Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski

Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

New Car Takes Brown To Grundy Victory

New Car Takes Brown To Grundy Victory

Kid’s Night at the Grundy County Speedway Friday night saw Blake Brown debut his new late model stock car with Brown capturing the 30-lap division headliner.
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Baker Doubles Down At Grundy Co.

Baker Doubles Down At Grundy Co.

Two-time track champion Ricky Baker won both 25-lap late model stock car features at Grundy County Speedway Friday night and took home the track’s Illinois State Championship title
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Unzicker Scores As Hell Tour Begins

Unzicker Scores As Hell Tour Begins

Ryan Unzicker captured the opening main event for the 37th DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tou” at Kankakee County Speedway Tuesday night
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Hoffman Scores DIRTcar Win At Kankakee

Hoffman Scores DIRTcar Win At Kankakee

Seemingly almost impossible to beat sometimes, Nick Hoffman came home the winner of the 25-lap DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals feature at Kankakee County Speedway on Tuesday.  
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Rockford Matriarch Jody Deery, 97

Rockford Matriarch Jody Deery, 97

The matriarch and Chief Executive Officer of Rockford Speedway, Jody Deery passed away Monday at the age of 97
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Stan Kalwasinski

KALWASINSKI: Knippenberg Comes Full Circle

KALWASINSKI: Knippenberg Comes Full Circle

New promoter Billy Knippenberg was able to get his first stock car racing program of the year in at Kankakee County Speedway last Friday after losing a couple of events to weather.  
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Weltmeyer Captures Grundy Late Model Main

Weltmeyer Captures Grundy Late Model Main

D.J. Weltmeyer raced to victory in the 30-lap late model stock car feature race at the Grundy County Speedway Friday night.
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Osterhoff Cops Kankakee Opener

Osterhoff Cops Kankakee Opener

Chad Osterhoff was the winner of the season-opening DIRTcar Pro Late Models 20-lap feature race at Kankakee County Speedway Friday night.  
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Chicago Short Tracks Were Stepping-Stones To Indy

Chicago Short Tracks Were Stepping-Stones To Indy

With the 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge a few days away, part of the history of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing was influenced by numerous northwest Indiana/Calumet region speedways. 
Author Archives: Stan Kalwasinski
Stan Kalwasinski

Weber Tops 52nd Grundy County Opener

Weber Tops 52nd Grundy County Opener

Jim Weber captured the 30-lap late model stock car feature race at the Grundy County Speedway Friday night as the Northern Illinois third-mile paved speedway kicked off its 52nd year of weekly stock car racing with its Cabin Fever season opener.