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Macon IL Speedway Saturday Results
Macon, IL (July 28, 2018 ) – Terry Babb has raced plenty of times at Macon Speedway through the years in both stock cars and open wheel cars. Babb took a sweep for the night as he won his heat race and then drew a four on the redraw to determine the first four […]
Pearson Snags NAPA Know How 50
GRANITE CITY, ILL. (July 13, 2018) – Earl Pearson Jr. bolted from his ninth starting spot to win Friday night’s NAPA Know How 50 at Tri-City Speedway. Pearson took the lead on lap 37 from Jimmy Owens and went on to his third Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season. Owens finished […]
Vandermeersch Sweeps Topless Sportsman
(Macon, IL) Dennis Vandermeersch has run a lot of laps around Macon Speedway for the better half of three decades. Late Models, Modifieds and Sportsman cars have been raced by the retired firefighter from Springfield and the record shows easily that the Sportsman division is his most successful and dominate. That showed again Saturday […]
Klaasmeyer Wins at Steamy Macon Speedway
(Macon, IL) The temperatures were not kind to race fans or drivers this weekend in central Illinois with heat and humidity making the outdoors miserable, Macon Speedway carried out their racing program featuring the POWRi Midgets & Micro Sprints. Tucker Klaasmeyer took the checkered flag in the POWRi Midgets during the 30-lap A-Main feature. […]
Ewing Outlasts for 40 Lap Feature Finish
(Macon, IL) Dakota Ewing has had a successful season so far at Macon Speedway. Feature wins and career-defining moments have been plentiful during his 2018. Another milestone was added Saturday night when he captured the Firecracker 40s feature in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models. He led one lap. The last one. Jake Little […]
Webb Triumphs in Ed Cain Hornet Challenge on CAT/PBR Night
Macon, IL (June 16, 2018) – Adam Webb is no stranger to tough competition. The 2015 DIRTcar UMP Hornet National Champion has raced with numerous national and track champions on a regular basis, and tonight was no different. Eric Vanapeldoorn was the one driver who Webb had to fight hard to wrestle the […]
Shannon Babb Wins Night 2 of Hell Tour
PHOTO BY JIM DENHAMER KANKAKEE, IL — June 14, 2018 — Emerging triumphant in a clash of DIRTcar Summer Nationals titans Thursday night at Kankakee County Speedway, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL swapped the lead twice with Billy Moyer before gaining command for good on lap 22 to win the 40-lap feature that served as […]
Billy Drake Wins Night 1 of 2018 DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Peoria Speedway
PHOTOS BY JIM DENHAMER PEORIA, IL (June 13) — Billy Drake had a hard time believing that his victory in Wednesday night’s 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summernationals opener at Peoria Speedway was his first on the Hell Tour in nearly 15 years. But it was indeed, throwing the 48-year-old driver from Bloomington, Ill., back to his days […]
Midget Stars Heading To Macon Speedway Saturday
Illinois SPEED Week To Feature Large Field Of Cars (Macon, IL) One of Illinois race fans’ most anticipated week of open wheel racing roars to life, as the stars of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League compete in Illinois SPEED Week. POWRi’s Sixth Annual Illinois SPEED Week kicks off Wednesday night at Belle-Clair Speedway […]
Dick Doubles Down at Macon Speedway
(Macon, IL) In 72 years, Macon Speedway has hosted just about everything in front of an audience. Auto racing, monster truck car-crushing, the circus, figure-8 races and now in year 73, a wedding. Darrell Dick, street stock driver, wed his long time girlfriend Cindy during intermission at the center of the racetrack by ordained […]
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