by Patrick Davis

After Mother Nature opened up the skies and dropped the temps in the St. Louis area, it also struck down a pair of scheduled events on Friday, October 3rd and Saturday, October 4th at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. With these rainouts, it leaves Shaheen’s Super Weekend this coming weekend as the FINAL 2 events of the 2014 MOWA Sprint Car Series presented by Casey’s General Store season.

Friday night, October 10th the MOWA Sprint Car Series presented by Casey’s General Store heads to the Lincoln Speedway, located on the Logan County Fairgrounds. The series makes up a big tripleheader, joined by the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series and Midwest Big Ten Series UMP Super Late Models.  UMP Street Stocks, thanks to McQuinn Motorsports and Osman Racing will be racing as well, and there will be a $100 bonus to win the feature event Admission will be $25 for adults. Children 11 to 18 years old are $7 while children 10 and under are free.

Saturday, October 11th, the series heads to Jacksonville Speedway for the Ron Milton Race of Champions.  This event is a tribute to one of Jacksonville’s best racers and longtime co-promoter of Jacksonville Speedway who passed away earlier this year. This will also be Nostalgia night with many vintage race cars and memorabilia on display throughout the day and evening as well as a 100 lap hornet enduro at Noon. Evening program  will consist of MOWA Sprint Car Series presented by Casey’s General Store 410 Winged Sprints, Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets, Speedway Motors POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micros, UMP Modifieds, and UMP Street Stocks (racing for $400 bonus if Lincoln winner can win at Jacksonville, worth $1,000 total)  Adult admission is $25, ages 11-18 $7, and kids 10 and under Free.

 

For both evenings, Gates open at 5 PM, Hot Laps are scheduled to start at 6:15 with racing at 7 PM.  All times are Central

 

For more event information for each track:

Lincoln Speedway: http://lincolnspeedwayil.com  http://facebook.com/LincolnILSpeedway and http://twitter.com/LincolnILSpdwy

Jacksonville Speedway: http://jacksonvillespeedway.com  http://facebook.com/JacksonvilleSpeedway and http://twitter.com/jaxspeedway

 

For the MOWA Sprint Car Series presented by Casey’s General Store, check out, in addition to here on the website:

http://facebook.com/midwestopenwheel and http://twitter.com/mowasprints