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2023 Schedule

Inaugural MARS Modified Championship to open with 20 events in 2023.

FAIRBURY, IL (January 12, 2023)—The newly formed MARS Modified Championship is pleased to introduce the 20-race schedule for the 2023 season. The tour includes events at 11 different tracks in three states including Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky. The winner’s purse of those events will hit nearly $50,000 with over a quarter million dollars in total purses and prize money earmarked for the 2023 campaign. All events will pay a minimum of $2,000 to win, $250 to start and a full points payout of $23,500 for the top 10 positions.

“I am very excited for the schedule we have put together in our inaugural Modified season”, says new MARS Series Director Jonathan Clayton. “We had interest from tracks all across the Midwest, however, we really wanted to keep our box pretty tight to start this deal out. Our goal and vision is to put together a competitive regional Modified series that makes sense for the drivers, promoters, and fans. We have had great talks with Modified drivers throughout the Midwest and we feel this layout is a great place to start.”

The opening weekend of the MARS Modified Championship will make the two day stop at the always exciting Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois, for the Winter Meltdown on April 7th & 8th. The Gundaker owned “House of Power” will host the first ever MARS Modified events to start the 2023 season.

The tour then rolls on Friday, April 28th at the newly promoted Brownstown Bullring in Brownstown, Illinois. An exciting weekend for the series will continue Saturday, April 29th at the famed Fairbury Speedway which will be the track’s 77th season opener. This weekend will be the first events in which both the MARS Late Models and MARS Modifieds will race on the same night.

The only trip to the state of Kentucky will hit the high-banks of the Paducah International Raceway on Friday, May 5th. The tour heads north to the Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois on Saturday, May 6th.

The month of May heats up with a trip to the Charleston Speedway for the Graves Memorial 30 on Saturday, May 20th. The final stop on the ultra-exciting swing will conclude at the Adams County Speedway in Quincy, Illinois on Sunday, May 21st.

The annual Memorial Day weekend swing May 26th – 28th will hit the traditional tracks including Farmer City Raceway, Fairbury Speedway, and conclude at the Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Illinois. Spoon River Speedway will host the annual Gary Cook Jr. Memorial paying $2,564 to win the 30 lap feature event.

After a break for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, the series picks back up for an exciting combo starting Saturday, July 22nd in Pevely, Missouri for the Tribute to Ed Dixon at the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. The tour then heads north to the Adams County Speedway in Quincy, Illinois on Sunday, July 23rd.

The Gary Gerstner Memorial at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois will be held on Friday, August 18th. The series will then take the short drive to Highland Speedway located at the historic Madison County Fairgrounds in Highland, Illinois on Saturday, August 19th.

As summer concludes and fall arrives, the traditional triple-header Labor Day weekend events will again be held at the Farmer City Raceway on Friday, September 1st, Fairbury Speedway Saturday, September 2nd, and wrap up the holiday weekend at the Spoon River Speedway on Sunday, September 3rd as part of the 33rd Annual Plow Boy Nationals. Both the Fairbury Speedway and Spoon River Speedway will have $5,000 to win shows which will equal the highest paid events in 2023 on the MARS Modified Championship Tour.

Concluding the 2023 MARS Modified Championship Season will be a trip to the Brownstown Bullring in Brownstown, Illinois on Friday, October 6th. The final night will hit the famed Fairbury Speedway on Saturday, October 7th and will be a part of the huge World of Outlaw FALS Frenzy weekend which will bring some of the best racing in the country to one place on the final night of 2023 for the series.

Additionally, a new series website is soon-to-be launched and will be the official home for everything related to the MARS Modified Championship. All series information including tire rules, procedures, and rule book will be released in the coming weeks.

The MARS Modified Championship Tour will be DIRTcar sanctioned in 2023 and follow all technical rules for Modifieds.