BOONE, Iowa — For the fourth consecutive 12 months, pre-entries for the Speedway Motors IMCA Tremendous Nationals fueled by Casey’s have topped the 1,000 mark.
On August 20, Sunoco IMCA Passion Inventory driver Eric Cross of Salina, Kansas, turned the 1,000th driver to register for the forty third annual occasion.
All divisions are at the moment pacing forward of final 12 months’s totals, with 285 Sunoco IMCA Inventory Automobiles, 237 Friesen Efficiency IMCA Modifieds, 168 Karl Chevrolet IMCA Northern SportMods, 159 Sunoco IMCA Passion Shares, 78 Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lites, and 60 Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts already entered.
Each evening of the occasion could be seen on IMCA.television.
The general all-time report of 1,036 opponents was set final 12 months, with 1,061 pre-registered entries. The Inventory Automobile whole is already an all-time preregistration report for the category, surpassing final 12 months’s mark of 281.
Outdoors of Iowa, main states in registration are Wisconsin with 75, Minnesota and Nebraska every with 58, Texas with 52, Kansas with 50, Arizona with 40, Missouri with 38, Colorado with 27, California with 24, and Arkansas with 23.
Six straight nights of qualifying set the stage for championship Saturday at Boone Speedway. The IMCA STARS Mod Lites open the week with qualifying on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31, earlier than their “huge dance” function on Sunday.
IMCA Passion Shares and IMCA Northern SportMods comply with with qualifying races on Monday, September 1, and Tuesday, September 2, to set their rows for Saturday. IMCA Late Fashions make Monday their dance evening with a whole present, whereas Tuesday options the IMCA Sport Compacts’ championship program.
From Wednesday, September 3, by way of Friday, September 5, the highlight turns to IMCA Inventory Automobiles and IMCA Modifieds, as three nights of qualifying decide their starters.
Final probability options are scheduled for Wednesday within the Passion Shares and Northern SportMods, whereas the Inventory Automobiles and Modifieds will run their final probability options on Saturday previous to championship evening.
Championship evening arrives Saturday, September 6, when Passion Shares, Northern SportMods, Inventory Automobiles, and Modifieds crown their 2025 Tremendous Nationals champions.
A short historical past of the final 5 years at Tremendous Nationals reveals simply how a lot parity and custom the occasion continues to ship, with no scarcity of repeat heroes or recent faces including their names to Boone Speedway historical past.
The Mod Lites, which had been added to the Tremendous Nationals program in 2021, have solely deepened that historical past whereas bringing new champions to the stage.
The IMCA Modifieds have topped 5 straight totally different champions, with Ricky Thornton Jr. in 2020, Cody Laney in 2021, Tom Berry Jr. in 2022, Tim Ward in 2023, and Dylan Thornton in 2024. IMCA Inventory Automobile winners embrace Donavon Smith in 2020, Dallon Murty in 2021 and 2022, Dylan Thornton in 2023, and Kelly Shryock in 2024, with Murty standing as the one repeat champion in that stretch.
Within the IMCA Passion Shares, Nathan Ballard claimed titles in 2020 and 2024, Mike Smith received in 2021 and 2023, and Zach Olmstead earned the 2022 championship. The IMCA Northern SportMods have additionally produced a special champion yearly, with Johnathon Logue in 2020, Austen Becerra in 2021, Matthew Looft in 2022, Jake Sachau in 2023, and Logan Anderson in 2024.
The IMCA Late Fashions have been equally various, with Ricky Thornton Jr. taking the victory in 2020, Cody Laney in 2021, Tom Berry Jr. in 2022, Tim Ward in 2023, and Dylan Thornton in 2024.
The IMCA Sport Compacts had been rained out in 2020 however have topped Mitch Bielenberg in 2021, Jake Benischek in 2022, Devin Jones in 2023, and Brad Chandler in 2024.
Since being added in 2021, the IMCA STARS Mod Lites noticed Dillon Raffurty dominate the primary two years, earlier than Ronnie Choate broke by way of in 2023 and Riley Clem carried the momentum into 2024.
With a thousand drivers chasing historical past and a number of other divisions boasting 5 straight totally different winners, the 2025 Speedway Motors IMCA Tremendous Nationals fueled by Casey’s as soon as once more guarantees per week of drama, pleasure, and unforgettable moments on dust racing’s largest stage.
Watch the entire motion on IMCA.television.
