If you want racing, the annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at Wisconsin’s LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway is the place to be. This year’s 43rd annual weekend (Oct. 4–7) saw some 700 laps of feature racing with more than 15 racing divisions in competition
Oct 10 2012 | Posted in
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It has been the “Boris and Brett Show” over the past five years at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind., when it comes to the track’s annual Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100 late model stock car race
Sep 19 2012 | Posted in
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It didn’t hurt if your last name was ‘Kelly’ Sunday night at the Grundy County Speedway. Veteran Pat Kelly and his teenage son, Nathan, captured feature race wins in their respective divisions and overall track championship honors as the third-of-a-mile paved fairgrounds oval wrapped up its season, hosting its 36th annual Night of Features
Sep 3 2012 | Posted in
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“Fast Eddie” Hoffman has been pretty darn fast recently in Chicago are late model stock car racing, winning a number of races including the recent ASA Midwest Tour Wayne Carter Classic at the Grundy County Speedway in Morris on July 20
Jul 27 2012 | Posted in
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Devin Gilpin won the $3,000-to-win 12th annual Firecracker 50 for DIRTcar United Midwestern Promoters (UMP) modified stock cars Wednesday night at Shadyhill Speedway
Years ago, local Chicago area tracks like Raceway Park and Santa Fe Speedway would hold special racing nights on the Fourth of July complete with special feature races and big fireworks shows. Those days have passed, although two tracks in the area are slated to host big events this July 4
Jul 2 2012 | Posted in
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It could be the biggest short-track stock car racing event in the Midwest this year. That is what race officials are hoping as the American Speed Ass’n Midwest Tour event — the Swiss Colony Howie Lettow Memorial 150 presented by RaceTeamGear.com fast approaches.
Jun 5 2012 | Posted in
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Former Northwest Indiana stock car driver and track promoter Ted Knorr is busy putting the finishing touches on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Legends Day Memorabilia Show
May 22 2012 | Posted in
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Many of the people in attendance commented that this should have happened a long time ago
Apr 15 2012 | Posted in
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Eddie Hoffman and Nick Allen were big winners in racing action in and around the Chicago area in 2011
Dec 24 2011 | Posted in
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