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 [...]
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. [...]
Grant Leads All the Way to Win USAC Indiana Midget Week Feature At Gas City I-69 Speedway Wednesday
GAS CITY, Ind., June 6 — Justin Grant of Avon, Ind. out-dragged polesitter C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Ind. at the start/finish line on the first lap, survived five restarts including a two-lap shootout at the end, led all 30 laps, and beat runner-up Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, Okla. by just 0.197 of a second to win the USAC NOS Energy Drink national midget race Wednesday night as Gas City I-69 Speedway hosted the second event of Indiana Midget Week. In [...]
Meseraull Wins Third Straight, Bishop and Lewis Also Hot At Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., June 1 — Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. closed the month of May with a flourish at Gas City I-69 Speedway by winning his third 25-lap sprint car feature in a row during the quarter-mile clay oval’s “Mayhem” program Friday night. Polesitter Dylan Woodling of Warsaw, Ind. became the track’s third different 20-lap UMP modified feature winner so far this year. Andy Bishop of Gas City recorded his second street stock feature victory at Gas City in [...]
Gas City I-69 Speedway To Host USAC Midget Week Event This Coming Wednesday, June 5
GAS CITY, Ind., May 29 – Sometimes big moments come in small packages. The USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship comes to Gas City I-69 Speedway Wednesday night, June 5 for round two of USAC Indiana Midget Week. Featuring top race drivers from around the country and a couple of foreign countries, the event will provide exciting wheel-to-wheel racing on the quarter-mile clay oval. The cars are scaled-down versions of sprint cars and they have been very popular race cars [...]
Meseraull Wins Sprint Car Feature In ‘Salute to the Military’ Show Friday At Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., May 25 — Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. came, saw, and conquered the 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway as the quarter-mile dirt oval staged its “Salute to the Military” show to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. “Kid Smooth,” 17-year-old Logan Kirkman of Richmond, Ind., captured his first UMP modified feature victory in a 20-lap race that attracted 34 cars. Andy Bishop of Gas City won the 15-lap street [...]
Meseraull Tops Sprint Car Feature In ‘Open-Wheel Madness’ Show Friday At Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., May 18 — Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. captured the headlining 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway’s “Open-Wheel Madness” show. It was a bit like heaven on earth for open-wheel fans, as with four classes the program offered the most diverse night of open-wheel racing in Indiana. Anton Hernandez of Arlington, Texas won the first IMCA Racing Xcaliber Graphics Indiana RaceSaver 305 winged sprint car feature ever held at the [...]
Boyles Tops Sprint Car Feature To Highlight Gas City I-69 Speedway Opener During ‘Spring Fever’ Show Friday Night
GAS CITY, Ind., May 4 — After a long winter and a rainout last week, Gas City I-69 Speedway drivers and fans got some relief for their spring fever as the track opened its 2019 season Friday night. Despite a persistent mist in the air, a large crowd of race-hungry fans was on hand for the six-class program at the quarter-mile dirt oval and saw defending track champion Clinton Boyles win a torrid 25-lap, non-stop, non-wing sprint car feature. Derek [...]
