Category: La Salle Speedway
La Salle Speedway Amends Schedule, Looks to 2012
LA SALLE, IL (September 23, 2011)- Officials of La Salle Speedway and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series have announced the decision to cancel the event scheduled for September 27th, 2011. The event was originally scheduled for May 14th, but was postponed due to torrential rain at the speedway. After being battered with rain [...]
Category: Dirt Late Model News, Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Lucas Oil Late Model Series News
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Visits La Salle Speedway Next Tuesday Night
WAYCROSS, GA (September 22, 2011) – The Road to Knoxville for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series gets an early start with a special Tuesday Night, September 27th appearance at La Salle Speedway in La Salle, IL. The event which was originally scheduled for May, but was postponed due to rain and cold temperatures [...]
Category: Dirt Late Model News, Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Lucas Oil Late Model Series News
Kenny Wallace proves to be a smooth operator; Unzicker picks up another win
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – NASCAR standout and television commentator Kenny Wallace is known world wide for his ability to wheel a race car and entertain the public. He did not disappoint on Saturday night at La Salle Speedway. The St. Louis native started racing in 1982 when he won the first race [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Sievert, Kohler, Hughes, Provenzano all victorious; Champions honored
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL– The quest for La Salle Speedway’s 2011 top titles is behind the racers. Now the racing is just about who makes it to the finish line first not how many points will be collected. The points chase ended with the last regular night of racing on August 13th when [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Sprints flip over La Salle; Waite celebrated at memorial race
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Sunday night at La Salle Speedway Bill Waite, Jr. was remembered in style as the Outlaw Sprint Cars dashed around the clay oval at record speeds. Waite, a lifelong Illinois Valley resident, businessman, and a sprint car driver himself lost his life in an unfortunate accident. In 2008, [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Sprint Car & Midget News
Bill Balog Tops IRA/MOWA Bill Waite Jr. Memorial at LaSalle!
(Bill W) August 21, 2011 – Bill Balog emerged victorious Sunday night at LaSalle Speedway’s Bill Waite Jr. Memorial in LaSalle, Illinois. The event included the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series and the Midwest Open Wheel Association’s Monster Energy™ Sprint Car Series. There were 35 sprint cars on hand. Balog’s win paid him [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Monster Energy Sprint Series, Sprint Car & Midget News
Points chase ends at La Salle; Plenty of action still scheduled
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Saturday night marked the final points chase race at La Salle Speedway for the 2011 season. In the four regular divisions, the championship leaders were secure in their quest coming into the last night of action. In the Late Model and Open Wheel Modified classes the leaders were [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Provenzano stays at the top of the chase with win at La Salle; Lomax sweeps the Mods
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – The points chase is wrapping up at La Salle Speedway with only one divisional title still up for grabs. The hottest contest for the championship is in the ultra competitive UMP Late Model division. Two hot shoes are battling for the crown with one week remaining in the [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Bell wins slide job war at La Salle
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Saturday night’s racing at La Salle Speedway qualified as one of the best Late Model battles all season long. A fast and furious pace didn’t keep Rich Bell and Bret Sievert from dicing back and forth for the victory trading paint only a few times. UMP Late Models: [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Harrison Earns Eighth Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory at LaSalle
LaSalle, Ill. – July 13, 2011 – Mike Harrison displayed his dominance once again at the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals stop Wednesday night at LaSalle (Ill.) Speedway. (For the latest breaking news on the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals, click here to follow along on Twitter with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals.) Harrison [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Open Wheel Modified News, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Modified News
Babb Dominates LaSalle Speedway Summer Nationals for Third Straight Win
LASALLE, Ill. – July 13, 2011 – Shannon Babb dominated the field Wednesday night at LaSalle Speedway much like he has the rest of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour. (For the latest breaking news from the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour, click here to follow along on Twitter.) Babb started the race on the [...]
Category: Dirt Late Model News, Illinois, La Salle Speedway, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Late Model News, U.M.P. DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Babb’s slick track preference at La Salle leads to third victory in a row
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Mother Nature has robbed race enthusiasts of their need for speed on far too many occasions this season at La Salle Speedway. The Wednesday night make up of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals was finally a reality with twenty nine competitors from seven states and two countries rolling into [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Late Model News, U.M.P. DIRTcar Series Modified News, U.M.P. DIRTcar Summer Nationals
AJ May steals the show in first win; Sievert still winning
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – AJ May was on fire Saturday night on the high banks of La Salle Speedway. The eighteen year old racer is usually found in the Peoria area but looked like a veteran of the Illinois Valley’s speed arena when he charged from last to first to capture his [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Sievert explosive at La Salle; Lomax trying to stay at the top of the UMP National points
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – La Salle Speedway had plenty to celebrate Saturday night with a full crowd and an electrifying fireworks show but most of all it was rain free. This season race enthusiasts in the Illinois Valley have had to catch just a glimpse of their summertime fun at the track. [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Sievert and Lomax return to victory lane, Summer Nationals up next
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL. – On May 7th, Bret Sievert took home the UMP Late Model victory while Jamie Lomax scored the Modified win. It was like déjà vu Saturday night at La Salle Speedway when history repeated itself. Sievert who hails form Wisconsin and Lomax of Indiana start their journey long before [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Scheffler wins infield battle at La Salle’s double points night
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Just when you think you have seen it all in dirt track racing, you realize there are still plenty of shocking scenarios yet to come. Saturday night the action at La Salle Speedway wasn’t the hard chargers riding the outer rim of the high banks or running the [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Rickels sweeps Street Stock Spectacular; Provenzano outpowers field at La Salle Speedway
By: Betty Glynn La Salle, IL – Saturday night Mother Nature finally gave the green light to La Salle Speedway race fans with a perfect setting for Fan Appreciation Night. To top it off the Street Stock division topped the venue with a 25 lap special main event that did not disappoint. Street Stock’s: To [...]
Category: Illinois, La Salle Speedway
Spring Shootout at La Salle Postponed Until September
La Salle, IL (May 14, 2011) – Officials of La Salle Speedway and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series have made the decision to postpone tonight’s $10,000 to-win “Spring Shootout” at La Salle Speedway due to inclement weather conditions. Rains have been steady at the speedway all morning and look to continue throughout the [...]
Category: Dirt Late Model News, Illinois, La Salle Speedway, Lucas Oil Late Model Series News
