Rain washed out Saturday evening’s annual Wayne Carter Classic presented by Rod Baker Ford and D’Arcy Chevrolet ASA Midwest Tour event at the Grundy County Speedway.
Grundy County Speedway held its Illinois State Championship racing program Friday night with a number of drivers claiming victories in twin-feature race competition at the third-mile paved oval.
Some were calling it the “Monaco of NASCAR,” while others were a little “edgy” about street closures, etc., and the seemingly annual rain delay/rain shortened race that seems to be part of NASCAR’s annual visit to Chicago.
The Big 8 Late Models stock car series visited Grundy County Speedway for the second time this year with Michael Bilderback again coming home the winner as he won Friday night’s 38-lap main event during the track’s “Spirt of 76” program.
Eight-time Grundy County Speedway track champion Eddie Hoffman captured his 154th career feature win at the third-mile paved oval Friday night, winning the speedway’s 40-lap super late model stock car headliner.
Five dollar admission night at the Grundy County Speedway Friday saw Kevin Murphy, Billy Hulbert, Ryan Dawson, Jerry Legner and Jakob Coppers come home feature winners in their respective racing divisions.
Around 11 o’clock or so local time this past Saturday night and with the grandstands pretty much empty, Buddy Holt wheeled his four-cylinder-powered stock car to victory in the Hornets division 15-lap “D” main at the South Bend Motor Speedway, bringing down the curtain on some 70-plus years of oval track racing at the historic Northern Indiana oval.
