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‘I’ve Never Heard of Such a Thing!’ World of Outlaws Late Model Series drivers gear up to go ‘Inside Out’ at Davenport’s 1/4-mile and 1/2-mile speedways on DIRTVision DAVENPORT, IA — Arguably the most intriguing facet early in this 2020 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series season, this weekend’s “Inside Out” doubleheader at Davenport Speedway is something some fans and ...

Wheatland, Missouri (May 27th 2020) – Schedule tweaks for the 2020 Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) continue to roll in, with the highly anticipated season opener now just over two weeks away at the Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, Missouri.   The latest addition to the slate will be the inaugural “Mid-Week Mayhem” hosted at the series ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (May 27, 2020) – Lucas Oil Speedway has added a second weeknight event during June, this time a June 24 program for the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models and Midwest Mods.   The MLRA Mid-Week Mayhem plus Midwest Mods will have a $3,000-to-win feature for the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models and $300 to win the Midwest Mods, ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (May 21st 2020) – The 2020 season opener for the Lucas Oil MLRA has been nothing short of a moving target in recent weeks, facing multiple cancellations and postponed events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, series officials are excited to announce today a solid target on their radar for their upcoming opener, along ...

(MOUNT VERNON, IOWA) After over six weeks of race postponements and cancelations due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chad Simpson Racing sees light at the end of the tunnel and is set to finally kick off the 2020 campaign next week at the state-of-the-art Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri! With COVID-19 restrictions still in place across the country, a pair ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (May 5, 2020) – The roar of race-car engines returns to Lucas Oil Speedway this Saturday with an Open Test and Tune, one week ahead of the season opener for the Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series. Practice is scheduled from 2-6 p.m. with the pit office opening at 10 a.m. to help alleviate congestion during check-in. In ...

Wheatland, Missouri (May 4th 2020) – After numerous postponed attempts to launch the start of the 2020 racing season, Lucas Oil MLRA officials announced today that the series will return to action on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12th – 13th, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. MLRA teams will join forces with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (April 30, 2020) – Lucas Oil Speedway has announced plans to kick off its season, with an Open Test and Tune scheduled for May 9 and the first Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series program set for May 16.   In the revised 2020 schedule, the 28th annual Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtecttheHarvest.com, set for May 21-23, will ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (April 15th 2020) -With the recent and continuing developments surrounding COVID-19, officials with the Lucas Oil MLRA have been tasked with making adjustments to their 2020 event schedule. As previously announced, the season opening MLRA Spring Nationals slated to have taken place last weekend April 10th – 11th at the Lucas Oil Speedway were ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (March 24, 2020)- When the final checkered flag waved on the 2018 season Chad Simpson stood all smiles in Lucas Oil MLRA victory lane at the Lucas Oil Speedway, celebrating his second series title with family and crew. However, with longtime car owner Bud Brinkman retiring at the conclusion of the season it left ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (March 16, 2020) – Due to guidelines recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Lucas Oil Speedway is postponing the start of its racing season until tentatively May 9. Lucas Oil Director of Racing Operations Dan Robinson said he and General Manager Danny Lorton have been closely ...

By Billy Rock – Wheatland, Missouri (March 11, 2020) -Ryan Gustin stole the show last October by winning night # 1 of the 2019 MLRA Falls Nationals, his debut event behind the wheel of the Tri Star Engines and Transmissions sponsored Open Late Model.  Ask him why he is so quick to adapt to change, and he’ll casually tell you, ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (March 6, 2020)-  Motivated and recharged following a strong second half of 2019, Republic Missouri’s Payton Looney appears poised for a Championship run with the Lucas Oil MLRA in 2020.  After capturing the MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Award in 2018, Looney had strong hopes of contending for the series title last ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (March 3, 2020) -With another Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association (MLRA) season just weeks away, Jeremy Grady and his # 43 racing team are back on the hunt for the elusive MLRA win, with high expectations of climbing the ladder after finishing 6th a year ago in the season’s final standings. For the ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (February 25, 2020) – Following a devastating roll-over crash that brought what looked to be a promising 2019 campaign to an abrupt halt, Rochester, Minnesota driver Jordan Yaggy is excited and ready to get back behind the wheel and on track in 2020. The 28-year old driver expects to make his season debut when ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (Feb. 21, 2020) – It’s annually one of the most hotly contested races at Lucas Oil Speedway on Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com weekend, with 24 drivers battling to be the one and only to take the final spot in the 100-lap feature. Returning for the seventh time on May 23 will be the popular Midwest Sheet Metal ...

Wheatland, Missouri (February 18, 2020) -Tony Jackson Jr. may have only logged four starts with the Lucas Oil MLRA Series in 2019, but he is confident that final start which landed him in victory lane at the “Fall Nationals” will give his TJR Motorsports team great momentum when the 2020 MLRA campaign kicks off in early April.   After finishing ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (January 27, 2020) – Fans who purchased reserved three-day passes for last year’s Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtecttheHarvest.com have until the end of this week to renew them through the Lucas Oil Speedway office. The 28th annual Show-Me 100 is set for May 21-23 with both individual daily reserved tickets and three-day passes going on sale to the ...