Illinois
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, […]
Winger Uses Bottom Lane, Avoids Late Collision To Win Adams County
QUINCY, ILL (June 28, 2023) – Like the summer temperatures, Ashton Winger has been heating up recently and threw another load of coal in the fire with his second Feature win in two weeks Wednesday night at Adams County (IL) Speedway. Winger, 23, of Senoia, GA, is in hot pursuit of his first DIRTcar […]
Sprint Invaders’ Return To Spoon River Goes To Chris Martin
Banner, Illinois (June 24, 2023 ) – After a fourteen-year absence the Sprint Invaders returned to the Spoon River Speedway south of Canton, Illinois, on Saturday and despite sweltering conditions in the afternoon and the area being placed under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the evening, twenty-three Winged Sprint Car drivers checked in. It […]
T-MEZ Speeds Past McIntosh for POWRi Finish
By BZ Macon, IL (June 24, 2023) – Thomas Meseraull was the solid top driver of the 22-car 30-lap POWRi Feature race until a caution came out and forced a side-by-side restart. The POWRi National Midgets use a backstretch cone to reform the lineup on caution flags for more competitive racing. As Mersaull, […]
Drivers to Watch: Tenth Annual Illinois SPEEDWeek POWRi National Midgets
POWRi Midget Series To Visit Central Illinois Tracks This Week Belleville, IL. (6/21/23) Escalating the excitement surrounding the swiftly approaching Tenth Annual POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek, top drivers from around the country set their sights on the Land of Lincoln from June 22-25 at four separate fast-paced facilities. Entering the illustrious Illinois SPEEDWeek in the […]
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