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97 Entries, Erwin with a clean sweep, Pro Modified...

6/19/2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6.17.2023 CHARLESTON SPEEDWAY: CHARLESTON, IL. Yet another absolutely gorgeous evening at The Charleston Speedway. We have been so blessed of late with outstanding weather to enjoy racing, both for fans and teams! At our last outing, the racing surface threw Brad and his staff a curve ball with an uncharacteristic rough surface. Determined to not let that happen again, extra time and effort were put into this week surface and boy did it pay off! Multiple lanes of racing,...more

Tags: Danny Schwartz, Deece Schwartz, Jimmy Dutlinger

The Inaugural SWARM sees 19 Hornet entries, Dustin...

6/12/2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6.10.2023 CHARLESTON SPEEDWAY: CHARLESTON, IL An absolutely gorgeous evening at The Charleston Speedway. Mother nature has provided some outstanding weather to enjoy racing, both for fans and teams! With multiple larger events happening in and around the area, we were excited to have 77 cars in 6 different divisions checked in. JAX MOBILE DETAIL boosted the Hornet payout to 5x the normal purse! 19 Hornets signed in to stake their claim for the $500 top prize. In addition...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, DIRTcar, Street Stocks

Steffens Storms to Pair of MARS Wins

5/21/2023

Kyle Steffens stormed to a pair of Midwest Auto Racing Series (MARS) Modifieds victories over the weekend. The Missouri racer's weekend opened on Saturday evening at Charleston (Ill.) Speedway. With a talent laden roster of 48 racers on hand, Kyle swept the festitivies. He set fast time in qualifying before winning his heat race to earn the pole position for the 30-lap feature. Steffens led every lap of the feature to bag the $2,000 victory over Josh Harris, Tyler Nicely, Michael Long, and...more

Tags: Kyle Steffens, Charleston Speedway, Adams County Speedway (IL)

Charleston Speedway ends Late Model hiatus with MA...

5/20/2023

CHARLESTON, IL (Saturday, May 20th) - Photos from the MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends and the MARS Modified Championship powered by Summit Racing Equipment held on Saturday Night, May 20th at the Charleston Speedway in Charleston, Illinois! El Paso, Illinois' Ryan Unzicker claimed the 'Graves 40' and the $5,000 up for grabs at the Charleston Speedway for the MARS Racing Series Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends ahead of Rich Dawson and Mike Harrison! Kyle...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, MARS - Midwest Auto Racing Series, DIRTcar

Land of Lincoln Triple-Header Next for MARS Champi...

5/15/2023

Land of Lincoln Triple-Header Next for MARS Championship Tours FAIRBURY, IL (May 15, 2023) After a week away from MARS competition, both series are set to return to action this weekend to continue their quest for the season ending championship. After 3 events completed in MARS Late Model Championship Powered by FK Rod Ends competition, New Berlin, Illinois’ Brandon Sheppard leads series points standings followed by Drake Troutman, Jason Feger, Ryan Unzicker, and Mike Harrison. Opening weekend...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, Adams County Speedway (IL), Kankakee County Speedway

National, Regional Points Funds Increase In All DI...

4/22/2023

For DIRTcar Racing’s 40th anniversary season, drivers in every division will be getting a bigger slice of the cake at season’s end with the biggest national and regional points fund increase in over 20 years. Through DIRTcar’s eight core divisions, a grand total of over $142,000 has been added between all regions and the national points standings. That’s an increase of over 78 percent from the previous sum, which had stood since 2012. “DIRTcar’s weekly racers are some of the most hard-working,...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, DIRTcar

TIME TO CELEBRATE: 39th DIRTcar Banquet Honors Cha...

1/16/2023

Mike Warren January 16, 2023 Charleston Speedway wins track of the year, Brad Denney wins Promoter of the year, Bob Memmer Award The final order of business for the 2022 DIRTcar Racing season is complete after drivers were honored at the 39th DIRTcar Banquet in Springfield, IL. Emcee Ruben Mireles kicked off the celebration after dinner with Regional and National points fund check winners being honored and those who won special awards. 2022 DIRTcar National Champions Late Model – Bobby...more

Tags: Mike Harrison, Trevor Isaak, Bobby Pierce

2022 Champions Crowned

9/27/2022

Charleston Speedway, Charleston, Illinois 9/27/2022 For Immediate Release: 2022 Champions Declared. On Saturday, September 24, 2022, the regular season of The Charleston Speedway ended and the 59th annual season track Champions of The Charleston Speedway were crowned. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, car counts were great and the fans that came out to enjoy the event were phenomenal! The pits were packed with 99 cars signing in 7 different divisions. There were 4 divisions that qualified,...more

Tags: Deece Schwartz, Ed Roley, Wally Kerst

McIntosh Perfect at Charleston Speedway with POWRi

8/19/2022

By POWRi PR (Charleston, IL) -- Cannon McIntosh would lead every caution-free lap of feature racing Friday Night to capture victory at Charleston Speedway with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League ramping up the weekend excitement in outstanding fashion to claim his fourteenth career league feature win. Early Charleston's competition with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League would see Cannon McIntosh start the fastest with a 13.024-second lap as Cannon McIntosh and Brenham Crouch...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets

Zach Daum Earns POWRi WAR-Wildcard Feature Win at...

6/23/2022

By POWRi (Charleston, IL) -- Zach Daum would hold steady on the low line in the Charleston Speedway feature event with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League “Wildcard Series in the twenty-five-lap shootout. Resurrecting the series would witness Kyle Shipley clock top-time with a 13.008-lap as heat racing action would witness Shane Cockrum and Kyle Shipley each earn an early competition victory. Soaring into the initial start would see high-point qualifier and pole-sitter...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets

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