The year had a very rough start due to weather, with four of the first six weeks having to be canceled. But once things got rolling the racing was absolutely fantastic.
Following a week of heavy rains, the track took some work to get it back to racing fashion, but once things got rolling, it was super fast and the racing as good as ever.
There was a lot of attention paid to racing in Iowa this past weekend with the first ever NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Iowa Speedway. But the real action was taking place at local dirt tracks, and nowhere was that more true than at the Upper Iowa Speedway.
With Nordic Fest in full swing, area race fans put down the lefse and rommegrot for a few hours and headed to the Upper Iowa Speedway for one of the season’s best nights of racing thus far. Mother Nature was a kind ol’ gal once again, and all was good.
Decorah’s Upper Iowa Speedway hosted a special Wednesday night event in front of a full-house with USRA Karl Chevrolet B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks running for track and national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series.
With the Winneshiek County Fair in full swing, the Upper Iowa Speedway hosted a rare Thursday night event and gave fair-goers a heck of a show in the process.
Race fans filled the grandstands at Decorah’s Upper Iowa Speedway Saturday to take in another night of fantastic, door-to-door, two- and three-wide racing.
When the checkers flew in the USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car main event, it was Kurt Krauskopf holding off Austin Curtin for his second feature win of the season.
Following last week’s cancellation due to poor weather, it was back to business this past Saturday night at Decorah’s Upper Iowa Speedway as picture perfect skies greeted a packed grandstand for some fantastic racing.
This week was picture perfect as fans and competitors alike returned to Decorah’s Upper Iowa Speedway for only the second time thus far this season.
Following two cancellations due to rain and/or poor track conditions, Decorah’s Upper Iowa Speedway finally had a chance to roar back to life this past Saturday night to get the 2009 season underway.
In what may be a first in organized racing, three of the four drivers that captured the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series titles in 2007 repeated the feat in 2008. Brad Waits captured his second straight USRA Modified crown, while the same can be said for Tom Schmitt (USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars) and Matt Jones (USRA Karl Chevrolet B-Mods). Jason McDaniel (USRA Hobby Stocks) won his first title after finishing second last year.
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series results from the Monett Motor Speedway in Monett, Mo., on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series results from the Proctor Speedway in Proctor, Minn., on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series results from the Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
With a stout field of 54 cars in attendance Saturday night at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., Rodney Sanders dueled early with Tyler Wolff, but pulled away to a convincing win. The VP Racing Fuels
Another nice field of 116 cars descended on the Deer Creek Speedway for night two in 2024. This week’s program was presented by Rent-N-Save and J&S Outdoors, along with Randy and San
Cole Traugott, Mason Day and Racer Costello each picked up Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series feature wins on Saturday during the finale of the Walleye Rodeo Roundup at Longdale Speedway. Traugott re
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series results from the I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D., on Saturday, May 18, 2024.