Track Enterprises, Macon Speedway
and Lincoln Speedway Host Huge Weekend for Race Fans
Macon, IL (August 15, 2011) - Macon Speedway and POWRi
are proud to announce that the Speedway National Midget and 600cc
Outlaw Micro Sprint Series will take center stage at Macon Speedway
for the “Dana Godfrey Memorial” on Friday, August
19. The night will consist of POWRi Midgets and Micros and our
UMP Billingsley Towing Modified division plus our UMP Street
Stocks. The event celebrates the life of Dan Godfrey, late wife
of longtime chassis builder and owner of Spike Chassis, John
Godfrey. Dana was a familiar face at the race track and at the
speed shop when the couple owned Stealth Chassis.
This weekend is a huge open wheel weekend for Central Illinois
as the races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds feature the
USAC Silver Crown cars on Saturday,
August 20 competing in the Tony Bettenhausen 100. The open wheel action then
travels to Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night as the POWRi Lucas Oil National
Midget Series and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series join the
UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks for what looks to be an exciting night
of racing at Lincoln Speedway. Join us back again at the IL State Fair on Sunday
with the ARCA REMAX Car Series battling for the win in the Allen Crowe Memorial
along with the Sportsman Nationals, both races begin at 1:00 pm. Don’t
miss your chance to cheer on the local Macon Speedway drivers on Saturday in
the UMP Modified division, and the Sportsman as they will compete in the Sportsman
Nationals on Sunday!
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series leader Nick Knepper
holds an 80-point lead over Brad Loyet going into the eighth
annual Dana Godfrey Memorial on
Friday (Aug. 19) at Macon (Ill.) Speedway. POWRi’s Speedway Motors 600cc
Outlaw Micro Series also race on Friday at Macon and both series are at Lincoln
(Ill.) Speedway on Saturday (Aug. 20) as well. Trent Beckinger has a 520-point
lead over Andrew Felker for the championship in the Micros. Macon and Lincoln
are the start of the stretch run for POWRi, which has six events scheduled
to run in the Midgets and Micros. Knepper, a 24-year-old from Belleville, Ill.,
has led the points the entire season. He has 11 top-fives in 17 events including
a hometown win at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville on July 1. Knepper was
third in the previous POWRi Midget race this season at Macon on July 23, trailing
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind., and Brett Anderson of Belleville, Ill.
Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind., has won five of the last eight POWRi Midget races
to climb into third in the championship, 310 points behind Knepper. Austin
Brown, of Millstadt, Ill., has four straight top-seven finishes and has climbed
to fourth in the points, 720 behind Knepper. Kuhn won last year’s Godfrey
Memorial.
We have lots still planned for 2011 so be sure to come join Macon Speedway
for an action packed end to the summer.
Gates will open Friday at Macon and Saturday at Lincoln at
5:00 and racing will start at 7:00. Adult general admission
tickets for both races are $15
and children 12 & under are free.
Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US
51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles.
For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information
hotline), or contact Macon Speedway via email at track1985@gmail.com.
Also visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for
additional information
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