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Gile, Weldon, and Lagroon Add Their Names To Dirt2

Gile, Weldon, and Lagroon Add Their Names To Dirt2...

8/20/2023
Bryan Hulbert – FAIRBURY, Neb. (August 19, 2023) Three drivers added their names to the list of winners with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division Saturday night at Jefferson County Speedway, as Elijah Gile, Gaige Weldon, and Cale Lagroon went to Victory Lane. Jumping to the lead from the start in A-Class, Elijah Gile held point until traffic at the race’s mid-point. Chased by Friday night’s winner, Jett Hays, the No. 11j shot to the lead on Lap...more
Jett Hays Sweeps Stock Divisions While Hank Soares

Jett Hays Sweeps Stock Divisions While Hank Soares...

8/19/2023
Bryan Hulbert – FAIRBURY, Neb. (August 18, 2023) Topping time, heats, and the A-Features in Non-Wing and A-Class, Jett Hays was unstoppable Friday night with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division at Jefferson County Speedway. Battling through traffic in both feature events, Hays had his hands full with Keegan Osantowski, the challenger in non-wing, followed by Elijah Gile throwing bombs on a late-race restart in A-Class. Osantowski held on for...more
Thorson Takes Self-Owned Team to USAC National Mi

Thorson Takes Self-Owned Team to USAC National Mi...

7/16/2023
By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- The first 27 victories of Tanner Thorson’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship career had a common thread about them – they all came with him as a driver for another team. Number 28, however, came in a different shape and form than the rest during Saturday night’s Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship Presented by Westin Packaged Meats & Schmidt's Sanitation at Fairbury, Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT:...more
Logan Seavey powers to victory at Jefferson County

Logan Seavey powers to victory at Jefferson County

7/15/2023
By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- Logan Seavey has long held an affinity for Jefferson County Speedway, pinning the place among his favorite stops on the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship tour. After all, he’s been the fastest qualifier at the Fairbury, Nebraska dirt oval on four different occasions with the series, and even possesses the one-lap track record. However, a feature victory had remained absent in the Sutter, California native’s portfolio over his past...more
Gropp, Moreau, and Bearce Best NOW600 Jayhusker Re

Gropp, Moreau, and Bearce Best NOW600 Jayhusker Re...

6/26/2023
FAIRBURY, Neb. (June 26, 2023) - Ava Gropp, Tomy Moreau and Kyler Bearce bested their respective fields on Saturday with the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Jayhusker Region at Jefferson County Speedway. 29 Stock Non-Wing, 22 Winged A-Class and 10 Restricted Micros were on hand for the Saturday night event. Ava Gropp from third went on to pick up the victory in Stock Non-Wing. Gaige Weldon crossed in the second spot with Jackson Kounkel rounding out the podium. Bobby Eubanks was fourth and...more
Coons and Miller Wrap Up Mid-America Micro Week wi

Coons and Miller Wrap Up Mid-America Micro Week wi...

7/18/2022
FAIRBURY, Neb. (July 17, 2022) - Cale Coons and Wyatt Miller closed out Mid-America Micro Week with victories on Saturday at Jefferson County Speedway with the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Jayhusker Region. 46 Stock Non-Wing and 13 Restricted ‘A’ Class Micro Sprints were on hand for the finale of Mid-America Micro Week. The Jayhusker Region of the National Open Wheel 600 Series is back in action on Saturday, July 23 at Clay Center Speedway in Clay Center, KS. RACE RESULTS >> 7/16/2022 at...more
Kofoid emerges victorious in wild USAC Midgets fin

Kofoid emerges victorious in wild USAC Midgets fin...

7/17/2022
By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- Amid a season in which a lot has gone right for Buddy Kofoid, a little bit of extra good fortune is something the Penngrove, Calif. native will gladly embrace when the situation calls for it. After a rare stumble over the turn two cushion at the midway point, a red flag for an incident on the other side of the 1/5-mile dirt oval gave Kofoid his fourth spot back. And on the first try at a final lap, a spinning car just before the checkered flag was...more
Hinton and Miller Hustle NOW600 Jayhusker Region a

Hinton and Miller Hustle NOW600 Jayhusker Region a...

7/16/2022
FAIRBURY, Neb. (July 16, 2022) - Chelby Hinton and Wyatt Miller landed in victory lane on Friday night with the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Jayhusker Region at Jefferson County Speedway. 42 Stock Non-Wing and 14 Restricted ‘A’ Class Micro Sprints were on hand. The Jayhusker Region of the National Open Wheel 600 Series is back in action on Saturday, July 16 at Jefferson County Speedway. RACE RESULTS >> 7/15/2022 at Jefferson County Speedway NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Jayhusker...more
Mitchel Moles gets first USAC Midgets win at Jeffe

Mitchel Moles gets first USAC Midgets win at Jeffe...

7/16/2022
By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- Mitchel Moles has made the month of July the month of breakthroughs for himself in USAC competition. Just five nights after registering his first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature victory, the Raisin City, Calif. native tallied his initial USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship triumph at Fairbury, Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway during Friday’s opening night of the Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget...more
Back-to-Back: Kofoid is USAC's Indiana Midget Week

Back-to-Back: Kofoid is USAC's Indiana Midget Week...

6/13/2022
By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- Buddy Kofoid stormed out of the gates and never relented throughout the 18th edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week in 2022, earning victories in the first two events to become the mini-series’ third back-to-back champion. The Penngrove, Calif. native’s consecutive IMW titles joined him with Shane Cottle (2005-06) and Rico Abreu (2014-15) in accomplishing the feat, and Kofoid’s triumphs in the first two features of the week made him just the second...more
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