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Independence Day Fireworks Meet High-Speed Motorcycle Racing at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

by MikeJuly 1, 2026

(Du Quoin, IL) Progressive American Flat Track, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returns to the Magic Mile on Independence Day as DuQuoin State Fairgrounds hosts a full day of motorcycle racing, live music, family fun, and America’s 250^th birthday celebration, Saturday, July 4.

For fans new to the sport, Progressive American Flat Track is America’s original extreme sport, featuring the nation’s top professional dirt track motorcycle racers battling bar-to-bar on purpose-built race bikes. On a Mile track like DuQuoin, riders draft in tight packs, slide through the corners, and race inches apart at speeds of more than 140 mph.

The result is a spectacle unlike anything else in motorsports: thunderous motorcycles, close-quarters racing, last-lap strategy, and the possibility of a photo finish every time the pack comes to the checkered flag.

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ARCA Menards Series At DuQuoin State Fairgrounds: Southern Illinois 100 Pre-Race Notes

by MikeAugust 27, 2025

ARCA Menards Series at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

THE RACE: Southern Illinois 100
THE PLACE: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Ill.
THE DATE: Sunday, August 31, 2025
THE TIME: 8:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm CT
TV: FS1, Live

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USAC Silver Crown Series, ARCA Menards Series, & DIRTcar Modifieds – Saturday-Sunday, August 30-31, 2025 – DuQuoin State Fair – Du Quoin, IL

by MikeAugust 27, 2025

The DuQuoin State Fairgrounds hosts a huge weekend of racing begins Saturday afternoon, August 30 with USAC Silver Crown and Modifieds and Sunday evening, August 31 with the ARCA Southern Illinois 100 and the Modified Bill Oldani Memorial.

The car counts are strong for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon races at the DuQuoin State Fair with 30 entries on the USAC Silver Crown list and 20 on this year’s ARCA list for Sunday.

Advance tickets for the DuQuoin State Fair races are available by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200, by calling the DuQuoin State Fair box office at 618-542-1535, or by stopping by the DuQuoin State Fair box office.

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USAC Silver Crown Contenders Emerge at Springfield, Head for DuQuoin Mile Race

by MikeAugust 27, 2025

August 25, 2025-DuQuoin, IL-The August 16 Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield, run in high heat and humidity, saw several contenders for victory emerge in the USAC Silver Crown Series event. The Bettenhausen was the first of two traditional one-mile dirt track races on the schedule. The second and final mile race is also a daytime event on Saturday, August 30 when the Ted Horn 100 is contested at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. The Springfield race saw several potential first-time winners on the Illinois mile.

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USAC Star Kody Swanson Trying For Illinois Fair Sweep at DuQuoin Mile

by MikeAugust 26, 2025

August 24, 2025-DuQuoin, IL-Kody Swanson is the most prolific pilot in the 54-year history of USAC’s Silver Crown Series. His fourth Bettenhausen 100 win at Springfield August 16 was a record forty-ninth in the big cars, and Swanson has a record 8 national championships in his pocket. Saturday afternoon, August 30 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, Swanson goes for win number 50 and his third Ted Horn 100.

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Shane Cockrum Returns To DuQuoin State Fair After Springfield Crash

by MikeAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025

August 25, 2025-DuQuoin, IL-Two-time Ted Horn 100 winner Shane Cockrum was beside himself after the Hans Lein #97 Silver Crown championship car was hauled away on a hook during practice for the August 16 Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield. Cockrum had entered turn one at speed when the front end washed out and the car slid into the outside concrete and a series of flips ensued. Fortunately, the “Chief” wasn’t hurt but the car, a potential winner, was done for the day. Cockrum and the Lein team will be one of the contenders in the upcoming Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin, joined on the team by veteran Ken Schrader.

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ARCA Menards Series Schedule for 2025 Released; FS1 and FS2 Relationship Extended Through 2028

by MikeDecember 2, 2024July 18, 2025

TEMPERANCE, Mich. — The ARCA Menards Series has announced a television broadcast agreement extension with FS1 and FS2 that features a full season of live television coverage in 2025. Additionally, as part of the new agreement, the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway will air live on FOX, marking the first time in series history a race has aired on broadcast television. (more…)