9/22/19 UMP Modifieds @ IL State Fairgrounds $2,000 to win/$200 to start

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The rescheduled Bettenhausen 100 for the USAC Racing Silver Crown Champ Cars is coming up on Sunday, September 22 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, IL. The DIRTcar Racing Modifieds will be racing as well. Details below... Bettenhausen 100 Sunday, September 22 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , IL Divisions: USAC Silver Crown Series Bettenhausen 100 + DIRTcar Racing Modified "Everything Dirt Racing" Feature SUNDAY, SEPT 22 SPRINGFIELD TIMES: 7:00am - Registration and pit gates open 9:00am - Grandstands and ticket office open 9:30am - Drivers Meeting 10:00-11:10am - Silver Crown Practice 11:15am - UMP Modifieds Hotlaps/Qualifying 11:35am - Silver Crown Qualifying 12:30pm - Silver Crown Semi Feature 1:00pm - UMP Modifieds Feature ($2,000 to win/$200 to start) + $25 per lap led money 1:30pm - Pre-Race Ceremonies 2:00pm - Silver Crown Feature Event For discounted advance sale tickets, call Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200. RESERVED SEATING Advance Tickets (Presale) $25 Adults Per Day $10 Children 11 & Under Per Day Day Of Tickets (At Gate) $30 Adults Per Day $10 Children 11 & Under Per Day PIT PASSES $35 Adults Each Day $20 Children 11 & Under Each Day More Information: For more information, contact Track Enterprises by calling the office at 217-764-3200 or by visiting their website at www.trackenterprises.com Follow Track Enterprises online at https://www.trackenterprises.com/, like them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TrackEnterprises), and follow them on Twitter (@TEIRacing) Follow USAC online at www.usacracing.com, like them on Facebook (http://usacracing.com/), and follow them on Twitter (@USACNation)

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The Facebook event for this race is https://www.facebook.com/events/330172094499984/

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Modified Illini Dash Returns to Springfield Mile September 22 “ Everything Dirt Racing 20 ” Pays $2,000 To Winner By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, IL (September 12, 2019)-The postponement of the USAC Bettenhausen 100 in August to September 22 generated a bonus event for those returning to the Springfield Mile as the UMP DirtCar Modifieds will be joining the card for a Sunday afternoon doubleheader. Modifieds competed at the Illinois State Fairgrounds as far back as 1992. The first event as part of the Illinois State Fair lineup was in 2011 and coined the “Illini Dash”. The Dash returns for edition number 3 on September 22. Shelby Miles of Bloomington, Indiana captured the first Illini Dash on August 20, 2011 in a Saturday doubleheader with the Silver Crown machines. Miles bested fellow Hoosier Joey Kramer (a multi-time winner of the Indyana Classic on the Hoosier mile), Jesse Snyder, Jeff Leka and Bobby Regot leading all 20 miles in the process. Veteran Terry Messenger captured the second running in August of 2012 with Kramer again playing bridesmaid after leading the first 11 laps. Snyder again was third with Ken Schrader fourth and fellow NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace fifth. Schrader also set a one-lap track record in qualifications of nearly 115 miles an hour. Schrader, Leka and Messenger are past winners of modified events on the Springfield Mile held in conjunction with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and as part of the Illinois Fall Nationals. The mighty Modifieds return Sunday September 22 with a 20-mile feature on tap. Practice for the Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 begins at 10 a.m., with DIRTcar Modified practice following. The 20-mile Illini Dash is slated immediately prior to the Bettenhausen 100. The event will pay $2,000 to the winner and $200 to start. “Everything Dirt Racing” a racing group on Facebook, has gathered lap sponsorships for the event at $25 each. Each lap leader of the 20-lap affair will receive cash bonuses that could add up to $500. Modified car pre-entry is available at no cost. Any Modified that enters after the deadline will cost $75. Entry forms and more information on the event are available at www.trackenterprises.com.

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Bettenhausen 100 Refires On The Dirt Sunday In Springfield By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (September 16, 2019)………The glorious roar of the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series returns to the iconic Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield this Sunday, September 22, for the 58th running of the Bettenhausen 100 presented by Brandt, honoring the great racing family based out of Tinley Park, Ill. The DIRTcar Modifieds are also on schedule for the event. Following August’s washout, the date marks just the third time the Bettenhausen 100 will have been held in the month of September, following Chuck Gurney’s victory in 1996 and Kody Swanson’s triumph in 2014. Tony Bettenhausen, the 1951 AAA and 1958 USAC National Champion, won the first National Championship race held during September at the Springfield Mile in 1947 under AAA sanction. This Sunday, look for a field chock full of talented veterans and hungry young lions prepared to make their mark in the 100-miler at the famed one-mile dirt oval. Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) enters as the defending winner of the Bettenhausen 100 en route to a sweep of both Illinois dirt mile races on the schedule in 2018. Brian Tyler (Mt. Pleasant, NC) leads all drivers in the lineup with four Bettenhausen 100 victories in 2004-05-08-11. A.J. Fike (Galesburg, Ill.) won back-to-back Bettenhausen 100 races in 2012-13 just as Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) did in 2014-15. Russ Gamester (Peru, Ind.) prepares for his 26th career start in the race, which ranks 3rd all-time and includes a triumph in 1998. Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) captured the first of his two career USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series victories in 2017 at Springfield. A handful of drivers have gotten the job done on the Land of Lincoln’s other dirt mile, the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, but are seeking their first Springfield victories. Two-time Du Quoin Silver Crown winner Shane (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)rum (Benton, Ill.), plus another pair of past Du Quoin Mile winners in Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.) and Chris Urish (Elkhart, Ill.) are up to the task. Jeff Swindell (Germantown, Tenn.) is a three-time Silver Crown winner on dirt miles, twice at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and once at Du Quoin, but Springfield has eluded him thus far despite three 3rd place finishes in 1992-1993-2017. Springfieldian Korey Weyant wowed fans with a high-wire ride on the cushion in the qualifying race at Springfield a year ago and joined by fellow Illinoisans Patrick Lawson (Edwardsville, Ill.), a 29th place finisher in 2018, and Terry Babb (Decatur, Ill.), who took 31st in 2018, are ready to make an impression for the home crowd. On the two occasions the Silver Crown cars graced a one-mile dirt oval this year, Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the victor in May’s Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. He led a race-high 49 laps last year at Springfield. Jacob Wilson (Crawfordsville, Ind.) won the most recent dirt event in a stellar performance for his first career series win at Du Quoin. He came home a strong 4th at Springfield a year ago. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) has also won on the dirt this year, taking a wild last-lap victory at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway in June for his first career win in a Crown car. His Klatt Enterprises team holds a slim 15-point lead over Nolen Racing in the owner standings for the season. Veteran Silver Crown winners seeking their first mile dirt victories on Sunday include C.J. Leary Greenfield, Ind., a two-time series winner seeking his first dirt mile victory. David Byrne (Shullsburg, Wisc.) finished 10th at Springfield a year ago. John Heydenreich (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Eric Gordon (Fortville, Ind.) will each return to Springfield after lengthy absences, Heydenreich (2007) and Gordon (2003). Kevin Thomas, Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) led 42 laps and finished 2nd in 2018 at Springfield. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford, Pa.) finished 5th at Springfield in 2015. Those veterans are joined by 2018 Bettenhausen 100 top-ten finishers, New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (6th) and Sylvania, Ohio’s Austin Nemire (8th), all of whom are gunning for their first career Silver Crown wins. Mike Haggenbottom (Levittown, Pa.) is 8th in the standings and enters his second Bettenhausen 100 run after starting 20th and finishing 12th a year ago. Matt Goodnight (Winchester, Ind.) stands 12th in points and is coming off his best run of the year in the most recent dirt race, a 10th at Du Quoin. Sunday’s Bettenhausen 100 in Springfield gets underway with pits opening and registration starting at 7am (Central), the ticket office and grandstands opening at 9am, the drivers meeting at 9:30am, Silver Crown practice from 10am to 11:10am, DIRTcar Modified hot laps/qualifying at 11:15am, Fatheadz Silver Crown Qualifying at 11:35am, Silver Crown Qualifying Race at 12:30pm, Modified feature at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the Bettenhausen 100-mile race at 2pm. Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200. Advance Tickets (Presale) are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under. On race day, tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under. Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under. Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for children 11 and under. USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMP CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-577, 2-Justin Grant-514, 3-David Byrne-456, 4-Kyle Hamilton-381, 5-Bobby Santos-378, 6-Eric Gordon-375, 7-Chris Windom-342, 8-Mike Haggenbottom-328, 9-Kyle Robbins-320, 10-Austin Nemire-315. AAA / USAC CHAMP CAR WINNERS AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS: 1934: Billy Winn 1935: Billy Winn 1936: Wilbur Shaw 1937: Mauri Rose 1938: Tony Willman 1939: Emil Andres 1940: Rex Mays 1947: Tony Bettenhausen 1948: Ted Horn & Myron Fohr 1949: Mel Hansen & Johnnie Parsons 1950: Paul Russo & Tony Bettenhausen 1951: Tony Bettenhausen 1952: Bill Schindler 1953: Rodger Ward & Sam Hanks 1954: Jimmy Davies 1955: Jimmy Bryan 1956: Jimmy Bryan 1957: Rodger Ward 1958: Johnny Thomson 1959: Len Sutton 1960: Jim Packard 1961: Jim Hurtubise 1962: Jim Hurtubise 1963: Rodger Ward 1964: A.J. Foyt 1965: A.J. Foyt 1966: Don Branson 1967: A.J. Foyt 1968: Roger McCluskey 1969: Mario Andretti 1970: Al Unser 1971: A.J. Foyt 1972: Al Unser 1973: Mario Andretti 1974: Mario Andretti 1975: Al Unser 1976: Tom Bigelow 1977: Larry Rice 1978: Gary Bettenhausen 1979: Bobby Olivero 1980: Pancho Carter 1981: George Snider 1982: Larry (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)son & Bobby Olivero 1983: Gary Bettenhausen 1984: Chuck Gurney 1985: Chuck Gurney 1986: Jack Hewitt 1987: Jack Hewitt 1988: Steve Chassey 1989: Chuck Gurney 1990: Chuck Gurney 1991: Chuck Gurney 1992: Jimmy Sills 1993: Jack Hewitt 1994: Chuck Gurney 1995: Kenny Irwin, Jr. 1996: Chuck Gurney 1997: Dave Darland 1998: Russ Gamester 1999: Dave Darland 2000: Jack Hewitt 2001: Paul White 2002: J.J. Yeley 2003: Dave Darland 2004: Brian Tyler 2005: Brian Tyler 2006: Tracy Hines 2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2008: Brian Tyler 2009: Cole Whitt 2011: Brian Tyler 2012: A.J. Fike 2013: A.J. Fike 2014: Kody Swanson 2015: Kody Swanson 2017: Justin Grant 2018: Chris Windom

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This Week's Newsletter... Macon Speedway Saturday & USAC Sunday At Springfield Mile - https://mailchi.mp/cb8caf684510/maco...ringfield-mile

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Be sure to check out the Facebook group Everything Dirt Racing at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1962...7638507278341/. The group has put together lap money for the UMP Modified portion of the racing program.

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Sunday will mark the return of the UMP Modifieds to the famed Springfield Mile with the running of the Everything Dirt Racing 20!! The 20 lap feature event will pay $2,000 to win and $200 to start, along with a $25 per lap led bonus which could result in a driver taking home an additional $500! On top of that Penske Racing Shocks has donated three product certificates that are valued at $250, $125, and $50 to the top three finishers, we also have Swift Springs who have pitched in two product certificates good for one spring, these will be given out to the 5th and 7th place finishers! Our friends at 357’s World of Dirt have also pitched in $100 to the hard charger of the event!! If you would like to pitch in more contingency prizes for Sunday please contact Olin Sparks by PM on Facebook. Here is the current entry list for Sunday! #4 Brian Heizer , Okawville, IL #15 Tim Luttrell, Riverton, IL #7h Brian Higgerson, Oakdale, IL #95 Josh Sissom, Cape Girirdaeu, MO #71 Rayce Baker, Pinckneyville, IL #9z Bobby Regot, St. Peters, MO #85 Joe Geisler, St. Mary, MO #7s Ethan Schnapp, Springfield, IL #82 Jeff Parks, Marion, IL #MB4 Marty Lindeman, Clay City, IL #10 Curt Rhodes , Taylorville, IL #11 Zach Rhodes, Taylorville, IL #3 Wade Erhart, Taylorville, IL #89w Rick Weitekamp, Springfield, IL #87 David Shain, Sullivan, IL #44 Rich Lentz, Carterville, IL #84L Jim Farley, Springfield, IL #1S Brian Shaw, Robinson, IL

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September 22 Bettenhausen 100 At Springfield Mile Canceled (Springfield, IL) For the second time, the Bettenhausen 100 presented by BRANDT, has been canceled due to weather. The USAC Silver Crown Series and the DIRTcar Modifieds were scheduled to race Sunday afternoon, September 22. After consulting with USAC, a number of team owners and drivers, weather forecasters, and with the rain the Springfield area received on Saturday, many felt it would be best to cancel a day in advance. Sunday’s forecast is unfavorable with a number of models showing a near 100% chance of rain. The cancellation marks the second time the event has been scratched due to weather. It was originally scheduled to be part of the Illinois State Fair on Saturday, August 17. For any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the office of Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.

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For those with tickets from the Bettenhausen 100 rainout, please fill out this form and send with your tickets to Track Enterprises for refund.