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LINCOLN SPEEDWAY HOST HUGE WEEKEND FOR RACE FANS*
Macon, IL – Macon Speedway, Billingsley Towing and POWRi are proud to
announce that the POWRi National Midget and 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint
Series will take center stage at Macon Speedway for the “Dana Godfrey
Memorial” on Saturday night, August 17. The night will consist of POWRi
Midgets and Micros and our UMP Billingsley Towing Modified division plus
our UMP Street Stock, *Outlaw Hornet and Stock Hornet*

. The event celebrates the life of Dan Godfrey, late wife of longtime
chassis builder and owner of Spike Chassis, John Godfrey. Dana was a
familiar face at the race track and at the speed shop when the couple owned
Stealth Chassis.

The POWRi Series first travels to Lincoln Speedway Friday night, August 16
for a full night of action.

This weekend is a huge open wheel weekend for Central Illinois as the races
at the Illinois State Fairgrounds feature the USAC Silver Crown cars on
Saturday, August 17 competing in the Tony Bettenhausen 100. The open wheel
action then travels to Macon Speedway on Saturday night as the POWRi Lucas
Oil National Midget Series and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro
Series join the UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks for what looks to be an
exciting night of racing at Macon Speedway. Join us back again at the IL
State Fair on Sunday with the ARCA 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 on Saturday in the UMP Modified division, and the Sportsman as they
will compete in the Sportsman Nationals on Sunday!

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series leader Andrew Felker holds an
80-point lead over Zach Daum going into Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway on Friday
(Aug. 16). POWRi’s Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series also race on
Friday at Lincoln and both series are at Macon (Ill.) Speedway on Saturday
(Aug. 17) as well. Cale Thomas has a 200-point lead over Nathan Benson for
the championship in the Micros. Lincoln and Macon are the start of the
stretch run for POWRi, which has eleven events scheduled to run in the
Midgets and Micros. The POWRi series will return to Macon for the final
showing on September 21.

Macon Speedway will also have a demo show at intermission on Saturday night
with Elliot Key. Elliot is 10 years old and he just won first place in both
the East and West Youth Nationals Trials events in Moto Trials. Moto Trials
is a non-speed event on specialized trials motorcycles. Trials is highly
technical and teaches great throttle, balance and machine control. Come out
to see Elliot perform his exciting show!

We have lots still planned for 2013 so be sure to come join Macon Speedway
for an action packed end to the summer.

Gates will open Friday at Lincoln and Saturday at Macon at 5:00 and racing
will start at 7:00. Adult general admission tickets for both races are
$15 and children 11 & under are free.

Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then 1/2
mile west on Andrews Street, then South on Wiles.

For information, call 217-764-3000. Visit www.maconracing.com or
www.trackenterprises.com for a complete 2013 race schedule and additional
information. For quick convenient updates, follow us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/maconracing and Twitter @maconspeedway.