Gas City I-69 Speedway Officials Make It the ‘Cool Place to Be’ for Sprint Week
GAS CITY, Ind., July 16 — In preparation for Thursday’s “NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week” opener for the USAC AMSOIL national sprint cars, Gas City I-69 Speedway officials are adding several measures for fan comfort in light of the forecasted high temperatures. Speedway officials said that two 20-foot-by-20-foot tents will be erected, one in the grandstand concourse near the kids’ playground and one in the pit area. Each tent will feature picnic-table seating in the shade of the tents [...]
Meseraull Wins Sprint Feature, Headley Scores in Hornets, McKenzie Tops Mods, VanDrunen Nabs Street Stocks And Nickles Takes AMSA Mini-Sprint Main During ‘Christmas in July’ Show at Gas City Friday
GAS CITY, Ind., July 13 — Thomas Meseraull must be on Santa Claus’s “nice list,” because the latter came all the way from the North Pole to watch the Waveland, Ind.-based driver win his fifth 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature of the year at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday night. Santa brought gifts for the children in attendance, and a real reindeer named “Nutcracker” was led in front of the main grandstand to the delight of children of all [...]
Boyles Wins Sprint Feature, Orr Tops Mods, Headley Jr. Scores in Hornets, Bishop Nabs Street Stocks, Haas Takes Mini-Sprint Main and Hicks Rules the Trucks In ‘Star-Spangled Spectacular’ at Gas City Saturday
GAS CITY, Ind., July 7 — Gas City I-69 Speedway switched to a Saturday night format instead of its usual Friday night races over the Fourth of July weekend, presenting a six-division card for its “Star-Spangled Spectacular” show. Defending track champion Clinton Boyles of Brownsburg, Ind. won his second 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature of the year at the quarter-mile clay oval. Three-time track champion Scott Orr of Columbia City, Ind. got his first victory at the track this [...]
Headley Family Is Always In the Thick of the Action At Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., July 1 — When Gas City I-69 Speedway stages its special holiday “Star-Spangled Spectacular” program complete with fireworks this Saturday night, it’s pretty safe to expect someone in the Headley family will be in the middle of the action at some point. After all, James Headley of Marion, Ind. is the winningest driver in the Grant County quarter-mile clay oval’s history, and he once won five features at three different tracks over the Fourth of July weekend. [...]
Cottle Steals Sprint Victory from Meseraull; Losh Wins Mods, Headleys Rule Hornets, Wilber Takes Street Stocks and Landis Tops Micros In ‘Summer Thunder’ Program at Gas City
GAS CITY, Ind., June 29 — Thomas Meseraull will have to wait for another chance to post his fifth 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature victory of the 2019 season at Gas City I-69 Speedway, as Shane Cottle of Kansas, Ill. used a last-lap shoot-out to defeat the Waveland, Ind.-based driver by just 0.008 of a second Friday night. Derek Losh of Rensselaer, Ind. recorded his fourth 20-lap UMP modified feature victory at the quarter-mile clay oval during the “Summer [...]
Five Classes of Racing And a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Are on Tap Friday Night at Gas City
GAS CITY, Ind., June 24 — Exciting racing and a fun-natured round of the “Battle of the Sexes” headline Friday night’s “Summer Thunder” motorsports entertainment at Gas City I-69 Speedway. A full racing card featuring non-wing sprint cars, modifieds, street stocks, hornets and A-class winged micro-sprints is on tap as the action heats up now that summer has arrived. Bragging rights for gender supremacy will be the motivation in the “Battle of the Sexes” spectator car challenge during intermission. Two men and [...]
Meseraull Tops 39 Other Sprint Car Drivers To Win Jerry Gappens Sr. Memorial Feature At Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday; Losh, Nickles, Headley Jr. and Short Also Win Their Features on First Day of Summer
GAS CITY, Ind., June 22 — Forty non-wing sprint car drivers signed in at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday night to try to win the $2,000 top prize awarded to the winner of the second annual Jerry Gappens Sr. Memorial. At the end of 25 laps, however, the winner was the same driver who has won three other sprint car features at the Grant County quarter-mile clay track so far this year, Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. This time [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway to Host ‘Jerry Gappens Sr. Memorial’ Non-Wing Sprint Car Race This Friday Night
GAS CITY, Ind., June 17 — Top sprint cars drivers from the Midwest will converge on Gas City I-69 Speedway this Friday night in hopes of adding their name to the “Jerry Gappens Sr. Memorial Cup” and collect the $2,000 prize. Last year this event generated one of the most exciting and closest finishes in Gas City I-69 Speedway history, as C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Ind. won the inaugural “Jerry Gappens Sr. Memorial” non-wing sprint car race by inches. The final [...]
Second Annual Jack & Jiggs Classic | June 14
The results: SOD Sprint Fastest Qualifier: Boston Mead. SOD Sprint Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Chad Blonde, 2. Tyler Gunn, 3. Dan McCarron, 4. Kody Kinser, 5. Frank Neill, 6. Ricky Ferkel, 7. Eli Lakin, 8. Eric Smith, 9. Zac Broughman, 10. Dusty Schriver (DNS). SOD Sprint Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Zane DeVault, 2. Boston Mead, 3. Josh Turner, 4. Quentin Blonde, 5. Tom Schinderle, 6. Jay Steinebach, 7. Mark Aldrich, 8. Michael Schumacher, 9. Ryan Ruhl, 10. Jason Blonde. SOD Dash [...]
Blonde Wins SOD Winged Sprint Feature To Highlight ‘Jack and Jiggs Classic’ At Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday; Losh, Gehrke, Bishop and Headley Jr. Also Post Feature Victories
GAS CITY, Ind., June 15 — Chad Blonde of Litchfield, Mich. won the 25-lap Lane Automotive Sprints on Dirt (SOD) winged sprint car feature to highlight the second annual “Jack and Jiggs Classic” Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The event honors track owner Jack Himelick and former promoter Jiggs Thomason. Derek Losh of Rennselaer, Ind. took the checkered flag first for the second time this year at the quarter-mile clay oval in the 20-lap UMP modified main event. [...]
