Adams County Speedway

Fairbury Speedway

Spatola had a five-second lead before a late caution, but he finished off his first Fairbury victory of the season. ... "It's been a frustrating year." the Manhattan, Ill., driver said. "We haven't gotten the wins like we would have liked. It's never fun when you get into turn three and you don't hear a slider coming. You kind of think you have it won."

Macon Speedway

Making a return to the Crate Late Model division, Guy Taylor of Springfield, Ill., earned $2,050 in the fourth annual Diane Bennett Memorial. ... He drove the car normally driven by Curtis Eller. ... The second-starting Taylor took the lead from Timmy Dick on the 18th of 40 laps. ... Taylor also won the pro mod feature (his fifth in a row). ... Hometown driver Blake Damery started 17th and finished eighth. ... The race honored the late Dianne Bennett, a track scorer for nearly 40 seasons.

Spoon River Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Highland Speedway

Klein won from the third starting spot.

Peoria Speedway

Bryan Clendenen made a rare Late Model start.

Farmer City Raceway

Chris Dick won the Crate Late Model feature.

East Moline Speedway

Ryan came from eighth in the 10-car field. ... He'd also won Friday at Cedar County Raceway. ... Mack Mulvany scored his first top-five in a Late Model event.

Peoria Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Aug. 6's Fan Appreciation Night brings $5 admission.

Macon Speedway

Johnson won his fourth feature of 2022 and third in the last four.

Highland Speedway

The pole-starting Klein won the Madison County Fair Race over a 12-car field.

Adams County Speedway

Osterhoff led all the way.

Macon Speedway

Kankakee County Speedway

Hammond won from the pole position. ... Chuck Steele started 14th and finished sixth.

Farmer City Raceway

Parga's victory was on the undercard of Jason Feger's MARS triumph for Super Late Models.

East Moline Speedway

Waterman started on the seventh and final row and raced to a $2,091 victory in the Ron Gustaf Tribute. ... The Rock Island County Fair Race honored the Monmouth, Ill., engine builder and dirt racer who died Feb. 19 from a rare neurological disease. He was 74. ...  “(Gustaf) built my motor when I first started racing. What he meant to us and racing is great," Waterman said.

Macon Speedway

Braden Johnson won the night's first of two features while Parga took the nightcap.

Fairbury Speedway

Unzicker pulled away from a battle with Feger and McKay Wenger, who ended up sixth. ..."It was a up-on-the-wheel type of track," Unzicker said. "The track was a complete 180-degree from what it was last week. Slick is fast and it makes for better racing." ... Next up at Fairbury is the $50,000-to-win Prairie Dirt Classic on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series after an off-weekend.

Spoon River Speedway

Peoria Speedway

Bennett topped a 15-car field.

Charleston Speedway

Highland Speedway

Sycamore Speedway

Adams County Speedway

East Moline Speedway

The 73-year-old Webb added another victory to his Hall of Fame career. ...  “This never gets old, but I’m getting old,” Webb said and laughed. “This was win 523 and they’re coming a lot more slowly nowadays, but this was a good run.” ... His victories have come at 65 tracks, but East Moline is the site of most of them. ... Webb ended Waterman's three-race win streak at the quarter-mile oval.

Fairbury Speedway

"That cushion was pretty narrow," Wenger said after leading 30 laps from the pole position for a $3,500 FALS Cup victory, his first of the season. "I felt like I had a right rear tire going down, but I thought it was in my head. The tire is already sitting on the rim. I am just happy we could hold on for that one. It's been a tough start to the season, but if you are going to get hot, July is the time." ... The event drew 28 entries.

Charleston Speedway

Macon Speedway

East Moline Speedway

Waterman started 11th in the 12-car field, overtaking Matt Ryan with a high-side pass on the final lap for his third straight victory.

Macon Speedway

The third-starting Parga earned $600 for his second Midwest Big 10 Crate Series victory of the season. ... Michael Maestas of Lincoln, Ill., started 13th and finished seventh. ...  Macon hosts the DIRTcar Summer Nationals on July 7.

Fairbury Speedway

Unzicker earned $2,500 for the FALS Cup victory. ... The event drew 20 drivers.

Spoon River Speedway

Winning his first feature in the division, Arvin captured the Crate Late Model portion of the Spoon Cracker 40s. ... The 27-year-old from Danvers, Ill., is in his third Crate season.

Peoria Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Wenger started on the pole. ... Spatola was fastest of 18 qualifiers. ... Pole-starting Devin McLean won the Crate Late Model feature over Jose Parga.

Tri-City Speedway

Griffaw started outside the front row in the 12-car field.

Kankakee County Speedway

Kuhn led all 20 laps.

East Moline Speedway

Waterman won his second in a row, pulling away from Beal for a comfortable margin of victory.

Adams County Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Kankakee County Speedway

Hammond won his second in a row in the 17-car feature. ... He took the checkers 2.993 seconds ahead of runner-up Torin Mettille.

Farmer City Raceway

Sheppard was back in action after pausing the team's action with owner Wayne Graham a week earlier. ... Timmy Dick won the Crate Late Model feature.

Adams County Speedway

Osterhoff started seventh in the 12-car field, leading all but the first five laps.

East Moline Speedway

Macon Speedway

Dalton Ewing, a Crate Late Model rookie, topped his brother Dakota, leading all 20 laps.

Spoon River Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Highland Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Wenger started on the pole. ... Wisconsin's Parker and Michigan's Roberts had been running earlier in the week on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. ... The event drew 15 cars (World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series rookie Kyle Hammer scratched from the feature). ... Jose Parga won the Crate Late Model feature.

Kankakee County Speedway

The fourth-starting Hammond won on the undercard of Ryan Unzicker's DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory. ... Marden improved 10 positions.

Macon Speedway

Sheppard spun after late-race contact with Jose Parga and officials restored Sheppard to the lead, penalizing Parga. ... Blake Damery rallied from 13th to third.

Peoria Speedway

Peoria hosts DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models on June 15.

Spoon River Speedway

Eskew won from the pole position.

Charleston Speedway

East Moline Speedway

Fairbury Speedway

The third-starting Unzicker ran a smooth line on the inside groove en route to a $2,500 FALS Cup victory. ... "We have had a good car all year, just been in some rough stuff," Unzicker said. "You can never take winning easy, because it's hard to do. We won a lot of races back in the day, but they are hard to get now." ... Among entrants were World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series regulars Shane Clanton (second) and Max Blair (fourth), prepping for July's Prairie Dirt Classic.

Macon Speedway

Spoon River Speedway

Peoria Speedway

Highland Speedway

Sycamore Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Timmy Dick won the Crate Late Model feature.

Kankakee County Speedway

Osterhoff won the first event under new promoter Billy Knippenberg.

Macon Speedway

Earning his second Midwest Big 10 Crate Late Model feature win of the season, second-starting Dakota Ewing, of Warrensburg, Ill., overtook polesitter and race-long leader Chase Osterhoff of Kankakee, Ill., on lap 31 and led the rest of the 50-lapper to win $1,000. ... The event drew 21 entries.

Spoon River Speedway

Gardner's victory was on the undercard of Jason Feger's MARS Racing Series triumph for Super Late Models.

Fairbury Speedway

Aaron Heck crossed the line first but was disqualified for being 16 pounds below minimum postrace, handing the victory to Jose Parga. ... The 13th-starting Parga earned $1,000 in the Midwest Big 10 Crate feature. ... A dozen cars were running at the finish. ... The Crate event was on the undercard of MARS Racing Series action for Super Late Models.

Peoria Speedway

East Moline Speedway

Hanna led all 25 laps.

Lincoln Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Sheppard notched his fourth Super Late Model victory of his rookie season in the division.

Adams County Speedway

Macon Speedway

Dalton Ewing led early before getting into the backstretch wall.

Peoria Speedway

Charleston Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Dick's victory came on the undercard of Tyler Erb's MARS Racing Series triumph.

East Moline Speedway

Rothzen, of Mediapolis, Iowa, notched his first career Late Model victory. ...  “I always like running the top so when it’s available that’s where I go,” Rothzen said. “I only ran this car about six times last year. I’ve won a lot in the modified, but this is coming around and we’re getting used to it.”

Adams County Speedway

Macon Speedway

Dakota Ewing overtook early leader Timmy Dick and cruised to victory. ... A major collision on frontstretch left Brandon Sweitzer's car upside down; he wasn't injured.

Fairbury Speedway

Leading the last five laps, Sheppard started fifth en route to his first Fairbury feature victory. ... Myles Moos led most of the way before Mike Spatola moved in for a lead-swapping battle with 10 laps remaining. Sheppard went by both of them on the 26th lap. ... McKay Wenger started 10th and finished fourth. ... Mike Chasteen Jr. finished 10th in competing one week after the passing of his father, a former standout racer. | Video

Adams County Speedway

Highland Speedway

Farmer City Raceway

Chase Osterhoff won the Crate Late Model feature.

Adams County Speedway

The event was the track's first since Jimmy Lieurance took over promotions of the former Quincy Raceway. ... The 3/10-mile oval had been closed for two seasons and plans to run unsanctioned Crate Late Models among regular divisions.

Macon Speedway

Sheppard took advantage of late-race contact between Braden Johnson and Dakota Ewing for a third-to-first move, grabbing the victory.

Lincoln Speedway

Ewing of Warrensburg, Ill., scored the $600 Midwest Big 10 Crate Late Model Series victory ahead of Aaron Heck and Jose Parga. … The event drew 19 cars.

Farmer City Raceway

Spatola took the lead from Weaver on the 18th of 25 laps to win the eight-car event. ... Torin Mettille won the Crate feature over Chase Osterhoff.

Peoria Speedway

Chasteen captured the season opener.

Macon Speedway

Johnson, of Taylorville, Ill., led all 20 laps from outside the front row.

Highland Speedway

Sheppard led all 25 laps and scored his first career Super Late Model victory.

Farmer City Raceway

Timmy Dick won the Crate Late Model feature over Brandon Eskew and Chase Osterhoff.

Lincoln Speedway