G0 50 You want to be the best, beat the best

The best dirt late model drivers in the country are coming to I-80 Speedway on Tuesday, May 23 for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned GO 50. It’s time to see which driver is the best. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best and the best will all be in the house.


2

Sunday, May 28 is the Cookies Charlie Clark Memorial at I-80

Sunday, May 28 is the Cookies Charlie Clark Memorial at I-80 The Cookies Sauce and Seasonings Charlie Clark Memorial is upcoming on the I-80 Speedway schedule. The ninth edition of the event is scheduled for Sunday, May 28 at I-80 Speedway. Jordan Grabouski of Beatrice won last year’s exciting Charlie Clark Memorial to be come the races second two-time winner of the Modified portion of the Charlie Clark. Grabouski and Justin Zeitner each won a segment with Grabouski the overall winner. So [...]


2

Bobby Parker Memorial coming to I-80 Speedway on May 5

Bobby Parker Memorial coming to I-80 on May 5 The Annual Bobby Parker Memorial is coming to I-80 Speedway on Friday, May 5. The event will once again pay $2,500 to win and $400 to start. The event will be sanctioned by the Nebraska 360 Sprint Car Series. The race honors the late Bobby Parker who won close to 300 features in midgets throughout the Midwest as well as the first Modified Stock car championships at Sunset Speedway in 1957 [...]


2

Races at I-80 Speedway cancelled for April 28

Races at I-80 Speedway cancelled for April 28 Due to a heavy forecast for rain, cold temperatures and wind we have made the decision to cancel the NASCAR Whelen All American Series races for Friday, April 28. Anyone having tickets for our April 28 races can use them on May 12. The Super Heroes event at I-80 Speedway will be rescheduled to a later date. I-80 Speedway is located one block north of Interstate 80 Exit 420, halfway between Omaha and Lincoln. [...]


1

USAC Sprints to invade I-80 Speedway

United States Auto Club Sprints to hit I-80 Speedway Back in the day, the United States Auto Club (USAC) Sprint Car Series was the road to Indy, but these days a big pocket book seems to be the fastest way to Indy. Years ago they labeled this famed Sprint Car Series “the Thunder and Lightning Division” and lets hope on Friday, June 2 at the I-80 Speedway for the I-80 Dirt Classic, the only thunder and lightning is the sound [...]


0

GO 50 brings the best Late Models to I-80 Speedway

GO 50 brings the best Late Models to I-80 Speedway When the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into I-80 Speedway for the GO 50 on Tuesday, May 23, the driver at the top of the Lucas Oil series point standings will probably be a very familiar name. Scott Bloomquist is not only the defending champion of the Lucas Oil series and a two-time Silver Dollar Nationals Champion but perhaps the best dirt late model driver in history. Bloomquist’s resume [...]


0

The Spring Meltdown is drawing near

I-80 Speedway’s Spring Meltdown is just over a week away. Action kicks off on Thursday, March 30 with an open practice from 6pm til 9pm. Pit Passes are $15. Then on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 it the Spring Meltdown featuring the stars of the Midwest Late Model Racing association (MLRA). Expected to be on hand include: Jesse Stovall, Terry Phillips, Tony Jackson, Jr. and other MLRA drivers plus many local drivers including Kyle Berck, Ben Schaller, Bill [...]


0

Bragging Rights Series for 2017

The Bragging Rights Championship for Late Models will return in 2017. Last year six tracks participated in the Braggging Rights Championship for Late Models with Cory Dumpert of York picking up the Championship. In 2017, Kosiski Auto Parts, Malvern Trust & Savings Bank and Hoosier Great Plains will work with four of those Nebraska race tracks to fund the Bragging Rights Late Model/Grand National point fund for the 2017 racing season. Those four tracks are; the Boone County Raceway in [...]


0

Certified Transmission Hobby Stocks added to I-80’s NASCAR Classes

New in 2017 at I-80 Speedway is the addition of Hobby Stocks as a NASCAR sanctioned class. The Certified Transmission Hobby Stocks will be in action at most NASCAR Whelen All American weekly shows in 2017 as well as many of the special events. The Certified Transmission Hobby Stocks will help kick off the 2017 NASCAR Whelen All American weekly racing on Friday, April 21. Hobby Stocks will also be racing at the Spring Meltdown on April 1 and again [...]


0

Wake up Mack its time to go to work

The 2017 racing season will soon be upon us and that means Mack and his friends at I-80 Speedway will soon be back working at full speed getting things ready for an outstanding 2017 racing season. Things kicks off at I-80 Speedway on Friday, March 31 with the first of two nights of the annual Spring Meltdown featuring the cars and stars of the Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA). Weather permitting there will be a practice on Thursday. [...]


0