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Eve Of Destruction IV Plus Racing Set For Saturday At Macon Speedway

(Macon, IL) After a week off, Macon Speedway, in Macon, IL, is set for one of the most entertaining nights of the year, the fourth annual Eve Of Destruction presented by Dale’s Southlake Pharmacy and Decatur Industrial Electric, this Saturday, August 11.  In addition to great racing in six classes, the craziness will take place in the car rollover contest, Race ‘Em-Wreck ‘Em, and Flagpole Race.  The night will be capped off with a fireworks display.

Eve Of Destruction, in its fourth straight year at the track, has brought back a couple of events from last year and added a new one to go along with it.  Returning are the rollover contest which will feature two or three cars with brave pilots trying to see who can have the most impressive rollover off of a ramp.  That event is set for intermission.

Also returning will be the second annual Race 'Em Wreck 'Em event.  The race will be 10-15 laps and feature compact sized cars with very few rules.  The one main rule is, each driver must make contact with another car once a lap.  In essence, it's a demo derby circle track race.

New to the Eve Of Destruction schedule will be the flagpole race.  In this event, the competitors will take the green out of four, like a regular race.  As they head out of turn two and down the backstretch, a tractor tire, with a flagpole inside, will be placed about halfway down the straightaway.  When the drivers get to the flagpole/tire, they have to make one loop around it before continuing to finish the lap.

There will be plenty of DIRTcar racing action as well, with six divisions on the slate.  The Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models, Billingsley Rewards.com Modifieds, B-Mods, Street Stocks, Hornets, and Micros By Bailey Chassis will be in action.  A fireworks display will cap off the evening’s events.

The top story entering this week’s racing will be the return of 2017 champion Brian Dasenbrock, of Decatur, IL.  Dasenbrock was injured in a freak racing incident at Peoria Speedway early this summer and has been sidelined since.  The accident, which occurred when a piece of rear end gear bounced into the cockpit of the car, struck him in the helmet, and knocked him unconscious.  Dasenbrock then uncontrollably slammed the wall.  It was a scary accident which left him in the hospital for a lengthy stay and left him with no vision in one eye.  Dasenbrock has been cleared by his doctors, recently returning to work and now back behind the wheel on Saturday night.

Pit gates will open Saturday at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00, hotlaps will begin at 6:00, and racing will take the green at 7:00.  Grandstand admission is $15, while kids 11 and under are free.

About Macon Speedway:

For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). It’s easy to join the Macon Speedway text service. Fans can text MSFANS to 74574 to receive fan information. Drivers text MSDRIVERS to 74574 to receive driver information. Message and date rates apply. Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials. Macon Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection's $150,000 Racer Rewards Program.

CURRENT STANDINGS (Top 10’s)

Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
4T
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
630
0

2
38J
Jake
Little
Springfield
IL
574
56

3
32M
Cody
Maguire
Carlinville
IL
540
90

4
14
Donny
Koehler
Macon
IL
520
110

5
25
Dakota
Ewing
Warrensburg
IL
494
136

6
2K
Kyle
VanDorn
New Berlin
IL
468
162

7
45M
Kyle
McMahon
Mt Vernon
IL
372
258

8
33H
Roben
Huffman
Midland City
IL
344
286

9
11
Jarod
Shasteen
Macon
IL
300
330

10
5H
Anthony
Harter
Sherman
IL
292
338

BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
T6
Tommy
Sheppard
New Berlin
IL
626
0

2
98
Danny
Smith
Argenta
IL
504
122

3
11
Zach
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
446
180

4
10
Curt
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
438
188

5
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
374
252

6
43
Jared
Thomas
Edinburg
IL
356
270

7
72A
Austin
Lynn
Mason City
IL
342
284

8
022
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
290
336

9
28
Rodney
Standerfer
Summerfield
IL
262
364

10
71
Jeff
Graham
Stonington
IL
262
364

B-Mods

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
00s
Cody
Stillwell
Godfrey
IL
668
0

2
18
Jerry
Thompson
Troy
IL
622
46

3
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
584
84

4
57R
Tom
Riech
Springfield
IL
574
94

5
15C
Kevin
Crowder
Argenta
IL
568
100

6
55
Tim
Riech
Petersburg
IL
550
118

7
93J
JR
Wiltermood
Windsor
IL
358
310

8
74
Billy
Adams
Shelbyville
IL
276
392

9
61S
Ricky
Smith
Alton
IL
256
412

10
1
Dante
Brown
Morrisonville
IL
214
454

Street Stocks

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
23Z
Shawn
Ziemer
Boody
IL
562
0

2
24
Justin
Crowell
Lincoln
IL
456
106

3
58
Jerit
Murphy
Lodge
IL
440
122

4
X7
Larry
Russell,
Decatur
IL
364
198

5
5
Terry
Reed
Decatur
IL
320
242

6
19
Matthew
Yaden
Monticello
IL
280
282

7
22X
Darrell
Dick
Monticello
IL
274
288

8
122
Timmy
Dick
Monticello
IL
274
288

9
55S
Jason
Scrimpsher
Decatur
IL
262
300

10
67
Rudy
Zaragoza
Jacksonville
IL
244
318

Hornets

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
21
Mike
Eskew
Springfield
IL
640
0

2
33
Jeremy
Reed
Decatur
IL
576
64

3
04
Steve
Stine
Stonington
IL
568
72

4
39M
Marty
Sullivan
Decatur
IL
546
94

5
4
Matt
Reed
Decatur
IL
544
96

6
40
Adam
Webb
Decatur
IL
486
154

7
64CK
Cook
Crawford
Lincoln
IL
442
198

8
D7
Carter
Dart
Springfield
IL
422
218

9
44
John
Lewis
Cerro Gordo
IL
396
244

10
66D
Carson
Dart
Springfield
IL
394
246

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