FAIRBURY, IL (April 7, 2026) – As the winter season has come and gone, spring is here and that means one thing: back to action for the MARS Championship tours. Season four of the MARS Modified Championship Powered by Summit Racing Equipment tour is set to kick off this Friday night at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois as part of the Illini 100 weekend. The MARS Modified tour will run alongside the World of Outlaws Late Models Presented by DIRTVision for the first o

📸 Josh James FARMER CITY, IL (April 7, 2026) – April has arrived, and that means race season is here in the “Land of Lincoln.” As it has for the past two decades, the Illini 100 is back as the first major dirt track event of the year in Illinois and the first Midwest stop of the season for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision. A practice night on Thursday, April 9, will give teams a chance to get acclimated to the black-dirt 1/4-mile before racing

📸 Team Green Photo SALINA, OK (April 7, 2026) — Oklahoma. Home to the nation’s largest Micro Sprint hotspot, the Chili Bowl Nationals , and the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS). This weekend, the national 360 Sprint Car stars are coming home for a visit to one of the state’s fastest tracks and toughest regional competition. Salina Highbanks Speedway hosts the Series for the 15th time in track history this Saturday, April 11, in a $4,000-to-win showdown with the ASCS Soone

📸 Mike Powell - Biography Photography Ovid, MI - Despite a challenging weather forecast, hundreds of race fans turned out on Saturday to Owosso Speedway for the MARCNews.org Easter Egg Hunt as part of the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club season kick-off event. Rain presented a logistical challenge for the hunt, but each kid on the property won a prize, while others took home early Easter baskets. Following the Easter Egg Hunt, the Fan Club held its season kick-off meeting and

📸 Rick Kimball Anderson, IN (April 5, 2026) — After a standout rookie campaign, Brady Allum, the 2025 Rookie of the Year in the yourBIGplans.com 500 Sprint Car Tour, spent the offseason preparing for a fresh start in 2026. “We completely rebuilt the old car and started working out,” Allum said. “We’re going through the new car and pretty much just rebuilding everything, just to have a full recheck of everything and make sure we’re fully prepared for the 2026 season.” Followi

Middlebourne, WV - On Saturday night, race fans at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, West Virginia witnessed history. After one event in September of 2025 to announce the series, Tyler County fans witness the first race of a multi-race season for the Gladiator Sprint Tour. The Gladiator Sprint Tour is a Winged 410 Sprint Car sanction, powered by FAST on DIRT owner/promoter, Aaron Fry. Gladiator Sprints are a more economical Tour compared to the FAST on DIRT series, offer

📸 Michael Hamilton Late Models A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 41-Mike Vandermark Jr[3]; 2. 317C-Blake Creech[5]; 3. 90(S)-Michael LeFevers[4]; 4. 159A-Avery Taylor[2]; 5. 46(S)-PJ Simpson[8]; 6. 22L(S)-Lucas Manion[7]; 7. 39H-Mike Hildebrand[1]; 8. 15R-Brad Rickels[6]; 9. 61-Brent Robertson[9] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39H-Mike Hildebrand[1]; 2. 41-Mike Vandermark Jr[2]; 3. 317C-Blake Creech[3]; 4. 22L(S)-Lucas Manion[4]; 5. 61-Brent Robertson[5] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 159A-Avery Taylor[1

Paragon, Indiana (April 4, 2026)………This Saturday’s April 4 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway has been rained out. The 16th running of the Chuck Amati Classic will be rescheduled at a later date under the sanctioning of the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series. USAC racing returns to Paragon Speedway with the 22nd annual USAC Indiana Midget Week featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship on Wednesday night,

📸 Brendon Bauman Sumner, Illinois (April 3, 2026)………Since winning in Ocala, Florida in February, Justin Grant had to wait 48 more days and nights until he received his next shot at backing up his latest USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship triumph. Just like clockwork, the Ione, California native placed himself right smack dab into victory lane for the record-extending 67th time in his career with the series, but for the first time ever on Friday night at Red Hill Ra

📸 KG Media Attica, OH - Mother Nature is now four for four at Attica Raceway Park after weather in recent days washed out both the originally scheduled date of April 3 and the rain date of April 4. The newest scheduled opening night for the Ohio track is now slated to be a weekend doubleheader with the All Star Circuit of Champions as the tour kicks off their 2026 as well. The series is approaching nearly a dozen full-time teams running for the All Star Circuit of Champions