Sports
Revised summer starting times at the Races
With summer heat officially in full force, gates will open 30 minutes later at 4:30pm; hot laps will start at 6pm with racing to follow.
Adult admission is $10, kids 6-12 are $4.
Concession stands will open at 5pm, serving all your favorites including tenderloins, chicken strips, cheese balls and more.
The 2011 Kid's Coloring Contest kicks off Sunday, July 24. Vinton Parks and Recreation Golf Outings
The Special Needs Population Golf Outing will be held Thursday, July 28th from 9:00 am-11:30 am. Participants will receive golf instruction, be able to play at the Vinton Country Club Course, and have a beverage and lunch afterwards. Participants will ride in carts with club members and use the clubs provided by the members.
A View from the Grandstands
Welcome to another round of Views from the Grandstands from Benton County Speedway. It was a hot night for racing as the show wrapped up the 2011 Benton County Fair. My caps off to all of the individuals who helped get the grounds in shape after last week's devastating storm in the Vinton area. Anyway onto the show.
The first feature tonight was the IMCA Hobby Stock class with 13 cars on hand to fight on teh 1/4-mile bullring. He wasn't the fastest, but he was first
He didn’t have the fastest car, but Jerry Luloff was in front when the checkers flew for Sunday’s Hogan Memorial IMCA Modified main event at Benton County Speedway.
The beneficiary of a caution with four laps left, Luloff passed race-long leader Scott Hogan and held on to the finish to earn the top prize of $1,350, plus $200 in lap money and a spot on the ballot for the 2012 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.
Youth Soccer Camp Free Event
Youth Soccer Camp is a high-intensity camp for kids ages 5-12 that integrates real skill, character and faith development into a FREE, five-day event. It begins Monday, August 1 at 6:30-8:30 PM and runs through Friday, August 5 on the Braille-School Soccer Field. It features age-specific groups with drill-coaches, skill-measured awards & prizes, and an energized support staff.
Solon player honored by teammates in Vinton recovering from leukemia
When the Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team hosted Solon in February, the event was more about cancer than basketball. It was Pink Night, part of the combined boys and girls events to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer.
While most V-S fans were aware of the cancer theme and the pink socks worn by the players that winter night, what they did not know was that the Solon players -- and their parents and fans in the visitors' section -- had also recently begun dealing with cancer. VS Alumni Football to play Friday at Center Point
Randy Scheel is already losing sleep, and the rest of the members of the first Vinton-Shellsburg Alumni Footbal team are excited for this Friday, July 8 against neighbor and rival Center Point-Urbana.
The game kicks off at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10; half of the proceeds will benefit Vinton-Shellsburg.
The Vikings' squad consists of former players from three decades of graduating classes. V-S teams struggle on Van Horne diamonds; Benton wins 3 of 4
The Vinton-Shellsburg fans in the visitors bleachers in Van Horne Tuesday evening could look at the baseball scoreboard in the fifth inning of the first game vs. Benton Community, and see that the home team was ahead 7-2, in the fifth inning. Some of them could also see beyond the left field fence, where the softball scoreboard had the same numbers in the same places: Home 7, Visitors, 2, fifth inning. Benton County Speedway hosts July 10 Hogan Memorial
A potential payday of $3,600 is on the line when Benton County Speedway hosts its annual Hogan Memorial for IMCA Modifieds this Sunday, July 10.
The feature now pays $1,350 to win and another $50 for each of the 40 laps led, plus another $250 to the leader at midway. The winner will also be added to the ballot for the 2012 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational.