FLASHBACK 1974: Opperman & the IMCA Sprint Winter Nationals at Tampa

Tampa, FL | February 1974 - Jan Opperman, Pancho Carter and seventy five of the best Non-Wing Sprint racers in America challenge the 1/2 mile at the Tampa Fairgrounds in the 54th Annual IMCA Winter Nationals. The International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) was organized in 1915 by J. Alex Sloan, and is currently the oldest active auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. IMCA is currently headquartered in Vinton, Iowa, and features several classes and divisions of weekly racing in six geographical regions of the United States....
Follow Dirt Dog TV News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DirtDogTV

Sloan, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was instrumental in establishing the IMCA and ran more races than all other promoters in the United States combined, all under IMCA sanction. After Sloan's death in 1937 his son, John Sloan, continued to manage the IMCA. Under John Sloan’s leadership, IMCA continued to grow and held its first Late model race on November 9, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas. In the late 1970s, Keith Knaack introduced the IMCA Modified division.

THE IMMORTAL JAN OPPERMAN