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MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT THIS WEEKEND AT
MORGAN COUNTY SPEEDWAY!
MACON, IL (August13) - Macon Speedway is excited to announce another popular
Midwest Big Ten Series race will be held this Friday night at Morgan County
Speedway in Jacksonville. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and
Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL has teamed up with Macon Speedway for our
promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The three tracks will host a series
of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the three
remaining races in the series are this Friday, Aug 14 at Morgan County
Speedway and August 22 at Macon Speedway, then finally at Shepps Speedway to
finish out the series. Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to
the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver
has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000
distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund
winner taking home another $3,000!
So far with two of the ten races down our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard
Jr. racing his #5 Late Model. Closing in on Sheppard is his son, Brandon
Sheppard in his 5B and Kyle Logue in his Sav Mor Pharmacy #21 Late Model.
Both Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Logue are close on the winner’s heels. This
weekend’s events will be crucial for all three drivers to sustain their
point’s leads which will send them into the final weekend of the series on
Aug 22 & Aug 23. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Chris Dick
of Springfield, IL who is currently sitting in second place behind Kyle
Logue for the point’s race at Macon Speedway.
Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader
and Mark Martin on September 2. We have plenty of good seats still available
by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under
are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from
4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet Tony, Ken and Mark!
Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6
miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles.
For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information
hotline), or contact us via email at track@trackenterprises.com.
Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional
information.
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