Busy month of July rolls along at Independence Motor Speedway
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (July 7, 2014) – Double features during weekly racing and two mid-week specials will highlight action the next two weeks at Independence Motor Speedway.
IMCA weekly racing is next up this Saturday, July 12, when three make-up features will be added to the program for the eighth annual Dick Frye Memorial.
Budweiser Mid-Season Championship Night was cut short due to rain June 28 after qualifying was completed. With two features already made up July 5, the three remaining events will be held July 12.
Make-up features for the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Northern SportMods and IMCA Hobby Stocks will take place this Saturday prior to a complete program for all five weekly divisions, including the Late Models, SportMods and Hobby Stocks, along with the Performance Bodies IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars.
The event will also serve as the Saturday Showcase for the IMCA Hobby Stock division. Drivers competing in the regularly scheduled Hobby Stock portion of the July 12 program will vie for increased prize money. The 15-lap feature will pay $300 to win.
The Showcase Saturday for IMCA Hobby Stocks is a weekly points race for the division and will feature normal qualifying procedures.
Buy-ins will not be permitted for the July 12 make-up features.
Grandstand admission is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. Kids 11 and under will be admitted free if accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $25.
Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6 and racing to follow.
Next Wednesday, July 16, racing action will kick off the 2014 Buchanan County Fair. IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Hobby Stocks and Micro Mods will compete in the mid-week special.
Both the Stock Cars and SportMods will compete for $500-to-win, while the Hobby Stock winner will take home $400 in the draw/redraw special. Those three divisions will be IMCA sanctioned, however track points will not be awarded.
The Micro Mods, which will run under the same rules as the BCS Micro Mods at Benton County Speedway, will pay $200 to win.
Gates open at 5 p.m. July 16, with hot laps at 7 and racing to follow.
Grandstand admission is $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Kids 11 and under will be admitted free if accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $25.
There will be no racing Saturday, July 19 during the Buchanan County Fair. Country music star Chris Cagle will be performing live at the fairgrounds that evening. For a complete Buchanan County Fair events schedule, visit www.buchanancountyfair.org.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series returns for its fourth consecutive year Thursday, July 24, and will be accompanied for the second straight year by the XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds.
Grandstand admission for that event is $30. Ages 11 and under will be admitted free if accompanying a paid adult. Pit passes are $35. IMCA Modified drivers competing will not be charged for a pit pass July 24.
Gates will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps at 6:45 and Late Model qualifying to follow.
For more information on the World of Outlaws and Hawkeye Dirt Tour, log on to www.worldofoutlaws.com and www.imca.com.
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