After a long off-season of upgrades, track improvements and deafening silence, the roar of engines return to the river's edge this Friday, April 14, for the 2017 season opener at the Lakeside Speedway.

Come on out and join us this Friday, April 7, and Sunday, April 9, at the Lakeside Speedway as the drivers unveil their new designs for the 2017 season during two test 'n' tune sessions.

Beginning in 2017, Summit Racing Equipment will be the title sponsor of the USRA Weekly Racing Series, and The World’s Speed Shop™ will be the Official High Performance Source of the USRA.

The Iron Man Challenge will kick off the 2017 campaign with USRA B-Mods competing March 23-25, at the Humboldt Speedway during the King of America VII Modified Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment.

For his outstanding season both at local tracks and across the country, Lucas Schott has been named the 2016 Post Bulletin Sports Person of the Year by the Rochester, Minn., newspaper.

The January issue of Dirt Modified Magazine is out, and this month the cover features Lucas Schott and his big win at the inaugural Grant Junghans Memorial at the Lakeside Speedway.

Just two weeks after winning the biggest race of his career, Lucas Schott returned to the same dirt oval to seal the deal on a seemingly improbable national title in the USRA Weekly Racing Series.

One year after capturing the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod National Championship in the USRA Weekly Racing Series, Andy Bryant returned in 2016 to etch his name on champion’s trophy in the Iron Man Series.

J.C. Morton has been one of the winningest Out-Pace USRA B-Mod drivers in recent years, and in 2016 he finally cemented his first USRA National Championship by taking on the toughest fields the division has to offer.

Officials at the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., have released a tentative schedule of events for the 2017 racing season.

Central Missouri Speedway and Lakeside Speedway are just days away from celebrating driver accomplishments from the 2016 season at the combined championship banquet Nov. 5.

Ryan Gillmore of Springfield, Mo., scored his nation-leading 28 Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature win Friday at the Lakeside Speedway.