Steady falling rain forced cancellation of the racing action Saturday, April 24, at the Springfield Raceway.

The 2010 racing season kicked off Saturday night at the quick quarter-mile Springfield Raceway with side-by-side action all night long as Erik Maggard picked up where he left off in 2009 and led all 20 laps of the USRA RHS Modified feature.

Springfield Raceway owners Jerry Hoffman and Doug Bland have announced that all police, fire, EMS and sheriffs department personnel will be admitted free to the season opener.

Due to several scheduling conflicts, the March Madness event slated for Saturday, April 3, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled, Springfield Raceway officials announced.

Just after Springfield Raceway released the tentative 2010 racing schedule one month ago, at the Ozarks Racing Reunion Saturday night, owners Jerry Hoffman and Doug Bland have announced some added events.

Springfield's Terry Phillips just loves the quick high-banked quarter-mile Springfield Raceway. Phillips took advantage of a lap-five restart to overtake leader Steve Martin and drove away with the 30-lap USRA Modified feature worth $1,000.

The USRA Modified feature will pay $1,000 to win while starting the feature will pay $250 with $80 guaranteed for al non-qualifiers. Officials are expecting some exciting surprises as drivers throughout the heartland battle for their final ranking in the USRA Modified national standings.

Jesse Stovall held back Terry Phillips to win Thursday night's USRA Modified feature at Springfield Raceway. Jackie Dalton was third as Mitch Keeler and Greg Skaggs completed the top-5.

Headlining the event on the racing card will be the USRA Modifieds competing for $1,000 to win the feature event, while it pays $100 to start the feature. This event will be giving national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series.

Despite heavy rains only 24 hours earlier, Springfield Raceway was able to get the quick quarter-mile ready to crown the 2009 season championships as three titles were up for grabs with over 70 race teams in the pits and ready for action.

The season-long points championship chase for the 2009 track titles will come to a halt Saturday night, Sept. 5, at the quick quarter-mile of the Springfield Raceway.

While the weather has been cool this racing season, Brandon Maggard has been hot as the Springfield driver showed everyone the fast way around the Springfield Raceway Saturday night in grabbing his second consecutive USRA Modified feature win in a nail-biter.