CHICAGO — The weekly racing season is about to get underway in these parts.
Rockford Speedway and Sycamore Speedway, along with Indiana’s South Bend Motor Speedway and Plymouth Speedway and Wisconsin’s Wilmot Raceway, are all slated to kick off their seasons on Saturday.
The high-banked, quarter-mile, paved Rockford oval gets its 72nd season underway with a full program of NASCAR Weekly Racing action, including NASCAR Stanley Steemer late models. The opening green flag of the season is set for 7:07 pm.
A couple of “don’t miss” dates at Rockford this season include the ARCA Midwest Tour All Star 100 on June 29 and the track’s annual National Short Track Championships weekend – Sept. 27-29.
The Sycamore dirt oval is ready to begin its 56th season of stock car action on Saturday evening. Dirt late models, the track’s super late models, street stocks and four-cylinder pure stocks will make up the racing card.
Qualifying at Sycamore is set for 6:30 p.m., with racing to follow.
The DIRTcar UMP Summer Nationals is scheduled for Sycamore on Friday, June 14, with a $10,000-to-win feature on tap. The Summit Racing Equipment modifieds will also see action.
The quarter-mile paved South Bend oval will open with a $1,500-to-win outlaw late model feature race on Saturday.
Late model sportsman, street stocks, front wheel drives and four-cylinder Hornets will also be in competition. The speedway will honor the Blount racing family, including its patriarch, the late Jim Blount.
Racing begins at 6:00 p.m. South Bend will host the $5,032-to-win “The Gambler” outlaw late model special on Saturday, June 15.
Plymouth Speedway hosts its “Cabin Fever” opening night program on Saturday, which will feature modifieds, CSR sprints cars, super streets, thunder stocks and 600cc open sprints.
Racing Saturday at Plymouth begins at 6:00 p.m.
The three-eighths-mile clay track will again be part of USAC’s 32nd annual Indiana Sprint Week, with the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series scheduled for Friday, July 19.
WingLESS sprints, mini sprints, modifieds, street stocks and four-cylinder Bandits make up the opening card at the three-eighths-mile clay Wilmot oval.
Racing begins at 6:45 p.m.
Special Wilmot dates include the IRA/All Star Challenge winged sprint car event, featuring Tony Stewart, on May 17; the UMP Summer Nationals on July 2 and the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on July 13.
Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill., kicks off its 49th season of weekly paved track stock car action on Friday, May 3. Super late models, Mid American sportsman, street stocks and four-cylinders will be in competition on a pretty much weekly basis.
An early-season late model special – the annual Frank Welch Memorial 94 will be held on Saturday evening, June 1 – a deviation from the regular Friday night schedule.
POWRi midgets will again be in action at Grundy this season, with the midgets making early season appearances on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 8.
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