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MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES TWO DAY SHOW FOR POWRi MICRO’S
MACON, IL (August 18) – Macon Speedway and POWRi are proud to announce that
the Micro’s will be running a special two day show Friday, August 21 and
Saturday, August 22. Racers are encouraged to spend the weekend at Macon
Speedway and camping is allowed and always free. The weekend will consist of
POWRi Midgets and Micros and our UMP Modified division on Friday night, then
on Saturday night we will feature the POWRi Micros again plus our UMP
Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. The UMP Touchstone
Energy Sportsman will have the Friday and Saturday special event weekend off
to prepare for the huge Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fair on
Sunday, August 23. This new scheduling announcement makes the weekend of
August 21 & 22 a huge weekend of racing for open wheel fans with 3 races in
two days! The races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds feature the USAC
Silver Crown cars on Saturday, August 22 competing in the Tony Bettenhausen
100 then back again on Sunday with the ARCA REMAX Car Series battling for
the win in the Allen Crowe Memorial along with the Sportsman Nationals, both
races begin at 1:00 pm. Don’t miss your chance to cheer on the local Macon
Speedway drivers in the Sportsman Nationals on Sunday!
Plenty of good seats are still available for the upcoming Night of Nascar
Stars II to be held on September 2 featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and
Ken Schrader. We have lots still planned for 2009 so be sure to come join
Macon Speedway for an action packed end to the summer.
Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:00.
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). Also visit
www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.
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