Four Past Winners & Ringer Highlight Pre-Entries By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (August 18, 2021)-If the news of the return of Justin Allgaier and Ken Schrader to competition on the Springfield Mile this weekend wasn’t enough, the release of the current Sportsman National entry list makes the last weekend of the Illinois [...]
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 18, 2021)………Three former Bettenhausen 100 winners are part of an expected field of 40 USAC Silver Crown drivers for the 58th running of the event on the one-mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield this Saturday, August 21. Past Bettenhausen 100 winners in [...]
1982 USAC Silver Crown Champ Back in the Saddle By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (August 18, 2021)-The excitement for the return of the Illinois State Fair and the annual weekend of auto racing was enhanced today when it was announced that 1982 USAC Silver Crown champion, NASCAR star, and fan favorite Ken [...]
2006 Winner Substituting for Kelly Kovski By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (August 17, 2021)-The field for the 59th Allen Crowe 100 presented by Lucas Oil got very interesting with today’s announcement that 2006 winner and hometown driver Justin Allgaier will return to contest the ARCA Menards Series event on Sunday. After competing in the [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (August 16, 2020)-If central Illinois didn’t need enough reasons to attend the Sunday stock car extravaganza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, a really good reason comes in the form of the entry for the defending race winner. Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Illinois is slated to make his [...]
Springfield USAC Event To Take Green Saturday Afternoon By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield IL-(August 16, 2021)-Ione, California’s Justin Grant reached a milestone in 2017 claiming his first 100-mile championship win at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Grant reached a second milestone when he captured his first USAC Silver Crown title in 2020. The USAC star is [...]
Teenagers to Battle for Crowe 100 and ARCA Championship August By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (August 16, 2021)-In 100 plus years of racing at the Illinois State Fair never has such a close stock car championship battle come to the last Sunday of the Illinois State Fair. Adding to the interest is the [...]
As it has since every year since 1983, the ARCA Menards Series returns to the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, August 22 for the Allen Crowe 100, the first of two races the series will contest on one-mile dirt tracks in 2021. Fans can get a jump on the ticket rush at the gate by [...]
Terre Haute, Indiana (May 12, 2021)………The week leading up the Indy 500 will be a busy one again for dirt track racing fans, especially those heading to the Terre Haute Action Track, located at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Ind. May 26-28 will feature action from two top-tier USAC series as well as [...]
Indianapolis, Indiana (April 7, 2021) ……… USAC announced today that the Hoosier Hundred event scheduled to be held May 27 will move to Terre Haute under the new event name “Sumar Classic.” The Indiana State Fair Commission is converting the State Fairgrounds Mile “Track of Champions” from a dirt surface to an all-weather track made [...]
