Loading tweets...Due to standing water combined with Low Temperatures Macon Speedway is cancelling tonights events. Join us next Saturday Night when the POWRi Midgets and 600cc Micros will invade the “Mighty” Macon Speedway! Along with the Pop’s Place “Fun Squad” Giveaways and Candy Drop at 8:15. Also the “Friends of Kirby” 50/50. An action packed evening of racing Next Saturday night April 27th at Macon Speedway!
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Apr 16
Macon Speedway’s Midwest Big Ten Series Event This Weekend
MACON SPEEDWAY’S MIDWEST BIG TEN SERIES EVENT THIS WEEKEND!
(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway is excited to host the second race of the popular Midwest Big Ten Series this Saturday night, April 20. Lincoln Speedway and Jacksonville Speedway have teamed up with Macon Speedway for our promotion, the “Midwest Big Ten Series”. Macon Speedway wants to show our appreciation to our loyal Late Model drivers by announcing these huge racer promotions. “Macon Speedway recognizes what outstanding drivers we have on a regular basis and we want to thank them for being so loyal to our racing facility. Macon Speedway acknowledges that without our drivers we could not succeed and we truly value each and every driver”, said owner Bob Sargent.
Lincoln will be hosting the series on Friday night with Macon hosting Saturday night. The three tracks will host a series of ten races to be held in the 2013 season with the four Macon dates being April 20, May 11, June 15 and wrapping up the series on July 20. With a rainout last week at Jacksonville, the drivers will be starting out even this Friday at Lincoln.
Each of the ten races will include larger winnings to the winner of the feature. At the end of the season the points each driver has accumulated in 8 out of 10 races will be totaled and there will be $5,000 distributed throughout the top ten Late Models with the top point fund winner taking home another $2,000! Join in the fun as these drivers compete in the main feature event.
Also racing that night will be Billingsley Towing UMP Modifieds, UMP Street Stocks, UMP Sportsman, and UMP 4-cylinder Hornets.
Don’t forget to sign up for the Macon Speedway Crazy Kid’s Club this week from 5-7pm under the reserved seating section. The first Crazy Kid’s Blow Out will be on April 20th. We will have Cubs vs. Cards night for the kids. Wear your favorite team’s colors and each team will have their picture taken in victory lane during the track wide autograph session. Be sure not to miss out as we will have games, candy, sports, arts, and crafts from 5-7pm, then followed by the autograph session and pictures on the track around 7:30.
Grandstands open at 5pm with Late Models qualifying at 7pm.
Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then 1/2 mile west on Andrews Street, then South on Wiles.
For information, call 217-764-3000. Visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for a complete 2013 Race schedule and additional information. For quick convenient updates, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/maconracing and Twitter @maconspeedway.
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Apr 13
Macon Speedway Cancelled tonight April 13th
Due to heavy rain and incremental weather this week, racing at Macon Speedway is cancelled for tonight, April 13. Visit us next week for the UMP Late Model Big Ten Series.
Contact the office at 217.764.3200 with any questions.
Thank you!
Macon Speedway
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Apr 11
Macon Speedway 2013 Kids Club kick off this Saturday April 20th with driver autographs and photos on the Race Track
Macon Speedway Crazy Kids Club kicks off this Saturday April 20th. With a jam packed evening of exciting activities for the kids highlighted by a Driver Autograph and Photo Session on the race track! This year the Crazy Kids Club will take a fun and exciting twist as once a month the Crazy Kids Club will meet and do different activities, sports, games, crafts, and more. Be sure to sign up to stay up to date with all thats happening with the Crazy Kids Club plus its your way to enter for prizes and much more. Kids Club is FREE to join! This Saturday, wear your favorite teams colors and each team will have there picture taken in victory lane during the track wide autograph session. Be sure not to miss out as we will have games, candy, sports, arts, and crafts from 5-7pm, then followed by the autograph session and pictures on the track around 7:30. Permanent link to this article: http://maconracing.com/2013/04/11/476/
Mar 24
Test N Tune for Sunday March 24th is Canceled
TEST N TUNE FOR SUNDAY MARCH 24 CANCELED
Due to weather, the Test N Tune for Sunday, March 24 has been cancelled.
Test N Tune for Saturday, March 30 from 12 pm to 4 pm is still scheduled for drivers to practice.
All divisions are welcome. Grandstand free admission. Pit passes are $20.
Opening Night is April 6
th with full racing, including the UMP Champions Showdown.
For information, call 217-764-3000. Visit
www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com
for a complete 2013 Race schedule and additional information. For quick convenient updates, follow us
on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/maconracing and Twitter @maconspeedway.
PO Box 170 Macon, IL 62544 Phone : 217-764-3000
Racing Every
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Mar 22
MACON SPEEDWAY PUTS WINTER BEHIND WITH ANNUAL TEST N TUNE DAYS
Macon Speedway drivers will have an opportunity to prepare their freshly built cars for the 2013 racing season during the Test N Tune days scheduled for Sunday, March 24 and Saturday, March 30 from 12 to 4 PM. Fans are welcome to view practice and get a glimpse of the new cars. Admission to the grandstands will be free for the practice days so bring the family, come watch your favorite drivers, grab a hot dog and get ready for the action packed 2013 season at Macon Speedway. All racing divisions are welcome.
The Sixth Annual Spring Fling on April 6 will officially kick off an exciting season of racing at Macon Speedway featuring UMP Modifieds, and Street Stock racing as well as Sportsman, Outlaw Hornet, Stock Hornet and POWRi Mini Sprints. The 2013 schedule showcases a variety of traditional fan favorite special events plus two Nights of NASCAR stars when NASCAR drivers are available for autographs and will even compete with the local favorites.
Macon Speedway’s exciting summer schedule includes the Mueller Dist. Miller Lite Beer Twin 50’s/Late Models and Modifieds on June 15 and Night of NASCAR Stars II featuring Macon Speedway Co owner Tony Stewart. The 95Q Firecracker 40’s (plus fireworks) on June 29 will finish June off with a bang and the race will definitely fire things up to start an early celebration for the Independence Day holiday. The ever popular Herald & Review 100, in combination with UMP Summer Nationals, will be held on July 11.
Macon Speedway will also host the POWRi Midgets and Micros several times this year at Macon Speedway.
Macon Speedway would like to announce that the Kids Club will have new and exciting things going on this year in 2013. Details coming soon!
Fans won’t want to miss any of the 29 nights of action at Macon Speedway of racing a full summer of hot weekly racing action every Saturday night combined with an exciting mix of special events. Macon Speedway will run regular weekly racing through the end of September, so bring your family and friends out to the track and experience the hottest ticket in town.
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For information, call 217-764-3000. Visit www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for a complete 2013 Race schedule and additional information. For quick convenient updates, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/maconracing and Twitter @maconspeedway.
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Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!
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Mar 19
Macon Speedway Announces 1st Annual Midwest UMP Showdown
Macon Speedway Announces 1st Annual Midwest UMP Champions Showdown Saturday April 6th
Macon Speedway has announced the 1st Annual Midwest UMP Champions Showdown on Saturday April 6, 2013. With all the UMP race tracks and race drivers that the Midwest has to offer, why not put them all together for one huge champions showdown! Modifieds, Street Stocks and Hornets will compete to determine the best of the best!
Champions Night at the famed 1/5 mile high banks will offer a Free Pit Pass for any 2012 Track Champion from a UMP track in the Midwest to take part in the Showdown. There will be a 15 lap Modified Shootout, an 10 lap street stock shootout and a 8 lap Hornet shootout for those champions in each division. Macon Speedway division tech rules will apply.
Promoters for the participating tracks will be given a Free Pit Pass, full access to the Turn 4 lounge for the night as well as track pre-race introductions with their corresponding drivers. Promoters are encouraged to involve their 2012 Track Champions as the winning champion’s promoter in each division will be given a Showdown Trophy!
Saturday April 6th is Opening Night at Macon Speedway, as well as the 6th Annual Spring Fling featuring the UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks, UMP Outlaw Hornets, Stock Hornets and the POWRi Mini Sprints. All drivers who are eligible for the Champions Showdown will also be able to participate in the regular night’s events, heats and features.
Not only are their UMP Points, Macon Speedway Track Points, Trophies and Cash on the line… You will have the bragging rights of being crowned the 1st Annual Midwest UMP Champions Showdown Winner!
For more information contact Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000, on the web at www.maconracing.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/maconracing .
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Mar 14
Cody McCarver to appear at Car Show and Timbuktu.
Macon Speedway is proud to have PLC Records recording artist Cody McCarver appear at The Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum/ Macon Speedway Car Show on rt 36 in Decatur, March 23, 2013. Cody will be there from 3pm until 4pm to meet the fans of Macon Speedway in support of the NDRL and Paducah International Raceway “Let’s Get Dirty 75″ on March 29th 2013.
Then at 9pm until 12am after the car show, come out to Timbuktu on rt36 in Decatur and see Cody and his band perform songs like ”Let’s Get Dirty”(From the Motion Picture-L.A.Dirt),”Red Flag”,”White Trash with Money” and many more. check the music out click here
Cody loves Dirt Racing and even sponsors a late model in Georgia.
REAL! WOULD THE BE THE BEST WORD TO DESCRIBE CODY McCARVER! 
If you haven’t heard or seen singer, songwriter, musician, actor,
Cody McCarver lately, well, you just haven’t been looking! The
consummate entertainer, McCarver has just released his new CD
“I Just Might Live Forever” and has made his acting debut in
Lionsgate Films new DVD release “Cole Younger and the Black
Train.”
Born and raised in Dunlap TN, just outside of Chattanooga,
Cody’s musical career began at age 9 playing piano in a small
church. Cody taught himself to play multiple instruments and at
age 17 his career in Country Music began.
After 12 years in the multi-platinum selling band Confederate
Railroad, performing an average of a 100 shows a year, Cody
stepped out on his own in 2009. He went to Capitol Studios in
Hollywood CA and recorded his first solo CD, simply titled CODY
McCARVER. The self-titled CD was produced by Casaba Petocz,
(John Michael Montgomery, Metallica, Ben Folds) and mixed by
Grammy Award winning engineer, Chris Lord Alge,(Green Day,
Tim McGraw, Hoobastank and more). Little did he know that his
first single, RED FLAG, would garner him a Top 25 single and a
#1 video for 12 consecutive weeks on CMT Pure and Music Row
Magazines’ Independent Artist of the year.
Cody’s next single “Through Gods Eyes” would be the first Top
20 Single by an Independent Artist on any chart, and again for a
second straight year, was named Music Rows Independent Artist
of the year. Through Gods Eyes led Cody to be a National
Celebrity Spokesperson for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of
America.
Join Cody on FaceBook Official Cody McCarver
Follow on Twitter @codymccarver
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Mar 06
MACON SPEEDWAY GEARS UP FOR 2013 WITH CAR SHOW
MACON SPEEDWAY GEARS UP FOR 2013 WITH CAR SHOW
Presented by National Dirt Racing League and 95Q
The Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum and Macon Speedway, have partnered up to bring you an amazing car show to kick off the 2013 racing season. The car show will take place at The Chevrolet Hall Of Fame Museum on Rt. 36 East in Decatur, IL on Saturday, March 23 starting at 11 a.m. and lasting until 4 p.m. Come and see all the same cars that race at Macon Speedway each and every Saturday night throughout the summer and check out the two-seater, Macon Speedway show car. Join us as we check out all the cars that will be kicking off the season at Macon Speedway at the Sixth Annual Spring Fling Season Opener on April 6.
We will also be giving away FREE CONCERT TICKETS to CODY MCCARVER!
The National Dirt Racing League will be presenting Cody McCarver in concert on March 29 at Paducah International Speedway, Paducah, KY, and Macon Speedway will be giving out FREE tickets at the Car Show. Cody will be performing his NEW single “LET’S GET DIRTY”, along with a full concert at the $20,000 to Win Late Model Show at PIR, March 29th.
Macon Speedway’s season opener will feature UMP Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Outlaw & Stock Hornets, and POWRi Mini Sprints. Pit gates open at 4 p.m., grandstands at 5 p.m. and the 2013 season will kick off at 7 p.m. The winter is heading out, and the temperature is warming up, so bring your friends and family out to the track to help us kick off 2013!
Everyone is welcome to join in the fun, so don’t miss the shows!
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), 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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