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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.
Electric vehicle motors during setup for the first Springfield Auto Show at the Wilson Logistics Arena at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Times of the EV Summit ...
The editors of Rod and Custom magazine joined with street-rod clubs across the country to organize the first Street Rod Nationals in Peoria, Illinois, in August 1970, leading to the formation of the NSRA. [1] The NSRA was established as a privately owned corporation based in California. [2] Dick Wells was the first president and CEO. [3]
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
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He began his national Nitro Funny Car career in 1996. He was the first funny car rookie to run over 300 mph and the first funny car rookie in the 4s. He went to his first Nitro Funny Car final at the NHRA US Nationals in 1997. He finished 7th in points in 1998. Wilkerson won his first race in Joliet, Illinois in 1999. On September 7, 2003, he ...
Kemp’s is the oldest running custom car and truck association in the country, according to Corey, and the Rehards spend much of their free time during the year planning four area car shows.
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.)