News – Gas City Speedway

‘Media Day’ and ‘Test and Tune’ Slated for April 24 As Gas City I-69 Speedway Prepares for May 7 Opener

GAS CITY, Ind., March 16 – Gas City I-69 Speedway announced today that its open “Test and Tune” practice session from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 24 will also serve as an informal “Media Day” for the press and participants. The practice day is open to all classes of race cars. Since the racers will just be testing their equipment and not competing, they’ll have more time for interviews between their on-track sessions than they do on typical [...]

March 16, 2021

Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2021 Schedule Offers Something for Everyone

GAS CITY, Ind., Jan. 27 – From sprint cars, modifieds, street stocks and hornets to monster trucks, tractors and everything in between, a jam-packed, 21-event schedule is set for Gas City I-69 Speedway’s 2021 season. It begins with an open “test and tune” on Saturday, April 24, with racing action kicking off on Friday night, May 7 and concluding Saturday, Oct. 23. Anchoring the weekly schedule will be non-wing sprint cars, UMP-style modifieds, street stocks and hornets. In addition to releasing the [...]

January 27, 2021

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 [...]

October 4, 2020

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 [...]

October 3, 2020

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 [...]

September 12, 2020

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 [...]

September 5, 2020

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 [...]

August 22, 2020

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 [...]

August 18, 2020

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 [...]

August 15, 2020

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 [...]

August 13, 2020