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Season 2 of Boone Docuseries Released on IMCA TV

By Ben Deatherage VINTON, Iowa (Apr. 16, 2025) – Buckle up for an unforgettable ride as Season 2 of the Boone Docuseries premieres live on IMCA TV. Expanded to six cinematic episodes and produced by Dirt Collective, this new season dives even deeper into the drama, excitement, and emotion of the 2024 Speedway Motors IMCA Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at “Iowa’s Action Track,” Boone Speedway. With jaw-dropping visuals and immersive storytelling, fans will experience the thrill of side-by-side racing, the intensity of late-race passes, and the overwhelming emotion of the moment drivers realize they’ve won their dances. Go behind the scenes like never before—including exclusive chats with the FPV drone pilots who capture some of the most breathtaking footage from above. From the frontstretch to the campgrounds, from new faces to returning legends, this season delivers the full Boone experience. It’s not just a race. It’s a week that lives in your soul long after the checkered flag flies. Whether it’s your first time watching or your fortieth time attending, this is the docuseries that will make you [Read More]

Changes come to qualifying for IMCA All-Star Invitationals

VINTON, Iowa (Dec. 20, 2024) – They say everything changes and for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational, those changes will be good. Both events return to the schedule for the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s, the fifth annual B & B All-Star race for Stock Cars to the Thursday, Sept. 4 program and the 22nd annual Fast Shafts All-Star race for Modifieds to the Friday, Sept. 5 card at Boone Speedway. Drivers in both divisions must have won sanctioned events paying at least $1,000 to win to become eligible for two rounds of fast time qualifying; drivers in either division who won sanctioned events paying $5,000 or more will be guaranteed starting spots in their respective fields of 30 cars. Previously, Stock Cars had to win events paying $750 and there were no automatic qualifying berths for Modifieds. Two provisional starts will be awarded for each invitational, to top eligible drivers in national points and the top drivers in 40-points feature wins competing at Super [Read More]

B & B All-Star eligible list adds eight

VINTON, Iowa (Nov. 4, 2024) – Eight more IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers will contend for the 2025 B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational crown. Zane DeVilbiss earned an automatic berth in that event with his $10,000 checkers at Batesville Motor Speedway’s Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America IMCA Stock Car Championship. Jeff Larson won twice during the Fall Bash at Cedar County Raceway while Dallon Murty’s night two win at Tipton proved to be his first of three qualifying victories during October. Jordan Grabouski swept the Octoberfest weekend at Beatrice Speedway. Patrick Linn and Hayden Linn each made visits to victory lane during the Natural State Nationals at Two Dollar Pistol Motor Speedway. Mike Mullen banked the big money at 141 Speedway’s Car Wars, David Brandies was the class of the field at Maquoketa Speedway’s Allstar Classic and Jason Batt was best at Abilene Speedway’s Southern Challenge. Drivers winning specials paying $750 or more who were already qualifying eligible were Tathan Burkhart and Branon Schmitt. Drivers already eligible to qualify for the B & B All-Star Invitational [Read More]

12 new to Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational list

VINTON, Iowa (Nov. 4, 2024) – Add another dozen Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers to the list of those eligible to qualify for the upcoming Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Cody Laney and Tripp Gaylord were both winners at the Fall Bash, held at Cedar County Raceway. Andrew Pearce prevailed at Antioch Speedway’s Bill Bowers Memorial and Clay Money cashed in at RPM Speedway’s Fall Nationals. Cole Czarneski topped Car Wars at 141 Speedway while Jordan Grabouski and Cory Wray paced features at Beatrice Speedway’s Octoberfest. Kyle Wisdom paced Abilene Speedway’s Southern Challenge. Brandon Schmitt scored big at the Iowa Dirt Nationals held at Maquoketa Speedway. Jeff Taylor and Ashton Wilkey were best at Two Dollar Pistol Motor Speedway’s Natural State Nationals. And Troy Morris III took home the top check from Mohave Valley Raceway’s Trick or Treat Classic. Already eligible, Tom Berry won four qualifying events in October, including a three-race sweep at Batesville Motor Speedway’s Race For Hope 71. Ethan Braaksma and Drew Janssen were also already qualifying eligible and winners at Allstar Classic [Read More]

18 IMCA Stock Car drivers get A’s in B & B All-Star qualifying quest

VINTON, Iowa (Oct. 3, 2024) – Eighteen IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers are already in contention for B & B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational honors in 2025. While IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s champion and inaugural race winner Kelly Shryock has guaranteed himself a starting spot in next year’s event, another 17 drivers in The Class Too Tough To Tame have won sanctioned events paying $750 or more to become eligible for next year’s event. Jake McBirnie topped the 2024 All-Star Invitational while Devin Smith paced the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions. Stock Cars joined the Great Lakes Nationals at Crystal Motor Speedway in Michigan, where Rob Brillhart was the winner. Colby Fett was first to the checkers in the Battle of the Blue Ribbon and Mike Nichols won the Blue Ribbon Showdown, both at Clay County Fairgrounds Speedway. In North Dakota, Jonny Carter won at Jamestown Speedway’s Stock Car Stampede and Tyler McDougall ruled Dacotah Speedway’s Oktober Fest. Jeffrey Abbey collected the checkers at Kennedale Speedway Park’s Summit Showdown. Winner of the [Read More]

26 IMCA Modified feature winners become Fast Shafts qualifying eligible

VINTON, Iowa (Oct. 2, 2024) – The month of September saw 24 Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers become eligible to qualify to qualify for the 2025 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational, with wins at sanctioned events paying $1,000 or more. Dylan Thornton was champion of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s and Mitchell Hunt topped the Rage Chassis Race of Champions. Tom Berry Jr. won the first and last of those September events, the 2024 All-Star Invitational and Skagit Speedway’s Survive the 55. Pacing Pettit Shootout mains were Troy Foulger and Andy Obertello while Brad Delamater and Rodney Morgan ruled NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series shows. Kollin Hibdon won at Jamestown Speedway’s Stock Car Stampede, Todd Shute was best at Shelby County Speedway’s Tiny Lund Memorial/Brandon Saltzman Showdown and Travis Hagen took top honors at Dacotah Speedway’s Oktober Fest. Winner of the inaugural John Fose Memorial at WaKeeney Speedway was Daniel Gottschalk. Anthony Roth was first across the stripe in the Abe Lincoln Memorial at US 30 Speedway and Austin Harnick’s season got even [Read More]

Saturday engine auction adds $33,000 to purse shares at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 10, 2024) – The auction of champions’ engines added another $33,000 to the Saturday night purse paid at the 42nd annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Kelly Shryock’s Stock Car winning engine sold for $10,500, adding another $362.07 to purse shares for the other 29 drivers in that division. Logan Anderson’s Northern SportMod title-winning engine gaveled at $8,000, so the other 29 drivers in that main event receive another $275.86. The Hobby Stock engine that took Nathan Ballard to victory lane sold for $7,500, adding $258.62 to purse shares for each of his 29 main event competitors. And the Modified engine that put Dylan Thornton on top of the NAPA Fan Zone podium and in the Super Nationals record book sold for $7,000, adding another $218.75 to purse shares for the other 32 drivers in that Big Dance. With start money added, that means the other 32 drivers taking the green flag in the Saturday night Modified main event earned a minimum of $1,218.75; 29 Stock Car drivers a minimum [Read More]

Shryock, Thornton, Anderson, Ballard are super on Saturday at Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 7, 2024) – All the would have’s and could have’s of Kelly Shryock’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s were forgotten, while Dylan Thornton raced his way into the record book at America’s Racin’ Vacation again on Saturday night. Shryock, 59, won an epic battle with Dallon Murty for the Stock Car checkers, earning his first Super Nationals title in his 23rd career main event start. Thornton, 23, became the first driver to win championships in three different divisions, holding off Tanner Black in the nightcap, the 40-lap Modified feature. Nathan Ballard earned a career second Hobby Stock title while Logan Anderson posted a convincing win in earning his first Northern SportMod crown. A record 1,036 cars competed at the Sept. 2-7 Super Nationals, coming to Boone from 30 states, two Canadian provinces and Australia. New divisional car count records set this year were 266 Stock Cars, 168 Hobby Stocks and 78 STARS Mod Lites. Jake McBirnie and Dallon Murty ran up front in the Stock Car feature before Shryock passed both following a [Read More]

Chanse Hollatz got a shot of confidence with his flag to flag run in the first of two Stock Car qualifying features Friday at Boone Speedway. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Confidence boosting qualifying wins go to Hollatz, Murty

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6, 2024) – Chanse Hollatz and Dallon Murty will have big boosts of confidence on their side when the green flag flies for their Saturday IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Championship event. Hollatz impressed in a flag-to-flag run at the front of the field in Friday’s first Stock Car feature, holding off a bid by Matt Looft and then winning ahead of Looft, Tyler Pickett and 18th starting Casey Woken. Already a two-time Super Nationals champion, Murty high-tailed it all the way from 12th starting, taking the lead from Justin Addison on the 25th and final lap to top the nightcap. Travis Barker and Troy Swearingen rounded out that top four. Just a couple cautions on each side of midway delayed Hollatz in his drive to the checkers. Former Northern SportMod champion Looft caught picked for the runner-up spot and briefly pulled alongside the leader before Hollatz shut the door. “This feels amazing,” he said post-race. “The beginning felt a little chaotic and I was a little worried but I just stayed [Read More]

Troy Morris III celebrated his biggest win at Boone Speedway, topping the first of two Friday night Modified qualifying features. (Photo by Tom Macht, www.photofinishphotos.com)

Morris, Thornton score final Modified qualifying feature wins

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 6, 2024) – Troy Morris III and Dylan Thornton had IMCA Modified fans all the way from California on their feet Friday night. Morris, from Bakersfield, led a top four of Tanner Black, 23rd starting Brett Berry and Joel Rust to the outside row of Saturday’s IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s Big Dance at Boone Speedway, in a slug fest of a first qualifying feature. And California native-turned-Iowan Thornton, already winner of Monday’s Late Model main event, stole the front spot late from long-time leader Dylan Sherfick in heavy traffic in the nightcap. Zane DeVilbiss and Cole Czarneski complete that top four, also bound for the outside row on the Saturday grid. Morris, who had some atoning to done after spinning out of the lead in the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational earlier in the program, chased Kyle Heckman and Black to midway, then drove by for the lead on lap 14. The front was the place to be, ahead of multi-car tangles in turn three on laps 16 and 17, [Read More]