Macon Speedway
Macon rained out; new Morgan County date
By Kevin Kovac
UMP DirtCar RacingMACON, Ill. (July 3) — Heavy rain overnight and into the morning inundated the famed Macon Speedway, forcing the postponement of Thursday's UMP DIRTcar Summernationals Herald & Review 100. It marks the second year in a row that the fifth-mile track’s marquee event has been rescheduled by rain.
The $6,000-to-win Herald & Review 100 will now be run Aug. 16, setting up a big weekend doubleheader of rescheduled Summernationals dates in Illinois. UMP DIRTcar director Sam Driggers said that Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., which had its Summernationals show washed out midway through time trials on Wednesday, has rescheduled its $6,000-to-win program for Aug. 15. Morgan County Speedway officials initially agreed to a raindate of July 7, but it was later determined that racing can not take place that evening due to preparations for the Morgan County Fair that begins on July 9.
Macon Speedway is the fourth track that has rescheduled its 2008 UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event due to rain. A fifth event, on June 21 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., was canceled and not rescheduled due to flood waters that covered the track’s access road.
The Morgan County-Macon swing Aug. 15-16 won't count in the 2008 points chase. The series continues Friday with a $10,000-to-win event at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill.
