Twenty Total Races on Tap The ARCA Menards Series will again race 20 times at 19 tracks in 2023, kicking off its 70th Anniversary Season with its 60th race at Daytona International Speedway and concluding, for the second consecutive year, with its championship event at its home track Toledo Speedway. Race promotions company, [...]
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 15, 2022)………It’s “take two” for the USAC Silver Crown National Championship as the champ car division makes just its fourth October appearance at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Thirty-eight (38) brave souls are entered to compete this Saturday, October 15, during the 59th running of the Bettenhausen [...]
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 11, 2022)………Thirty-eight (38) USAC Silver Crown cars and drivers are set to square off for a historic battle this Saturday, October 15, during the 59th running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Four past Bettenhausen 100 [...]
(Springfield, IL) Heavy overnight rains that carried over into the Saturday morning hours have forced the postponement of the Bettenhausen 100 presented by Hunt Brothers and MiteXstream at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to Saturday, October 15. The Sunday, August 21st portion of the event, featuring the ARCA Menards Series is still scheduled as planned, with [...]
Longtime Race Car Owner Making Final Springfield Start By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Normal, Illinois’ Bill Hendren, current car owner of 2020 Atlas Allen Crowe 100 winner Ryan Unzicker, has decided to retire after this season. Bill is the longest known participant of the stock car events at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, having served in some [...]
(Springfield, IL) The biggest weekend of Central Illinois racing begins this Friday night August, 19th at Lincoln Speedway featuring MOWA Sprint Cars, followed by the Springfield Mile Saturday afternoon, August 20 with USAC Silver Crown and Sportsman and Macon Speedway Saturday night with POWRi National Midgets. Completing the weekend will be Sunday afternoon, August 21 with [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises California’s Toni Breidinger comes into the ARCA Menards Series Atlas 100 at the Illinois State Fair seeking to become the first woman to win a major national championship auto race on the Springfield Mile, August 21. Breidinger is currently 5th in the ARCA Menard’s title chase with 4 top 10 [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises (Springfield, IL) Kody Swanson, leading USAC Silver Crown points and a favorite coming into Springfield, has to seem like a broken record to race fans. In fact, a sportswriter could have written the exact same story for the last 8 years, simply changed a few words and the date, and have [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises July 28, 2022 (Springfield, IL)-The first leg of the new Performance Seed Dirt Double is drawing a lot of attention to the 60th Atlas Roofing 100 stock car race on August 21, the final day of the Illinois State Fair. Performance Seed posted a $50,000 bonus for any driver who can take [...]
By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises July 18, 2022 (Springfield, IL)-Auto Racing is the traditional day time entertainment of the last weekend of the Illinois State Fair, starting with the 89th scheduled appearance of the open wheel championship machines now known as the Silver Crown Cars of the United States Auto Club. The annual Bettenhausen 100 presented by [...]
