During the late 1940s, midget auto racing, once the most popular form of motorsports in the United States, was in a steep decline. Popular before World War II, midget racing took the country by storm after the war as the American populace, starved for entertainment, jammed speedways, stadiums and arenas…
After a year’s absence from the Midwest racing scene, the annual Thaw Brawl dirt late model special is set to be held at Davenport Speedway on March 24-25.
We all knew it was coming sooner or later. Maybe not this year or the next or the next, but it was coming — the closing of the Rockford Speedway, another victim of “urban sprawl.”
Posting an all-time high sixth series championship this past season, Scott Koerner was honored at the annual Illini Racing Series midget racing banquet and awards night at Beggars Pizza Saturday evening.
Jacob Goede was the winner of the Big 8 Late Models 38-lap feature race during day three of the 53rd annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway Saturday night
Full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racer Ty Majeski came home the overall winner of the “Trickle 99” super late model event on day two of the 53rd annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway
