MARS Racing at Belle-Clair!

[Dirt Clod]

WOW! New Belle-Clair Speedway delivered on a Sunday night! Dylan Thornton navigated through lapped traffic on the high side in bullring fashion! Seems like every MARS race is exciting. And Mike Norris just makes watching and listening to a MARS race on FLO a must. Keep this race in mind for a race of the year honorable mention in top 10! 🏁

[BTExpress]

How were the track conditions last night. It was pretty rough, as is expected, with a brand new facility when I watched a few weeks ago.

[Dirt Clod]

How were the track conditions last night. It was pretty rough, as is expected, with a brand new facility when I watched a few weeks ago.

100% better Sunday night. No rain this past week, so the track was plenty smooth. Through the night the groove kept moving up. They were running the wall in the feature. Tanner English through a master slide job on last lap, turn 4, to steal second.

[chathamracefan]

That feature was on the wall. Great action on a Sunday night. TBH I find some of the MARS shows better to watch than the Lucas/WoO same old same old in victory lane. Most of the MARS shows are on bullrings so the action is much better & it's not just the high speed aero parade. This weekend should be a doozy. LaSalle, Farmer City, Fairbury & Spoon River 4 nights in a row. Fairbury $15k to win for late models & $5k for mods on Saturday night.

[over4T]

Darned good race on the new track. Dylan Thornton was not going to be denied the win and did a stellar job with the win. The track prep crew did a good job, especially with little experience with the new dirt. I've been to, probably, a couple of hundred tracks all over the country but never got to the old tiny Belle-Claire, though I tried a couple of times and got rained out. At a home base nearly 2,000 miles away it's not a 15 minute ride. Not sure if the Mike Norris you mention to is the track's announcer but, if so, I've got to disagree with your praise for him. The guy never gave squat for info but just kept repeating "Five thousand dollars to win".

[Highside Hustler25]

Not to be a negative Nellie, I miss the old configuration. Was unique and now only Macon holds that configuration.

[chathamracefan]

Not to be a negative Nellie, I miss the old configuration. Was unique and now only Macon holds that configuration.

I had the pleasure of seeing the old configuration twice for midget shows. Including one where C Bell scrambled from back to front to win after a mid race skirmish with a lapped car. Never saw late models there. Sadly the cars cost so much these days that so few people want to race on the 1/5 mile tracks. Look at how many guys follow hell tour but skip the Macon show. Usually a few. Also, Lucas pulled the Macon date a few years back. The track they built looks nice on TV and is big enough to host any series.