10/08/09

    ALL OF THE IMRA NEWS THAT IS FIT TO PRINT!                                              

NEW 09/21/09 BART ANDREWS OF MUSCATINE IA, BECOMES THE 8TH DIFFERENT FEATURE WINNER IN THE 09 RACING SEASON. ANDREWS, DRIVING FOR CAR OWNER GARY MALLONEE WAS FAST ALL NIGHT LONG. ANDREWS WOULD CHASE STEVE FOSTER FOR SEVERAL LAPS BEFORE MAKING HIS LEAD TO THE POINT AND NEVER LOOKING BACK. 2ND THROUGH 4TH PLACE WAS HIGHLY CONTESTED WITH FOSTER, MATT LOVDAHL, AND RYAN MILLER BATTLING IT OUT TO THE FINISH. RYAN MILLER WOULD COME FROM THE BACK OF THE FIELD TO NARROWLY MISS RUNNING DOWN FOSTER AND LOVDAHL FOR THE SECOND SPOT. FOSTER WOULD HOLD ON FOR SECOND FOLLOWED BY LOVDAHL AND RYAN MILLER. TRACY HULL AND LOVDAHL WOULD PICK UP THE HEAT WINS. BILLY BRICKLEY WOULD COME OUT ON TOP OF THE 09 POINT STANDINGS TO TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP OVER KATELYN MILLER. IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST RACE FOR BOTH DRIVERS, AND EACH OF THEM HAVING THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT HOME. MATT LOVDAHL WOULD EDGE OUT ANDREW FUNK FOR THE 09 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS IN A CLOSE BATTLE. CONGRATULATIONS TO BILLY AND MATT ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE FINISHING ORDER FOR THE EVENING WAS 1. 98 BART ANDREWS, 2. 4 STEVE FOSTER, 3. 28 MATT LOVDAHL, 4. 9 RYAN MILLER, 5. 24 TRACY HULL, 6. 5R AARON HULL, 7. 83 BILL DESPAIN, 8. 00 BILLY BRICKLEY. 9. 7 KATELYN MILLER, 10. 5 HARRY ROGERS, 11. 22 JEREMY HULL. NEXT UP FOR THE IMRA IS THE MACOMB SEASON POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT SEPT. 26TH. ALL RACES WILL BE NON-POINTS RACES FOR THE REST OF THE 2009 SEASON. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MAKES THE IMRA THE CHOICE TO RACE WITH. STAY TUNED TO THE IMRA FOR ALL OF YOUR NEWS AND UPDATES. 

NEW 09/16/09 THE IMRA WILL BE LOOKING TO CREATE THEIR OWN DESTINY BY RUNNING THEIR OWN RACE TRACK FOR THE 2010 SEASON. THE IMRA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AVON BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION HAVE CREATED A VENTURE TO OPEN THE AVCOM PARK RACE TRACK IN AVON ILLINOIS FOR NEXT SEASON. THE SMALL 1/4 MILE FACILITY WILL BE HOME BASE FOR THE IMRA TQ/600 SERIES NEXT SEASON ALONG WITH 3 OTHER SMALL CAR CLASSES. "ALL OF THE DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT NOW, WITH THE BUSINESSMEN WANTING TO PUT ON 2 SHOWS IN LATE OCTOBER TO SEE WHAT WE MAY NEED TO CHANGE OR MOVE THINGS AROUND A BIT", SAID TRACY HULL OF THE IMRA. "THIS IS A GREAT VENTURE FOR US TO CREATE OUR OWN DESTINY". THE LAST 2 YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD FOR THE IMRA WITH THE CLOSING OF TRACKS IN PRINCETON AND MOST RECENTLY THE TRACK IN MACOMB. " WE CONTROL EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT AND IT IS NO ONES FAULT BUT OUR OWN IF WE CAN'T MAKE A GO OF IT" SAID HULL.  " I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS EXCITED ABOUT RACING IN YEARS AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE CALLING US ABOUT RACING. THIS COULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYONE". THE FACILITY WILL FEATURE A SMALL 1/4 MILE TRACK WITH PERMANENT RESTROOMS AND A GREAT CONCESSION STAND AREA THAT INCLUDES TABLES AND LOTS OF SEATING ROOM IN THE BLEACHERS AND ON THE GROUND. "THIS PLACE WILL BE FAMILY FRIENDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...CLEAN" SAID HULL. THE IMRA WILL POST ALL DATES AND TIMES OF THE OCTOBER EVENTS AS SOON AS THEY ARE SET. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR RACE SPONSORS FOR THE OCTOBER RACES AS WELL AS YEARLY SPONSORS FOR THE '10 SEASON. STAY TUNED TO THE IMRA FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

   NEW 08/03/09 THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES WAS THE CLASS OF THE NIGHT AT MACOMB RACEWAY WITH 14 CARS RAGING BATTLE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK AND THE 7TH DIFFRENT FEATURE WINNER IN 09. BOTH THE HEATS AND FEATURES WERE ACTION PACKED WITH TIGHT RACING ALL EVENING LONG. THE FEATURE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY ACTION PACKED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT WITH SEVERAL LEAD CHANGES. KATELYN MILLER WOULD JUMP INTO THE LEAD AND STAY THERE FOR SEVERAL LAPS UNTIL OLDER BROTHER RYAN MILLER TOOK OVER THE TOP SPOT. A HUGE BATTLE WOULD RAGE BEHIND THE MILLERS WITH JOHNNY HUDDLESTON, RANDY HUDDLESTON, BOBBY LINN, TRACY HULL AND BILLY BRICKLEY. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON WOULD FINALLY FIND HIS WAY TO THE POINT BUT WOULD NOT HAVE IT EASY WITH FATHER RANDY HUDDLESTON, LINN, AND HULL MAKING A RUN FOR THE WIN. A LATE RACE CAUTION WOULD BUNCH UP THE FIELD TO MAKE FOR A TREMENDOUS END TO A VERY COMPETITIVE  RACE. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON WOULD HANG ON FOR THE WIN WITH RANDY RIGHT BESIDE HIM AT THE LINE. LINN  WOULD TAKE THIRD FOLLOWED CLOSE BEHIND BY HULL AND BRICKLEY. HEAT WINS WENT TO BOBBY LINN AND RANDY HUDDLESTON. WHILE SEVERAL DRIVERS WERE OFF THIS WEEKEND FOR REPAIRS THE IMRA SHOULD PICK UP YET ANOTHER 4 TO 5 CARS FOR THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE YEAR. THIS IS WHAT THE IMRA IS ALL ABOUT! GREAT RACING AND THE FRIENDSHIPS.  FINAL FINISH 1. 14 JOHNNY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL 2. 12 RANDY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL 3. 87B BOBBY LINN JACKSONVILLE IL 4. 24 TRACY HULL MONMOUTH IL 5. 00 BILLY BRICKLEY BLOOMINGTON IL 6. 28 MATT LOVDAHL MONMOUTH IL 7. 8 ANDREW FUNK MORTON IL 8. 83 HOLLY DESPAIN KIETHSBURG IL 9. 7 KATLYNN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 10. 20 AARON HULL MONMOUTH IL 11. 9 RYAN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 12. 83B BILL DESPAIN KIETHSBURG IL 13. 5 HARRY ROGERS GALESBURG IL 14. 5X BART ANDREWS MUSCATINE IA. THE NEXT IMRA EVENT IS SATURDAY AUG. 15TH @ MACOMB RACEWAY. SEE YOU ALL AT THE RACES!

NEW 07/26/09  THE IMRA TOOK CENTER STAGE SATURDAY AT MACOMB RACEWAY IN FRONT OF A CAPACITY CROWD FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL WAYNE ENGLAND CLASSIC. WAYNE IS A ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE TQ CLUB THAT BUILT THE RACE TRACK BACK IN THE MID 60'S. THE IMRA WANTED TO THANK WAYNE FOR ALL OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN OUR SPORT BY HONORING HIM WITH A NIGHT DEDICATED TO HIM. 14 CARS WOULD DO BATTLE IN THREE HEAT RACES WITH TRACY HULL WINNING THE FIRST HEAT, RANDY HUDDLESTON WON THE SECOND HEAT, AND RYAN MILLER THE THIRD HEAT. THE IMRA WOULD RUN A 6 CAR DASH FOR CASH WITH THE TOP 2 OUT OF EVERY HEAT RACE WITH A $100.00 EXTRA DOLLARS GOING TO THE WINNER. RANDY HUDDLESTON WOULD TAKE THE DASH FOLLOWED BY TRACY HULL, RYAN MILLER, JEFF MALLONEE, AARON HULL, AND MATT LOVDAHL. THE FEATURE EVENT WOULD BE THE MOST EXCITING RACE OF THE NIGHT EVENTS. MATT LOVDAHL WOULD LEAD THE FIRST LAP WITH TRACY HULL TAKING THE POINT ON THE NEXT  AND HOLDING THE LEAD UNTIL THE FINAL CAUTION WITH 2 LAPS REMAINING. ON THE RESTART HULL WOULD SLIP UP SLIGHTLY OFF OF THE BOTTOM TO ALLOW RANDY HUDDLESTON TO TAKE THE LEAD AND THE WIN IN THE FIRST ANNUAL WAYNE ENGLAND CLASSIC. "HE HAD ME COVERED THE WHOLE RACE UNTIL THE CAUTION CAME OUT" SAID HUDDLESTON. "HE SLID UP THE TRACK JUST ENOUGH TO LET ME GET BY". HULL WOULD FINISH IN SECOND WHILE BILLY BRICKLEY WOULD MAKE A LAST LAP PASS ON RYAN MILLER TO EDGE HIM OUT AT THE LINE FOR THIRD. ALL THREE RECIEVED TROPHIES AND SHARED A PICTURE WITH WAYNE ENGLAND HIMSELF. A SPECIAL THANKS TO BILL GODDARD AND TRACY HULL FOR MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN. 1. RANDY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL. 2. TRACY HULL MONMOUTH IL 3. BILLY BRICKLEY BLOOMINGTON 4. RYAN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 5. ANDREW FUNK (R) MORTON IL 6. KATELYN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 7. HOLLY DESPAIN KIETHSBURG IL 8. JEREMY HULL MONMOUTH IL 9. MATT LOVDAHL MONMOUTH IL 10. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL 11. HARRY ROGERS GALESBURG IL 12. AARON HULL MONMOUTH IL 13. JEFF MALLONEE DAVENPORT IA 14. BARRY TRONE ROSEVILLE IL. SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEXT IMRA EVENT!!!!!!

    NEW 07/13/09  THE IMRA ONCE AGAIN WAS ABLE TO BEAT OUT MOTHER NATURE FOR A GREAT NIGHT OF CLOSE RACING. RANDY HUDDLESTON OF LIBERTY IL. WOULD DOMINATE THE FEATURE EVENT WITH ALL OF THE CLOSE RACING LEFT BEHIND HIM. BILLY BRICKLEY, RYAN MILLER, AND JOHNNY HUDDLESTON WOULD RAGE A THREE WAY BATTLE FOR THE SECOND SPOT WITH BRICKLEY EDGING OUT MILLER AND J. HUDDLESTON FOR 3RD AND 4TH. BARRY TRONE AND MATT LOVDAHL WOULD BATTLE THEIR OWN WAR FOR THE 5TH AND 6TH SPOT WITH TRONE COMING OUT ON TOP. THE 7TH PLACE BATTLE WOULD BE BETWEEN STEVE FOSTER, KATELYN MILLER, BILL DESPAIN, AND ANDREW FUNK. KATELYN MILLER WOULD COME OUT THE VICTOR WITH FOSTER FALLING TO 8TH WITH MOTOR PROBLEMS, WHILE BILL DESPAIN WOULD COME HOME 9TH FOLLOWED BY ANDREW FUNK. THE NEXT RACE WILL BE JULY 25TH @ MACOMB RACEWAY. 1. RANDY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL. 2. BILLY BRICKLEY BLOOMINGTON IL. 3. RYAN MILLER OQUAWKA IL. 4. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL. 5. BARRY TRONE ROSEVILLE IL. 6. MATT LOVDAHL MONMOUTH IL. 7. KATELYN MILLER OQUAWKA IL. 8. STEVE FOSTER JACKSONVILLE IL. 9. BILL DESPAIN KEITHSBURG IL. 10. ANDREW FUNK MORTON IL.

  NEW 06/20/09  THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES CROWNED YET ANOTHER FIST TIME WINNER IN 09 SATURDAY NIGHT AT MACOMB RACEWAY. RYAN MILLER OF OQUAWKA IL MADE A LATE RACE MOVE ON LEADER BILLY BRICKLEY TO WIN THE MACOMB RACEWAY MID-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP AND BRING HOME HIS FIRST CAREER FEATURE VICTORY. MILLER HAD BEEN SIDELINED SINCE THE FIRST RACE WITH MOTOR PROBLEMS BUT MADE HIS RETURN TO RACING ACTION COUNT!  BILLY BRICKLEY FROM GALESBURG IL WOULD COME HOME A CLOSE 2ND, WITH KATELYN MILLER OF OQUAWKA IL ROUNDING OUT THE PODIUM FINISH. ALL THREE DRIVERS RECEIVED PLAQUES AND WERE INTERVIEWED AFTER THE RACE. HEAT RACE WINS WOULD GO TO 4 STEVE FOSTER AND 00 BILLY BRICKLEY. FEATURE FINISH 1. 9 RYAN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 2. 00 BILLY BRICKLEY BLOOMINGTON IL 3. 7 KATELYN MILLER OQUAWKA IL 4. 83 BILL DESPAIN KEITHSBURG IL 5. 8 ANDREW FUNK MORTON IL 6. 69 BARRY TRONE ROSEVILLE IL 7. 4 STEVE FOSTER JACKSONVILLE IL 8. JEFF MALLONEE DAVENPORT IA 9. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL 10. RANDY HUDDLESTON LIBERTY IL. THE IMRA POINTS RACE IS TIGHTENING UP WITH SEVERAL CARS MAKING BIG POINTS GAINS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. ALL POINTS HAVE BEEN DOUBLE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY. GOOD LUCK TO ALL DRIVERS!!! SEE YOU AT THE RACES

NEW 06/14/09 THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES WAS BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MACOMB RACEWAY FOR A GREAT NIGHT OF RACING. RAINS EARLIER IN THE DAY MADE TRACK CONDITIONS NEAR PERFECT FOR THE EVENINGS RACES. RANDY HUDDLESTON OF LIBERTY IL WOULD MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE EVENINGS EVENT BY WINNING BOTH HIS HEAT RACE AND THE 20 LAP FEATURE. HUDDLESTONS WIN BRINGS THE CURRENT FEATURE WINNERS COUNT TO 5 DIFFERENT DRIVERS SO FAR IN THE EARLY 2009 SEASON. HUDDLESTON WOULD JUMP OUT TO THE EARLY LEAD AT THE DROP OF THE GREEN WITH ALL OF THE ACTION BEHIND HIM. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON OF LIBERTY IL AND BILLY BRICKLEY OF GALESBURG WOULD BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE SECOND SPOT THE ENTIRE RACE WITH J. HUDDLESTON PULLING OUT OVER BRICKLEY FOR SECOND. THE 4TH PLACE BATTLE WOULD GO FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE FEATURE BETWEEN JEREMY HULL AND KATELYN  MILLER. K. MILLER WOULD MAKE THE PASS FOR 4TH AS J. HULL WOULD FADE TO 5TH WITH A RIGHT FRONT FLAT TIRE . FIRST TIME DRIVER BILL DESPAIN OF KEITHSBURG WOULD BRING HOME 6TH PLACE, FOLLOWED BY ROOKIE CANIDATE ANDREW FUNK OF MORTON, LUKE WARMWATER OF CARMICHAEL CA, NICK CURTIS OF GALESBURG, AND BARRY TONE OF ROSEVILLE. BRICKLEY AND R. HUDDLESTON WOULD BRING HOME THE HEAT WINS. 1. RANDY HUDDLESTON 2. JOHNNY HUDDLESTON 3. BILLY BRICKLEY 4. KATELYN MILLER 5. JEREMY HULL 6. "WILD" BILL DESPAIN 7. ANDREW FUNK 8. LUKE WARMWATER 9. NICK CURTIS 10. BARRY TRONE

  NEW 05/31/09 ONCE AGAIN THE IMRA HINCHMAN RACEWEAR SERIES CROWNS A FIRST TIME FEATURE WINNER IN 09. JONATHON STEED OF INDIANA MADE THE 7 HOUR TRIP TO MACOMB SPEEDWAY TO PICK UP HIS FIRST CAREER FEATURE WIN IN JOHN SHEWBROOKS #7 TQ. JEFF MALLONEE WOULD LEAD THE FIRST PART OF THE FEATURE UNTIL MECHANICAL TROUBLES WOULD SIDELINE THE DAVENPORT IA DRIVER. STEED WOULD THEN TAKE COMMAND OF THE POINT AND NEVER LOOK BACK. ROOKIE MATT LOVDAHL WOULD FOLLOW STEED TO THE FINISH. FEATURE FINISH 1. 7S JONATHON STEED INDIANA 2. 28 MATT LOVDAHL MONOUTH IL 3. 83C JAMIE DECAMP PLAINSFIELD IL 4. 69 BARRY TRONE ROSEVILLE IL 5. 98 JEFF MALLONEE DAVENPORT IA. 6. 8W TROY WENCHELL PLAINFIELD IL 7. 7 KATELYN MILLER OQUAWKA IL. MATT LOVDAHL  WOULD TAKE THE HEAT WIN. THE IMRA TQ SERIES WILL BE BACK IN ACTION ON JUNE 13TH AT MACOMB RACEWAY. SEE YOU ALL AT THE TRACK.

NEW 05/24/09 STEVE FOSTER OF JACKSONVILLE IL CLAIMED HIS SECOND FEATURE WIN OF THE EARLY 2009 SEASON. KATELYN MILLER WOULD BRING THE FIELD DOWN FOR THE START AND WOULD LEAD SEVERAL LAPS BEFORE FOSTER TOOK THE POINT. JEFF MALLONEE OF DAVENPORT IA WOULD START AT THE REAR OF THE FIELD BUT WOULD BATTLE WITH MILLER FOR THE 2ND SPOT FOR THE FINAL FEW LAPS. MALLONEE WOULD PUT A LATE RACE RUN ON FOSTER BUT WOULD FALL SHORT OF MAKING THE PASS. FEATURE FINISH 1. 4 STEVE FOSTER, 2. 98 JEFF MALLONEE, 3.  7 KATELYN MILLER, 4.  5 HARRY ROGERS,  6.  8 ANDREW FUNK, 7. 69 BARRY TRONE, 8.  28  MATT LOVDAHL, 9.  24  TRACY HULL, 10 22  AARON HULL, 11.  00  BILLY BRICKLEY, 12.  83 C.J. DESPAIN. TRACY HULL AND JEFF MALLONEE WOULD TAKE THE HEAT WINS.

     05/11 THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES BECAME THE STEVE FOSTER AND BILLY BRICKLEY SHOW! IN A FEATURE THAT SAW FOSTER AND BRICKLEY RUN SIDE BY SIDE FOR MOST OF THE RACE, ALL EYES WERE ON THESE TWO DRIVERS. BRICKLEY RUNNING THE HIGH LINE AND FOSTER THE LOW, WOULD PASS EACH OTHER AT ALMOST EVERY CORNER TO STAY SIDE BY SIDE. THE RACE WOULD FINALLY FALL TO BRICKLEYS FAVOR AS HE WAS ABLE TO ENCOUNTER LAPPED TRAFFIC  IN THE LAST FEW LAPS TO PULL OUT THE WIN. EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR FEET AT THE END CHEERING THE TWO DRIVERS ON! JEREMY HULL AND KATELYN MILLER WOULD RAGE A BATTLE FOR 3RD AND 4TH PLACE WITH THE TWO DRIVERS TRADING SPOTS MOST OF THE RACE. JEREMY HULL AND KATELYN MILLER WOULD TAKE THE HEAT WINS. FEATURE FINISH 1. 00 BILLY BRICKLEY 2. 4 STEVE FOSTER 3. 22 JEREMY HULL 4. 7 KATELYN MILLER 5. 69 BARRY TRONE 6. 123 NICK CURTIS 7. 8 ANDREW FUNK 8. 24 TRACY HULL 9. 28 MATT LOVDAHL. THE IMRA TQ SERIES WILL BE BACK IN ACTION MAY 16TH @ MACOMB RACEWAY, SPONSORED BY BELL RACING....SEE YOU AT THE RACES!

05/10 THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES MADE ITS FIRST STOP OF THE SEASON AT THE FAMED 34 RACEWAY IN BURLINGTON IOWA. THE RACING GODS WOULD TRY OUR PATIENCE WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALL AROUND US, BUT THE 34 RACEWAY CREW VENTURED ON TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE NIGHT OF RACING. HEAT RACE WINNERS WERE TRACY HULL OF MONMOUTH IL AND TYLER JAMESON OF TROY MO. THE FEATURE WAS ACTION PACKED WITH ALL KINDS OF EXCITEMENT. HOLLY DESPAIN, JEREMY HULL, AND BARRY TRONE WOULD BATTLE THE ENTIRE RACE FOR THE RUNNER UP POSITION. WHILE NICK CURTIS AND NICK HENNEFENT WOULD WAGE A BATTLE NOT FAR BEHIND. CURTIS AND HENNEFENT WOULD MAKE CONTACT LATE IN THE RACE WITH HENNEFENT TAKING TO THE AIR.  THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY YELLOW OF THE EVENING. TRACY HULL WOULD GO ON FOR THE WIN FOLLOWED BY 2. 22 JEREMY HULL 3. 83 HOLLY DESPAIN 4. 69 BARRY TRONE. 5. 123 NICK CURTIS 6. 20X NICK HENNEFENT 7. 00 BILLY BRICKLEY 8. 20 AARON HULL 9. 28 MATT LOVDAHL 10. 9 RYAN MILLER 11. 41J TYLER JAMESON.

  NEW! 05/04/09   THE HINCHMAN RACEWEAR IMRA TQ SERIES WILL MAKE A RETURN TO THE HIGH BANKS OF 34 RACEWAY IN BURLINGTON IOWA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT MAY 8TH. THE IRA 410 OUTLAW SPRINTS WILL BE THE MAIN SHOW WITH THE TQ SERIES AND THE BURLINGTON 305 SPRINTS ALSO BEING ON THE CARD. THIS RACE LAST YEAR BROUGHT IN 18 IMRA CARS AND MANY WORLD OF OUTLAW DRIVERS TO THE IRA SPRINT CLASS. THIS SHOULD PROVE TO BE AN EXCITING NIGHT OF OPEN WHEEL RACING FOR ALL!!! 34 RACEWAY IS A PREMIER RACING FACILITY THAT IS SECOND TO NONE. WE WILL BE CHECKING CARS THIS WEEKEND, SO MAKE SURE YOUR CARS MEET THE RULES. AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT YET AN IMRA MEMBER YOU NEED TO CONTACT US BEFORE YOU RACE. ONLY IMRA CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PAYOUT. THIS WILL BE A GREAT WEEKEND OF RACING BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE HINCHMAN INDY IMRA TQ SEREIS.....THE WAY RACING SHOULD BE!!

  NEW! 05/03/09   STEVE FOSTER OF JACKSONVILLE IL. MADE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE WEEKENDS EVENTS FOR THE FIRST HINCHMAN RACEWEAR POINTS RACE OF THE SEASON. 13 CARS WOULD SHOW FOR THE FIRST EVENT WITH THE IMRA TQ SERIES EVENT. KATELYN MILLER OF OQUAWKA IL WOULD BRING HOME HER FIRST CAREER HEAT RACE WIN IN THE FIRST HEAT AND FOSTER WOULD GRAB THE SECOND HEAT WIN. THE FEATURE WAS ACTION PACKED WITH 5 CARS BATTLING FOR THE TOP SPOT MOST OF THE RACE. FOSTER WOULD JUMP OUT TO THE EARLY LEAD WITH JEREMY HULL, EDDIE GOGNON, BILLY BRICKLEY AND PATRICK BRUNS BATTLING  VERY CLOSE BEHIND. BRUNS WOULD SLOW EARLY IN THE EVENT WHICH WOULD MOVE NICK CURTIS INTO THE HUNT. GOGNON WOULD PASS HULL LATE IN THE RACE TO PUT PRESSURE ON FOSTER FOR THE LEAD, BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO MAKE THE PASS. FOSTER WOULD TAKE THE WIN FOLLOWED BY 2ND PLACE EDDIE GOGNON OF GREENSBURG IN, 3RD-BILLY BRICKLEY-GALESBURG, 4TH-BARRY TRONE-ROSEVILLE, 5TH-JEREMY HULL-MONMOUTH, 6TH-NICK CURTIS-GALESBURG, 7TH-HOLLY DESPAIN-KIETHSBURG IL, 8TH-MATT LOVEDAHL OF MONMOUTH IL, 9TH-KATELYNN MILLER-OQUAWKA IL, 10TH-PATRICK BRUNS-CHAMPAIGN IL, 11TH-RYAN MILLER-OQUAWKA IL, 12TH-HARRY ROGERS-GALESBURG IL, 13TH-TRACY HULL-MONMOUTH IL. NEXT RACE FRIDAY MAY 8TH @ 34 RACEWAY BURLINGTON IA.

 04/12/09    BILLY BRICKLEY OF GALESBURG, IL. PICKED UP HIS FIRST CAREER FEATURE WIN SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE IMRA SEASON OPENER. IT WAS AN ACTION PACKED HEAT AND FEATURE EVENT. THE HEAT WOULD SEE STEVE FOSTER OF JACKSONVILLE TAKE A BIG WIN WITH BRICKLEY, TYLER JAMESON, AND HOLLY DESPAIN ALL BEING INVOLVED IN A HARD CRASH ON THE FRONT STRETCH. ROOKIE JIM NEAL AND NICK CURTIS WOULD FOLLOW FOSTER TO THE CHECKERS. AFTER A LOT OF WORK AND HELPING HANDS ALL THREE CARS INVOLVED IN THE HEAT RACE ACCIDENT MADE THE CALL FOR THE FIRST IMRA FEATURE ON 2009. FOSTER WOULD LEAD THE PACK INTO TURN ONE BUT UNFORTUNATELY WOULD SPIN OUT IN FRONT OF THE FIELD. THAT LEFT DESPAIN ON THE POINT AND SHE WOULD HOLD THAT POSITION FOR SEVERAL LAPS BEFORE BRICKLEY WOULD MAKE HIS PASS FOR THE LEAD AND NEVER LOOK BACK. DESPAIN OF KEITHSBURG, IL. WOULD HOLD ON FOR SECOND, FOLLOWED BY FOSTER WHO WAS EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, NICK CURTIS FROM GALESBURG, IL. FINISHED 4TH, TYLER JAMESON OF TROY, MO.  FINISHED 5TH, AND JIM NEAL OF GALESBURG ROUNDED OUT THE FIELD. THE IMRA WILL BE BACK IN ACTION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT MACOMB RACEWAY FOR THE FIRST SUMMER SIZZLE RACE OF 09. STAY TUNED TO THE IMRA FOR ALL OF YOUR NEWS AND UPDATES.

   03/09/09  MACOMB RACEWAY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SATURDAY NIGHT JULY 25TH OPEN WHEEL GREAT AND FORMER NASCAR DRIVER JJ YELEY WILL BE IN ACTION AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS. YELEY WILL ETCH HIS NAME IN A LONG LIST OF RACING GREATS THAT HAVE COMPETED WITH THE IMRA. NAMES LIKE MIDGET HALL OF FAMER KEVIN DOTY, USAC CHAMP ROBBIE RAY, DAVEY RAY,  AJ FIKE, AARON FIKE, AND RICKY SHELTON. THIS WILL BE A GREAT CHANCE TO COMPETE WITH ONE OF THE BEST! SO, MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND BRING YOUR A-GAME TO JJ YELEY NIGHT AT MACOMB RACEWAY. FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO WWW.MACOMBRACEWAY.COM

  NEW! 02/11/09                                                                                                                                     THE IMRA 2009 SEASON HAS ALREADY STARTED BEHIND THE SCENES. THE SERIES WILL RACE A 26 RACE SCHEDULE THIS YEAR WITH RACES IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSAL OF A NEW 1/4 MILE TRACK IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. THIS TRACK COULD COME ABOUT QUICKLY WITH RACES BEING SCHEDULED IN LATE 2009 SEASON. WE WILL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED ON THIS. ALSO, THE SERIES HAS PURCHASED THE TOOLS TO CHECK THE TQ ENGINES AND 600 ENGINES. ENGINES WILL BE CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE CLUB SCALES AT ALL IMRA EVENTS. THE TOP 3 CARS WILL WEIGH AT THE END OF EVERY FEATURE EVENT. MAKE SURE YOUR CARS ARE LEGAL AND MEET THE RULES. IF YOU PLAN TO RACE ANY IMRA EVENT YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP PAID. AS SAID BEFORE, IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE! ALL RACES ARE IMRA SANCTIONED EVENTS AND ALL TRACKS WILL FOLLOW OUR SANCTIONING RULES. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SPECIAL PAYING EVENTS THIS SEASON WITH THE ADDITION OF THE MEMORIAL AND CLASSIC RACES. IN ADDITION THE IMRA WILL HAVE A 6 RACE SUMMER SIZZLE SERIES SHOOTOUT THAT WILL BRING A POINT FUND PAY OUT TO THE TOP 10 COMPETITORS IN POINTS FOR THESE RACES. THE PURSE FOR THE SERIES KEEPS BUILDING FROM ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR SPONSORS. WE ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST ANNUAL IMRA TQ/600 INVITATIONAL RACE AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THIS INVITATIONAL RACE WILL INCLUDE ALL DRIVERS FROM THE IMRA ALONG WITH 2 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL ALL COMPETE FOR A PURSE THAT SMALL CAR RACING IN THIS AREA HAS EVER SEEN. MORE DETAILS ON THE EVENT, ALONG WITH THE PAYOUT WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON.  WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF THE NEW MEMBERS TO THE IMRA. WE HAVE 39 PAID MEMBERS THAT WILL COMPETE THIS YEAR WHICH SHOWS THE DIRECTION THAT THE SPORT IS MOVING IN. AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE IMRA! WE WILL BE SENDING OUT A NEWS LETTER TO EVERYONE WITH THE DATE FOR OUR SPRING MEETING. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE RACE SEASON WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! 59 DAYS TO THE FIRST GREEN FLAG!!!!! STAY TUNED TO THE IMRA FOR ALL THE NEWS AND UPDATES.

12/15/08                                                                                                                          THE FIRST WINTER MEETING FOR THE 2009 SEASON WAS HELD ON 12/14. THERE WAS A GREAT TURN OUT WITH A LOT OF GREAT INPUT. TRACY HULL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AT THE HELM FOR THE 2009 SEASON WITH GARY MALLONEE, HARRY ROGERS, BARRY TRONE AND TODD MILLER BEING NAMED TO THE 09 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MANY THINGS WERE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP, RULES, SCHEDULE AND SPONSORSHIPS. AS IN THE PAST, YOU MUST BE A PAID CLUB MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE AT ANY IMRA SANCTIONED EVENT! IF YOU PLAN TO RACE WITH THE IMRA PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN A MEMBER BEFORE. THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF SMALL CHANGES MADE TO THE RULES. THESE WILL BE UPDATED ON THE WEB SITE AND ALL RULES BOOKS FOR 09. THE SCHEDULE WILL KEEP EVERYONE VERY BUSY THIS SEASON WITH 22 RACES SCHEDULED SO FAR. IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL RACE AT ONE TRACK IN ILLINOIS AND UP TO 4 IN IOWA. ALL DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS WILL BE RELEASED AROUND THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS IN JANUARY. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF BIG THINGS FOR ALL OF THE IMRA MEMBERS IN 2009!!!!! WE WILL ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMORIAL RACES THIS SEASON WITH TROPHIES AND EXTRA PAYOUTS FOR THESE EVENTS. THE IMRA HAS ALSO ACQUIRED SEVERAL SPONSORS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. THERE WILL BE RACES RANGING BETWEEN $250, $500, AND EVEN A $1000.00 TO WIN SHOW IN THE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. STAY TUNED TO THE IMRA FOR ALL NEWS AND UPDATES. THE NEXT IMRA MEMBERS MEETING WILL BE HELD SUN JAN 18TH AT 1PM @ LAKIS FORD IN GALESBURG IL.

* 2009 SUMMER SIZZLE                                                                                                  THE 2009 RACING SEASON IS LOOKING TO BE A SIZZLER WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME SPECIAL PAYING RACES AND SOME NEW TRACKS. IT APPEARS THAT THE IMRA WILL HAVE  AN 18 NIGHT SCHEDULE WITH ALL RACES BEING POINTS RACES. THE IMRA WILL BE ONCE AGAIN RACING AT SOME OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS BEST DIRT TRACKS. ALL DATES AND TRACKS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SPECIAL PAYING EVENTS THAT WILL RANGE BETWEEN $250.00 TO $500.00 TO WIN THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. THE EXTRA PAY AT THESE EVENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SPONSORSHIP FROM LOCAL AND NATIONAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE 09 SEASON. THE IMRA IS GRATEFUL TO ALL SPONSORS THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT! TO ALL OF THE IMRA MEMBERS, GET YOUR CARS READY BECAUSE THE IMRA IS TURNING UP THE HEAT IN THE 2009 SUMMER SIZZLE!!!!!!

 * THE 2008 SEASON REVIEW                                                                                         THE 2008 RACING SEASON FOR THE IMRA TQ SERIES PROVED TO BE ANOTHER EXCITING SEASON. THE SERIES SAW 33 DIFFERENT DRIVERS COMPETE AT SANCTIONED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DRIVERS COMPETED FROM IOWA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND OHIO. THE SERIES WOULD SEE 6 DIFFERENT DRIVERS IN VICTORY LANE THIS YEAR WITH DAN BEERENDS, BRAD COMEGYS, TONY ENNIS, TRACY HULL, BRUNSON BEHNING, AND BRYAN BEHNING ALL TAKING THERE TURNS IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE. THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RACE WOULD PROVE TO BE THE CLOSEST IN IMRA HISTORY WITH 6 DIFFERENT DRIVERS VYING FOR THE HONOR. THE RACE WOULD COME DOWN TO THE FINAL NIGHT OF RACING BETWEEN KATELYN MILLER, HOLLY DESPAIN, AND JEREMY HULL. HULL WOULD SQUEEZE OUT THE HONOR FOLLOWED BY KATELYN MILLER, AND HOLLY DESPAIN. THE POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP WOULD ALSO COME DOWN TO THE WIRE WITH 3 DRIVERS RACING FOR THE TOP SPOT. RYAN MILLER, STEVE FOSTER AND TRACY HULL WOULD BATTLE IT OUT THE LAST 2 RACES TO SEE WHO WOULD COME OUT ON TOP. HULL WOULD GRAB THE TITLE AT THE LAST RACE FOLLOWED BY FOSTER, AND MILLER. THE IMRA WOULD COMPETE AT SOME OF THE BEST DIRT TRACKS IN THE MIDWEST. RACES WHERE RUN AT BROOKLYN, IA., BURLINGTON, IA., DAVENPORT, IA., FAIRFIELD, IA., PRINCETON, IL., E. MOLINE, IL., AND MACOMB, IL. THIS BEING THE MOST TRACKS RACED IN A SEASON BY THE IMRA THUS FAR. ONLY 3 CARS WOULD GET UPSIDE DOWN THIS SEASON. THIS SHOWS THE PROFESSIONAL DRIVING BY THE IMRA MEMBERS TO PRODUCE CLOSE FAST RACING, WITHOUT ACCIDENTS. THANKS TO ALL IMRA MEMBERS THAT MADE THE 2008 SEASON SUCH A SUCSESS.