Gas City I-69 Speedway Sets ‘Test and Tune’ for Sunday, May 24
GAS CITY, Ind., May 18 – In an effort to offer race teams valuable pre-season track time, a “Test and Tune” featuring three different two-hour sessions is set for Sunday afternoon, May 24 at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The sessions are open to all types/classes of race cars. Session one will run from noon to 2 p.m.; session two will be from 2:30–4:30 p.m., and the final session will be from 5-7 p.m. The pit entrance gate will open at 11 [...]
USAC Midget Week Kicks Off Gas City I-69 Speedway Season On Wednesday, June 17
GAS CITY, Ind., May 15 – Round two of Indiana Midget Week will kick off the 2020 racing season at Gas City I-69 Speedway on Wednesday, June 17. The race card will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets and non-wing sprint cars. To comply with Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s COVID-19 guidelines, the track is limited to 50 percent grandstand capacity for this event and others until July 4. Advance ticket demand is high because of this limited capacity. To help [...]
Saturday’s Gas City I-69 Speedway ‘Test and Tune’ Is Postponed
GAS CITY, Ind., May 6 – After conversations with state officials today, this Saturday’s “Test and Tune” session scheduled for Gas City I-69 Speedway has been postponed. A representative from the Indiana State Police, acting on behalf of the Indiana Governor’s office, reached out to track promoter Jerry Gappens today and asked that Saturday’s “Test and Tune” session be postponed until after May 24 as part of Governor Eric Holcomb’s “Getting Indiana Back on Track” guidelines released last week. “It was [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway Opens With ‘Test and Tune’ This Saturday
GAS CITY, Ind., May 4 – A “Test and Tune” session is set for this Saturday afternoon (May 9) at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The session, which is open to all types/classes of race cars, will run from noon to 4 p.m. The pit entrance gate will open at 10 a.m. “We have consulted with Gas City town officials and appreciate their approval and support in getting race cars on the track for the first time this season,” said [...]
Diversified, 21-Event 2020 Schedule Set for Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 27 – From sprint cars to monster trucks, tractors and everything in between, a diversified, 21-event schedule is set for Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2020 season. It begins Friday night, May 1 and concludes Saturday, Oct. 3. Anchoring the schedule will be the 410-c.i., non-wing sprint cars, featuring 14 non-sanctioned races and three sanctioned events. UMP-style modifieds will compete regularly on the quarter-mile, semi-banked clay oval with at least 12 events, along with street stocks (12 races) [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway Honors Its 2019 Champions And Other Award Winners
MARION, Ind., Jan. 26 — Approximately 125 people watched as Gas City I-69 Speedway Promoter Jerry Gappens presented checks and trophies to the track’s 2019 champions Saturday night at the quarter-mile dirt oval’s awards banquet at the Eventfully Yours event center here. It was the culmination of a successful season that saw more than $425,000 distributed in prize money at the Grant County motorsports facility. Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. was honored as the track’s sprint car champion for [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway Banquet Tickets Are on Sale Now
GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 9 – An awards banquet celebrating the 2019 season at Gas City I-69 Speedway is set for Saturday night, Jan. 25. The banquet will be held at Eventfully Yours, located at 5243 South Adams Street (Hwy. 15) in Marion, Ind., with Peace and Plenty Catering providing the food and beverages for the evening’s festivities. Tickets, priced at $30 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under, must be purchased in advance through the speedway’s website at [...]
Meseraull, Orr, Bishop and Headley Jr. Earn 2019 Gas City I-69 Speedway Championships
GAS CITY, Ind., Nov. 7 — When asked why he likes to race at Gas City I-69 Speedway, Thomas Meseraull had a simple answer. He said he likes Gas City because he usually does well there. That was certainly the case in 2019. The San Jose, Calif. native won seven non-wing sprint car features at the quarter-mile dirt oval in 2019 to earn the championship at the ultra-competitive track, which averaged 27.3 sprint cars for a regular Friday-night show and [...]
Chamberlain Nabs Late Model Victory While Bryant Tops the UMP Modifieds To Highlight Gas City’s Season Finale Sunday; Bishop, Lewis and Headley Also Win Features
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 7 — Gas City I-69 Speedway closed its 2019 season by presenting 120 laps of hot stock-car feature action spread over five divisions during the second half of its first annual “Fall Festival of Speed” Sunday. After a great deal of close competition accented by some beating and banging, Duane Chamberlain won the 25-lap late model feature and Clayton Bryant won a similar main event for UMP modifieds to highlight a program that attracted nearly 100 [...]
Hewitt Beats Cockrum in Non-Wing Sprint Feature To Highlight the First Night of Gas City’s ‘Fall Festival of Speed’ Saturday Night; Barrow, Gamester, Moran, Hicks, Gentry Also Win
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 6 — Tyler Hewitt collected $2,000 for winning the 25-lap non-wing 410 sprint car feature to highlight a 145-car, six-division show on Saturday at Gas City I-69 Speedway during the first night of the two-day “Fall Festival of Speed.” Ethan Barrow won the 25-lap IMCA Xcaliber Graphics Indiana RaceSaver winged 305 sprint car feature while Russ Gamester took the top honors among the open midget field in another 25-lapper. Ryan Moran won the 20-lap MMSA/AMSA 1,000cc mini-sprint [...]
