DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

Performance Seed “Dirt Double” to Offer $50,000 to Driver Who Wins Springfield, DuQuoin ARCA Menards Series Races

Tradition is important to the ARCA Menards Series, and there are few races more laden with tradition and connection to the sport’s roots than the two races on the one-mile dirt tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. Both of those races date back to before ARCA’s founding in 1953 and both have [...]

By |2022-06-10T13:56:21-05:00June 10th, 2022|ARCA, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Illinois State Fairgrounds, News|Comments Off on Performance Seed “Dirt Double” to Offer $50,000 to Driver Who Wins Springfield, DuQuoin ARCA Menards Series Races

Du QUOIN TED HORN 100 POSTPONED TO MONDAY AFTERNOON; ARCA TO BEGIN RACE WEEKEND SUNDAY

Du Quoin, Illinois (September 4, 2021)………Saturday’s Ted Horn 100 USAC Silver Crown event has been postponed to early Monday during the daytime on September 6 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in southern Illinois. Rain, which began in the morning and more forecasted throughout the day and night on Saturday has forced the postponement of [...]

By |2021-09-04T08:02:08-05:00September 4th, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Du QUOIN TED HORN 100 POSTPONED TO MONDAY AFTERNOON; ARCA TO BEGIN RACE WEEKEND SUNDAY

Heim Bringing Broom to Du Quoin for Illinois Sweep

Springfield ARCA Winner Looking to Erase Point Deficit   By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff   Du Quoin, IL (September 1, 2021)-Georgia’s Cory Heim dominated the 59th Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds nearly two weeks ago.  He will need a similar performance in the ARCA Menards Southern Illinois 100 to cut into the eleven-point [...]

By |2021-09-01T15:25:59-05:00September 2nd, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Heim Bringing Broom to Du Quoin for Illinois Sweep

Du Quoin Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Snider’s Victory

2021 Marks 50th Anniversary of First Du Quoin Silver Crown Race By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Du Quoin, IL-(September 2, 2021)-Saturday night’s 69th Ted Horn 100 marks a milestone in the long history of auto racing at the Du Quoin State Fair.  It was 50 years ago that George “Ziggy” Snider won the first ever USAC Silver [...]

By |2021-09-01T15:11:07-05:00September 2nd, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Du Quoin Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Snider’s Victory

Gibbs Trying to Add Du Quoin Trophy to Grandpa’s Collection

Grandson of NFL, NASCAR Hall of Famer Heads ARCA Title Run   By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff   Du Quoin, Il (September 1, 2021)-Former Washington football coach turned NASCAR owner Joe Gibbs may be looking at his home or office trophy case trying to find room for what could be his latest addition.  His eighteen-year-old [...]

By |2021-09-01T14:26:42-05:00September 1st, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Gibbs Trying to Add Du Quoin Trophy to Grandpa’s Collection

ENTRY LIST! 6 PAST WINNERS IN SATURDAY’S Du QUOIN SILVER CROWN FIELD

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Du Quoin, Illinois (August 31, 2021)………Six past Ted Horn 100 winners are among a 34-driver lineup vying for USAC Silver Crown glory when they take on the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds one-mile dirt oval this Saturday night, September 4, at the southern Illinois series staple. Those super six include [...]

By |2021-09-01T11:55:23-05:00September 1st, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on ENTRY LIST! 6 PAST WINNERS IN SATURDAY’S Du QUOIN SILVER CROWN FIELD

Sixth USAC National Championship for Swanson Closer at Du Quoin

Springfield Winner Has Large Silver Crown Point Lead   By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff   Du Quoin, IL-(August 30, 2021)-Kingsburg, California’s Kody Swanson was his usual humble self as he accepted the winner’s check and trophy for winning the Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.  It would have been completely out of character had [...]

By |2021-08-30T17:00:49-05:00August 31st, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Sixth USAC National Championship for Swanson Closer at Du Quoin

Schrader To Attempt Du Quoin Tripleheader This Weekend

Du Quoin is Mr. Schrader’s Neighborhood By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Du Quoin, IL (August 30, 2021) - The man himself made a startling announcement in victory lane after winning the 28th Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on August 22.  Ken Schrader will be running in all three events at the Du Quoin State [...]

By |2021-08-30T09:56:58-05:00August 30th, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Schrader To Attempt Du Quoin Tripleheader This Weekend

Cockrum Rides Momentum to Du Quoin

“Chief”, New Team Look for Third Ted Horn 100 Win   By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff   Du Quoin, IL (August 30, 2021)-Shane Cockrum of Benton, Illinois rocked the sixty-eight-year-old grandstand at the Du Quoin State Fair when he won the 2014 Ted Horn 100 USAC Silver Crown championship event.  A second trip into the [...]

By |2021-08-30T10:32:41-05:00August 30th, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Cockrum Rides Momentum to Du Quoin

Fans and Cars Return to Du Quoin Mile After Year’s Absence

USAC, ARCA, UMP and Race Fans Weather COVID Interruption By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Du Quoin, Il (August 25, 2021)-After a 2020 motorsports calendar re-arranged and disrupted by COVID, including the cancelation of all events at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, fairgoers, race fans participants and officials are all excited to get back to [...]

By |2021-08-26T09:52:06-05:00August 26th, 2021|ARCA, DIRTcar UMP, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, News, USAC|Comments Off on Fans and Cars Return to Du Quoin Mile After Year’s Absence
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