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Five familiar faces find victory lane at Benton County Speedway

"Back to School Night" Backpack giveaway at the Benton County Speedway
This Sunday night at the Benton County Speedway Bullring Lil Racer Car Club will be our "Back to School Night" Backpack Giveaway! Over 100 backpacks, filled with school supplies, will be given away to school-age kids as they get ready to head back to the classroom this Fall with their friends. All kids under the age of 14 are invited to stop by the Lil Racer Clubhouse and sign our Registration sheet, where they will then receive a ticket, which will need to be handed to our Backpack Coordinator, Janice Smith, in order to receive a brand new pack for school.
Ballard has historic night at Benton County Speedway

Lil Racer Car Club looks forward to "Back to School Night, July 25!
The Benton County Bullring Lil Racer Car Club will be getting back to our normal ways this Sunday after taking a back seat to the Urbana 5 Group, who had goody bags and a bicycle giveaway last Sunday night. We did begin our "Kids Coloring for Trophies!" promotion again last Sunday as some recent trophy donations have allowed us to start handing them back out to kids who take the time to color us a picture, bring the picture to us at the clubhouse, and exchange it for the trophy of their choosing.
Becerra banks biggest check at Benton County’s Urbana 5

Lapan-Islas selected in All Star Cup

Pladsen working to kick up a Storm at Simpson

Vikettes head into Regional softball action tonight
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes finished up the regular season last week and they open post-season play tonight at Independence. Game time will be 7 p.m. Here is a summary of last week's games by Vinton Today sportswriter Sage Holmes.Vikette softball sweeps Trojans, 20-8, 15-7Tama, IA - The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikette softball team (10-21) took on the South Tama County Trojans at South Tama County High School in Tama in a WaMaC West doubleheader.
Bigger payouts, good cause at Benton County Speedway’s Urbana 5 special

78 Lil Racers register at Lil Racer Car Club Clubhouse for "Father's Day/4th"
Seventy eight Lil Racers signed in at the Lil Racer Clubhouse Sunday night and took part in our Father's Day Prize Giveaway. All club members got free chances to try and win one of 16 different prizes for their dads. Many happy kids and dads walked away with some thoughtful gifts. The first 100 kids received free hot dogs at the concession stand as well as free ice cream cones to the first 50.