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The Illinois State Fairgrounds is located in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It hosts the annual Illinois State Fair in the summer as well as other events throughout the year. The fairgrounds encompasses 366 acres of land and was added as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [ 2 ]
The Illinois State Fair mile currently hosts the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 ARCA stock car race, USAC Silver Crown dirt cars, UMP Late Models and Modifieds and the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. The only driver who has won races in three disciplines of racing in Ken Schrader who won in ARCA cars (1998), UMP Modifieds (1998), and midgets.
An Illinois Racing Series (IRS) midget car getting a push start Dirt track racing on oval circuits is probably one of the most prevalent forms of motorsports in Illinois. . Track sizes vary from the short and tight 1/5 mile Macon Speedway to the 1-mile (1.6 km) ovals at Springfield and Du
The skateboarding icon on Tuesday posted a picture on Instagram of him skating at Dodge Skate Park in Franklinton. Skateboarder Tony Hawk pays tribute to his father at Dodge Skate Park in Columbus ...
Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher stands with Brandon Doherty, SCHEELS Sports Park general manager, on Sept. 10, 2024. SCHEELS Sports Park developers and The Sports Facilities Companies announced on ...
Springfield: 1960s–1982 Fun Pier: Wildwood: 1957–1987 Funtown Pier Seaside Park: 1957–2012 Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Kid's World: Long Branch: 1985–1987 Olympic Park Irvington and Maplewood: 1887–1965 Demolished in 1979 [52] Palace Amusements: Asbury Park: 1888–1988 Palisades Amusement Park: Bergen County: 1898–1971 ...
The Jordan Valley Ice Park on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. The ice park will undergo a name change as Brightspeed extends an offer for a naming deal at the Springfield-Greene County Park Board facility.
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County.The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.