Two more dominating runs put another $2,000 in Ricky Alvarado’s pocket, following a weekend sweep of EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Northern Tour events at Fairgrounds Speedway. Alvarado picked up his fifth and sixth victories of the season in the IMCA Modified series, leading most of the distance both nights. Brandon Carley was the leader on the 13th circuit Friday, but Alvarado regained the front spot. Carley stayed close and was running second when the white flag came out, but was relegated to a midpack finish after hitting an infield tire. Nick Nelson, Danny Bradford and Aaron Spangler rounded out the top five. “B” qualifier Dennis Durmas advanced a dozen spots to finish ninth. Another good draw put Alvarado on the front row of the Saturday show. Carley again tried to reel Alvarado in but had his hands full with Bradford and neither could mount a challenge. Point leader Justen Yeager was fourth and Spangler repeated his fifth place finish. The race was slowed by just two early cautions. Rick Spangler advanced 13 spots to finish ninth. The third annual series concludes with a Sept. 18-19 doubleheader at Atomic Motor Raceway in Atomic City, Idaho. EngineQuest (EQ) is the engine parts division of AAEQ Manufacturers and Recyclers. EQ’s product line includes new, remanufactured and reclaimed engine parts. EQ sources its cores from its sister company, AA Midwest, which maintains a huge inventory of over 150,000 engines, transmissions and internal parts cores. EQ specializes in manufacturing parts that either make one automotive core work in another application or replace a hard to find or hard to salvage part. EQ continues to offer new products to help the engine builder solve their manufacturing challenges, including: exhaust manifolds (new and reclaimed), timing covers (largest single line available), harmonic balancers, head bolt sets, crankshafts, stock replacement and performance cylinder heads. EQ parts are available from three national warehouses located in Chicago, Ill., Las Vegas, Nev., and Dallas, Texas. The International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) was organized in 1915 and is the oldest active automobile racing sanctioning body in the United States. In 1990, Kathy Root was named president of IMCA and in 1996 purchased IMCA from innovator and visionary, Keith Knaack and family. IMCA now has nine classes including: Modified, Late Model, Stock Car, Sprint Car, Northern SportMod, Southern SportMod, Crate Models, Hobby Stock and Sport Compact. Through the promotion of grassroots weekly racing, IMCA has enjoyed tremendous growth in the last decade. | ||
