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Owen takes Fallen Heroes Street Stock crown

| September 6, 2021
Owen takes Fallen Heroes Street Stock crown

  Lodge, Paris, Hawkins, Hamburg also win   BY ROB HINCKLEY   EAST MOLINE, Ill. (Sept. 5) – Jesse Owen went over the scenarios in his head as he circled the oval and kept his eye on his dad. As the pedal pushed his No. 95 continually opened an advantage and 30 laps later Owen […]

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Hawkins edges Dutlinger, flies to East Moline Season Championship Checkers and Title

| August 30, 2021
Hawkins edges Dutlinger, flies to East Moline Season Championship Checkers and Title

  Nezworski, Larson, Franzen, Owen, Parker, Guss also crowned champs   BY ROB HINCKLEY   EAST MOLINE, Ill. (August 29) – The battles were on the track Sunday evening at East Moline Speedway. The wars were on paper. One track championship came down to the final laps of the regular season. Cyle Hawkins led Jimmy […]

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Crowder Takes Checkered Flag at Macon Speedway

| August 29, 2021
Crowder Takes Checkered Flag at Macon Speedway

  By BZ   (Macon, IL) Alan Crowder has been racing and competing at Macon Speedway for a lot of years, mainly in Sportsman and BillingsleyRewards.com Modified divisions. He’s tasted success, failure, wrecks, dirt, all things considered and hasn’t been able to win a feature. He’s had the chances to be fastest qualifier and heat […]

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Champions To Be Crowned On BRANDT Race Night Friday At Lincoln Speedway

| August 27, 2021
Champions To Be Crowned On BRANDT Race Night Friday At Lincoln Speedway

  (Lincoln, IL) Season championship night will be on track this coming Friday, August 27 at Lincoln Speedway, located at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Lincoln, IL. It will be the final night for drivers to garner track points for the division championships as well as get track time before the huge DIRTcar Fall Nationals […]

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Cheatham Races To Macon Speedway HART Micro Checkers

| August 15, 2021
Cheatham Races To Macon Speedway HART Micro Checkers

  (Macon, IL) Macon Speedway was back at it this past Saturday, August 14 with a six division program led by the PureMax Racing Oil HART Non-Wing Micros and a strong field of BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds. The night of racing turned out to be a great one with exciting side-by-side battles and clean driving.   20 […]

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Greg Durbin Memorial story/results Aug. 8

| August 9, 2021
Greg Durbin Memorial story/results Aug. 8

  BY ROB HINCKLEY   EAST MOLINE, Ill. (August 8) – Travis Denning formulated the strategy as he circled the quarter-mile oval. Denning got the hole shot from his P3 start, had the lead before the first circuit was completed and ended up cruising to the 30-lap Greg Durbin Memorial Sunday evening at East Moline […]

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Big Money Brings In Big Races at Macon Speedway

| August 8, 2021
Big Money Brings In Big Races at Macon Speedway

    By BZ   (Macon, IL) The third annual Diane Bennett Memorial race at Macon Speedway did just what it has for the first two years, added bonus money to the purse prizes of the racing divisions and brought in some exciting racing. 104 entries among six racing divisions on Saturday night paid homage […]

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Vandermeersch Scores Topless 40 at Macon Speedway

| July 25, 2021
Vandermeersch Scores Topless 40 at Macon Speedway

  By BZ   (Macon, IL) Dennis Vandermeersch was tired and sore when the checkered flag hit the air and he crossed the line first on Saturday night in the Weddle Performance Engines Sportsman class at Macon Speedway. The track was fast and had some bumps to it that rocked the veteran racer on a […]

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Ayrton Gennetten Nabs $2,000 Sprint Invaders Feature at East Moline!

| July 22, 2021
Ayrton Gennetten Nabs $2,000 Sprint Invaders Feature at East Moline!

  (Bill W) East Moline, IL, July 21, 2021 – Ayrton Gennetten captured his third career win with the Sprint Invaders Wednesday night at the East Moline Speedway in East Moline, Iowa during the Rock Island County Fair.  The native of Gravois Mills, Missouri earned $2,000 for his victory aboard the Scott Bonar/Midland Performance #50. […]

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Rock Island County Fair Race

| July 22, 2021
Rock Island County Fair Race

  BY ROB HINCKLEY   EAST MOLINE, Ill. (July 21) – The dust cleared the first two times, making the third time the charm for Ayrton Gennetten. The third generation Missouri ace took to the point and paced all 25 laps to win the Sprint Invaders feature during the Rock Island County Fair at East […]

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