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I think this promoter is one worthy of the name. Congratulations on the best new promotional idea to come on this site in a looooong time. Hope it works out well. I can't see why a bunch of race fans wouldn't like to kick back and talk racing all the way up and sleep off a good race track...
According to Allan Brown's History of America's Speedways there were 3 race tracks in the Benton, Il area at different times. The Benton Fairgrounds 1/2 mile was built in 1926, raced off and on and closed in 1949; Benton Speedway 1/4 mile was built in 1971 and closed in 1973; and Lake Benton...
We just want to wish all of our racing friends and fans in the St. Louis area a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and a Great New Year in 2018. I hope to see some of you in Tulsa at the Chili Bowl and at the Arnie Knepper Memorial at Belleclair in April. Wanda Knepper and the rest of the Family.
We want to thank all of you who attended the Arnie Knepper Memorial Race at BV on Friday night. It is very humbling to know how many people still remember and appreciate Arnie as both a driver and as a person.
Thanks to Kenny Brown for continuing this tradition. 25 years is a long time for a...
The Knepper Family invites you to attend and celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the race with us. We will have new t-shirts available for purchase. Art and Reed will have a t-shirt table on the Backstretch and Wanda will be staffing the table behind the stands on the Frontstretch. Stop by...
He came back to Sun Prairie, WI last night to win the USAC/POWRi midget race in a spectacular way by .093 of a second. For a 'little guy' he makes a big statement.
The Knepper Family would like to express our appreciation to everyone for another great Knepper Memorial Race evening at BelleClair last night. The POWRi guys and gals produced a great race program as always. The St. Louis Auto Racing Fan Club members did a bang-up job again with the 50/50...
POWRi, USAC, and Badger combine for a 2 day Midget/Micro show at Little Belleville on July 5-6. For our fans with campers, we are offering free camping on the grounds (no hookups but SOME electric) beginning on July 4. If you take your camper to Tri-City for the Hut 100 on July 3 and spend the...
Ray Knepper was an uncle of Arnie Knepper who was a cousin to Steve and Nick Knepper.
Billy Knipper was not related although a family historian claims that a a couple members of the original Knepper family that came to the United States from Europe misspelled the last name and that the...
ticket or pit pas
I would like to have had Jimmy request whether you buy a ticket or come in via a pit pass. I think to a promoter this would make a big difference in the results offered to this question.
I went to the Belleclair Fairgrounds for an event today and one of the vendors said they really got slammed last night and water was so high in the parking lot it got inside some cars.
For everyone but the fans, it is still a business whether you are a promoter, driver, owner or sponsor.
You can't believe each group doesn't look at anything but an empty calendar in making their decisions. Each promoter has to look at his particular fan base and other local event situation...
Make it a long weekend at DuQuoin starting with the POWRi Midgets and Micros on Friday night August 31 and Saturday night Sept. 1, indoors at the Southern Illinois Center on the Fairgrounds.
Then stay over for the Silver Crown cars and ARCA. A great weekend with a little bit of everything.