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Tour de Belleville ending after 19 years
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A beloved Belleville, Illinois, tradition is ending. Tour de Belleville is hitting the brakes after one last ride. The event started as a nighttime bike ride 19 years ago. At its peak, it brought more than 2,500 riders to downtown Belleville. "This event has always been...
Baseball Game Preview: Collinsville Hits the Road
Collinsville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Mascoutah Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Results: USAC National Midgets At Belleville Short Track Saturday
Daison Pursley celebrated his 100th career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature start in style during Saturday night’s Huncovsky Classic at the Belleville (Kan.) Short Track. Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) tracked down and passed Ryan Timms with 15 laps remaining to score his first series victory since...
POWRi StockMod Sanctioning Revoked from Nevada Speedway
Belleville, IL. (5/21/24) Effective immediately due to inadequate rule enforcement, Nevada Speedway will no longer compete under the POWRi StockMod Sanctioning. National points will no longer be awarded at Nevada Speedway for any divisional contests moving forward with all prior points earned unaltered. Only confirmed POWRi-sanctioned events will be eligible...
Hitachi Energy POWRi Pure Stock Division May 17-19
Belleville, IL. (5/20/24) Contending at premier sanctioned facilities in the seventh week of the third season of sanctioning, the Hitachi Energy POWRi Pure Stock Division would find full opportunities for drivers chasing points in the National Championship in the growing class. Weekend racing would witness rainstorms earning the feature win at Midway and Callaway on Friday with Jody Tillman garnering the win at Springfield on Saturday as the only sanctioned track operating.
Caleb Saiz Secures Victory with Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprints
Belleville, IL. (5/19/24) Continuing the traditional thrills of open-wheel sprinting action with the Sunset Grill POWRi Non-Wing Sprints, Vado Speedway Park would host the second seasonal event as Caleb Saiz would capture the hard-fought sanctioned-series feature win for the eighth time in his career on Saturday. Starting the on-track adrenaline...
Feger Flies For $5,000 Highland Prize
HIGHLAND, Ill. — Jason Feger started outside the front row and led all 40 laps of Saturday’s MARS Late Model Championship Series feature at Highland Speedway. Feger banked $5,000 for the triumph, which was the 24th of his career in the series. Allen Weisser finished second, with Mitch...
Father McGivney girls win state track championship
1. Lilly Gilbertson, Kaitlyn Hatley, Jane Cummins, Elena Rybak - Father McGivney. 1. Kaitlyn Hatley, Lilly Gilbertson, Jane Cummins, Elena Rybak – Father McGivney. 2. DeAndranay Chism, Kamryn Durrah, Cassidy Willis, Kauryn Durrah – Belleville East. 4x400 Relay. 7. Kamryn Durrah, JaKariah Bacon, Gabrielle Peppers, Eden Tyson –...
Softball Recap: Marissa/Coulterville finds playoff glory versus Dupo
With a playoff game on the line, Marissa/Coulterville rose to the challenge on Thursday. They blew past the Dupo Tigers 11-3. Considering Marissa/Coulterville has won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new. For Dupo's part, Maddie Ehrhard was cooking despite her team's loss,...
Softball Recap: Freeburg extends road winning streak to 26
Freeburg came tearing into Wednesday's contest with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Herrin Tigers as they made off with an 11-1 victory. Freeburg might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 15 matches by six runs or more this season.
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