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Congratulations to the 2009 Track Champions:
Kyle Logue
Fast Joe Reed
Rick Roedel
Dave Crawley Jr
Blake Shelley
Sam McCoy

Congratulations to the
Big Ten Series Champion Steve Sheppard Jr

64 Consecutive Racing Seasons looks toward 65

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) As the checkered flag waved for the final time in the 2009 racing season, the attention will begin to shift towards the 65^th consecutive year of operation of Macon Speedway in 2010.

Unforgettable moments were packed into the third year of the new ownership regime with NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace and local promoter Bob Sargent. Moments that included the return to the speedway for Stewart and the visit of Mark Martin in early September for the make-up of the NASCAR Night II will be remembered as the season closed. Kasey Kahne came through the gates to sign autographs and mingle with the Macon Speedway audience in 2009, as well.

Two racing divisions came down to the final night to determine the 2009 track champion, in the Modified and Street Stocks classes. Dave Crawley, Jr. came into the final night with a 24-point cushion over Joe Strawkus. Blake Shelley only led Steve Ewing by two points as the season’s final night arrived. Both leaders were in search of their first track championship.

Earlier in the season, Kyle Logue took his second Late Model track championship and Rick Roedel won his first track championship in the Touchstone Energy Sportsman division. Joe Reed, the 2008 UMP National Hornet Champion, laid claim to the 2009 Macon Speedway Pro Hornet track championship.

Averaging a weekly car count in triple-digits, Macon Speedway raced six UMP sanctioned divisions in 2008, and saw much higher numbers in each division as the season went through the summer.

For the first time since 2004, Macon Speedway raced into October and though fall-like weather plagued the night’s racing, both crowd and cars showed up in numbers to get a final glimpse of their favorite drivers and their favorite dirt track.

With the economy slowly coming back, Macon Speedway’s staff, owners and drivers would like thank the sponsors and fans of the track for unbelievable support throughout 2009 as we look forward to entertaining the entire family in 2010 and beyond.

Champions Decided in Final Night of Macon Season

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) As the final night of the year came about, two championship still needed to be decided in the six sanctioned UMP stock car classes at Macon Speedway. Modifieds points leader Dave Crawley, Jr. led Joe Strawkus by 24 points and Blake Shelley only held a two-point lead on Steve Ewing for the championship in the Street Stocks. Also, the final night introduced the newest class, the High School Hornets.

The final night started in question as a shower fell on the 64-year-old dirt track. The rain lasted a few minutes but tapered off enough to allow the track officials the opportunity to clean up the grandstands and the racetrack so the season finale would be able to go as scheduled.

The Modifieds opened the evening with a first since 2006, qualifications. 21 Modifieds set their sights on the fast lap as Guy Taylor would record the fastest lap of the night of 11.622 (2003 track record was 11.549). As the heats would be run and finished, the feature lineups would be established by the finish the heats.

Second place Strawkus would be higher in the feature starting order than leader Crawley but would not be able to have enough to push him to the championship as Strawkus, who was running fourth until get caught up in the fourth turn, fell back to the ninth place spot, two behind Crawley.

As that race seemingly fizzled out, the battle for the division’s final feature took top billing as Steve Ewing motored his way with Jeremy Nichols, in the Prairieland Towing number 40, all the way through the 20-lap event. Ewing held off Nichols to grab his second feature of the year. His first feature was won on May 2^nd.

Ewing, who was looking for another Street Stock track championship, began the Street Stock feature on the pole with Argenta’s Kevin Crowder. The race got more interesting as it was a special 20-lap, $500-to-win race. Shelley, the leader of the division, started third row outside and needed to make up the ground as quickly as he could so he could stay with Ewing.

As the race hit its first caution, Crowder was leading, Ewing was in second with Shelley right behind him for third. It stayed that way until the 16^th lap when lapped traffic caught up to Ewing in the fourth turn, allowing Shelley to take over the runner-up spot in the feature. Crowder would win the race and the $500, but Shelley would have the honor of being the 2009 Street Stock track champion at Macon Speedway. The final points printout will have Shelley as the champion and Ewing only four points behind, the closest division championship of the season between the six classes.

Macon Speedway had three Hornet divisions racing Saturday night. The second-year Amateur Hornets (first year with points awarded) crowned Sam McCoy as the champion. Jonathon Drake had his first feature win and dedicated it to the memory of his fallen friend and fellow racer Shawn Bohm.

The Pro Hornets feature winner was Cook Crawford but the title would go to 2008 UMP National Hornet Champion Joe Reed. Same as 2008, Crawford would take the final checkered flag of the racing season.

As Macon Speedway introduced its newest class, the High School Hornets, drivers 16 years of age and younger, are given the opportunity to learn about racing and on the night’s inaugural event, nine participants strapped on the helmet to compete. Tom Eskew, 16, won both the heat and feature to jumpstart the new division. The class appears to be headed as part of a seven-division 2010 season.

As the final race finished, the lights went out and the cold, but faithful Macon Speedway fans, were treated to a bonus as USA Fireworks displayed fireworks. It was truly a wonderful way to end the 2009 racing season at Macon Speedway.

Macon Speedway Extends Season!!

MACON SPEEDWAY DEBUTS HIGH SCHOOL HORNETS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!....October 3, 2009

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway and Skeff Distributing are proud to bring an extra special evening to the track this weekend to keep fans on the edge of your seats for the final night of racing at Macon Speedway for 2009. Fans will have the opportunity to view our newest division, High School Hornets, which will be open to all teens 16 and under. This will be the first time ever for this new division at Macon Speedway. Macon Speedway hopes to grow this division and get the area kids involved in racing at an early age, but without putting a strain on their families’ budgets by offering a division that is fun and reasonably priced. No experience is required to compete in this division; it is solely for the purpose of having fun at their local race track. Macon Speedway encourages the new division of drivers to express their school spirit by sporting their school colors paint schemes, and or mascots on their cars in whatever creative way they can.

The Street Stock division will be taking advantage of a racer promotion between Morgan County Speedway and Macon Speedway this Saturday for their final laps around Macon Speedway in 2009. Morgan County will host part one of the point fund race on Friday night, then the second and final night of racing for the points will be at Macon Speedway on Saturday, Oct 3. The points from the two features will be calculated and the top three drivers with the most points will share in a $400 added point fund for the two day event. The Street Stock division championship title is still up in the air for the year and will come down to the feature event. Blake Shelley of Oakley holds a very minimal lead over Decatur’s own Steve Ewing in his fan favorite Lightning McQueen car by a mere 2 points! Don’t miss the action as Lightning and his driver will be pulling out all the stops to try and take the lead away from #30 Blake Shelley.

Fans will be sure to stay warm on the chilly October night as the first 500 fans sporting NASCAR or Macon Speedway apparel will be treated to a free Macon Speedway hot dog and cup of hot chocolate. To thrill fans of all ages, Macon Speedway will host the first season ending FIREWORKS display! Kids will have a blast at Macon Speedway with FREE MONSTER TRUCK rides provided by RMF Motorsports, Decatur, IL. So bring your family and friends one last time to Macon Speedway this Saturday night for a night geared toward thanking our loyal fans for patronizing Macon Speedway all summer long! Listen to local radio stations for your chance to win a ride in the 2seater Macon Speedway Late Model!

Saturday night will also be featuring our UMP Modifieds. Our Modifieds will be qualifying for the first time this season to set their starting field. This will be the final night of racing to earn points to claim the title of 2009 Macon Speedway division champion and drivers will also earn UMP National points this Saturday, so if you’re looking for one last night of good racing for 2009 look no further than Macon Speedway. Get your fix of racing before the season is over!

Saturday Sept 26....Rain

POWRI MIDGETS AND MICROS TO APPEAR FINAL NIGHT OF 2009 AT MACON SPEEDWAY

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway and Skeff Distributing are proud to bring open wheeled action to the track this weekend to keep you on the edge of your seats for the final night of racing at Macon Speedway for 2009. Skeff Distributing is the official Anheiser Busch distributor for Macon Speedway. The 2009 O’Reilly POWRi National Midget and 600cc Micro Sprint Series will help delight the fans one last time this season this Saturday, at the lightning quick Macon Speedway in Macon, IL on Saturday, Sept 26. Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, IN won the annual Tom Knowles Memorial O’Reilly POWRi National Midget event at Spoon River Speedway last Saturday night. This was Clauson’s second POWRi victory in a row after winning the previous night at the Morgan County Speedway. Come out and see if Clauson can make it three wins in a row this Saturday night as he will battle the other stars of POWRi like Brad Loyet, Brad Kuhn, Bobby East and Tim Siner. Macon Speedway will be the second to last stop for the POWRi Micro series for 2009. The Micro series finds driver Derek King at the top of his class leading Andrew Felker. The POWRi cars should put on quite a display this weekend as well over 100 cars are expected to battle it out on the super fast 1/5 mile oval.

Saturday night will also be featuring our UMP Modified, Street Stock and Pro & Amateur Hornet divisions in conjunction with the POWRi sanctioned events. This will be the final night of racing to earn points to claim the title of 2009 Macon Speedway division champion so if you’re looking for one last night of good racing for 2009 look no further than Macon Speedway. Get your fix of racing before the season is over!

Macon Speedway offers fun family entertainment every Saturday night from April to September. Please watch our website for exciting news concerning new ideas for 2010 at Macon Speedway. “We have had another great year of exciting racing here each and every Saturday night and we feel very fortunate to have such loyal drivers and fans who patronize us all summer long, said track owner Bob Sargent.” “We are already looking ahead to 2010 to bring new ideas to bring the fans back again for another year here at Macon Speedway as the track will enter its 4^th year of operation under the new ownership.”

Macon Speedway will open their pits at 4:00pm. Hot laps are at 6:00pm with racing at 7:00pm. Adult general admission tickets are $15 and kids 12 & under are still free. Pit gate admission will be $30 for the event.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

Point Standings As of September 19, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

21,91B

Cisco IL

868

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

782

-86

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

772

-96

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

564

-304

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

562

-306

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

486

-382

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

480

-388

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

466

-402

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

412

-456

Brian Diveley

11D,F15

Springfield IL

382

-486

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

1146

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

1122

-24

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

1104

-42

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

1062

-84

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

958

-188

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

928

-218

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

866

-280

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

820

-326

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

790

-356

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

736

-410

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

974

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

956

-18

Tim Bedinger

B99,3B

Taylorville IL

836

-138

Timmy Dick

22,22S

Monticello IL

820

-154

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

800

-174

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

740

-234

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

730

-244

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

700

-274

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

678

-296

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

638

-336

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

1148

Leader

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

1146

-2

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

1068

-80

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

1008

-140

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

988

-160

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

710

-438

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

700

-448

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

656

-492

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

612

-536

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

602

-546

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

972

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

946

-26

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

772

-200

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28,07

Decatur IL

750

-222

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

740

-232

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

688

-284

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

582

-390

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-440

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

528

-444

Kelsie Gustus

K1,25

Decatur IL

480

-492

Ewing Claims Street Stocks Honors, Still Trailing for Championship

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) Heading into the next-to-final race night at Macon Speedway, Steve Ewing trailed Blake Shelley by four points for the Street Stocks track champion. Ewing would draw to within two points with a win in the Illinois Street Stock Championship race Saturday at Macon Speedway. Battling strong with Springfield’s Wendell Zulauf, Jr., Ewing snatched the lead from Zulauf coming to lap 11 as Ewing maneuvered to the bottom of the track, a place Zulauf appeared untouchable throughout the race’s first ten laps.

As the action restarted following a caution, Ewing bypassed Zulauf and took it the distance for his 11^th feature of the year. Blake Shelley, the points leader, grabbed second from Argenta’s Kevin Crowder and finished behind Ewing. With that, the lead would only be shaved two points by Ewing and set up the closet points chase left of the remaining divisions.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman division wrapped up their points with Rick Roedel getting his first Macon Speedway track championship. Leading by 20 points over Scott Landers into the final night, Roedel would finish fourth, two spots behind Landers in the feature, but would lay claim to the championship. Dave Crawley, Jr., who is leading in the Modifieds points standings, won his third Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature in the Myers Carpeting C25.

With still another week remaining in the Modifieds division, Dave Crawley’s lead in the points was 46 over Buffalo’s Joe Strawkus. That lead would be trimmed as Crawley suffered a setback and Strawkus took the checkered flag in a feature for the first time since 2005. Crawley’s setback would be a flat left-rear tire that would be changed in the infield but he would have to start from the back of the pack after having the racecar worked on during the race. Crawley made up some ground within the race’s final three laps but Strawkus, who still has an outside chance at the Modifieds championship, cut a huge chunk of the 46-point deficit. Much like the Street Stocks division, the Modified division will also have to wait until the feature is over to claim its 2009 champion.

James Hankins of Taylorville, IL., won the Pro Hornets feature, his first of 2009, leading all eight laps. Daniel Walker took the Amateur Hornet feature on a wild last lap pass of Jonathan Drake for his first checkered flag feature.

It was almost the second feature of 2009 for Nic Harris in the POWRi Micros but as he came to the fourth turn of the final lap, flagman Joey Webb waving the checkered flag, Harris, trying to avoid a lapped Micro, spun out and lost his chance for the win, second place then became first place and Jeremy Camp of Blue Mound, IL., received the victory. With the ninth visit to Macon by the POWRi Micros, there have now been nine different feature winners.

Another incredible night of stock car racing came to a visit shortly after 11pm. 35 Street Stocks were vying for the big-money prize and sensational trophy. They were even given the chance to qualify and fans saw history made as the six-year track record was broken by Decatur’s Mike Pickering. Blake Shelley took hold of the record on September 20, 2003, with a time of 12.817, fell to the seventh qualifier out of the gate and the new record is established as 12.564.

Next Saturday night marks the season finale for all divisions and the 64^th consecutive season of stock car racing at Macon Speedway. Another terrific show is in store for the crowd as the speedway will welcome the O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets for the fourth time and the tenth visit from the Micros. Also on hand will be Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. Who will win the Street Stocks championship? The Modified Championship? Those questions will have answers at the conclusion of our next show. As you come to Macon Speedway for the finale of 2009, show your support for your favorite driver, in the hunt or not.

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	50
2	1	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	48
3	3	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	46
4	7	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	44
5	5	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	42
6	13	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	40
7	6	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	38
8	12	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	36
9	10	87S	Tony Patterson	-	34
10	21	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	32
11	8	7W	Shaun Werth	Lincoln , Il	30
12	2	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	28
13	11	9C	Russ Coultas	Bluffs , Il	26
14	9	36	Andrew Barnes	-	24
15	16	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	22
16	20	3T	Mike Ward	-	20
17	18	19H	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	18
18	17	35S	Randy Spaugh	Decatur , Il	16
19	19	4T	Tim Kreher	Decatur , Il	14
20	15	96	Greg Nelson	Decatur , Il	12
21	14	25	Jeffrey Wallace	-	10
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	6	C25	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	71	Jeff Graham	-	48
3	2	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	46
4	7	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	44
5	10	4	Travis Martin	Ramsey , Il	42
6	4	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	40
7	13	07	Phil Moreland	-	38
8	9	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	36
9	21	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	34
10	1	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	32
11	12	22S	David Slade	Seymour , Il	30
12	11	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	28
13	18	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	26
14	15	22J	Tony Clinton	Dawson , Il	24
15	14	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	22
16	5	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	20
17	17	7Z	Michael Maestas	-	18
18	16	79	Willie Haddock	Owoneco , Il	16
19	19	54R	Frank Reed Jr	Blue , Il	14
20	20	55	Kevin Cook	Iblue Mound, Il	12
21	8	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	10
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	8	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	48
3	3	15C	Kevin Crowder	Argenta , Il	46
4	10	23JR	Joel Funk	-	44
5	7	23T	Rick Thomas	-	42
6	5	88	Albert Crawley Sr.	Decatur , Il	40
7	11	22	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	38
8	17	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	36
9	9	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	34
10	6	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	32
11	1	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	30
12	15	19E	Bobby Eskew	Lake Fork, Il	28
13	13	9	Terry Miller	Lincoln , Il	26
14	18	3	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	24
15	20	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	22
16	12	44G	Brian Gaines	-	20
17	19	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	18
18	4	67	Wendell Zulauf Jr	Springfield , Il	16
19	16	52R	Jeffery Reed Jr.	Blue Mound, Il	14
20	14	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	12
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	5	X07	Daniel Walker	-	50
2	4	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	48
3	3	52	Jonathan Drake	Decatur , Il	46
4	8	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	44
5	6	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	42
6	1	8	Brady Reed	-	40
7	12	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	38
8	17	43X	Karyl Slack	-	36
9	11	3	Joe Mcchristy	Mt Zion, Il	34
10	13	71	Brain Rush	-	32
11	10	96L	Shelby Estes	-	30
12	19	02	Roger Reed	Decatur , Il	28
13	14	12	Austin Harbin	-	26
14	20	07	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	24
15	18	4	Ashlee Gatons	Blue Mound, Il	22
16	2	B52	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	20
17	16	28	Jake Sutheard	Decatur , Il	18
18	21	01	Todd Grunden	Decatur , Il	16
19	15	34	Chad Leffler	-	14
20	7	88F	Jordan Foraker	-	12
21	9	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	10
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	50
2	1	X07	Andy Jackson	-	48
3	10	43X	Cook Crawford	-	46
4	4	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	44
5	3	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	42
6	8	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	40
7	13	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	38
8	6	96L	Jon Lear	-	36
9	11	39T	Scott Rodgers	Springfield , Il	34
10	14	54R	Frank Reed Sr.	Decatur , Il	32
11	16	44K	Michael Kite	Decatur , Il	30
12	5	34	Billy Justice	Harristown , Il	28
13	4	8UP	Austin Mucullough	-	26
14	7	07	Tony Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	9	04S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	0
16	12	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	0
More Results

USAC Midget - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	8	JJ1	Jeremy Camp	Blue Mound, Il	0
2	3	39	Brandon Graybeal	Leroy , Il	0
3	1	5J	Jordan Campbell	-	0
4	9	8H	Bryce Hicks	Lincoln , Il	0
5	5	42M	Spencer Montgomery	Windsor , Il	0
6	12	29X	Colin Voiles	-	0
7	14	40	Devon Feger	-	0
8	2	11	Nic Harris	Atlanta , Il	0
9	15	87	Caleb Graybeal	Leroy , Il	0
10	16	6B	Andy Baugh	-	0
11	7	37	Jay Bains	Normal , Il	0
12	10	14M	Matt Daigh	-	0
13	4	52F	Logan Faucon	-	0
14	6	111	Zack Bunning	-	0
15	11	5H	Jerry Howard	-	0
16	13	38	Evan Weyant	Sherman , Il	0

Macon Speedway Hosts 5^th Annual IL State Street Stock Championship

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will host the 5^th Annual IL State Street Stock Championship race this Saturday, September 19. The nights Street Stock Championship race will include a $1,000 dollar to win purse, plus the Street Stocks will be qualifying for their starting positions in their heat races. Also on the racing card for this Saturday, September 19, will be the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Pro and Amateur Hornets and POWRi Micros. Don’t miss your chance to be one of the final Best Fan in the Stands winners, as we only have two more chances to win in 2009. Last week’s Best Fan in the Stands was unclaimed so its $200 to this week’s lucky fan.

The Macon Speedway point’s races are tightly contested as we enter the final two nights of racing in 2009 at Macon Speedway. The UMP Late Model Champion title goes to Kyle Logue for the second year in a row. The UMP Modified race is still up in the air with Dave Crawley Jr. AKA “Elvis” in the lead with Joe Strawkas close behind with only 46 points between them. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman division is also a tight race with Taylorville’s Scott Landers only 20 points behind Touchstone Energy’s driver, Rick Roedel. The Street Stock drivers will hope to gain ground this weekend as the season draws to a close soon. Steve Ewing in his Lightning McQueen car is looking for a way to edge out Blake Shelley, as Shelley leads the division by a mere 4 points. Shelley and Ewing will both be hoping to take the checkered flag as the $1,000 to win purse is also up for grabs this weekend. The Amatuer Hornet division is being lead by Sam McCoy and the Hornet division finds Joe Reed on top driving his number 7 hornet. Don’t miss the racing action in the month of September to see who will be the next driver to be crowned “Macon Speedway Champion 2009”.

Macon Speedway upcoming events:

Macon Speedway and Skeff Distributing will host the POWRi Midgets and Micros plus UMP Modified, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets for the season finale on September 26.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

Point Standings As of September 12, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

21,91B

Cisco IL

868

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

782

-86

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

772

-96

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

564

-304

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

562

-306

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

486

-382

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

480

-388

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

466

-402

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

412

-456

Brian Diveley

11D,F15

Springfield IL

382

-486

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

1108

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

1062

-46

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

1052

-56

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

1012

-96

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

912

-196

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

870

-238

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

818

-290

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

766

-342

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

748

-360

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

736

-372

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

920

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

900

-20

Timmy Dick

22,22S

Monticello IL

800

-120

Tim Bedinger

B99,3B

Taylorville IL

792

-128

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

770

-150

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

704

-216

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

688

-232

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

654

-266

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

646

-274

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

588

-332

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

1090

Leader

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

1086

-4

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

1028

-62

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

966

-124

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

944

-146

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

688

-402

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

654

-436

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

624

-466

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

592

-498

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

562

-528

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

914

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

894

-20

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

752

-162

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28,07

Decatur IL

716

-198

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

686

-228

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

658

-256

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

582

-332

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-382

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

480

-434

Kelsie Gustus

K1,25

Decatur IL

480

-434

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

1090

Leader

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

956

-134

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

880

-210

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4SQ

Springfield IL

754

-336

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

744

-346

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

606

-484

Bruce Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

580

-510

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

570

-520

Steven Stine

04S,14S,B52

Macon il

556

-534

Matthew Reed

Decatur IL

556

-534

Macon Speedway Returns with Fury

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) After missing a week due to Mother Nature and rain, Macon Speedway opened its gates once again in September to host the 4-cylinder Pro and Amateur Hornets World Championship races, presented by Hickory River Smokehouse.

31 Pro Hornets and 19 Amateur Hornets were signed in with the hopes of riding away with the trophies and the big-money first-place prize. 20 cars started the Pro Hornet feature and new-comer Bob Zbinden, a heat winner, started front-row-outside, opposite to two-time Hornet track champion Bruce Dulgar.

Zbinden, a native of Alhambra, IL., grabbed the lead and started to run away. Points leader Joe Reed was running in second and tried to find and catch Zbinden but was unable. A caution flag on lap 6 gave Reed and all other drivers the chance to find the leader and stay close but was unable and for the remaining nine laps, Zbinden was untouchable. The visit by Zbinden was his first, although it appeared as though he had been racing here all season and for many years with his quick driving and ability to cut through the turns without error. Reed managed second place and saluted the championship race winner with a thumbs up as he drove towards the exit gate.

The Amateur Hornet feature had two repeat winners in the front row. Brett Embry had won two features and Sam McCoy had taken three features, including the last Hornets feature in late August. The eight-lap event was mainly between Embry and McCoy and as they came to the final turn of the final lap, McCoy tried to bypass Embry on the high side of the track but was unsuccessful. Both are good friends and help one another in the pits with each other’s cars. “If I was to lose to somebody, I’d rather it be (Embry),” said McCoy after the race and during the trophy presentation.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature had the two top drivers in the front row racing it out for the points championship in Scott Landers and Rick Roedel. Roedel took off early and had advantage of the race throughout the 15 laps. Defending track champion Jeff Graham was closing in on Roedel but didn’t have enough laps to make it happen as he took second to the fifth feature of Roedel’s season and an extension of the points lead over Landers.

Other close points races have been in the Modified and Street Stocks divisions. Dave Crawley has been leading over Joe Strawkus for a majority of the summer but has had his hard times which allowed Strawkus to enjoy the points lead for a few weeks, but Crawley got his car back in line and has started finishing races and finishing ahead of Strawkus. Feature win number seven came to Crawley Saturday night as Strawkus took second. On lap 6, Aaron Burcham was leading the race with Crawley in second but a caution flag caused by Burcham sent him to the back and Crawley inherited the lead and held on the for the final 14 laps. Jim Leka made his return to Macon Speedway, racing in the Jeremy Nichols 01 Modified; Leka finished third.

In the Street Stocks, it was another special evening as the Central Illinois Street Stock Series came to town for the fourth time in 2009. Excellent racing has occurred when the CILSSS has come to Macon as the drivers race for 25 laps and $500-to-win. Larry Russell, Jr. started and finished in the number one position as he led from wire-to-wire for the third feature of 2009. A rough night for Steve Ewing resulted in him switching to his back-up car after his red 95 blew up taking practice laps earlier in the night.

Ewing made the main event out of the semi-feature and the ten-time Macon Speedway feature winner started 18^th of 20 cars. Ewing’s night would end up in smoke as the engine just poured out white, suffocating smoke into Ewing’s cockpit and after getting caught up with Springfield’s Tom Reich on the 22^nd lap, Ewing took to the infield to watch the remaining laps of the race.

“Bub” Russell was able to stop the oncoming Wendell Zulauf, Jr., Blake Shelley and Terry Reed and grabbed the feature. Tom Reich, who came out of the semi-feature and started the 25-lap feature in the 17^th spot, finished fifth.

16-year-old Nic Harris of Atlanta, IL., grabbed his first POWRi Micro Sprint feature of the year as he took the lead from 12-year-old Steven Russell. For the eighth time in as many nights, there have been eight different winners in the POWRi Micro Sprints at Macon Speedway this season.

A full show is in store for the Macon Speedway audience next week as the season begins to close. The night will showcase the rain-out make-up of the Illinois State Street Stock Championship race, which was scheduled to run September 5, but was cancelled due to rain. The season finale will come in two weeks time as the O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets come to Macon Speedway for the fourth time in 2009. Along with them will be the POWRi Micros and a scheduled full show of stock car races. The points races are nearly over but there is still time for drivers to make the big move in the season’s coming weeks.

HICKORY RIVER SMOKEHOUSE TO PRESENT THE HORNET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will host Hickory River Smokehouse this Saturday night, September 12, for the Hornet World Championship race. Hickory River Smokehouse is the official BBQ provider at Macon Speedway. Hickory River is located in Mt. Zion, IL. The nights Hornet race will include a $500 dollar to win purse. Also on the racing card for this Saturday, September 12, will be the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and POWRi Micros.

The Macon Speedway point’s races are heating up as we enter the final month of racing in 2009 at Macon Speedway. The UMP Late Model Champion title goes to Kyle Logue for the second year in a row. The UMP Modified race is still up in the air with Dave Crawley Jr. AKA “Elvis” in the lead with Joe Strawkas close behind with only 50 points between the two. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman division is also a tight race with Taylorville’s Scott Landers only 12 points behind Touchstone Energy’s driver, Rick Roedel. The Street Stock drivers will hope to gain ground this weekend as the season draws to a close soon. Steve Ewing in his Lightning McQueen car leads the other field of drivers edging out Blake Shelley by a mere 8 points. The Amatuer Hornet division is being lead by Sam McCoy and the Hornet division finds Joe Reed on top driving his number 7 hornet. Don’t miss the racing action in the month of September to see who will be the next driver to be crowned “Macon Speedway Champion”.

Macon Speedway upcoming events:

Macon Speedway will race on September 19, with the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks, Hornets and POWRi Micros. September 19 will be the final point’s race for the Touchstone Energy Sportsman.

Macon Speedway will host the POWRi Midgets and Micros plus UMP Modified, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets for the season finale on September 26.

09-05-09 Rained Out

Skeff Distributing to Sponsor the 5^th Annual IL State Street Stock

Championship Race

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will host Skeff Distributing this Saturday night for the 5^th annual Illinois State Street Stock Championship race. Skeff Distributing is the official Anheiser Busch distributor for Macon Speedway. The nights UMP Street Stock race will include a $1,000 dollar to win purse plus street stocks will be qualifying for their starting position for the championship race. Many local and Midwest Street Stocks are expected to be in attendance. Also on the racing card for this Saturday, September 5 will be the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Pro and Amateur Hornets and POWRi Micros.

The Macon Speedway points races are heating up as we enter the final month of racing in 2009 at Macon Speedway. The UMP Late Model Champion title goes to Kyle Logue for the second year in a row. The UMP Modified race is still up in the air with Dave Crawley Jr. AKA “Elvis” in the lead with Joe Strawkas close behind with only 50 points between the two. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman division is also a tight race with Taylorville’s Scott Landers only 12 points behind Touchstone Energy’s driver, Rick Roedel. The Street Stock drivers will hope to gain ground this weekend especially with the $1,000 purse on the line. Steve Ewing in his Lightning McQueen car leads the other field of drivers edging out Blake Shelley by a mere 8 points. The Amatuer Hornet division is being lead by Sam McCoy and the Hornet division finds Joe Reed on top driving his number 7 hornet. Don’t miss the racing action in the month of September to see who will be the next driver to be crowned “ Macon Speedway Champion”.

Macon Speedway continues its season into September with the Hickory River Smokehouse Night at Macon Speedway on Saturday, September 12 with the Hornet World Championships. Then Macon Speedway will race on September 19, with the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Hornets. Macon Speedway will host the POWRi Midgets and Micros for the season finale on September 26.

Point Standings As of September 02, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

21,91B

Cisco IL

868

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

782

-86

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

772

-96

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

564

-304

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

562

-306

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

486

-382

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

480

-388

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

466

-402

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

412

-456

Brian Diveley

11D,F15

Springfield IL

382

-486

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

1048

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

1004

-44

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

998

-50

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

970

-78

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

870

-178

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

860

-188

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

774

-274

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

748

-300

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

716

-332

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

698

-350

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

860

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

848

-12

Tim Bedinger

B99,3B

Taylorville IL

764

-96

Timmy Dick

22,22S

Monticello IL

758

-102

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

722

-138

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

666

-194

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

638

-222

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

614

-246

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

608

-252

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

564

-296

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

1042

Leader

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

1034

-8

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

968

-74

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

912

-130

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

906

-136

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

688

-354

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

654

-388

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

592

-450

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

582

-460

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

528

-514

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

856

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

834

-22

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28,07

Decatur IL

716

-140

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

698

-158

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

648

-208

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

638

-218

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-324

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

530

-326

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

480

-376

Kelsie Gustus

K1,25

Decatur IL

480

-376

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

1032

Leader

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

904

-128

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

824

-208

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4SQ

Springfield IL

726

-306

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

704

-328

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

570

-462

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

558

-474

Matthew Reed

Decatur IL

546

-486

Steven Stine

04S,14S,B52

Macon il

546

-486

Bruce Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

536

-496

NASCAR Stars Shine on Special Evening at Macon Speedway

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) In early 2007 when the new ownership regime took over Macon Speedway, they were finally together in the same place at the same time. Local promoter Bob Sargent, NASCAR drivers Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Tony Stewart were on hand for a special night of memories. Along with them came another special man, Mark Martin. Martin was on hand to sign autographs, but no racing tonight for “The Kid.”

This was the fifth time Tony Stewart has been scheduled to appear and only the second time Mother Nature has allowed him to show up, sign autographs and race. A big crowd lined up with Bill Ethridge, his wife Lynne and granddaughter Celeste started the line a little before 6:30am. “It’s amazing. We’ve been waiting for weather like this for an event like this for so long. It’s finally here,” said Bill Ethridge

Stewart started front-outside in heat three of his POWRi Midget race and had a battle on his hands. All drivers were focused in on the Chevrolet Bass Pro Shop number 20. Nick Knepper and Stewart traded places into the turns and the stretches. Dave Camfield, Jr. also battled for the lead but as they came to the checkered flag, Stewart was bumped forward and finished in front of Knepper by mere inches. Dave Darland took third and Camfield finished fourth.

For the Modifieds, Ken Schrader started on the pole and won the heat. Kenny Wallace took second in the third heat as Steve Ewing took the win from Aaron Burcham in the fourth turn as Burcham lost control. Burcham took third in the heat.

The Modified feature was led early by Brandon Sheppard. He was on top of both Schrader and Wallace until coming out of the third turn after a caution restart caused him to have engine failure. As the race came back to green, Wallace was the leader after inherited first place from the fallen Sheppard. Schrader was second and Tim Hancock was in third, but not for long. Hancock used both the high side and low side of the track to bypass Schrader but nobody could touch the St. Louis native. Wallace went on for the feature win, his first at Macon since June 14, 2007, when Macon hosted their second NASCAR Night. The Best Fan in the Stands driver was the drive who finished third, who was Ken Schrader. Dean Garland Race Car Parts donated $100 to the winner of the Modified feature. Wallace accepted his $100 bill and gave it to the fourth place finisher which was Jeremy Nichols.

The seventh time the POWRi Micro Sprints visited Macon Speedway worked out very well for Joe B. Miller. One of the fastest cars of the 44 in the five heat races, Miller took the second heat and halfway through the race, passed Tony Roney for the lead. Blue Mound’s Jeremy Camp had another great run at Macon in the Micros and finished third. For the seventh time in as many races, there has been seven different feature winners in the POWRi Micro Sprints.

Tony Stewart would start the 30-lap feature from the third row inside position and his car wouldn’t look the same as how it finished the heat. His Midget wouldn’t take the track as it did earlier in the night and he would battle from the middle of the field.

Shane Hamiels would lead the early part of the race and even picked the $200 bonus for leading halfway in the Phil Sargent Halfway bonus. But he would not lead for much longer as Brett Anderson came on strong and took the lead with ten laps to go.

Fans held their breath in suspense as Tony Stewart took a few flips in the forth turn on lap 23. He would be ok but the car would need a tire change. He would head back to his trailer to exchange his flat tire. He would come back out and start in the last position. Anderson would lead Hamiels and Darland coming back to the green flag.

As they came to the final lap, the real battle for the race would come for second as Anderson pulled away. Hamiels and Darland went to the final turn of the final lap and saw Hamiels spin around in front of Darland, thus slowing him down and costing him the second spot. Mike Hess would finish second Tim Siner, who started 17^th, took third in the POWRi Midget feature.

Macon Speedway will return with its Saturday night program including the 5^th Annual Illinois State Street Stock Championship. A full show is also on the schedule for the evening which starts at 7pm.

TONY STEWART & MARK MARTIN APPEARING AT MACON SPEEDWAY!

(Macon, IL) On Sept 2 get ready to welcome track owner and NASCAR titan Tony Stewart for the first time since his appearance when the track reopened under the new high profile ownership team in 2007. Also joining Tony will be NASCAR legend Mark Martin! Macon Speedway will kick off the Night of NASCAR Stars by hosting an autograph session featuring Tony Stewart and well known NASCAR star Mark Martin and track owners Kenny Wallace and Kenny Schrader, so come out to the track early to get your chance to meet Tony and Mark. The gates will open at 3:00; The NASCAR stars will be signing autographs from 4:30 to 5:30 so come out early to get your autographs. You won’t want to miss the POWRi Midgets & Micros and UMP Modifieds as they take to the track for the crowd on Night of NASCAR Stars II.

Pick a racing series. Choose a style of race car. Name a venue. Chances are Tony Stewart has proven victorious. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet is now racing for his new racing team, Stewart Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Since Tony started his Nascar career, he has scored 11 championships since he first wheeled a go-kart at a Westport, IN. race track in 1978. Tony is a two-time Sprint Cup Series champion winning in 2002 and in 2005. Tony joined the NASCAR circuit by way of IRL IndyCar Series, where he was series champion in 1997. Stewart has raced just about everything including USAC’s top three national touring divisions; Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown. He is the first and only driver to have won championships in stock cars, Indy cars and open-wheel Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown cars.

“When I started racing competitively when I was about seven or eight, getting a trophy that was bigger than the other kids’ was all I cared about,” said Stewart, who entered his 11^th year in the Sprint Cup Series in 2009”. “I couldn’t have asked for more out of this life. I feel like I’m a very, very fortunate person, so no matter what happens, no matter how long I race or don’t race, the goals and everything that happens from here is just icing on the cake.” “I’ve been very lucky to do the things I’ve done.” Stewart’s racing career began at the age of seven behind the wheel of a go-kart with his father, Nelson, serving as car owner and crew chief. “He never let me settle for second,” said Stewart of his dad, who still frequents races whenever his schedule permits.

Gates open at Macon Speedway on Sept 2 at 3:00 PM. An autograph session with the NASCAR drivers will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 on a first-come, first-served basis. Racing starts at 6:30 PM.

All seating for the Nights of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway is reserved. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for the Sept 2 event. Pit passes will be $30. Orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200.

Different Drivers Get Moment of Glory

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) One thing has certainly been the case at Macon Speedway in 2009, there is never a minute of boredom. Exciting finishes and close point races have been apart of the season and it would appear many of the racers in the championship hunt will have to wait until the season’s final night to find out who will have the honor of track champion.

It has been a season of peaks and valleys for Decatur’s Mike Pickering. Starting the season with peaks as he won the first two Touchstone Energy Sportsman features led to the valleys as a blown motor and some time away from the racetrack have knocked him back in the point standing. After a third-place finish in the 2009 Sportsman Nationals race at the Illinois State Fair, Pickering had the car in sync with the track as he took his third Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature.

Dave Crawley, Jr. was behind him the entire way and nearly caught up to the leader heading into the final lap but a caution flag came out and killed any momentum Crawley had and finished second. Jeff Graham, the defending track champion, took third while points leader Rick Roedel passed Scott Landers for fourth and added on a few points to his lead in the division.

Argenta’s Danny Smith has also shared some peaks and valleys in 2009. His Modified has really been troubled with damage throughout most of the year but he has also been in line with good runs as well. For Smith, the final Saturday of August was definitely a night he’ll not soon forget, taking the Modified feature and holding off points leader Dave Crawley, Jr., Jeremy Nichols and Brandon Sheppard. Smith took the lead from Mascoutah’s Mike Haas on lap ten and weaved his way through the lapped traffic. For Smith, the feature was his first of 2009.

Just call him “Mr. Big Ten.” Steve Sheppard, Jr. has dominated the Late Model Midwest Big Ten Series races, winning seven-of-nine entering the final race of the series. He held a 24 point advantage of his son Brandon and had a 64-point cushion over third-place Kyle Logue. It looked as though Logue was in line for the feature but the lapped traffic did its damage and cost Logue the lead coming into the final turn of the 21^st lap. Steve Sheppard, Jr. took over the lead on lap 22 and held off Logue’s pursuit the event’s final laps. Sheppard would then take eight-of-ten in the Midwest Big Ten Series. The eight wins, second and third place finishes would be enough to give him the Series win and the $3,000 first-place prize in the $10,000 point fund.

Nothing in racing comes very easily but for Steve Ewing, having the type of racecar he does and starting on the pole for the Street Stock feature was enough to ask the question, “Who’ll finish second?” Ewing continued his dominance with the 12-lap feature, his tenth of the season, and gained a lot points on the Street Stock division points leader Blake Shelley who suffered a flat left rear tire late in the race.

Sam McCoy managed to win his third Amateur Hornet feature of the year. With the Amateur Hornets, a feature trophy is distributed to the winner, and McCoy will honor his fallen relative Madison McCoy with the trophy going on her gravesite.

Fred Reed Jr. wrapped up the fun-filled evening with the Pro Hornet feature win as he held off Heidi Hames and Brian Offer, both who fell back into the field, and then the late charge of Zach Dodd. For Reed, it was his first feature win since the World Hornet Championship of 2008.

Coming up at Macon Speedway on Wednesday, it will be the rain-out make-up of the June 11^th NASCAR Night with track co-owners Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace as well as Mark Martin in attendance to sign autographs and get behind the wheel of the racecars and entertain their fans. Autographs will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. The racing for the evening will consist of the O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets and Micro Sprints as well as the Macon Speedway Modifieds.

Following that show will be the 5^th Annual Illinois State Street Stock Championship as the Street Stocks will be running for big money and the right to be the champion of the Street Stock division in the state of Illinois. A full show is scheduled for next Saturday night.

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	5S	Steve Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	50
2	1	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	48
3	3	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	46
4	5	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	44
5	9	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	42
6	7	525A	Douglas Ridley	-	40
7	8	117	Chuck Mitchell	Jacksonville , Il	38
8	10	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	36
9	2	F15	Brian Diveley	Springfield , Il	34
10	20	1	Jim Moon	Zionsville , In	32
11	16	18	Shane Tomlin	Virden , Il	30
12	12	C4	Jason Cleaver	Mechanicsburg , Il	28
13	15	17B	Matt Beadles	-	26
14	14	38	Doug Hemer	Moweaqua , Il	24
15	13	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	22
16	11	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	20
17	18	B1	Bobby Brandon	-	18
18	19	25C	Steve Lance	-	16
19	6	7MX	Adam Mefford	Jacksonville , Il	14
20	17	14	Nathan Lynch	-	12
More Results

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	50
2	5	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	48
3	9	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	46
4	15	5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	44
5	2	128	Mike Haas	Mascoutah , Il	42
6	1	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	40
7	20	18	Randy Myers	Springfield , Il	38
8	7	0	Brad Crosby	Decatur , Il	36
9	11	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	34
10	19	78	Lenny Bryant	-	32
11	22	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	30
12	6	89EK	Norm Wood	Sullivan , Il	28
13	10	22	Scott Jones	Macon , Il	26
14	13	3B	Tyler Blankenship	Vandalia , Il	24
15	18	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	22
16	8	96	Greg Nelson	-	20
17	16	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	18
18	17	19H	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	16
19	21	35S	Randy Spaugh	Decatur , Il	14
20	12	32	Todd Kirkland	-	12
21	3	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	10
22	14	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	8
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	50
2	7	C25	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	48
3	3	71	Jeff Graham	-	46
4	9	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	44
5	8	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	42
6	5	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	40
7	17	4	Travis Martin	Ramsey , Il	38
8	10	3B	Stefan Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	36
9	11	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	34
10	16	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	32
11	12	22J	Tony Clinton	Dawson , Il	30
12	2	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	28
13	4	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	26
14	6	07	Phil Moreland	-	24
15	14	22S	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	22
16	13	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	20
17	15	F1	Frank Reed Jr	Blue , Il	18
18	19	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	0
19	18	53R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	0
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	4	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	48
3	2	88	Albert Crawley Sr.	Decatur , Il	46
4	10	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	44
5	8	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	42
6	11	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	40
7	7	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	38
8	13	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	36
9	22	35	Gene Reed	Shelbyville , Il	34
10	14	19E	Bobby Eskew	-	32
11	16	77	Brandon Bechtel	-	30
12	5	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	28
13	19	52R	Jeffery Reed Jr.	Blue Mound, Il	26
14	23	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	24
15	21	33C	Josh Robb	Decatur , Il	22
16	3	15C	Kevin Crowder	Argenta , Il	20
17	20	23	Jason Hazlet	-	18
18	17	4G	Cody Wickline	-	16
19	6	22	Shade Eskew	-	14
20	15	1	Cale Chandler	Decatur , Il	12
21	18	46	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	10
22	9	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	0
23	12	34	Jeremy Reed	Decatur , Il	0
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	50
2	10	98	Kenneth Reed	Decatur , Il	48
3	9	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	46
4	8	62	Kevin Brown	Pana , Il	44
5	1	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	42
6	2	52	Jonathan Drake	Decatur , Il	40
7	7	B52	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	38
8	4	72G	Jack Goodman	-	36
9	15	34	Kelly Bright	-	34
10	5	07	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	32
11	11	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	30
12	14	X28	Jake Sutheard	-	28
13	13	12	Austin Harbin	-	26
14	12	4SQ	Matt Tangman	-	24
15	6	1X	Joe Mcchristy	Mt Zion, Il	22
16	16	4	Ashlee Gatons	-	0
17	17	43X	Karyl Slack	-	0
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	48
3	7	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	46
4	18	XX	Nick Lowe	Springfield , Il	44
5	4	98X	Michael Webb	Decatur , Il	42
6	9	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	40
7	10	4G	John Goveia	-	38
8	19	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	36
9	6	B52	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	34
10	11	43X	Cook Crawford	-	32
11	8	07	Tony Reed	Decatur , Il	30
12	17	X28	Nathan Chandler	Decatur , Il	28
13	14	6	Justunn Hilton	Lovington , Il	26
14	16	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	24
15	2	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	22
16	13	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	20
17	5	34	Billy Justice	Harristown , Il	18
18	12	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	16
19	15	1X	Mike Mcchristy	Mt. Zion, Il	0
20	20	77G	James Grant Ii	Springfield , Il	0

MACON SPEEDWAY HOSTS FINAL MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES RACE

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway teamed up with Morgan County Speedway and Shepps Speedway to promote the Midwest Big Ten Series for the 2009 racing season. Although there is plenty of excellent racing still on the schedule at Macon Speedway, this Saturday night will be the final race in the series of 10 races held throughout the summer. Each of the ten races includes larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

With only one race left our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard Jr. racing his #5 Late Model. Steve has consistently lead the point standings all season long with stellar performances in each of the 9 races completed. Staying close behind is his son, Brandon Sheppard in his 5B and Kyle Logue in his Sav Mor Pharmacy #21 Late Model. Both Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Logue have tried to close in on Steve throughout the 2009 season at no avail, maybe Saturday night they will close the gap. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Chris Dick of Springfield, IL who is currently sitting in second place behind Kyle Logue for the point’s race at Macon Speedway. Gates will open at 5, with Late Model qualifying to begin at 7. Also don’t miss the UMP Modifieds, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pro & Amateur Hornets.

Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Mark Martin on September 2. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet Tony, Ken, Kenny and Mark!

Macon Speedway Celebrates Life of Fallen Driver

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) Decatur’s Shawn Bohm had been racing at Macon Speedway for quite a few years in the Modifieds and most recently the Late Models. Earlier in the week, his life was taken from him, stunning his family, friends and the central Illinois racing community. On Saturday, August 22^nd, his life was celebrated and honored during the Macon County Farm Bureau Night.

A memorial speech from area pastor Rick Berg started the evening’s program, followed by the release of balloons in Bohm’s racing colors red and white. His best friend and Street Stock driver Josh Robb took the honor of being behind the wheel of Bohm’s 00 Late Model for the National Anthem. Joining him were other close friends Terry Reed, Jonathon Drake and Cody Wickline.

It wasn’t a regular full show as the Late Models and Touchstone Energy Sportsman were given the night off while the POWRi Micro Sprints were added to the show as part of their eight-race Summer Series. (It was scheduled to be a two-day show but rain washed away Friday evening’s program.)

Another fantastic racing evening saw 107 racecars, which included 32 Micro Sprints, try their best in memory of their fallen racing competitor.

With a revamped lineup, the Street Stock division started the main event and from start to finish, it was all Steve Ewing. The “Lightning McQueen” 95 from the Disney-Pixar animated hit “Cars” led off from the pole and never looked back. The racing was challenging for the cars chasing Ewing as Brian Dasenbrock was holding off points leader Blake Shelley, Terry Reed and Larry Russell, Jr. Shelley tried to maneuver into second place on the backstretch of the race’s final lap as Dasenbrock went for the block and Shelley kept on going. It resulted in Dasenbrock suffering a broken left-front axle and him forced off the track. Shelley would take over as the second-place car behind Ewing but wouldn’t be able to catch him. Ewing took his ninth feature win of 2009 but still trails in the standings to Shelley.

Carbondale’s Brad McDaniel showed to be the fastest and most dominate POWRi Micro Sprint of the 32 who signed in at the gate. Easily winning his heat placed him on the pole for the feature. From there, McDaniel weaved his way out of lapped traffic and into victory lane. The POWRi Micros have raced six features at Macon Speedway and all features have had different winners.

The Modified race was certainly one to remember for Brad Crosby. A front-row-outside starter, Crosby has been in the seat a few times before. A top contender for the win only to have the checkered flag slip through his fingers has been his luck. Finally, it all changed.

The pole sitter Steve Ewing raced hard and clean with Crosby but couldn’t seem to catch up. Crosby started pulling away through the lapped traffic but Ewing caught a break on lap 18 when a caution flag came out. As they resumed to the green, Ewing made his move to the outside and as they came to the white flag at the line, Ewing and Crosby bashed into one another sending Ewing into the front stretch wall. Ewing kept racing but was unable to get close to Crosby again for another challenge and as the checkered flag was waving, Crosby sighed relief. A feature win at Macon Speedway was finally his.

Ewing was pleased with the race and both drivers exchanged smiles and thumbs up in the post-race interview. Ewing was the Best Fan in the Stands driver which awarded him $100.

Brett Embry has been achieving well in the Amateur Hornet class. A heat win paved the way to a feature win, his second of the year. Following the race, he and Sam McCoy (a relative of Embry) took a second victory lap in honor and memory of Madison McCoy, a five-year-old who recently passed away after a bout with cancer.

The Pro Hornets was a memorable feature but really only after the checkered flag was done waving. Joe Reed took his eighth feature win and as he received the Hornet trophy he dedicated it to the Bohm family and then ran over to the turn four gate and into the stands to award to trophy to Shawn Bohm’s daughter Morgan.

The class acts continued as the Blue Mound Lions Club, the evening’s 50/50 sponsor, agreed to share their cut of the money as did the Speedway to the Bohm family and the Shawn Bohm Memorial Fund. 50/50 winner Sheryl Sloan won the 50/50 prize and donated it all back to the Bohm family.

Though many checkered flags were waved over the course of the evening and many winners were decided, the real winners of the show were the family and friends of Shawn Bohm. Generosity and remembrance was what Saturday night’s program was about. Though Bohm will be dearly missed, his memory will carry on at Macon Speedway.

August 21, 2009

Macon Speedway Cancels due to heavy rainfall

Macon Speedway has regrettably cancelled tonight's program due to heavy rainfall.
Please join us tomorrow night for POWRi Midgets, UMP Modified, Street Stocks and Hornets. Gates open at 5 racing at 7.

For more information www.maconracing.com

EXCITING CENTRAL ILLINOIS RACING WEEKEND AHEAD

(Macon, IL) Central Illinois race fans will have an action packed weekend ahead as there will be 4 races in three days this weekend starting at Macon Speedway on Friday night. The most anticipated weekend of the year is finally here, so get ready for Central Illinois racing at its very best. Track Enterprises along with Macon Speedway are proud to bring this huge weekend to the fans of Central Illinois. Fans will be treated to racing with horsepower ranging from 4 cylinder engines to the thunderous engines of the ARCA Remax Car Series. With a weekend this huge in store even the NASCAR drivers take notice as fans will also be treated to Ken Schrader racing on Sunday. If you’re a race fan, this weekend is sure to please everyone.

Friday, August 21-Macon Speedway will host the POWRi Midgets and Micros plus our UMP Modified division. Gates will open at 5 pm with the racing action kicking off at 7pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and children 12 & under are free.

Saturday, August 22- Track Enterprises will bring the USAC Silver Crown Series to the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the Tony Bettenhausen 100. See 100 laps of open wheel racing at its best! Grandstands open at 8:30 am, the feature will begin at 1 pm. Grandstand tickets the day of the event are $25 for adults and children 12 & under are $10. Bring your lawn chairs and grill and spend the afternoon with family and friends in the infield. Infield tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5.

Saturday, August 22- Macon Speedway will be ready to welcome the fans back to Macon Speedway by hosting another exciting Saturday night of racing. The UMP Modifieds will be back racing to try and win a bonus for the weekend’s racing action, plus the UMP Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets and POWRi Micros will be back in action. Gates will open at 5 with the racing action kicking off at 7pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and children 12 & under are free.

Sunday, August 23- Track Enterprises will bring the ARCA Remax Series and the UMP Sportsman to the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the running of the Allen Crowe Memorial and the Sportsman Nationals. Don’t miss NASCAR star Ken Schrader as he will be racing in the ARCA Remax Series race on Sunday. Grandstand tickets the day of the event are $25 for adults and children 12 & under are $10. Infield tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5.

MACON SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE CHANGE

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway announces a schedule change for the popular Midwest Big Ten Series. The final two races in the Midwest Big Ten Series have been moved to August 26 at Shepp’s Speedway and August 29 at Macon Speedway. Morgan County Speedway has completed the series events that were held at their facility. The three tracks have hosted a series of races in the 2009 racing season, with the final two on the 26 and 29 of August to finish out the series. Each of the ten races includes larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

So far with only two of the ten races left our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard Jr. racing his #5 Late Model. Staying close behind is his son, Brandon Sheppard in his 5B and Kyle Logue in his Sav Mor Pharmacy #21 Late Model. Both Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Logue are close on the winner’s heels. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Chris Dick of Springfield, IL who is currently sitting in second place behind Kyle Logue for the points race at Macon Speedway.

Macon Speedway will feature POWRi Midgets and Micros plus the UMP Modified division on Friday, August 21, then this Saturday night Macon Speedway will be racing UMP Modified, Street Stocks, Pro and Amateur Hornets plus POWRi Micros. Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Mark Martin on September 2. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet Tony, Ken, Kenny and Mark!

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES TWO DAY SHOW FOR POWRi MICRO’S

Macon, IL – Macon Speedway and POWRi are proud to announce that the Micro’s will be running a special two day show Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22. Racers are encouraged to spend the weekend at Macon Speedway and camping is allowed and always free. The weekend will consist of POWRi Midgets and Micros and our UMP Modified division on Friday night, then on Saturday night we will feature the POWRi Micros again plus our UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman will have the Friday and Saturday special event weekend off to prepare for the huge Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, August 23. This new scheduling announcement makes the weekend of August 21 & 22 a huge weekend of racing for open wheel fans with 3 races in two days! The races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds feature the USAC Silver Crown cars on Saturday, August 22 competing in the Tony Bettenhausen 100 then back again on Sunday with the ARCA REMAX Car Series battling for the win in the Allen Crowe Memorial along with the Sportsman Nationals, both races begin at 1:00 pm. Don’t miss your chance to cheer on the local Macon Speedway drivers in the Sportsman Nationals on Sunday!

Plenty of good seats are still available for the upcoming Night of Nascar Stars II to be held on September 2 featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader. We have lots still planned for 2009 so be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed end to the summer.

Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:00.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

Point Standings As of August 15, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

21,91B

Cisco IL

810

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

730

-80

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

726

-84

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

564

-246

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

508

-302

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

452

-358

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

426

-384

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

410

-400

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

380

-430

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

350

-460

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

888

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

880

-8

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

848

-40

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

822

-66

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

764

-124

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

720

-168

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

698

-190

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

636

-252

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

608

-280

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

606

-282

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

806

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

796

-10

Tim Bedinger

B99,3B

Taylorville IL

728

-78

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

716

-90

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

662

-144

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

622

-184

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

600

-206

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

578

-228

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

572

-234

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

514

-292

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

938

Leader

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

922

-16

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

866

-72

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

852

-86

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

798

-140

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

604

-334

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

604

-334

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

540

-398

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

498

-440

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

472

-466

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

738

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

734

-4

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28

Decatur IL

646

-92

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

586

-152

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

548

-190

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

542

-196

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-206

Kelsie Gustus

K1,25

Decatur IL

480

-258

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

466

-272

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

438

-300

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

926

Leader

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

794

-132

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

710

-216

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4SQ

Springfield IL

634

-292

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

602

-324

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

570

-356

Michael Pundt Jr.

26,88,918

Decatur IL

524

-402

Bruce Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

510

-416

Matthew Reed

Decatur IL

478

-448

Steven Stine

04S,14S

Macon il

462

-464

Fans Show Appreciation During Fan Appreciation Night

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) With the rough stretch the economy has gone through recently, finding good, quality entertainment at reasonable prices has been something not easy to find. The ownership of Macon Speedway partnered with the Cromwell Radio Group of Decatur, IL., to bring a Fan Appreciation Night in which adult fans who normally pay $10 to enter the gate would be able to watch the exciting action for half-price.

After a two-week layoff because of an August 1^st rain-out and the Hartung Powerwash Midwest Go-Kart Summernationals the following week, the drivers and fans felt very energized and ready to return to the track and get back to exciting racing. Maybe the drivers were a little too energized and excited to come back.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature was another special 20-lap Springfield Sportsman Nationals qualifier race. All 23 cars started the race vying for the top four spots which would grant entry to the Nationals event on the Illinois State Fairgrounds during the Fair’s final day (Sunday, August 23). The race would get out to an unbelievable start as the first lap would not be completed until after the eighth caution. Dennis Vandermeersch, who won the last Sportsman feature, started on the pole and led the first 14 laps. He lost control of the car going into the second turn and that forced yet another caution flag.

For the spinout, he would be sent to the back of the field and the second-place car Alan Crowder would take over as the leader. As they were preparing to come to the green flag from the backstretch, Crowder’s car suddenly stopped and he would be pushed into the infield, thus giving the new second place car Scott Landers the lead. For the final six laps, Landers hung on to give his son Cole an excellent fifth birthday gift, a checkered flag feature win.

Randy Myers hadn’t been in victory lane in the Modifieds since May 17, 2008. A long draught came to a close Saturday as he defended the inherited lead from all comers including Jeremy Nichols, Guy Taylor and Mike Haas. Myers took over after leader Brian Bielong blew up coming into the third turn from the backstretch during the race’s sixth lap. Myers used the bottom of the track to keep the pesky Nichols away and grabbed the glory.

Steve Ewing returned to victory lane with a Street Stock feature win in convincing fashion. Starting from the number one spot, Ewing led all 12 laps en route to feature win number eight.

A rough night for the Sheppard family ended with both father and son sitting in the infield by lap 11 with broken racecars. Steve Sheppard, Jr. came out of the race first on the fifth lap when a wreck occurred on the backstretch and there was nowhere for him to go but into the rear end of the car in front of him. Brandon Sheppard, who was running second behind the leader Brian Diveley, got caught up at the top of the track and had brake problems. On the 11^th lap, Sheppard’s car finally gave way to the turn three wall as he plowed into it only be smacked in the rear end by the oncoming Chris Dick. Brian Diveley, a long-time racer at Macon starting in the Modifieds as a young driver, finally reached the plateau he had been looking for with a dominate win over second place Kyle Logue and third place Dick Taylor.

Joe Reed made it three in a row in the Pro Hornets and seven features overall as he beat out Michael Webb, Nick Lowe and Heidi Hames. In a very classy gesture, Reed dedicated the race and the evening to car owner Sam McCoy and his family, who had lost a young family member.

The Amateur Hornet Feature was magical for both Sam McCoy and Kenneth Reed. As both came out of the fourth and final turn of the final lap, a lapped car slowed the leader McCoy down and Reed wound up taking the top honors. The win for Reed was his first-ever feature.

The drivers and fans were certainly feeling appreciated as the pits were full of 127 racecars and a very full bleacher audience saw the return of stock car racing to Macon Speedway. A huge weekend awaits as Macon Speedway will host the O’Reilly POWRi Midgets and Micros Friday night (Modifieds will also be apart of the show) and the Macon County Farm Bureau will be in attendance Saturday night for another full show as it will be a two-day event with the POWRi Micros, who will take the place of the Touchstone Energy Sportsman as they prepare for their important race Sunday at the Illinois State Fair.

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	11D	Brian Diveley	Springfield , Il	50
2	4	91B	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	48
3	11	24	Dick Taylor	Riverton , Il	46
4	7	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	44
5	1	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	42
6	9	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	40
7	15	17B	Matt Beadles	-	38
8	16	7M	Kevin Moffett	Moweaqua , Il	36
9	12	38	Doug Hemer	Moweaqua , Il	34
10	8	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	32
11	14	13	Mike Fannin	-	30
12	5	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	28
13	3	5S	Steve Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	26
14	6	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	24
15	10	70	Brian Bielong	-	22
16	13	00	Shawn Bohm	Decatur , Il	20
More Results

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	18	Randy Myers	Springfield , Il	50
2	4	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	48
3	2	77	Guy Taylor	-	46
4	7	128	Mike Haas	Mascoutah , Il	44
5	11	0	Brad Crosby	Decatur , Il	42
6	8	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	40
7	10	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	38
8	12	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	36
9	9	22	Scott Jones	Macon , Il	34
10	14	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	32
11	15	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	30
12	18	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	28
13	13	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	26
14	20	19H	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	24
15	16	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	22
16	19	25	Jeffrey Wallace	-	20
17	17	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	18
18	1	73	Brian Bielong	-	16
19	5	5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	14
20	6	11	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	12
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	8	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	50
2	9	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	48
3	14	C25	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	46
4	23	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	44
5	2	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	42
6	3	4	Travis Martin	Ramsey , Il	40
7	10	3	Bill Berghaus	-	38
8	15	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	36
9	19	3B	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	34
10	11	22S	David Slade	Seymour , Il	32
11	18	22J	Tony Clinton	Dawson , Il	30
12	1	B99	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	28
13	6	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	26
14	20	X	Phil Moreland	-	24
15	22	55	Kevin Cook	Iblue Mound, Il	22
16	21	53R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	20
17	12	15	Rick Lowe	-	18
18	4	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	16
19	7	71	Jeff Graham	-	14
20	5	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	12
21	16	90	Justin Ater	Moweaqua , Il	10
22	17	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	8
23	13	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	6
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	7	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	48
3	3	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	46
4	2	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	44
5	5	15C	Kevin Crowder	Argenta , Il	42
6	6	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	40
7	4	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	38
8	18	77	Brandon Bechtel	-	36
9	15	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	34
10	11	34	Jeremy Reed	Decatur , Il	32
11	10	1	Cale Chandler	Decatur , Il	30
12	13	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	28
14	19	37	Rick Rush	Brownstown , Il	24
15	9	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	22
16	12	25	Greg Osman	-	20
17	14	53R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	18
18	17	33C	Josh Robb	Decatur , Il	16
19	20	70	Joe Younker	Brownstown , Il	14
20	21	35	Gene Reed	Shelbyville , Il	12
21	16	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	10
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	98	Kenneth Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	15	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	48
3	5	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	46
4	4	B52	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	44
5	7	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	42
6	2	3	Joe Mcchristy	Mt Zion, Il	40
7	17	62	Kevin Brown	Pana , Il	38
8	10	20	Mike Ward	-	36
9	18	3V	Kristopher Vincent	-	34
10	12	2K	Kyle Vandorn	New Berlin, Il	32
11	13	52	Jonathan Drake	Decatur , Il	30
12	20	12	Austin Harbin	-	28
13	11	43X	Karyl Slack	-	26
14	9	205	Michael Gossett	-	24
15	16	28	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	22
16	8	B1	Gary Waterman, Jr	Decatur , Il	20
17	1	25	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	18
18	14	21R	Haily Embry	-	16
19	6	4SQ	Matt Tangman	-	14
20	19	XO	Gary Justice	Harristown , Il	12
21	21	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	10
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	98X	Michael Webb	Decatur , Il	48
3	7	XX	Nick Lowe	Springfield , Il	46
4	6	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	44
5	12	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	42
6	14	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	40
7	8	77G	James Grant Ii	Springfield , Il	38
8	9	43X	Cook Crawford	-	36
9	5	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	34
10	15	3	Mike Mcchristy	Mt. Zion, Il	32
11	11	18X	Casey Jones	-	30
12	18	04S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	28
13	16	2M	Julie Marshall	Springfield , Il	26
14	10	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	4	4G	John Goveia	-	22
16	2	08	Mikel Wright	Ramsey , Il	20
17	13	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	0
18	17	6	Justunn Hilton	Lovington , Il	0
19	19	28	Tony Reed	Decatur , Il	0
20	20	XO	Billy Justice	Harristown , Il	0

MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT THIS WEEKEND AT MORGAN COUNTY SPEEDWAY!

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is excited to announce another popular Midwest Big Ten Series race will be held this Friday night at Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL has teamed up with Macon Speedway for our promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The three tracks will host a series of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the three remaining races in the series are this Friday, Aug 14 at Morgan County Speedway and August 22 at Macon Speedway, then finally at Shepps Speedway to finish out the series. Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader and Mark Martin on September 2. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet Tony, Ken and Mark!

MACON SPEEDWAY PRESENTS CROMWELL GROUP ½ PRICE FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT PLUS SPORTSMAN QUALIFIER

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will be back in action after two weeks off and will be hosting the ½ price fan appreciation night this Saturday night, August 15. ½ price fan appreciation night will allow Macon Speedway patrons to get into the night’s race for only $5 and children 12 & under will be admitted for free. Macon Speedway values their loyal fans and wants them to know that they appreciate them coming out and supporting the racers each and every Saturday night. Fans will also be treated to a Sportsman Qualifier race where the UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman will have one more chance to qualify to enter the “Super Bowl of the Year” race; the Sportsman Nationals held at the Illinois State Fair on August 23. Macon Speedway will also be hosting another Kids Club meeting. All UMP divisions; Late Models, Modifieds, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets will be in attendance racing for the checkered flag.

The points race is heating up in all divisions as Macon Speedway will race it’s first race in August. The Late Model division is still being led by Cisco’s Kyle Logue racing his #21 Sav Mor Pharmacy. Kyle holds off Chris Dick by a mere 72 points. The UMP Modified division is being led by #28, Joe Strawkas of Buffalo, IL. The UMP Sportsman division is the closest race with Rick Roedel of Shelbyville, IL leading Taylorville’s own Scott Landers in his #41 Sportsman by 16 points. Blake Shelly of Oakley, IL leads the Street Stock division and Sam McCoy and Joe Reed lead the Hornet divisions. Don’t miss your chance to see if these winners will hold off their second and third place competition another exciting week of racing at Macon Speedway.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Macon Speedway is proud to bring one of the most exciting open wheel weekends of the summer coming up on Friday, August 21 and Saturday August 22. The POWRi Midgets and Micros will be in action again at Macon Speedway on Friday, August 21 along with the UMP Modified division. Then action then shifts to Saturday, August 22 for a double header. The racing kicks off at the Illinois State fair with the Tony Bettenhausen 100 where the USAC Silver Crown cars will compete in the 100 lap feature event, then come back to Macon Speedway and enjoy a full schedule as the POWRi Micros will be completing another race in the POWRi Summer Series where Ryan Langston leads the summer points standings. The POWRi Micros will be joined by the UMP Late Models, Modified, Street Stocks and Hornets. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman will have the night off to prepare for the Sportsman Nationals. Also coming up at Macon Speedway on September 2, don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader at Macon Speedway for our Night of NASCAR Stars II. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling our office at 217-764-3000.

Point Standings As of July 25, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

Cisco IL

752

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

680

-72

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

672

-80

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

530

-222

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

456

-296

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

410

-342

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

390

-362

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

380

-372

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

372

-380

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

350

-402

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

848

Leader

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

840

-8

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

812

-36

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

776

-72

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

726

-122

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

662

-186

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

656

-192

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

598

-250

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

596

-252

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

556

-292

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

752

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

736

-16

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

690

-62

Tim Bedinger

B99

Taylorville IL

684

-68

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

610

-142

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

600

-152

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

554

-198

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

542

-210

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

532

-220

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

478

-274

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

880

Leader

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

862

-18

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

810

-70

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

802

-78

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

744

-136

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

604

-276

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

566

-314

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

492

-388

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

478

-402

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

472

-408

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

682

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

682

-0

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28

Decatur IL

614

-68

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

586

-96

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-150

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

494

-188

Kelsie Gustus

Decatur IL

452

-230

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

448

-234

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

418

-264

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

418

-264

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

866

Leader

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

742

-124

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

710

-156

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

592

-274

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4SQ

Springfield IL

590

-276

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

570

-296

Michael Pundt Jr.

26,88,918

Decatur IL

524

-342

Bruce Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

460

-406

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

452

-414

Matthew Reed

Decatur IL

444

-422

Saturday August 1....Rain

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES TWO DAY SHOW FOR POWRi MICRO’S

Macon, IL – Macon Speedway and POWRi are proud to announce that the Micro’s will be running a special two day show Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22. Racers are encouraged to spend the weekend at Macon Speedway and camping is allowed and always free. The weekend will consist of POWRi Midgets and Micros and our UMP Modified division on Friday night, then on Saturday night we will feature the POWRi Micros again plus our UMP Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman will have the Friday and Saturday special event weekend off to prepare for the huge Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, August 23. This new scheduling announcement makes the weekend of August 21 & 22 a huge weekend of racing for open wheel fans with 3 races in two days! The races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds feature the USAC Silver Crown cars on Saturday, August 22 competing in the Tony Bettenhausen 100 then back again on Sunday with the ARCA REMAX Car Series battling for the win in the Allen Crowe Memorial along with the Sportsman Nationals, both races begin at 1:00 pm. Don’t miss your chance to cheer on the local Macon Speedway drivers in the Sportsman Nationals on Sunday!

Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:00.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

TOUCHSTONE ENERGY SPORTSMAN WILL HIGHLIGHT MACON SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 1

Macon, IL – Macon Speedway will be hosting a second chance for the UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman class to qualify for the Sportsman Nationals held during the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, August 23. The Sportsman have the chance to qualify at two other area race tracks, Morgan County Speedway on July 31 and Shepp’s Speedway on August 2. Each qualifying night the top four finishers guarantee their spot in the Sportsman Nationals held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in front of thousands of cheering fans.

All six UMP divisions will be racing this weekend trying to pick up points. The point’s race is really heating up as all divisions have less than 124 points between the first and second place point’s leaders. The UMP Modified division is being led by Joe Strawkas of Buffalo, IL but Joe will have to make all the right moves to hold off Dave Crawley Jr. AKA “Elvis” in order to keep the top spot as he only leads by a mere eight points. The Amateur Hornet division is the closest with two drivers tied for first place, Brett Embry and Sam McCoy. The other divisions top spot holders are; Kyle Logue, Cisco, IL in the UMP Late Model division; Rick Roedel, Shelbyville, IL in the UMP Touchstone Energy division; Blake Shelley, Oakley, IL in the Street Stock division and Joe Reed in the Pro Hornet division.

Macon Speedway will take a break from the exciting weekly stock car racing in order to let fans enjoy the upcoming Decatur Celebration on August 8. Macon Speedway will be hosting Go Karts on August 8. Macon Speedway will then resume its normal schedule on August 15 with Fan Appreciation night and will continue racing every Saturday night through September 26. Plenty of good seats are still available for the upcoming Night of Nascar Stars II to be held on September 2 featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader. We have lots still planned for 2009 so be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed end to the summer.

Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:00. Adults are $10 and kids 12 and under get in for free with a paying adult.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

Cisco IL

752

Leader

Chris Dick

22,25

Deland IL

680

-72

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

672

-80

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

530

-222

Roger Brickler

Springfield IL

456

-296

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

410

-342

Steve Sheppard

new berlin il

390

-362

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

380

-372

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin IL

372

-380

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

350

-402

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

848

Leader

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

840

-8

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

812

-36

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

776

-72

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

724

-124

Jeremy Nichols

01,32X

Decatur IL

662

-186

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

658

-190

Clark Robertson

35,72L

Shelbyville IL

598

-250

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

596

-252

Danny Smith

D98

Argenta IL

556

-292

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

752

Leader

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

736

-16

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

690

-62

Tim Bedinger

B99

Taylorville IL

684

-68

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

610

-142

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

600

-152

Jim Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

554

-198

Terry Reed

15,11K

Decatur IL

542

-210

Tom Graham

Stonington IL

532

-220

Alan Crowder

14C

Elwin IL

478

-274

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

880

Leader

Steve Ewing

95,1X

Decatur IL

862

-18

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

810

-70

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

802

-78

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

744

-136

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

604

-276

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

566

-314

Nick Justice

Harristown IL

492

-388

Kurtis Ater

Macon IL

478

-402

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

472

-408

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

682

Leader

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

682

-0

Cody Fleming

0,28,X28

Decatur IL

614

-68

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

586

-96

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

532

-150

Ben Medaris

X,14S,0X,0,B52

Decatur IL

494

-188

Kelsie Gustus

Decatur IL

452

-230

Steven Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

448

-234

Fred Mifflin

Mount Zion IL

428

-254

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

418

-264

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

866

Leader

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

742

-124

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

710

-156

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

592

-274

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4SQ

Springfield IL

590

-276

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

570

-296

Michael Pundt Jr.

26,88,918

Decatur IL

524

-342

Bruce Dulgar

83,3

Decatur IL

460

-406

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

452

-414

Matthew Reed

Decatur IL

444

-422

Plenty of Fireworks Wow Macon Speedway Crowd

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) After Kasey Kahne and co-owner Kenny Wallace graced their presences at the racetrack, Macon Speedway held their make-up 95Q Firecracker 40s event. Originally scheduled for July 4^th, the 95Q Firecracker 40s was at the mercy of Mother Nature as rain forced the cancellation of the program and it was rescheduled on a night where there was nothing but wild and crazy things. Well over 100 racecars filled the pits and the stands were packed with fans ready to see exciting racing and fireworks.

As the sun set and darkness began to take over, the ambulance was forced to leave Macon Speedway because of a medical emergency. As the Decatur Ambulance left the track, the fireworks, courtesy of USA Fireworks, wowed and thrilled the capacity crowd. As the amazing and thrilling finale wrapped up, the ambulance reappeared and the racing continued.

After the engines were fired back up, the second of three Pro Hornet heats took place and Stephanie Eskew of Springfield, IL., won her first heat race. In the Modified semi-feature, Chatham’s Katie Lord took top honors to advance to the 40-lap feature event. It was indeed Ladies Night.

Jeremy Nichols is a streaky driver. He has had his rough weeks where he doesn’t seem to have the car locked in with the track and then he has his weeks like June 13-27 when he won three consecutive features. He’s been trying to work his car back to victory lane and was able to do so in the 95Q Firecracker 40s.

Starting front-row-outside with Rick Crawford didn’t go very well from the outset as Crawford and second-row-inside car Dave Crawley, Jr. got tangled up on the backstretch of the first lap and forced Crawford’s early exit. Crawley was able to stay in the race and as the inside row shifted up, he was the new pole sitter.

The race got off to a really slow pace as the 40-lap feature saw five caution flags over the first six laps. After the fifth caution on lap six, it was green flag racing with a lot of excitement the rest of the way. Nichols, Crawley, Kyle Logue and Steve Ewing had worked their way to the front and ran together in efforts of reaching the checkered flag first. With smoke puffing out of the back of Nichols’ racecar coming out of the first and third turns, he held off the three drivers behind him. Ewing worked his way to second place as Logue finished in front of Crawley. For the Decatur native, it was Nichols’ fourth feature of 2009.

A full lineup of Late Models were racing about the speedway for more than just the honor of 40 laps but for the points in the sixth leg of the ten-race Midwest Big Ten Series. The two heat winners, Springfield’s Brian Diveley and New Berlin’s Brandon Sheppard, started in the front row and after the second lap it was obvious who had the fastest car of the night. 16-year-old Brandon Sheppard made it clear that he was out to win a big-lap, big-money race.

A caution on lap four set the lineup as Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Logue, Diveley, Dick Taylor, Mike Hammerle and Steve Sheppard, Jr. As the restart took off, Steve Sheppard, Jr. jumped up to fourth and eventually third. As the race carried on under green flag racing, the cars started to space themselves out to a point that the leader Brandon Sheppard was on the verge of lapping the majority of the field. As the checkered flag began waving, Sheppard was closing in on the fifth-place car, Brian Diveley. Sheppard, Logue and Sheppard, Jr., were many seconds ahead of the fourth and fifth place finishers Taylor and Diveley.

For Brandon Sheppard, it was his first Macon Speedway feature of 2009 and second overall. The first would come in 2008 as he won the Lite Beer Twin 50s on August 23^rd.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature did as the StarTek Intermission program did with the fireworks, it wowed the crowd. Travis Martin of Ramsey, IL., started on the pole and led through the first eight laps. As lap nine came, Dennis Vandermeersch grabbed the lead as Martin got caught up with lapped track. The former Sportsman track champion had the fast car for this 15-lap race but closing in fast was Dave Crawley, Jr. Crawley, the winner over the past two weeks, had made his move to grab the lead as he went side-by-side with Vandermeersch but as they came to the checkered flag out of turn four, Vandermeersch found himself with the win.

His last Sportsman win was a memorable one, the 2008 Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fair. Vandermeersch is a three-time winner of that event.

A wild Street Stock feature brought Larry Russell, Jr., back to victory lane, his first visit since Opening Night. Steve Ewing had the lead and was riding the top of the racetrack but continued to get caught up in the turns and it slowed him down enough for “Bub” Russell to make the pass and get ahead on lap seven. Ewing would eventually break down and be forced off the track. Following Russell would be Kevin Crowder and Street Stocks points leader Blake Shelley.

Five-foot tall trophies were up for grabs in both the Pro and Amateur Hornets and defending UMP National Hornet Champion Joe Reed was able to pick up his sixth win of the season to extend his Macon Speedway points standings lead and add on his National points. It was a memorable win for Reed but not as memorable as it would be for Amateur Hornet feature winner Brian Offer.

With Steve Dulgar on his bumper for nearly the entire race, Offer took advantage of the lead when Brett Embry was forced to the infield with a broken Hornet on the fifth lap. Offer had been close to getting the checkered flag before but was able to starve off Dulgar long enough to cross the line first and take home the hardware, his own five-foot tall trophy.

The jam-packed Macon Speedway fans were expecting fireworks and they were certainly able to receive them, both in the sky and on the racetrack. Close races throughout the night from the 125 racecars kept the fans on the edge of their seats wondering who would make it to the finish line first. The fireworks display during intermission may have just been an added bonus.

As Saturdays in July close, August will get kicked off with our next program, a full evening of exciting racing featuring all six of our UMP sanctioned divisions. The points races continue to look exciting as they stay so close. A memorable August it will be.

MACON SPEEDWAY THIS WEEK – 95Q NIGHT, MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES, FIRECRACKER 40’S AND FIREWORKS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway welcomes the 95Q team Saturday, July 25, as part of an action-packed night of racing for all of our 6 regular weekly UMP divisions with a special focus on the UMP Late Models and UMP Modifieds in the Firecracker 40’s. 40-lap features for both the Late Models & Modified divisions will highlight the evening, and if two huge features were not enough, fans at Macon Speedway will be wowed with an extra huge fireworks display.

The UMP Late Models will be racing for $1,500 to win plus the top finishing Crate Late Model will receive a $100 bonus plus have the chance to bring home an extra $250 bonus courtesy of Decatur Used Cars if they take the checkered flag. New starting Saturday night, the UMP Crate Late Models will earn UMP National Points each and every Saturday night for the rest of the 2009 racing season. The UMP Modified division will be racing for $600 to win. The Modified winner from Wednesday night’s Night of Nascar Stars featuring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace saw Tim Hancock win his second race at Macon Speedway. Also, the UMP Hornet divisions will be racing in the UMP Hornet Midseason Special which will reward the winners a spectacular trophy.

Macon Speedway provides a thrilling combination of edge-of-your-seat racing action, fun and exciting promotions, and wholesome family entertainment each and every Saturday night. With 95Q and the Firecracker 40’s, Saturday, July 25^th will be no exception. There is something for everyone to enjoy at Macon Speedway!

Weekly racing at Macon Speedway features six UMP sanctioned divisions: Late Model, Modified, Sportsman, Street Stock, and both Pro and Amateur Hornet.

Macon Speedway races every Saturday night from April through September. Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

Rain Steers Clear of Macon Speedway, Welcomes Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway, Mother Nature and big events haven’t gotten along with one another for a year and half. Two NASCAR Nights have been postponed due to rain this season, but for the night when Kasey Kahne visited Macon Speedway, the weather was just about perfect.

For Kasey Kahne fan Tim Black of Pesotum, IL, he was begging for a day without rain. Leaving his home at 4:30am, being the first person in the line for autographs with Kahne and Kenny Wallace at 6am, he was in for a long day and got his just desserts. He was the first in line to greet his NASCAR favorite. “I’ve been a fan of his since he joined up in 2004. I came for Kasey and the racing,” said Black.

Kahne arrived a little behind schedule because of flight complications and weather delays while leaving his vacation spot in the Bahamas. But when he arrived and joined Macon Speedway co-owner Kenny Wallace, the fans were more than excited to meet one of NASCAR’s young shining stars.

The O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets came for the second time to the world’s fastest 1/5^th mile dirt track and for the second time in as many visits, Brad Loyet made the most of his time. Winning his heat and starting front-row-outside to Austin Brown in the 30-lap, 22-car feature, Loyet, from Sunset Hills, MO., led all 30 laps en route to the checkered flag. It wasn’t an easy win as he experienced troubles through the turns during the midway portion of the event. That allowed Dave Darland, a former USAC Silver Crown champion, a chance to catch up to the leader. Not enough laps would be Darland’s story as Loyet won for the second time in 2009 and the fourth time in the last six races at Macon Speedway.

The fifth visit to Macon Speedway for the O’Reilly’s POWRi Micro Sprints was a memorable one for Carl Junction, MO., native Andrew Felker as he won the 25-lap, 22-car feature. 49 Micro Sprints paved the way for exciting open-wheel racing during their fifth race of the eight-race Summer Series. A $2,000 point fund will be broken down to the top ten in points at the end of the eight races. All five features have had different winners as Felker joins Andrew Peters, Ryan Langston, John Paynter and Caleb Graybeal.

Felker made his move on the lap 23 restart as he snatched the lead away from Jacob Patton coming out of the second turn and onto the backstretch. Patton had led all 23 laps leading up to the fourth restart of the event.

The Macon Speedway Modifieds ran a 20-lap, 22-car event and everybody was looking at co-owner Kenny Wallace to grab the win. Behind the wheel of the yellow Jeg’s 36, Wallace won his heat over Dave Crawley, Jr. and started the feature front-row-outside with Decatur’s Aaron Burcham. Wallace, a one-time feature winner at his own track, took the first seven laps as the leader but on the lap seven restart, he got caught up in the turn two corner and lost the lead to Tim Hancock. Burcham would grab second as Wallace finally found his rhythm again on the backstretch but he wouldn’t be able to regain the top spot as Hancock won his second feature of the year and Burcham finished in second.

Each week, Macon Speedway has a Best Fan in the Stands drawing where a driver who finished in a number selected from a pill draw during the StarTek intermission program would receive a $100 bonus. On this night, the finishing number was drawn out as number three. Wallace finished third and won a $100 bonus. In a kind gesture, Wallace gave his bonus to the feature winner Hancock. Wallace also selected a name from those who filled out the registration slip and that fan (if present) would win $100 in the All Service Racing Parts Best Fan in the Stands. The prize would go unclaimed so the money will then rollover to Macon Speedway’s next program so the Best Fan in the Stands will receive $200.

The next program at Macon Speedway will be Saturday, July 25, as it will be the make-up from the rained-out 95Q Firecracker 40s. The Late Models will run a 40-lap feature (and will be apart of the Midwest Big Ten Series races) and the Modifieds will also be running 40 laps. As soon as the sun sets, there will be a HUGE fireworks display! Also, both Pro and Amateur Hornets will be apart of the special evening as they race for spectacular trophies.

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	0H	Tim Hancock	-	50
2	1	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	48
3	2	36	Kenny Wallace	-	46
4	9	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	44
5	7	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	42
6	6	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	40
7	12	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	38
8	5	77	Guy Taylor	-	36
9	11	5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	34
10	18	48X	William Wagoner	Arcola , Il	32
11	15	52	Roger Drake	-	30
12	3	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	28
13	23	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	26
14	19	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	24
15	14	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	22
16	22	58	Larry Ferguson	Arcola , Il	20
17	20	72L	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	18
18	21	35S	Randy Spaugh	Decatur , Il	16
19	10	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	14
20	17	7S	Ethan Schnapp	Springfield , Il	12
21	8	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	10
22	13	32X	George Ewing	Decatur , Il	0
23	16	6	Dave Eckel	Lovington , Il	0

Kasey's car 09 Kasey Kahne

KASEY KAHNE TO HEADLINE JULY 22 NIGHT OF NASCAR STARS III AT MACON SPEEDWAY!

(Macon, IL) One of the biggest nights of the 2009 racing season in the Midwest has just been added to the already star studded action packed schedule. Nine time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner and driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge for Petty Motorsports, Kasey Kahne will make his first appearance ever at the famous Macon Speedway. Macon Speedway co-owner Kenny Wallace will be joining Kahne for the Night of Nascar Stars on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

Drivers successfully making the transition from sprint cars to stock cars used to be the exception. While the list of drivers that have found success in sprint cars and NASCAR Nextel Sprint Series cars isn’t long, Kasey Kahne is on it. Kahne embarked in his sixth season of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition at the start of the 2009 racing season. Before making a name for himself in NASCAR, Kahne was a sprint car star in his own right. With support from his father, Kelly, Kahne started racing at the age of 14 and never looked back. Kahne burst onto the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series scene in 2004 by contending for wins on a weekly basis. The 2004 Rookie of the Year recorded 13 top-five finishes and completed the season 13th in the point standings, missing the Chase for the Cup by a mere 28 points. Kahne followed the 2004 season up by scoring his first career Cup Series win during the 2005 season at Richmond International Raceway, followed by a close second to Macon Speedway co-owner Tony Stewart in the prestigious Allstate 400 at The Brickyard.

Kenny Wallace’s background in racing came straight from his bloodlines. His father, Russ, was one of the Midwest's most successful short track drivers, and his two older brothers, Rusty and Mike, are racers as well. In his first stint ever behind the wheel of a race car in 1982, Wallace won the Street Stock State Championship in Illinois. After turning wrenches on older brother, Rusty's, race cars for a few years, Kenny returned to driving by competing in the American Speed Association (ASA) in 1986. He immediately found success by garnering Rookie of the Year honors and finishing 11th in series points.

Gates open at Macon Speedway on July 22 at 3:00 PM. An autograph session with the NASCAR drivers Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace, will take place on a first-come, first-served basis. Racing starts at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are on sale now for both Night of Nascar Stars events, including the Night of Nascar Stars on Sept 2, which features Nascar Stars Tony Stewart and Mark Martin & July 22, featuring Kasey Kahne. Orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for each event. Pit passes will be $30. Macon Speedway races every Saturday night, through the end of September, plus many other special events throughout the season. Mark your calendars for the Nights of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway!

Christmas Comes Early for Shelley, Logue and Crawley

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) Prairieland Abate and Macon Speedway teamed up for their yearly “Christmas in July” toy drive where donations were accepted from the general admission attendance for giving kids a Christmas present. For the older kids like Blake Shelley, Kyle Logue and Dave Crawley, Jr., the checkered flag is about the best toy to have.

The Central Illinois Street Stock Series rolled into town for the third time in 2009 and with it brought 25 racecars and the thoughts and dreams of winning the $500-to-win prize. Blake Shelley won his heat race starting third-row-outside, opposite to Steve Ewing, who finished second. After the inversion, Shelley had the pole position, opposite to CILSSS feature winner Troy Dodson. The second row consisted of BJ Deal (the 2009 Faster Pastor) and Ewing.

Shelley dominated the early goings as he led the first 16 laps. As they came to the stripe on the 17^th lap, Ewing made his move and took the lead. It wouldn’t be held for long as Shelley once again grabbed the top spot on the 19^th lap. Had it not been for a caution on lap 24, Macon Speedway may have been set up for a true photo-finish and one of the closest races of recent memory. Following the single-file restart, Shelley would take the win and Ewing finished runner-up.

Kyle Logue has been battling hard times at Macon Speedway. Bad finishes and even some DNFs (Did Not Finish) have him scratching his head. It has been a rough road for Logue but behind a good qualifying time and a second-place finish behind Brandon Sheppard, he was poised at the run at the checkered flag. Starting front-row-outside with former track champion Dick Taylor, Logue was not only able to hold the lead for the majority of the race, he was able to avoid having anything go wrong with racecar, i.e. anything break down and cost him a chance at winning.

Racing with Taylor and Brandon Sheppard in the early going, Logue started to rediscover the magic in the middle of the race as Sheppard got caught up in the cushion at the top of the track, thus slowing him up. Taylor had a good car, but a second-place car to Logue.

Brandon Sheppard’s father, Steve Sheppard, Jr. had some rough luck in the fifth race of the Midwest Big Ten Series as he missed his heat race because he was changing his engine. As the feature loomed, both Sheppards were on the track. Steve Sheppard, Jr. would start from the back of the pack of 18 cars and by the halfway point of the race, he had caught up to ninth place. He would finish sixth while Brandon took third.

Logue secured the checkered flag for the seventh time in 2009, but the first since June 20, the span of three Late Model races in between events.

Dave Crawley, Jr. spent last week behind the wheel of a Sportsman and Modified, and managed to win both races. This week, it was a true carbon copy. Crawley started on the pole of the Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature and did everything he could to make sure he finished there. Against the tough contenders in Rick Roedel, Scott Landers and Terry Reed, Crawley made it two in-a-row, leading all 15 laps.

There was no rest for the weary as he headed from one racecar to the other and started second-row-inside of the Modified feature. Don Koehler, Jr., who earlier grabbed his first-ever checkered flag in his second year or racing, took to the pole for the main event. Staying in the lead and fending off Crawley isn’t the easiest thing to do whether you’ve been racing two years or 20 years. By the fourth lap of the 20-lap event, Crawley had passed Koehler and looked to be on his way. Koehler gave it a fighting chance in the middle of the race but he didn’t have enough to keep up with the now six-time Modified winner.

The defending UMP National Hornet champion Joe Reed made quick work of the Pro Hornet feature as he tries to defend his title against all comers. For Reed, it was his fifth feature of 2009 and his first since June 6. In the same car, Sam McCoy took the Amateur Hornet feature, his first since April 11.

Another big week of racing is expected at Macon Speedway as the Night of NASCAR Stars event with Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace will be held on Wednesday. Gates open at 3pm, autograph session from 6-7pm with racing to follow with the POWRi Midgets and Micros. Macon Speedway’s Modifieds will also be apart of the show. That will take us to Saturday night when Macon Speedway will house the make-up rain-out of the 95Q Firecracker 40s. A huge fireworks display will be held as will 40-lap features.

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	50
2	5	44	Dick Taylor	Riverton , Il	48
3	2	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	46
4	7	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	44
5	3	11D	Brian Diveley	Springfield , Il	42
6	18	5S	Steve Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	40
7	8	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	38
8	1	18	Shane Tomlin	Virden , Il	36
9	12	B8	Joe Barnard	-	34
10	17	16	Nick Macklin	Argenta , Il	32
11	14	7	Joseph Hughes	-	30
12	15	7M	Kevin Moffett	Moweaqua , Il	28
13	10	38	Doug Hemer	Moweaqua , Il	26
14	9	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	24
15	13	28B	John Beck	Springfield , Il	22
16	16	DC3	Don Cisco	Blue Mound, Il	20
17	11	C4	Jason Cleaver	Mechanicsburg , Il	18
18	6	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	16
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UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	1	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	48
3	2	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	44
5	6	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	42
6	7	52	Roger Drake	-	40
7	10	5	Dick Taylor	Riverton , Il	38
8	12	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	36
9	16	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	34
10	20	3B	Tyler Blankenship	Vandalia , Il	32
11	15	32	Butch Garner	-	30
12	11	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	28
13	9	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	26
14	17	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	24
15	18	22	Scott Jones	-	22
16	19	19H	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	20
17	13	58	Larry Ferguson	Arcola , Il	18
18	14	32X	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	16
19	8	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	14
20	22	53	Bobby Hinton	Shelbyville , Il	12
21	4	77	Guy Taylor	-	10
22	21	35S	Randy Spaugh	Decatur , Il	0
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UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	C25	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	2	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	48
3	3	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	44
5	7	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	42
6	18	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	40
7	6	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	38
8	10	70JYD	Steve Hill	Edinburg , Il	36
9	13	22J	Tony Clinton	Dawson , Il	34
10	11	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	32
11	8	14	Nathan Lynch	-	30
12	4	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	28
13	14	22S	David Slade	Seymour , Il	26
14	12	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	24
15	17	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	22
16	15	90	Justin Ater	Moweaqua , Il	20
17	16	55	Kevin Cook	Iblue Mound, Il	18
18	9	53R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	16
19	19	68	Josh Robb	-	14
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UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	50
2	4	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	48
3	9	15C	Kevin Crowder	Argenta , Il	46
4	3	88X	Bj Deal	Brownstown , Il	44
5	10	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	42
6	11	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	40
7	12	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	38
8	15	57R	Thomas Riech	Springfield , Il	36
9	6	3	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	34
10	16	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	32
11	17	6	Phil Moreland	-	30
12	20	0	Jim Cardoni	Chatham , Il	28
13	13	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	26
14	19	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	24
15	5	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	22
16	2	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	20
17	18	34	Jeremy Reed	Decatur , Il	18
18	14	1	Cale Chandler	Decatur , Il	16
19	7	58	Timothy Riech	Tallula , Il	14
20	8	OO	Roy Magee Ii	Springfield , Il	12
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UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	50
2	2	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	48
3	7	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	46
4	3	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	44
5	9	B52	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	42
6	8	46	Jonathan Drake	-	40
7	6	21C	Kevin Clutter	Pana , Il	38
8	10	77E	Casey Eskew	-	36
9	15	4SQ	Tom Eskew	-	34
10	14	3	Joe Mcchristy	-	32
11	12	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	30
12	11	1	Austin Harbin	-	28
13	5	28	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	26
14	4	5	Richard Johnson	-	0
15	13	21R	Gary Justice	Harristown , Il	0
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UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	48
3	5	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	46
4	1	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	44
5	8	77E	Mr. Stacy Eskew	-	42
6	2	14	Ray Goodall	Springfield , Il	40
7	14	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	38
8	10	X28	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	36
9	7	04S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	34
10	12	2M	Julie Marshall	Springfield , Il	32
11	11	3	Mike Mcchristy	Mt. Zion, Il	30
12	6	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	28
13	9	08	Mikel Wright	-	26
14	13	5	David Reed	Decatur , Il	0

Tonight at Macon Speedway, Midwest Big Ten Series Late Model Race!!

MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT TONIGHT JULY 18!
(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is excited to announce the popular Midwest Big Ten Series will be back in action this Saturday night at Macon Speedway as part of the Christmas in July Toy Drive event sponsored by the Prairie Land Abate. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL have teamed up with Macon Speedway for our promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The three tracks will host a series of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the 3 remaining races to be held at Macon Speedway are this Saturday, July 18, July 25 and August 22. Shepps Speedway will host their two remaining races on Sunday, July 26 and August 23. Morgan County will host its remaining night on Friday, August 14. Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten!
Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!
So far with four of the ten races down our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard Jr. racing his #5S Late Model. Closing in on Sheppard is his son, Brandon Sheppard in his 5B and Chris Dick in his #22 Late Model. This weekend’s events will be crucial for all three drivers to sustain their point’s leads. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Kyle Logue of Cisco, IL driving his #21 Sav Mor Pharmacy Late Model. Join in the fun as these drivers compete in the 25 lap feature event. Tickets for this Saturday are $10 for adults and children 12 and under are free. Our grandstands open at 5pm with Late Models qualifying at 7pm. Bring a toy to donate for our annual toy drive and receive $2 off your general admission ticket. Also competing this Saturday night will be the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. The Street Stocks will be competing in the CILSSS event with a 25 lap feature event paying $500 to win.
Next week, Macon Speedway will bring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace on Wednesday, July 22. Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader on Sept 2 . We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet all the Nascar Stars!
Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT THIS WEEKEND!

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is excited to announce the popular Midwest Big Ten Series will be back in action this Saturday night at Macon Speedway as part of the Christmas in July Toy Drive event sponsored by the Prairie Land Abate. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL have teamed up with Macon Speedway for our promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The three tracks will host a series of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the 3 remaining races to be held at Macon Speedway are this Saturday, July 18, July 25 and August 22. Shepps Speedway will host their two remaining races on Sunday, July 26 and August 23. Morgan County will host its remaining night on Friday, August 14. Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

So far with four of the ten races down our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard Jr. racing his #5S Late Model. Closing in on Sheppard is his son, Brandon Sheppard in his 5B and Chris Dick in his #22 Late Model. This weekend’s events will be crucial for all three drivers to sustain their point’s leads. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Kyle Logue of Cisco, IL driving his #21 Sav Mor Pharmacy Late Model. Join in the fun as these drivers compete in the 25 lap feature event. Tickets for this Saturday are $10 for adults and children 12 and under are free. Our grandstands open at 5pm with Late Models qualifying at 7pm. Bring a toy to donate for our annual toy drive and receive $2 off your general admission ticket. Also competing this Saturday night will be the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. The Street Stocks will be competing in the CILSSS event with a 25 lap feature event paying $500 to win.

Next week, Macon Speedway will bring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace on Wednesday, July 22. Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader on Sept 2 . We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet all the Nascar Stars!

Touchstone Brings the Energy; Drivers Bring the Excitement

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) On a night when Macon Speedway held an extra division of racecars, the POWRi Micro Sprints, Touchstone Energy of Shelbyville was honored with a special night after their support and sponsorship of the Sportsman division. Over 140 racecars (35 of which were POWRi Micro Sprints) made their way to the 1/5^th mile dirt track in hopes of riding with the checkered flag.

Not only was it a special night for the Sportsman division as they had their sponsor in attendance to watch the racing, it was also a Springfield mile qualifier race in which the top four feature finishers would be guaranteed a starting spot in the 20-lap race on the Springfield mile during the Illinois State Fair. There was more on the line than just the $500-to-win first-place prize.

Rick Roedel of Shelbyville has Touchstone Energy as a primary sponsor on his #11 Sportsman and his 2009 season has been good. Atop the Sportsman point standings, four feature wins, Roedel has enjoyed his season at Macon. Only one night of bad luck had graced his presence and that was a night where he was leading the feature and the rear end of the racecar broke, thus forcing his early exit.

Starting second row inside behind Alan Crowder, Roedel made quick work to get up into the lead and held on to it from lap four on to lap 17 when it happened again. Coming out of the second turn, Roedel’s car, being chased by former track champion Greg Kimmons, slowed and collided with Kimmons. Once again, the rear end broke and Roedel, the leader, was forced to an early exit with only three laps to go. Kimmons, the second place car, would be taken out of Macon Speedway on the end of a tow truck. That would make the third place car the leader. Enter Dave Crawley, Jr. to the picture.

Dave Crawley, Jr. was driving the C25, a car which was originally to be driven by Billy Nail but was unable to attend so Crawley got the chance. Taking control of the race from the 17^th lap, Crawley made his chance pay off in 500 ways. He would go on to win the $500-to-win, Springfield mile qualifier race. He would be given the guaranteed starting position in the 20-lap race. The others in the top four would be Monticello’s Timmy Dick (a former mile winner), Elwin’s Crowder and Hillsboro’s Nathan Lynch.

It would only be the start of the night for Crawley, who would go on to race another 20-lap event during the Modified feature. Not necessarily having to rely on “Lady Luck” to be on his side, Crawley would lead off the race on the pole and hold off Kyle Logue and Joe Strawkus for the win. The feature, Crawley’s fifth (and the first since sweeping the double features on May 9^th) would hopefully end his bad luck and run of Did Not Finish nights.

The Sheppards, father Steve and 16-year-old son Brandon, have raced really well at Macon Speedway. Brandon Sheppard had the honor of starting from the pole in the 29^th Annual Herald & Review 100 and Steve Sheppard, Jr. has collected three feature wins. Steve Sheppard, Jr. started on the pole and Brandon Sheppard started front row outside in the 25-lap Late Model feature. Both raced side-by-side for the first few laps of the event but Brandon would take the lead and look as if he was going to run away from his dad and the rest of the field. Kyle Logue, who leads the Macon Speedway Late Model points, started second row outside and battled through a rough start to get in between the Sheppards going into the race’s final laps. Steve Sheppard, Jr. would get the chance and regain the lead from his son and Logue would slip the Sheppard family going into a caution on lap 23.

On the restart, Logue’s car broke down and started fading quickly. Steve Sheppard, Jr. would ride to the finish line with his fourth Macon Speedway feature, son Brandon was the second-place finisher. Logue would stay on the track and try to finish with two laps to go and finished eighth.

From the pole position, Steve Ewing made it two in-a-row in the Street Stocks as he led all 12 laps. Blake Shelley, the points leader, took second and Kevin Crowder wrestled third place away from Mike Pickering.

35 POWRi Micro Sprints invaded Macon Speedway for a special running in the eight-race Summer Series. A 22-car field saw a first-time Macon Speedway winner as Caleb Graybeal took top honors. Brandon Graybeal finished in second and Terre Haute, IN., native Braylon Fitzpatrick locked up third.

Zach Dodd won the Pro Hornet feature, his second of 2009, as he started from the front row outside position. Brett Embry took his first Amateur Hornet feature as he fended off Sam McCoy, Ben Medaris and Brian Offer.

A seven-division night with over 140 racecars came to a close shortly after 11pm. Next week at Macon Speedway will also be a huge night of family fun and big money races for two of our divisions. The Central Illinois Street Stock Series will once again make a trip to the track for a $500-to-win, 25-lap feature. The Late Models will also run the next leg of their Midwest Big Ten Series, as part of a full show. The rain-out make-up date for the 95Q Firecracker 40s has been announced as Saturday, July 25^th with 40-lap features and a HUGE fireworks display.

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	5S	Steve Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	50
2	2	B5	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	48
3	3	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	46
4	6	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	44
5	9	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	42
6	12	7M	Kevin Moffett	Moweaqua , Il	40
7	8	96	Cory Daugherty	Blue Mound, Il	38
8	4	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	36
9	5	00	Shawn Bohm	Decatur , Il	34
10	10	38	Doug Hemer	Moweaqua , Il	32
11	11	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	30
12	7	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	28
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UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	5	11	Bob Zilz	-	48
3	11	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	46
4	4	44	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	44
5	6	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	42
6	14	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	40
7	10	52	Roger Drake	-	38
8	2	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	36
9	12	32X	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	34
10	18	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	32
11	19	58	Larry Ferguson	Arcola , Il	30
12	7	9	Michael Bantz	-	28
13	17	19H	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	26
14	20	3B	Tyler Blankenship	Vandalia , Il	24
15	13	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	22
16	9	40	Jim Leka	Illiopolis , Il	20
17	8	22	Scott Jones	-	18
18	15	72L	Lonnie Nichols	Shelbyville , Il	16
19	3	84	Wendell Zulawf Jf.	Springfield , Il	14
20	16	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	12
21	21	D98	Jackie Smith	Maroa , Il	10
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UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	5	C25	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	12	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	48
3	1	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	46
4	10	14	Nathan Lynch	-	44
5	2	8K	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	42
6	11	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	40
7	15	22S	David Slade	Seymour , Il	38
8	4	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	36
9	18	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	34
10	13	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	32
11	8	4	Travis Martin	-	30
12	3	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	28
13	6	27	Greg Kimmons	-	26
14	14	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	17	000	Willie Haddock	Owoneco , Il	22
16	16	3	Bill Berghaus	-	20
17	7	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	18
18	9	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	0
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UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	48
3	4	15C	Kevin Crowder	Argenta , Il	46
4	2	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	44
5	5	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	42
6	12	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	40
7	7	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	38
8	10	3	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	36
9	18	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	34
10	9	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	32
11	14	1	Cale Chandler	Decatur , Il	30
12	11	34	Jeremy Reed	Decatur , Il	28
13	13	25	Greg Osman	-	26
14	19	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	24
15	16	77JNJ	Nate Scribner	Decatur , Il	22
16	15	23	Jason Hazlet	-	20
17	8	6	Phil Moreland	-	18
18	6	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	16
19	17	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	0
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UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	50
2	2	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	48
3	3	B52	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	46
4	4	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	44
5	10	6SQ	Tom Eskew	-	42
6	5	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	40
7	6	98	Kenneth Reed	Decatur , Il	38
8	9	28	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	36
9	17	21R	Gary Justice	Harristown , Il	34
10	15	21C	Kevin Clutter	Pana , Il	32
11	12	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	30
12	13	X	Eric Stender	-	28
13	11	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	26
14	19	98X	Jason Martin	-	24
15	7	5	Richard Johnson	-	22
16	16	4SQ	Mike Eskew	-	20
17	18	1	Jackie Smith	Maroa , Il	18
18	8	46	Jeff Eller	Decatur , Il	16
19	14	B1	Bubba Waterman	-	0
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UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	50
2	6	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	48
3	5	918	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	46
4	3	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	44
5	4	6S	Terry Myers	Buffalo , Il	42
6	8	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	40
7	7	26K	Ryan Barton	Kincaid , Il	38
8	9	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	36
9	10	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	34
10	15	5	David Reed	Decatur , Il	32
11	16	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	30
12	17	6	Justunn Hilton	Lovington , Il	28
13	18	11V	Richard Vela	-	26
14	1	04S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	24
15	11	08	Mikel Wright	-	22
16	13	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	20
17	12	B1	Jeff Gill	Shelbyville , Il	18
18	14	39T	Scott Rodgers	Springfield , Il	16
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USAC Midget - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	87	Caleb Graybeal	-	0
2	12	39	Brandon Graybeal	-	0
3	9	3	Braylon Fitzpatrick	West Terre, In	0
4	6	N2	Nicholas Harris	-	0
5	13	9L	Ryan Langston	Greenfield , In	0
6	14	3N	Jake Neuman	New Berlin, Il	0
7	17	38	Evan Weyant	Sherman , Il	0
8	16	24S	Scott Bloom	-	0
9	5	32X	Brad Mcdaniel	-	0
10	1	42M	Spencer Montgomery	Windsor , Il	0
11	4	83	Erich Berner	-	0
12	22	95	Jimmy Miller	-	0
13	18	68	Paul Day	-	0
14	19	32	Garrett Aitken	-	0
15	21	22J	Jacob Mueller	-	0
16	20	79J	Jacob Patton	-	0
17	8	8H	Bryce Hicks	-	0
18	11	JJ1	Jeremy Camp	Blue Mound, Il	0
19	2	71	Heath Ross	Windsor , Il	0
20	15	23D	Trey Datweiler	-	0
21	7	19	Natasha Cox	Casey , Il	0
22	10	84	Tyler Day	-	0

THIS WEEK, JULY 11 AT MACON SPEEDWAY - TOUCHSTONE ENERGY NIGHT

(Macon, IL) Join us this Saturday night as Macon Speedway hosts Touchstone Energy and 7 UMP divisions; Late Models, Modifieds, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pro & Amateur Hornets plus POWRi Micros. The UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman will have a special race which will include $500 dollars going to the Touchstone Energy Sportsman who can take the checkered flag. Rick Roedel, #11 sponsored by Touchstone Energy will try and make it back to victory lane this weekend for the first time since his feature win on June 6. The #11 has been a regular sight this year at Macon Speedway and Team Roedel has that car back on track. Come out and see if Rick in the #11 can take home the feature win and claim the $500 on the 11th!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 18^th is Macon Speedway’s third night of the Central Illinois Street Stock Series, with Street Stocks racing for $500 to win. Macon Speedway will also be hosting the fifth Midwest Big Ten Series Race out of the 10 in the series. So far the race is close with Steve Sheppard Jr leading the points race over his son, Brandon Sheppard by a mere 12 points. With the help of the Abate of Illinois, Macon Speedway is hosting a Christmas in July toy drive. Bring a toy for a child in need and receive $2 off of your admission on Saturday, July 18th. Please help us to bring smiles to as many children as we can!

July 22^nd is the Night of NASCAR Stars featuring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Do not miss your chance to welcome Kahne to Macon Speedway for the first time ever! The POWRi Midgets and Micros and UMP Modifieds will take to the track to thrill the fans of Macon Speedway during the Night of Nascar Stars III. Tickets for this event are on sale now, and there are plenty of great seats still available! Our June 11 Night of Nascar Stars has been rescheduled to September 2, so don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader!

UMP Sportsman Cars Heading For The Springfield Mile

It's almost time for the Sportsman Nationals race to be held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds again in 2009. The Sportsman will be running on the Springfield Mile Sunday, August 23, 2009 in conjunction with the ARCA Allen Crowe Memorial. The Sportsman will have five qualifying races leading up to the August 23 race. Twenty drivers will earn a starting spot in the one-mile race, the rest of the field will be determined by a last chance race that will be ran prior to the Sportsman Nationals feature event. The top four finishers in each race will be guaranteed entry into the Sportsman Nationals. Dennis Vandermeersch of Springfield, IL is sure to be on hand trying to make himself the Sportsman Nationals champion for the second straight year.

The following dates and tracks have been selected to determine the field. First up is Macon Speedway on July 11 followed by July 18 at Fairbury Speedway. The Sportsman will then have the chance to qualify at Morgan County Speedway on July 31. The last two dates will be held on August 1 at Macon Speedway and the final event at Shepp’s Speedway on August 2.

This Saturday, July 11 will be Touchstone Energy Night at Macon Speedway featuring a $500 to win feature! All of our regular divisions; Late Models, Modifieds, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks and Hornets will be back in action. Gates open at 5; Late Model qualifications are at 7.

For more information on rules or entry forms for the Sportsman Nationals please call Track Enterprises, Inc. at 217-764-3200.

MOTHER NATURE SQUELCHES 95Q NIGHT, FIRECRACKER 40’S AND FIREWORKS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway regretfully cancels tonight’s 95Q Firecracker 40’s event due to heavy rainfall. Track Officials will work on finding a reschedule date to hold the 95Q Firecracker 40’s, so stay tuned to our website for more information to come.

Mark your calendars:

Next Saturday night, July 11th is Touchstone Energy Night. Don’t miss an exciting night of racing featuring all six of our UMP divisions, Late Model, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Pro and Amateur Hornets! The Touchstone Energy Sportsman will be running for $500 to win, plus it will be the first Sportsman qualifier for the upcoming Sportsman Nationals at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on August 23.

July 18th is Macon Speedway’s third night of the Central Illinois Street Stock Series, with Street Stocks racing for $500 to win. With the help of the Abate of Illinois, Macon Speedway is hosting a Christmas in July toy drive. Bring a toy for a child in need and receive $2 off of your admission on Saturday, July 18th. Please help us to bring smiles to as many children as we can!

July 22nd is the Night of NASCAR Stars featuring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Do not miss your chance to welcome Kahne to Macon Speedway for the first time ever! Tickets for this event are on sale now, and there are plenty of great seats still available! Our June 11 Night of Nascar Stars has been rescheduled to September 2, so don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader!

MACON SPEEDWAY THIS WEEK – 95Q NIGHT, FIRECRACKER 40’S AND FIREWORKS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway welcomes the 95Q team Saturday, July 4^th, as part of an action-packed night of racing for 5 of our 6 regular weekly UMP divisions with a special focus on the UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks in the Firecracker 40’s. 40-lap features for both the Modifieds and Street Stock divisions will highlight the evening, and if two huge features were not enough, fans at Macon Speedway will be wowed with a huge fireworks display in honor of Independence Day.

The UMP Modified division will be racing for $600 to win plus the UMP Street Stock champion will take home $400! The Street Stock and Modified winners from Thursday night’s Herald & Review 100 program saw Steve Ewing win his sixth Street Stock feature and Tim Hancock won his first feature in his first trip to Macon Speedway. Also, the UMP Hornet divisions will be racing in the UMP Hornet Midseason Special which will reward the winners a spectacular trophy.

Macon Speedway provides a thrilling combination of edge-of-your-seat racing action, fun and exciting promotions, and wholesome family entertainment each and every Saturday night. With 95Q and the Firecracker 40’s, Saturday, July 4^th will be no exception. There is something for everyone to enjoy at Macon Speedway!

Weekly racing at Macon Speedway features six UMP sanctioned divisions: Late Model, Modified, Sportsman, Street Stock, and both Pro and Amateur Hornet.

Mark your calendars:

July 11^th is Touchstone Energy Night. Don’t miss an exciting night of racing featuring all six of our UMP divisions! The Touchstone Energy Sportsman will be running for $500 to win.

July 18^th is Macon Speedway’s third night of the Central Illinois Street Stock Series, with Street Stocks racing for $500 to win. With the help of the Abate of Illinois, Macon Speedway is hosting a Christmas in July toy drive. Bring a toy for a child in need and receive $2 off of your admission on Saturday, July 18th. Please help us to bring smiles to as many children as we can!

July 22^nd is the Night of NASCAR Stars featuring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Do not miss your chance to welcome Kahne to Macon Speedway for the first time ever! Tickets for this event are on sale now, and there are plenty of great seats still available! Our June 11 Night of Nascar Stars has been rescheduled to September 2, so don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader!

Shannon Babb Returns Home for Second Herald & Review 100 Win!

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) The UMP Summernationals presents the only opportunity Moweaqua native Shannon Babb has to return to his home track. He was able to dominate the 2006 Summernationals tour and the Herald & Review 100 leading all 100 laps. The 29th Annual Herald & Review 100 was also a memorable night for Babb as he grabbed his first Summernationals win and second Herald & Review 100.

After taking the overall top qualifying time of 10.406 (track record is 10.311), Babb finished second in the second heat behind Rodney Melvin of Benton. That helped put him second row outside to start the 100-lap event.

Rodney Melvin started the race front row outside and led the first 18 laps. Into the third turn of the 19th lap, Melvin was running along side Babb on the bottom of the track and Babb blew by Melvin to take the lead. That would be the last time Babb would be seriously challenged.

Bloomington抯 Jason Feger tried to catch up to Babb but the Sheltra Construction car was too much for any other racecar on the track.

Feger and Brian Shirley needed a caution to catch up to the leader, who was nearly a straight-away lead from the rest of the frontrunners. They would get that on lap 82, breaking a streak of 56 consecutive green-flag laps. On the restart, Feger would trail Babb and Shirley but then a flat tire doomed him and forced him to the infield for a right rear tire change. After the change, Feger would jump to the back of the pack and try to work his way back up with only 18 laps remaining.

On the lap 82 restart, Babb blew away the field en route to his first win of the tour, only his second checkered flag of 2009, and his name etched into the Macon Speedway history books as a two-time Herald & Review 100 winner.

All 100 laps were completed an amazing 33 minutes and only saw four cautions.

On the pole for the feature was the 16-year-old Brandon Sheppard, the youngest to ever take the pole for Herald & Review 100. He was second-fastest in his qualifying group and took the heat win over his father Steve Sheppard, Jr.

The Street Stocks and Modifieds were also apart of the program and saw Steve Ewing win his sixth Street Stock feature and Tim Hancock won his first feature in his first trip to Macon Speedway. Hancock started from the 14th position (seventh row outside) and wound bypassing Aaron Burcham and Mike Haas to claim the lead and the win.

The first of two big nights of racing is over and that paves the way to our nation抯 birthday and the 95Q Firecracker 40s. Modifieds and Street Stocks will run 40-lap features and Macon Speedway will welcome back the POWRi Mini Sprints for their next race in the summer series. Touchstone Energy Sportsman and Pro and Amateur Hornets will also be on the card for the special July 4th program at Macon Speedway. During the StarTek Intermission program, there will be a huge fireworks display!

UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Race 17: Babb Slides to Macon Summer Nationals Victory

Macon, IL — July 2, 2009 —Using a turn three slide job on the 19^th lap of the Herald and Review 100 Shannon Babb of nearby Moweaqua, Ill. claimed his first UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of 2009.

Babb, who owns two “Hell Tour” championships, never looked back leading over the course of the next 81 laps to take the win.

” It means a lot to win here on a night where there was definitely good racing,” said Babb. “We've had a lot of bad luck, because I've slipped through so many easy spots all these years I seem to be getting paid back this year.”

Babb, who had won a previous Herald and Review 100 at Macon, (Ill.) Speedway in 2006, found openings at the right time allowing him to distance himself as early as he could in the 100-lapper. “The track was perfect and everyone gave me room to roll around,” said Babb.

Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., started fourth, just ahead of eventual winner Babb, and found the high groove to his liking while working his way into second by a lap 17 caution. Shirley unfortunately couldn't muster enough to challenge Babb late in the going. “Shannon would have had to mess up,” he said. “I was just going to ride around there with him and come home second but, all and all it was a good night.”

Logan, Ill., native Rodney Melvin held off multiple drivers in route to capturing a third place finish after leading early on in the 100-lap event. “All and all we had a good run,” said Melvin.

Melvin, who got his first top five finish since June 25^th at Clay Hill Motorsports Park, believes he may have solved his recent troubles.

“I found out the last two nights that we shouldn't work on our racecar,” he said. “Just put tires on the car and go race it.”

Defending champion Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., sliced through the field after using a provisional to start 19^th, while a current series point leader Randy Korte, of Highland, Ill. completed a similar quest charging from 17^th to round out the top five.

A-Main Finish – 40 Laps

18-Shannon Babb
3s-Brian Shirley
27-Rodney Melvin
28-Dennis Erb
00-Randy Korte
B12-Kevin Weaver
25-Jason Feger
J1-Wes Steidinger
5s-Steve Sheppard Jr.
9-Jayme Zidar
1w-Donny Walden
91-Terry Babb
21-Kyle Logue
B5-Brandon Sheppard
91-Rusty Schlenk
48-Tim Lance
82-Roger Brickler
74-Russ Adams
C4-Jason Cleaver
30-Mark Voigt
22-Chris Dick

HELL TOUR NOTES

Shannon Babb blazed through the fifth-mile oval in qualifying time trials reeling off a lap of 10.406 seconds which was less than a tenth of a second off the Macon Speedway track record. Other quick time honors went to Steve Sheppard Jr. of New Berlin, Ill., Tim Lance of Brimfield, Ill., and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill.

Heat race one saw a father and son duo pace the field on from the front row in Steve and Brandon Sheppard. Brandon Sheppard got the jump early on his father and claimed the heat win. Heat race two saw Rodney Melvin and Shannon Babb duel each other early with Melvin eventually getting the win.

Tim Lance claimed heat race three by grabbing the lead early over Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., and never looking back. Brian Shirley won the fourth and final heat race over Jayme Zidar of Greenfield, Wisc., a heat that saw racing all over the track between the top five cars.

Current UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals point leader Randy Korte of Highland, Ill. won the night's B-Main followed to the line by Terry Babb who held off a charging Dennis Erb Jr. Erb would use a provisional along with Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill. and Chris Dick of Deland, Ill.

2009 SUBWAY show car & trailer

Carl Edward’s Subway Show Car to Appear at Macon Speedway This Saturday, July 4!

(Macon, IL) Bring your camera to Macon Speedway this Saturday Night for our annual 95Q Firecracker 40’s. Bring your friends and family to celebrate our great nation by spending your evening with us. Sit back and enjoy a night full of racing which will include the UMP Modified, Touchstone Energy Sportsman, Street Stocks, Hornets and Mini Sprints plus a huge FIREWORKS display. While you are there get your photo taken next to the #99 Carl Edwards show car. The show car will be on display from 4-10 pm. Dave Crawley took home a $600 prize for winning the 95Q Firecracker 40 for the UMP Modified division in 2008. This year will be the first year that the UMP Street Stocks will have a chance to run the 40 lap feature and the winner of that division will take home a first place prize of $400!

In just five short years, Carl Edwards has had a storied NASCAR career. Moving his way from the Craftsman Truck Series to NASCAR’s elite Sprint Cup Series, winning a Busch Series Championship and chalking up numerous wins in between, he is considered one the NASCAR’s most voracious competitors.

In the first 10 years of his career, Carl Edwards accumulated two NASCAR sanctioned track championships, three Rookie-of-the-Year honors, and 75 feature wins while racing on both dirt and pavement tracks across the country. The drive and determination that Edwards showed in those 10 years launched him into a successful NASCAR career that continues into 2007 as he sets out to compete full-time in both the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series for the third consecutive year. Racing is not new to Edwards. His father, Carl ”Mike” Edwards, has been racing modified stock cars and USAC midgets for four decades accumulating over 200 feature wins at several Midwestern tracks. Carl Edwards, Jr. began his racing career in 1993 at the age of 13 driving four-cylinder mini-sprints.

Don’t forget the huge Fireworks display that will be held at dusk! Macon Speedway fans will be in for a treat as the thrilling Fireworks light up the sky in Macon Illlinois.

Herald & Review 100 and UMP Summer Nationals Set to Invade Macon Speedway

(Macon, IL) Race fans will be treated to a special UMP Late Model event at the Macon Speedway on Thursday, July 2^nd, with the running of the Herald & Review 100. This event will mark stop 19 in the 27 date Summer Nationals Late Model tour. The Summer Nationals tour pays over three-quarters of a million dollars in prize money with Thursday night’s winner taking home $6000 for their win. The UMP Summer Nationals tour has quickly become one of the most anticipated dirt Late Model tours in the nation that attracts talented drivers like Dennis Erb, Randy Korte, Rodney Melvin, Darren Miller and Don O’Neal. Last year’s winner of the Macon Speedway Summer Nationals was Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, Illinois. In addition to the exciting hundred lap UMP Late Model feature, our Street Stock and UMP Modified divisions will also hit the track.

Tickets can be purchased in advance beginning June 18th through the Herald & Review. Adult tickets will cost $18 in advance and children are $5. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on the day of the event. Adults will be $20, children 6-12 will be $5, and children 5 and under are free. Pit gates open at 4pm; Grandstands open at 5pm with the racing action starting at 7pm.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

The Herald & Review 100 kicks off a whole month of exciting racing. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Nine time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner and driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge for Petty Motorsports, Kasey Kahne will make his first appearance ever at the famous Macon Speedway. At this time, the first and second Nights of NASCAR Stars that were postponed due to rain have not been rescheduled.

Kids Shine on Exciting Night of Racing at Macon Speedway

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) On a monthly basis, Macon Speedway hosts a Kids Club meeting. In the June meeting, kids from all around, sons and daughters of drivers or just fans, began construction on box cars for the July meeting where they put the finishing touches on them, showed them off and raced them in front of a packed front stretch. 20 children, two groups of ten, formed a line and raced from the cone in front of the judge’s stand to the entrance of turn one. Six-year-old Blake Dulgar took the first race and nine-year-old Matthew Brewer claimed the second race. The ages ranged from two-to-six in the first race and six-to-eleven in the second race.

As the stock car races entered the turn two gate, the Touchstone Energy Sportsman raced a cautionless 15 laps with a first-time winner taking the checkered flag. Steve Hill from Edinburg started on the pole position and raced 15 perfect laps as he stayed away from lapped traffic and the wall. Two weeks ago, Hill took his Sportsman up the wall in turn three and down the wall in turn four. It was a wild ride two weeks ago but not as wild as his first checkered flag and feature win. Hill took the honors over Terry Reed, Rick Roedel and Timmy Dick.

The Modified feature saw rather bizarre situations during their 20 laps. A storm was forming to the north of Macon Speedway with a brief lightning show but nothing materialized until the race started. The wind, which was light and variable shifted and began howling out of the north letting everyone know that the hot and humid weather was about to change. Luckily, no precipitation fell throughout the races but lightning still flashed throughout the skyline to the north and to the northwest.

Lightning struck for the third time for Jeremy Nichols as he took hold of his third consecutive feature win in 2009. A race in which Nichols dominated after wrestling the lead away from Dick Taylor early was far from entertaining. Seven caution flags which saw three cars (Dick Taylor, Dave Crawley, Jr. and Don Koehler) come to the infield on lap 11 with flat tires. After fixing the mess, the cars jumped back to the tail of the field and resumed the race. Nichols took the win but Clark Robertson of Shelbyville ran a good second place; Wendell Zulauf, Jr. of Springfield sealed third place and Steve Ewing (who started from the back on lap six because of a take-out) took fourth.

In the tune-up before the 29^th Herald & Review 100 on Thursday, the Late Models saw an unfamiliar face in victory lane. Roger Brickler, who has one career Late Model win-that coming in 2004-was the third fastest car in qualifying, won his heat over Kyle Logue and started aside Greenfield, WI, native Jayme Zidar took the 25-lap feature and took momentum into the 100-lapper. Zidar was on the back bumper of Brickler throughout the race but on lap 17, Zidar got loose in turn two to open up the lead further. Zidar would begin falling as he got caught up in the wrong spot.

Finishing second would be the son of the two-time Herald & Review 100 winner Ed Bauman (1997-98) in a crate Late Model. Dennis Vandermeersch, who’s left rear axle was nearly about the come off during the early stages of the race, took third. Chris Dick took fourth and Jayme Zidar in fifth before Kyle Logue.

Mike Pickering grabbed his third Street Stock feature of 2009, starting from the pole position, and tried to close the gap on points championship. Points leader Blake Shelley finished second with Larry Russell, Jr. in third.

For the second-straight week, Michael Pundt, Jr. took the Pro Hornets feature. It was a mite easier this time as he had a larger lead on the second place car, Riverton’s Zach Dodd. The Amateur Hornet feature would go to Richard Johnson, who was immediately greeted by his cousin David Reed who let him drive the car in the class. The feature for Johnson would be his second of the season.

A huge week of racing is soon-awaiting Macon Speedway. Thursday will be the 29^th Herald & Review 100 as the UMP Summernationals tour makes its annual stop of the fastest 1/5^th-mile track. The UMP Late Models will try not only to win, but to survive the grueling 100-lap event in which the winner will pocket $6,000. Log on to www.herald-review.com/hr100 to select who you think will win the race and if you are correct, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Family Pack for Night of NASCAR Stars with Kasey Kahne on Wednesday, July 22^nd.

Following the incredible night of racing with the Late Models, Modifieds and Street Stocks, our nation’s birthday will be celebrated with the running of the 95Q Firecracker 40s as Modifieds and Street Stocks will each run 40-lap features. Also, the POWRi Mini Sprints, Touchstone Energy Sportsman and Pro and Amateur Hornets will run. And, don’t forget our HUGE fireworks display!

Herald & Review 100 and UMP Summer Nationals Set to Invade Macon Speedway

(Macon, IL) Race fans will be treated to a special UMP Late Model event at the Macon Speedway on Thursday, July 2nd, with the running of the Herald & Review 100. This event will mark stop 19 in the 27 date Summer Nationals Late Model tour. The Summer Nationals tour pays over three-quarters of a million dollars in prize money with Thursday night’s winner taking home $6000 for their win. The UMP Summer Nationals tour has quickly become one of the most anticipated dirt Late Model tours in the nation that attracts talented drivers like Dennis Erb, Randy Korte, Rodney Melvin, Darren Miller and Don O’Neal. Last year’s winner of the Macon Speedway Summer Nationals was Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, Illinois. In addition to the exciting hundred lap UMP Late Model feature, our Street Stock and UMP Modified divisions will also hit the track.

Tickets can be purchased in advance beginning June 18th through the Herald & Review. Adult tickets will cost $18 in advance and children are $5. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on the day of the event. Adults will be $20, children 6-12 will be $5, and children 5 and under are free. Pit gates open at 4pm; Grandstands open at 5pm with the racing action starting at 7pm.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

The Herald & Review 100 kicks off a whole month of exciting racing. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Nine time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner and driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge for Petty Motorsports, Kasey Kahne will make his first appearance ever at the famous Macon Speedway. At this time, the first and second Nights of NASCAR Stars that were postponed due to rain have not been rescheduled.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com.

MACON SPEEDWAY HOSTS KIDS CLUB BOX CAR RACES THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Macon, IL) This Saturday night, June 27 come be a part of the action that will include the UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks and the UMP Pro and Amateur Hornet divisions. This Saturday, Macon Speedway will be implementing a new program with the help of Decatur Used Cars to award to the UMP Crate Late Model division drivers. Each and every Saturday night we will give a bonus of $100 to the top finishing Crate Late Model, plus if a Crate Late Model wins the feature event they will receive a $250 bonus bringing the regular payout for Late Models to $1,250! Also on the slate for Saturday night’s racing program is the ever popular kids’ club box car races. The Macon Speedway kids have been working on their cars and can’t wait to get behind the wheel of their box cars to see who will win the checkered flag. All children are welcome to participate, just bring a box car that they have built and be ready to race! We will also!
have a special treat for all the box car participants at Macon Speedway this Saturday night…ice cream donated by Prairie Farms, Decatur, IL. Don’t miss your chance to be the lucky fan in our Best Fan in the Stands promotion. Each week we award one lucky fan and modified driver $100 each. To get your $100 simply come to Macon Speedway and fill out an entry form then, come back next race and you might be chosen to be the Best Fan in the Stands.

Last week’s feature winners included first time feature winner Ben Madaris of Decatur, IL in the Amateur Hornet division. Also taking checkered flags were #21 Kyle Logue, Cisco, IL in the Late Model division, #11 Rick Roedel, Shelbyville, IL and #01 Jeremy Nichols in the Modified division,
#95 Steve Ewing in the Street Stock division and #918 Mike Pundt, in the Pro Hornet division, all of Decatur, IL. Kyle Logue, the Macon Speedway UMP Late Model point’s leader, has accumulated 6 feature wins in 2009 including 7 top 3 feature finishes out of the 9 starts he has made in his Sav Mor Pharmacy Late Model. Steve Ewing is no stranger to the winners circle as he has taken home 5 checkered flags this year in the Street Stock division. Rick Roedel trails Taylorville’s own Scott Landers by a mere 2 points for the top spot in the Sportsman point’s race. Join us this Saturday night as these winners try to bring home another checkered flag on the super fast 1/5 mile oval dirt track.
UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Thursday night, July 2, join us as well welcome back the Herald & Review 100/ Summer Nationals! The Summer Nationals boasts some of the best Late Model racing in the country with the top position’s prize money being awarded almost $200,000 over the course of the series. The UMP Late Models will be tearing up the track competing in a 100 lap feature! Coming up at Macon Speedway on July 4 will be our annual 95Q Firecracker 40’s featuring two 40 lap features, one for the Modified and one for the Street Stock divisions. Come watch as they light up the sky with our huge fireworks display. Next up at Macon Speedway is the Touchstone Energy Night at Macon Speedway where the Touchstone Energy Sportsman will be racing to win $500!

Don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart and Mark Martin at Macon Speedway on September 2 for our Night of NASCAR Stars II. Also don’t miss Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace appearing on July 22 for the Night of Nascar Stars III. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling our office at 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

Macon Speedway Announces Schedule Changes

Macon Speedway is proud to announce the following changes to its 2009 schedule which will highlight the exciting POWRi Mini Sprint Summer Series now being ran on Saturday July 4^th instead of July 17^th. Also on the fourth of July we will be moving our Big Ten Series race to a date that will be announced later, so that the Late Models can attend their Summernational race.

Saturday June 27 Late Models/Modifieds/Sportsman/Street Stocks/Hornets/Kids Box Car Races

Thursday July 2 Late Models/Modifieds/Street Stocks/Herald & Review 100/UMP Summernationals

Saturday July 4 Modifieds/Sportsman/Street Stocks/POWRi Minisprints/Hornets/95Q Firecracker 40’s Featuring two 40 Lap Feature Events

Thursday July 9 Summernationals,Lasalle, IL

Saturday July 11 Touchstone Energy Night Sportsman Special/$500 to Win

Saturday July 18 Late Models/Modifieds/Sportsman/Street Stocks (CILSS $500 to win)/Hornets/Christmas in July-Toys for Kids

Wednesday July 22 POWRi Midgets/Minisprints/Modifieds/Street Stocks/Night of Nascar Stars III Featuring Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace

We will be holding our exciting Firecracker 40s, Saturday, July 4^th consisting of a 40 lap modified feature paying $600 to win and a 40 lap Street Stock feature paying $400 to win. Plus our traditional huge fireworks display! Our second Night of Nascar Stars, featuring Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader will be held on September 2. We still have plenty of good seats available for both of the Nights of Nascar Stars!

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact Macon Speedway via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

MACON SPEEDWAY HOSTS KIDS CLUB BOX CAR RACES THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Macon, IL) This Saturday night, June 27 come be a part of the action that will include the UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman and the UMP Pro and Amateur Hornet divisions. This Saturday, Macon Speedway will be implementing a new program with the help of Decatur Used Cars to award to the UMP Crate Late Model division drivers. Each and every Saturday night we will give a bonus of $100 to the top finishing Crate Late Model, plus if a Crate Late Model wins the feature event they will receive a $250 bonus bringing the regular payout for Late Models to $1,250! Also on the slate for Saturday night’s racing program is the ever popular kids’ club box car races. The Macon Speedway kids have been working on their cars and can’t wait to get behind the wheel of their box cars to see who will win the checkered flag. All children are welcome to participate, just bring a box car that they have built and be ready to race! We will also have a special treat for all the box car participants at Macon Speedway this Saturday night…ice cream donated by Prairie Farms, Decatur, IL. Don’t miss your chance to be the lucky fan in our Best Fan in the Stands promotion. Each week we award one lucky fan and modified driver $100 each. To get your $100 simply come to Macon Speedway and fill out an entry form then, come back next race and you might be chosen to be the Best Fan in the Stands.

Last week’s feature winners included first time feature winner Ben Madaris of Decatur, IL in the Amateur Hornet division. Also taking checkered flags were #21 Kyle Logue, Cisco, IL in the Late Model division, #11 Rick Roedel, Shelbyville, IL and #01 Jeremy Nichols in the Modified division,

#95 Steve Ewing in the Street Stock division and #918 Mike Pundt, in the Pro Hornet division, all of Decatur, IL. Kyle Logue, the Macon Speedway UMP Late Model point’s leader, has accumulated 6 feature wins in 2009 including 7 top 3 feature finishes out of the 9 starts he has made in his Sav Mor Pharmacy Late Model. Steve Ewing is no stranger to the winners circle as he has taken home 5 checkered flags this year in the Street Stock division. Rick Roedel trails Taylorville’s own Scott Landers by a mere 2 points for the top spot in the Sportsman point’s race. Join us this Saturday night as these winners try to bring home another checkered flag on the super fast 1/5 mile oval dirt track.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Thursday night, July 2, join us as well welcome back the Herald & Review 100/ Summer Nationals! The Summer Nationals boasts some of the best Late Model racing in the country with the top position’s prize money being awarded almost $200,000 over the course of the series. The UMP Late Models will be tearing up the track competing in a 100 lap feature! Coming up at Macon Speedway on July 4 will be our annual 95Q Firecracker 40’s featuring two 40 lap features, one for the Modified and one for the Street Stock divisions. Come watch as they light up the sky with our huge fireworks display. Next up at Macon Speedway is the Touchstone Energy Night at Macon Speedway where the Touchstone Energy Sportsman will be racing to win $500!

Don’t miss your chance to see Tony Stewart and Mark Martin at Macon Speedway on September 2 for our Night of NASCAR Stars II. Also don’t miss Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace appearing on July 22 for the Night of Nascar Stars III. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling our office at 217-764-3000.

Exciting Finishes for Dear Ol’ Dad Program

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) Father’s Day 2009 not only is a day to recognize the dads of the world but it will also be the official start to summer. Saturday night was a pretty good example of what is to be expected for the 2009 Summer of Fun at Macon Speedway.

A two-caution Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature saw two lead changes and it was between the two drivers vying for the top spot in the standings. Scott Landers of Taylorville and Rick Roedel of Shelbyville have been neck-and-neck for the Touchstone Energy Sportsman points championship. Entering the evening, the two drivers would be separated by four points with Landers leading Roedel. Roedel followed Landers for the first two laps but on lap three in the second turn, Roedel took over and never was challenged again. Weaving his way through the lapped traffic, Roedel took his fourth feature of 2009 and closed the gap on Landers, who finished second. First-time visitor to the track, Shane Garrison of Dawson, took third before Mike Pickering and Terry Reed.

The Late Model feature was filled with dramatic moments. Don Cisco III and Dennis Vandermeersch started together in the front row and went side by side for the early going before Vandermeersch took off. On the 18^th lap, Cisco had caught up to Vandermeersch and in the second turn, disaster struck for both drivers. Cisco caught Vandermeersch and spun him around; Vandermeersch kept going but Cisco spun around and was met by the oncoming Bill Wilhour. Cisco’s damage would be superficial but Vandermeersch would be sent into the infield with a flat left rear tire. After the change, Vandermeersch would come back onto the track but not in his first place position; he would be forced to the back because he worked on the racecar in the infield. Cisco would be sent to the back, also, for the takeout of Vandermeersch.

The third-place car would become the leader, Mike Hammerle, and he would try to defend the newly-awarded position from Kyle Logue and John Beck. Hammerle, the current UMP National Points leader, would hold the lead for a few laps but atop the second turn within five laps to go, Logue took the lead away and raced off for his sixth feature win of 2009. Hammerle took second with Chris Dick in third and Jason Cleaver in fourth. Logue had a rough feature after being the fastest qualifier and started from the tenth position.

Dave Crawley, Jr. had also been going through a rough night. A poor heat race put him in the 18^th position of 20 racecars and after an accident during the race’s first lap, he would be taken from the race due to a bent right front axle. Danny Smith from Argenta had a good night with a heat win and a front-row-outside starting position in the feature. Last week’s feature winner Jeremy Nichols started second row inside behind pole sitter Clark Robertson. All three drivers won their heats from the pole position.

Danny Smith had led the first ten laps before Nichols caught up to Smith, who nearly spun himself out in the fourth turn of lap 12, and took the advantage. Green flag racing allowed Nichols to pull away and take his second feature in-a-row. Smith finished in second with Steve Ewing in third, Don Koehler and Joe Strawkus (who was tied with Crawley for the Modified points championship) took fourth and fifth.

The first three rows of the Street Stock feature had a combined ten feature wins. Larry Russell, Jr. (the pole sitter) led the opening eight laps but Steve Ewing, a four-time feature winner, came from the second row outside spot to take over and make him a five-time feature winner. Ewing finished in front of Russell, Mike Pickering, Blake Shelley, Troy Dodson, Al Crawley and Terry Reed. All but Crawley have claimed the checkered flag in a feature during the 2009 season.

After the Herald & Review newspaper wrote up a story on Heidi Hames, she was fast to show off her car in the Pro Hornet class in her first full night in the division. Michael Pundt, Jr. wasn’t about to let the owner of his car take the victory easily so they raced side by side and bumper to bumper for the majority of the eight-lap feature event. As the finish came and the checkered flag waved, Pundt had finished in front of Hames by the absolute smallest margin. Zach Dodd was a main stay in the top but finished third.

Ben Madaris finally was able to claim victory in the Amateur Hornets, finishing in front of Brian Offer, who led the most laps in the eight-lap race, and Cody Fleming.

To read Heidi Hames’ story by Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper, log onto www.herald-review.com. You can also pick your winner of the 29^th Annual Herald & Review 100. If your selection is correct, you will be put into a drawing for a family pack of NASCAR Night tickets with special guest Kasey Kahne on July 22^nd. Log onto www.herald-review.com/hr100 for the contest information.

The next Macon Speedway show will be another exciting night of racing with the Kids Club Box Car races during the StarTek intermission program. That will pave the way to the 29^th running of the Herald & Review 100 on Thursday, July 2^nd and the 95Q Firecracker 40s on our nation’s birthday, July 4^th.

Result For June 20, 2009

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	10	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	50
2	5	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	48
3	3	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	46
4	4	C4	Jason Cleaver	Mechanicsburg , Il	44
5	6	28B	John Beck	Springfield , Il	42
6	2	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	40
7	8	12T	David Thornton	-	38
8	1	DC3	Don Cisco	Blue Mound, Il	36
9	9	7M	Kevin Moffett	Moweaqua , Il	34
10	7	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	32
11	11	38	Doug Hemer	Moweaqua , Il	30
12	13	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	28
13	12	31	Brent Helmkamp	-	26
More Results

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	50
2	2	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	48
3	4	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	46
4	6	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	44
5	7	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	42
6	5	00	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	40
7	1	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	38
8	12	7S	Ethan Schnapp	-	36
9	8	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	34
10	15	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	32
11	10	58	Larry Ferguson	Arcola , Il	30
12	19	18M	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	28
13	14	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	26
14	16	35S	Randy Spaugh	Decatur , Il	24
15	20	128	Mike Haas	Mascoutah , Il	22
16	17	5G	Brian Gates	Morrisonville , Il	20
17	11	22	Scott Jones	-	18
18	18	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	16
19	9	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	14
20	13	52	Roger Drake	-	12
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	50
2	2	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	48
3	8	44G	Shane Garrisson	-	46
4	5	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	44
5	1	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	42
6	3	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	40
7	10	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	38
8	16	14	Nathan Lynch	-	36
9	14	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	34
10	11	90	Justin Ater	Moweaqua , Il	32
11	9	22J	Tony Clinton	Dawson , Il	30
12	18	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	28
13	7	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	26
14	15	7	Mark Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	12	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	22
16	6	72	Tom Graham	Stonington , Il	20
17	13	55	Kevin Cook	Iblue Mound, Il	18
18	17	71	Jeff Graham	-	16
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	1	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	48
3	3	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	44
5	6	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	42
6	10	88	Albert Crawley Sr.	Decatur , Il	40
7	2	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	38
8	8	3	Phil Moreland	-	36
9	9	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	34
10	7	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	32
11	11	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	30
12	13	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	28
13	12	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	26
14	14	34	Jeremy Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	15	1	Cale Chandler	-	22
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	0	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	50
2	4	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	48
3	3	28	Cody Fleming	Decatur , Il	46
4	8	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	44
5	10	26K	Austin Mulligan	-	42
6	12	205	Michael Gossett	-	40
7	11	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	38
8	14	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	36
9	9	X28	Nathan Chandler	Decatur , Il	34
10	5	21R	Gary Justice	-	32
11	7	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	30
12	13	62	Kevin Brown	Pana , Il	28
13	15	18	Brian Rynders	Virginia , Il	26
14	18	44KIT	Steven Kite	Decatur , Il	24
15	2	5	Richard Johnson	-	22
16	6	3G	Brandon Kirby	Decatur , Il	20
17	16	03	Roger Reed	Decatur , Il	18
18	17	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	16
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	918	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	50
2	4	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	48
3	2	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	46
4	3	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	44
5	5	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	42
6	8	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	40
7	7	4SQ	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	38
8	9	26K	Ryan Barton	Kincaid , Il	36
9	11	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	34
10	13	3G	Jeff Gill	Shelbyville , Il	32
11	16	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	30
12	6	18	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	28
13	15	6	Justunn Hilton	Lovington , Il	26
14	14	2M	Julie Marshall	Springfield , Il	24
15	12	03	Michael Dick	Decatur , Il	22
16	10	X28	Nick Lowe	-	20

Macon Speedway Announces Weekly Crate Late Model Bonus
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(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is proud to announce another bonus program for the 2009 Racing Season. Decatur Used Cars has stepped up and offered a $100 bonus to the highest finishing UMP Pro Crate Late Model in our Late Model feature event each and every night. They are also offering a $250 bonus if a UMP Pro Crate Late Model wins the Late Model feature event.

Initiated in 2007, this bonus helps all Crate Late Models tremendously, as now they can race for a Super Late Model payout plus a $100 bonus. The Macon Speedway Late Model features currently pay $1,000 to win and $125 to start.

Don’t forget our exciting weekly racing this Saturday featuring all six of our UMP divisions!
Macon Speedway races every Saturday night from April through September. Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com

DADS TO BE HONORED AT MACON SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Macon, IL) Bring your Dad this Saturday Night for our annual Fathers Day night to honor all Fathers at the track. There will be a special Father’s only drawing for door prizes. Macon Speedway will also host its third Macon Speedway driver autograph session for 2009, so bring your pens and your favorite items to be autographed to Macon Speedway’s pavilion and meet our local dirt track heroes. All 6 of our UMP divisions will be racing Saturday night. Don’t forget you have a chance to be the Best Fan in the Stands each night the UMP Modified division races! Don’t miss your chance to bring home $100 dollars by signing up for the Best Fan in the Stands. Gates open at 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 13 and the UMP Late Models will qualify at 7:00 PM. Admission is $10 for adults and children 12 and under admitted free.

Be sure not to miss our exciting weekly racing next Saturday, June 27^th, along with our third Kids Club of the season featuring their box car races.

The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2^nd. Tickets can be purchased in advance beginning on June 18^th, through the Herald & Review. Adult tickets in advance are $18, and children are $5. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on July 2^nd at $20 for adults with children 6-12 costing $5, and children 5 and under are free.

Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4^th, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22^nd and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Nine time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner and driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge for Petty Motorsports, Kasey Kahne will make his first appearance ever at the famous Macon Speedway.

NIGHT OF NASCAR STARS II RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 2009!

(Macon, IL) After much planning and scheduling Macon Speedway announces that the Night of Nascar Stars II will be rescheduled for September 2, 2009 which will feature Nascar Stars Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, and Ken Schrader. Tickets purchased for the Night of Nascar Stars II originally scheduled for June 11 will be good for the new date of September 2. Tickets can be purchased now for September 2 by calling 217-764-3000, as we still have many good seats available. You won’t want to miss the POWRi Midgets & Micros, UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks as they take to the track for the crowd on Night of NASCAR Stars II.

Pick a racing series. Choose a style of race car. Name a venue. Chances are Tony Stewart has proven victorious. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet is now racing for his new racing team, Stewart Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Since Tony started his NASCAR career, he has scored 11 championships since he first wheeled a go-kart at a Westport, IN. race track in 1978. Tony is a two-time Sprint Cup Series champion winning in 2002 and in 2005. Tony joined the NASCAR circuit by way of IRL IndyCar Series, where he was series champion in 1997. Stewart has raced just about everything including USAC’s top three national touring divisions; Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown. He is the first and only driver to have won championships in stock cars, Indy cars and open-wheel Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown cars. Don’t miss your chance to see Tony drive the No. 14 Midget on September 2.

Mark Martin driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet of Hendrick Motorsports will return for the entire 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in 2010. It will be the 22nd full-time Cup campaign of Martin's career and his second with car owner Rick Hendrick. Last July, Martin signed a two-year contract with Hendrick Motorsports covering one full Sprint Cup season in 2009 and one part-time schedule of 26 events in 2010. "Week in and week out, Mark continues to be one of the best race car drivers in the world," Hendrick said. "He's already made an incredible contribution to Hendrick Motorsports, and our entire company is excited about running another full season and winning races with him in 2009 and 2010." With his April 18 victory at Phoenix, Martin became just the fourth driver to record 400 top-10 finishes in Sprint Cup competition. It was his 36th career win in NASCAR's top series.

Gates open at Macon Speedway on September 2 at 3:00 PM. An autograph session with the NASCAR drivers will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 on a first-come, first-served basis. Racing starts at 7:00 PM.

All seating for the Nights of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway is reserved. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for the September 2 event. Pit passes will be $30. Orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200. Tickets are also on sale for the July 22 Night of NASCAR Stars featuring Kasey Kahne.

Macon Speedway gets “Amen” from Pastors

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) With Father’s Day fast approaching, Macon Speedway dedicated a night to some fathers…and reverends and pastors with the third annual Faster Pastor event. Eight area drivers, along with members of their congregation, filled Macon Speedway for a night of family and religious fun.

BJ Deal of Brownstown is not only a Street Stock driver, he is also a pastor of the First Baptist Church in Brownstown, and starting in the back of the field driving a 4-cylinder Hornet, Deal took over the lead from 2008 Faster Pastor Keith Jenkins and won the 6-lap event during the StarTek Intermission program.

Macon Speedway fans were treated with many specials and surprises through the evening, including double Pro and Amateur Hornet features. The final feature to be made up from the April 18^th rain-out were given the green and checkered flag as Zach Dodd took his first Pro Hornet feature and Heidi Hames won her sixth and final Amateur Hornet feature. After the sixth feature win, Hames would move up to the Pro level.

In the regularly-scheduled features, Joe Reed starved off David Reed and Jeff Dodd for his fifth feature of the year, second in-a-row, and his points lead grew over second-place Jeff Dodd. Richard Johnson, driving David Reed’s car, took the Amateur Hornet feature, racing 20 feature cars.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature had Taylorville’s Scott Landers taking his first feature of the year. Timmy Dick made the move for second, passing Mike Pickering and Terry Reed took fourth.

Kyle Logue grabbed his fifth Late Model feature in 2009. Roger Brickler had the pole after holding off Logue in the heat race but was unable to stay in front of Logue as the Cisco native and defending track champion grabbed the lead on lap seven and didn’t look back.

A nine-caution flag Modified feature finished with pole-sitter Jeremy Nichols winning for the first time. Kyle Logue, once again driving the 11, was behind Nichols from the start of the race and all the way until lap 20. Aaron Burcham started tenth and wound up third.

The second race at Macon Speedway for the CILSSS and $500-to-win feature started 21 of 22 cars and only needed three cautions to get a winner. The 25-lap feature saw two lead changes as Terry Reed passed Mike Pickering on lap eight. From behind the hunter to the hunted really was a tough thing to do for Reed. BJ Deal, the 2009 Faster Pastor, trailed Reed with CILSSS winner Troy Dodson in third, followed by Pickering, Blake Shelley and Steve Ewing also in pursuit of the leader.

On the lap 23 restart, Reed did everything imaginable to stop Shelley from overtaking the lead. Coming out of the final lap of the final turn, Shelley tried one last time but it would be the worst decision as he spun the car around and lost the chance of the win and would take second place.

An absolutely exciting evening of racing wrapped up and now the attention becomes focused on next Saturday night when Macon Speedway toasts the dads with the Dear Ol’ Dad program. Drivers will be available for autographs before the racing. Following another terrific night of racing, the points standings will once again shift and the races for track champion will get more intense.

Result For June 13, 2009

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	50
2	1	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	48
3	7	96	Cory Daugherty	Blue Mound, Il	46
4	2	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	44
5	9	00	Shawn Bohm	-	42
6	5	F15	Jeremy Conaway	-	40
7	4	DC3	Don Cisco	-	38
8	10	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	36
9	6	25	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	34
10	8	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	32
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UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	50
2	3	11	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	48
3	10	00	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	46
4	6	77	Guy Taylor	-	44
5	4	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	42
6	8	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	40
7	11	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	38
8	14	18M	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	36
9	13	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	34
10	9	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	32
11	7	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	30
12	20	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	28
13	15	58	Larry Ferguson	Arcola , Il	26
14	19	5G	Brian Gates	Morrisonville , Il	24
15	21	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	22
16	18	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	20
17	5	52	Roger Drake	-	18
18	12	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	16
19	16	05	Tom Lambdin	Lovington , Il	14
20	2	22	Scott Jones	-	12
21	17	32X	George Ewing	-	10
22	22	15	Troy Page	Decatur , Il	8
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UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	50
2	3	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	48
3	1	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	44
5	4	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	42
6	14	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	40
7	15	71	Jeff Graham	-	38
8	6	72	Tom Graham	-	36
9	9	14	Nathan Lynch	-	34
10	11	7B	Stefan Bedinger	-	32
11	8	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	30
12	13	B88	Jim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	28
13	7	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	26
14	10	70JYD	Steve Hill	Edinburg , Il	24
15	12	55	Kevin Cook	-	22
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UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	12	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	48
3	3	88X	Bj Deal	Brownstown , Il	46
4	8	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	44
5	2	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	42
6	5	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	40
7	1	3	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	38
8	9	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	36
9	11	57R	Thomas Riech	Springfield , Il	34
10	14	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	32
11	7	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	30
12	16	15C	Kevin Crowder	-	28
13	19	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	26
14	18	58	Timothy Riech	-	24
15	13	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	22
16	22	54R	Frank Reed Jr	-	20
17	15	OO	Roy Magee Ii	Springfield , Il	18
18	6	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	16
19	20	21R	Dustin Reed	Decatur , Il	14
20	10	34	Jeremy Reed	-	12
21	17	52R	Jeffery Reed Jr.	Blue Mound, Il	10
22	21	6	Willie Haddock	Owoneco , Il	8
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UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	5	Richard Johnson	-	50
2	1	17	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	48
3	6	46	Jeff Eller	-	46
4	11	26K	Austin Mulligan	-	44
5	3	28	Cody Fleming	-	42
6	4	4X	Tom Eskew	-	40
7	16	77	John Goveia	-	38
8	8	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	36
9	13	21R	Tony Reed	Decatur , Il	34
10	9	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	32
11	17	02	Fred Reed Sr	Decatur , Il	30
12	23	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	28
13	15	03	Roger Reed	-	26
14	12	205	Michael Gossett	-	24
15	19	2M	Micheal Mercer	Springfield , Il	22
16	18	55	Monica Risse	-	20
17	7	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	18
18	10	K55	Jr Fry	Stonington , Il	16
19	5	X28	Nathan Chandler	-	14
20	14	0X	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	12
21	21	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	10
22	22	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	8
23	20	20	Mike Ward	-	4
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UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	4	5	David Reed	-	48
3	3	22X	Jeff Dodd	Springfield , Il	46
4	1	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	44
5	5	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	42
6	6	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	40
7	12	918	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	38
8	10	17	Jonathon Painter	-	36
9	8	3G	Jeff Gill	Shelbyville , Il	34
10	7	26K	Ryan Barton	-	32
11	9	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	30
12	11	77	James Grant Ii	Springfield , Il	28
13	15	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	26
14	19	8UP	Mike Morse	Decatur , Il	24
15	13	4X	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	22
16	14	0X	Billy Justice	-	20
17	18	1	Mike Howell	-	18
18	17	2M	Julie Marshall	Springfield , Il	16
19	16	3	Willard Carter	-	14
20	21	03	Michael Dick	-	12
21	23	21R	Mark Reed	Decatur , Il	10
22	22	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	8
23	20	04S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	6
UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	50
2	6	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	48
3	3	K55	Jr Fry	Stonington , Il	46
4	9	0	Cody Fleming	-	44
5	10	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	42
6	5	02	Fred Reed Sr	Decatur , Il	40
7	11	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	38
8	14	4X	Tom Eskew	-	36
9	1	18	Leon Kallenbach	-	34
10	2	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	32
11	7	21	Marty Sullivan	Mt. Zion, Il	30
12	8	11J	Jon Durflinger	Decatur , Il	28
13	12	54R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	26
14	13	13C	Cheyanne Toler	-	24
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UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	9	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	50
2	4	22X	Jeff Dodd	Springfield , Il	48
3	3	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	44
5	6	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	42
6	8	6S	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	40
7	1	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	38
8	7	54R	Frank Reed Sr.	Decatur , Il	36
9	2	21	Mike Mcchristy	-	34
10	10	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	32
11	11	35	Brandon Kirby	Decatur , Il	30
12	12	115	Cory Ballinger	-	28

MACON SPEEDWAY WELCOMES AREA CHURCHES AND THEIR PASTORS AS WE RUN THE ANNUAL FASTER PASTOR RACE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway welcomes area Pastors this Saturday to take in an exciting night of racing action on the fast 1/5 mile oval. Area pastors will take to the track in 4-cyl Hornet cars racing for the distinction of “Faster Pastor”. Special admission pricing is available for congregations and youth groups coming out to Macon Speedway to support their pastor. The CILSSS Series will be back in action with our UMP Street Stock division racing for $500. Last time the Street Stocks raced in the CILSS series was on May 24 and the prevailing winner was Troy Dodson of Cerro Gordo, IL. All 6 UMP divisions will be racing Saturday night. The UMP Late Model division is heating up after last weekend’s Lite Beer Twin 50’s crowned a new winner; Steve Sheppard Jr. Top points runners, Kyle Logue, Cisco, IL and Chris Dick, Deland, IL will be in attendance to try and gain the needed points to send them to the top of the standings without a tie. Dave Crawley Jr. aka “Elvis” of Decatur, IL is sitting at the top of the point standing in our UMP Modified division with a lead over second runner up Joe Strawkas, Buffalo, IL by 22 points.

Gates open at 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 13 and the UMP Late Models will qualify at 7:00 PM. Admission is $10 for adults and children 12 and under admitted free.

Mark your calendars:

June 20 is Dear OL Dad Night honoring all the Dad’s at Macon Speedway that evening. We will also be hosting a driver autograph session with our local Macon Speedway drivers.

June 27 will be another exciting night of weekly racing featuring our kid’s club box car races.

July 2 is the Herald & Review 100 UMP Summernationals featuring the a hundred lap feature event for the UMP Late Models and also featuring our Street Stock divisions and UMP Modified division. Advance tickets go on sale June 18 at the Herald & Review, adult tickets are $18 in advance and children are $5.

July 4 join us for the 95Q Firecracker 40’s and the Midwest Big Ten Series plus a huge FIREWORKS display!!!!

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TONY STEWART & MARK MARTIN APPEARING AT MACON SPEEDWAY!

(Macon, IL) On June 11 get ready to welcome track owner and NASCAR titan Tony Stewart for the first time since his appearance when the track reopened under the new high profile ownership team in 2007. Also joining Tony will be NASCAR legend Mark Martin! Macon Speedway will kick off the Night of NASCAR Stars by hosting an autograph session featuring Tony Stewart and well known NASCAR star Mark Martin, so come out to the track early to get your chance to meet Tony and Mark. The gates will open at 3:00; The NASCAR stars will be signing autographs from 4:30 to 5:30 so come out early to get your autographs. You won’t want to miss the POWRi Midgets & Micros, UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks as they take to the track for the crowd on Night of NASCAR Stars II.

Gates open at Macon Speedway on June 11 at 3:00 PM. An autograph session with the NASCAR drivers will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 on a first-come, first-served basis. Racing starts at 6:30 PM.

All seating for the Nights of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway is reserved. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for the June 11 event. Pit passes will be $30. Orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200. Tickets are on sale now for the July 22 Night of NASCAR Stars III featuring Kasey Kahne.

Macon Speedway Doubles the Pleasure with the Lite Beer Twin 50s

By Brett Zerfowski

The second year in-a-row, the Late Models and Modifieds would take to the track for 50-lap features in the Mueller Distributing Lite Beer Twin 50s. 16 Late Models and 23 Modifieds all trying to get through the 50 laps and onto the increased prize money for a first-place finish.

The evening started the way the 2008 Twin 50s ended with Brandon Sheppard not only taking the fast qualifying time in his group, but also taking the checkered flag in his heat. The first heat would go to his father Steve Sheppard, Jr.

Good heat races with few drivers unable to make the features set up the excitement of the feature events. The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature took to the track first and the early battle was with two former feature winners, Alan Crowder and Rick Roedel. Crowder led the first four laps but was passed by Roedel on lap five and from that point on, Roedel was able to put the rest of the field behind him and coast to his second feature in-a-row and third overall. A sub-par night for Scott Landers will make things different atop of the Touchstone Energy Sportsman standings. Roedel trailed Landers by eight points coming into the evening.

The Modifieds came out for their 50-lap feature and last year’s winner, Jeremy Nichols, started front row outside with Buffalo’s Joe Strawkus on the pole. The second row consisted of Kyle Logue and Aaron Burcham, who had won two consecutive features. All 24 cars started the 50-lap feature which led to problems early in the event. There were three caution flags within the first nine laps of the 50-lapper with Joe Strawkus holding off Logue, Curt Rhodes and Nichols. Logue made the pass on Strawkus on lap 23 and began to put some distance between he and the second-place car. A spinout in turn four of lap 33 brought the cars back together but Logue would once again distance himself from the charging competition. Logue would lead the final 27 laps on route to his first Modified feature of 2009 and the $750 first-place prize. Strawkus took second with third through sixth being congested between Nichols, points leader Davey Crawley, Jr. (who started in the 19^th position), Steve Ewing (who started 12^th) and Burcham.

The Best Fan in the Stands driver was the driver who finished sixth and Burcham received a $100 bonus and a chance to make one lucky fan very happy. With two straight weeks of unclaimed money in the Best Fan in the Stands promotion, Saturday’s winner would pocket $300. Jeannine Garner’s name was drawn from the box containing the Macon Speedway faithful by Aaron Burcham.

The Pro Hornets feature split up the two 50-lap main events and from the pole, Joe Reed was able to stay in front of Michael Pundt, Jr. and James Hankins as he took his fourth feature of the year and regained the points standings from Jeff Dodd.

After the Modifieds took 50 laps and the Pro Hornets raced eight laps, the track got slick. 16 Late Models entered the speedway from the turn two gate for their own 50-lap adventure. The race would have the heat winners, Steve Sheppard, Jr. and Brandon Sheppard sitting in the front row. Kyle Logue and Roger Brickler sat in the second row. A rough night for five-time Twin 50s winner Dick Taylor saw him start in the last row. The track looked very shinny and slick as the Late Models took the green flag and from the moment the green flag waved all the way to the checkered flag, the race belonged to Steve Sheppard, Jr. An incredible no-caution 50-lap Late Model race saw only three cars pull in to the infield with problems. One of those cars was current points leader Kyle Logue. Logue had problems with handling throughout the feature and on lap 12 pulled into the infield and sat out the remaining 38 laps. It would a fast race for the Sheppards as no cautions limited the time to a mere 11 minutes and Steve Sheppard, Jr. took his third Macon Speedway feature in the third leg of the Midwest Big Ten Series. It was also the third feature win for Sheppard, Jr. in the Series. His son, Brandon, would take second with Chris Dick and Roger Brickler following behind the father-son duo.

The win for Steve Sheppard, Jr. was his sixth in the Lite Beer Twins events and he now has the all-time lead for most wins after being tied with Dick Taylor. After leading and winning the Mueller Distributing Lite Beer Twin 50s, Steve Sheppard, Jr. pocketed the $1,500 first-place prize.

After taking the lead from Blake Shelley on lap three, Steve Ewing would hold on and win his fourth feature of 2009. Shelley finished in second to jumble up the Street Stock points standings.

The Amateur Hornets wrapped up the program and Heidi Hames collected her fifth feature of the season after a rough and caution-filled start. Hames passed Sam McCoy on lap two and never looked back.

After one big show comes an even bigger show, possibly the biggest show so far in 2009, NASCAR Night with Macon Speedway co-owners Tony Stewart and Ken Schrader. Mark Martin will also be welcomed to the dirt track. On top of the evening being special enough with the NASCAR stars, the speedway welcomes back the POWRi Midgets and Micros. Modifieds and Street Stocks will also be apart of the huge night.

Great seats are still available for NASCAR Night and you can get your tickets in advance by dialing (217) 764-3000. Tickets will also be made available at the main gate on race day. It will be a reserved seating only night at the track so in order to get the best seats in the house, dial (217) 764-3000!

Macon Speedway will also race on Saturday night with the Dear Ol’ Dad night featuring the Faster Pastor race during the StarTek Intermission program. Another full show will be in store for the fans of Macon Speedway with all five racing divisions on the night before Father’s Day.

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	5S	Steve Sheppard	New Berlin, Il	50
2	2	B5	Brandon Sheppard	-	48
3	8	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	46
4	4	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	44
5	10	28B	John Beck	Springfield , Il	42
6	5	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	40
7	6	F15	Jeremy Conaway	-	38
8	11	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	36
9	12	11D	Brian Diveley	-	34
10	15	24	Dick Taylor	-	32
11	9	C4	Jason Cleaver	-	30
12	7	DC3	Don Cisco	-	28
13	14	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	26
14	13	00	Shawn Bohm	-	24
15	3	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	22
16	16	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	20
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UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	11	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	50
2	1	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	48
3	2	01	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	46
4	19	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	44
5	12	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	42
6	4	00	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	40
7	9	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	38
8	5	10	Curt Rhodes	Taylorville , Il	36
9	8	40	Jim Leka	Illiopolis , Il	34
10	23	18	Randy Myers	Springfield , Il	32
11	22	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	30
12	20	8	Dick Taylor	-	28
13	6	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	26
14	15	18M	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	24
15	7	52	Roger Drake	-	22
16	17	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	20
17	18	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	18
18	21	22	Scott Jones	-	16
19	24	16H	Eric Hamilton	Macon , Il	14
20	11	77	Guy Taylor	-	12
21	16	32X	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	10
22	14	5G	Brian Gates	Morrisonville , Il	8
23	13	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	6
24	10	87	Wes O'dell	-	4
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UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	5	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	50
2	2	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	48
3	7	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	46
4	9	14	Nation Lynch	-	44
5	15	72	Tom Graham	-	42
6	3	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	40
7	8	3B	Stefan Bedinger	-	38
8	6	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	36
9	13	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	34
10	14	90	Justin Ater	-	32
11	11	8K	Ken Fustin	Springfield , Il	30
12	1	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	28
13	12	87	Dan O'dell	-	26
14	4	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	10	B88	James Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	22
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UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	50
2	1	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	48
3	6	3	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	46
4	2	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	44
5	4	88	Albert Crawley Sr.	Decatur , Il	42
6	5	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	40
7	8	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	38
8	9	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	36
9	10	15C	Kevin Crowder	-	34
10	7	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	32
11	13	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	30
12	14	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	28
13	12	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	26
14	11	77JNJ	Nate Smith	-	24
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UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	4	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	50
2	5	46	Jeff Eller	-	48
3	18	205	Michael Gossett	-	46
4	7	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	44
5	15	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	42
6	12	62	Kevin Brown	Pana , Il	40
7	14	2M	Micheal Mercer	Springfield , Il	38
8	1	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	36
9	17	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	34
10	2	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	32
11	8	4	Gene Reed	-	30
12	3	5	Richard Johnson	-	28
13	16	21C	Kevin Clutter	Pana , Il	26
14	6	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	24
15	11	X28	Nathan Chandler	-	22
16	9	28	Cody Fleming	-	20
17	10	14S	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	18
18	13	24	Mark Law	-	16
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UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	50
2	11	8UP	Mike Morse	Decatur , Il	48
3	2	918	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	46
4	5	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	44
5	4	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	42
6	3	28	Leon Kallenbach	-	40
7	16	22X	Jeff Dodd	Springfield , Il	38
8	9	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	36
9	6	3G	Jeff Gill	Shelbyville , Il	34
10	18	5	David Reed	-	32
11	12	2M	Julie Marshall	Springfield , Il	30
12	15	1	Mike Howell	-	28
13	17	39T	Scott Rodgers	-	26
14	8	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	24
15	7	4X	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	22
16	10	6	Justunn Hilton	Lovington , Il	20
17	14	26K	Ryan Barton	-	18
18	13	14S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	16

MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT THIS WEEKEND!

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is excited to announce the popular Midwest Big Ten Series will be back in action this Saturday night at Macon Speedway as part of the Lite Beer Twin 50’s event. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL has teamed up with Macon Speedway for our promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The three tracks will host a series of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the four remaining races to be held at Macon Speedway are this Saturday, June 6, July 4, July 25 and August 22. Shepps Speedway will host their races starting with this Sunday, June 7, July 26 and August 23. Morgan County will host its remaining night on Friday, August 14. Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

So far with two of the ten races down our point’s leader is Steve Sheppard Jr. racing his #5 Late Model. Closing in on Sheppard is his son, Brandon Sheppard in his 5B and Kyle Logue in his Sav Mor Pharmacy #21 Late Model. Both Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Logue are tied for second with 112 points, a mere 8 behind the point’s leader. This weekend’s events will be crucial for all three drivers to sustain their point’s leads. Not far behind the top three is Macon Speedway’s Dick Taylor of Springfield, IL who has been going around in circles at Macon Speedway since 1973 in the #24, and racing very competitively since the early 80’s. Dick’s number #24 has been a fan favorite for four decades and we hope to see the 5^th. Join in the fun as these drivers compete in the 50 lap feature event. Tickets for this Saturday are $15 for adults and children 12 and under are free. Our grandstands open at 5pm with Late Models qualifying at 7pm.

Don’t miss our Night of Nascar Stars II featuring Tony Stewart and Mark Martin this coming Thursday, June 11. We have plenty of good seats still available by calling 217-764-3000. Tickets are $20 for adults and children 12 & under are $5. Gates will open at 3pm with the autograph session taking place from 4:30-5:30pm. Get your chance to meet Tony and Mark!

MILLER LITE BEER TWIN 50’S THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 6 FEATURING TWO 50 LAP FEATURES!

photo thanks to DoubleJ photos....click on thumbnail to enlarge

UMP Late Model - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	21	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	50
2	3	22	Chris Dick	Deland , Il	48
3	7	1	Jim Moon	Zionsville , In	46
4	4	16H	Mike Hammerle	St Charles, Mo	44
5	9	44	Matt Taylor	Springfield , Il	42
6	6	67	Michael Durbin Jr.	Decatur , Il	40
7	8	25	Dennis Vandermeersch	Springfield , Il	38
8	5	3W	Bill Wilhour	Taylorville , Il	36
9	2	82	Roger Brickler	Springfield , Il	34
More Results

UMP Modified - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	00	Aaron Burcham	Decatur , Il	50
2	12	77	Guy Taylor	-	48
3	8	11	Kyle Logue	Cisco , Il	46
4	4	D98	Danny Smith	Argenta , Il	44
5	2	T2	Mark Tullis	Taylorville , Il	42
6	5	37	David Crawley Jr.	Decatur , Il	40
7	23	31	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	38
8	15	33	Steve Phillips	Neosa , Il	36
9	10	28	Joe Strawkas	Buffalo , Il	34
10	18	64	Donny Koehler Jr.	Macon , Il	32
11	19	42	Katie Lord	Chatham , Il	30
12	14	18M	Kenneth Morris	Virginia , Il	28
13	13	10	Curt Rhodes	Taylorville , Il	26
14	22	5G	Brian Gates	Morrisonville , Il	24
15	6	32	Rick Crawford	-	22
16	11	35	Clark Robertson	Shelbyville , Il	20
17	7	57	Danny Page	Mount Zion, Il	18
18	9	128	Mike Haas	-	16
19	17	7W	Shaun Werth	-	14
20	16	22	Scott Jones	-	12
21	3	40	Jim Leka	Illiopolis , Il	10
22	20	18A	Brian Rynders	-	8
23	21	32X	Jeremy Nichols	Decatur , Il	6
24	24	6	Dave Eckel	Lovington , Il	4
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	11	Rick Roedel	Shelbyville , Il	50
2	2	9	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	48
3	8	41	Scott Landers	Taylorville , Il	46
4	4	11K	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	44
5	5	14C	Alan Crowder	Elwin , Il	42
6	3	B99	Tim Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	40
7	15	72	Tom Graham	-	38
8	12	B88	James Bedinger	Taylorville , Il	36
9	14	60	Kenny Hayes	Macon , Il	34
10	9	000	Doug Sowers	-	32
11	16	3B	Stefan Bedinger	-	30
12	10	14	Nation Lynch	-	28
13	7	70JYD	Steve Hill	Edinburg , Il	26
14	6	10-4	Wade Wiseman	-	24
15	11	J13	Vince Donahue	Pawnee , Il	22
16	13	22	Timmy Dick	Monticello , Il	20
17	17	7H	Sam Hughes	-	18
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	3	30	Blake Shelley	Oakley , Il	50
2	6	95	Steve Ewing	Decatur , Il	48
3	5	11	Terry Reed	Decatur , Il	46
4	12	X7	Larry Russell Jr.	Harristown , Il	44
5	10	K14	Ryan Blair	Edinburg , Il	42
6	9	21	Troy Dodson	Cerro Gordo, Il	40
7	4	36	Nick Justice	Harristown , Il	38
8	7	OO	Roy Magee Ii	Springfield , Il	36
9	15	33	Justin Hill	Lovington , Il	34
10	8	53R	Jeff Reed, Sr	-	32
11	18	34	Jeremy Reed	-	30
12	11	52R	Jeffery Reed Jr.	Blue Mound, Il	28
13	16	14	Kurtis Ater	Macon , Il	26
14	2	99	Mike Pickering	Decatur , Il	24
15	1	88	Albert Crawley Sr.	Decatur , Il	22
16	13	6	Willie Haddock	Owoneco , Il	20
17	20	21R	Dustin Reed	Decatur , Il	18
18	14	54R	Frank Reed Jr	-	16
19	17	08	Brian Dasenbrock	Decatur , Il	14
20	19	15C	Kevin Crowder	-	12
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	28	Cody Fleming	-	50
2	5	7	Sam Mccoy	Decatur , Il	48
3	4	210	Brett Embry	Decatur , Il	46
4	2	15	Heidi Hames	Decatur , Il	44
5	3	83	Steven Dulgar	Decatur , Il	42
6	6	88	Brian Offer	Springfield , Il	40
7	9	14S	Ben Medaris	Decatur , Il	38
8	7	205	Michael Gossett	-	36
9	8	21R	Tony Reed	Decatur , Il	34
10	11	K1	Kelsie Gustus	Decatur , Il	32
11	13	46	Jeff Eller	-	30
12	10	1F	Fred Mifflin	Mount Zion, Il	28
13	12	X28	Nathan Chandler	-	26
14	15	21C	Kevin Clutter	Pana , Il	24
15	14	95	Charles Huffman	-	22
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	2	22X	Jeff Dodd	Springfield , Il	50
2	1	918	Michael Pundt Jr.	Decatur , Il	48
3	4	83	Bruce Dulgar	Decatur , Il	46
4	3	7	Joe Reed	Decatur , Il	44
5	6	8UP	Mike Morse	Decatur , Il	42
6	10	19	James Hankins	Taylorville , Il	40
7	8	71	Todd Rush	Pawnee , Il	38
8	7	4X	Stephanie Eskew	Springfield , Il	36
9	12	28	Leon Kallenbach	-	34
10	9	14S	Steven Stine	Macon , Il	32
11	13	O	Fred Reed Jr.	Decatur , Il	30
12	14	77J	Josh Sumner	Monticello , Il	28
13	17	1	Mike Howell	-	26
14	16	35	Brandon Kirby	Decatur , Il	24
15	19	4	Matthew Reed	Decatur , Il	22
16	5	21Z	Zach Dodd	Riverton , Il	20
17	15	39T	Scott Rodgers	-	18
18	11	43	James Perry	-	16
19	18	3	Dustin Tucker	-	14
More Results

USAC Midget - Feature

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Race Points
1	1	41	John Paynter	-	0
2	5	2G	Jeremy Camp	-	0
3	6	3	Braylon Fitzpatrick	-	0
4	7	7	Steffen Thompson	-	0
5	14	9L	Ryan Langston	-	0
6	9	97D	Devon Piper	-	0
7	13	67	Steven Russell	-	0
8	12	42M	Spencer Montgomery	-	0
9	3	M2	Michael Bustamante	-	0
10	15	2	Michael Daish	-	0
11	8	9	Paul Nienhiser	-	0
12	11	34	Joshua Agans	-	0
13	4	38	Evan Weyant	-	0
14	10	19	Natasha Cox	-	0
15	2	7B	Austin Brown	-	0

MACON SPEEDWAY HAS RECORD BREAKING 7 DIVISIONS ON SCHEDULE FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT PLUS MONSTER TRUCK RAMINATOR!

(Macon, IL)Fans couldn’t ask for a better line up than what they will receive this Saturday night at Macon Speedway! There will be SEVEN divisions racing, all for track and series points plus the Monster Truck Raminator will also be in attendance to thrill the dirt track fans. Macon Speedway prides itself in bringing the best racing in Central Illinois to its patrons on a weekly basis each and every Saturday night. Track owner Bob Sargent realizes that families have many choices for their families’ entertainment and strives to make Macon Speedway at the top of their lists. “We are very conscientious about putting together a solid racing program that will keep bringing people back to the track.”

Macon Speedway will host all regular 6 UMP divisions plus the POWRi Micros will take to the track again this year. Gates will open at 5pm with racing beginning at 7pm. When the POWRi Micros take to the track it will be for the third time this year as it will be the third of eight races of the Summer Series for the POWRi Micro division. Join us as the UMP Late Models, modifieds, Touchstone Energy sportsmen, street stocks and hornets also take center stage for the evening’s festivities. This Saturday night will be the eighth night of racing in the 2009 racing season. So far Kyle Logue, Dave Crawley Jr,, Scott Landers, Mike Pickering, Heidi Hames and Ryan Langston are all at the top of their divisions; join us this Saturday night to see if they will keep their titles for another week.

Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule features the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile. Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. Also joining Tony will be Mark Martin. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace. Tickets are on sale now for the Nights of Nascar Stars II and III by calling 217-764-3000.

RAMINATOR THE MONSTER TRUCK VISITS MACON SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY

(Macon, IL)Join us at the track as we welcome the monster truck “Raminator” to Macon Speedway this Saturday night, May 30. Bring your cameras to the track and get your photo taken with the mighty Raminator. Kids and adults alike will be thrilled when the 565 cubic inch supercharged Hemi motor fires up, powering Raminator through an absolutely breath taking exhibition. Also on the racing card will be all 6 UMP divisions plus the POWRi Micros will take to the track again this year. Gates will open at 5pm with racing beginning at 7pm.
Raminator is the result of hard work and the determination put forth by the Hall Brothers Racing team. Hall Brothers Racing is moving into the future with hard work and demanding schedules. The team is gearing up for an intense display and race season and is looking forward to winning more championships in 2009! Raminator’s crew chief, Tim Hall is now a two time MTRA “Mechanic of the Year,” while Mark Hall’s number of times winning the “Driver of the Year” award has increased to a record six! The two brothers’ Raminator has won the coveted “Truck of the Year” six times as well! Add twelve season point championships to this list and it makes for some pretty impressive stats.
Also on the racing card will be all 6 UMP divisions plus the POWRi Micros will take to the track again this year. Gates will open at 5pm with racing beginning at 7pm. The POWRi Micros will be back in action for the third time this year as it will be the third of eight races of the Summer Series for the POWRi Micro division. Join us as the UMP Late Models, modifieds, Touchstone Energy sportsmen, street stocks and hornets also take center stage for the evening’s festivities. Tickets are on sale now for the Nights of Nascar Stars II and III by calling 217-764-3000.
Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule features the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile. Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. Also joining Tony will be Mark Martin. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace.
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HEAVY RAINFALL CANCELS MACON SPEEDWAY’S NIGHT OF NASCAR STARS I FOR MONDAY, MAY 25. TRACK PREPARES TO WELCOME RAMINATOR NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Macon, IL)Macon Speedway has canceled its racing program tonight due to heavy rainfall. Next week, May 30, join us back at the track as we welcome the monster truck “Raminator”. Bring your cameras to the track and get your photo taken with the mighty Raminator. Kids and adults alike will be thrilled when the 565 cubic inch motor fires up, powering Raminator through an absolutely breath taking exhibition. Also on the racing card will be all 6 UMP divisions plus the POWRi Micros will take to the track again this year. Gates will open at 5pm with racing beginning at 7pm.

The POWRi Micros will be back in action for the third time this year as it will be the third of eight races of the Summer Series for the POWRi Micro division. Join us as the UMP Late Models, modifieds, Touchstone Energy sportsmen, street stocks and hornets also take center stage for the evening’s festivities. Tickets are on sale now for the Nights of Nascar Stars II and III by calling 217-764-3000.

Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. Also joining Tony will be Mark Martin. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace.

The Unofficial Start to Summer kicks off at Macon Speedway

By Brett Zerfowski

It certainly felt like summer on Saturday with the sun shining and the temperatures in the 80s. After being washed out last week, Macon Speedway returned with a fast fury of racing, welcoming the mini sprints again to the race track. Giving the Late Models the night off to get them ready for the Northern All-Stars Late Model Series event on Memorial Day Monday, it gave the Mini Sprints a chance to come and race across the fastest 1/5^th mile dirt track in the world.

The first feature of the night was the Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature make-up from April 18. Mike Pickering of Decatur already has two feature wins of 2009. He led the first two laps and then Rick Roedel of Shelbyville made the move for the lead. In the fourth turn of lap three, Roedel made the pass and held off Ken Fustin of Springfield and Timmy Dick of Monticello. Pickering lost control of the car but was able to regain second late in the feature and finish behind Roedel in the first Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature of the night.

It was quite a night for Decatur’s Aaron Burcham. In the 20-lap Modified feature, Burcham held off the challenges of both defending track champion Jim Leka and Steve Ewing. A caution-filled race made Burcham a little uneasy because anything can happen on a restart. But for every restart, Burcham was up to the task of holding off two of the top Modified drivers at Macon Speedway. The win was Burcham’s first feature at Macon since August 9, 2008.

The Mini Sprints ran a 20-lap feature with the two heat winners holding on to the top two spots. Evan Weyant and Ryan Langston stayed one-two for most of the race but Langston finally caught a groove and was able to pass the 14-year-old Weyant for the lead. Weyant was challenged by Jeremy Camp for second but was able to overcome the challenge. Langston, with sparks flying off the left-rear of the sprint, took home the checkered flag.

The Central Illinois Street Stock Special took to the track next in a grueling 25-lap, $500-to-win battle. For Cerro Gordo native Troy Dodson, it was the race he was looking for to put his name on the map. For much of the 2009 season, Steve Ewing and Mike Pickering have owned the spotlight but the pole position was what Dodson had over Ewing and Pickering and though he had to hold off Blake Shelley on the bottom of the track, Dodson finally had his night. Leading all 25 laps, Dodson used the bottom of the track to take the first CILSSS of the year. Pop’s Place threw in $100 to the eighth place finisher, which ended up being Brian Dasenbrock. Todd Smith from CILSSS added another $100 to Bill Wilhour through a deck of cards. Each card had a driver’s name on it and the nine of clubs featured Wilhour.

The Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature, the second of the night, was not as easy for Rick Roedel as the make-up feature. After not finishing in the heat, Roedel was forced to start at the back of the field and work his way up for 15 laps. Alan Crowder and Mike Pickering shared the front row and it looked as though the feature would be between the two of them. But, difficulties set in for Pickering, including a spin-out in turn two, and he later pulled in to the infield. Alan Crowder would face no serious threats and maneuver for the first feature win of 2009. Terry Reed in his new-look Sportsman finished second with Roedel finished third.

The Pro Hornets feature went to Jeff Dodd, his second of the year, as he put an end to Joe Reed’s winning streak at three. Heidi Hames started from the pole and went on for her fourth Amateur Hornets feature of the season.

Another night with over 100 racecars in the kickoff to summer was certainly as nice as it could have been. The first real night without having to bundle up brought out the fans and drivers. The same is scheduled for Memorial Day when Macon Speedway will host its first Night of NASCAR Stars as co-owners Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will share the spotlight with Steven Wallace and NASCAR Nationwide driver Justin Allgaier. The gates will open at 3pm, the special autograph session with the guests of honor will be from 5:30-6:30pm and the racing action gets underway at 7pm. The Northern All-Star Late Model Series will roll into town and race with the Modifieds, Street Stocks and Hornets.

JOIN MACON SPEEDWAY ON MEMORIAL DAY TO WELCOME HOME NASCAR NATIONWIDE STAR JUSTIN ALLGAIER!

(Macon, IL)Justin Allgaier will return to familiar Macon Speedway on Monday, May 25 for his first appearance signing autographs as a Nascar star. Justin is no stranger to Macon Speedway, but it will be his first time back since the young star has catapulted to the Nascar Nationwide Series driving for Penske Racing in the No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge. Justin “Little Gator” Allgaier won his first ever feature event at Macon Speedway at the ripe old age of 12. The Riverton, Il native and son of Mike and Dorothy Allgaier has been around racing since before he was born. Justin will also be joined by Nascar stars and co-owners Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace. Steven Wallace will also be in attendance to greet the fans of Macon Speedway. The first Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will kick off at 3 pm. The racing action that will include the NALMS, UMP Modified, Street Stocks and Hornet division will begin at 7pm. There will be an autograph session with all stars for the fans to meet and greet from 5:30 to 6:30. Tickets for the Night of Nascar Stars I are general admission and are $20.

Like most modern-day Nascar stars, Justin Allgaier’s race car beginnings came at the tender age of five, behind the wheel of a quarter midget roadster. From 1991 to 2002, the kid dubbed “Little Gator” named for his size and ferociousness behind the whell made his way up through the motorsports ranks. In 2001, as a 14-year old, Justin made his name as the youngest driver to ever advance to the A main event at the famed Chili Bowl midget event in Tulsa, OK. When Justin turned 16, he debuted in the challenging ARCA/REMAX Series. In 2005 with seven starts he won four top-five and five top-ten finishes, as well as his first “Pork Pole” award by setting a new track record at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Justin went on impressing the racing world by driving in the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series and an impressive Chili Bowl run sharing the podium with Nascar stars Tony Stewart and J.J. Yeley.

In 2008, at the age of 22, Justin had his true racing breakthrough. In 21 ARCA races, Allgaier won six. Justin also joined Penske Racing with the team he’s made four Nascar Nationwide Series starts. “We’d had our eye on Justin for some time, and Penske Racing was fortunate to be in a position to bring him on board,” said Tim Cindric, president of Penske Racing. “Roger always enjoys the opportunity to grow people within our system and we are looking forward to helping him achieve his career goals.” For 2009, Allgaier will be running a full Nascar Nationwide Series schedule.

TRACK AND DRIVERS GET READY FOR NEXT WEEKEND’S DOUBLE HEADER!

(Macon, IL)This week join us for our annual Boys & Girls Scout Night on Saturday, May 23. The scouts will kick off the day by competing in a pinewood derby scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm at the track. The pinewood derby is open to all children who would like to participate. We will also be having our second kid’s club event of the year, where kids will be making box cars to prepare for the annual box car races scheduled for Saturday, June 27. All boy and girl scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms to the race and their parents will be admitted for ½ price.

The POWRi Micros will be back in action for the second time this year as it will be the second of eight races of the Summer Series for the POWRi Micro division. Join us as the UMP modifieds, Touchstone Energy sportsman, street stocks and hornets also take center stage for the evening’s festivities. The Touchstone Energy sportsman will run a double feature to make up their race that was postponed due to Mother Nature. New this year, Macon Speedway’s street stock division will be competing in the CILSSS street stock special which will have an increased payout of $500 to win. The UMP Late Model division will take the night off to prepare for Monday nights Night of Nascar Stars I where the Northern Allstar Late Models will be rolling into town to compete with the local track heroes. Tickets are on sale now for all three Nights of Nascar Stars by calling 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes the Memorial Day special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25 which includes Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace, Steven Wallace and local favorite Justin Allgaier. The Night of Nascar Stars racing action is then followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.

Our gates will open at 5 pm, with racing beginning at 7 pm. Adults are $10 and children 12 and under are admitted for free.

Point Standings As of May 09, 2009

UMP Late Model

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

Cisco IL

292

Leader

Chris Dick

Deland IL

270

-22

Mike Hammerle

16H

St Charles MO

250

-42

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

246

-46

Matt Taylor

Springfield IL

242

-50

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

202

-90

Shane Tomlin

Virden IL

198

-94

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

180

-112

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

170

-122

Brian Dasenbrock

Decatur IL

152

-140

UMP Modified

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

330

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

312

-18

Jim Leka

Illiopolis IL

304

-26

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

302

-28

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

288

-42

Kenneth Morris

18M

Virginia IL

276

-54

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

242

-88

Clark Robertson

Shelbyville IL

234

-96

Aaron Burcham

44,00

Decatur IL

196

-134

Jeremy Nichols

Decatur IL

174

-156

UMP Sportsman

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

234

Leader

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

220

-14

Tim Bedinger

B99

Taylorville IL

216

-18

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

210

-24

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

204

-30

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

194

-40

James Bedinger

B88

Taylorville IL

190

-44

Steve Hill

70JYD

Edinburg IL

170

-64

Ken Fustin

Springfield IL

168

-66

Tom Graham

124

-110

UMP Street Stock

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

336

Leader

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

334

-2

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

310

-26

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

306

-30

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

302

-34

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

276

-60

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

212

-124

Thomas Riech

57R

Springfield IL

200

-136

Jim Cardoni

Chatham IL

200

-136

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

196

-140

UMP Amateur Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

290

Leader

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

238

-52

Cody Fleming

0,28X

210

-80

Brett Embry

210

Decatur IL

196

-94

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

188

-102

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

186

-104

JR Fry

K55

Stonington Il

180

-110

Kelsie Gustus

Decatur IL

176

-114

Jon Durflinger

11J

Decatur IL

132

-158

Kenneth Reed

Decatur IL

132

-158

UMP Hornet

Pos

Driver

Car #

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

304

Leader

Jeff Dodd

22X

Springfield IL

298

-6

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

268

-36

Zach Dodd

21Z

Riverton IL

234

-70

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

208

-96

Brandon Kirby

Decatur IL

204

-100

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

200

-104

Stephanie Eskew

6S,210,4X

Springfield IL

196

-108

Mike Morse

8UP

Decatur IL

174

-130

Jeff Gill

Shelbyville IL

164

-140

HEAVY RAINFALL CANCELS MACON SPEEDWAY FOR SATURDAY MAY 16, TRACK AND DRIVERS GET READY FOR NEXT WEEKEND’S DOUBLE HEADER!

(Macon, IL)Macon Speedway has canceled its racing program tonight due to heavy rainfall. Next week, May 23, join us for our annual Boys & Girls Scout Night. The scouts will kick off the day by competing in a pinewood derby scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm at the track. The pinewood derby is open to all children who would like to participate. We will also be having our second kid’s club event of the year, where kids will be making box cars to prepare for the annual box car races scheduled for Saturday, June 27. All boy and girl scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms to the race and their parents will be admitted for ½ price.
The POWRi Micros will be back in action for the second time this year as it will be the second of eight races of the Summer Series for the POWRi Micro division. Join us as the UMP modifieds, Touchstone Energy sportsman, street stocks and hornets also take center stage for the evening’s festivities. The UMP Late Model division will take the night off to prepare for Monday nights Night of Nascar Stars I where the Northern Allstar Late Models will be rolling into town to compete with the local track heroes. Tickets are on sale now for all three Nights of Nascar Stars by calling 217-764-3000.
Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes the Memorial Day special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25 which includes Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and local favorite Justin Allgaier. The Night of Nascar Stars racing action is then followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.
Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. Also joining Tony will be Mark Martin. The third Night of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway will take place on July 22 and will feature Kasey Kahne and Kenny Wallace.
Our gates will open at 5 pm, with racing beginning at 7 pm. Adults are $10 and children 12 and under are admitted for free.

Macon Speedway races every Saturday night from April through September. Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

MACON SPEEDWAY RETURNS TO ACTION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH FLAG NIGHT!

(Macon, IL)Join us this Saturday night at Macon Speedway, and watch as all six UMP divisions will take to the track to try to pick up some track points in their hunt to be track champion. Also Macon Speedway will host a bonus UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature. Flag night will be the theme for this Saturday night as the first 300 fans into the main gate will receive a free flag to wave to help cheer on the local dirt track heroes.

Norm Wood of Sullivan, IL went unchallenged last Saturday night to pick up his first win of the year in the UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature. Norm will have to hold off second runner up Rick Roedel and the 2009 points leader Scott Landers in order to pull off his second win of the year. Macon Speedway hosts some of the best racing in the Midwest each and every Saturday night, so come out to the track and check out what everyone has been talking about.

Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25 which includes Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and local favorite Justin Allgaier. The Night of Nascar Stars racing action is then followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.

Next Saturday night, Macon Speedway will be hosting the Boys and Girls Scout night featuring box car racing open to everyone at 1:00 pm plus exciting weekly racing featuring all six UMP divisions.

UMP Late Model

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

Cisco IL

292

Leader

Chris Dick

Deland IL

270

-22

Mike Hammerle

St Charles MO

250

-42

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

246

-46

Matt Taylor

Springfield IL

242

-50

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

202

-90

Shane Tomlin

Virden IL

198

-94

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

180

-112

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

170

-122

Brian Dasenbrock

Decatur IL

152

-140

UMP Modified

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

330

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

312

-18

Jim Leka

Illiopolis IL

304

-26

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

302

-28

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

288

-42

Kenneth Morris

Virginia IL

276

-54

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

242

-88

Clark Robertson

Shelbyville IL

234

-96

Aaron Burcham

Decatur IL

196

-134

Jeremy Nichols

Decatur IL

174

-156

UMP Sportsman

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

234

Leader

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

220

-14

Tim Bedinger

Taylorville IL

216

-18

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

210

-24

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

204

-30

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

194

-40

James Bedinger

Taylorville IL

190

-44

Steve Hill

Edinburg IL

170

-64

Ken Fustin

Springfield IL

168

-66

Tom Graham

124

-110

UMP Street Stock

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

336

Leader

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

334

-2

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

310

-26

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

306

-30

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

302

-34

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

276

-60

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

212

-124

Thomas Riech

Springfield IL

200

-136

Jim Cardoni

Chatham IL

200

-136

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

196

-140

UMP Amateur Hornet

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

290

Leader

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

238

-52

Cody Fleming

210

-80

Brett Embry

Decatur IL

196

-94

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

188

-102

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

186

-104

JR Fry

Stonington Il

180

-110

Kelsie Gustus

Decatur IL

176

-114

Jon Durflinger

Decatur IL

132

-158

Kenneth Reed

Decatur IL

132

-158

UMP Hornet

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

304

Leader

Jeff Dodd

Springfield IL

298

-6

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

268

-36

Zach Dodd

Riverton IL

234

-70

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

208

-96

Brandon Kirby

Decatur IL

204

-100

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

200

-104

Stephanie Eskew

Springfield IL

196

-108

Mike Morse

Decatur IL

174

-130

Jeff Gill

Shelbyville IL

164

-140

Macon Speedway Salutes the Moms with Big Money Features
By Brett Zerfowski
This week was practically a carbon copy of last week with rain throughout the week and sunshine on Saturday. That allowed the racecars to come to the track and show off for their moms during the Mother Dear program at Macon Speedway. In addition to all the Mother’s Day festivities with carnations and giveaways from Wall Street Embroidery and Silk Screen in Macon and Zips Flowers by the Gates in Decatur, the fans were treated to an evening full of fast racing and big money features.
The first feature of the night would be the Modified make-up feature of April 18. Three of the first four features in 2009 were won by the front row. Last week’s feature winner Steve Ewing joined two-time winner Dave Crawley, Jr. for a battle of 20 laps. Running the bottom, Ewing passed Crawley on lap 13 only to see Crawley make the same move to retake the lead on lap 15. Lap 15 also provided a yellow flag to allow all the cars to bunch together.
On the restart, another yellow flag came out which caused Ewing and Jim Leka to need infield attention. Leka would have a flat right front tire. Because of the tire change, Leka would be forced to the back of the field. Ewing would also be forced to the back of the field. He would leave the race on lap 17. Coming back to the green flag, Crawley would pull away from Aaron Burcham for the win. Jeremy Nichols started seventh row inside and made the passes from fourth to second in the race’s final lap.
The regularly scheduled feature events were just as crazy as the Modified make-up. In the Touchtone Energy Sportsman feature, the event got started with a fire under the hood of Mark Reed. Once the fire was put out, the green flag waved and Norm Wood of Sullivan took off and would not be challenged. Rick Roedel tried to catch him but was unsuccessful. The feature for Wood would be his first of the season.
The Late Models feature was the second race in the ten of the Midwest Big Ten Series. The first race started in Jacksonville Friday night and Steve Sheppard, Jr. won. The second race occurred the following night at Macon, and the headline stayed the same. Steve Sheppard, Jr. led all 25 laps and won his second Macon Speedway feature.. Though caution laps allowed second-place finisher Dick Taylor to stay close, it was obvious that “Speedy Stevie” had the fastest car on the track. Brandon Sheppard (son of Steve Sheppard, Jr. ) finished third with Kyle Logue in fourth.
The second Modified feature was filled with plenty of exciting racing, much like the first earlier in the program. Jeremy Nichols, who finished second in the first feature, would not make it past lap two as the car blew smoke on the front stretch and then stopped in turn two. He would be out of the race with a broken transmission.
The front row consisted of Curt Rhodes and Steve Ewing. Davey Crawley, Jr. (winner of the first Modified feature) started fourth row inside and would be a factor in the race’s final laps. But the beginning of the race would belong to Rhodes. Until lap 13, Rhodes had the car to beat but then lapped traffic started to catch up to him and that allowed Steve Ewing a chance to contest for the lead and on that 13th lap, Ewing would take control of the race. By lap 18, Crawley was making moves up to the front and still trailing Ewing and Rhodes, the lapped traffic again caught up to the leader. Crawley made the move on the inside of the fourth turn to capture second into the final lap of the race and again in the final turn, Crawley ousted Ewing for the win. The feature, Crawley’s fourth of the year, gave him a feature sweep for the night and $600 during the Spring Series event. The finale of the series will take place at Shepp’s Speedway in Alexander, IL, Sunday evening.
Ewing would be frustrated only for so long as he hopped into his Street Stock and started that feature on the front row outside, opposite to Jeff Reed, Sr. Ewing led all 12 laps on route to his third feature win of 2009. Blake Shelley finished in second with Mike Pickering holding off Larry Russell, Jr. for the third spot.
Joe Reed once again claimed the checkered flag in the Pro Hornets class with his third feature win. He battled Jeff Dodd once again and Reed emerged with the win as lapped traffic kept Dodd back far enough to avoid a close finish.
Bruce Dulgar was victorious in the Amateur Hornet feature. The son of the two-time Pro Hornet champion showed the same moves as his dad to keep away all comers as he picked up his first win of the year. Josh Hartman crept slowly to the finish line and was rear-ended by Leon Kallenbach and Brett Embry as they crossed the finish line. All drivers would be able to walk away but their cars would not.
The Crazy Chicks N Cars ladies race lived up to its billing as ten women jumped behind the wheel of the Hornets for six laps. Megan Thompson would leave with the win as she passed and held off Mindy Fowler.
Macon Speedway wishes all mothers a very Happy Mother’s Day. Next Saturday night will provide more on the edge of your seat racing as we will have another full show along with double features for the Touchtone Energy Sportsman. The make-up event from April 18th as well as their regularly scheduled feature will be run.

Result For May 09, 2009

UMP Late Model - Feature

________________________________________
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 5S Steve Sheppard New Berlin, Il 50
2 1 24 Dick Taylor - 48
3 4 B5 Brandon Sheppard - 46
4 8 21 Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 44
5 6 22 Chris Dick Deland , Il 42
6 3 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 40
7 5 28B John Beck - 38
8 12 16H Mike Hammerle St Charles, Mo 36
9 10 44 Matt Taylor Springfield , Il 34
10 16 82 Roger Brickler Springfield , Il 32
11 14 67 Michael Durbin Jr. Decatur , Il 30
12 17 14 Artie Lynch - 28
13 11 38 Doug Hemer - 26
14 15 18 Shane Tomlin Virden , Il 24
15 9 11D Brian Diveley - 22
16 7 25 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield , Il 20
17 13 2 John Graham - 18
More Results

UMP Modified - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 7 37 David Crawley Jr. Decatur , Il 50
2 2 31 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 48
3 1 10 Curt Rhodes Taylorville , Il 46
4 19 D98 Danny Smith Argenta , Il 44
5 5 18 Randy Myers Springfield , Il 42
6 9 17Z Wendell Zulawf Jf. - 40
7 17 52 Roger Drake - 38
8 6 T2 Mark Tullis Taylorville , Il 36
9 11 28 Joe Strawkas Buffalo , Il 34
10 20 00 Aaron Burcham Decatur , Il 32
11 14 11 Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 30
12 12 40 Jim Leka Illiopolis , Il 28
13 8 58 Larry Ferguson Arcola , Il 26
14 16 18M Kenneth Morris Virginia , Il 24
15 18 64 Donny Koehler Jr. Macon , Il 22
16 15 35S Randy Spaugh Decatur , Il 20
17 4 42 Katie Lord Chatham , Il 18
18 3 77 Guy Taylor - 16
19 13 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 14
20 10 01 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 12
More Results

UMP Sportsman - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 89 Norm Wood Sullivan , Il 50
2 2 11 Rick Roedel Shelbyville , Il 48
3 5 9 Mike Pickering Decatur , Il 46
4 7 B99 Tim Bedinger Taylorville , Il 44
5 4 41 Scott Landers Taylorville , Il 42
6 16 71 Jeff Graham - 40
7 10 15 Terry Reed Decatur , Il 38
8 13 B88 James Bedinger Taylorville , Il 36
9 8 60 Kenny Hayes Macon , Il 34
10 6 8K Ken Fustin Springfield , Il 32
11 14 90 Justin Ater - 30
12 11 72 Tom Graham - 28
13 12 22S David Slade Seymour , Il 26
14 3 14C Alan Crowder Elwin , Il 24
15 9 22 Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 22
16 17 7 Mark Reed Decatur , Il 20
17 15 70JYD Steve Hill Edinburg , Il 18
More Results

UMP Street Stock - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 95 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 50
2 4 30 Blake Shelley Oakley , Il 48
3 6 99 Mike Pickering Decatur , Il 46
4 3 X7 Larry Russell Jr. Harristown , Il 44
5 8 33 Justin Hill Lovington , Il 42
6 1 53R Jeff Reed, Sr - 40
7 17 88 Albert Crawley Sr. Decatur , Il 38
8 5 11 Terry Reed Decatur , Il 36
9 11 0 Jim Cardoni Chatham , Il 34
10 7 K14 Ryan Blair Edinburg , Il 32
11 10 73 Jim Ippensen Auburn , Il 30
12 19 34 Jeremy Reed - 28
13 14 52R Jeffery Reed Jr. Blue Mound, Il 26
14 15 21R Dustin Reed Decatur , Il 24
15 13 86 Mike Thrasher - 22
16 9 36 Nick Justice Harristown , Il 20
17 12 918 Michael Pundt Jr. Decatur , Il 18
18 16 14 Kurtis Ater Macon , Il 16
19 18 6 Phil Moreland - 14
More Results

UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 83 Bruce Dulgar Decatur , Il 50
2 11 18 Leon Kallenbach - 48
3 8 7 Sam Mccoy Decatur , Il 46
4 4 14S Ben Medaris Decatur , Il 44
5 5 210 Brett Embry Decatur , Il 42
6 9 28X Cody Fleming - 40
7 17 62 Kevin Brown Pana , Il 38
8 15 88 Brian Offer Springfield , Il 36
9 14 24 Mark Lucas - 34
10 3 15 Heidi Hames Decatur , Il 32
11 2 5 Richard Johnson - 30
12 19 02 Fred Reed Sr Decatur , Il 28
13 13 K1 Kelsie Gustus Decatur , Il 26
14 18 96 Cody Pumphrey Moweaqua , Il 24
15 23 37 Josh Hartman - 22
16 7 K55 Jr Fry Stonington , Il 20
17 21 39T Justin Fernandez - 18
18 22 98 Kenneth Reed Decatur , Il 16
19 20 205 Michael Gosit - 14
20 24 03 Roger Reed - 12
21 10 1F Fred Mifflin Mount Zion, Il 10
22 12 20 Mike Ward - 8
23 6 4 Kenneth Reed - 4
24 16 95 Charles Huffman - 2
More Results

UMP Hornet - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 7 Joe Reed Decatur , Il 50
2 5 22X Jeff Dodd Springfield , Il 48
3 2 5 David Reed - 46
4 10 91 Beau Hankins Taylorville , Il 44
5 8 71 Todd Rush Pawnee , Il 42
6 7 O Fred Reed Jr. Decatur , Il 40
7 11 19 James Hankins Taylorville , Il 38
8 4 35 Brandon Kirby Decatur , Il 36
9 1 01 Jeff Gill Shelbyville , Il 34
10 13 14S Steven Stine Macon , Il 32
11 9 98 Brian Dasenbrock Decatur , Il 30
12 17 6 Justunn Hilton Lovington , Il 28
13 15 39T Scott Rodgers - 26
14 14 4X Stephanie Eskew Springfield , Il 24
15 16 83 Bruce Dulgar Decatur , Il 22
16 6 918 Michael Pundt Jr. Decatur , Il 20
17 12 4 Matthew Reed Decatur , Il 18
More Results Rain Out from April 18

UMP Modified - Feature
________________________________________
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 37 David Crawley Jr. Decatur , Il 50
2 13 01 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 48
3 5 35 Clark Robertson Shelbyville , Il 46
4 9 28 Joe Strawkas Buffalo , Il 44
5 16 T2 Mark Tullis Taylorville , Il 42
6 7 00 Aaron Burcham Decatur , Il 40
7 8 18M Kenneth Morris Virginia , Il 38
8 21 18 Randy Myers Springfield , Il 36
9 3 40 Jim Leka Illiopolis , Il 34
10 10 64 Donny Koehler Jr. Macon , Il 32
11 17 6 Dave Eckel Lovington , Il 30
12 22 16H Eric Hamilton Macon , Il 28
13 14 5G Brian Gates Morrisonville , Il 26
14 18 72L Lonnie Nichols Shelbyville , Il 24
15 1 31 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 22
16 20 17H Rick Hamilton Decatur , Il 20
17 11 0 Brad Crosby Decatur , Il 18
18 4 15 Troy Page Decatur , Il 16
19 12 33 Steve Phillips Neosa , Il 14
20 6 57 Danny Page Mount Zion, Il 12
21 19 11 Bob Zilz - 10
22 15 32 George Ewing - 8
More Results

MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION AT MACON SPEEDWAY PLUS POINTS LEADERS!‏

MOM’S REIGN SUPREME AT MACON SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Macon, IL) Bring your Mom this Saturday Night for our annual Mother Dear night to honor all mothers at the track. There will be a special mother’s only drawing for door prizes and mothers will receive an extra surprise when they come in the gate on Saturday night. Also, scheduled for the night we will have the Crazy Chicks N Cars for the 1^st time this season. Come and check out the Crazy Chicks battling it out to see who will reign supreme. Macon Speedway is proud to be hosting a second modified division feature, plus it will be the first night of the Midwest Big Ten Series races. Also for the Modified division, Saturday night will be the second night of the Modified Spring Series.

Macon Speedway will also host its second Macon Speedway driver autograph session for 2009, so bring your pens and your favorite items to be autographed to Macon Speedway’s pavilion and meet our local dirt track heroes. Don’t forget you have a chance to be the Best Fan in the Stands each night the UMP Modified division races!

Macon Speedway is excited to announce we are bringing back the Midwest Big Ten Series to thank our loyal Late Model drivers. Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, and the newly opened Shepps Speedway, Alexander, IL has teamed up with Macon Speedway for our newest promotion. The three tracks will host a series of races to be held in the 2009 racing season, the dates of the five races to be held at Macon Speedway are May 9, June 6, July 4, July 25 and August 22. Morgan County Speedway will host two races, one on May 8 and the other TBA. Shepps Speedway will host their events in the series on June 7, July 26 and then again to round out the series on Aug 23. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in those 10 races will be totaled and there will be $10,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $3,000!

Macon Speedway is also partnering with Morgan County Speedway and Shepps Speedway to bring you the Modified Spring Series. The series will be held May 8 at Morgan County Speedway, then May 9 at Macon Speedway. Shepps Speedway will finish the 3 day series on May 10. UMP Modifieds will earn UMP National Points as well as track points and the Spring Series points which will result in a series point fund of $600. Each Night will boast a $600 prize to the top UMP Modified.

Next week Macon Speedway will be having Flag Night plus our full exciting weekly racing featuring all five UMP divisions plus a double UMP Touchstone Energy Sportsman feature.

POINT STANDINGS AS OF MAY 2, 2009

UMP Late Model

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Kyle Logue

Cisco IL

238

Leader

Chris Dick

Deland IL

218

-20

Mike Hammerle

St Charles MO

204

-34

Matt Taylor

Springfield IL

198

-40

Cory Daugherty

Blue Mound IL

196

-42

Bill Wilhour

Taylorville IL

170

-68

Shane Tomlin

Virden IL

164

-74

Michael Durbin Jr.

Decatur IL

162

-76

Brian Dasenbrock

Decatur IL

152

-86

Dennis Vandermeersch

Springfield IL

150

-88

UMP Modified

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Jim Leka

Illiopolis IL

232

Leader

Joe Strawkas

Buffalo IL

224

-8

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

222

-10

David Crawley Jr.

Decatur IL

220

-12

Kenneth Morris

Virginia IL

204

-28

Mark Tullis

Taylorville IL

200

-32

Clark Robertson

Shelbyville IL

178

-54

Donny Koehler Jr.

Macon IL

178

-54

Danny Page

Mount Zion IL

152

-80

Katie Lord

Chatham Il

142

-90

UMP Sportsman

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Scott Landers

Taylorville IL

182

Leader

Timmy Dick

Monticello IL

172

-10

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

164

-18

Tim Bedinger

Taylorville IL

162

-20

Rick Roedel

Shelbyville Il

152

-30

Kenny Hayes

Macon IL

150

-32

James Bedinger

Taylorville IL

144

-38

Steve Hill

Edinburg IL

142

-40

Ken Fustin

Springfield IL

126

-56

Nation Lynch

-86

UMP Street Stock

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Mike Pickering

Decatur IL

278

Leader

Steve Ewing

Decatur IL

276

-2

Larry Russell Jr.

Harristown IL

256

-22

Albert Crawley Sr.

Decatur IL

254

-24

Blake Shelley

Oakley IL

248

-30

Terry Reed

Decatur IL

230

-48

Thomas Riech

Springfield IL

200

-78

Troy Dodson

Cerro Gordo IL

196

-82

Michael Pundt Jr.

Decatur IL

162

-116

Justin Hill

Lovington IL

160

-118

UMP Amateur Hornet
Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Heidi Hames

Decatur IL

248

Leader

Sam McCoy

Decatur IL

182

-66

Cody Fleming

160

-88

JR Fry

Stonington Il

150

-98

Brett Embry

Decatur IL

144

-104

Brian Offer

Springfield IL

140

-108

Kevin Brown

Pana IL

140

-108

Kelsie Gustus

Decatur IL

140

-108

Jon Durflinger

Decatur IL

132

-116

Kenneth Reed

Decatur IL

106

-142

UMP Hornet

Position

Driver

City, State

Points

Behind

Joe Reed

Decatur IL

244

Leader

Jeff Dodd

Springfield IL

240

-4

Zach Dodd

Riverton IL

234

-10

James Hankins

Taylorville IL

220

-24

Mike Morse

Decatur IL

174

-70

Stephanie Eskew

Springfield IL

162

-82

Fred Reed Jr.

Decatur IL

158

-86

Brandon Kirby

Decatur IL

158

-86

Todd Rush

Pawnee IL

148

-96

Cory Ballinger

122

-122

Rain-Free Saturday lets Macon Speedway Shine

By Brett Zerfowski

It rained all week in central Illinois. Puddles and mud were all over Macon but on Friday evening, the rains stopped and that allowed the track to begin drying out and with a rain-free Saturday, the track was open for business.

It was a special evening at Macon Speedway. A two-feature night for the Late Models and the Cinco de Mayo festival plus full show were all on the plans for the first Saturday of May.

The first Late Model feature, originally scheduled for April 18^th, followed the Touchtone Energy Sportsman heats and Steve Hill’s first-ever checkered flag. The front row consisted of Cory Daugherty and Kyle Logue, two fast cars vying for the first feature of the night.

On lap 6, Bill Wilhour got loose in turn two and John Woodard spun to avoid Wilhour but the oncoming traffic led to disaster. Brian Dasenbrock had nowhere to go and rode on the top of Woodard’s car and flipped over on the backstretch against the fence. All drivers would escape without harm but the opposite would be said for both Woodard’s and Dasenbrock’s Late Models.

On the restart, Cory Daugherty would have problems on the high side of the track and coming to lap 7, both Chris Dick and Matt Taylor had passed the Blue Mound native on the bottom side of turn four. Daugherty would be forced to pull off the track on lap 23 when smoke poured out of the back.

The race would stay green-flagged after the lap 6 red flag and Kyle Logue would have the feature win, his second of 2009.

Rick Roedel had the car to beat in the Touchtone Energy Sportsman feature. Early in the race, Roedel was running well on the top side of the track with Jeff Graham running second. Things took a turn for the worse for Roedel when his rear end broke and pulled into the infield. Graham would take the lead and hold off Scott Landers for his first feature of the year during Graham’s first night back since winning the 2008 track championship in the Sportsman division.

The Modified feature was loaded with excitement from the very beginning with pole sitter Guy Taylor thumping the wall and flattening his tire. Dave Crawley, Jr. would take over the lead, in search of his third feature of 2009. On lap 8, Steve Ewing, who had been racing extremely well in the Modified during the night, took over the lead and held off Crawley for the final 12 laps. Crawley tried to retake the lead but Saturday night was Ewing’s night.

After taking the first 25-lap feature during the make-up from April 18^th, Kyle Logue sat on the pole for the second 25-lapper. Along with Cory Daugherty, Chris Dick and Ed Dixon, who drove from Washington, MO., Logue battled with Daugherty and Dick but as the light stayed green throughout the race, the further Logue’s lead became. Daugherty began having smoke issues reminiscent of the make-up feature earlier in the evening and began to fade. Logue swept both features and built on to his Late Model points standings lead.

The Street Stocks feature event was also a nail-biter until the finish as former track champion Mike Pickering and defending track champion Steve Ewing raced side-by-side for more than half of the race. A slip-up by Pickering opened the window of opportunity for Ewing, who took control of the race. For the final three laps, Ewing held off Pickering as they came off turn four. Ewing won the feature by nearly half a car-length. Ewing’s win was his second Street Stock feature of 2009.

Both Pro and Amateur Hornets had near photo-finishes as Joe Reed, last week’s feature winner, raced three drivers to the finish with Mike Pundt, Jr., Zach Dodd and Jeff Dodd all trying to take the first-place prize. Coming into the first turn of the final lap, Pundt’s left-rear wheel came flying off the car. Reed and the others continued to race to the backstretch as the yellow and checkered flag came out and it would be Joe Reed taking his second consecutive Pro Hornets feature.

The Amateur Hornets had Ben Medaris leading nearly the entire race until Heidi Hames battled from the back to the front and took the lead into the second turn. The win for Hames was her third in the Amateur class. Because of her feature win last week, Hames had to start in the back of the feature. Next week, she will have to do the same as per the Amateur Hornets rules.

Next Saturday night at Macon Speedway will be an evening loaded with family fun. It will be the Mother Dear program that will feature the Crazy Chicks N Cars powder puff race. Also on the program will be the make-up of the Modified feature from the April 18^th rain-out. In addition to that feature, the regularly scheduled feature will be for $600-to-win in a special three-night Spring Series in conjunction with Jacksonville’s Morgan County Speedway and Shepp’s Speedway. Each night will consist of $600-to-win features and a series point fund. Macon Speedway will also have its first of five races in the Late Model Midwest Big Ten Series. Again, teaming with Morgan County Speedway (who will have the first race on Friday, May 8^th) and Shepp’s Speedway, there will be a $10,000 point fund for the ten race events. All divisions will be racing the night before Mother’s Day so it will be another full show.

The First is the Rain out Feature from April 18.

Huge Weekend at Macon Speedway

THIS WEEK AT MACON SPEEDWAY
DOUBLE LATE MODEL FEATURES!!

The UMP Late Models are back in action this Saturday night at Macon Speedway. Last week’s POWRi Midgets and Micros lit up the track, but it’s time to get back to chasing the elusive track championships. Mother Nature has created a super fast weekend of Late Model horsepower for Macon Speedway fans due to the features being rained out on April 18. Fans will now get the chance to watch as the UMP Late Model division drivers will battle each other for TWO feature events this Saturday night!

Saturday’s Cinco de Mayo fiesta will feature a jalapeno eating contest. Fans will also see the parade of sombrero’s as the Amateur Hornet division will all be sporting their fiesta inspired hats to see who will be the top Cinco de Mayo winner.

Last week’s Modified feature proved to be exciting as Dave Crawley, Jr. and Steve Ewing went back and forth for the top spot throughout the feature event. Ewing had control of the race until lap 14 when Crawley overcame the lapped traffic and Ewing for the lead. Crawley never looked back as he captured his second feature win of 2009. Macon Speedway UMP Late Model points leader Kyle Logue of Cisco, IL., will be back in action this Saturday night trying to put some space between himself and driver Mike Hammerle of St. Charles, MO., who currently sits a comfortable 12 points behind our leader.

Tickets for Night of Nascar Stars I, featuring Justin Allgaier, Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will be sold in advance and will be general admission seats only. Tickets will go on sale for all three Night of Nascar Stars events, including June 11, which features Nascar Stars Tony Stewart and Mark Martin & July 22, featuring Kasey Kahne on Friday, May 1 at 10:00 AM. Once the events are on sale, orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for each event. Pit passes will be $30. Macon Speedway races every Saturday night, through the end of September, plus many other special events throughout the season. Mark your calendars for the Nights of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway!

Open Wheel Racing Shines at Macon Speedway
APRIL 25, 2009

By Brett Zerfowski

The first visit of the 2009 season for the O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets and Micros was well-attended by both the drivers and the fans. The newly-acquired cornfield behind the backstretch was completely full of trailers carrying open wheel racecars.

Because of last Saturday’s rain, the stock car features were postponed until later in the season. The later in the season would be tonight for the Street Stocks, which would run double features (the make-up of the April 18 rainout plus the regularly scheduled feature).

The make-up Street Stock feature was well-worth the wait. St. Elmo’s Tyler Blankenship took off with the lead and had Decatur’s Steve Ewing right on his bumper. For the entire 12 laps of the feature, Blankenship held off Ewing until lap ten out of turn two onto the backstretch when lapped traffic created havoc and Blankenship lost control. He slid into Ewing and Mike Pickering, who was trailing in third, came up with the lead after both cars lost control and went sliding into the infield. Pickering took off and Al Crawley would not get close enough to challenge. It was the second feature win of the year for the multi-time Street Stock champion and the second in as many features.

Pop’s Place Bar & Grill at West Main and Wyckles donated $100 for the fifth place finisher in the make-up feature. Steve Ewing finished fifth and picked up the bonus $100.

Brad Loyet held off the challenge for the heat win in the Midgets. That would only be the beginning of this night. In the 30-lap O’Reilly’s POWRi Midget feature, Loyet would have the most dominate racecar on the track. He led all 30 laps and won by several car lengths. Loyet won two features at Macon Speedway in 2008.

The Modified feature proved to be exciting with the battle for the lead. Dave Crawley, Jr. and Steve Ewing went back and forth for the top spot throughout the race. Ewing had control of the race until lap 14 when Crawley overcame the lapped traffic and Ewing for the lead. Many more attempts by Ewing would be spoiled and Crawley held on for his second feature win of 2009.

In the Best Fan in the Stands drawing, the second place finisher would receive $100 and draw a fan’s name and that fan would also win $100. Ewing finished second and picked up the bonus paycheck and made a fan happy in the process.

The second Street Stock feature of the night would have more incredible racing. BJ Deal from Vandalia started front row outside and battled with Larry Russell, Jr. in the early going. Lapped traffic led to Steve Ewing coming into the first position picture and he ran along with Deal. Ewing would take the lead on lap six and began pulling away. Ewing would finish first with Russell, Jr. in second. Blake Shelley had strong race and finished third.

The O’Reilly’s POWRi Micro Sprints Andrew Peters was able to stay away from trouble as cars spun around and flipped over during the 25-lap feature. Peters, a heat winner from earlier in the evening, captured the checkered flag for the first time at Macon Speedway.

The night of fun didn’t stop until the final race of the evening. The Pro and Amateur Hornets continued to provide exciting racing as Joe Reed, the defending UMP National Hornet Champion, did not allow Jeff Dodd to take the lead away from him. Reed won his first Pro Hornet feature of the season. Heidi Hames finished off the night with a dominate showing in the Amateur Hornets as she won her second feature of the year.

A near record-setting total of racecars and a full house at Macon Speedway led to an awesome show. Stock car racing returns in full force next Saturday night with the Cinco de Mayo Festival and two Late Model features. One will be the make-up from of the rainout on April 18. In honor of the Cinco de Mayo festival, Macon Speedway will house a jalapeno eating contest during the StarTek Intermission Program.

TONIGHT AT MACON SPEEDWAY, THE MIDGETS ARE HERE!!!

The Midgets Are Here!!!

Tonight at Macon Speedway, Join us as the POWRi Midgets & Micros make their first appearance of the season! Also don’t miss the UMP Modified, Street Stocks and Pro and Amateur Hornets. Double feature tonight for the UMP Street Stocks!!
Pit Gates Open at 3
Grandstand Opens at 5
Racing Begins at 7
Adult grandstand tickets $15, Kids 12 & under are free
Pit Passes are $30

POWRI MIDGETS AND MICROS MAKE FIRST STOP OF THE SEASON AT MACON SPEEDWAY

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is proud to bring open wheeled action to the track this weekend to keep you on the edge of your seats. The 2009 O’Reilly POWRi National Midget and 600cc Micro Sprint Series begin their outdoor season this weekend at the lightning quick Macon Speedway in Macon, IL on Saturday, April 25. 2006 POWRi National Midget Champion, Brad Kuhn of Avon, IN leads the charge after taking the opening event at the Southern Illinois Center in Duquoin, IL in March. He holds a slim 20 point lead over Tim Siner of Dupo, IL and Nick Knepper of Belleville, IL who are tied for the second position followed by Tracy Hines, Andrew Felker and 2008 Rookie of the Year, Daniel Robinson. 2008 defending series champion, Brett Anderson, hopes to return strong from a blown engine at the Duquoin event. The POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints will also be on the card for the weekend with Gregg Dillion leading the charge after an exciting win at Duquoin. He leads 2007 and 2008 POWRi champ!
, Derek King of Vienna, IL in the early point standings followed by Austin Laskey of Tulsa, OK, Andrew Felker, and Ryan Guyett of Springfield, IL. The POWRi cars should put on quite a display this weekend as well over 100 cars are expected to battle it out on the super fast 1/5 mile oval.

Saturday night will also be featuring our UMP Modified, Street Stock and Hornet divisions in conjunction with the POWRi sanctioned events. Due to Mother Nature last Saturday night, Macon Speedway will also have a double feature for the UMP Street Stock division.

Macon Speedway offers fun family entertainment every Saturday night from April to September. With many fan favorite events on the schedule, including three “Night of NASCAR Stars;” May 25, June 11 and July 22, the famous Herald and Review 100 to be held on July 2 which is UMP’s premier SummerNational event, 2009 is stacking up to be a memorable year. Be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed summer.

Macon Speedway will open their pits at 3:00pm with driver registration from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. National Midget drivers’ meeting is at 5:30pm with the 600cc Outlaw Micro drivers meeting at 5:45pm. Hot laps are at 6:00pm with racing at 7:00pm. Adult general admission tickets are $15 and kids 12 & under are still free. Pit gate admission will be $30 for the event.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

April 16, 2009

KASEY KAHNE TO HEADLINE JULY 22 NIGHT OF NASCAR STARS III AT MACON SPEEDWAY!

Tickets for Night of Nascar Stars I, featuring Justin Allgaier, Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will be sold in advance and will be general admission seats only. Tickets will go on sale for all three Night of Nascar Stars events, including June 11, which features Nascar Stars Tony Stewart and Mark Martin & July 22, featuring Kasey Kahne on Friday, May 1. Once the events are on sale, orders can be placed by calling 217-764-3000 or 217-764-3200. Adult seats are $20 and seats for children 12 and under are $5 for each event. Pit passes will be $30. Macon Speedway races every Saturday night, through the end of September, plus many other special events throughout the season. Mark your calendars for the Nights of Nascar Stars at Macon Speedway!

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For more information, call 217-764-3000(track), 217-764-3220(information hotline), or contact us via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com .

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April 21, 2009

POWRI MIDGETS AND MICROS MAKE FIRST STOP OF THE SEASON AT MACON SPEEDWAY

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is proud to bring open wheeled action to the track this weekend to keep you on the edge of your seats. The 2009 O’Reilly POWRi National Midget and 600cc Micro Sprint Series begin their outdoor season this weekend at the lightning quick Macon Speedway in Macon, IL on Saturday, April 25. 2006 POWRi National Midget Champion, Brad Kuhn of Avon, IN leads the charge after taking the opening event at the Southern Illinois Center in Duquoin, IL in March. He holds a slim 20 point lead over Tim Siner of Dupo, IL and Nick Knepper of Belleville, IL who are tied for the second position followed by Tracy Hines, Andrew Felker and 2008 Rookie of the Year, Daniel Robinson. 2008 defending series champion, Brett Anderson, hopes to return strong from a blown engine at the Duquoin event. The POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints will also be on the card for the weekend with Gregg Dillion leading the charge after an exciting win at Duquoin. He leads 2007 and 2008 POWRi champ, Derek King of Vienna, IL in the early point standings followed by Austin Laskey of Tulsa, OK, Andrew Felker, and Ryan Guyett of Springfield, IL. The POWRi cars should put on quite a display this weekend as well over 100 cars are expected to battle it out on the super fast 1/5 mile oval.

Saturday night will also be featuring our UMP Modified, Street Stock and Hornet divisions in conjunction with the POWRi sanctioned events. Due to Mother Nature last Saturday night, Macon Speedway will also have a double feature for the UMP Street Stock division.

Macon Speedway offers fun family entertainment every Saturday night from April to September. With many fan favorite events on the schedule, including three “Night of NASCAR Stars;” May 25, June 11 and July 22, the famous Herald and Review 100 to be held on July 2 which is UMP’s premier SummerNational event, 2009 is stacking up to be a memorable year. Be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed summer.

Macon Speedway will open their pits at 3:00pm with driver registration from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. National Midget drivers’ meeting is at 5:30pm with the 600cc Outlaw Micro drivers meeting at 5:45pm. Hot laps are at 6:00pm with racing at 7:00pm. Adult general admission tickets are $15 and kids 12 & under are still free. Pit gate admission will be $30 for the event.

April 18, 2009

Macon Speedway’s Driver/Sponsor Appreciation Night....Mother Nature Imposes on Macon Speedway

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) There was a threat of showers throughout most of the day in central Illinois. A shower made its way to Macon shortly after 5pm and dampened the track, but not the spirits of the drivers and the fans. The evening started with the first Kids Club meeting of the 2009 season and Tramph the Clown was in attendance for entertainment.

The evening remained overcast but drivers came to race. They also came to show off their racecars to the fans with the annual Driver/Sponsor Appreciation Night. All racecars and drivers made their way onto the track to have a meet and greet with the fans, sign autographs and pose for pictures.

At the end of the StarTek Intermission program, the rains came and ended the evening at Macon Speedway. No features were ran Saturday night. Information about the conclusion of the evening will be made available within the next few days. Stay updated with the Official Web Site of Macon Speedway, MaconRacing.com.

Our next show at Macon Speedway will be the first visit by the O’Reilly’s POWRi Midgets and Micros. The open wheel racing is fast and furious and they will put on a great performance. Gates at 5pm with racing action at 7pm.

Driver-Sponsor Appreciation Night, Along With First Kid’s Club Event of the Year

Macon, IL – Macon Speedway will be hosting their first Driver-Sponsor Appreciation Night of the season this coming Saturday, April 18^th. It will also be the first of five Kid’s Club events of the year with exciting activities planned for all of Macon Speedway’s young fans to participate in.

Saturday night’s schedule will feature all five UMP divisions, including the Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmen, Street Stock, Pro Hornets, and the Amateur Hornets. Steve Sheppard, Jr. of New Berlin was able to hold off defending champion, Kyle Logue in an exciting Late Model feature while Decatur’s own Mike Pickering picked up two feature wins in the Sportsman and Street Stock divisions. Heidi Hames charged from 17^th to the runner-up position crossing the checkered flag behind another Decatur racer, Sam McCoy.

This weekend will be the second edition to Macon Speedway’s “Best Fan in the Stands” where a lucky fan will win $100 if their name is draw from the box after the Modified feature event. Mike Durbin, Sr. was this past week’s lucky recipient.

Macon Speedway offers fun family entertainment every Saturday night from April to September. With many fan favorite events on schedule, including three “Night of NASCAR Stars” nights planned and the famous Herald and Review 100, UMP’s premier SummerNational event, 2009 is stacking up to be a memorable year. Be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed summer.

Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:30. Adults are $10 and kids 12 and under get in for free with a paying adult.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

Macon Speedway Full Show Results

April 11, 2009

A wonderful day turned into a terrific night. The second week of Macon Speedway’s 64th season was just as good as its first week. Even a chilly night could not stop the drivers and fans from coming down to the 1/5th mile dirt track. An even bigger car count than Opening Night showed up and put on a show for the ages.

A caution-filled feature night started the Sportsman feature. It was again Mike Pickering of Decatur bringing home the checkered flag. Battling with Scott Landers for the top spot, Pickering made the pass for the lead on lap nine and wouldn’t let Landers get close enough to try to get the lead back.

Guy Taylor started on the pole for the Modified feature and had a dominate run in the 20-lap event. Holding off the defending champ Jim Leka and Steve Ewing, Taylor weaved his way through the heavy lapped traffic to claim his first Macon Speedway Modified feature win. Ewing, who finished third, had the honor of receiving a $100 bonus for the return of the “Best Fans in the Stands” promotion and drew a name of a fan from the previous week, who also received $100. Ewing drew out Mike Durbin, Sr. from the names to receive the money. Durbin, Sr. is the father of Late Model driver Mike Durbin, Jr.

The Late Model feature had 25 laps caution-free and the top two spots never changed. New Berlin’s Steve Sheppard, Jr. took the checkered flag and held off Cisco’s Kyle Logue. Logue won last week’s Spring Fling feature and after taking the first heat was primed for a repeat. Sheppard dodged the lapped traffic and avoided falling victim to slower cars with Logue right on his tail. Blue Mound’s Cory Daugherty ran third.

The Street Stock feature was loaded with drama-filled moments. From the first lap when Larry Russell, Jr. pulled into the infield with a broken car to the last lap when three drivers competed for the win. Steve Ewing, Mike Pickering and Blake Shelley all ran for the checkered flag but only one would be able to come away with it. Coming into the third turn, the three drivers got together and only Pickering would be able to make it through the fourth turn and onto the victory. Ewing’s car stopped in between turns three and four and Blake Shelley was knocked into the infield but did manage to finish the race.

The Pro Hornets feature was full of excitement and got even more exciting as the race came to the final lap. Mike Morse held off defending UMP National Hornet Champion Joe Reed for the win but as Reed and Morse raced hard into the fourth turn and to the flag, Reed smacked Morse’s side and ended up sending the car up and over. Reed was quick to park and help turn Morse’s car back on all fours as it laid on its side. The win for Morse was his first career and the flip would also be a first.

To round out the program, the Amateur Hornets took to the track and Sam McCoy, driving the same car as Joe Reed from the Pro Hornet class, took the checkered flag. Heidi Hames finished second after starting at the tail end of the race. She had to start there because she won the feature last week.

A bone-chilling night ended with plenty of racing excitement. Fans and drivers can only hope for warmer weather to make its way to central Illinois’ premiere motorsports facility. Next week’s program will consist of a full show with a special driver/sponsor appreciation night with photographs and autographs being available.

MACON SPEEDWAY BRINGS BACK THE “BEST FAN IN THE STANDS” FOR 2009

Macon Speedway will return to action this Saturday, April 11th, 2009. The 1/5 mile oval will feature the UMP Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stock, and the Hornet divisions.

Last year’s UMP Macon Speedway track champion, Kyle Logue, 21 of Cisco, took the checkered flag opening night during our Second Annual Spring Fling. This week you won’t want to miss Logue and a stout field of drivers battling around our famous high-banked dirt oval.

Saturday night will also be Macon Speedway’s first night for the traditional “Best Fan in the Stands.” A number will be drawn to indicate a finishing position for the Modified feature. The driver finishing in that position will receive $100 and then draw the name of a fan in the stands to also receive $100. If that fan is not present, the $100 will roll into next week’s festivities. So don’t miss your chance to be chosen the “Best Fan in the Stands” and take home $100.

Macon Speedway offers fun family entertainment every Saturday night from April to September. With many fan favorite events on schedule, including three “Night of NASCAR Stars” nights planned and the famous Herald and Review 100, UMP’s premier SummerNational event, 2009 is stacking up to be a memorable year. Be sure to come join Macon Speedway for an action packed summer.

Gates will open at 5:00 and racing will start at 7:30. Adults are $10 and kids 12 and under get in for free with a paying adult.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

2^nd Annual Spring Fling…Macon Speedway Opening Night.

By Brett Zerfowski

(Macon, IL) It’s been 64 years in the making. Macon Speedway reopened its gates for the first time since the 2008 season finale on September 27^th. Five divisions with drivers ready to get off to the best possible start.

It all starts with the heat races and the Sportsman heats were certainly a great way to start the season as Mike Pickering battled John Roedell for the top spot in heat one and was able to hold him off for the first checkered flag of 2009. Scott Landers, who finished second in the 2008 points, took the second heat over Tim Beddinger.

And with that, the Spring Fling was underway.

The heats were fast all night for all classes and exciting racing paved the way to outstanding feature races. The track was in tremendous shape for the first show of the season.

Mike Pickering of Decatur started his quest for the track championship with the first Sportsman’s feature win of 2009. Pickering held off Roedell for 15 laps and battled through lapped traffic to claim the first feature of the season.

Dave Crawley, Jr. had a terrific racecar most of 2008 and the momentum carried over as he picked up the first Modified feature of the year. Crawley was in a battle most of the race with Steve Ewing and Jeremy Nichols but Ewing pulled into the infield with a DNF and Nichols raced with Kenny Morris, defending track champion Jim Leka and Joe Strawkus for the top spot. Crawley overcame the competition and scored the first place finish.

Jayme Zidar of Greenfield, WI., had been having the perfect night. He was the fast qualifier with a 10.451 lap (track record is 10.311) and won his heat race. But Zidar didn’t feel as though the engine was running well and opted to switch to his back-up car. With that, Zidar would start at the tail-end of the Late Model feature. Zidar hadn’t had his back-up car on the track and it wouldn’t be a great finish to his night. His car would not allow him to compete in the feature and he would watch the 25-lap event from the infield.

Kyle Logue, a native of Cisco, started in the front row and faced heavy competition even without Zidar in the field. Logue battled with Deland’s Chris Dick for most of the race and Dick eventually got past Logue on lap 20 but Logue came back to take the lead on lap 22. The evening would get worse for Chris Dick as he lost control of his Late Model on the backstretch and it slammed into the wall, thus ending his night and chance at taking the win from Logue. On the restart, Logue would hold off Jim Moon and get the win.

The Pro Hornet feature was one of disbelief. Multiple cars flipped, and luckily all drivers walked away without injury. After the drama of the caution-filled race, Jeff Dodd emerged as the winner with his son Zach Dodd in second place, battling with UMP National Hornet Champion Joe Reed, who finished third.

Larry Russell, Jr. of Decatur once again found victory lane with a strong showing, fending off challenges from Al Crawley and defending Street Stock champion Steve Ewing. Ewing would eclipse Crawley for second place in the race’s final lap but could not catch Russell.

Heidi Hames took the Amateur Hornet feature, leading all laps, and holding off the fierce challenge of Donnie Rine.

The 2009 season is underway. After what was a terrific night of racing, the future once again looks bright at Macon Speedway.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

Macon Speedway Kicks Off Spring Fling/Season Opener Tonight !!!
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Posted Saturday, April 4, 2009 by Track:
Saturday, April 4, 2009-We Are Racing Tonight.

Gates Open At 5PM

Qualifying At 7PM

Racing At 7:30PM

UMP Late Models, UMP Modified, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks, UMP Hornets and Amateur Hornets!!

Admission Price $10 Kids 12 and Under Are Free

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL SPRING FLING/OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AND SPECIAL RACING EVENTS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway gears up to roar into action for the 2009 racing season. Opening Night on April 4 will kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway, Macon, IL, featuring Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks and Hornets. Opening Night will have an increased payout for the UMP Late Models and UMP Modified divisions for the start of the 2009 season at Macon Speedway. The 2009 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and actually compete with local favorites.
Macon Speedway抯 exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25, followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50抯 on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40抯 on our nation抯 birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.
Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. The POWRi Series will make several stops at Macon Speedway this year with dates to be announced soon.
Fans won抰 want to miss any of the action at Macon Speedway with a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL SPRING FLING/OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AND SPECIAL RACING EVENTS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway gears up to roar into action for the 2009 racing season. Opening Night on April 4 will kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway, Macon, IL, featuring Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks and Hornets. Opening Night will have an increased payout for the UMP Late Models and UMP Modified divisions for the start of the 2009 season at Macon Speedway. The 2009 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and actually compete with local favorites.
Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25, followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.
Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. The POWRi Series will make several stops at Macon Speedway this year with dates to be announced soon.
Fans won’t want to miss any of the action at Macon Speedway with a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL SPRING FLING/OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AND SPECIAL RACING EVENTS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway gears up to roar into action for the 2009 racing season. Opening Night on April 4, will kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway, Macon, IL, featuring Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks and Hornets. The 2009 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and actually compete with local favorites.

Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25, followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11. The action heats up at the track for the Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summernationals on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s on our nation’s birthday, July 4, as we will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day holiday for another spectacular week at the super-fast 1/5 mile.

Two time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart will be the Grand Marshall for the second Night of NASCAR Stars at Macon Speedway on June 11. The POWRi Series will make several stops at Macon Speedway this year with dates to be announced soon.

Fans won’t want to miss any of the action at Macon Speedway with a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline). Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

AFTER A SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE, MACON SPEEDWAY IS READY TO DO IT AGAIN!

Macon Speedway drivers will still have another opportunity to test their newly built cars for the 2009 racing season during our second Test N Tune day scheduled for Sunday, March 29 from 12 to 4 PM. Pit admission again will be $20. Fans are welcome to view practice and get a glimpse of the new cars and will be admitted to the grandstands for free. Bring the family, come watch your favorite drivers, have a hot dog and get ready for the action packed season at Macon Speedway.

Opening Night/Second Annual Spring Fling on April 4 will officially kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway, featuring UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks and UMP Hornets. The 2009 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus two Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and actually compete with local favorites. A third Night of NASCAR stars will be announced in the near future, so watch our website for more information.

Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25, followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11 featuring Macon Speedway Co owner Tony Stewart. The ever popular Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summer Nationals will be held on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s (plus fireworks) on July 4, which will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day Holiday. Bring your family and friends on July 4 for hot racing, hot food and spectacular fireworks!

Macon Speedway will also host the POWRi Midgets and Micros several times this year at Macon Speedway with the first date for the open wheelers set for April 25.

Macon Speedway would like to announce that the Kids Club will have new and exciting things going on this year in 2009, details coming soon!

Fans won’t want to miss any of the action at Macon Speedway with a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.

MACON SPEEDWAY PUTS WINTER BEHIND WITH OUR ANNUAL TEST N TUNE DAYS

Macon Speedway drivers will still have an opportunity to prepare their newly built cars for the 2009 racing season during the Test N Tune days scheduled for Sunday, March 22 and Sunday, March 29 from 12 to 4 PM. Pit admission for both days will be $20. Fans are welcome to view practice and get a glimpse of the new cars and will be admitted to the grandstands for free. Bring the family, come watch your favorite drivers, have a hot dog and get ready for the action packed season at Macon Speedway.
Opening Night/Second Annual Spring Fling on April 4 will officially kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway, featuring UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks and UMP Hornets. The 2009 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus two Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and actually compete with local favorites. A third Night of NASCAR stars will be announced in the near future, so watch our website for more information.
Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes a Memorial Day Special featuring the Northern All-Star Late Models plus NASCAR Stars on May 25, followed by the Lite Beer Twin 50’s on June 6 and NASCAR Night II on June 11 featuring Macon Speedway Co owner Tony Stewart. The ever popular Herald & Review 100 in combination with UMP Summer Nationals will be held on July 2. Return to the track for the Firecracker 40’s (plus fireworks) on July 4, which will definitely fire things up for the Independence Day Holiday. Bring your family and friends on July 4 for hot racing, hot food and spectacular fireworks!
Macon Speedway will also host the POWRi Midgets and Micros several times this year at Macon Speedway with the first date for the open wheelers set for April 25.
Macon Speedway would like to announce that the Kids Club will have new and exciting things going on this year in 2009, details coming soon!
Fans won’t want to miss any of the action at Macon Speedway with a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.
Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact us at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

MACON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES CAR SHOW WEEKEND 2009!

Auto Zone, Texas Roadhouse and Macon Speedway have partnered up to bring you two car shows to kick off the 2009 racing season. The car shows will take place at the Texas Roadhouse in Forsyth, IL on Saturday March 14 starting at 11 a.m. and continuing until 2:30 p.m. Then car show enthusiasts will be treated to a second show at Auto Zone on Brett Ave in Decatur, IL, on Sunday, March 15 starting at 2p.m. and lasting until 4p.m. Come and see all the same race cars that race at Macon Speedway each and every Saturday night throughout the summer. Also on display will be the 2 seater Macon Speedway show car.

Behind The Pit Wall traveling show will be aired live from the Big Yellow US 101 Truck on Sunday, March 15 at Auto Zone. Larry Limbach will be interviewing area racing celebrities throughout the event.

If that’s not enough to get you there, Auto Zone and Macon Speedway will be giving out Door Prizes approximately every 15 minutes on Sunday starting when the Behind The Pit Wall Show begins. Prizes such as 10 pairs of tickets for Opening Night at Macon Speedway are just some of the prizes to be given away to those who are there. Join us as we check out all the cars that will be kicking off the season at Macon Speedway at the Second Annual Spring Fling Season Opener on April 4.

Everyone is welcome to join in the fun, so don’t miss the shows at Texas Roadhouse and Auto Zone on March 14 &15, 2009!

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact Macon Speedway via email at [email protected]. Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.

2008 Track Champions
Late Models....Kyle Logue
Modifieds....Jim Leka (5 in a row)
Sportsmen....Jeff Graham
Street Stocks....Steve Ewing
Pro Hornets....Bruce Dulgar
Amateur Hornets....Beau Hankins

MACON SPEEDWAY CONGRATULATES 2008 SEASON CHAMPIONS

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway would like to congratulate the Macon Speedway Champions as well as the U.M.P. National Champions for 2008 and wish them continued success in 2009. Macon Speedway will be U.M.P. sanctioned again this upcoming season. Please visit the U.M.P. website at www.umpracing.com for complete 2009 rules. Macon Speedway is also gearing up for its third year opening under the new ownership team of Nascar Stars; Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Midwest Promoter Bob Sargent. The track will kick off the season on April 4, 2009 with the Second Annual Spring Fling. Macon Speedway will play host to five U.M.P. sanctioned divisions again this year, which will include U.M.P Late Models, U.M.P. Modifieds, U.M.P. Sportsman, U.M.P. Street Stocks and U.M.P. Pro Hornets and we will also bring back the popular Amateur Hornet Division. Get ready for another action packed thrilling season at Macon Speedway!

For rules concerning Late Model, Modified or Street Stock please check the UMP website or call the Macon Speedway. For rules concerning the Sportsman and Hornet divisions please check out www.maconracing.com or call 217-764-3000.

Congratulations to all the 2008 Winners!

Macon Speedway Champions

2008 U.M.P. Late Model Champion - #7 Kyle Logue
2008 U.M.P. Modified Champion - #40 Jim Leka
2008 U.M.P. Sportsman Champion - #71 Jeff Graham
2008 U.M.P. Street Stock Champion - #95 Steve Ewing
2008 U.M.P. Pro Hornet Champion - #83 Bruce Dulgar

U.M.P. National Champions

2008 U.M.P. Late Model National Champion – #28 Dennis Erb, Jr.
2008 U.M.P. Modified National Champion – #3L Jeff Leka
2008 U.M.P. Pro Late Model Champion – #18 Tait Davenport
2008 U.M.P Sportsman Champion – #5H Jeremy Hines
2008 U.M.P. Limited Modified Champion – #7 Jonathan Clayton
2008 U.M.P. Street Stock Champion – #99K Jerrad Krick
2008 U.M.P. Factory Stock Champion – #99 Bill DeLonge
2008 U.M.P. 4 Cylinder Hornet Champion – #22 Joe Reed