Three days of nail-biting action at the inaugural Cresco USRA Nationals is in the books, but you can live the exciting moments from the event over and over again. JEM Productions - a full-service video production company - was on hand to film the event, and you can order a copy for yourself.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 11-13, the Mighty Howard County Fairgrounds speedplant will be the site of the Inaugural Cresco USRA Nationals. More than 200 drivers in five classes are expected to take part in the big-money mega-blowout. USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and Outlaw Hobbys will be in action all three days. A practice session scheduled for Wednesday night has been canceled.
The 2007 racing season at the Cresco Speedway has been one of the most exciting and memorable ever at the 4/10-mile high-banked clay oval. Henceforth, officials from RL Promotions have announced plans for one final speed-fest to close out the events calendar and give both drivers and fans one last hurrah before the checkered flags are put away for the winter months.
For the third straight year, the tiny rural community of Memphis, Mo., will be transformed into a mecca of race fans, cars and drivers as two big nights of racing are on tap for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6, at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway with the third running of the Pepsi USRA Nationals.
Residents of Oskaloosa, Iowa, won't be hearing the roar of engines on Wednesday nights until the Spring of 2008, but one more wild weekend of action remains at the Southern Iowa Speedway as drivers and fans flock to half-mile clay oval for the 16th Annual MUSCO Lighting Fall Challenge on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14-15.
The USRA has updated the Lebanon I-44 Speedway Modified points standings, and Tony Jackson Jr. claimed the 2007 USRA Modified championship. Defending USRA Modified champion Justin Neuman finished just two points behind Jackson, narrowly missing a chance to win back-to-back championships.
Race fans get ready for a night of thrills, as the USRA Modified Season Championship will come down to the wire this Saturday at the Lebanon I-44 Speedway, as the top three drivers in the class are within seven points of each other. Rookie David Hendrix has led the points most of the year, but has hit a rough stretch late in the season, allowing for Tony Jackson Jr. and defending track champion Justin Neuman to get back into the championship hunt.
It’s hard to believe that it’s season championship time of the season already, but this Saturday, Aug. 25, will be Cunningham Fertilizer Season Championship Night at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway.
Chateau Raceway in Lansing, powered by Husqvarna, has announced their schedule for there Fall Specials. The final three weekends of AMSOIL Dirt Track Racing Series action which will take place between Labor Day weekend and the final weekend of September.
This Friday, Aug. 24, the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series will be in action at the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway for the final time this season, and track championships are up for grabs as H & S Motors presents the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series Season Championships at the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in Northeast Iowa.
The USRA Late Models will wrap up their inaugural season next week with a tripleheader to decide the inaugural USRA Late Model National Champion. It all breaks loose on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. On Friday, the lightning-fast men and their machines travel to the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway, then return to the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. — home of the season opener and season finale that will see the crowning of the 2007 champ!
The USRA Late Models will wrap up their inaugural season next week with a tripleheader to decide the inaugural USRA Late Model National Champion. It all breaks loose on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. On Friday, the lightning-fast men and their machines travel to the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway, then return to the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. — home of the season opener and season finale that will see the crowning of the 2007 champ!
The season is rapidly winding down and the invitational part of the season is upon the speedway. The 25th of August will see the drivers take to the high banked speedway as they finish out the season with the Season Championship night.
Back To School Night scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Southern Iowa Speedway has been called off. Next Wednesday, Aug. 22, the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster will host a wild barnburner as the lightning-fast USRA Late Models invade Oskaloosa. The event will be the first of three races at three tracks in four days that will determine the first-ever USRA Late Model national champion.
This Saturday night, Aug. 18, Huset's Speedway with rock the house with two blockbuster events. The night's special program will include the Interstate Auto Center's Road to $10 Grand Challenge for USRA Outlaw Sprint Cars as well as the 6th Annual Jay Egge Automatic Service All-Star Memorial.
With the kids returning to school over the next several weeks, now is the time to take them to see the fastest cars in Missouri race the high banks of the Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series veteran Ken Schrader finished sixth in Tuesday night's standing-room-only O'Reilly USMTS show at the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway and will compete Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. On Tuesday, Schrader announced he'll make it a four-day trek by adding the show on Thursday at the Knox County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Ill., and Friday's tilt at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway.
Next Race: Friday, Aug. 10, Cresco (Iowa) Speedway, $2,000 to win.
NASCAR stars Clint Bowyer, Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will appear at the Southern Iowa Speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 1. All three drivers will be signing autographs for the fans prior to strapping into their own high-powered O’Reilly USMTS Modifieds to take on the best the division has to offer.
This Friday night, July 27, the ground will shake at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway as the popular dirt late models return to the 3/8-mile, semi-banked clay oval for the final time this season as Pepsi presents the USRA Late Model Shootout.