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USAC Midwest Midget Championship this weekend at J...

7/13/2018

By Lonnie Wheatley (Fairbury, NE) -- The inaugural USAC Midwest Midget Championship continues this weekend This Friday and Saturday, July 13-14, the USAC National Midget series will take to the 1/5-mile Jefferson County Speedway clay oval in Fairbury, NE, for the Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship presented by Westin Packaged Meats and Schmidt’s Sanitation. PHOTO CREDIT: TeeJay Crawford Along with the USAC National Midgets, the JayHusker Non-Wing Micro Sprints will be in action on...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Hendricks Excited for USAC Mid-America Midget Week

7/9/2018

Inside Line Promotions – STILLWATER, Okla. (July 9, 2018) – It’s been nearly a month and a half since Zane Hendricks last competed, which is both a blessing and a curse. The break allowed the Tucker-Boat Motorsports team to rebuild following a rough outing throughout Indiana Midget Week in late May and early June. However, it also has kept Hendricks from staying fresh behind the wheel. “The thing that’s been the most challenging part of this year is racing five or six times and then have a...more

Tags: Zane Hendricks, Red Dirt Raceway, Jefferson County Speedway

Axsom Aces USAC Midwest Midget Championship finale...

7/18/2021

By Lonnie Wheatley (Fairbury, NE) -- Emerson Axsom picked a fine time to find his way back into USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series victory lane. After all, a $10,000 winner’s share awaited the winner of Saturday night’s Fourth Annual Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship presented by Westin Packaged Meats and Schmidt’s Sanitation feature event winner atop the 1/5-mile Jefferson County Speedway clay oval that put the wraps on “Mid-America Midget Week”. PHOTO CREDIT: Lonnie...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Seeding to set lineup for Saturday night at Jeffer...

7/17/2021

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- This Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget event at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Nebraska will feature a unique format to seed the field based on Friday night’s finishing order. The Midwest Midget Championship at the 1/5-mile dirt oval, the Mid-America Midget Week finale, begins on Friday, July 16, and will utilize the traditional format of single-car qualifying, followed by heat races, semi-feature and a...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Thorson Scores Again in USAC Midgets at Jefferson...

7/17/2021

By Lonnie Wheatley (Fairbury, NE) -- Tanner Thorson made it two USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series feature wins in as many nights by wiring the field in Friday night’s 30-lap Fourth Annual Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship presented by Westin Packaged Meats and Schmidt’s Sanitation feature event atop the 1/5-mile Jefferson County Speedway clay oval. Leading the field to the green flag from the pole position, Thorson gunned into the lead at the outset and kept Kevin...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

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

Tags: USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Chad McDaniel Memorial postponed until Thursday

7/10/2019

By USAC (Concordia, KS) -- The grounds at Concordia took a beating from the storm last night. We'll give it a day to dry out and hit the high banks on Thursday with the NOS Energy Drink National midgets for night

Tags: Concordia Raceway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Seavey takes 'Tuesday Night Thunder' at Red Dirt R...

7/10/2019

By Lonnie Wheatley (Meeker, OK) -- In a NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget feature event that offered up more twists and turns than the country highways and byways leading to Red Dirt Raceway, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey emerged to take “Tuesday Night Thunder” honors atop the ¼-mile red clay oval. With three and four-wide battles the norm throughout the 30-lapper, the reigning series champion railed the topside of the track to take the lead away from Jerry Coons, Jr., on the 24th...more

Tags: Red Dirt Raceway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Windom breaks through in USAC National Midgets at...

6/9/2019

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Lawrenceburg, IN) -- All throughout "Indiana Midget Week," Chris Windom was confident that he had a car to win. Yet, when it came time to start the first four feature events this week, the Canton, Ill. driver found himself seemingly light years away from his destination. PHOTO CREDIT: Dallas Breeze Photo Through the first four nights, no driver had passed more cars than Windom (42), an astonishing 24 more than his nearest competition. But that's what happens...more

Tags: Lawrenceburg Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Courtney shines in Bloomington Indiana Midget Week...

6/8/2019

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Bloomington, IN) -- On Friday morning, the engine that Tyler Courtney would use later that night was in the process of being rebuilt. On Friday night, that same engine helped power the Indianapolis, Ind. driver to victory in round four of "Indiana Midget Week" at Bloomington Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: David Nearpass photo It had been a trying week for Clauson/Marshall Racing throughout the first three races of IMW. Courtney had gone through one engine and had a...more

Tags: Bloomington Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

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