Illinois
43 USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY’S BETTENHAUSEN 100
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 14, 2023)………One of the largest fields in recent USAC Silver Crown history is set for battle during the 60th running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers Pizza this Saturday, August 19, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The entry list of 43 entries for […]
Sprint Invaders Hit Illinois Doubleheader This Weekend!
(Bill W) August 14, 2023 – The Sprint Invaders are back in action this weekend in the “Land of Lincoln.” On Saturday, August 19, they will visit the Peoria Speedway for the first time since 2015. Action moves to the Adams County Speedway in Quincy, Illinois on Sunday, August 20. This will be […]
Taylor Finishes Exciting Night with Checkered Flag
By BZ (Macon, IL) With two weeks off—one scheduled and one rainout—Macon Speedway returned with seven divisions of exciting racing and perfect weather conditions. The track was said to be tacky by Guy Taylor, the night’s Pro Modified feature winner. “When the track is tacky like this, it makes everybody go fast.” Taylor […]
Midwest Throwback Sprint Cars To Headline Macon Speedway Racing Saturday
(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway drivers, teams, and race fans are ready to head back to the track this Saturday, August 12, after a two-week layoff for a scheduled night off as well as weather related issues last weekend. This Saturday’s program should be a good one, featuring the Midwest Throwback Sprint Cars in addition to […]
Cockrum Emerging as USAC Mile Track Master Enters Springfield August 19 Event As A Favorite
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 9, 2023-Springfield, IL-While Kody Swanson has been the dominant force in USAC’s Silver Crown Series for nearly a decade, southern Illinois fire chief and second-generation driver Shane Cockrum has begun to emerge as one of the masters of the Illinois fairground mile dirt tracks. Cockrum is the defending […]
Vandermeersch Goes the Distance in Sportsman Topless 40
By BZ (Macon, IL) Dennis Vandermeersch went wire-to-wire to win the Weddle Performance Engines Sportsman feature race Saturday night at Macon Speedway. For Vandermeersch, it was the second straight year that he led all 40 laps and the third year in a row winning the event. The challenges from Wes O’Dell and […]
Front Row—The Place to Be on Saturday Night—at Macon Speedway
By BZ (Macon, IL) When a racer gets to start on the front row, it could mean luck of the pill draw or fortune of the invert or the passing points award through heat race action. All six features at Macon Speedway Saturday night were won by drivers who got to start up […]
Shirley Leads Caution-Free Late Model Feature Flag-To-Flag At Farmer City
Farmer City, ILL (July 7, 2023) – Nine minutes and 52 seconds is all Brian Shirley needed to assert his dominance over the star-studded DIRTcar Summer Nationals field at Farmer City Raceway. Shirley, the four-time Hell Tour champion from Chatham, IL, put on a clinic Friday night, leading all 40 laps of the caution-free Feature en route […]
Ryan Unzicker Wins Second Career Herald & Review 100 At Macon
Macon, Ill (July 6, 2023) – For the second time in his career and first in eight years, Ryan Unzicker is victorious in one of Illinois dirt track racing’s most prestigious events – the Herald & Review 100. Unzicker, the 2011 DIRTcar Late Model national points champion from El Paso, IL, won a late-race […]
Troutman, Winger blow right-rears in final laps as Feger drives off with 26th career victory
PADUCAH, KY (June 30, 2023) – From national and regional touring series events, to the marquee Wayne Coakley Memorial and USA World 50 races, Jason Feger had won nearly every prestigious event held at Paducah International Raceway, except one. The DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event had, for many years, escaped his grasp. Friday night, […]
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