The biggest Central Illinois race weekend of the year is coming up Friday-Sunday, August 20-22, 2021. It all begins with MOWA Sprint Cars at Lincoln Speedway on Friday, August 20 before heading to the Illinois State Fair on Saturday and Sunday afternoon for Silver Crown, ARCA, and Sportsman. In addition, don't forget about Macon Speedway with Jack Hewitt Night featuring the Camfield Memorial for POWRi Midgets on Saturday night. Full details below...

Illinois State Fair Racing
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21-22

Illinois State Fairgrounds
Springfield, IL

Friday Night, August 20
Midwest Open Wheel Association MOWA Sprints + 5 Classes
Lincoln Speedway

Saturday, August 21
Illinois State Fair
USAC Racing Silver Crown Series
59th Annual Bettenhausen 100
+ 28th Annual Illinois Sportsman Nationals
DIRTcar Racing Sportsman Prelims

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 SPRINGFIELD TIMES:
7:00 AM Pits & Registration
9:00 AM Ticket Office & Grandstands
9:30 AM Drivers Meetings
10:00-11:10 AM Silver Crown Practice
11:30 AM Silver Crown Qualifying
12:00 PM Sportsman Hotlaps
12:30 PM Silver Crown B-Main
1:00 PM Sportsman Heats
1:30 PM Pre-Race Ceremonies
2:00 PM USAC Silver Crown 59th Annual Bettenhausen 100

Saturday Night, August 21
POWRi Midgets/Micros + 3 Classes
Macon Speedway

Sunday, August 22
Illinois State Fair
ARCA Menards Series
59th Annual Allen Crowe Memorial 100 presented by Lucas Oil
+ 28th Annual Illinois Sportsman Nationals

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 SPRINGFIELD TIMES:
6:30 AM Pits & Registration
8:30 AM Ticket Office & Grandstands
9:30 AM Drivers Meeting
10:00 AM ARCA Practice
11:00 AM Sportsman Practice
11:30 AM General Tire ARCA Pole Qualifying
12:00 PM 28th Annual Illinois Sportsman Nationals
12:15 PM Driver Autograph Session
1:15 PM ARCA Driver Introduction
1:30 PM National Anthem
1:35 PM 59th Annual Allen Crowe Memorial 100 presented by Lucas Oil

(*Don’t forget our two other local shows the same weekend, Lincoln Speedway Friday, August 20 and Macon Speedway Saturday night, August 21.)

SPRINGFIELD TICKET INFO:
Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the State Fair office at 217-782-1979. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200. Discount tickets for Sunday also available at Menards.

RESERVED SEATING
Advance Tickets (Presale)
$25 Adults Per Day
$10 Children 11 & Under Per Day
Day Of Tickets (At Gate)
$30 Adults Per Day
$10 Children 11 & Under Per Day

INFIELD TICKETS
$20 Adults
$5 Children 11 & Under

PIT PASSES
$40 Adults Each Day
$20 Children 11 & Under Each Day
$50 Two-Day Pit Pass

INFIELD PARKING
$5 For Those Parking On Infield With No Infield Or Pit Passes

HOST HOTELS
Carpenter Street Hotel
888-779-9100 or www.carpenterstreethotel.com

Enjoy Illinois
Visit Springfield

I’ll Be At.Springfield &
Macon. Be A Great Saturday
Of Racing.
Best Regards,
John

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Two-time Bettenhausen Winner Swanson Returns to Springfield Saturday
Illinois State Fair Race Weekend Ready To Go Green

By Jay Hardin
Track Enterprises Staff

Springfield, IL (August 15, 2021)-Five-time USAC Racing Silver Crown champion Kody Swanson had a plan to limit his Silver Crown events to just the pavement events coming in to 2021. Limiting time in the big cars would allow Swanson to pursue other forms of the sport including stock cars and road racing. However, Swanson won twice on the pavement at Lucas Oil Raceway Park and finished second at Winchester. Swanson’s pavement finishes, combined with the loss of two dirt events from the schedule, put him atop the 2021 standings.

A call from Chris Dyson altered Swanson’s 2021 plans. A chance at topflight equipment on dirt was too much to pass up and Swanson ran the Dyson car to 6th at Selinsgrove and has a 1-point lead in the standings prior to the August 14 event at Lucas Oil Raceway Park. Swanson also let on that the dirt ride with Dyson was not a one race deal, the two plan on teaming up for an assault on the August 21 Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Not only will the Californian be looking for a third Bettenhausen win he would be in the running for an unprecedented sixth Silver Crown Series title.

Dyson crew chief Sean Michael ran a second car for two races in 2020 with Michael listed as the entrant. Michael teamed with Kyle Larson and the two were unbeatable in the races they entered. Larson won the Hoosier Hundred and then dominated the Bettenhausen 100 leading 90 of the 100 miles. Swanson stands a good chance of becoming a three-time winner at Springfield with Michael preparing Dyson’s car.

The new Doran Enterprises team entered its first ever Silver Crown event at LORP in May with Swanson moving from his 2020 Nolen ride to Doran. The combination clicked immediately as Kody set second quick time and took the lead from Bobby Santos on lap 65 on the way to his 31st Silver Crown series win. The Doran/Swanson combination set a new track record at Winchester in late July and the driver battled with defending Silver Crown national champion Justin Grant losing to Grant by just a few feet at the finish. Just yesterday Swanson won a $50,000 bonus capturing the Silver Crown portion of the Hoosier Classic.

Only fourteen drivers have more than one championship race win in the 86-year history of national championship racing at the Illinois State Fair. Kody Swanson is one of the fourteen as are Tony Bettenhausen, Gary Bettenhausen, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Jack Hewitt and Chuck Gurney. Swanson’s first race on the Springfield Mile came in 2008 when he finished 4th. He led all 100 miles in his 6th start for his first win in 2014 and led 43 after coming from the 16th spot for win number two in 2015. Swanson is 12th on the all-time money won list in Springfield Silver Crown races.

Saturday, August 21 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Silver Crown Series race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and coincides with the 50th anniversary of the series itself. Practice for the big cars begins at 10 a.m. with Fatheadz Eyewear Qualifying at 11:30. The Bettenhausen 100 is scheduled to push off at approximately 2 p.m. Tickets are available by calling Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200 or at the Illinois State Fair Box Office.

The event is all part of a huge racing weekend in Central Illinois featuring Lincoln Speedway with MOWA Sprint Cars on Friday night, Silver Crown Saturday at the Springfield Mile, Jack Hewitt Night featuring POWRi Midgets at Macon Speedway Saturday night, and the ARCA Menards Series Sunday afternoon at the Springfield Mile.

Full information on the events can be found at www.trackenterprises.com.

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40 USAC SILVER CROWN CARS EXPECTED FOR SPRINGFIELD!


By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


Springfield, Illinois (August 18, 2021)………Three former Bettenhausen 100 winners are part of an expected field of 40 USAC Silver Crown drivers for the 58th running of the event on the one-mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield this Saturday, August 21.


Past Bettenhausen 100 winners in Saturday’s massive lineup include two-time winner in 2014-15, Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.), who captured the most recent USAC Silver Crown race win and leads the points entering the 100-mile race at the Springfield Mile.* Springfield’s 2017 winner Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) and 2018 victor Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) are in the lineup as well.* All three drivers are also past USAC Silver Crown champions.


In fact, the field features an outstanding number of USAC National champions throughout its lineup, including Silver Crown titlists Ken Schrader (Fenton, Mo.) and Jerry Coons Jr. (Patty Bateman), plus USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champs Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) and C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.), in addition to 2018 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget champion Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), the winner of the most recent dirt race on the USAC Silver Crown schedule.


The list of USAC Silver Crown winners on the trail who are seeking a first Springfield victory with the series consists of David Byrne (Shullsburg, Wis.), Shane Cockrum (Benton, Ill.) and Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.).


USAC National Sprint Car and Midget winners vying for a breakthrough in the USAC Silver Crown series are Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Matt Westfall (Pleasant Hill, Ohio), Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Ind.), Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Ind.) and Dave Peperak (Clinton, Ind.), whose last appearance with the series came in 1983!


They’ll be joined by an impressive array of drivers who’ll make up the largest field for a USAC Silver Crown event since the 2018 Springfield race.


The 58th Bettenhausen 100 features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship & the 28th Annual Illinois Sportsman Nationals DIRTcar Racing Sportsman Prelims.


Pits and registration open at 7am Central.* The ticket office and grandstands open at 9am.* The drivers meeting will take place at 9:30am.* Silver Crown practice runs from 10-11:10am followed by Fatheadz Eyewear qualifying at 11:30am Sportsman hot laps at Noon, Silver Crown semi-feature at 12:30pm, Sportsman heats at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the USAC Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 race at 2pm.


Tickets will be available on race day or by calling the State Fair office at 217-782-1979. *Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.


Advance tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* At the gate on race day, adults are $30 and $10 for children 11 and under.* Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under.* Pit passes are $35 for USAC members and $40 for non-members.* Infield parking is $5 for those park in infield with no infield or pit passes.


Every lap of Saturday’s Bettenhausen 100 will be aired live on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/2ZpafUr.


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BETTENHAUSEN 100 USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (40 CARS)


08 Kyle Steffens/St. Charles, MO (Gordon Steffens)


2 Patrick Lawson/Edwardsville, IL (Patrick Lawson)


11 Cary Oliver/Buncombe, IL (Cary Oliver)******************************************* ************************************


14 Steven Russell/Rochester, IL (McQuinn Motorsports)


6 Jason McDougal/Broken Arrow, OK (Klatt Enterprises)


7 Kyle Robbins/New Castle, IN (KR Racing)


9 Kody Swanson/Kingsburg, CA (Chris Dyson Racing)


10 Jake Swanson/Anaheim, CA (DMW Motorsports)


16 Austin Nemire/Sylvania, OH (Nemire-Lesko Racing)


18 Travis Welpott/Pendleton, IN (Welpott Racing)


20 Chris Phillips/Plainfield, IN (Nolen Racing)


21 Ken Schrader/Fenton, MO (Mark Swanson Encore Team)


22 Logan Seavey/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports)


24 Mike Haggenbottom/Levittown, PA (John Haggenbottom)


30 C.J. Leary/Greenfield, IN (Leary Racing)


31 Dave Berkheimer/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


39 Matt Goodnight/Winchester, IN (Goodnight Racing)


40 David Byrne/Shullsburg, WI (Byrne Racing)


44 Danny Long/Bonne Terre, MO (Danny Long)


47 Austin Mundie/Kaufman, TX (Les & Patty Butler)


48 Nathan Moore/Kaufman, TX (Nathan Moore)


52 Carmen Perigo/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)


53 Brady Bacon/Broken Arrow, OK (Five Three Motorsports)


54 Matt Westfall/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Racing)


55 Jerry Coons Jr./Tucson, AZ (Patty Bateman)


57 Dallas Hewitt/Troy, OH (Dallas Hewitt)


66 Robert Ballou/Rocklin, CA (Bill Rose Racing)


69 Kyle Cummins/Princeton, IN (Pink 69 Racing)


71 Shane Cockrum/Benton, IL (BLS Motorsports)


74 Casey Buckman/Chandler, AZ (C-Buck Racing)


77 Chris Urish/Elkhart, IL (Chris Urish)


81 Shane Cottle/Kansas, IL (BCR Group)


88 Chris Fetter/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)


91 Justin Grant/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


97 Chris Windom/Canton, IL (Hans Lein)


99 Korey Weyant/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant)


110 Chase Stockon/Fort Branch, IN (DMW Motorsports)


123 Jimmy Light/West Springfield, PA (Two-Three Motorsports)


177 Dave Peperak/Clinton, IN (Dave Peperak)


188 Terry Babb/Decatur, IL (Terry Babb)

SCHRADER RETURNS TO USAC SILVER CROWN RACING SATURDAY AT SPRINGFIELD

By Jay Hardin – Track Enterprises Staff

Springfield, IL (August 18, 2021)………The excitement of the return of the Illinois State Fairgrounds and the annual weekend of auto racing was enhanced when it was announced that 1982 USAC Silver Crown champion, NASCAR star and fan favorite Ken Schrader would return to pilot one of the big cars in the annual Bettenhausen 100 championship race this Saturday, August 21, on the Springfield Mile.

Schrader returns to Springfield on Saturday aboard the Mark Swanson Encore Team/Rosewood Machine & Tool – Jet Star/Maxim/Moyle Toyota No. 21.* The car was most recently driven at Springfield last October by David Gravel, who charged from 26th to 2nd in his series debut.* Kody Swanson drove the car to a 3rd place finish at Eldora Speedway this past June.

Jeff Swindell piloted the Swanson ride to a 3rd at Springfield in 2017 and also recorded a 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Du Quoin.

Schrader has won events on the Springfield Mile in virtually every type of race car imaginable, save one, the 96-inch wheelbase beasts whose lineage goes back to the very first days of auto racing.

One of the most well-known and versatile drivers in American auto racing, Schrader has raced for well over 40 years.* He continues to travel to short tracks across the United States competing against local and national heroes while still taking time to sign autographs or pose for pictures with his legions of fans.* Winning, versatility, and an engaging personality have made him one of the most popular racing drivers in the country.

His foray into big-time auto racing began with his USAC Stock Car debut in 1979.* A year later, Ken secured a ride in the last event of the 1980 USAC Silver Crown Series as a teammate to Gary Bettenhausen on the powerful Delrose-Holt team.* He immediately set the car on the pole for the 1980 MAB Paints 100 at Terre Haute, his first start in one of the big cars.* Ken got a big break in 1981 when Southern Indiana car owner Damon G. “Blackie” Fortune hired Schrader to drive his Silver Crown machine.

Schrader’s Rose Brothers sponsored Beck chassis didn’t win a race in 1982 though he came close to winning the 100-mile dream event at Springfield in May of 1982.* Top finishes made him a contender for the 1982 title, but the car had a problem at the season finale at Nazareth.* Fellow driver Sheldon Kinser surrendered his Ben Leyba ride to Schrader, allowing Ken to make the race and win the crown.* It was that gesture that caused Ken and his wife to name their son Sheldon.

Schrader has six starts in Silver Crown cars at Springfield with three top-10 finishes.* His last start came for owner George Middleton in 1985.* While he made an attempt for Dennis McQuinn in 2018, should Ken make the field Saturday it will be a record 36 years between championship starts at Springfield.* What else has Ken Schrader done on the Springfield Mile?* Well, he won the 1998 Allen Crowe 100 ARCA race, won the 1983 Rex Easton Memorial USAC Midget race and won the June 1998 Modified event.

August 21 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Silver Crown Series race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and the 87th anniversary of the first national championship race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.* Practice for the big cars begins at 10 a.m. Central with Fatheadz Eyewear Qualifying at 11:30.* The Bettenhausen 100 is scheduled to push off at approximately 2 p.m.* Tickets are available by calling Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200 or at the Illinois State Fair Box Office.