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October 28, 2009
Season Comes to a Close at Lincoln SpeedwayThe Fall Harvest race will not be rescheduled this season but we are talking about rescheduling it for early next year. This concludes the 2009 season at the Lincoln Speedway. Thanks to everyone who came to the track this year and we will see you all in 2010! Congrats to our track champions: Brian Lynn (Modifieds), Max Pozsgai (Mini-Sprints), Nick Bauman (Pro (Crate) Late Models/Sportsman), Terry Miller (Street Stocks), and Bo O'Donoghue (Wild Things). Banquet info will be posted as soon as available.July 11, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
June 28, 2009
Korte Gets First Tour Win of 2009 with Lincoln VictoryThere was one thing missing on Randy Korte's Hell Tour resume when he rolled through the pit gates at Lincoln, (Ill.), Speedway Sunday Night. Korte changed all of that in winning his first UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event at the quarter-mile track. Korte, who started eighth in the 40-lap feature charged through the field to pass polesitter Shannon Babb by lap eight and never looked back. Working his way through the fields has been a common theme for Korte as of late, but the absence of a win was wearing on the Highland, Ill., driver. “It's killing me not to have won a race,” he said after a feature event charge fell short at Tri-City, (Ill.) Speedway. Korte, who earned his first “Hell Tour” win of the year, also currently leads the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Points Rankings on the strength of nine top-ten finishes in the tour's first 13 races. Babb, who set the pace for the initial seven laps, mounted a late charge of his own only to settle for second. It was his second runner up finish of the 2009 version of the “Hell Tour”, one that's been anything but reminiscent of his 2005-06 triumphs. Jason Feger, of Bloomington, Ill., who recently captured his first ever UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals win ended up third ahead of champion Dennis Erb, and early tour winner Eric Smith. 35 UMP DIRTcar Late Models entered the Lincoln, (Ill.), Speedway grounds attempting to make the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event. Defending “Hell Tour” Champion Dennis Erb captured group one quick time honors with an overall quick lap of 13.210 seconds. Other fast time honors went to former MARS DIRTcar Series champion Bill Frye, Wisconsin driver Terry Casey, and two-time UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion Shannon Babb. Four heat races were contested on the night as both Frye and Babb claimed the second and fourth heat race wins from the pole. The first heat race saw Brian Shirley dispose of Carpentersville, Ill., driver Dennis Erb using the outside groove to claim the win. Heat three saw outside row one starter Jason Feger use the same line as Shirley in powering to the heat win. Mark Voigt used a B-Main win to transfer to the main event along with Scott Bull. Provisionals on the night went to Terry Casey, Wes Steidinger, and Richie Hedrick. 35 Modifieds were on hand with heat wins going to Kyle Byerline, Denny Schwartz, Matt Goulden, and Austin Charron. Jeffrey Leka and Brian Lynn won the semi features. The feature went to Jeff Leka over Gary Cook Jr., Denny Schwartz, Matt Huddleston, and Gary Turpin. 15 Street Stocks were in attendance with Rick Thomas and Joel Funk taking the heat race wins. The feature was won by Rick Thomas over Joel Funk, Terry Miller, Rick Skelton, and Chris Tackett. 15 Wild Things were also on hand with heat wins going to Damin Jones and Bo O'Donoghue. The feature went to Bo O'Donoghue over Bob Sanders, Josh Osborne, Eric Wilson, and Jerry Benninger. June 13, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
June 6, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
May 23, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
May 17, 2009
Eckert Ends Nearly Year-Long Absence From Victory Lane With Sunday-Night Triumph At Lincoln Speedwaywww.worldofoutlaws.comA smooth and steady run led Rick Eckert to a slump-busting victory in Sunday night's World of Outlaws Late Model Series ‘Land of Lincoln 40' at Lincoln Speedway. Eckert, 43, of York, Pa., shot forward from the fifth starting spot to grab the lead from Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., on lap three and never looked back. Racing snug to the quarter-mile track's inside groove, Eckert stayed firmly in front to pocket $7,600 for his first win on the national tour since June 21, 2008, at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que. “This is great for me and the whole team,” said Eckert, whose 17th career WoO LMS A-Main victory tied him with Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., for second on the series win list since 2004. “We've run better this year, but we hadn't won a race and that can get everyone down. Everybody wants to get their picture taken (as a winner).” Driving the Raye Vest Racing ‘Team Zero' Bloomquist Chassis that he debuted earlier this year, Eckert snapped a 36-race winless streak on the WoO LMS. It was also his first series victory on American soil since July 8, 2006, at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, where he won the last of his tour-best eight A-Mains that season. Eckert crossed the finish line a couple car lengths ahead of Shinnston, W.Va.'s Josh Richards, who started from the pole position but lost several spots at the initial green flag. The 21-year-old Richards moved back to second on lap four and stayed there for the remainder of the distance in his Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket car. Frank, 47, finished a close third in his Corry Rubber Rocket after his head-turning late-race charge around the outside of the track carried him from the seventh position to the brink of a dramatic come-from-behind victory. Seemingly out of contention after fading from the second starting spot to seventh, the veteran came alive following the race's lone caution flag – for debris on lap 24 – and actually threatened Richards and Eckert rounding turns three and four on the final circuit. Completing the top five was seventh-starter Dale McDowell of Chickamagua, Ga., who ran as high as third in NASCAR star Clint Bowyer's Warrior machine, and ninth-starter Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., in NASCAR veteran Bobby Labonte's Rocket. No one could match the moves of Eckert, who rode the inner lane to a satisfying score. “On the pace laps I looked and saw there was moisture right down there on the bottom,” said Eckert. “I figured, Well, I'll run around down there at the start. When the guys in front of me all got to charging too hard and slid out (in the early laps), I just drove right by them.” Eckert didn't dare budge from the inside. “I think I might have actually had a better car,” he said. “I probably could've moved out on the racetrack and carried some speed, but there was moisture right down there on the bottom and I didn't want to just give it up and let somebody drive by me. “If they drove by on the top, I was gonna get back up there and try to make some time, but I never needed to do that. I could hear guys close to me hitting the throttle in the middle of the corner, but I just kept hitting my marks and nobody ever drove around me.” Richards got the closest to Eckert, drawing within striking distance just before the caution flag slowed the race on lap 24. The young sensation couldn't mount a challenge after the restart. “I feel like I overran the first part of the race and I think it might have cost me,” said Richards, who finished in the runner-up position at Lincoln for the second consecutive year. “I got up to (Eckert) at one point, but the caution just killed us. I think if the caution wouldn't have come out I could've got him around the top, but I felt like my left-rear (tire) sealed up after that.” Frank was the show in the closing stages with his outside assault. On the last lap he slid across the track in turns three and four and pulled alongside Richards, but he couldn't maintain enough traction off turn four to beat Richards back to the finish line. “I knew I wasn't gonna get (Richards and Eckert), but I figured I'd slide ‘em and make it look good,” said Frank, who won last year's WoO LMS event at Lincoln. “If there would've been a cushion to get ahold of rather than that (outside) wall, maybe I could've got Josh. But I was just trying not to crash when I came off that corner. “Maybe one more lap,” he added. “That's all I needed.” Finishing in positions 6-10 was Steve Sheppard Jr. of New Berlin, Ill., who earned the $500 WoO LMS Bonus Bucks cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn't won a tour event and isn't ranked among the top 12 of the points standings; Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who challenged McDowell for third at mid-race before slipping back; 16th-starter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., who maintained his WoO LMS points lead; 17th-starter Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill.; and Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., who started sixth but was never a factor. Forty-three cars were signed in for the event – exactly the same turnout as last year's WoO LMS event at Lincoln. A standing-room-only crowd attended the program. Pearson established a new track record in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, blistering the quarter-mile oval in 13.022 seconds to surpass Jason Feger's existing standard of 13.316 seconds. It was the second WoO LMS fast time of 2009 for Pearson, who picked up a $50 bonus. Heat winners were Bloomington, Ill.'s Feger, Shannon Babb, McDowell and Frank. The B-Mains were captured by Erb and Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill. May 9, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
May 2, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
April 26, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane
April 11, 2009
Lincoln Speedway Victory LaneVideographer NeededA videographer is needed for Lincoln Speedway (and Farmer City Raceway). For more information please call 217-737-7134. March 30, 2009
King of Illinois Race Added to ScheduleThe $2,000 to win 2nd Annual King of Illinois Street Stock Special has been added to the schedule on Oct 2-3. March 6, 2009
2009 Schedule ChangeThe Fall Harvest Monster Midwest Late Model event originally scheduled for October 16-17 has been moved to October 23-24. A printer friendly version of the schedule has also been added at the bottom of the schedule. March 1, 2009
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