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Macon Speedway To Honor Military Members Saturday Night

Active & Retired Military Members To Receive Free Admission

(Macon, IL) This coming Saturday night, May 18, Macon Speedway will honor those who fight for our freedoms, as it is time for the annual Armed Forces Night. Active and retired military members will receive free grandstand admission once showing proper military ID at the ticket window.  Six divisions of racing are on the card.

Coming into the night, three nights of racing have been held with the other two nights resulting in rainouts.  In the Decatur Building Trades DIRTcar Pro Late Models, Dakota Ewing is on top of the point chase, garnering two feature wins in a row and setting a new qualifying track record.  Carlinville, IL’s Cody Maguire is second in the standings with a pair of top five finishes, while Donny Koehler, Chris Dick, and Blake Damery round out the top five in points out of the 23 drivers who have competed in the division this season.

Last year’s BillingsleyRewards.com Modified champion is again off to a good start with the point lead this year.  It’s New Berlin, IL’s Tommy Sheppard, Jr., who currently holds a 12 point advantage over last year’s Pro Late champion, Guy Taylor, of Springfield, IL.  Jared Thomas, Alan Crowder, and Rodney Standerfer are currently in the top five.  31 different Modified drivers have been on track already this year.

The strongest division, when it comes to large numbers, is the Neal Tire & Auto Pro Mods.  Nearly 50 drivers have been to the track this year with Decatur, IL’s Nick Justice leading the points, having grabbed two top fives in three starts.  Mt. Olive, IL’s Tim Hancock won the first two races of the season but had a DNF in the third race due to mechanical issues.  Hancock is second in points, while Chad Evans, Billy Nail, and Troy Medley complete the top five.

The DIRTcar Sportsman have raced twice so far this season and Springfield, IL driving veteran, Dennis Vandermeersch is batting 1.000, winning both.  Last year’s champion, Tim Bedinger, has a pair of top fives and sits second in points, while Scott Landers, Terry Myers, and Mitch Ringler round out the top five.

A longtime driving veteran is off to a good start in the Archer’s Alley Street Stock class, as Monticello, IL’s Darrell Dick leads the way.  Dick has claimed a feature win as have the second and third place point contenders.  Dick is followed by the brothers’ Reed.  Gene Reed is second in points, while Terry Reed is third.  Bub Russell is currently fourth with Andy Zahnd rounding out the top five.

Decatur, IL’s Brady Reed is following in the footsteps of his older brother, Jeremy, having a strong start in the Hornet class.  While Jeremy has moved on in hopes of competing in the Street Stock class, Brady has won two of three features and leads the standings.  Billy Mason is second in the current standings, while Carter Dart, Marty Sullivan, and Michael Abbott complete the top five.  30 different Hornet drivers have raced so far this year, many of which are tuning up for the June 8 Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge which will pay $1,000 to win.

Grandstand admission is just $12 on Saturday night for adults, while kids 11 and under are free.  As previously mentioned, military members, active and retired will also receive free grandstand admission if they show proper military ID at the ticket window.

For more information and the full upcoming schedule, visit www.maconracing.com.

CURRENT STANDINGS (Top 10’s) 

Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
25
Dakota
Ewing
Warrensburg
IL
170
0

2
32M
Cody
Maguire
Carlinville
IL
148
22

3
14
Donny
Koehler
Macon
IL
140
30

4
22
Chris
Dick
Deland
IL
132
38

5
10
Blake
Damery
Blue Mound
IL
132
38

6
52R
Jeff
Reed, Jr
Blue Mound
IL
114
56

7
14J
Braden
Johnson
Taylorville
IL
112
58

8
38J
Jake
Little
Springfield
IL
108
62

9
27
Colby
Sheppard
Williamsville
IL
98
72

10
15M
Colby
Eller
Taylorville
IL
84
86

BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
T6
Tommy
Sheppard
New Berlin
IL
176
0

2
77
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
164
12

3
43
Jared
Thomas
Edinburg
IL
160
16

4
87C
Alan
Crowder
Elwin
IL
142
34

5
28
Rodney
Standerfer
Summerfield
IL
138
38

6
10
Curt
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
132
44

7
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
124
52

8
11
Zach
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
112
64

9
99
Tim
Luttrell
Riverton
IL
96
80

10
96
Michael
Rauch
Decatur
IL
94
82

Neal Tire & Auto Pro Mods 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
36
Nick
Justice
Decatur
IL
160
0

2
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
148
12

3
1X
Chad
Evans
Mattoon
IL
134
26

4
B21
Billy
Nail
Decatur
IL
132
28

5
62
Troy
Medley
Pevely
MO
108
52

6
5
Rob
Timmons
Centralia
IL
106
54

7
55
Tim
Riech
Petersburg
IL
104
56

8
14B
Brady
Lynch
Hillsboro
IL
104
56

9
022
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
100
60

10
11
Roy
Magee
Springfield
IL
94
66

Sportsman 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
25
Dennis
Vander Meersch
Springfield
IL
120
0

2
17B
Tim
Bedinger
Taylorville
IL
108
12

3
41
Scott
Landers
Taylorville
IL
108
12

4
12M
Terry
Myers
Buffalo
IL
106
14

5
94
Mitch
Ringler
Taylorville
IL
106
14

6
21
Brad
Bedinger
Taylorville
IL
98
22

7
3J
Joel
Irvin
Harristown
IL
96
24

8
87
Wes
O'Dell
Springfield
IL
54
66

9
93
Ty
Nation
Taylorville
IL
48
72

10
61
Stefan
Bedinger
Taylorville
IL
46
74

Archer’s Alley Street Stocks 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
22X
Darrell
Dick
Monticello
IL
174
0

2
1
Gene
Reed
Hammond
IL
164
10

3
5
Terry
Reed
Cerro Gordo
IL
158
16

4
X7
Larry
Russell
Decatur
IL
148
26

5
2Z
Andy
Zahnd
White Heath
IL
140
34

6
3J
Jonathon
Hall
Harristown
IL
124
50

7
41
Fredie
Thomas
Macon
IL
120
54

8
08
Brian
Dasenbrock
Decatur
IL
96
78

9
14D
Dalton
Mannin
Longview
IL
92
82

10
B26
Bobby
Beiler
Blue Mound
IL
90
84

Hornets 

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
13
Brady
Reed
Decatur
IL
178
0

2
357
Billy
Mason
Brownstown
IL
160
18

3
D7
Carter
Dart
Springfield
IL
154
24

4
39M
Marty
Sullivan
Decatur
IL
146
32

5
69M
Michael
Abbott
Taylorville
IL
122
56

6
64CK
Cook
Crawford
Lincoln
IL
116
62

7
26A
Michael
McKay
Springfield
IL
110
68

8
14J
Chris
Wright
Vandalia
IL
100
78

9
04
Steve
Stine
Stonington
IL
90
88

10
98
Ken
Reed
Decatur
IL
76
102

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