Champions to be crowned on BRANDT Race Night Friday at Lincoln Speedway
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[August 26, 2021]
Season championship night will be on track this coming Friday, August 27
at Lincoln Speedway, located at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Lincoln,
IL. It will be the final night for drivers to garner track points for
the division championships as well as get track time before the huge
DIRTcar Fall Nationals event October 1-2.
Kewanee, IL driver, Ray Bollinger, has already clinched the 2021 DIRTcar
Modified championship at the track, following his fifth win of the
season last Friday night. With Bollinger winning five of the ten
features so far and his first Lincoln championship, he will be the
favorite at this week’s regular season finale as well as the Fall
Nationals in October. Brian Lynn, Brandon Roberts, Austin Lynn, and
Tommy Sheppard, Jr. complete the top five in points. Allen Weisser (2),
Hunt Gossum (2), and Nick Hoffman (1) have claimed the other feature
wins.
The other championship that was clinched last Friday night was in the
Simplot DII Midget division. Peoria, IL driver Mark McMahill has won
three of the seven features and his lead is insurmountable for fellow
competitors. McMahill will look to finish his season with win #4 this
Friday night, while fellow top five competitors, Tyler Roth, Will
Armitage, Kelli Harter, and Dave Baugh will look for their first wins of
the season. The four other features this year were claimed by a few
stout drivers, Andy Baugh (2), Korey Weyant (1), and Jake Neuman (1).
The Lincoln Speedway DIRTcar Pro Late Model track championship is
technically still up for grabs as Jose Parga has a 56-point lead on
Roben Huffman. To clinch, Parga will just have to be on hand for the 10
show up points as the most a driver can garner during a feature is 50.
Midland City, IL driver, Roben Huffman, is second in points, while
Blaise Baker, Colby Sheppard, and Cody Maguire complete the top five.
Parga has claimed seven of the eight features this year, while his
teammate, Dakota Ewing, claimed the other.
The tightest point battle will be in the DIRTcar Hornet division as
Clinton, IL’s Erik Vanapeldoorn has a 28-point lead on Jay Mariuzza.
That is a difference of 14 feature positions at 2 points each. Kenny
Butterfield, Allan Harris, and Cook Crawford complete the top five in
points. Drivers with wins include the top four in points plus Jeremy
Hancock and Nick Johnson.
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Two other divisions will round out
Friday’s slate, the DIRTcar Sportsman and the Midwest Big Ten Street
Stocks. Both divisions are just part-time classes at the track.
In the Sportsman, Forrest, IL driver Austin Friedman and Fenton,
MO’s Joel Ortberg have claimed the two feature wins this year. Two
strong fields of cars have raced at the track this year and exciting
events kept fans on the edge of their seats.
The Midwest Big Ten Street Stocks will be led into town by
Lovington, IL’s Jeremy Nichols, a many-time Big Ten Street Stock
champion and event winner. Nichols has a 16-point lead on another
many-time champion of the series, Terry Reed. Nichols has won five
of the seven features this season with Nick Macklin and Tanner
Sullivan claiming the other two. Guy Taylor and Nick Macklin are
also in striking distance, while Zach Taylor completes the top five.
Three events remain including Lincoln Friday, Jacksonville September
3, and Macon September 11.
Pit gates will open Friday night at 4:00 with grandstand gates
swinging open at 5:00. Hotlaps will go on track at 6:00, while
racing will take the green flag at 7:00 PM. Grandstand admission is
$15, while kids 11 and under are free.
About Lincoln Speedway:
For more information on the track, follow Lincoln Speedway online at
www.lincolnspeedwayil.com.
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 DIRTcar UMP classes as
well as specials on a near bi-weekly schedule of Friday and Sunday
evenings. The track is also home to the DIRTcar Fall Nationals.
[Adam Mackey]
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