by Brian Neal Donnellson, IA (Saturday, May 23, 2020) – Finally mother nature gave the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa with some great weather, as sun, humidity and high winds challenged the track crew early on in the night. With the gusty winds most of the early part of the evening it would dry things out in a hurry. So the track prep crew took some time after the heats ...
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Former NASCAR Winner Preparing for Missouri Double Duty Special from Speed51.com -The Lebanon I-44 Speedway has seen many drivers pass through its gates on a weekly basis on their way to NASCAR stardom. The Show Me State Showdown will see one of its hometown heroes return to the track to compete in the CRA-sanctioned event next weekend. Former NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series winner Mike Wallace will make his return ...
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Unsanctioned: A-Mods, Street Stocks, B-Mods, Mod-Lites, and Pure Stocks Central Missouri Speedway May 24, 2020 For Immediate Release (Warrensburg, Missouri) The annual Memorial Day weekend special event and Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) concluded on Sunday evening with 101 drivers and teams on hand for competition in five race divisions. The night’s races included 22 A-Mods, 10 Street Stocks, 32 B-Mods, 21 Mod-Lites, and 16 Pure Stocks. Fans witnessed 12 preliminary ...
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Team Prepares for Davenport Speedway this Weekend By Jeremy Shields – SHINNSTON, W.V. (05/25/20) – The Rocket1 Racing team’s return to competition amid the Covid-19 pandemic was highlighted by a pair of podium finishes over the weekend. The World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Models Series returned to racing for the first time in 77 days with a doubleheader at Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex. Piloting the Valvoline No. 1 Seubert ...
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CCSDS Returns to Action on June 5-6 with Arkansas Doubleheader West Plains, Missouri (05/24/20) – The West Plains Resaw Back To Business 30 started the night scheduled to pay $4,000 to the winner of the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) Super Late Model finale at Legit Speedway Park. However, moments into the show, Carl Moyer and Karl Chevrolet upped the stakes by adding $5,000 to the winner’s prize ...
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(Bill W) West Burlington, IA, May 24, 2020 – Tracy, California’s Kyle Offill took a quick liking to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, in his first visit and endured a two-hour rain delay and several restarts to claim his first career win with the Sprint Invaders. The victory, aboard the Country Builders Construction #88w was worth $2,000 and was his fourth career sprint car win. The event ...
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Belleville, IL. (05/24/2020) Upping the car-count from the previous night the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League would again take to Valley Speedway to wrap up the annual Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi. With thirty-four drivers checking into the pits and vying for the prized position, only one could emerge to the winner. When the final checkers dropped after thirty heart-pumping laps #4a Justin Grant would ...
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Belleville, IL (05/24/2020) The final night of the Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi at Valley Speedway for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League would not disappoint in quality, with fast and furious action all over the ultra-smooth and racy speedway. After twenty-five adrenaline-filled laps of side by side action, the deciding factor of the feature would be a dramatic last-lap pass for the lead with Shane Cottle ...
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT! PERSONAL VICTORY: Kyle Larson earns emotional World of Outlaws win at I-55 Drydene Double Down Invitational thrilled fans on DIRTVision with Larson’s big win PEVELY, MO – May 23, 2020 – Kyle Larson climbed out of his #57 Sprint Car and immediately threw his arms around crew chief and car owner Paul Silva. The two embraced each other for a moment that ...
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Belleville, IL (05/24/2020) For the first time in 2020, the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League would take to the racing surface in hopes of finding speed and a winning formula. Valley Speedway was the setting as the Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi roared to life with 27 POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget drivers checking into the pits. When the final flags were shown ...
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Memorial Day Weekend at Central Missouri Speedway Night 1 Recap! Unsanctioned: A-Mods, Street Stocks, B-Mods, Mod-Lites, and Pure Stocks Central Missouri Speedway May 23, 2020 For Immediate Release (Warrensburg, Missouri) The official start to the 2020 race season at Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) began on Saturday. There were xx race teams signed in for competition. Among drivers on hand were 24 Pure Stocks, 21 Mod-Lites, 28 B-Mods, 8 Street Stocks, ...
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Belleville, IL. (05/24/2020) Packing the pits with forty entrants, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League at Valley Speedway’s Mid-State Open-Wheel Nationals would not disappoint with epic edge-of-your-seat excitement and great side-by-side racing. After twenty-five trips around the pristine racing surface mixed with a plethora of top-position swapping, Mario Clouser #6 would gain the lead and not look back en route to grabbing his third POWRi Lucas Oil WAR career ...
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by Brian Neal Donnellson, IA (Friday, May 22, 2020) – If it wasn’t the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling races, then it was mother nature. As the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa has tried two other times to get two night’s of racing completed. Finally mother nature co-operated on this Memorial Day weekend, as both Friday and Saturday night’s racing events were put into the books. Picking up wins on Friday ...
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Team Prepares for Davenport Speedway this Weekend By Jeremy Shields – SHINNSTON, W.V. (05/25/20) – The Rocket1 Racing team’s return to competition amid the Covid-19 pandemic was highlighted by a pair of podium finishes over the weekend. The World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Models Series returned to racing for the first time in 77 days with a doubleheader at Minnesota’s Jackson Motorplex. Piloting the Valvoline No. 1 Seubert ...
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Steve Casebolt Survives Late-Race Charge for $10,000 CCSDS Win Action Continues with Sunday Night $4,000-To-Win Event at Legit West Plains, Missouri (05/23/20) – For 42 laps Steve Casebolt was on cruise control in Saturday night’s Missouri Hardwoods Back To The Future 50 at Legit Speedway Park. However, the Indiana racer had to earn his money during the final eight circuits of the $10,000-to-win affair. Surviving late-race charges from both Kent ...
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20 FOR ’20: Thornton Banks $20,000 in Drydene Double Down Invitational Action-packed race at Jackson concludes with late-race winning move JACKSON, MN — May 23, 2020 — One mistake. One tiny slip-up. One window of opportunity to strike. That’s all Ricky Thornton Jr. needed on Saturday night. He got just that on the 53rd lap of the $20,000-to-win Drydene Double Down Invitational at Jackson Motorplex. After waging war ...
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OH CANADA! Manitoba’s Weiss Dominates Jackson World of Outlaws Late Models RETURN to RACING for first time in 77 days JACKSON, MN — May 22, 2020 — It took years for Ricky Weiss to win that elusive first career Feature with the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series. The second win took him only eight races. Holding off the field from start-to-finish, Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba, Canada, rocketed around ...
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by Brian Neal Donnellson, IA (Saturday, May 23, 2020) – Finally mother nature gave the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa with some great weather, as sun, humidity and high winds challenged the track crew early on in the night. With the gusty winds most of the early part of the evening it would dry things out in a hurry. So the track prep crew took some time after the heats ...
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All Entry Lists Now Public For Weekend Event Federated Auto Parts Raceway Set To Open Saturday Night (Pevely, MO) Earlier this afternoon, a stellar entry list of 60+ DIRTcar Super Late Models that will be competing in the Karl Chevrolet 50 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Missouri, was made public. Now it is time to release the strong lists of DIRTcar Modifieds and Pro Modifieds that will be in attendance ...
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Increases 2020 Win Talley to Seven By Jeremy Shields – HAPPY, Tex. (05/05/20) – Rodney Sanders picked up his seventh win of 2020 on Friday night in his Wichita Tank Racing No. 20 Kenny’s Tile/ ARMI Contractors/ MB Customs/ Hatfield Racing Engine Modified. The Texas racer topped the United States Racing Association (USRA) Modified action at Monarch Motor Speedway (Wichita Falls, Texas) for a $1,000 payday. “We had a good ...
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Lee County Speedway Donnellson, IA May 2nd, 2020 Long, Oliver Jr. and Carter Score Wins at the Pepsi Lee County Speedway by Brian Neal Donnellson, IA (Saturday, May 2, 2020) – The 2020 racing season at the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa was set to kick off back on Friday, March 27th. But when the coronavirus pandemic started to spread throughout the United States in early March, the federal ...
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Pevely, Missouri (May 25, 2020)………Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. has been added to the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship schedule for Sunday night, June 7, making it a doubleheader weekend for the series with a visit to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa the night before on Saturday night, June 6. The 30-lap full points, full standard purse event marks the return of the USAC ...
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(Bill W) West Burlington, IA, May 24, 2020 – Tracy, California’s Kyle Offill took a quick liking to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, in his first visit and endured a two-hour rain delay and several restarts to claim his first career win with the Sprint Invaders. The victory, aboard the Country Builders Construction #88w was worth $2,000 and was his fourth career sprint car win. The event ...
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Dominic Scelzi Tops ASCS Regional Showdown At Lake Ozark Speedway Bryan Hulbert – ELDON, Mo. (May 24, 2020) Beating out Mother Nature, twice, before having to fend off Sam Hafertepe, Jr. the spoils of victory went to California’s Dominic Scelzi Sunday night as the west-coast shoe claimed his first career ASCS Regional Victory at Lake Ozark Speedway. Worth $4,000, Scelzi topped the showdown between the Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented ...
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Belleville, IL. (05/24/2020) Upping the car-count from the previous night the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League would again take to Valley Speedway to wrap up the annual Mid-State Open Wheel Nationals presented by POWRi. With thirty-four drivers checking into the pits and vying for the prized position, only one could emerge to the winner. When the final checkers dropped after thirty heart-pumping laps #4a Justin Grant would ...
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Illinois Motorsports Coalition formed to lobby state government on behalf of motorsports industry, tracks, businesses, participants and fans Plan for reopening presented to Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Bain Consulting on behalf of Governor J.B. Pritzker Springfield, IL – Owners and operators of more than 30 motorsports facilities, racing-related industries and professionals located in the state of Illinois today announced the formation of the Illinois Motorsports ...
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PONTOON BEACH, IL. (May 16) — Race fans are ready and have been patiently waiting for the return of dirt racing in the state of Illinois. Finally Friday, May 29th, at Tri City Speedway highlighting the evenings event will be the UMP Super Late Models and the UMP Modifieds. Officials plan strict measures amid the Covid-19 crisis to keep everyone safe for the event highlighted by a $5,000-to-win Super Late Model ...
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Round 2 of Partners Helping Partners expresses appreciation for front-line health workers April 30, 2020, St. Louis Region – World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, and Jimmy John’s in Granite City, Illinois, will deliver 200 lunches to front-line medical personnel at Gateway Regional Medical Center at 2100 Madison Avenue in Granite City. The delivery will take place on Wednesday, May 6, at 11:30 a.m. Central at the hospital’s ...
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CONCORD, NC — April 23, 2020 — The World of Outlaws, working together with track officials, have postponed events May 6 at Jacksonville Speedway and May 8-9 at Eldora Speedway in accordance with restrictions in place from local and state authorities that prevent mass gatherings in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans with tickets to the Jacksonville (IL) Speedway event should hold onto them for the rescheduled ...
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Pevely, Missouri (May 25, 2020)………Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. has been added to the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship schedule for Sunday night, June 7, making it a doubleheader weekend for the series with a visit to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa the night before on Saturday night, June 6. The 30-lap full points, full standard purse event marks the return of the USAC ...
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Former NASCAR Winner Preparing for Missouri Double Duty Special from Speed51.com -The Lebanon I-44 Speedway has seen many drivers pass through its gates on a weekly basis on their way to NASCAR stardom. The Show Me State Showdown will see one of its hometown heroes return to the track to compete in the CRA-sanctioned event next weekend. Former NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series winner Mike Wallace will make his return ...
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Unsanctioned: A-Mods, Street Stocks, B-Mods, Mod-Lites, and Pure Stocks Central Missouri Speedway May 24, 2020 For Immediate Release (Warrensburg, Missouri) The annual Memorial Day weekend special event and Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) concluded on Sunday evening with 101 drivers and teams on hand for competition in five race divisions. The night’s races included 22 A-Mods, 10 Street Stocks, 32 B-Mods, 21 Mod-Lites, and 16 Pure Stocks. Fans witnessed 12 preliminary ...
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Dominic Scelzi Tops ASCS Regional Showdown At Lake Ozark Speedway Bryan Hulbert – ELDON, Mo. (May 24, 2020) Beating out Mother Nature, twice, before having to fend off Sam Hafertepe, Jr. the spoils of victory went to California’s Dominic Scelzi Sunday night as the west-coast shoe claimed his first career ASCS Regional Victory at Lake Ozark Speedway. Worth $4,000, Scelzi topped the showdown between the Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented ...
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PONTOON BEACH, IL. (May 16) — Race fans are ready and have been patiently waiting for the return of dirt racing in the state of Illinois. Finally Friday, May 29th, at Tri City Speedway highlighting the evenings event will be the UMP Super Late Models and the UMP Modifieds. Officials plan strict measures amid the Covid-19 crisis to keep everyone safe for the event highlighted by a $5,000-to-win Super Late Model ...
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Pevely, Missouri (May 25, 2020)………Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. has been added to the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship schedule for Sunday night, June 7, making it a doubleheader weekend for the series with a visit to 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa the night before on Saturday night, June 6. The 30-lap full points, full standard purse event marks the return of the USAC ...
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B Modifieds A Feature 1 15 laps | 00:00:00 Pos Start Driver Hometown Car 1 4 Ryan Hamilton Fairview Heights, IL 58R 2 7 Willy Myers Collinsville, IL 21M 3 5 Billy Knebel Pocahontas, IL 52 4 6 Owen Steinkoenig Highland, IL 5 5 1 Josh Heuiser Marine, IL 1H 6 2 Doug Tye Collinsville, IL 4D 7 14 Bret Eilerman Highland, IL 63E 8 8 Cale Hartnagel Pocahontas, IL ...
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2020 Schedule Belle-Clair Speedway Date Event Classes Sun, April 5th Test – N -Tune All Classes Welcome Fri, April 10th Closed Dueces Wild @ Tri-City Speedway Tue, April 14th Test – N -Tune All Classes Welcome Fri, April 17th “Shamrock 40” Late Models, Modifieds, Pro-Mods, Pure Stocks, Pro 4 & Micros Fri, April 24th Closed Lucas Oil Late Models @ Tri-City Speedway Fri, May 1st Spring Fling Modifieds, Pro-Mods, Pure ...
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