[410racer]

Anyone know of what happened to this track in Sumner, IL..?? I looked for it online and no results. Last i knew it was purchased by a sprint car racer from Terre Haute, i think. Can't remember his name. Too many ...Never have seen any kind of schedule or if it's even open...

[Kellen Conover]

It's been closed for several years.

[kcarm92]

Jim mills owns it

[racephoto1]

Neat place, and beautiful facility. Caught a few races there. Too bad it's closed.

[ronmil]

I understand it has fallen into a state of disrepair; would need a lot of work to bring it back. Too bad; it was a nice facility with an electronic scoreboard and a grandstand that seated 5500. I think the racing was adversely affected when the wall was put in on the infield side of the track.

[arctic monkey21]

I've been by a few times when I'm back in Illinois and we're on the way to Haubstadt. They had it mowed for a quite a few years, but the last couple its been left alone. I looked at it on google maps and it appears that nature is starting to reclaim the track itself.

[Sprinter56]

If you ask me this was the fastest most bad ass place under a half mile around. Jim mills sunk a bunch of money in it and facility and track were awesome. Around 2003 he had red clay from a construction project my dad did in Bloomington, in trucked to sumner, il non stop for about a month. The red clay lived up to it's reputation as it had a ton of bite in it, high speed is an understatement. I believe they had trouble with city government that closed the doors eventually but i remember running 3 times there and May have been another race I missed. Damn shame it shut down id like to hear the real issues stopping it from going forward

[billwill7]

Billy Puterbaugh won his first USAC sprint car race here several years !

[illinisprintfan]

Originally Posted by Sprinter56 If you ask me this was the fastest most bad ass place under a half mile around. Jim mills sunk a bunch of money in it and facility and track were awesome. Around 2003 he had red clay from a construction project my dad did in Bloomington, in trucked to sumner, il non stop for about a month. The red clay lived up to it's reputation as it had a ton of bite in it, high speed is an understatement. I believe they had trouble with city government that closed the doors eventually but i remember running 3 times there and May have been another race I missed. Damn shame it shut down id like to hear the real issues stopping it from going forward

I live about 8 miles from the track and it is a crime that it is sitting silent. We were told that the main reason it shut down was a dispute with the county/city over liquor sales, but there was probably more to it than that.

[PatrickMead#13]

Originally Posted by illinisprintfan I live about 8 miles from the track and it is a crime that it is sitting silent. We were told that the main reason it shut down was a dispute with the county/city over liquor sales, but there was probably more to it than that.

Make it byob?....