Hovden Crowned Allstar of the Month

Congratulations to Dan Hovden for being named the USRA Allstar of the Month (May). Thank you for your continued business!

Dan Hovden's May 2025 Stats

Starts : 9 | Wins : 6 | Top 5's : 7 | Top 10's : 7

Officials from the United States Racing Association, KS Engineering and Terminator Chassis are excited to bring the rebirth of the popular Iron Man Series for USRA Stock Cars in 2025.

With 24 events currently on the schedule, the USRA KS Engineering Iron Man Stock Car Series driven by Terminator Chassis will offer great nightly payouts throughout the 2025 season, along with a lucrative points fund at season’s end.

“We’ve looked to add more excitement to the series and feel this is about as good as it gets,” said Ryne Staley, Director of Marketing & Sales for the USRA.

Located in Albert Lea, Minn., Kevin Stoa from KS Engineering has taken on the task of building a brand-new engine for one lucky USRA Stock Car driver that will take home the piece at the USRA Awards Banquet at the end of the year.

For more information about KS Engineering, visit KevinStoaEngineering.com call (507) 552-1572 or email Stoa at kevinstoaengineering@yahoo.com. You can also

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Everyone at KS Engineering would like to extend a huge congratulations to Mike, Anita, and the entire Mike Nichols Racing team on capturing their unprecedented 13th IMCA Stock Car National Championship!

In a day and age where the competition is on the rise, Mike and his team continue to find ways to remain on top and build upon their incredible legacy!

Thank you for your continued business over the years. It has been an honor to be a small part of your program over the years!

2024 Accomplishments

🏆 2024 IMCA Stock Car National Points Champion

🏆 2024 IMCA Stock Car Northern Region Champion

🏆 2024 Crawford County Speedway Track Champion

🏆 2024 Interstate Speedway Track Champion

🏆 2024 Park Jefferson Int'l Speedway Track Champion

🏆 2024 Shelby County Speedway Track Champion

2024 By the Numbers

1 IMCA National Championship in 2024 (13 Career)

1 IMCA Regional Championship in 2024 (13 Career)

4 IMCA Track Championships in 2024 (51 Career)

30 IMCA Weekly Series Wins in 2024 (657 Career)

Congrats to both Joe and Dalton Flory on their outstanding 2024 seasons. The father-son duo flexed their muscles all season long by capturing three wins each in the seven points paying races at Williston Basin Speedway in the IMCA Stock Car division. At the conclusion of the season, it was Joe Flory outdueling his son Dalton by just three points to take home the title.

Thank you both for your continued support and congrats again on this spectacular feat!

📸 Tyler Hagen Photography

Congrats to Lee Hibner on picking up his first win of 2024 by holding off a hard charging Tyler Hibner, giving KS Engineering a solid 1-2 finish!

Thank you both for your business!!

IMCA Stock Car

• Casey Woken
• David Brandies
• Jeffrey Abbey
• Tyler Pickett

IMCA Hobby Stock

• Eric Stanton

Thank you to all our great customers for helping us reach this milestone so early in the season! It is shaping up to be another excellent year. Congrats guys, we are proud to be a part of each of your teams.

3 Consecutive KS Engineering USMTS Wins

Jim Chisholm | Hamilton County Speedway (May 22nd)

Jim Chisholm | Fayette County Speedway (May 23rd)

Brandon Davis | Mississippi Thunder Speedway (May 24th)

Thank you to all our great customers for your continued support!

📷 Buck Monson & Tyler Rinkin

This past week (May 6-12th, 2024), our drivers shattered our existing record for number of KSE feature wins in a single week. This past weekend alone saw 17 different drivers collecting 20 feature wins across five states. Way to go guys, keep up the great work!

Brayden Gjere | Casey Woken | Chad Clancy | Daniel Hovden

David Brandies | Dustin Gulbrandson (2) | Dustin Kruse

Eric Stanton | Houston Johnson | Jesse Skalicky

Jim Chisholm (2) | Joe Flory | Mike Nichols | Mitch Hovden (2)

Nate Whitehurst | Shadren Turner | Tyler Johnson

Jim Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, capped off a spectacular year with the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt as the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger of the Year.

Chisholm, a two-time USRA B-Mod, national champ, will take home an extra $2,500 courtesy of FK Rod Ends at the USMTS awards banquet on January 27 at Harrah's Kansas City Casino & Hotel.  Read More...

404 | KSE Feature Wins

16 | Track Championships

8 | Series Championships

Feature Wins in 20 Different States

Feature Wins at 92 Different Tracks

Feature Wins with 107 Different Drivers

Thank you to all our great customers for your continued support!

Pure Domination at the Creek!

Another season has come to an end at Deer Creek Speedway and two KS Engineering customers were crowned Track Champions! Congratulations to Brandon Davis (USRA Modified) and Brayden Gjere (USRA Stock Car) on their 2023 Track Championships. The two drivers had a combined 21 starts and brought home 7 wins and a staggering 17 top fives in route to their championships. Congrats to these two drivers as well as all of our teams who competed at Deer Creek this season.

Congrats on 10+ wins so far this season guys!!!

18 | Mike Nichols

15 | Shadren Turner

13 | Daniel Hovden

11 | Tyler Hibner

10 | Mitch Hovden

Strong Opening Night at USMTS North Iowa Nationals!

What a great start to the 2023 USMTS North Iowa Nationals!?! The momentum started early for KS Engineering customers, Tim Ward & Alex Williamson as they took wins in heats three & four respectively.

In the feature, Jim Chisholm picked up where he left off last time the series visited Mason City by picking up the win from the 8th starting spot. Alex Williamson & Tim Ward would round out the top 5 by finishing 4th and 5th respectively. Thank you to all of our customers for making 2023 one of our most successful seasons yet!

He did what!?!?!

Brandon Davis leaves the crowd speechless after an incredible 19th to win run in the USRA modified feature at Deer Creek Speedway this past weekend. That drive was nothing short of fun to watch. Thanks for choosing KS Engineering!

Chisholm Brothers Sweep the Fall Jamboree Finale!

What a night to be a Chisholm?! Joe "Smoke" Chisholm took all three nights in the B-Mods and brother Jim took the finale of the Fall Jamboree in the A-Mod. Brandon Davis would come home second making it a 1-2 finish for KS Engineering in the 2022 Fall Jamboree. Thank you guys for your continued support as well as all our customers who competed this year.

2022 Lee County Speedway Track Champion!

We just wanted to congratulate David Brandies on picking up the 2022 Lee County Speedway Track Championship in the IMCA Stock Car division. Congrats David and keep those wins coming!!!

 600 IMCA Stock Car Feature Wins!?!?! 

Yes, you read that correctly. This past weekend Mike Nichols secured his 600th IMCA Stock Car Feature Win. What an impressive accomplishment! Everyone here at KS Engineering is proud to be a small part of your successful career.

Podium Sweep for KSE Customers!

We always love to see the feature wins roll in, but that is especially so when KS Engineering customers sweep the podium. Congratulations to Jim Chisholm for picking up yet another feature win at Deer Creek Speedway, but we also want to give a shoutout to Brandon Davis (2nd) and Jacob Bleess (3rd). Congratulations guys, we are proud to be a small part of your race teams!