After almost wintry conditions cancelled racing last weekend, the weather was spectacular for Jones True Value night at Deer Creek Speedway.

Throughout the week, cool temperatures and precipitation fell on the grounds of Deer Creek Speedway. Officials met late Friday night to discuss a game plan to get week number two in.

It was a picture perfect day for the 21st season opener at Deer Creek Speedway. A stellar field of 110 cars filled the pits and a nice crowd was on hand for the program presented by Land Resource Management & Realty.

Even the cold early spring weather cannot dampen the spirits and enthusiasm of area race fans and teams as they get set to embark on another exciting racing season.

Race season is right around the corner, and all the hard work put in by teams over the off season will become evident as they display their hopped-up-hot rods at the Deer Creek Speedway car show at Clements Chevrolet.

A record 228 people attended Saturday night’s annual USRA Awards Banquet in the Star Pavilion located at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City as the USRA closed the curtain on the 2015 season.

Entering its seventh season, the USRA Holley Iron Man Series once again features a combination of both new venues and familiar facilities at 18 of the finest dirt ovals in Iowa, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri.

The crew at the Deer Creek Speedway is hard at it this off-season and excited to announce the 2016 schedule of events.

The USRA closed the curtain on the 2015 season Oct. 25, and with points tallied and audited, the USRA has officially crowned four drivers from four states as 2015 USRA National Champions.

The 2015 Deer Creek Speedway and Button Buck Speedway awards banquet will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Wicked Moose in Rochester, Minn.

The USRA will celebrate the accomplishments of the dedicated drivers, along with their families and crew members, at the annual USRA awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Mo.

The 2015 USRA Weekly Racing Series is nearing the final lap, and the quest to become one of four USRA national champions gets hotter and hotter as the finish line gets closer and closer.