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Hobby Stock, Northern SportMod races of champions move to Tuesday at IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (July 1, 2022) – Race of champions events for Hobby Stocks and Northern SportMods move to the Tuesday night program during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s at Boone Speedway. Former Super Nationals, national and regional champions and former race winners, as well as 2022 track champions or points leaders will be eligible to qualify for their respective race of champions event on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5. The Stephenville Starter Race of Champions for Hobby Stocks and BSB Manufacturing Race of Champions for Northern SportMods will be Tuesday, Sept. 6. Both race of champions events had been part of Saturday programs since their addition to the Super Nationals schedule in 2009. “Every year there are drivers who qualify for the race of champions but not their main event. That forces them to stay four days or make two long trips to run 12 laps,” explained IMCA President Brett Root. “Moving qualifying and the two races of champions to Tuesday makes more sense, especially with fuel costs at a record [Read More]

Registration begins for 40th IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (June 30, 2022) – Registration has begun for the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The form for pre-registration can be found at imcasupernationals.com. “We encourage drivers planning to be part of the Sept. 5-10 Super Nationals to get this process done as soon as possible,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “It helps makes planning for this event easier for everyone.” Drivers must be IMCA members in the division for which they register in order for their registration to be confirmed. They must also be registered for the event before their pit stall application will be processed. Pit stall application links are also on Super Nationals menus on both IMCA and Boone Speedway websites. In addition, drivers have to be pre-registered to compete in the Sept. 3-4 Prelude. The Prelude and each night of Super Nationals will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. Pre-registration fees for the upcoming Super Nationals remain unchanged. Modifieds are $40, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, Northern SportMods and Mod Lites are $25, Late Models are $50 and Sport Compacts [Read More]

Booneshine is coming back to Boone for 40th annual IMCA Super Nationals

BOONE, Iowa (2022) – Booneshine makes its triumphant and much anticipated return to Boone Speedway and the 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. The popular methanol moonshine originated in Australia, is distilled at Century Farms Distillery in Spencer and made its first September appearance at Iowa’s Action Track last year. The 33 Modified drivers and now 30 Stock Car drivers qualifying for their respective Big Dances on Saturday night receive commemorative bottles of Booneshine, featuring a photo of their iconic three-wide starts and labeled specific to their individual starting positions. Methanol Moonshine co-creator Wade Aunger is returning from Down Under to help with announcing and IMCA.TV reporting duties at Super Nationals. The affable Aussie, explained co-announcer Jerry Vansickel, fell in love with the event in general and the Stock Car division in particular during his inaugural Super Nationals stint in 2021 and decided that drivers in The Class Too Tough To Tame were deserving of a bottle of recognition as well. Fans interested in purchasing Booneshine should watch the Century Farms Distillery Facebook page or go [Read More]

IMCA Super Nationals set for spectacular 40th anniversary

BOONE, Iowa (June 16, 2022) – A grassroots racing spectacular four decades in the making plays out this September at Boone Speedway. The 40th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s will be held Sept. 5-10 as drivers from across the United States and Canada converge on Iowa’s Action Track for the biggest and unquestionably the greatest event in all of dirt track racing. “Super Nationals has evolved, traveling to different tracks and adding divisions over the years while always featuring the best drivers competing in front of the best fans in the sport,” noted IMCA President Brett Root. “While the upcoming Super Nationals will feature a familiar weekly format, we’re excited to have NAPA on board as sponsor of the rebranded Fan Zone.” “NAPA,” he added, “will give away coupons good for discounts on Friday night tickets as well as product and certificate giveaways to drivers during the week. The excellent support we get from Speedway Motors, Casey’s and now NAPA is going to make Super Nationals even better in 2022.” STARS Mod Lites run [Read More]

NAPA bringing know how to Super Nationals in official IMCA capacity

DES MOINES, Iowa – NAPA will bring the automotive parts know how to the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s in an official capacity. Des Moines-based NAPA Iowa has been designated as Official Automotive Parts Supplier of IMCA and of Super Nationals as part of a three-year agreement with the sanctioning body. NAPA also becomes title sponsor of the Fan Zone, to be located south of the Boone Speedway grandstand throughout the week of the Sept. 5-10 Super Nationals. A limited number of coupons good for $5 off grandstand admission for the Friday, Sept. 9 program will be available at approximately 70 participating stores located across Iowa. “NAPA is involved in racing at many levels and we have store owners who are part of Super Nationals. I went to Boone for the first time last year and really loved the energy and environment,” said NAPA Iowa General Manager Jason Zeliadt. “I saw a lot of our people there, both customers and drivers who walk into their local NAPA stores and buy parts.” After meeting with one [Read More]

Four winners in Central California Clash, Damon Murty earn B & B All-Star eligibility

VINTON, Iowa (May 17, 2022) – Another five IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers have earned B & B Racing Chassis All-Star qualifying eligibility, four of them doing so with Central California Clash victories. Brock Hamilton, Larry Thompson, Garrett Corn and Troy Foulger all collected qualifying checkers over the course of the May 2-7 tour. Damon Murty became eligible with his win during the May 7 Drive For 5 show at Lee County Speedway. Drivers already eligible winning recent qualifying features paying $750 or more were Todd Gereau, Chanse Hollatz, Jeffrey Larson, Dallon Murty, Bo Partain and Paul Stone. The list of B & B All-Star eligible drivers now includes: Jeffrey Abbey, Renn Bane, Jason Batt, Joe Bellm, Chase Berkeley, Allen Bradley, Larry Brigner, Jeremy Brookshire, Tathan Burkhart, Blake Clark, Garrett Corn, Marie Curtis and Jeff Danos. Todd Decker, Zane DeVilbiss, P.J. Egbert, Tommy Fain, Troy Foulger, Todd Gereau, Adam Goff, William Gould, Jordan Grabouski, Brock Hamilton, Lance Hanson Jr., Ed Henderson and Chanse Hollatz. Danny Holt, Jim Horejsi, Tyler Iverson, Nicholas Johnson, Randy Klein, Taylor Kuehl, Benji LaCrosse, Jeffrey [Read More]

Another nine IMCA Modified drivers new to Fast Shafts All-Star eligibility

VINTON, Iowa (May 17, 2022) – For a second straight month, the number of drivers earning Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifying eligibility has increased by nine. Eddie Sites was the winner on opening night for the Close Racing Supply IMCA Modified Series presented by Precision Hydraulic & Oil at Skyline Raceway Motorsports Park and Troy Foulger topped the second IMCA Central California Clash event at Tulare. Austen Becerra was best in the Drive For Five lidlifter at Lee County Speedway while Nick O’Neil prevailed at Cocopah’s Mike Corning Memorial. Friesen Performance IMCA Modified drivers winning $1,000 or more at weekly shows were Nick Trenchard, Matthew Hicks, Benji LaCrosse, Mitchell Hunt and Konnor Wilinski. Drivers already eligible winning qualifying events included Jared Baird, Tom Berry, Jacob Hobscheidy, Bobby Hogge, Cody Laney – a four-time Central California Clash victor – Chris Mills and Cody Thompson. Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational eligible drivers now include: Mark Adams, Keaton Atkinson, Chaz Baca, Jared Baird, Owen Barnhill, Austen Becerra, Brandon Beckendorf, Tom Berry, Tyson Blood and Steven Bowers Jr. Brody Bowser, Kyle [Read More]

Big numbers, big economic impact: Super Nationals brings $61 million to Iowa

BOONE, Iowa (March 17, 2022) – The proof is in the numbers: The biggest event in dirt track racing has a big economic impact not only for the Boone area but for the State of Iowa. The IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s brought a record 909 race cars and tens of thousands of fans to Boone Speedway for its Sept. 6-11, 2021 run. A study compiled by the United States Motorsports Association and Washington & Jefferson College and released today determined the 39th annual event resulted in an economic impact of nearly $61 million, along with 609 local jobs and a corresponding $16.8 million in local earnings. “We had this study conducted because we knew Super Nationals has had a major economic impact on the City of Boone, Boone County and the State of Iowa but did not realize the impact was of this magnitude,” said IMCA President Brett Root. “The goal had been for the economic impact study to provide for infrastructure spending, to continue to improve the venue and continue making [Read More]

Mike Smith continues family tradition in becoming IMCA Super Nationals champion

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 11) – Another Smith, another IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s championship. Seventeen-year-old Mike Smith of Lake City became the first of the next generation of IMCA’s most successful racing family to become an IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s champion, winning the Saturday night Hobby Stock main event and $2,000 at Boone Speedway. “It’s pretty cool. We like to keep it going in the family,” said Smith, who has watched uncles Donovan, Devin and Doug win a combined seven Stock Car, Hobby Stock and SportMod titles at America’s Racin’ Vacation. “One of us has won it like the last three or four seasons now.” “It’s good to know you can beat the best of the rest,” added the South Central Calhoun High School senior, fifth in his main event debut last year and now the youngest Super Nationals champion in division history. “I didn’t know if I had the car or the luck to do it. I never dreamed of winning Super Nationals. Now, hopefully, my dad (Dave, [Read More]

Becerra drives homebuilt SportMod to first IMCA Super Nationals crown

BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 11) – The Northern SportMod Austen Becerra built in his garage back home in Carthage, Ill., put him in victory lane twice over the course of six days at Boone Speedway. The first occasion followed the Prelude feature on Sept. 5. The second came after Becerra won the Saturday night IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s championship. “This is pretty big – everyone dreams of winning Super Nationals. I have ever since I started going as a kid to watch,” said Becerra, who led the last 20 of 30 laps and banked $3,000 while becoming the first driver from Illinois to win the SportMod title at America’s Racin’ Vacation. “My mindset after winning the Prelude was that we were capable of it. The luck was there and it all paid off.” “Last year we didn’t have any luck,” he added. “If your first day is bad it seems like it goes downhill from there. This year we set ourselves up for success.” That success came from the fourth starting spot. Brayton [Read More]