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By Bill Foley   CENTRAL SQUARE, NY — Oct. 10, 2019 — Kyle Inman, for the second time in less than a month, parked the 20K in Brewerton Speedway victory lane as the DIRTcar Sportsman Series brought down the curtain on the 2019 at the “D Shaped Dirt Track Demon.”   Starting fourth Inman marked his time in the early ...

By Bill Foley WEEDSPORT, NY — Oct. 9 2019 — Utica-Rome Speedway Sportsman champion Matt Janczuk stood on Weedsport Speedway “Victory Hill” Wednesday night capturing his first feature event there in his 17 year racing career. Just 24 hours earlier Janczuk had seen his championship car destroyed at Utica-Rome in a multi-car pileup that just about dashed his hopes for ...

  Drivers across four divisions prepping for massive event at Oswego Speedway   By Chris Dolack, Joe Grabianowski and Billy Foley   OSWEGO, NY — Oct. 8, 2019 — Cars don’t hit the track until Wednesday afternoon at Oswego Speedway, and already 144 of them rolled through NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week Early Bird Technical Inspection on Tuesday en ...

Mega Event Draws to a Close on Saturday, September 28   Columbus, Mississippi (09/27/19) – Kentucky’s Darrell Lanigan cashed in first at the Country Pleasin’ Sausage Magnolia State Cotton Pickin’ 100 on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The pilot of the GottaRace.com No. 29 Club 29 Race Car Super Late Model scored the $4,000 Super Late Model victory over ...

Giveback To Fans Night Features Plenty Of Prizes (Macon, IL) One final night is left on the 2019 schedule for Macon Speedway and it’s this Saturday, September 28.  The BRANDT Season Finale presented by Dale’s Southlake Pharmacy will have six divisions racing for the special cup trophies.  In addition, plenty of prizes have been donated by area businesses for the ...

By BZ   (Macon, IL) For the final race of the 2019 season for the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models, the fans were entertained with back-and-forth motion for the lead by front row mates Dakota Ewing and Jake Little. Ewing, who had busted out early to the lead started to get slowed by the top side of the track ...

By BZ (Macon, IL) Tim Hancock, Sr. has been dominating the scene in the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Modified class for the the last few years and now he has been entering his Pro Modified in the BillingsleyRewards.com Modified class and racing double duty for the last two seasons. Hancock has been able to score top five finishes in ...

  (Macon, IL) This coming Saturday night, September 7, Macon Speedway opens its gates, after a week off, to seven divisions of racing action.  In addition, the exciting Spectator Drags will be held on Taylorville/Lori Bedinger Night presented by Skeff Distributing.  The Hornet World Championship is also set for green. Headlining the night when it comes to racing will be ...

  “This is just incredible that someone my age could do this again”   September 4, 2019, St. Louis Region – By the time they hit their 30s or early 40s, most professional athletes have reached their prime and are considering retirement. John Force is 70 – count ‘em – 70 years old and is still winning races at speeds ...

Labor Day Classic Weekend Wraps Up Sunday Night at Magnolia Motor Speedway Byram, Mississippi (08/31/19) – Taking the lead with just 12 laps remaining, Timothy Culp charged to the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) presented by Lucas Oil feature win on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway. The $3,000 triumph marked his second series’ triumph of 2019. “I haven’t ...

Tripleheader Action Continues on Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway Paragould, Arkansas (08/30/19) – For the first time in 2019, Texas’ native Morgan Bagley parked his No. 14 Super Late Model in Victory Lane with the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) presented by Lucas Oil. The maiden voyage to Victory Lane came on Friday night in his first-ever trip to ...

St. Louis-Metro East Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event crucial to playoff contenders  August 29, 2019, St. Louis Region — The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series roars back to the St. Louis-Metro East region September 27-29 for the eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The world’s biggest names in ...

Mods To Compliment Bettenhausen 100 For USAC Silver Crown Cars (Springfield, IL) DIRTcar Modified stars will have their chance to race in Springfield, IL for the first time in many years, as the division has been added to the Sunday, September 22 makeup event from the August 17 rainout.  The $2,000 to win race will run as well as the ...

(Lincoln, IL) The time has come for the 2019 Brandt Season Finale at Lincoln Speedway, in Lincoln, IL and fans will be treated to a great night of entertainment for just $5. In addition to the very affordable ticket prices Friday, August 30, $5 food/drink combos will be sold in the concession stand.  Six divisions of racing are set to ...

Zaragoza’s Last Lap Pass Steals Feature  By BZ   (Macon, IL) Rudy Zaragoza’s Street Stock was all over the place most of the night at Macon Speedway. The car was loose and sometimes out of control. An 11th-place starting spot in the 15-lap Archer’s Alley Street Stock feature didn’t look too likely that his 67R would be gracing victory lane ...

Seven Divisions, Kids Racecar Rides, & Faster Pastor On Tap Macon Speedway Saturday (Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will be back at it this coming Saturday, August 24, for another action packed night at the 1/5-mile dirt track. Seven divisions of racing will be on track with kids racecar rides at intermission in addition to a Faster Pastor Race.  The night ...

Sportsmans A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:00:00 Pos Start Driver Hometown Car 1 9 Ethan Schnapp Springfield, IL 7S 2 13 Jeremy Nichols Lovington, IL J24 3 3 Shane Garrison Buffalo, IL 44G 4 14 Wes O’Dell Springfield, IL 87 5 11 Steve Adams Humboldt, IL 500 6 8 Phil Moreland Assumption, IL 07 7 6 Jim Farley III ...

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