2018 fair-print

2018 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July 29 - August 5, 2018 Page 205 Friday Night Races at the fair returns after a nearly decade long gap Story by Nila Smith Photos by Mitch Douglas Friday night the Logan County Fair and Lincoln Speedway partnered to bring an evening of racing entertainment in front of the grandstand. According to the Speedway website it has been nearly a decade since dirt track racing has been a grandstand feature at the fair, and everyone was happy for the return. Looking at the results from that evening, it is easy to see that these drivers come from all around the area, and they bring with them family, friends, crew members, and of course, fans. For the fair and the speedway it is a win-win scenario as those who are ardent race fans had the opportunity to experience the Logan County Fair, and those who are faithful fair goers, got a taste of racing at its best. Features at the Friday at the Fair Races included DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, DIRTcar Racing UMP Pro Crate Late Models, DIRTcar UMP B-Mods, NuTech Seed, LLC DII Midgets presented by Bailey Chassis Company, and DIRTcar UMP Hornets. CONTINUE 00 In the UMP Modifieds Ray Bollinger (77) of Kewanee finished first. In the top five were Bollinger, Steve Stotler (16S) of O’Fallen, MO; Brian Lynn (14) of Mason City, Kelly Kovski (10K0 of Springfield and Austin Lynn (72A) of Mason City. Warrensburg native Dakota Ewing (25) took the top position in Pro Late Model. Top five finishers included Ewing, Guy Taylor (4T) of Springfield, Jason Riggs (77M) of Harrisburg, Roben Huffman (33H) of Midland City and Cody Maguire (32M) of Carlinville.