Schlenk Rules Late Model Feature; Wilber Nabs Modified Main; Bishop and Headley Also Star In Second Half of ‘Fall Festival of Speed’ Saturday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 4 – In the only late model race held this year at Gas City I-69 Speedway, Rusty Schlenk of McClure, Ohio won the 25-lap headliner Saturday night as the track closed its 2020 season with the “Tin Top Spectacular,” the second half of its two-day “Fall Festival of Speed.” There were 128 open-wheel race cars on the grounds on Friday and 118 stock cars on Saturday. Tim Wilber of Quincy, Mich., won the 25-lap UMP modified feature [...]
Darland Wins Sprint Feature; Adams Nabs Title; Barrow, Taylor, Harper and Ingram Also Star In First Half of ‘Fall Festival of Speed’ Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 3 – “The People’s Champion,” Dave Darland of Atlanta, Ind., won the 25-lap non-wing 410 sprint car feature Friday night as Gas City I-69 Speedway kicked off its two-day “Fall Festival of Speed” with “Open Wheel Mania.” By finishing eighth in the feature Max Adams of Loomis, Calif., unofficially won the track’s sprint car championship for 2020. Friday’s jam-packed card featured five different divisions of open-wheel race cars. Another big winner on Friday night was [...]
Boyles Wins Sprint Feature; Denney Tops D2 Midgets; Hoffman, Bishop and Headley Jr. Also Star In ‘Salute to First Responders’ Show Friday Night at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 12 – Clinton Boyles of Cedar Lake, Ind. won the 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature to highlight Gas City I-69 Speedway’s “Salute to First Responders/Battle of the Badges” Friday night. The five-division, 123-car program honored those who were lost and those who responded to the terrorist attacks against America on Sept. 11, 2001, and those who serve the public as first responders today. Point leader Jacob Denney of Galloway, Ohio won the 20-lap USAC Midwest Thunder [...]
Losh Earns $1,000 for Winning Modified Feature; Adams, Ronk, Bishop and Headley Jr. Also Star In Labor Day Weekend Classic Friday Night at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 5 – With extra money on the line the modified division took center stage at the Labor Day Weekend Classic at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday night. The star of the show was no stranger to victory lane, as Derek Losh of Rensselaer, Ind., led all 20 laps and earned $1,000 for his seventh feature victory of the season at the Grant County quarter-mile dirt oval. Several non-wing sprint car drivers who haven’t won at Gas [...]
Bacon Wins Twin Sprint Features; Losh, Conover and Headley Jr. Also Star In Dale Korporal’s ‘Candyman Classic’ Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 22 – Gas City I-69 Speedway’s candyman, Dale Korporal of Upton, Ind., doesn’t usually have bacon candy in his bag as he distributes sweets at the track every Friday night. He might want to stock up on that variety of candy, however, because Brady Bacon was the star of the “Candyman Classic” show that Korporal sponsored Friday night. Bacon, a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., who now lives in Winchester, Ind., accomplished the extremely difficult feat of [...]
Sprint Car Drivers to Vie for Over $20,000 Purse In Dale Korporal’s ‘Candyman Classic’ Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 18 – Dale Korporal of Upland, Ind. is a popular figure at Gas City I-69 Speedway every Friday night during the racing season. Korporal, who is in his late eighties and has been attending the Grant County track religiously since it opened in 1986, is known as “The Candyman” because of his habit of slipping drivers, officials and fans a piece of candy when he sees them. He knows pretty much everybody, and he’s well [...]
Meseraull, Losh, Bradley and Headley Win ‘Mid-Summer Showdown’ Features Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 15 – Defending track champion Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. became the first repeat winner of the year in the non-wing sprint car division at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday night, although his wire-to-wire victory in the 25-lap feature came in a different car than the one he used to win here on July 10. Derek Losh of Renssalaer, Ind. recorded his fifth 20-lap modified feature victory of the season at the Grant County quarter-mile dirt [...]
Clergy to Drive School Buses in Special Race Friday Night at Gas City I-69 Speedway To Determine Who Is the ‘Faster Pastor’
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 13 – Four Indiana clergy members will test their skills driving school buses in a special “Faster Pastor” race during the “Mid-Summer Showdown” tomorrow night at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Brock Meyer, lead pastor of Fairmount Friends Church; Kevin Greenlee, senior minister of Unity Christian Church in Marion; Jared Webb, assistant pastor of Lakeview Wesleyan Church in Marion, and James McKinnie, men’s program minister for the Grant County Rescue Mission in Marion have agreed to compete [...]
Cottle, Denney, Losh, Bishop and Allen Win Features During ‘Jack and Jiggs Classic’ Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 8 – Shane Cottle of Kansas, Ill. became the sixth different winner in as many non-wing sprint car races held so far this year at Gas City I-69 Speedway when he held off Max Adams of Loomis, Calif. for the 25-lap feature victory Friday night. It was the headliner of a five-division show called the “Jack and Jiggs Classic,” named in honor of track owner Jack Himelick and former promoter Jiggs Thomason, who were both in [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway Tweaks Its Schedule And Gets Ready for Another Big Show on Friday Night
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 2 – A huge, five-division show called the “Jack and Jiggs Classic,” named in honor of track owner Jack Himelick and former promoter Jiggs Thomason, is scheduled for this coming Friday night, Aug. 7, at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Non-wing sprint cars, USAC SpeeD2 midgets, modifieds, street stocks and hornets will provide the action, which starts with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. COVID-19 has forced the track’s “Night of Destruction” slated for [...]
