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Gas City I-69 Speedway Salutes Its Top Racers

MARION, Ind., Jan. 14 —Over 200 people braved a snowstorm Saturday night to gather at Eventfully Yours Event Center here to celebrate Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2018 season. The top-10 finishers in each of five weekly divisions, the Rookies of the Year, and special award winners were honored during an evening that featured recurring comments thanking promoter Jerry Gappens for bringing new vitality and regular weekly shows to the quarter-mile dirt oval. The track was only holding occasional events [...]

January 14, 2019

Big or Small, Solms Can Drive Them All; He Nabs 2018 Gas City FWD Compact Title

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 8 — Eric Solms of Fairmont, Ind., owner-operator at TFS Trucking, proved he can drive a smaller vehicle well too, as he won the 2018 front-wheel-drive (FWD) compact championship for 2018 at Gas City I-69 Speedway with his Silver Bullet No. 88. Alyssa Clark of Columbia City, Ind. won the feature on July 13 and finished second in the championship over Gage Allen of Warren, Ind. and two drivers based in Columbia City, Ind. — Randy Brommer [...]

January 8, 2019

Holt Wins Three Times To Snare Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2018 Thunder Car Championship

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 8 — D.J. Holt of Marion, Ind. topped the list of 38 thunder car drivers to earn that championship over 13-year-old Bryce Krider of Garrett, Ind., who was also the division’s Rookie of the Year. Stevie Clark of Kokomo, Ind.; Ron Flaugh of Converse, Ind. and Greg Marlow of Granger, Ind. rounded out the top five. Braxton Strait of Hartford City, Ind.; Ervin Turner of Marion, Ind.; James Headley of Marion, Ind.; Greg Long of Atlanta, [...]

January 8, 2019

Lines Earns Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2018 Super Street Championship

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 8 — Besides finishing third in the UMP modified points and tenth in the thunder car standings, Randy Lines of Marion, Ind. earned Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2018 super street championship driving Sam Thompson’s white No. 14 Rocket chassis. Lines earned 605 points to the 520 posted by runner-up Tony Homan of St. Marys, Ohio. Jarrett Rennaker of Huntington, Ind. finished third and earned the division’s Rookie of the Year honors. James Headley of Marion, Ind. [...]

January 8, 2019

Nusbaum’s Consistency Pays Off With Gas City UMP Modified Championship

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 7 — Dillon Nusbaum of Warsaw, Ind. was victorious in the closest title fight in 2018 at Gas City I-69 Speedway, as he earned the track’s DIRTcar UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) modified championship by just 66 points over Bradley Jameson of Royal Center, Ind. Nusbaum’s family-owned No. 17N is sponsored in part by Loretta Reeder with Brian Peterson Real Estate, ATC World Class Trailers and Bruner & Son Construction. Nusbaum, who was also the modified track champion [...]

January 7, 2019

Young Boyles and Veteran Hazen Make a Championship Combination In Gas City I-69 Speedway Sprint Car Action

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 7 — Clinton Boyles, a native of Greenwood, Mo. who currently lives in Lees Summit, Mo., earned the non-wing sprint car track championship at Gas City I-69 Speedway in 2018 over 76 other drivers by posting three consecutive feature victories and two additional top-five finishes in the quarter-mile dirt oval’s nine regular sprint car events. It was a remarkable accomplishment since the 23-year-old Boyles had only driven at Gas City I-69 Speedway twice before the 2018 [...]

January 7, 2019

Gas City I-69 Speedway to Honor Season Champions and Top Performers At Awards Banquet and 2018 Season Celebration on January 12

GAS CITY, Ind., Dec. 13 – To commemorate a great season of racing and honor their 2018 track champions and top performers, Gas City I-69 Speedway officials will host a night of celebration and awards on Saturday, Jan. 12 at Eventfully Yours Event Center, 5243 S. Adams Street in Marion, Ind. The event will honor the top-10 drivers in the five primary weekly racing classes plus the 2018 Rookies of the Year. Other special awards will also be presented and [...]

December 13, 2018

Popular Commemorative “James Dean Classic” T-Shirt Now Available Through New Gas City I-69 Speedway Online Store

GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 19 — The inaugural “James Dean Classic” commemorative T-shirt, one of the most popular short-track event T-shirts to ever be produced, is now available through Gas City I-69 Speedway’s new online store: CLICK HERE. A newly added crew sweatshirt for the same event can also be purchased through the same online store. Produced to celebrate the iconic actor’s love of speed and passion for motorsports and to serve as the official event T-shirt for the USAC AMSOIL National [...]

October 19, 2018

Hazen Collects Another Sprint Car Title With Young Boyles at Gas City I-69 Speedway

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Oct. 1 — Today many grassroots movements spread on social media. One Facebook page, @Hazen4HOF, promotes the induction of veteran sprint car owner Paul Hazen into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. The suggestion certainly has merit, because Hazen is legendary in sprint car racing in the Midwest. That includes Gas City I-69 Speedway, where the 80-year-old car owner from Columbia City, Ind., won the recently concluded 2018 non-wing sprint car owner championship with [...]

October 1, 2018

Thomas Wins Inaugural ‘James Dean Classic’ USAC AMSOIL Sprint Feature Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway

GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 29 — Kevin Thomas Jr. of Avon, Ind., will go down in the record books as the winner of the inaugural “James Dean Classic” at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The special race was a 30-lap USAC AMSOIL national sprint car feature held at the quarter-mile dirt oval Friday night before a huge crowd to close the track’s 2018 season. Isaac Chapple of Willow Branch, Ind., started second and used the low groove to lead the first [...]

September 29, 2018

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