am coming into the class fresh. [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]

Super Nationals purse grows with cash bonuses, lap money

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27, 2024) – When drivers sit down and write out thank you’s to everyone who contributed toward bonuses and lap money at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, they’ll be sending cards and emails to 20-plus sponsors and area businesses. More than $10,000 in cash bonuses and lap money will be given during the week of Super Nationals Sept. 2-7. “Super Nationals has always been well supported by our sponsors, and by local businesses who see the positive impact the event has locally,” said IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm. Quick Performance again gives $100 bonuses to the winners of three qualifying features for Hobby Stocks, three qualifying features for Northern SportMods and six Stock Car qualifying features, he noted, while final qualifiers for both Modified and Northern SportMod main events receive $250 in cash from Saint’s Avenue Café. “There are a number of new bonuses in 2024, such as cash awards for Modified qualifying feature winners from Moffitt’s Ford Lincoln and final qualifier cash for [Read More]

Track champions crowned at Maquoketa

By Jerry Mackey MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Aug. 24, 2024) – Dynamic Tube of Maquoketa hosted the 2024 season championship races on Saturday as Maquoketa Speedway hosted 122 race teams for another exciting night of racing action. IMCA Sunoco Late Models provided another action-packed headliner as drivers used every inch of the perfectly prepared track. Travis Denning used both the high side and the low groove as he worked his way to the front in the 25-lap main event, advancing from the ninth position. Denning took the checkers ahead of Mitch Morris and Evan Miller. With the season championship win, Denning also earned the 2024 track title. Drew Janssen made his second appearance at Maquoketa Speedway racing his Friesen Performance IMCA Modified. Janssen started at the tail of the invert due to the fact that he did not have an established point average. A fifth row start did not bother Janssen as he was able to work through traffic en route to the 20-lap main event win ahead of Spencer Diercks and Mitch Way. Jeff Larson was the track [Read More]

IMCA Super Nationals Modified, Hobby, SportMod champions get coveted Karl Kustoms crate engines

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 26, 2024) – Their checkered flag runs will be career highlights for three of the champions crowned on Saturday night at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Getting a crate engine from Karl Performance will make those Sept. 7 title runs even more memorable. The Modified champion receives a 604 crate engine, the Hobby Stock and Northern SportMod champions both 602 crates from the Des Moines high performance parts manufacturer and distributor, designated as The Preferred Engine Supplier of IMCA Racing. “Our marketing partnership with the Karl Companies originated with the Northern SportMods and has seen steady growth since,” observed IMCA Marketing Integration and Sponsorship Director Carson Becker-Gramm. “The 42nd annual Super Nationals marks the 11th consecutive year Karl will award crate engines to three of our Saturday night champions.” “Winning a Super Nationals crown is a pinnacle achievement for any dirt track driver,” he added. “We very much appreciate Karl adding even more luster.” Karl Performance and Chevrolet Performance will be located in adjoining booths on manufacturers’ row throughout the week. [Read More]

Champions crowed in exciting finale at Ocean

By Steven Blakesley Blakesley Sports Media WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2024) – Ocean Speedway in Watsonville concluded its 2024 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season Friday night at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on an exciting night on the dirt. Jim Pettit wrapped up back-to-back Friesen Performance IMCA Modified titles while 18-year-old Emali VanHoff claimed her first Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod championship. The Modifieds had an outstanding quality field for a 25-lap feature. Robert Marsh went through the middle down the backstretch to lead lap one after starting third. Marsh then spun in turn two, sparking a chain reaction crash. Fred Lind flipped side over side wildly to draw a red flag. Lind was uninjured. Bobby Hogge drove into the lead on lap seven with former champ Cody Burke and Pettit in pursuit in second and third. A series of cautions over the next 10 laps kept the field in close quarters. Hogge survived an onslaught of challenges from Burke and Pettit to score the championship finale win over Pettit, Burke, eighth-starting Jacob Mallet [Read More]

Final night of racing at Kossuth County Speedway

By Greg Grabianowski Sports Editor ALGONA, Iowa (Aug. 22, 2024) – The final evening of exciting dirt track racing at the Kossuth County Speedway for 2024 took place on Aug. 22 wrapping up a crazy season that saw Mother Nature the only feature winner on seven different Thursday nights. The evening was also for the final night for track manager Ron Reefer as he announced after doing a great job at the oval for the past nine years that it was time for him to spend more time with his family and have more time to enjoy some of his outdoor hobbies. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks were led to the flag stand by Brayton Kajewski and Joe Doran. Doran jumped out front after the first lap around the track and led the whole race until a late race surge by hard-charger Mike Smith gave the Lake City driver his fifth local feature win. Although Doran maintain the top spot early in the race, the battle for second place saw Jade Lange, Josh Sidles and Brandon [Read More]

Track champion VanHoff back at Boone to race with best of the best

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (Aug. 26, 2024) – Emali VanHoff had no shortage of adjectives in describing the feeling when she turned her first laps at Boone Speedway last September. The young hotshoe from Chowchilla, Calif., returns to Iowa’s Action Track as a Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod track champion, looking for much better results at the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “Last year was my first year racing at Boone. It was exciting,” said VanHoff, 18 years old and previously a spectator at Super Nationals each year since 2020. “It was overwhelming, it was crazy and I was nervous. To experience Super Nationals and just experience it was awesome.” While her 2023 results weren’t enough to get her into the Saturday show … DNF’s in both heat races and mid-pack finishes in both ‘B’ features … the opportunity to race with the best had VanHoff counting down the days until this year’s Nationals. “I never thought in a million years that I’d be able to go to Boone and race with the best of the [Read More]