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    Default Thursday, July 7 42nd Annual Herald & Review 100 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models

    Thursday, July 7th
    42nd Annual Herald & Review 100


    Divisions:
    *DIRTcar Summer National Super Late Models
    *Summit Modified Nationals/BIllingsleyRewards.com DIRTcar Modifieds


    Times:
    Pits: 3:00
    Stands: 4:00
    Local Pill Draw Ends: 5:50
    Hotlaps: 6:00
    Racing: 7:00


    Grandstand Pricing:
    Adults – $30
    Children 11 & Under – $5
    Tickets as well as all pit passes will be sold at track on raceday


    Lodging:
    Decatur Conference Center and Hotel
    217-422-8800
    Call hotel and mention Macon Speedway to receive a discounted rate


    About Macon Speedway:
    For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.


    Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials.

    Macon Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection’s $150,000 Racer Rewards Program



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    Just one support class being Mods? I like!🙂
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    100 laps for only $5000 to win . What a joke, especially in these times with the high cost of racing.

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    The Facebook event for this race is https://www.facebook.com/events/475223730765068

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    2 days away from the 42nd Annual Herald & Review 100! Here's some great event notes and event history thanks to Patrick Davis who has worked on this list annually for the past few editions of the event and really dug into the history of the longest-running Super Late Model race in Illinois.

    It's that time of year again! The annual stat blast for the annual running of the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway is back as the 42nd edition is just 2 days away.


    Herald & Review 100 DIRTcar Racing UMP Summer Nationals event at Macon Speedway facts and stats from throughout the 41-year event history, DirtonDirt style.


    1. Shannon Babb (Shannon Babb Racing) has the most event wins in history with 5


    2. 5 drivers have won the event in consecutive years (Kevin Weaver 91-92, Ed Bauman 97-98 Shannon Babb 13-14, Bobby Pierce 16-17, Gordy Gundaker 18-19)


    3. A driver has won the Herald & Review 100 & Summer Nationals title in the same season 10 times (Rick Standridge 87, Scott Bloomquist (Scott Bloomquist Racing) 90, Billy Moyer 93, Don O'Neal 04, Shannon Babb 06,11,14, Brian Shirley (Brian Shirley Racing) 12, Bobby Pierce 16, 17)


    4. No driver has ever won the Herald & Review 100 Summer Nationals event at Macon Speedway 3 years in a row.


    5. In the 41-year history, 24 different drivers from 6 states (IL, IN, TN, AR, KY, MO) have won the race


    6. 5 of the last 15 Herald & Review 100s have been rescheduled due to rain and/or other circumstances (COVID) at Macon Speedway, not running on the original date (07, 08, 11, 15, 20)


    7. Only 1 race (1999) has been completed from green to checkered with no cautions. The race was won by Billy Drake, his 2nd win in the event


    8. 2 times a driver has won and led all 100 laps (Rick Standridge 87, Shannon Babb 06)


    9. Before the Gordy Gundaker (Gordy Gundaker Racing) win in 2018, the last driver to win the event from a state that had not won the event before was Terry English (KY) in 2003.


    10. Only 2 father-son driver combinations have ever won the event. They are (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) (1988) and Matt Taylor (2000) as well as Bob (83, 85, 94, 01) and Bobby Pierce (16,17)


    11. No driver has won the Herald & Review 100 and another feature in the same evening in another division competing on the same evening.


    12. The race has been a part of 6 different series/sanctioning bodies in it’s 40 years (DIRTcar UMP, UMP Summer Nationals, Northern All Stars, USAC (USAC Racing), UMP Outlaw Nationals, Midwest Big Ten Series)


    13. 8 Macon Speedway Late Model/Super Stock drivers have won both a track championship and a Herald & Review 100 in their career (Butch Garner H&R 81 TC 69,72,73) (Jim Leka H&R 86 & 89, TC 75,77,80,84,88,89) ((not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Taylor H&R 88, TC 83,86, 91), (Joe Ross Jr H&R 95, 05, TC 01,03,05), (Ed Bauman H&R 97 & 98, TC 93), (Matt Taylor H&R 00, TC 12) (Shannon Babb H&R 06, 09, 11, 13, 14, TC 96) (Brian Shirley H&R 12, TC 02)


    14. 2 Late Model Track Champions won the Herald & Review 100 and the track title in the same season (Jim Leka 89, Joe Ross Jr. 05)


    15. 24 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame drivers have competed in the Herald & Review main event throughout the past 40 years (Roger Long, Ray Godsey, (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Potts, Gary Webb, Kevin Claycomb, Don Hester, Russ Petro, Bob Pierce, Ray Guss Jr, Kevin Gundaker, John Gill, Donnie Moran, Billy Moyer, Jim Curry, Jack Boggs, Kevin Weaver, Pete Parker, Scott Bloomquist, Ed Dixon, Rick Aukland, Bill Frye, Kris Patterson, Terry English, Wendell Wallace)


    16. Only 1 driver has won the B Main and then won the Herald & Review 100 (Garner 81)


    17. Brandon Sheppard’s 2020 win on August 14, 2020 made him the first of an Uncle/Nephew combination to win the race. On that same date in 1998, 22 years prior, Ed Bauman would win his 2nd Herald & Review 100 in a row. Bauman was turning wrenches on the family-owned B5 of Sheppard.


    18. 6 current National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Drivers have claimed a victory in the Herald & Review 100 (Bob Pierce (83, 85, 94, 01), Roger Long (84), Scott Bloomquist (90), Kevin Weaver (91, 92, 02, 08), Billy Moyer (93), Terry English (03))


    19. The fastest qualifying lap in Herald & Review 100 history was set last year on August 14, 2020 by Brandon Sheppard with a lap of 10.361, just above the track record set by Billy Moyer April 30, 2015 during the 2nd running of the St Louis U Pic A Part 100 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event.


    20. 38 (2012) is the highest car count in 20 years. The highest in race history is 51 for the inaugural event in 1981.


    21. 2 drivers have won the race and gone on to win a national touring series championship (Billy Moyer All Star Circuit of Champions 93, Brandon Sheppard World of Outlaws Late Model Series 2020).


    22. 3 drivers have won the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway and the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury American Legion Speedway in the same season a combined 4 times over the course of the 41-year history of the Herald & Review 100 and the 32-year history of the PDC (includes 2020 cancellation of PDC due to C-19) (Weaver 91, Pierce 94, Babb 06, 13)


    23. 2 drivers have won the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway and the Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway in the same season a combined 2 times over the course of the 41-year history of the Herald & Review 100 and the 14-year history of the Illini 100 (includes 2011, 2018 rainout and 2020 cancellation of due to C-19) (Shannon Babb 14, Bobby Pierce 21)


    24. The highest finish for a driver taking a provisional is Dennis Erb Jr. (4th in 2009, started 19th)
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    Some pretty cool stats. Thanks for sharing!

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    Last year's HR100 was one of the worst races I've ever seen. Wasted a ton of money driving out there for this one. I still don't understand why they insist on running all of the support divisions first to make sure they race on a good surface, then leave the supers with a burned up piece of garbage. People don't travel 8 hours to watch the B Mods, especially when it takes them 18 tries to get one lap in without a caution!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GEAR_HEAD View Post
    Last year's HR100 was one of the worst races I've ever seen. Wasted a ton of money driving out there for this one. I still don't understand why they insist on running all of the support divisions first to make sure they race on a good surface, then leave the supers with a burned up piece of garbage. People don't travel 8 hours to watch the B Mods, especially when it takes them 18 tries to get one lap in without a caution!
    Yeah that stinks but usually Macon, and the Herald & Review 100, is one of the best dates on the entire Summer Nationals schedule. Usually. the prep is such that little prep is needed. Every track, even the Fairburys and Port Royals of the world, have a bad night. That is what this was. One bad night doesn't define an entire facility or event's history.

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    Also looks to be just Late Models and Summit Modifieds on the card this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DLM Fan 1 View Post
    Yeah that stinks but usually Macon, and the Herald & Review 100, is one of the best dates on the entire Summer Nationals schedule. Usually. the prep is such that little prep is needed. Every track, even the Fairburys and Port Royals of the world, have a bad night. That is what this was. One bad night doesn't define an entire facility or event's history.
    Everybody there could tell by how dry the track was that the supers should have run first. They held everybody hostage to sell more food and ruined the show for everybody by doing so. It didn't make any sense at all.

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    5k to win ? 100 lap race ? If so, that's an insult to what guys have invested in todays cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtcrazy4u View Post
    5k to win ? 100 lap race ? If so, that's an insult to what guys have invested in todays cars.
    We're not talking Eldora. Track is 1/5 mile, maybe smaller. 100 laps go by in a flash.
    I'm thinking Gearhead is gonna engrave his post on his headstone. I was held hostage at a dirt track. Yeah, we heard ya the first time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25 View Post
    We're not talking Eldora. Track is 1/5 mile, maybe smaller. 100 laps go by in a flash.
    I'm thinking Gearhead is gonna engrave his post on his headstone. I was held hostage at a dirt track. Yeah, we heard ya the first time.
    I only said it once so obviously you heard it the first time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GEAR_HEAD View Post
    I only said it once so obviously you heard it the first time.
    Lol. Yeah, and you have dementia.
    Try the Flo @ Lincoln thread back in May.
    or maybe
    The Lucas thread at Macon back in April
    Or the Macon thread from last July.

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    Here is the Herald & Review 100 Summer Nationals winners list coming into tomorrow night's 42nd edition of the event. Will we add a new name to the list? Will Shannon Babb win a 6th? Will another 5-time winner emerge in Kevin Weaver? Will Bobby Pierce tie Weaver and his dad Bob with 4? Be here tomorrow night to find out!


    Previous winners
    1981 Butch Garner Forsyth, IL
    1982 Pete Willoughby Columbus, IN
    1983 Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL
    1984 Roger Long Fithian, IL
    1985 Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL
    1986 Jim Leka Illiopolis, IL (Sanctioned by USAC)
    1987 Rick Standridge Divernon, IL
    1988 (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Taylor Springfield, IL
    1989 Jim Leka Illiopolis, IL
    1990 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN
    1991 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
    1992 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
    1993 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
    1994 Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL
    1995 Joe Ross, Jr. Springfield, IL
    1996 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL
    1997 Ed Bauman New Berlin, IL
    1998 Ed Bauman New Berlin, IL
    1999 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL (UMP Summernationals 100)
    2000 Matt Taylor Springfield, IL (UMPSummernationals 100)
    2001 Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL (UMPSummernationals 100)
    2002 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL (Featherlite Trailer 100)
    2003 Terry English Benton, KY (95Q Behind the Pitwall 100)
    2004 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN (Herald & Review 100)
    2005 Joe Ross, Jr. Springfield, IL
    2006 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
    2007 Wes Steidinger Fairbury, IL
    2008 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
    2009 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
    2010 Dennis Erb Jr. Carpentersville, IL
    2011 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
    2012 Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
    2013 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
    2014 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
    2015 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
    2016 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
    2017 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
    2018 Gordy Gundaker St. Charles, MO
    2019 Gordy Gundaker St. Charles, MO
    2020 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
    2021 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL


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    Macon Speedway Set For 42nd Herald & Review 100 Thursday

    (Macon, IL) The 42nd annual Herald & Review 100, one of the most popular races on the Summer Nationals tour each year, is set to go green this Thursday, July 7 at Macon Speedway. The 1/5-mile high banked dirt track held it’s first Herald & Review race in 1981 and the list of winners throughout the years continues to impress.

    From the early years with the likes of Butch Garner, who won the first race, Bob Pierce, Jim Leka, (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Taylor, Scott Bloomquist, Kevin Weaver, and Billy Moyer to recent years with Moweaqua, IL’s own Shannon Babb, Bobby Pierce, Brian Shirley, Ryan Unzicker, Gordy Gundaker, and Brandon Sheppard, the talent that has found Macon Speedway victory lane is unmatched.

    This Thursday night’s event will add another name, or perhaps an experienced one who has already claimed the elusive trophy, to the long list of winners. Could it be a first timer, maybe someone like Jason Feger, who is coming off of an impressive victory at Lincoln Speedway this past Sunday night or maybe someone with plenty of track experience and championships like Tommy Sheppard, Jr.

    The tour has had a few days off to regroup from the race of the year at Lincoln Speedway. Sunday’s event saw Pierce, Unzicker, Feger, and Babb racing hard for the win. Contact between Pierce and Unzicker took them out of the picture but Feger and Babb raced side-by-side to the checkered. The Thursday night race at Macon Speedway should be another barn burner.

    Pierce currently leads the Summer Nationals standings by 78 points over Brian Shirley. Pierce has claimed four wins to Shirley’s three this season. Jason Feger is third in points, while Payton Freeman and Ryan Unzicker complete the top five.

    Adding to the fun will be the Summit Modified Nationals competing with the track’s BillingsleyRewards.com Modified competitors. Mooresville, NC driver Nick Hoffman has won ten of the twelve starts he has made with the tour this year, putting him atop the standings. Hoffman was equally dominant last season but missed the Macon Speedway event. The track is coming off a topless Modified event this past Saturday that saw 27 drivers attempt to make the show.

    Pit gates for Thursday’s event will open at 3:00 PM with grandstands at 4:00, hotlaps at 6:00, and qualifying at 7:00. Grandstand admission is $30, while kids 11 and under are $5. An all-access pit/grandstand band will be available for $40.

    Macon Speedway will turn right back around after Thursday’s event to get ready for this Saturday’s 1st Responders Night which features free grandstand admission for first responders. The Bruce Dulgar Classic will be held for the 51 Bistro Street Stock class and kids will get to ride in racecars at intermission.

    For more information on Macon Speedway’s Thursday and Saturday programs, visit www.maconracing.com.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25 View Post
    Lol. Yeah, and you have dementia.
    Try the Flo @ Lincoln thread back in May.
    or maybe
    The Lucas thread at Macon back in April
    Or the Macon thread from last July.

    Do you remember what you had for breakfast?
    I didn't know I had a stalker. Cool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highside Hustler25 View Post
    Lol. Yeah, and you have dementia.
    Try the Flo @ Lincoln thread back in May.
    or maybe
    The Lucas thread at Macon back in April
    Or the Macon thread from last July.

    Do you remember what you had for breakfast?
    He is one of those people who is constantly complaining about something. What a sad way to go through life.
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