Lincoln Speedway, located in Lincoln, Illinois on the Logan County Fairgrounds, is a 1/4 mile dirt race track that opened in 2004.[1] Lincoln Speedway races on Friday nights. After running races sanctioning by the United Midwestern Promoters (UMP), it switched to DIRTcar sanction.

In 2007 Lincoln Speedway hosted events for World of Outlaws Late Model Series and UMP Summernationals as well as their local racing series'. 2008 will see more of the same from both sanctioning bodies, as well as full-time sanctioning from United Midwestern Promoters. In 2008, Lincoln Speedway acquired their very own 2-seat Late Model, and offer rides in it after the racing program is finished. Lincoln Speedway's season opening race for 2011 is Friday, April 8, and the speedway will also hold a NASCAR Night on Tuesday, June 14 for the first time ever. The track was scheduled to be the first co-sanctioned event with the World of Outlaws Late Models and UMP Hell Tour in July 2016 but it rained out.[2]

Thursday, September 3, 2015 Lincoln Speedway become operated by Bob Sargent's Track Enterprises, which also manages Macon Speedway. The previous 2 seasons had been run by Ken Dobson of CILTRAK, which promoted Quincy Raceways and Jacksonville Speedway at the time. He still runs Jacksonville today.

Major events

Date Series Winner
May 13, 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Brian Shirley
June 24, 2007 UMP Summernationals Don O'Neal
May 18, 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Chub Frank
June 29, 2008 UMP Summernationals Brian Shirley
May 17, 2009 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rick Eckert
June 28, 2009 UMP Summernationals Randy Korte
May 7, 2010 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Shane Clanton
July 4, 2010 UMP Summernationals Jason Feger
July 3, 2011 UMP Summernationals Brandon Sheppard
June 30, 2013 UMP Summernationals Bobby Pierce
July 2, 2017 UMP Hell Tour Brandon Sheppard[3]

Racing classes

Track records

The track record for Midgets was set when the USAC Midgets made their first ever visit on July 2, 2017 by Tanner Thorson of Mendon, Nevada at 13.616 seconds

References

  1. ^ "Lincoln Speedway Auto Racing". Enjoy Illinois. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rain Stops Lincoln WoO LMS Go". Speed Sport. July 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lincoln Speedway Results - July 2, 2017 - DIRTcar Summer Nationals". Racing News. July 3, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ewing Is A Pro In Lincoln Speedway Tussle". Speed Sport. July 11, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

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All Star Circuit of Champions race venues
World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series race venues
USAC NOS Energy National Midget Championship race venues
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