Illinois
Cheatham Races To Macon Speedway HART Micro Checkers
(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway was back at it this past Saturday, August 14 with a six division program led by the PureMax Racing Oil HART Non-Wing Micros and a strong field of BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds. The night of racing turned out to be a great one with exciting side-by-side battles and clean driving. 20 […]
Greg Durbin Memorial story/results Aug. 8
BY ROB HINCKLEY EAST MOLINE, Ill. (August 8) – Travis Denning formulated the strategy as he circled the quarter-mile oval. Denning got the hole shot from his P3 start, had the lead before the first circuit was completed and ended up cruising to the 30-lap Greg Durbin Memorial Sunday evening at East Moline […]
Big Money Brings In Big Races at Macon Speedway
By BZ (Macon, IL) The third annual Diane Bennett Memorial race at Macon Speedway did just what it has for the first two years, added bonus money to the purse prizes of the racing divisions and brought in some exciting racing. 104 entries among six racing divisions on Saturday night paid homage […]
Vandermeersch Scores Topless 40 at Macon Speedway
By BZ (Macon, IL) Dennis Vandermeersch was tired and sore when the checkered flag hit the air and he crossed the line first on Saturday night in the Weddle Performance Engines Sportsman class at Macon Speedway. The track was fast and had some bumps to it that rocked the veteran racer on a […]
Ayrton Gennetten Nabs $2,000 Sprint Invaders Feature at East Moline!
(Bill W) East Moline, IL, July 21, 2021 – Ayrton Gennetten captured his third career win with the Sprint Invaders Wednesday night at the East Moline Speedway in East Moline, Iowa during the Rock Island County Fair. The native of Gravois Mills, Missouri earned $2,000 for his victory aboard the Scott Bonar/Midland Performance #50. […]
Rock Island County Fair Race
BY ROB HINCKLEY EAST MOLINE, Ill. (July 21) – The dust cleared the first two times, making the third time the charm for Ayrton Gennetten. The third generation Missouri ace took to the point and paced all 25 laps to win the Sprint Invaders feature during the Rock Island County Fair at East […]
Ready to Win but Didn’t Saturday Night at Macon Speedway
By BZ (Macon, IL) For the drivers of the six racing divisions at Macon Speedway on Saturday night, many of those who led laps in the feature looked like locks for the victory lane. And then something happened to where that didn’t happen. Either a broken racecar or a late-race pass kept […]
Pierce Scores Third Herald & Review 100 Championship
By BZ (Macon, IL) Bobby Pierce challenged for the lead early in the 2021 edition of the Herald & Review 100 Thursday night at Macon Speedway but it wasn’t a pass for the lead that gave him the advantage, it was a caution flag and a flat tire on leader Brian Shirley that allowed Pierce […]
Begyn sparkles in EMS July 4 sweep
Nezworski, Larson, Veloz, Simmons, Padilla, Lamar also take checkers BY ROB HINCKLEY EAST MOLINE, Ill. (July 4) – Dustin Begyn saw it was a different track. He formulated the same strategy as earlier in the evening, got to the front and completed the July 4 sweep of the Riverbend Pizza Place Sport […]
Sheppard & Helmick take Firecracker 40s at Macon Speedway
By BZ (Macon, IL) The Independence Day holiday got started a night early with the 95Q/Dynagraphics Firecracker 40s at Macon Speedway. The annual tradition to the track showcased two 40-lap features plus fireworks after the races completed for the evening. As the 40-lappers took to the track in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late […]
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