2011 Awards Banquet

October 19, 2011

Our 2011 Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday November 12, 2011 at Bogart’s Banquet Hall in Jacksonville. The social hour will begin at 4:30 with dinner at 6:00 and awards presentation at 7:00. Tickets are $20 per person and must be purchased in advance.

To purchase tickets, please print out the form HERE.

Jimmy Hurley won the sprint feature, Brian Lynn in Modifieds, Shad Eskew in Street Stocks and Damon Jones in Pony Stocks.

Unofficial season championships (subject to final calculations) are: Jimmy Hurley – Sprints, Ethan Schnapp – Modifieds, Caleb Wankel – Street Stocks and Michael McKay in Pony Stocks. Final points should be finished Monday night.

Full results for all classes from September 30th are below: [click to continue…]

Shawn Eskew / Eskew Lawn Care has rounded up a huge amount of extra pay for Street Stocks. The TOTAL payout will be as follows: 1. $500 2.$350 3.$250 4.$175 5.$150 6.$125 7.$100 8.$90 9.$80 10.$70 11-18.$65.

Brake and Clutch in Springfield is giving $50 to the highest finishing car with a New Age Clutch. Lomelino Sign Co is giving $50 to the hard charger. Also to be given away will be a set of metric upper A Frames from Mullins Auto Parts and several Hooser gift certificates.

Additional payout courtesy of some great sponsors including:
Marshall Chevrolet – Winchester, IL
Tom Finch Automotive – Jacksonville, IL
Modern Paving and Scrap – Springfield, IL
Shane Hall – Ashland, IL

Vern’s Auto Repair – Springfield, IL
Vandenbergh Concrete – Ashland, IL
Wallbaum Development – Ashland, IL
Brake and Clutch – Springfield, IL
Eskew Lawn Car – Ashland, IL
Mullins Auto Parts – Springfield, IL

Lomelino Sign, Co – Jacksonville, IL
Jeff Armburster – Pawnee, IL
Sandy’s Cleaning Service – Ashland, IL
Hoosier Tire Midwest – Springfield, IL
Car X – Springfield, IL

Points championships will be on the line in all classes this Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway. In addition, the Monster Energy Sprint Car Series will be on hand and will crown their champion at the end of the night. Current track points are updated heading into this final night of action.

Grandstand admission is $13 with children 12 and under free. Pit passes are $25.

Check out the Monster Energy Jacksonville promo video below:

Winners: Danny Smith, Sprints; Ethan Schnapp, Mods; Shannon Eskew, Street Stocks, Kimberly Abbott, Pony Stocks

Click ‘continue’ for full results from all classes. [click to continue…]

Shaheen’s Blast From The Past Friday

September 20, 2011

This Friday, September 24 will be the Shaheen’s Blast From The Past featuring a huge $4,000 to win sprint car show, along with Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pony Stocks. The sprint car purse is 1. $4000 2. $2500 3. $1500 4. $1000 5. $800 6. $700 7. $600 8. $500 9. $400 10. $350 11 [...]

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Sprint Results From Herb Barlow Memorial

September 17, 2011

Heat 1 Heat 2 Feature JC Bland 2 1 Robbie Standridge ` 1 2 Jimmy Hurley 4 3 AJ Bruns 2 4 Bret Tripplett 7 5 Mike Hess 3 6 Jeremy Standridge 6 7 Chris Urish 4 8 Jim Moughan 7 9 Brett Sammonds 5 10 Korey Weyant 6 11 Logan Faucon 8 12 Andy [...]

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Only Sprints, Midgets and Micros Are Racing This Friday (9/16)

September 16, 2011

There was an error in this week’s ad in the Jacksonville Source Newspaper. We will NOT be racing Modifieds, Street Stocks or Pony Stocks this week (9/16) Only winged sprints, POWRi Midgets and Micros will be racing.

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Herb Barlow Memorial Sprints and POWRi Friday

September 13, 2011

This Friday will be an all open wheel event you won’t want to miss featuring $2,500 to win Winged Sprints along with Lucas Oil POWRi Midgets and Micros. Expect a great field of cars in all three classes with many cars in town for the annual combination weekend with the Tom Knowles Memorial at Spoon [...]

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Races for Sept 9th Rained Out.

September 9, 2011

Due to the persistent rain today and with the forecast of more late this afternoon and this evening, the races at Jacksonville Speedway for tonight Sept. 9th have been canceled. We will return next Friday for the Herb Barlow Memorial with Sprints and POWRi Midgets and Micros.

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