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Two-time champ Ellithorpe back at Boone to chase first IMCA Super Nationals Stock Car crown

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2022) – He already owns the distinction of being the only Sport Compact driver to win back-to-back championships at the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Jacob Ellithorpe will next be running for membership in one of the event’s most exclusive fraternities when he returns to Boone Speedway for the 40th annual Super Nationals Sept. 5-10. The 2012 and 2013 Sport Compact king at America’s Racin’ Vacation moved to the Northern SportMods before finding new success in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division. He won the track title at hometown Maquoketa Speedway in 2020 and is a six-time feature winner so far this season. “We have gone back to Super Nationals to watch, or watched from home on IMCA.TV. This will be my first visit to Boone in a rear wheel drive car,” said Ellithorpe, one of the record 240 drivers in the division already pre-registered. “We wanted to go back this year especially because it was 10 years since my first championship and this is the 40th annual Super Nationals.” Only five [Read More]

Harris Auto Racing returns as title sponsor for Super Nationals Modified Race of Champions

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 31, 2022) – A dozen championship-winning Modified drivers will battle side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper in the Harris Auto Racing Race of Champions at Boone Speedway during the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Harris, the Boone chassis builder, has been title sponsor of the event for 16 years and provides a portion of the purse to be paid for the $1,000 to win race pn Saturday, Sept. 10. Qualifying for the 12-car, 12-lap, race is Thursday, Sept. 8 and is open to top drivers in local track standings competing at Super Nationals, as well as 2022 track champions, former national, regional and Super Nationals champions, and to previous race winners. Two hundred and sixteen different drivers from 26 states and Canada have competed in the Modified Race of Champions since it became part of Super Nationals in 1989. Owned by IMCA Modified driver Kyle Brown, Harris is now its 27th season of IMCA sponsorship. “We have a saying in our showroom, Behind These Walls…Champions are Built, and a lot of those champions [Read More]

Bucket list Super Nationals is next for Arizona’s Alves

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Aug. 30, 2022) – Shelby Alves makes her next trip of the summer to the Midwest, coming to Boone Speedway to put the final checkmark on her 2022 bucket list. The Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMod driver from Casa Grande, Ariz., qualified all five nights of the June Tougher Than Dirt Tour in North Dakota, and made the show at the 31st annual Harris Clash. The crowning achievement to what’s already been a pretty good season would be taking the green in the Saturday night main event at the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. “I’ve raced at Super Nationals about five years now,” said Alves, who cheered husband Chase on to a seventh place finish in last year’s Big Dance. “It’s a very prestigious race and we have a lot of friends we see there. The racing is very good and you get a lot of racing in during the week. My goal this year is to make it into the show.” Born into a racing family, Alves wheel a Modified [Read More]

$41,000+ in IMCA.TV bonuses added for 40th annual IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 30, 2022) – Saturday night champions crowned at the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will go home with even bigger paychecks courtesy of IMCA.TV. On the heels of a $15,550 boost last September, the official broadcast partner of IMCA and Super Nationals adds another $25,500 to bonuses paid to Modified, Stock Car, Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock drivers at the upcoming Super Nationals Sept. 5-10 at Boone Speedway. The Modified champion will earn $10,000, with $7,500 paid to win the Stock Car main, $5,000 to win the Northern SportMod main and $3,000 to win the Hobby Stock main. Correspondingly, purse shares will be increased throughout each championship night starting field. Second through fourth place pay in each division for example will be $7,000, $3,500 and $2,000 for the Modifieds; $5,000, $2,500 and $1,500 for the Stock Cars; $3,000, $1,500 and $1,000 for the Northern SportMods; and $2,000, $1,000 and $500 for the Hobby Stocks. “Divisions with multiple days of qualifying see the lion’s share of increases this year [Read More]

Foulger, Pearce, Chadwick are IMCA winners at Antioch

By Candice Martin ANTIOCH, Calf. (Aug. 27, 2022) – Troy Foulger won the 20-lap Friesen Performance IMCA Modified main event Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. This was the third win of the season for the multi-time champion aboard the Bowers Motorsports-owned Modified. Jeff Browne had a front row start and took the early lead ahead of Terry DeCarlo Sr. and Brian Cass. DeCarlo spun, collecting three others for a yellow flag. Browne led Foulger and Cass on the restart. Foulger was giving Browne lots of pressure until he made an inside pass on lap eight to gain the lead. Nick DeCarlo slipped past Browne for second and challenged Foulger the rest of the way. However, Foulger prevailed at the checkered flag. Kellen Chadwick made a last-turn pass on Cass for third as Bobby Motts Jr. ended up fifth. Chadwick picked up his first 20-lap IMCA Sunoco Stock Car feature win of the season aboard the Rich Quadrelli-owned entry. Looking to get back into the win column, Jason Robles took the early lead ahead of Dave [Read More]

Quest to race with the best brings Neu to IMCA Super Nationals

FAIRVIEW, Mont. (Aug. 30, 2022) – Ethan Neu aims to make history at the history-making 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The second-year driver has his sights set at becoming the first driver from Montana to make the Saturday night Hobby Stock Big Dance, and he will have a former Super Nationals champion in his corner as he makes that quest. “My main goal is to win a qualifying event. Just going to Boone and racing with the best of the best at Super Nationals is a goal but I want to go there, do my best and see if I can learn something,” said Neu, from Fairview, a town of 900 in the northeast corner of the state and located right on the border with North Dakota. Driving a 2018 Penetrator Chassis purchased out of Bismarck and built by three-time Hobby Stock qualifier and 2009 Super Nationals Northern SportMod champ Mike Pruitt, he’s got a couple runner-up finishes in 16 starts – at seven different tracks – so far this season. [Read More]

VIP Medical Concierge brings unique service back to Super Nationals

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2022) – The impression Dr. Robert Baker got, and the impression VIP Medical Concierge made at last year’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s bring them back to Boone Speedway for the 40th annual event. VIP Medical Concierge sets the gold standard for delivering intravenous vitamins and minerals directly to the bloodstream of drivers and fans alike and will be located in a mobile medical clinic outside turn two throughout the week of Super Nationals. Winners of Modified qualifying features all receive $100 from the Los Angeles medical services provider. “Super Nationals was awesome last year and that’s why we’re coming back,” said Dr. Baker, a primary sponsor for IMCA Modified driver Jerry Flippo. “We’re looking forward to bringing our mobile clinic, to help promote hydration and nutrition. Our mobile clinic is like a doctor’s office on wheels, so we’re equipped to help with non-emergency medical situations, and we’re looking forward to seeing Jerry take the title on Saturday night.” “We met a lot of people at Super Nationals last year. [Read More]

Boone tunes up for Prelude, Super Nationals

By Joyce Eisele BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 27, 2022) – The forecasters had been calling for a high probability of rain in the area for days but Saturday night, Boone Speedway had just a few sprinkles. The Tune Up for the Super Nationals, the P1 Promotions Modified Challenge and the D & E Outside Services Watermelon Classic were all completed before 9 p.m. All heat and feature winners also raced for the well-known watermelon. The eighth annual P1P Challenge race for Friesen Performance OMCA Modifieds saw the drivers qualify through time trials and heat races. The top 12 then raced 15 laps for $1,000 and a unique trophy Johnathon Logue grabbed the lead from the outside front row as the race went green. Logue was content to let some heavy hitters duke it out behind him as Tom Berry Jr., Bricen James and Richie Gustin sliced and diced for position. Logue, in his rookie season in the division, was never seriously challenged as he led all laps on his march to victory lane. Berry started sixth [Read More]

Schram takes East Moline season championship night win

By Rob Hinckley EAST MOLINE, Ill. (Aug. 28, 2022) – Dustin Schram drove turns three and four of East Moline Speedway a little differently Sunday evening. Working the steering wheel, he used the upper racing grooves and sped to the 25-lap IMCA Sunoco Late Model season championship feature win. “Wow, we really actually have struggled recently, but put a lot of work into this and here we are,” Schram said in victory lane. Unofficial track champion Jacob Waterman led from the pole until the Colona hotshoe lost control in turn four just a handful of laps from the checkered flag. He ended up fourth. “We had our ups and downs all year,” Waterman said. “We kept trying things on the car and it worked especially on the nights we won. I have a lot of people to thank to make this possible.” The race stayed green even after Waterman fell back and Schram held off a charging Mike Guldenpfennig at the end. Guldenpfennig, Joe Beal, Waterman and Gary Webb rounded out the top five. Travis [Read More]

Rookie rallies to US 36 Raceway checkers

By Rick Staley OSBORN, Mo. (Aug. 26, 2022) – After a race that saw a little bit of everything, fans at US 36 Raceway saw rookie Greg Marrant in victory lane, celebrating his Friday night Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compact win. The 4-cylinder feature saw speed, wheels flying off, smoke and action from green to checkers. Heat winner Jason Teel took the front and battled Brad Mick and Marrant as the three broke away from the field. Teel continued to lead until his right front wheel came off on turn four, bringing his hopes of a win to an early end. Marrant and Mick made contact, bringing out the yellow and sending both drivers to the rear on the ensuing restart. Payton Teel then took the lead only to see Marrant charge back by taking the lead and the win. Marrant celebrated in Nextran Victory Lane as Mick finished second and Teel third. The IMCA RaceSaver Sprints Cars did not see the caution as Kenny Potter took the lead and never looked back, claiming his first [Read More]