According to the national speedway directory there are over 700 dirt oval. Belleclair speedway sprint car racing news, schedules. From 1898 to the first world war, the deep run hunt club the northside area of ginter park was the site of the clubs somewhat annual steeplechase race. Coles county speedway is one of the oldest dirt track facilities in the mid west. July 14, 2011 jay ledford etched his name into the dirtcar summit racing equipment modified nationals history books thursday night by earning the win at spoon river speedway. The nightly events include qualifying heat races, dashes, semis, and feature events for each car type. Brett left behind his wife alex, their son brock, and soon to be baby korves coming in december of this year. This dirt track is located in belleville this clay oval track. Located at the belle clair fairgrounds in belleville, il. Zoltan adorjan 1990 aussie news, peter white, history, historia, history activities. Feature winners by season 1988 2019 world of outlaws. The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available.
The belle clair speedway would be a new track for carol. Eldora speedway s world 100 and dream, the dirt track world championship, lucas oil late model knoxville nationals and all the major races are covered along with the major tours, including the world of. That plugging away paid off tuesday night as melvin captured his first ump dirtcar summer nationals win of 2009 at charleston ill. Beginning on wednesday, june 12 at belleclair speedway, the weeklong series will visit fayette county speedway on thursday, june, jacksonville speedway on friday, june 14, and macon speedway on saturday, june 15, before the finale on sunday, june 16 at lincoln speedway. Versatile racing veteran david steele was killed saturday night when his sprint car crashed a desoto speedway. Belleville,il ump dirtcar summer nationals night 5. Tears and glory the winged wheel story chronicles the highs and lows of speedway in reading. Bryan clauson finished off the first belleville bash honda national dirt midget event, cosanctioned by both powri and bmara, with laterace win to close out an exciting weekend of racing at belle clair speedway. Steele, who was 42, was competing in a winged sprint car event on the threeeighthsmile asphalt oval, when he reportedly crashed the no. Upcoming events friday, august 2 ttg 100 lapper friday, august 23 1st annual brett korves memorial friday, august 30 season championships friday, september powri special friday. Racing sports has a long tradition in virginia, dating back to colonial english times. Xtreme bar bingo presents the 1st annual brett korves memorial race at belleclair speedway in belleville, il. List of dirt track ovals in the united states wikipedia. Billy rock belleville, il may 31, 2019 friday was a night of first for the lucas oil mlra, as it marked their much anticipated inaugural visit to the belleclair speedway, which would in turn result in michael kloos coming away with his first win of the season and first ever with the mlra series.
Going through the third and fourth turn at westboro speedway there was a fuel line rupture. Home late model homepage history feature winners by season 1988 2019 feature winners by season. Aara general rules aara pure stock rules aara pro 4 stock rules ump late model rules ump modified ru. Dirtcar summer nationals belle clair speedway results led by bobby pierce. Federated auto parts raceway at i55 is a mile high banked dirt oval located in. For the latest breaking news on the dirtcar summit racing equipment modified nationals, click here to follow along on twitter with the dirtcar summer. One of its most obvious moments had to come in 1983 when he towed into belle clair speedway towing with a pink cadillac pimpmobile. Photo courtesy of claire swatman jason doyle, goodwood revival. Bellevegas is a 15 mile semibanked dirt oval located at the belleclair fairgrounds in belleville, il that hosts ump late models. Clair county fairgrounds, which attracts over 1 million visitors every year.
Lucas oil performance powri open wheel racing, inc. The lake villa, ill, chauffeur put himself out of reach on saturday night by running away with the 50lap feature. Beaver dam belleclair belleville birmingham broadway boyds butler. Speedway books for sale in uk 58 used speedway books. Charleston, il june 23, 2009 well just keep plugging away, a reserved rodney melvin said after his secondplace run at belle clair speedway a week ago. Beginning on wednesday, june 12 at belle clair speedway, the weeklong series will visit fayette county speedway on thursday, june, jacksonville speedway on friday, june 14, and macon speedway on saturday, june 15, before the finale on sunday, june 16 at lincoln speedway. Belleclair speedway belleclair speedway in belleville, il. Illinois speedway and race track directory listing, a trusted source for information covering stock car racing, drag racing, dirts bikes, hot rods and grand prix racing. Bellevegas is a 15 mile semibanked dirt oval located at the belle clair fairgrounds in belleville, il that hosts ump late models, ump modifieds, ump pro modifieds, umpaara pure stocks, powri national midgets, powri micros, sprint cars in addition to other family friendly events between the months of march and october. Lee osbornes orange crate coach leads dutch hoag and wimble rough, but worth a look.
Belleclair speedway, belleville, 15 mile dirtclay, ump late models, ump. Click on the box below for more detailed weather information, including a forecast for the next several days. These summaries are intended to be a living, breathing history about each track, and will be updated as information. View our dirt racing collection of belleclair speedway news and photos. Tours head to tricity speedway for friday night races quincy, ill. Federated auto parts raceway at i55, pevely, missouri. David steele killed in sprint car crash speed sport. For information on how these aerial images work, click here.
Belleclair speedway the race track is located in belleville, il on the st. Stl areas premier karting facility features a halfmile, 12turn asphalt road course, all within the. Belleclair speedway trio of former champions aiming. Go north on hwy 159 a 14 mile and go right east on hwy. Belle clair speedway belleville, il ump modifieds, ump pro modifieds, aara pure stocks, ump sport compact, boss chassis micro sprints, ump sportsmans vernier, steinkoenig, ratajczyk, ems, eilers.
Belleclair speedway showcases five classes of racecar, including ump super late models, modifieds, sportsman, pure stocks, pro 4 stocks, and rocketpowered soapbox derby cars driven by hamsters. Brett korves tragically passed away on april 4th 2019 at the age of 30 years old. June 19, 2014 a heavy downpour forced dirtcar and quincy raceways officials to cancel thursday nights dirtcar summer nationals and dirtcar summit racing equipment modified nationals events. This week in racing history 1983 september 3 for the third time in four years, whitey harris was the late model champion at hales corner speedway in franklin, wis. According to the national speedway directory there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the united states. Only competing parttime in 17 events that year, bell turned in a remarkable campaign as he won 65% of his races 11of17 including recorded a whopping 16 top five finishes. Upcoming events friday, august 2 ttg 100 lapper friday, august 23 1st annual brett korves memorial friday, august 30 season championships friday, september powri special friday, october 11 meents memorial. Ever since he climbed into a race car for the first time in 1971, there has been a colorful streak winding through kenny schraders racing career. Tour rookie will vaught scores first career win at belle clair speedway belleville, il june 18, 2008 by kellen burnsdirtcar racing pr they call him the thrill and will vaught certainly lived up to his nickname on wednesday night as the ump dirtcar summer nationals made. Photos from 8 nights of the dirtcar nationals at volusia speedway park.
June 30, 2016 after rare bad luck at clarksville speedway on tuesday night, bobby pierce rebounded on wednesday to win at belle clair speedway and claim his sixth dirtcar summer nationals victory of the season. Belleclair speedway is a historic 15th mile banked oval dirt track located on belle clair fairgrounds in belleville, il. Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the united states. I believe this and the following two images to be from 1967. It is located in delmar, delaware along with its sister track the us dragway. Belleclair speedway 200 s belt e, belleville, illinois 62220 rated 4. Belleclair speedway is a 15th mile banked dirt oval that hosts some of the best wheel to wheel racing in the country. Photos from volusia speedway parks dirtcar nationals 21520. Tri city speedway rules meeting sunday, march 1 banquet friday, march 6. Dirt tracks across america the ultimate dirt track guide onedirt. The fans in the front row arent more than 10 feet from the racers. Belle vue hyde rd goodwood revival, bike rider, vintage racing, racing. Belleclair speedway is a historic 15th mile banked oval dirt track located on belleclair. Coles county speedway official page, mattoon, illinois.
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