ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUND SPEEDWAY

Briggs Danner Beats the Field and the Clock to Win at Springfield
Saturday, August 22, 2026
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 22, 2026)………Winning the Bettenhausen 100 requires skill, speed, good timing, and good fortune. Briggs Danner had all of those traits in spades throughout Saturday afternoon’s 63rd running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State more »
Kody Swanson Becomes 4-Time Bettenhausen 100 Winner at Springfield
Saturday, August 16, 2025
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 16, 2025)………Kody Swanson joined the exclusive four-time Bettenhausen 100 winners club on Saturday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The Kingsburg, California native took the lead early, then lost it only to regain it again past the halfway mark, then led more »
Kody Swanson Becomes 4-Time Bettenhausen 100 Winner at Springfield
Saturday, August 16, 2025
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 16, 2025)………Kody Swanson joined the exclusive four-time Bettenhausen 100 winners club on Saturday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The Kingsburg, California native took the lead early, then lost it only to regain it again past the halfway mark, then led more »
Justin Grant Sweeps Bettenhausen 100 at the Springfield Mile
Saturday, August 17, 2024
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 17, 2024)………The Illinois State Fairgrounds have and always will occupy a special place in the racing career of Justin Grant. The Ione, California driver’s first career USAC Silver Crown victory of any kind arrived at the Springfield Mile in 2017. Three more »
Justin Grant Sweeps Bettenhausen 100 at the Springfield Mile
Saturday, August 17, 2024
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 17, 2024)………The Illinois State Fairgrounds have and always will occupy a special place in the racing career of Justin Grant. The Ione, California driver’s first career USAC Silver Crown victory of any kind arrived at the Springfield Mile in 2017. Three more »
Logan Seavey Springs Forward Late to Win the Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield
Saturday, August 19, 2023
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 19, 2023)………You can’t win all day if you don’t start in the morning. Logan Seavey made that his mantra on Saturday as he kicked off his day by winning the 60th running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers more »
Logan Seavey Springs Forward Late to Win the Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield
Saturday, August 19, 2023
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 19, 2023)………You can’t win all day if you don’t start in the morning. Logan Seavey made that his mantra on Saturday as he kicked off his day by winning the 60th running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers more »
Shane Cockrum Captured His First Victory at the Illinois State Fairgrounds During Saturday's USAC Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza
Saturday, October 15, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 15, 2022)………Shane Cockrum vowed vengeance on the Illinois dirt miles entering Saturday’s Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Cockrum absolutely dominated at southern Illinois’ Du Quoin State Fairgrounds dirt mile on Labor Day weekend more »
Shane Cockrum Captured His First Victory at the Illinois State Fairgrounds During Saturday's USAC Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza
Saturday, October 15, 2022
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 15, 2022)………Shane Cockrum vowed vengeance on the Illinois dirt miles entering Saturday’s Bettenhausen 100 Presented By Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Cockrum absolutely dominated at southern Illinois’ Du Quoin State Fairgrounds dirt mile on Labor Day weekend more »
23rd to 1st: Kody Swanson Charges to Rain-Shortened Bettenhausen 100 Win
Saturday, August 21, 2021
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 21, 2021)………Kody Swanson knew he had a long row to hoe starting from the 23rd position during Saturday afternoon’s Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. As it turned out, he didn’t even need the full 100-mile distance to make it more »
23rd to 1st: Kody Swanson Charges to Rain-Shortened Bettenhausen 100 Win
Saturday, August 21, 2021
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (August 21, 2021)………Kody Swanson knew he had a long row to hoe starting from the 23rd position during Saturday afternoon’s Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. As it turned out, he didn’t even need the full 100-mile distance to make it more »
Kyle Larson Wins Bettenhausen 100; Justin Grant is USAC Silver Crown Champ
Sunday, October 18, 2020
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 18, 2020).........Kyle Larson became the 15th driver to win Champ Car races on the three Midwest dirt miles of Du Quoin, the Indiana State Fairgrounds and the Illinois State Fairgrounds, the latter of which he added to his continuously growing checklist on more »
Kyle Larson Wins Bettenhausen 100; Justin Grant is USAC Silver Crown Champ
Sunday, October 18, 2020
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (October 18, 2020).........Kyle Larson became the 15th driver to win Champ Car races on the three Midwest dirt miles of Du Quoin, the Indiana State Fairgrounds and the Illinois State Fairgrounds, the latter of which he added to his continuously growing checklist on more »
Chris Windom Wins One for the Home Crowd at Bettenhausen 100
Saturday, August 18, 2018
By: Ryan Mahan - The Springfield State Journal-Register Springfield, Illinois (Aug. 18, 2018)………Chris Windom had plenty of patience in Saturday’s USAC Silver Crown Series Tony Bettenhausen 100 race. He had plenty of car left too. The Canton driver became just the third from Illinois to win the 100-lap more »
Brady Bacon - 13 Nights in August!
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
(Bill W) August 22, 2017 – Thirteen of the first nineteen nights in August were spent on a racetrack for Brady Bacon. Eight events in Nebraska, Kansas and Pennyslvania were USAC midget shows aboard the Frank Manafort Racing #76M team. Four nights were spent at the Knoxville Raceway during Southern Iowa more »

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