Sports

The Iowa High School Softball Rankings Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union were released for Thursday, June 1, 2023.

 The INEX Legends will take center stage this Sunday at Benton County Speedway. The Legends.Direct-sponsored division will be showcased in the $2,500-to-win Midwest Dirt Shootout on The Bullring quarter-mile Sunday, June 4. The draw/redraw event will offer $100 to start. Entry fee is $25 for the Legends. IMCA weekly racing will join the Legends as Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds presented by Beaty Excavating, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Christie Door Company, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks presented by Vermedahl Trucking, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods presented by Houdek Auto Center and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts presented by iHeart Radio will continue their season-long point battles.

Tim Ward had a great Sunday. His Monday was even better. After scoring a convincing victory in the Prelude to the 44th Anniversary Race for IMCA Modifieds Sunday night, the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified driver made a repeat visit to victory lane and earned a $4,400 payday winning Monday’s anniversary special at Benton County Speedway. From an outside front row start, Ward traded the top spot with polesitter Jake McBirnie throughout the early stages of the Beaty Excavating 44-lapper.

Many thanks to the 96 club members who registered at the Lil Racer Car Clubhouse at Benton County Speedway Bullring over the weekend! We drew for free giveaways each night and had two Lil Racers of the Week, one for Sunday and one for Monday night. Sunday night, Lil Racer of the Week was Lilliana Arnold of Vinton, and Monday night was Madison Wheeler, also of Vinton.

It took him a few laps to get to the lead, but once he did it was smooth sailing for Friesen Performance IMCA Modified driver Tim Ward. Ward worked past Justin O’Brien mid-way through the Beaty Excavating 25-lapper, then took the checkers by six seconds ahead of the field in Sunday’s Prelude to Monday’s IMCA Modified Anniversary Event. O’Brien led early while Drew Janssen pressured the leader running the low side of the fast quarter-mile oval.

The Bullring Lil Racer Car Club reopens this Sunday AND Monday nights to welcome young racing fans to the speedway! Stop on by the clubhouse as you enter the grandstand and get your kids registered, pick up a free racing flag, stuffed animal, a freezer pop. Get your prize numbers to be eligible to win one of our door prizes, OR, to have a chance to become the Bullring Lil Racer Car Club’s “Lil Racer of the Week, sponsored by The Pizza Place of Center Point” to take home the BIG trophy and a FREE small pizza.

Memorial Day weekend is about to become a little more memorable for a pair of IMCA racers. Two nights of racing will culminate with the 44th anniversary race for the IMCA Modified this weekend at Benton County Speedway. It all starts Sunday, May 28, with the Prelude to the IMCA Modified Anniversary Event and features increased prize money for a pair of divisions at The Bullring.

 Johnathon Logue has won many races in his career, but none had come at Benton County Speedway. That all changed Sunday night when he made his first visit to victory lane at The Bullring.  And then his second. Logue took top honors in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars presented by Christie Door Company and followed that up by winning the main event for Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds presented by Beatty Excavating.

The 2023 edition of the Bullring Lil Racer Car Club is excited to be back! It's that night that every parent dreads, "Club Registration Night!"Fill out the short registration sheet, including your child's birthday, and they receive their Lil Racer lanyard and permit for the year! Get their prize tickets to have a chance to WIN a great prize at the

After the season-opening special was washed out three consecutive weeks, officials at Benton County Speedway are hopeful the start of the IMCA weekly racing points season helps change Mother Nature’s tune this Sunday. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks, Friesen Performance IMCA Northern SportMods and Mach-1 IMCA Sport Compacts are slated to start their season points battles Sunday, May 21, along with the INEX Legends and a special appearance by the American Iron Racing Series (A.