Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
POWRi National Midgets schedule 30-event season, open at Cowtown Speedway in Texas March 16-17
MILLSTADT, Ill. (Jan. 24, 2012)—The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series will open a 30-event season on March 16-17 with its first visit to Texas, racing at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale. The Midget Stampede at the ¼-mile track located near Fort Worth has a purse exceeding $40,000 with Friday’s feature paying $3,000 to win and [...]
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Bryan Clauson holds off T-Mez in POWRi’s 2nd Battle at the Center on the Mini Magic Mile
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE POWRi BATTLE AT THE CENTER! DU QUOIN, Ill. (Dec. 17, 2011)—The start of the indoor season of Midget racing couldn’t have had a more exciting finish as the 2nd annual Battle at the Center took place on Saturday night on the Mini Magic Mile. The POWRI Lucas Oil [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Levi Jones, Shane Hmiel bring successful partnership in Midgets to POWRi’s Battle at the Center in Du Quoin
DU QUOIN, Ill. (Dec. 13, 2011)—Seven-time USAC National champion Levi Jones will try to build on his successful partnership with Midget car owner Shane Hmiel in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series’ second annual Battle at the Center on Saturday (Dec. 17) at the Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center. Jones won [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
POWRi National Midget triple champ Brad Loyet enters 2nd Battle at the Center on Du Quoin’s Mini Magic Mile
DU QUOIN, Ill. (Dec. 6, 2011)—Brad Loyet, who has won the past two and a total of three championships in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, has entered the second annual Battle at the Center on Dec. 17 at the Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center. The 23-year-old from Sunset Hills, Mo., [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Bryan Clauson enters POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets’ 2nd Battle at the Center on Du Quoin’s Mini Magic Mile
DU QUOIN, Ill. (Nov. 29, 2011)—Open-wheel star Bryan Clauson has entered the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series’ second annual Battle at the Center on Dec. 17 at the Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center. Clauson has won the USAC National Championship, for the driver with the most points in 25 events in [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Springfield, DuQuoin Hosting ARCA-Sanctioned Races for 30th Year
(TOLEDO, Ohio) – Late summer racing on the mile dirt, state fairground ovals of Illinois is as familiar to the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards as any driver or theme in ARCA history. As such, the series has announced its two dates for competition on the famed tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, Springfield Mile
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets returns to Du Quoin’s Mini Magic Mile for 2nd Battle of the Center
DU QUOIN, Ill. (Oct. 20, 2011)—The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series will return Dec. 17 to the Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center for the second annual Battle at the Center. The non-points event is expected to draw an all-star cast of drivers from Midget racing’s top sanctioning organizations and will pay [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets Series Battle at the Center in DuQuoin set for December 17th!
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series returns to DuQuoin Illinois Saturday, December 17th for the 2nd Annual Battle at the Center on the Mini Magic Mile in the DuQuoin Southern Illinois Center. The event is expected to draw an “All Star” cast of drivers from the sport’s top sanctioning organizations. The one-day race will feature [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
Pit Notes from the Federated Auto Parts Southern Illinois 100 at DuQuoin
(With Springfield notes included) Labor Day brings out the best fans and competitors to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds and Monday was no exception as Mother Nature brought out the best temperatures seen in years at DuQuoin with a fall like day at the “Magic Mile”. A strong cold front brought only sprinkles but temps in [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, Springfield Mile
Trackside from the Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin
(September 6, 2011-DuQuoin, IL)-by Jay Hardin-With rain threatening all around the Southern Illinois area Mother Nature gave the DuQuoin State Fair, USAC and promoter Bob Sargent a break Sunday evening, bypassing the “Magic Mile” with only a few sprinkles and allowing the 60th Ted Horn 100 to go off without a hitch. Cool temperatures and [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois
Schrader Wins Oldani Memorial at DuQuoin
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM DUQUOIN! Tony Stewart from 24th to 2nd!! (Sept 5, DuQuoin, IL) by Jay Hardin-Ken Schrader won his second one mile dirt track UMP Modified event when he led 18 of the 20 laps of the 18th Bill Oldani Memorial at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Labor Day. NASCAR star [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Modified News
Tony Stewart Enters DuQuoin UMP Modified Event for Labor Day
2-Time NASCAR Champ Back After 8 Year Absence DuQuoin, IL (September 1, 2011)-Tony Stewart likes the race track at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds so much that he took time out of a busy NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule to file an entry today for the 18th Bill Oldani Memorial UMP Modified race on Labor Day at [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois
Numerous Illini Drivers Ready for DuQuoin
DuQuoin, IL-The two state fairs in Illinois continue a tradition of motorsports entertainment that dates back to the earliest part of the twentieth century and part of the reason fans flock to the mile dirt tracks at Springfield and DuQuoin has always been the presence of local drivers trying to race and win against national [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, USAC News
Ted Horn 100 Win Could Propel Illinois Driver to Second USAC Title
Three Former Champs at Top of Title Chase DuQuoin, IL august 29, 2011-When the crowd filed into the beautiful DuQuoin State Fairgrounds grandstand on September 5, 2010 its doubtful Kody Swanson was one of the favorites picked to win that evening’s Ted Horn 100 USAC Silver Crown race. However, thanks to a new procedure and [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, USAC News
Open Wheel Showing Stock Cars Fast Way at DuQuoin Last Ten ARCA Poles Captured by Open Wheel Pilots
DuQuoin, IL August 24, 2011-Coming into the 59th Federated Auto Parts-Southern Illinois 100 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, the question being asked in the ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menard’s garage area is: Can a stock car regular can set quick time on the “Magic Mile? Since 2001 every pole position for the Southern Illinois [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois
Surprise Entrants Cooksey and Rettig for ARCA Event at DuQuoin
DuQuoin, IL August 23-Two surprise entrants, one a seasoned and popular veteran from Illinois, the other a rookie from Southeast Missouri add even more local flavor to the entry list for the ARCA Racing Series 59th Fedrated Auto Parts Southern Illinois 100 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Labor Day. Forty-five year old Joe Cooksey [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois
Will Vaught Partners with “Manpower to Horsepower” and Venturini Motorsports for ARCA Springfield and DuQuoin Dirt Races
August 19, 2011 (Concord, NC) – Dirt Late Model driver, Will Vaught is preparing to make his third ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards career start at the historic Springfield dirt mile this weekend. The Crane, Missouri native has teamed up with Venturini Motorsports and will drive the No. 55 “Manpower to Horsepower” Chevrolet at [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, Springfield Mile
SPEED to Televise POWRi Lucas Oil Midgets “Battle at the Center” Saturday
The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets inaugural “Battle at the Center” on the Mini Magic Mile in Du Quoin, Ill., will be televised Saturday (May 28) at 7:30 p.m. EDT on SPEED Channel. The event was run on Dec. 18, 2010. If you’re in the mood for a battle on the dirt, we can deliver [...]
Category: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois, POWRi Series News, Sprint Car & Midget News
