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Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Clay County Speedway in Flora, Illinois has a new promoter in BJ McCammon. BJ is the son of former late model standout Doug McCammon.
- ARTICLE Route 45 Raceway management is proud to announce your new promoter has been hired for the 2015 race season and beyond! BJ McCammon of Palestine, IL has been chosen to fill the position as promoter. Many candidates were reviewed, however, we at Route 45 Raceway believe that with his past credentials, BJ was the most qualified for this position. Along with being the race director for the past 2 years at Clay County Speedway. behind the wheel for 14 years, and promoting other successful racing events, BJ has been in all fields of the racing industry. BJ grew up in the middle of some of the greatest racing this area has seen. The son of former Super Late Model Champion Doug McCammon; who throughout the years has been a huge influence to BJ's racing career on and off the track. Along with BJ, his wife Sammi will also be a huge asset to the facility being hired as the Business Manager. Doug McCammon will also join the team as Assistant Race Director. Improvements in store for the Raceway include: a facelift to the racing surface, which includes new clay and re-banking of the track, new fencing and repairs to walls, winners circle in infield, new advertising billboards along the back stretch wall, general parking area improvements, improved tech inspection area, infield drainage improvements, concession upgrades, race receivers will also be introduced to the drivers for the 2015 race season and much more. At this time a complete schedule is not available but some dates have been confirmed. Opening night will be April 11th, Big Tim Lewis Memorial September 25th with $3,021 to win! MOWA, MSCS, WAR East, and Super Late Models all look to make appearances at the raceway in 2015! A full schedule will be available soon! For more information contact BJ McCammon (618)-553-1074 |
Awesome, will definitely support BJ and his endeavors, great guy
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A Saturday night 305 class would be a great addition to Bloomington Friday night schedule.
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
305's are fine if they don't start to dilute the 410 class.
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Website coming?
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Thank you all! We are very excited for 2015 and have hit the ground running with improvents already started! Website is being built and will be found at www.route45raceway.com....many more announcements on the way!
BJ McCammon |
We have been discussing a lot of options and possible events. I'm curious to know how many 305 cars are out there and who would be interested in running some shows at Route 45 Raceway? Let's hear your thoughts!
BJ McCammon |
When was the last time the restrooms were remodeled?
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The last race of the year looked liked a 410 non wing class would have been the way to go.
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Avg nonwing car count for 2014 was 6.1 per night. It is financially impossible to justify the class with those numbers. The final race was a bigger pursed show which we plan on having approx 6-8 of in 2015. Having a "weekly" class cannot be based on car counts of bigger shows.
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Great track finally got to see it last season when we had a race there with the lightning sprints. Hope we get to race there again soon Best of luck and its nice to see the interaction already starting on here with the promoter.
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Originally Posted by sw1911: |
You might contact bloomington speedway and I'm sure they have a good idea of the number of cars they are expecting in the beginning. There is a lot of buzz about this series. In my opinion I think it is going to blow up in Indiana and il. Everywhere it has started it has done nothing but grow.
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Weekly program at Route 45 Raceway will consist of: UMP Pro Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP B-Mods, UMP Hornets, and Pure Stocks with a GUARANTEED PURSE.
Specials for: MOWA 410 Wing Sprints, MCSC 410 Non-Wing Sprints, WAR East(Non-Wing Sprints), MARS Late Models, Possibly a few 305 Wing Sprint Shows, and others. Below is a picture of the tracks new logo. |
Yes the weekly sprint car count was low but do you think that pro late models will draw more cars
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Tri City Speedway gets 18-26 weekly, every Friday ,approx an hour away. We have had numerous calls from drivers in that area looking for a race track to run on Saturdays as well as 3-5 new to the division within a 70 mile radius. We did a lot of research before making this decision. Another thing to note...a pro late model purse is far less than sprint cars. In actuality it is less than the UMP Modified class. We have to look at what is in our region and nonwing sprints are primarily in Indiana. It is not often you will get 18-20 cars to drive by 2-3 other tracks paying more money to come race. As we have said...there will be 6-8 races for the non wing guys in 2015 as well as a couple of winged shows.
BJ McCammon 618-553-1074 |
Shame that its going strictly fender racing on a weekly basis.
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by t_inmyface: |
Guess thats what i get for buyin a nonwing car to run there weekly. Oh well...
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by t_inmyface: |
Yup..
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by CMR92: Jerry |
Thank you Jerry. My father and I are far from new to the racing world. We have done our homework for sure. We were racers first and we want to make things better for both the racers and the fans...unfortunately there is no money tree growing on the property so we can't run every class. But we will do our best to bring a variety of quality racing to Route 45 Raceway in 2015 and beyond!
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by CMR92: |
Yes sir
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Is this an official name change?
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by CMR92: |
Yes....Flora is now
Route 45 Raceway Flora, IL |
Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Originally Posted by Leohr46: |
Originally Posted by jim goerge: |
18 cars, with 3-4 people per car in pits and 300 people in stands to watch sprints specifically is what it takes to break even on a very modest $800 to win sprint purse...thst is if u can get a total of about another 80 cars in other 4 classes and hope like no other another 350 people show up in grandstands. I'm not against sprint cars. I love them and a lot of my friends run them...Cottle, Stockon, Maddox, Short, Cockrum..etc but if, as promoters ,we don't watch our financial facts closely, we will be just another closed race track.
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Originally Posted by CMR92: |
Looking for contact info for someone at Bloomington Speedway. I have left messages but no call back. Does anyone have alternate contact #?
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Are you going to get the catch fence fixed? On my last visit this was scary and dangerous. I would not even think about coming back unless this was fixed.
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New catch fence in 1-2, all damaged catch fence repaired in 3-4, entire back stretch will be a solid billboard extending above the wall.
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you can contact bloomington Speedway on here. There name is bloomington speedway.
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Kris is usually very good about returning calls. Maybe he is taking a few days off during the holiday season.
Bloomington Speedway is also on Facebook. |
Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Will the restrooms be upgraded? i.e. wash basins
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We are working on getting wash basins in restrooms for 2015...new restrooms in 2016!
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Re: Clay County speedway (IL): Has new promoter BJ McCammon
Possibly a Summernationals or Summit Series race this year??
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