Jacksonville Speedway

08/15/2026

The Premiere for Sunday August 16th is cancelled. Due to rain at both Coles County Speedway Friday and again today, along with the huge rain we received this morning and potentially some more tomorrow - USAC Officials and both tracks decided to cancel the whole USAC trip to Illinois this weekend. We will do this event again next year. We were looking forward to it.

As for what we do with our street stock make-up? We will figure it out in the coming days. Weather certainly hasn't been our friend this season. Hopefully it gets better heading into our remaining upcoming events.

Not sure how we would have pulled this off on Sunday anyway. I've seen this track flooded plenty of times... But this current view I'll post in comments is the most I've ever seen.

𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒖𝒕 ⛈️

This weekend's USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship events at Coles County Speedway & Jacksonville Speedway have been rained out.

However, the Coles County event has been rescheduled as part of stacked Labor Day weekend of racing for USAC.

The USAC National Midget season resumes on the first weekend of September..

▪️ Friday, September 4 - Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Illinois

▪️ Sunday, September 6 - Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

▪️ Monday, September 7 - Coles County Speedway on Monday, September 7

08/14/2026

Less than 48 hours and the pits will be filling up for The Premiere this Sunday August 16th. A FIRST for Jacksonville Speedway with USAC Midgets appearing at one of the best midget tracks in America (ours!) for the first time!

410 Sprints will also be racing along with our always edge-of-your-seat Street Stock class with 2 features on the card.

Grandstands open a 4:30. Hot Laps 5:15. Racing at 6:00. There isn't anything more exiting you are going to find to do on a Sunday than watch the best midget drivers in the world throwing sliders and banging the walls of Jacksonville Speedway! See you then!

08/13/2026

This Sunday August 16 is The Premiere! In addition to USAC Midgets and Street Stocks, we have added 410 Sprints and the makeup street stock feature. (We will run the make-up street stock feature first after opening ceremonies)

Street Stocks and Sprints - Pre-Registration is open at app.jacksonvillespeedway.com. Still drawing for $100. Closes at 1pm Sunday.

Running order: Midgets, Sprints, Street Stocks.

It should be one heck of a show! See you Sunday!

08/10/2026

It's the Premiere this Sunday August 16th featuring the NOS Energy USAC Midgets plus 410 Wing Sprints and Street Stocks.

Grandstands open at 4:30, Racing at 6:00 (Hour Early)

Adult Admission $25, Kids 11-18 $5. Kids 10 and under Free.

More details coming throughout the week. Stay Tuned!

08/09/2026

Big change to The Premiere next Sunday August 16th.

We are adding 410 Sprint Cars to the show! Start time will be an hour earlier with hot laps at 5:15 - Racing at 6:00. Full details/prices etc will be posted on Monday.

Why? Because we might as well turn a historical first appearance of USAC Midgets at Jacksonville Speedway into something even bigger. When we scheduled this over the winter I was focused on "staying on budget" not knowing what to expect from this show - especially on a Sunday.

But then last week, I found an old Speedway T-shirt we had made for staff a decade ago... on the back it said "Welcome To The Big Show". That got me thinking - could this show get bigger? Were we really sticking our neck out to be the biggest it could be?

So - we are deep enough into the season with so many cancellations and a couple weeks of boredom that we are going to blow the budget and put on the BIGGEST show we can - a "can't miss" event! And part of that math is counting on you to show-up and support the effort!

So if your calendars aren't already circled - get circling them. Next Sunday August 16th it's The Premiere featuring USAC Midgets, 410 Sprint Cars, Street Stocks and a make-up Street Stock feature!

Website etc. will be updated later this evening.

07/31/2026

Races for Friday July 31 at Jacksonville Speedway are canceled!

You know the story by now. It's Thursday night and everything says it's going to rain some late tomorrow morning and then again during race time in the evening. Not dragging everyone here just to make sure our arms actually get wet.

Spread the word. Terrible year for Friday weather to say the least. This was going to be a pretty good one. See you in a couple of weeks!

I'll figure out how to handle the micro makeup from last Friday within the next couple of days.

07/27/2026

This week's driver registration is sponsored by Kaleb Wright, driver of the white 3j Modified - known to fans at Jville and Macon as "Mr Sideways". Thanks to Kaleb, this week's winning driver that pre-registers will receive $200!

To register, please visit app.jacksonvillespeedway.com. MOWA Sprints can use it as well. It truly does help us speed up the line and make sure your information is correct in advance - outside of the rush at the racetrack and the glare of the sun on the laptop. Added feature this week..... you will draw your pill in the app as well.

If you pre-register, all you have to do on race night is stop by registration and grab a transponder. Cutoff is 2pm Friday, after which you will have to register the old fashioned way. If you registered last week, when you go to the page, it should recognize you and have your info filled-out - unless something has changed.

Uhhhhh... Must Be Present To Win!!!

07/27/2026

Pretty funny story. A fella actually tried to scam our pre-registration Friday... with a 1 in 50 shot of winning $100! Like the expected value of all of his effort was $2. But Friday was his lucky day...until it wasnt!!

Background: I had this 'Kaleb Wright' call me Friday afternoon asking if his Modified was legal. He had recently bought it out of Wisconsin. Told me it had a windshield but he was taking it out. Odd...but Im out of town in a meeting while trying to talk Tommy Cook through major PA issues and putting out other track fires 4 hours away - and not too into listening...and then he says he's raced it at Macon and Lincoln. So I'm like...if it's good there it's good here... Bring it. He sends me a pic of a "normal" mod. All good.

A little later I see a pre-registration come thru for this car. No biggie. To register he would have submitted a valid phone, been texted a code and verified. All good still!

2pm pre-reg deadline passes. He's in the system (not officially entered till he gets a transponder -pretty harmless). I go ahead and push the button to randomly draw the $100 winner from the 50 pre-registrants. (Note to self: Draw the winner AFTER final sign-in) He wins. I screenshot it to FB and text him that he won and to get his cash at payout. All good!

I'll save you the rest of the story! Read the text screenshots!

07/27/2026

Big night on tap this Friday July 31st featuring the Morrow Brothers Ford, Inc. MOWA Sprint Car Series along with Modifieds, Street Stocks, Sportsman and Micros - with Micros also running their make-up feature from this past Friday.

Adult admission $20, Ages 11-18 $5 with kids 10 and under FREE!
Grandstands open at 5:30. Hot Laps 6:15. Racing at 7:00

07/26/2026

Micro and Street Stock Feature Makeup Dates:

Micros will run two features this coming Friday July 31st. One feature will be solely for those cars that were entered and here this past Friday with the same feature lineup. The other will be a normal night - pill draw/heat races/feature. If you can't make it this Friday, contact us afterwards and we will mail you start money.

Street Stocks will run two features on Sunday August 16th as a part of our USAC Midget show. Same situation as I described for micros - two features, one with only the cars from this past Friday and the other a normal night of racing. I realize we have at least one driver who is also regularly racing at Quincy on Sundays and we'll sort that out with him (Cleatus Coats). I didn't see any others here Friday high in the Quincy points.

I just don't see any other nights that work to fit these in as we are already packing most shows full given the early season rainouts and I didn't want to wait until the October show when UMP points are over for Street Stocks. Thanks for understanding.