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Craft returning to home state as Canyon Speedway AZ promoter

PEORIA, Ariz. – David Craft comes home this season, as the new promoter at Canyon Speedway AZ. The Arizona native, also starting his second year in charge at Nebraska’s Lincoln County Raceway, and his wife Penny take over at Peoria where IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, Mach-1 Sport Compacts and newly-sanctioned STARS Mod Lites will fill Saturday cards. “I spent a lot of years in Arizona. We have family here and Arizona has been a big part of our lives. We’re pleased to be back,” said Craft. “It’s a special place for us.” Craft started racing a Modified in Arizona and will commute between tracks in the spring and fall, focusing on Lincoln County when Canyon Speedway AZ is closed in July and August. “I know all racers want a shot at winning. We’re going to work very hard at being consistent in tech and treating all drivers fairly,” he said. “Consistency is another thing we like about IMCA. We don’t have to reach out to [Read More]

Pettit, Dotson, Arneson new to All-Star ballot

VINTON, Iowa – Jim Pettit II, Ethan Dotson and Casey Arneson each put their name on the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot with IMCA Modified feature wins. Pettit paced the season opener at Antioch Speedway while Dotson was a three-time winner and Arneson won once at Cocopah Speedway’s IMCA.TV Winter Nationals. Tanner Black and Chaz Baca, already All-Star candidates, were also winners at Cocopah. The list of All-Star candidates now includes: Jeff Aikey, Austin Arneson, Casey Arneson, Chaz Baca, Eric Barnes, Brandon Beckendorf, Eddie Belec, Chad Bennett, Tom Berry Jr., Tanner Black, Steven Bowers Jr., Ethan Braaksma, John Campos and Cayden Carter. Chris Carter, Kellen Chadwick, Ty Clemens, Nick DeCarlo, Casey Delp, Shane DeVolder, Spencer Diercks, Ethan Dotson, Tommy Dove, Chris Elliott, Shawn Fletcher, Troy Foulger, Tripp Gaylord and Mike Goodson. Jordan Grabouski, Matt Guillaume, Michael Hale, Chase Hansen, Kyle Heckman, Toby Herring, Ryan Heskett, Kollin Hibdon, Jacob Hobscheidt, Bobby Hogge IV, Bobby Horton, Jerry Hunt and Mitchell Hunt. Nate Jones, Billy Kendall, Corey Kortum, Cody Laney, Jeff Larson, Cody Leonard, Jimmy Lipke, Wade Lumsden, [Read More]

IMCA Modifieds are new in 2021 at Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway

ELMA, Wash.– Grays Harbor Raceway becomes the newest home for IMCA Modifieds in the Pacific Northwest. Bert Johnson, general manager at the 3/8-mile clay oval at the Fairgrounds in Elma, Wash., announced that opening night for the sanctioned division would be April 17, with the 2021 IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season running through Sept. 18. “We probably have the largest number of Modifieds of any track in the Pacific Northwest now,” said Johnson. “The response we got about sanctioning with IMCA during our drivers’ meeting was very positive. We like the uniform rule package and when our guys go to other tracks to race, they know they’ll be legal when they get there.” “Another thing sanctioning with IMCA does is give our drivers the opportunity to race for national, regional and state championships,” he added. “It gives them a little push while representing our track.” Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying specials on the tentative schedule are the $1,200 to win West Coast Modified Clash on June 26 and the $2,500-plus to win Shipwreck Beads Modified Nationals [Read More]

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints returning to Sunday shows at Huset’s Speedway

BRANDON, S.D. – The IMCA RaceSaver division returns this season to a hotbed for Sprint Cars in South Dakota. A dozen Sunday night shows are on the 2021 schedule leading up to the Sept. 25-26 finale at Huset’s Speedway. “IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars are a perfect fit for this area. We ran them a couple times at the end of 2020. They’re a great class and very affordable,” promoter Doug Johnson said. “I was at a swap meet in Sioux Falls and drivers were very excited about the sanction. It will be a great addition and one that will fill a void in the Sioux Falls market.” Opening night at Brandon is set for May 9. Top prize at the IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing season-ending special will be a minimum of $1,000. Johnson, also promoter at Friday Sprint Car venue Jackson, Minn., Motorplex, has extending the backstretch catch fence at the quarter-mile dirt oval and replacing a portion of the grandstand railing on his to-do list before the green flag flies that evening. Outdoor [Read More]

Maynard doing double duty as IMCA regional director, new Modified series promoter

WYALUSING, Pa. – Jake Maynard adds a couple new titles to his resume with IMCA this season. The Modified driver from Wyalusing, Pa., becomes both the director of IMCA’s Dirt Works Eastern Region and promoter of the new NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series. In the former post he’ll help IMCA develop new and strengthen existing track sanctions, in the latter he’ll oversee events in the inaugural New York and Pennsylvania-based series. “I want to help IMCA be successful in this region and keep the interest of drivers, promoters and fans up,” Maynard said. “I kind of feel like the new kid at a new school right now. It was exciting to see and talk to people at the drivers’ meeting we held to gauge interest in the IMCA Modified division and the series. There have been lots of smiles and lots of excitement.” Maynard followed his late father Billy into the sport, starting his IMCA career in 2012. A strong proponent of both the rules and economics that accompany IMCA sanctioning, Maynard got a reminder just [Read More]

Madrid gets first IMCA Stock Car win in New Year’s special

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (Jan. 1) – The 10th annual New Year’s Day special at Arizona Speedway ranked a solid 10 with Zachary Madrid. Madrid earned $1,000 for his career-first IMCA Sunoco Stock Car victory in the 2021 opener. The Friday win was also his 40-lap first in any division. “The car is wicked fast and I couldn’t have asked for a better setup,” said Madrid, who had debuted the Mike Shea-owned 2020 IROC ride last November at the Duel In The Desert. “We’ll take a $1,000 win any time we can get it.” The 2019 IMCA Modified track champion at San Tan Valley, Madrid on the front row and inside father Anthony. He stayed close to the front, taking the lead for good after mechanical issues sidelined the senior Madrid, Chanse Hollatz and then George Fronsman. Dallon Murty motored from 12th starting to finish second while 13th starting Ray Doyle was third. Madrid will chase Stock Car career win number two at Cocopah Speedway’s IMCA.TV Winter Nationals. Feature results – 1. Zachary Madrid; 2. Dallon Murty; 3. [Read More]

IMCA Stock Cars are next great thing at Wisconsin’s Tomahawk Speedway

TOMAHAWK, Wis. (Dec. 22) – The next great thing at Tomahawk Speedway will be IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars. The sanctioned division officially joins the Saturday night race program at the north central Wisconsin speedplant in 2021, with opening night set for May 22. The IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing point season runs through Aug. 28. “I have friends that race IMCA Stock Cars, I’ve watched them at other tracks and I’ve watched them at Super Nationals,” said promoter Andrew Bartelt. “The respect the drivers in the class have is something we want to incorporate here.” “We have used rules very similar to IMCA’s the last two years and the cars performed very well at our facility,” he continued. “Beginning next year this will be a place where they can race for local track, state, regional and national points.” Bartelt, a former pavement racer and track and series announcer, owns several local businesses and along with Marilyn Fanetti purchased 1/3-mile clay Tomahawk in July of 2015. New pit, grandstand and parking lot lighting has been installed [Read More]

Five IMCA divisions making big news at Wagner Speedway in 2021

WAGNER, S.D. – The ownership and management of Wagner Speedway is proud to announce some big news for the racing community in our region and announce the 2021 race schedule. Following a season of hard work, planning and discussion, Wagner Speedway is thrilled to be sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) for the upcoming campaign. IMCA is America’s premier dirt track racing sanctioning body, home of the Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Series. Since exploding onto the racing scene in 1979, the Modifieds have become the calling card of IMCA. These open wheel wonders push the limits of power and excitement. The IMCA Modified was the savior of modern racing, and IMCA has received many awards for its visionary efforts. IMCA has incorporated that same philosophy in the growth of the seven other divisions it sanctions, five of which will be on display weekly at Wagner beginning May 7. Classes that will run for IMCA points in 2021 include IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and [Read More]

IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds will both Drive For Five, $5,000 paydays at Lee County

DONNELLSON, Iowa – IMCA Sunoco Late Model and IMCA Modified drivers will both Drive For Five at Pepsi Lee County Speedway in 2021. Seven qualifying features are scheduled for each division, with $5,000 to win main events for the Modifieds on Friday, Aug. 20 and for the Late Models on Saturday, Sept. 11. Drivers in both divisions must compete at a minimum of five qualifying features to be eligible for the $5,000 winner’s shares in the respective finales. All seven Late Model qualifiers will pay $1,000 to win; payout for the Modifieds is to be announced. The Aug. 20 finale will be a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Drive For Five dates are Fridays April 2, April 30, May 14, June 25 and July 2; Saturday, July 31; and Friday, Aug. 6. Rain date for one or both $5,000 to win shows is Saturday, Sept. 18. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, KMJ Performance State and track points will be awarded each night; Modifieds also earn Side Biter Chassis North Central Region points at each Drive For Five event. [Read More]

All 2020 IMCA awards in transit

VINTON, Iowa – All 2020 IMCA awards are now en route to destinations coast to coast, with the last of nearly 370 packages shipped Monday afternoon. Champions and rookie of the year trophies, plaques and jackets, plus point fund checks and contingency certificates/awards will arrive via UPS. In addition, the rest of more than 3,000 point fund checks, along with any contingency certificates, have been sent by U.S. Mail. Questions about awards or point fund amounts should be directed to the IMCA home office.