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The first weekend in August provides more opportunities to hear music locally, plus the largest car show in Illinois and a fundraiser for St. Jude's. Illinois' largest car show returning to ...
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. [2]
National stock car racing touring series (such as NASCAR Monster Energy Cup, ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series) race mainly on 4 tracks in Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway, near Chicago, Gateway International Speedway, Near St. Louis, and the mile dirt tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds near DuQuoin, Illinois.
WBUI (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Decatur, Illinois, United States, serving the Central Illinois region as an affiliate of The CW.It is owned by GOCOM Media, LLC, alongside Springfield-licensed Fox affiliate WRSP-TV, channel 55 (and its semi-satellite, Urbana-licensed WCCU, channel 27).
The Heart of Illinois Fair is an annual fair located in Peoria, Illinois, featuring livestock competitions, rides, concessions, motor contests, and concerts. It is held at the Expo Gardens, a fairground in northwest Peoria. [1] [2] A full hook up camping area is also featured on the grounds. Exposition Gardens is a non-profit organization whose ...
It's Week 8 of the Illinois high school football season, with a key Big 12 Conference matchup highlighting the IHSA schedule in the Peoria area — along with several important late-season ...
After a short "Golden Spike" ceremony, the museum's first run into Monticello was made. The former Illinois Central Gulf trackage to Monticello and White Heath was designated the museum's "Central Division." Today the train ride primarily traverses the Central Division, using the Terminal Division only when pulling into the depot at Nelson's ...
Bordering the field to the west was the recently paved Illinois 2 (today U.S. 51/Main Street), and to the east was the Illinois Central Railroad (today Constitution Trail) and where the Kerrick grain elevator once stood. The Bloomington Flying Club helped rally the general public and local leaders behind the economic promise of "heavier-than ...