Ryan Carlson in victory lane after marking his claim during the 30-lap Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models main event.
Terry Ciano, Jr. saw his way was blocked in his heat race for the evening. Both cars were able to continue racing.
LOVES PARK, Ill. (November 6th, 2010) – It simply wouldn’t be a party if Tim Sargent couldn’t have his cake and eat it too. And the 2010 Rockford Speedway Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models champion will get the chance to do just that on Saturday, January 22nd at the Forest Hills Lodge adjacent to the race track. Joining Sargent will be Big 8 Series titlist Jeremy Miller, fresh off his record-setting third crown, as well as a host of other track champions from an exciting year of racing action at the legendary quarter-mile oval.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2010) – Tim Sargent capped an emotional season with his first NASCAR championship.
The 36-year-old driver from South Beloit, Ill., became just the fifth different driver in 24 years to win the Stanley Steamer Late Model Division championship at Rockford (Ill.) Speedway, and captured the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Illinois championship. All during a season in which his father, Randy, a former driver himself and Tim’s car owner, was diagnosed with cancer.
By Jordan Kuehne
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Sunday, October 24th, 2010) – It was only fitting that the final event of the 2010 season at the Rockford Speedway drew the biggest car count for a single race all year, as 152 cars, minivans, and trucks spilled onto the quarter-mile oval to tackle the 30th annual ‘Goblin 250’ enduro. After 150 laps of carnage and traffic jams all over the high banks, Dale Markham steadily worked his way to the front, grabbing the lead on lap 173 after relative TJ Markham fell out of the top spot with a flat tire. Markham never looked back from there, holding off Matt Arvia and surviving the battle of attrition to collect the hardware.
Loves Park, IL- Rockford Speedway will play host to the Goblin 250 Enduro plus Darkhorse Demolition Derbies this Sunday afternoon October 24, bringing down the curtain on an exciting race season. This event, featuring a family friendly format includes a Kid’s Costume Contest, Kid’s Candy Scramble, 250 laps of action featuring well over 100 cars wrecking and racing their way around the high banked quarter mile oval and Monza courses, and a record four demolition derbies.
By Jordan Kuehne
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Sunday, October 17th, 2010) – Patience is a virtue and Nick Shutkas rode it all the way to victory Sunday, taking home the main event at the Rockford Speedway’s 19th annual Bahama Bracket Nationals, surviving a caution-plagued ‘A’ Bracket 50-lap feature and holding off a hard-charging James Swan to find the winner's circle.
By Jordan Kuehne
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Saturday, October 16th, 2010) – One of the longest days in racing came to a close with a lot of questions answered and even more up in the air. The opening day of the 19th annual Bahama Bracket Nationals at the legendary Rockford Speedway helped set the majority of tomorrow’s feature fields as 206 cars qualified and set a time, looking to set themselves up for success in the main event.
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Friday, October 15th, 2010) – With many Midwestern tracks putting a bow on their season and wrapping things up, the 19th edition of the always festive Bahama Bracket Nationals at the legendary Rockford Speedway present one last chance at glory, redemption, or in many cases, fun racing for several drivers from around the region. With Mother Nature smiling down from above, over 180 wheelmen have already flocked to the pits at the high banked oval in what promises to be an exciting weekend for any race fan.
By Jordan Kuehne
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Sunday, October 3rd, 2010) – It’s a good thing he filed that race entry. A week after filing a delayed entry for the 45th annual National Short Track Championships’ main event, Brett ‘the Jet’ Sontag flew into the winner's circle at the legendary Rockford Speedway today, leading the final 178 laps of the Super Late Models ‘Budweiser 200’ to put his name in the record books alongside legends like Joe Shear, Mark Martin, and Steve Carlson.
