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200-plus already pre-entered for 26th annual IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals BOONE, Iowa (Aug. 25) – More than 200 drivers from coast to coast and border to border are already pre-entered for the Sept. 1-6 IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at Boone Speedway. Early entries in the Modified division topped 100 late last week and are in hand from Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Again touted as ‘America’s Racin’ Vacation,’ Super Nationals opens on Labor Day with a complete Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA J & J Steel Late Models program, along with qualifying for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. IMCA KSE Racing Products Sprint Cars wind up their Jackpot Junction Tour on Tuesday. Qualifying continues for the Stocks and Hobbies, while the field of 10 is set for the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champions for the Stocks. Wednesday sees the final night of qualifying for the Stock Cars while Modifieds from all across the nation converge at Boone for the opportunity to start in the inside row in Saturday’s main event. The front eight in the middle row of the Modified main will be determined during the Thursday program, which also boasts Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial Race of Champions qualifying and the first action of the week for Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods. Friday features the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational and qualifying for the outside row of eight in the Modified feature and last-chance events for the Northern SportMods. Saturday’s finale boasts last-chance races to complete the Modified field of 33, the Sunoco Race Fuels Race of Champi ons, Harris Auto Racing Ron Efkamp Memorial Race of Champions, and SportMod, Hobby Stock, Stock Car and Modified features. A dozen of the drivers who have won previous Efkamp races have accepted invitations from IMCA to start the final Memorial, along with another 12 drivers who make the field on Thursday. The race will be 20 laps, divided into two 10-lap segments. After the first 10 laps are completed, the race will be stopped and a number between one and 10 drawn to determine how many of the 10 front- running cars are inverted. The winner earns $1,000, with the $100 paid for each lap led putting their potential share of the purse at $3,000. Winner of the Modified feature earns $2,008 while first in the Late Model main pays $2,000. First in the Stock, Sprint and Fast Shafts All-Star Invita tional features all pay $1,000. Northern SportMod and Hobby Stock winners each earn $600 while the Sunoco Race of Champions winner nets $500. Every Modified driver who races Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights is guaran teed $300 against their winnings, while every Stock Car driver who races Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day is guaranteed $200. Race programs start at 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and at 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. The 2007 Super Nationals saw 782 cars compete in the six divisions, for shares of a $275,000 total purse and more than $60,000 in contingency awards. |