Meseraull, Orr, Bishop and Headley Jr. Earn 2019 Gas City I-69 Speedway Championships
GAS CITY, Ind., Nov. 7 — When asked why he likes to race at Gas City I-69 Speedway, Thomas Meseraull had a simple answer. He said he likes Gas City because he usually does well there. That was certainly the case in 2019. The San Jose, Calif. native won seven non-wing sprint car features at the quarter-mile dirt oval in 2019 to earn the championship at the ultra-competitive track, which averaged 27.3 sprint cars for a regular Friday-night show and [...]
Chamberlain Nabs Late Model Victory While Bryant Tops the UMP Modifieds To Highlight Gas City’s Season Finale Sunday; Bishop, Lewis and Headley Also Win Features
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 7 — Gas City I-69 Speedway closed its 2019 season by presenting 120 laps of hot stock-car feature action spread over five divisions during the second half of its first annual “Fall Festival of Speed” Sunday. After a great deal of close competition accented by some beating and banging, Duane Chamberlain won the 25-lap late model feature and Clayton Bryant won a similar main event for UMP modifieds to highlight a program that attracted nearly 100 [...]
Hewitt Beats Cockrum in Non-Wing Sprint Feature To Highlight the First Night of Gas City’s ‘Fall Festival of Speed’ Saturday Night; Barrow, Gamester, Moran, Hicks, Gentry Also Win
GAS CITY, Ind., Oct. 6 — Tyler Hewitt collected $2,000 for winning the 25-lap non-wing 410 sprint car feature to highlight a 145-car, six-division show on Saturday at Gas City I-69 Speedway during the first night of the two-day “Fall Festival of Speed.” Ethan Barrow won the 25-lap IMCA Xcaliber Graphics Indiana RaceSaver winged 305 sprint car feature while Russ Gamester took the top honors among the open midget field in another 25-lapper. Ryan Moran won the 20-lap MMSA/AMSA 1,000cc mini-sprint [...]
Windom Dominates Second Annual ‘James Dean Classic’ Thursday Night At Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 27 — Chris Windom displayed the same kind of coolness on the track as the late James Dean did on the screen in winning the second annual “James Dean Classic” for the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series Thursday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The 2017 series champion started on the pole and led all 30 laps. He had to withstand three restarts that allowed the field to draw near and he was able to power [...]
No Doubt James Dean Would Have Enjoyed This Thursday’s ‘James Dean Classic’ at Gas City
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 23 — If James Dean were alive today it is very possible he would be at Gas City I-69 Speedway this Thursday night to watch the race named in his honor, and he’d be in awe of the speed and excitement of non-wing sprint car action. Growing up in the small town of Fairmount, Ind., located just a few miles from Gas City I-69 Speedway, Dean had a fascination with things that went fast. His love of [...]
New Commemorative ‘James Dean Classic’ Gas City I-69 Speedway T-shirt Celebrates the Actor’s Passion for Motorsports
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 23 — To commemorate the second annual “James Dean Classic” at Gas City I-69 Speedway on Thursday, a new, collectible event T-shirt has been produced to celebrate the iconic actor’s love of speed and passion for motorsports. Last year’s inaugural event T-shirt sold out in 45 minutes. Designed and produced by Charlotte-based SMI Properties, which produces all event souvenirs for Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and its eight NASCAR-sanctioned motorsports facilities, the T-shirt showcases a photo of Dean next to [...]
Sherman Wins ‘Mod Madness’ on Friday the 13th Under a Full Moon While Westfall Takes Sprint Feature; Briggs, Headley Jr. Also Star at Gas City I-69 Speedway
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 14 — Todd Sherman of Churubusco, Ind. spurned superstitions and won the 30-lap “Mod Madness” feature for the American Ethanol Modified Tour Presented by Allstar Performance at Gas City I-69 Speedway on Friday the 13th under a full moon. “The Shermanator” earned $1,500 in topping 30 entries, which was the largest winner’s check in modified competition ever at the quarter-mile dirt oval. The versatile Matt Westfall of Pleasant Hill, Ohio became the seventh different non-wing [...]
Cockrum Tops ‘Friday Night Fury’ Show at Gas City; Strunk, Losh, and the Headleys Also Triumph
GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 7 — Shane Cockrum of Benton, Ill., who is known as the “Flying Fireman,” won a torrid, non-stop, 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway that lived up to its billing as “Friday Night Fury.” Brad Strunk of Mason, Ohio, the “Racing Realtor,” captured the 20-lap American Mini Sprint Association (AMSA) feature after winning a similar main event on opening night in May. Derek Losh of Rensselaer, Ind. won the 20-lap United [...]
Scelzi Is ‘King of the Wings’ Friday at Gas City; Losh, Headley Jr. and Spiewak Also Win Features
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 31 — Seventeen-year-old Gio Scelzi of Fresno, Calif. extended his reign as the “King of the Wings” at Gas City I-69 Speedway to a second year whenhe won Friday night’s 30-lap feature for the NAPA Auto Parts FAST on Dirt winged 410 sprints presented by the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS). It was a perfect night for the youngest son of four-time NHRA drag racing champion Gary Scelzi. Driving Bernie Stuebgen’s Indy Race Parts No. 71, [...]
Meseraull and Bishop Sizzle in ‘Hot August Night’ Show At Gas City I-69 Speedway as Both Get Their Seventh Win; Gehrke, Woodling and Headley Jr. Also Win Features
GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 17 — Point leader Thomas Meseraull of Waveland, Ind. earned his seventh non-wing sprint car feature victory of the season Friday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway, tying a record last accomplished by Jon Stanbrough a dozen years ago. Andy Bishop of Gas City posted his seventh win at the quarter-mile clay oval this year too. His came in the street stock feature, which carried an increased purse and a$1,200 top prize. Chett Gehrke of Louisville, [...]
