2007 archives
Track Phone 217-243-5896
B & K PROMOTIONS
P.O. BOX 1243
JACKSONVILLE, IL 62651
217-371-5228
2007 archives
Track Phone 217-243-5896
B & K PROMOTIONS
P.O. BOX 1243
JACKSONVILLE, IL 62651
217-371-5228
2008 Track
Champions
Late Models....Jayme Zidar
Modifieds....Brandon Roberts
Sprints....Korey Weyant
Street Stocks....Roger Smith
4 cyl. Pony....Rich Mueller
Just a quick blast from the past 1997....Fairbury
from the photo album of Racenut
Even though the 2008 race season was a very short one for us, we would like to show our appreciation to the drivers and fans who supported us this year. We are having a small banquet on 11/22 at City's Sports Bar in Jacksonville. Trophies will be handed out for 1st-5th place. We hope you can attend and visit with all of us for a while. Please be sure to give us a call if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Billy & Kim West
217-371-5228 (Billy)
217-370-1957 (Kim)
The Final show of the year will be our Herb Barlow Memorial.
POWRI Midgets & Micros, Sprint Invaders and UMP Sportsman.
Grandstands open at 5:00
www.morgancountyspeedway.com
217-243-5896
Thanks to Carolyn Schuh at Modern Paving, she has gotten some
good sponsors for sprint heat and feature winners.
Big Thanks to Carolyn for all of her help.
Friday October 3rd
Herb Barlow Memorial
POWRI Midgets & Micros
Sprint Invaders Winged Sprints
UMP Sportsman
www.morgancountyspeedway.com /// 217-243-5896
50/50 drawing with 2nd chance gas card!!!
410 winged sprints
Morgan County Speedway Friday 9-12 CANCELLED
The O’Reilly POWRi Presented by Lucas Oil National Midget and 600cc Micro Sprint
event scheduled for Friday September 12th at Morgan County Speedway in
Jacksonville, IL has been cancelled due to heavy rains and severe weather in the
forecast. The rain date has not been determined.
Morgan County Speedway
Lake pictures
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Shaheen’s Back From the Past Sprint Blowout!!!
Friday September 26th
(Last Race of the Year)
$6,000 to win Non Winged Sprints
$1,000 to Win UMP Modifieds
www.morgancountyspeedway.com Track Phone 217-243-5896
50/50 with a 2nd chance Gas Card Drawing
******* Prizes for Kids and Adults *******
August 29
Season Championship races Rained Out
Extra classes will be added .... stay tuned
Morgan County Speedway
Jacksonville, IL
August 22, 2008
By Racenut
www.midwestdirttrackfacts.com
Steve Sheppard Jr and Matt Goulden win features at Morgan County Speedway!
With a full field of late models on hand, Steve Sheppard Jr led all 25 laps of the late model feature Friday night, but had to deal with Matt Taylor the whole distance. Late in the race in lapped traffic, Taylor pulled alongside Sheppard Jr several times, but could not complete the pass. No one else could even compete with the duo up front as they got into lapped traffic very early. Sheppard Jr won with Matt Taylor a very close second, followed by Wisconsin's Jayme Zidar, Wes Steidinger and Brandon Sheppard.
The heat races were close as well, with the first heat going to Jayme Zidar over Matt Taylor, Terry Babb, Brian Diveley, Ryan Little and Dick Taylor. The second heat went to Kelly Kouski over Steve Sheppard Jr, Brandon Sheppard, Wes Steidinger, Roger Brickler and Mike Mudd. Sheppard Jr got a break at feature time, as the cars were presented, outside front row starter Kelly Kouski pulled to the infield, scratching his entry for the night. This moved the outside row forward, giving Sheppard the opportunity to jump out to the lead at the start of the race.
unofficial finish:
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
3L Matt Taylor
z9 Jayme Zidar
J1 Wes Steidinger
B5 Brandon Sheppard
82 Roger Brickler
38L Ryan Little
24 laps
88 Terry Babb
B1 Brandon Sheppard
7M Adam Mefford
34 Mike Mudd
The street stock heats went to Roger Smith over Paul Bullpitt and Travis
Copley. The second heat went to Rick Willis Jr over Cleatus Coats and Terry
Miller.
The feature was exciting, as sixth place starter Terry Miller worked his way to
second place by the half way point, and while attempting a pass for the lead on
Rick Willis Jr, got a little high coming off turn four, and bounced down off the
frontstretch, which flattened his right front tire. Rick Willis Jr would go on
for the victory over Roger Smith, Chad Day, Paul Bullpitt, Cleatus Coats and
Travis Copley.
The modified class saw Ryan Blakeman take the first heat over Brandon Roberts
and Russ Colton. The second heat went to Matt Goulden over Brian Lynn and Steve
Theivagt. The feature had quite a number of cautions slowing the pace, but Matt
Goulden would hold on for the win over Brian Lynn, Ryan Blakeman, Wendel Zulauf
Jr, Brandon Roberts and Wes O' Dell.
The non wing sprint heat races went to Terry Babb over Chris Urish, and to Tommy Rockwell over Mitch Wismiller.
The pony heat went to Jeff Dodd over Rich Buehler.
The mini-late models made their first appearance at the speedway, with the heat win going to Eric Graybull over Clint Rich
There were 75 cars total in the pits, with the late model feature ending at
9:05, and the modified feature done at 9:35.
The Billy and Kim West promoted show moved at a very timely pace....thank you!
Steidinger Wins UMP Summernational rerun at Morgan County
Jacksonville, IL. (8/15/08) Fairbury’s Wes Steidinger overtook Rodney Melvin on the 9th lap to claim the 40 lap UMP late model feature. The race was originally part of the UMP summer national tour, but rain plagued the event. The win paid $6000, as Steidinger turned back the challenge of Steve Sheppard Jr. For Wes, it was his 7th overall win of the year.
In other action, in the 20 lap UMP modified race, Wendell Zulauf Jr. had a upset win over current UMP national modified point leader Jeff Leka. Leka got his nose under Zulauf several times, but could not complete the pass. Leka, Dave Wietholder, Jeffrey Leka, and Brandon Roberts complete the top 5. In the 15 lap UMP street stock race, Missouri traveler Steve Maisel led the entire race to pick up the win. Cleatus Coats, Shad Eskew, Travis Copley, and Jim Farley rounded out the top 5.
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Jacksonville, IL
Rescheduled UMP SummerNationals race
Friday, August 15th
$6000 to win UMP Late Models
Racing at 7:00
Grandstand price
$22.00 adults, $20.00 seniors & students, Kids under 12: $5.00
(pit passes and grandstand tickets from 7/2 rain out will be honored)
Track phone 217-243-5896
Morgan County Speedway Rained Out Thursday July24....
Still on for Friday July 25
Morgan County Speedway rained out again Friday July 18
Heavy Rains Force Postponement
Of Thursday’s Herald & Review 100 At Macon Speedway;
Raindate Changed For UMP DIRT Summer Nationals Event At Morgan County
Speedway
Morgan County/Macon Doubleheader Now Set For Aug. 15 & 16
MACON, IL – July 3, 2008 – Heavy rain overnight and into the morning inundated the famed Macon Speedway, forcing the postponement of Thursday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Herald & Review 100.
It marks the second year in a row that the high-banked, one-fifth-mile track’s marquee extra-distance event has been rescheduled by rain.
The $6,000-to-win Herald & Review 100 will now be run on Sat., Aug. 16, setting up a big weekend doubleheader of rescheduled Summer Nationals dates in Illinois.
UMP DIRTcar director Sam Driggers said that Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., which had its Summer Nationals show washed out midway through time trials on Wednesday night, has rescheduled its $6,000-to-win program for Fri., Aug. 15. Morgan County Speedway officials initially agreed to a raindate of Mon., July 7, but it was later determined that racing can not take place that evening due to preparations for the Morgan County Fair that begins on July 9.
Macon Speedway is the fourth track that has rescheduled its 2008 UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event due to rain. A fifth event, on June 21 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., was canceled and not rescheduled due to flood waters that covered the track’s access road.
The Morgan County/Macon swing on Aug. 15-16 will be classified as non-point UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals events because they fall after the series finale on July 12 at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio. But with each $6,000-to-win race sure to attract a large car count, they will figure prominently in the UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model national points battle that begins to hits its homestretch in August.
The Summer Nationals continues on Friday night (July 4) with a $10,000-to-win event at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill.
For more info on the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals, visit www.dirtcar.com.
Wednesday’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Stop At Morgan County Speedway Postponed By Rain To
Fri Aug 15JACKSONVILLE, IL – July 2, 2008 – Unrelenting rain forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Morgan County Speedway.
The 40-lap, $6,000-to-win show has been rescheduled for Fri Aug 15 –
Two light showers – one that delayed the start of hot laps, and another midway through the Super Late Model time trials – slowed the program but weren’t enough to stop it. Officials finally had to throw in the towel, however, when the rain intensified around 8:40 p.m. as the surface of the high-banked, quarter-mile oval was being run in. Strong thunderstorms moved into the area shortly thereafter.
Thirty-five Super Late Models were signed in for Wednesday night’s competition. Just over half the field had completed a time-trial lap in the group qualifying session before the rain stopped the action, with Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., the fastest on the clock at 11.655 seconds.
It was the third rainout of the 2008 UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals, joining postponements on June 13 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway and June 28 at StormPay.com Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway. A fourth event, on June 21 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., was canceled and not rescheduled due to flood waters that covered the track’s access road.
The Summer Nationals continues on Thursday night
(July 3) at the one-fifth-mile
Macon (Ill.) Speedway with the $6,000-to-win
Herald & Review 100.
Rescheduled to Sat Aug 16
UMP Summernationals Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fri June
27
Rained Out Again
Wed June 18
It's the
"I'M TIRED OF RAINOUTS"
Darn....Rained Out Again....
The POWRI Micros and Midgets will try again
this Friday the 13th at the Morgan County Speedway.
Any pit passes from the rain out on 4/25 will be honored. The POWRI show
always brings a large field of cars.
Along with the Midgets & Micros, the UMP Late Models and Modifieds will be
running.
This week is the Big Ten Series $1200 to win Late Models that has brought some
excitement between Jacksonville and Macon Speedways. Steve Sheppard of
Sheppards Auto Sales is sponsoring the night and will be giving the Big Ten
Series Late Model Feature winner an extra $1,000.00.. There will be giveaways
for adults and kids in the grandstands.
Now, because Billy is getting tired of getting rained on, he has added another
night of racing. Next Weds June 18th will be Budweiser Night sponsored by A.
Gaudio & Sons. (There is no racing on 6/20 due to the Sangamon County Fair)
We will be running $2,000 to win (250.00 to start) Non Winged Sprints, $1000.00
to win UMP Modifieds and $500.00 to win UMP Street Stock with the UMP Pony
Stock. There will be Budweiser giveaways as well as other prizes for the adults
and kids!! Again, we thank all of our sponsors who help keep us supplied with
exciting giveaways.
Any information, please give us a call at 217-371-5228 or the track phone has
more info and updates at 217-243-5896.
Thank you!!
Billy and Kim West
Morgan County Speedway
Friday June 6th
POWRI Micros & Midgets
RAINED OUT
(Bill W) There was bound to be a repeat winner eventually at the Morgan County Speedway. When it finally happened, it was no surprise who it was! Jerrod Hull became the first two-time winner in eight appearances by the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders at the Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois on Friday night.
The Sikeston, Missouri driver led all 25 laps to record his 12th career Sprint Invaders win (1st all-time). The ¼ mile banked oval was heavy from recent rains, but it did not affect Hull and his Avenger chassis/Automotive Machine powered/Scott Bonar wrenched #12 sprint car. Slicing through traffic, Hull’s final margin of victory was over a straightaway on second place finisher Bobby Mincer.
Chris Urish led an initial green flag start that was called back for a stalled Jimmy Davies. Hull, who started on the pole beside the Elkhart, Illinois driver, took advantage of his second chance. “The first start, I was loose getting into turn one,” said Hull. “We pulled the wing back about 2 ½ inches, and that made all the difference in the world on the second start.”
Urish, who has been competing without a wing at the track on Friday nights, was gracious about the second start. “I shared my tricks a little early on that first start,” said Urish. “Jerrod is too good of a driver to make the same mistake twice.”
Matt Rogerson, who won the Sprint Invaders opener at 34 Raceway, took second from Urish and applied pressure to Hull early on. He made a couple of bids for the point on laps five and six, before spinning into the infield on lap seven. Mincer gained from Rogerson’s misfortune and had moved up into fourth for the restart. “I was trying to be patient, but not to patient to where I was falling behind,” said Mincer. “The car felt good after the heat race, and we didn’t make many changes.”
Mincer continued his advance and dueled with Urish for the runner-up spot for several laps. “I was catching him, and I could tell I was a little faster,” said Mincer. “But on the quarter-mile, it’s tough. Finally in turn one, I saw a small opening and had to go for it. Fortunately, it worked out for us.” The move put Mincer in second, but he wasn’t going to catch Hull.
The leader had built a sizable lead, but was still worried a bit, as the last 19 laps went green to checker. “Later on, the track got a little slicker,” said Hull. “I had to move the wing back a bit. When I got into lapped traffic, I started worrying about the wing a bit and slowed down.” Worry not Jarrod, you’re a winner again!
Urish held on to third, followed by Russ Hall and Bret Tripplett. Impressive 17 year old sprint car rookie Mark Shirshekan was sixth, while KSE Hard-charger Korey Weyant, Ryan Jamison, Matt Harms and Rogerson completed the top ten.
The Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders will return to action on Sunday, May 25 at the 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa!
Results
Ideal Ready Mix 25-lap A main Finish (started):
1.12, Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO (1) 2. 15, Bobby
Mincer, Burlington, IA (9) 3. 83, Chris Urish,
Elkhart, IL (2) 4. 29x, Russ Hall, Des Moines,
IA (7) 5. 22, Bret Tripplett, Middletown, IL
(10) 6. 3/, Mark Shirshekan, Farmington, MO (5)
7. 99w, Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL (17) 8.
51J, Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA (14) 9. 53H,
Matt Harms, Morton, IL (15) 10. 29, Matt
Rogerson, Burlington, IA (3) 11. 49, Josh
Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (4) 12. 3,
Matt Sutton, Macomb, IL (12) 13. 40, Andy
Huston, Roseville, IL (18) 14. 12x, Robbie
Standridge, Springfield, IL (8) 15. 18A, Dan
Avery, Burlington, IA (16) 16. 2, John Schulz,
West Burlington, IA (6) 17. 65, Jordan
Goldesberry, Springfield, IL (13) 18. 99, Jimmy
Davies, Oquawka, IL (11). Lap Leader: Hull 1-25.
Staats Awards Heat Race #1 (8 laps, top two to Dash): 1. Mark Shirshekan (4) 2. John Schulz (5) 3. Russ Hall (1) 4. Bret Tripplett (3) 5. Jordan Goldesberry (2) 6. Dan Avery (6)
Golden Eagle Distributors/Budweiser Heat Race #2 (8 laps, top two to Dash): 1. Chris Urish (2) 2. Jerrod Hull (3) 3. Robbie Standridge (4) 4. Jimmy Davies (1) 5. Ryan Jamison (6) 6. Korey Weyant (5)
Midland Performance/Fastway Fabrication Heat Race #3 (8 laps, top two to Dash): 1. Matt Rogerson (2) 2. Josh Schneiderman (4) 3. Bobby Mincer (1) 4. Matt Sutton (3) 5. Matt Harms (5) 6. Andy Huston (6)
Modern Welding of Burlington Shake-Up Dash (6 laps): 1. Josh Schneiderman (1) 2. Mark Shirshekan (2) 3. John Schulz (3) 4. Jerrod Hull (5) 5. Chris Urish (6) 6. Matt Rogerson (4)
Contingency Awards:
KSE Products Hard Charger – Korey Weyant
The Brake Man – Jordan Goldesberry
Diversified Machine – Jimmy Davies
M&W Aluminum Products – Andy Huston
Ultra Shield – Matt Rogerson
Saldana Racing Products – Dan Avery
Rod End Supply – Matt Harms, John Schulz
Hepfner Racing Products – Matt Sutton
Morgan County Speedway 4/25
rained out again
The POWRI Midgets & Micros return to Jacksonville to run
with the Non-winged sprints. We are excited to get the season kicked off after
having several weeks of rain. Pits will open early at 2:00 racing at 6:45.
www.morgancountyspeedway.com
04-18-08....Rained Out
Morgan County Practice Sunday
Sunday we are planning a practice day for all classes
starting around 1:00. Pit gate will open around noon.
Grandstands will free for the public to come out.
4/14/08-
Just a few slight changes
Hotlaps will start at 6 pm sharp, and the race will begin at 6:45.
To see the complete rules please
click Here
Hope to see everyone this Friday April 18th
Morgan County Speedway and Macon Speedway
Will kick off the Big Ten series
this weekend Friday the 18th at Morgan County,
and Saturday the 19th at the Mighty Macon Speedway.
Classes at Morgan County will be UMP Late Models, Non wing sprints, UMP
modifieds, UMP street stocks and Ponys.
Morgan County start time is 6:45pm. Adult admission is 12$. Seniors and
students are 10$. Kids 12 and under are free.
Feel free to visit the website at www.morgancountyspeedway.com
The Friday 4/11 races are cancelled. We got about 1 1/2" of
rain Thursday at the track.
We are hoping for it to dry out this week and be open on the 18th
Morgan County Speedway, Macon Speedway team
up for Midwest Big Ten Series
We are excited to announce our new Late Model loyalty promotion. Morgan County
Speedway, Jacksonville, IL, has teamed up with Macon Speedway for our newest
promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. The two tracks will host a series of
races to be held in the 2008 racing season, the dates of the five races to be
held at Macon Speedway are April 12, May 10, June 14, July 19 and August 16.
Morgan County Speedway will host their five races on April 11, May 9, June 13,
July 2 and July 24. 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!
Unfortunately the 4/4 opening night races have been cancelled. The grounds were already saturated and it has been raining most of the day today. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for our first regular show on 4/11.
Due to the heavy rain this week, we are forced to cancel practice for Saturday March 29th. We hope to see everyone next week on Opening day when we welcome the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders. So come out and enjoy the great racing we will have.
Welcome to the Morgan County Speedway. Everyone at the Morgan County Speedway is looking forward to the season opener on Friday April 4, 2008. We welcome the Non-Winged Sprint class, the New Mini-Late Models and we welcome back the UMP Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks and 4 Cylinder Pony Stock classes. We hope to see everyone come out and cheer on your favorite drivers. Please be sure to check out the links for the schedule, point standings and rules.
Don't forget the Party Tower is available for rent for parties of 10-20 people. It has indoor, air conditioned seating as well as an outdoor viewing deck. Contact Billy or Kim to check the availability and pricing.
Heading into our sophmore year we are looking forward to the return of the Sprint Invaders, MSCS Non-Winged Sprints, Powri Midgets and Micros and the UMP Late Model Summer Nationals.
Construction starts as soon as the weather allows on the new fencing and wall at the racetrack. Let's hope for great weather and a great, safe racing season.
| Morgan County Speedway 2008 Schedule | ||
| **Schedule is subject to change | ||
| March | ||
| Sat-29th Open Practice for all classes 11am-5pm. | ||
| April | ||
| Fri-4th Sprint Invaders | ||
| Winged Sprints-Mods-Streets-Ponys | ||
| Fri-11th Bud Lite Night Big Ten series | ||
| 1,200 to win Late Models-Non Wing Sprints-Mods-Streets | ||
| Fri-18th Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Fri-25th Pepsi Night | ||
| 1,500 to win Non Wing Sprints POWRi Midgets & Micros | ||
| May | ||
| Fri-2nd Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Fri-9th Keystone Light Night Big Ten series | ||
| 1,200 to win Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Fri-16th Snap-on Tools Night | ||
| Winged Sprints-Mods-Streets-Ponys | ||
| Fri-23rd Circles of Hope night | ||
| Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| June | ||
| Fri-6th Budweiser Night 2nd annual Western Illinois Classic | ||
| 3,000 to win MSCS Sprints POWRi Midgets & Micros | ||
| Wed-11th Open Practice for all classes 6:30-10:30pm. | ||
| Fri-13th BJ's Restaurant Night Big Ten series | ||
| 1,200 to win Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Wed-25th Open Practice for all classes 6:30-10:30pm. | ||
| Fri-27th National Breast Cancer Foundation Night | ||
| Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| July | ||
| Wed-2nd O'Reilly Auto Parts UMP Summernationals | ||
| 6,000 to win Late Models-Modifieds-Streets | ||
| 9th-13th Morgan County Fair | ||
| Wed-16th Open Practice for all classes 6:30-10:30pm. | ||
| Fri-18th Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Thurs-24th Pepsi night Monster Midwest Tour (Big Ten series) | ||
| 2,000 to win Late Models-Modifieds-Streets-Ponys | ||
| Wed-30th Open Practice for all classes 6:30-10:30pm. | ||
| August | ||
| Fri-1st Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Fri-22nd Non Wing Sprints-Late Models-Mods-Streets-Ponys-Mini Late Models | ||
| Fri-29th Season Championship | ||
| Sept. | ||
| Fri-12th Coors Light Night Herb Barlow Memorial | ||
| Sprint Invaders POWRi Midgets & Micros | ||
| Fri-26th 17th annual Shaheen's BACK FROM THE PAST | ||
| 6,000 to win Non Wing Sprints-1,000 to win Modifieds | ||
