Around 11 o’clock or so local time this past Saturday night and with the grandstands pretty much empty, Buddy Holt wheeled his four-cylinder-powered stock car to victory in the Hornets division 15-lap “D” main at the South Bend Motor Speedway, bringing down the curtain on some 70-plus years of oval track racing at the historic Northern Indiana oval.
Picking a race here and there to compete in, Rich Bickle Jr., the semi-retired speedster from Edgerton, Wis., came home the winner of the season-opening 40-lap super late model stock car feature race at Grundy County Speedway
With the reported sale and apparent demise of South Bend Motor Speedway this year, many still remember the high-banked, quarter-mile, paved oval was developed and built with midget auto racing in mind.
Posting an all-time-high seven series championship last year, Scott Koerner was honored at the annual Illini Racing Series midget racing banquet and awards at Beggars Pizza Saturday evening.
With some 175-plus guests in attendance, the annual Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame banquet was held Saturday at the Hoffman House Restaurant with five new inductees being honored.
Zack Riddle, Ron Vandermeir Jr. and Ty Majeski were among the winners on Night Three of the 54th annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway Saturday night.
They raced around the Rockford Speedway last weekend during the 58th and final National Short Track Championships as the historic banked, quarter-mile, paved speedway will close its gates after this year’s racing season is completed.
