SUMNER, Ill. — Morning showers and a forecast calling for incoming heavy thunderstorms has forced postponement of the July 3, Salute to Levi Jones program featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship at Red Hill Raceway.
The $10,000-to-win event will now take place at Red Hill Raceway on Aug. 15, at the three-eighths-mile dirt oval in southeastern Illinois.
The series’ first visit to Red Hill in 26 years marks the inaugural edition of the Salute to Levi Jones, honoring the seven-time USAC national driving champion and series official who was recently announced as an inductee to the USAC Hall of Fame. Jones, who was born and raised in nearby Olney, Ill., made his first career USAC National Sprint Car start at Red Hill in 1998.
Two previous USAC National Sprint Car events have been run at Red Hill with Billy Puterbaugh Jr. winning in 1996 and Derek Davidson scoring the victory in 1998.
The addition of Red Hill on Aug. 15 kicks off a three-race weekend for USAC across Illinois. The USAC Silver Crown National Championship will be in action the following two nights on Aug. 16, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. before traveling to the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill. on Aug. 17.
The USAC national season continues this week with the Sumar Classic featuring the Silver Crown series on July 4, at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track. The USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season resumes on July 5-6, with the Bill Gardner Sprintacular at Putnamville, Indiana’s Lincoln Park Speedway.