Reno, NV (September 20, 2025) – The final schedule for the 53rd Annual RPM@Reno Western Workshops has been released. This year’s event will take place at the Silver Legacy at The Row in downtown Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4. The 53rd edition of the popular promoter-focused sessions looks to continue its growth within the newly remodeled Silver Legacy, providing attendees and exhibitors with an enhanced workshop experience during an incredibly busy time of year—a reminder that there is truly no off-season in the sport.
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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
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.
USAC Silver Crown Contenders Emerge at Springfield, Head for DuQuoin Mile Race
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.
USAC Star Kody Swanson Trying For Illinois Fair Sweep at DuQuoin Mile
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.
Shane Cockrum Returns To DuQuoin State Fair After Springfield Crash
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.
Packed Field of USAC Silver Crown Cars Set For Saturday – Forty Entries for Bettenhausen 100 at Illinois State Fair
August 13, 2025 Springfield, IL-A forty car entry list featuring eleven series rookies, six former winners and two past national champions await race fans attending the 62nd USAC Bettenhausen 100 Saturday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The 100-mile championship race on the historic Springfield Mile continues a tradition that began in 1934 and is slated for 2 p.m.
USAC Silver Crown Racing To Return To Springfield, IL August 16
USAC Big Cars Heading for Springfield
Springfield, IL August 6, 2025- It’s less than two weeks until the rumble of USAC’s Silver Crown dirt championship will bounce off the massive Illinois State Fair grandstand, as the 62nd Bettenhausen 100 takes center stage Saturday, August 16. The Bettenhausen continues a tradition of championship dirt car racing on the last Saturday of the fair that goes back to 1934. A full field of the mighty uprights is expected to enter the grounds on August 16.
Tom Baldwin Sr., Tom Baldwin Jr., Tom Ryan And Long John Silver Announced As 2025 Riverhead Raceway Cromarty Wall Of Champions Inductees
Riverhead Raceway owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz are honored to announce the 2025 inductees onto the Cromarty Wall of Champions which include a first since the inception of the wall with the induction of Tom Baldwin Sr. and Tom Baldwin Jr. The Baldwin inductions are groundbreaking in that they become the first father and son enshrined in the same ceremony. Former Figure Eight standout Tom Ryan and popular “Long” John Silver join the Baldwin’s as the class of 2025, Silver has the distinction of being the first Demolition Derby/Car Rollover inductee.
Silver Hare Racing: Jake Drew, Boris Said Jr., Vincent Apple Head to COTA Finale
Jake Drew Looks To Lock Down Rookie, Young Guns Championships, Joined by Boris Said Jr., TA2 Series Newcomer Vincent Apple
HIGH POINT, N.C. (Oct. 31, 2024) – A pair of season-long championships are on the line in the Silver Hare Racing camp as it heads to the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series finale Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.
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