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Chase Elliott in USAC Midget at Bubba this weekend

2/2/2021

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- For Chase Elliott, the interest to jump into a midget was practically immediate as soon as he began applying his attention toward it, coinciding with his rise up the NASCAR ranks where he ultimately became a first-time Cup champion in 2020. Elliott, of Dawsonville, Ga., was recently named the driver of the CB Industries No. 84 for the season opening USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget events this weekend on Feb. 5-6 at Bubba Raceway Park in...more

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McIntosh Joins Dave Mac for 2021 USAC Season

1/22/2021

By Richie Murray (speedway, IN) -- Cannon McIntosh, the fifth-place finishing driver in USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget points for 2020, will return to the family-owned Dave Mac Motorsports team for the 2021 season as announced via social media video on the team's Twitter page Thursday afternoon. PHOTO CREDIT: DB3 Images McIntosh earned two victories in his one and only year with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports during 2020 at Missouri's Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex and...more

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2021 schedule for USAC National Midgets released

12/11/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- USAC's 2021 NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season will consist of 43 events at dirt ovals from Florida to Pennsylvania, from Indiana to Oklahoma, and from Arizona to California, and several places in between. The 43 events are the most for the series since 49 were on the slate back in 1988. A slew of brand-new events highlights the schedule, which begins with a two-night Winter Dirt Games showdown at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala,...more

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USAC's Closest Finishes of 2020

12/2/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- Cannon McIntosh earned the closest feature finish of the 2020 USAC National season in a compiled list that fully encompasses all 60 events run this past year. McIntosh's last lap, last corner victory over Chris Windom had a difference of just 0.056 sec. between the two at the finish line of the September 4 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature at Missouri's Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex. PHOTO CREDIT: Lonnie Wheatley In fact, midget...more

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Windom claims USAC Midgets title after closest bat...

11/27/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Speedway, IN) -- A USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget season unlike any other wound up as the closest championship race in series history - one single point between champion Chris Windom and runner-up Tyler Courtney in the final tally for 2020. A season that began with a two-and-a-half month absence from the racetrack between March and May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finished with Windom (Canton, Ill.) completing his career Triple Crown with USAC's three...more

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Courtney Comes Back with Authority to Win at Jeffe...

7/19/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- After 21st and 22nd place finishes in his two most recent USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget outings, Tyler Courtney simply wasn't going to be stopped Saturday night at Jefferson County Speedway. Literally, he was unable to stop as he drove through victory lane without the aid of brakes. PHOTO CREDIT: Rich Forman A late caution following a 35-lap green flag run around the 1/5-mile dirt oval, however, nearly thwarted the team's resilient effort...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Windom outlasts Kofoid at Jefferson County

7/18/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- Chris Windom withstood Buddy Kofoid's repeated, relentless challenges down the stretch, including during a hellacious final four lap trophy dash to the finish, to capture his third USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature victory of the season in Friday night's Riverside Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac Midwest Midget Championship presented by Westin Meats & Schmidt's Sanitation at Fairbury, Nebraska's Jefferson County Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: Danny...more

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USAC Midwest Midget Championship preview

7/14/2020

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Fairbury, NE) -- Mid-summer, mid-America. That's the state of mind for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship which takes the show on the road for a succession of racing events through Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma July 17-21. PHOTO CREDIT: Danny Clum photo Officially one-third of the way through the 2020 season, the action picks back up following a near one month layoff since the last round, the Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway, a...more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, USAC National Midgets, Midgets

Stu Snyder Seizes Another Podium Run, Finishing 2n...

7/6/2020

Relentless Promotions - FAIRBURY, Nebraska (July 4, 2020) - Three events over Independence Day weekend provided Stu Snyder and the KRL Motorsports team with many successes, including three podium finishes and two heat race wins. Saturday, July 4th led Snyder and team to Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Nebraska with the United Rebel Sprint Series. Thirteen cars were on hand at the 1/5-mile bullring, providing the fans with excellent racing and a different format for added...more

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Bubak Triumphs Firecracker Nationals at Jefferson...

7/5/2020

By URSS PR (Fairbury, NE) -- Independence Day led the Mel Hambelton Ford Racing POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series to the 1/5-mile bullring of Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Nebraska. A stacked 13-car field was on hand for the historic marking, as the first time sprint cars ever took to the semi-banked dirt track, and three time URSS Champion Jake Bubak was the victor. The format would see the field participate in a qualifying run, heat races, and a dash that lined up the feature event....more

Tags: Jefferson County Speedway, URSS-United Rebel Sprint Series, 305 Sprints - Winged

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