Two of the most tradition-laden races on the ARCA Menards Series calendar will return to the series schedule in 2024 when the series makes its annual tour of the two Illinois dirt miles at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield on Sunday, August 18 and the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 1. “These two races are an important part of [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 17, 2023-Springfield, IL-California’s Jesse Love led 73 laps to become the third 17-year-old winner of the ARCA-Menard’s Dutch Boy-Allen Crowe 100 on the Springfield Mile in 2022. A year older, with more dirt experience, the 18-year-old comes to Springfield as the ARCA point leader and favorite to repeat at [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 15, 2023-Springfield, IL-The entry list for Sunday’s Dutch Boy 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds gets younger with the addition of fifteen-year-old Brent Crews of Hickory, North Carolina. Crews’ entry adds yet another “dirt track ringer” for the first of the two Illinois dirt mile events on the ARCA [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 15, 2023-Springfield, IL-Kaylee Bryson made the USAC Silver Crown world stand up and take notice last October in the rain delayed Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. She became the first female driver to lead a championship dirt car race at the storied Springfield Mile in nearly 90 [...]
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 14, 2023)………One of the largest fields in recent USAC Silver Crown history is set for battle during the 60th running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers Pizza this Saturday, August 19, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The entry list of 43 entries for Saturday’s [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 10, 2023-Springfield, IL-Twenty-three-year-old Midget standout and Oklahoma University student Taylor Reimer of Tulsa is the latest rookie to join Venturini Motorsports and make her ARCA Menard’s Series debut on the clay of the legendary Springfield Mile. The pilot of one of Keith Kunz Motorsports Midgets in USAC, POWRi, and [...]
Sportsman entries have been rolling in for next weekend’s Sportsman nationals at the Illinois State Fair. Just a few reminders for Sportsman competitors… * Pre-Entry deadline is Monday for discounted early entry * Body rules will be enforced per the dimension sheet HERE * Shock claim is $150 per shock and top three finishers will [...]
Enters Springfield August 19 Event As A Favorite By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff August 9, 2023-Springfield, IL-While Kody Swanson has been the dominant force in USAC’s Silver Crown Series for nearly a decade, southern Illinois fire chief and second-generation driver Shane Cockrum has begun to emerge as one of the masters of the Illinois [...]
For the second consecutive season, the ARCA Menards Series and Performance Seed will offer a bonus to the driver who can win both of the two races the series runs on one-mile dirt tracks. The races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds both date to the 1950s, and both have carried the ARCA sanction since the early 1980s. The Performance Seed [...]
Toledo, Oh. (April 12, 2023) – The Sherwin Williams Company, Track Enterprises and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) have reached an agreement that results in securing the naming rights for the 2023 ARCA Menards® Series event at the one-mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The first of two dirt track races on the ARCA Menards® Series schedule will be named the Dutch Boy® 100. Dutch Boy® Paints is a subsidiary of Sherwin-Williams and is available exclusively at Menards®. [...]
