Weekly

EAST MOLINE, Ill. – First place in the IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified feature pays $1,000 at Quad City Speedway’s Sunday, May 25 Gary Reinhart Memorial. The 21st annual special is a 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and pays a minimum of $150 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Belleville Motorsports North Central Region and Allstar Performance State, but no local track points will be awarded for the draw/redraw show. Pit gates at East Moline open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m. The draw ends and the drivers’ meeting starts at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 5:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Entry fee is $40 and pit passes are $30. Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for five and under. Also on the program are IMCA Late Models, 4-cylinders and mod lites, racing for all applicable points. More information about the Reinhart Memorial is available at the www.qcspeedwayracing.com website by emailing qcspeedwayracing@yahoo.com.

MAYETTA, Kan. – Thunder Hill Speedway is preparing for Saturday night, May 24, when the 20th annual Don Garst Memorial Race is held at the Clash on the Hill. The Garst Memorial is Thunder Hill’s longest running special event, held in memory of the track’s first-ever flagman. The memorial race is one of the ways Don is remembered by the Garst family, and helps keep Don’s memory alive as one of the best short-track flagmen in the Midwest. In previous years, the Garst family has given Modified drivers a chance at a much larger win. This year, the family has taken the event to a whole new level giving everyone a chance at prize monies and contingencies. They have added money to the purses in four of the five divisions being raced. The BSB Manufacturing IMCA Modifieds will race for $1,020 to win, with the winner becoming a Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Pat Fagen of Fast Shafts has donated T-shirts, decals and banners for the event. Additional monies of $25 will be added [Read More]

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. – Two feature events for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds are on the card this holiday weekend during Arizona Speedway’s second annual John Morris Classic. The Saturday, May 24 feature at Apache Junction pays $750 to win while first place on Sunday, May 25 is good for $1,000 and a spot on the ballot for the 2014 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Minimum start money is $75. Pill draw is $10 each night. Free camping will be available and T-shirt giveaways are in the works both nights. Pure Stocks, X-Mods, Robert Horne Ford Bombers and Lady Stocks are also on the weekend programs. All visiting Modified and X-Mod drivers are asked to make sure their car has the approved 78 series Schoenfeld muffler for this event. This is the only muffler that can be used. Spectator admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for kids and free for six and under. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and mandatory drivers’ meetings start at 6 p.m. [Read More]

By Dusty Wiegert SALINA, Kan. — A huge capacity crowd is guaranteed for Friday, on Salina Speedway’s Stand Packer Night. All fans have the opportunity to get in free courtesy of their favorite drivers. Each ticket is accepted until the grandstands hit their capacity at just over 3,000. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and carpool if possible. Each driver in attendance last weekend received their package of tickets to hand out to whoever wants them. The driver who hands out the most tickets that come back through the gate on race night will receive a special customized fire suit as an award courtesy of BSB Manufacturing and Salina Speedway. Drivers finishing in second through fifth place will receive a paid entry into the Mid-America Clash II year-end special, and sixth through 10th will receive one free pit pass to use during the season. And if that’s not enough race fans also get to be part of something special … fans entering the track that night will receive a ticket. If they bring that ticket [Read More]

By Edward Anschutz STURGEON BAY, Wis. – In memory of Nathan Bouche, Thunderhill Raceway and its proud sponsors have pulled out all the stops raising the feature winner’s share of the purse for the Olson Fabrication IMCA Stock Cars to a hefty $1,500 this Saturday, May 24. The Kelsey Racing IMCA Modifieds also received a pay boost with the feature winner taking home $1,000 for their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying event. There are no added pit fees for the added purse. Members pay $20 a pit pass while non-members pay $25. The final number on the 2014 banquet contingency has reached $30,000. To be eligible, no driver can miss more than three nights of racing the entire season. Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m. and racing starts at 6 p.m.

By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. – Championship chase action resumes in full force this Saturday night at the state-of-the-art Dodge City Raceway Park. And in keeping with Memorial Weekend, all military personnel will be admitted free. Military personnel simply need to show their military card for free admission to Saturday’s card that includes IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Thunder Cars on the 3/8-mile clay oval along with Hornets on the inner asphalt oval, with racing action going green at 7:30 p.m. Additionally, all race fans can get a coupon good for $2 off admission simply by stopping by Lewis Toyota in Dodge City. Saturday’s card is another pivotal one in the track’s championship title chases. While the Modifieds have featured four different winners in as many events thus far in 2014, Perry Misner and Jarett Lunow both carry perfect three-for-three streaks into the Memorial Day weekend tilt. In the Modified ranks, three drivers have posted first career Modified wins at DCRP since veteran shoe Van Gemmill topped [Read More]