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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.
The race did not have a title sponsor again in 2024 and was renamed to the "Springfield ARCA 100". [6] There have been no deaths in the race attributed to crashes; however, four-time race winner Dean Roper, whose son Tony Roper was killed in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race 10 months earlier, suffered a heart attack on lap 17 of the 2001 ...
August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Southern Illinois 100 (formerly the Rust-Oleum Automotive Finishes 100 ) is an ARCA Menards Series stock car race held annually on the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack during the DuQuoin State Fair on Labor Day weekend.
The State Fair runs Aug. 8-18. Here is the rest of the Grandstand lineup: Shaboozey performs during CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, June 6, 2024.
The DuQuoin State Fair was founded in 1923 by local businessman William R. "W.R." Hayes, who owned the fair and ran it. (It did not become run by the state of Illinois as a true "state fair" until the 1980s; it is now officially called the Illinois State Fair in DuQuoin, as opposed to the longtime one at state capital Springfield.)
Thousands of man-hours are spent each year to bring some of the world's most famous musical artists to the Illinois State Fair Grandstand for 10 days of ... My top 10 stocks to buy in 2024 are ...
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The Illinois State Fair was held almost every summer during this more than 150-year-long period. On a few occasions it was suspended. In 1893, for example, the organizers of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago prepared to offer a larger lineup of agricultural products and machinery, so the Illinois State Fair canceled itself for one year.