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In
spite of rain, Lincoln Speedway Looking To Carry Early Season
Momentum On Friday
Ladies Night Featuring $5 Ladies Admission
With Five Divisions Of Racing
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 [May 03, 2019]
Lincoln Speedway officials are keeping their fingers crossed that
racing will continue this coming Friday, May 3rd, despite a wet
weather week in Illinois. Friday’s forecast looks dry so the plan is
to race. It will just be a matter of how wet the grounds are from
the previous days. The night will feature $5 grandstand admission
for ladies, in honor of Ladies Night.
The Midwest Big Ten Series Street Stocks will join the regular four
classes of racing at the ¼-mile dirt track. For the Big Ten Series,
it will be their second race of the season but the first at Lincoln
in 2019. At the Macon Speedway opener, Monticello, IL’s Darrell Dick
claimed the victory. Fellow veteran, Terry Reed, crossed the line in
second, while Nick Macklin, Larry Russell, and Jaret Duff completed
the top five. The track did have a Midwest Stock Car Tour Street
Stock event in April, with Jeremy Nichols claiming the win. This
Friday’s event will pay $500 to win.
Last Friday’s 23 Pro Late Models may have been the highest Pro Late
Model count in track history. This year’s two winners, Jake Little
of Springfield, IL, and Denny Woodworth, of Mendon, IL, are tied
atop the standings. Edwards, IL driver Chris Morefield is third in
the standings, while Cody Maguire, and Roben Huffman are off to
solid starts in fourth and fifth.
The DIRTcar Modifieds also came out in big numbers for last
weekend’s race, as 21 competitors took the green. Many time track
champion, Brian Lynn, of Mason City, IL, is currently leading the
points by just two over New Berlin, IL’s Tommy Sheppard, Jr. Lynn
won on opening night, while Rick Conoyer took last week’s victory.
Austin Lynn is third in points, while Ray Bollinger, and Austin
Charron complete the top five.
The Nutech Seed DII Midgets have seen defending point champion, Andy
Baugh, find victory lane in each of the first two nights. Baugh had
his work cut out for him last week, as Lincoln, IL’s Bret Tripplett
swapped the lead back and forth.
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Mark McMahill is second in points, while Brandon Smith, Patrick
Ryan, and Jeff Sparks are in the top five. This week’s Nutech Seed
Front Row Challenge is $200 for a driver to give up a top four
starting spot and win from the back.
Completing the five divisions of racing will be the DIRTcar Hornets.
Last week, 15 drivers took the green flag for the main event, which
went flag-to-flag. Pekin, IL’s Danny Oates hasn’t won a feature yet,
but two top five finishes has him leading the standings. Eric
Vanapeldoorn is second with one win, while David Lauritson, Cook
Crawford, and Carter Dart complete the top five.
As previously mentioned, ladies that attend this Friday night’s
action will get in for just $5 each on Ladies Night. For the guys,
admission is regular at $15.
Pit gates will open at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00, hotlaps are at
6:00, and racing will begin at 7:00.
More information may be available at
www.lincolnspeedwayil.com.
About Lincoln Speedway:
For more information on the track, follow Lincoln Speedway online at
www.lincolnspeedwayil.com, on Facebook -
www.facebook.com/ LincolnILSpeedway and Twitter @LincolnILSpdwy.
Updates are also available by calling the Track Enterprises office
at 217-764-3200.
Lincoln Speedway is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds, in
Lincoln, IL. The physical address is 1408 Short 11th St., Lincoln,
IL 62656. Lincoln Speedway races a number of UMP classes as well as
specials on a near bi-weekly schedule of Friday and Sunday evenings.
Lincoln Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection's
$150,000 Racer Rewards Program.
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