1/1/1970
Macon Speedway
Neal Tire MOWA Sprint Cars Soar Into Macon Saturday
Event Is Part Of Illinois Sprint Week
(Macon, IL) It's been a busy month of July for the Track Enterprises promotion company and it stays busy right up until the end with Illinois Sprint Week heading to Macon Speedway this coming Saturday, July 29. The Neal Tire & Auto MOWA Sprint Cars will be making their only visit at the 1/5-mile oval and have put on great shows the last couple of years at the track.
Sprint Week for MOWA started on Wednesday night at Peoria Speedway with 31 of the winged 410 sprints in action. Unfortunately, rain hit when the cars were lining up for the B-main and canceled the show. Night two at Tri-City Speedway, scheduled for Thursday, was canceled early in the morning due to heavy rains throughout the area. That means that Sprint week will be just a tad bit shorter than normal as Jacksonville Speedway Friday and Macon Speedway Saturday will determine the champion.
Veteran Brad Loyet leads the MOWA Sprint standings, heading into the remaining two Sprint Week races. Loyett has a 52 point lead on Lincoln, IL driver AJ Bruns. Springfield, IL's Jimmy Moughan is third, while Logan Faucon, and Jacob Patton round out the top five. Cory Bruns, Paul Nienhiser, Jeremy Standridge, Chris Urish, and Mike Terry complete the top ten.
In the Midwest Big Ten Series Pro Late Models, Springfield, IL's Jake Little leads the standings by 42 over Carlinville, IL's Cody Maguire. Ryan Little, Andy Minett, and Rudy Zaragoza complete the top five. Jake Little has won at Macon, Jacksonville, and Lincoln, while Guy Taylor has a Lincoln win and Ryan Little has Macon win. The series is down to its final four events of the season.
Open wheel fans will get a couple of additional divisions of cars with the Beach House Micros and POWRi Lucas Oil DII Midgets both in action. The Micros have had strong fields of cars all season long, while the DII's are making one of only four appearances at the track this year.
Rounding out Saturday's action will be the UMP Hornet division. Decatur, IL driver, Dustin Reed leads the points, having claimed two feature wins. Reed, though, had mechanical failure on Wednesday night at the Christian County Fair event, which could shake things up a bit at Macon. Cook Crawford, Marty Sullivan, Paul Peters, and Adam Webb are top five point guys at Macon.
Pit gates will open at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00, local division pill draw will end at 5:50, hotlaps will begin at 6:00, and racing will take the green at 7:00. Grandstand admission will be $20 for adults and free for kids 11 and under.
For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). It’s easy to join the Macon Speedway text service. Fans can text MSFANS to 74574 to receive fan information. Drivers text MSDRIVERS to 74574 to receive driver information. Message and date rates apply. Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.
Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials.
CURRENT STANDINGS (Top 10's)
Neal Tire MOWA Sprint Cars
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
05
Brad
Loyet
St. Louis
MO
719
0
2
44
AJ
Bruns
Lincoln
IL
667
52
3
1M
Jimmy
Moughan
Rochester
IL
661
58
4
52F
Logan
Faucon
Springfield
IL
554
65
5
79J
Jacob
Patton
Bethalto
IL
548
71
6
42
Cory
Bruns
Lincoln
IL
518
101
7
9
Paul
Nienhiser
Rolla
MO
448
171
8
10s
Jeremy
Standridge
Springfield
IL
438
181
9
77u
Chris
Urish
Elkhart
IL
437
182
10
85
Mike
Terry
Plainfield
IN
434
185
Midwest Big Ten Pro Late Models
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
38J
Jake
Little
Springfield
IL
336
0
2
32M
Cody
Maguire
Carlinville
IL
294
42
3
38L
Ryan
Little
Springfield
IL
276
60
4
1M
Andy
Minett
New Berlin
IL
260
76
5
67R
Rudy
Zaragoza
Jacksonville
IL
252
84
6
33H
Roben
Huffman
Midland City
IL
248
88
7
T6
Tommy
Sheppard
New Berlin
IL
238
98
8
11E
Brandon
Eskew
New Berlin
IL
208
128
9
2K
Kyle
VanDorn
New Berlin
IL
206
130
10
4T
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
172
164
Macon Speedway UMP Pro Late Models
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
T6
Tommy
Sheppard
New Berlin
IL
614
0
2
32M
Cody
Maguire
Carlinville
IL
578
36
3
52R
Jeff
Reed, Jr
Blue Mound
IL
574
40
4
38J
Jake
Little
Springfield
IL
526
88
5
33H
Roben
Huffman
Midland City
IL
502
112
6
24
Matt
Taylor
Springfield
IL
370
244
7
67R
Rudy
Zaragoza
Jacksonville
IL
370
244
8
84
Myles
Moos
Lincoln
IL
318
296
9
2K
Kyle
VanDorn
New Berlin
IL
248
366
10
4T
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
228
386
Billingsley Elite Wash UMP Modifieds
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
10
Curt
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
718
0
2
72A
Austin
Lynn
Mason City
IL
690
28
3
14C
Alan
Crowder
Elwin
IL
554
164
4
71
Jeff
Graham
Stonington
IL
478
240
5
7
Blake
Thompson
Troy
IL
470
248
6
98
Danny
Smith
Argenta
IL
412
306
7
14
Brian
Lynn
Mason City
IL
368
350
8
28S
Joe
Strawkas
Buffalo
IL
358
360
9
28
Rodney
Standerfer
Summerfield
IL
350
368
10
99
Tim
Luttrell
Riverton
IL
338
380
POWRi Lucas Oil DII Midgets
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
30T
Tyler
Vantoll
Belleville
IL
2540
0
2
14
Jack
Routson
Waterman
IL
2350
190
3
43T
Josh
Thomas
Edinburg
IL
1800
740
4
22
Andy
Malpocker
St. Charles
MO
1430
1110
5
15M
Shane
Morgan
Creve Coeur
IL
1250
1290
6
56
Mitchell
Davis
Auburn
IL
1180
1360
7
19E
Daltyn
England
Riverton
IL
1140
1400
8
1
Aaron
Schuck
Joliet
IL
1140
1400
9
6B
Andy
Baugh
Mason City
IL
1070
1470
10
F5
Broc
Hunnell
Eolia
MO
1020
1520
UMP Hornets
Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap
1
1R
Dustin
Reed
Decatur
IL
610
0
2
64CK
Cook
Crawford
Lincoln
IL
554
56
3
39M
Marty
Sullivan
Decatur
IL
464
146
4
63
Paul
Peters
Pana
IL
374
236
5
40
Adam
Webb
Decatur
IL
352
258
6
D7
Carter
Dart
Springfield
IL
272
338
7
87
Ryan
Cantrell
Decatur
IL
234
376
8
4
Matt
Reed
Decatur
IL
216
394
9
33
Jeremy
Reed
Decatur
IL
178
432
10
911
Brad
Rexroad
Hammond
IL
158
452