Rockford Speedway will be featuring the 10,000 WATT Fireworks Extravaganza as well as a full racing program tonight July 4th. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, a race in total darkness for the RoadRunner Super Summer Series will highlight the racing action which includes Bandits, Winged Women on Wheels, Misfits, Spectacular Drags and Figure 8's. Spectator gates open at 5, qualifying at 6:25 with the first race at 7:07pm.

When the calendar changed to 2012, Marengo’s Adam Cartwright had zero career RoadRunner victories to his credit. Already this young season he has two RockStar Energy RoadRunner feature triumphs and last week he added a Figure 8 trophy to his mantle. Wednesday night, Cartwright’s winning ways continued at Rockford Speedway as he collected the win in RoadRunner Super Summer Series action during Special Needs Wild Wednesday Night. Tim Dickson capitalized on his late race charge to capture Bandit honors as Tracy Wallin won the Winged Women on Wheels event, Dwight Dunlap and Vernon Brown were the Misfit victors and Derek Dobbs visited victory lane following Figure 8 action.

'Objects In Mirror Appear To Be Losing' is applied to the side view mirror for
one RoadRunner driver which serves as a positive reinforcement message to move forward.

Known as ' B ' # 10, Rockton, IL, to many at the race track won her first stock car race of 2012 in theWing Women on Wheels division.

Allison Legacy's
A-Main 01 -- 1. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park; 2. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.. Heat 01 -- 1. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.; 2. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park. Time Trial -- 1. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.; 2. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park. Bandits

Austin Nason, Roscoe, Illinois serving as pit crew member won the MacCloskey Kesler & Associates Spectacular Drags event.

Tracy Wallin, #39 Roscoe, Illinois, 2010 WWOW Champion returns to Rockford Speedway to win her first feature event of the 2012 season.

Allison Legacy's
A-Main 01 -- 1. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.; 2. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park; 3. Dick Heath, Milwaukee, Wis.

Heat 01 -- 1. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.; 2. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park; 3. Dick Heath, Milwaukee, Wis.

Time Trial -- 1. Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain, Mich.; 2. Dwight Dunlap, Machesney Park; 3. Dick Heath, Milwaukee,

Chris Jones, Rockford, Illinois raced en route to the win and the summer-long Bandits Challenge championship. Pictured with Chris are member and fans of his race team.

Deanna Chandler, Machesney Park, Illinois claimed the INEX Bandoleros 8-lap championship feature. By starting the main event, the 12-year-old Chandler clinched the championship title for 2011.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Wednesday, August 10th, 2011) -- Anthony Lloyd had waited a long time for this; so had Terrance Robinson. On the final Wild Wednesday of the year at the legendary Rockford Speedway, Robinson rolled to a comfortable victory, his first in three years, while Lloyd landed the statuesque trophy awarded to the Mtn Dew RoadRunners Super Summer Series titlist with a sixth place finish.

Wild Wednesday Championship Night saw Kyle Voss grab the Allison Legacy crown while 13-year-old Cory Cootware snagged the Legends hardware. In the Bandits, Jason Dull registered a dominant championship effort as Steve McBride rounded out a solid night for his family with the checkers. Earlier in the evening, McBride's wife, Mary, took down the Winged Women on Wheels title while Olivia Chance prevailed in the main event.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011) -- Anthony Lloyd is swiftly making a habit out of navigating to victory lane in 2011 -- the hotshoe collected his third win of the season and second on Wild Wednesday en route to the Mtn Dew RoadRunner Super Summer Series trophy after fending off a charge from Bobby Frisch. In the process, Lloyd extended his Wild Wednesday points lead to 11 markers over Frisch with just one week remaining.

In other action, Tim Dickson went wire-to-wire for the Bandits win while Tim Roach rolled to the overall Misfits victory. Ben Schaitel and Dave Cooter also snagged Misfits division wins while Mary McBride's reign atop the Winged Women on Wheels came to an end when Olivia Chance worked her way by her and held on for the checkers.

Deanna Chandler took the INEX Bandoleros trophy while Josh Thiering scored his second consecutive National Figure 8 League victory to close out the evening.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Wednesday, July 27th, 2011) -- 'Bullet' Bobby Frisch outran both Terrance Robinson and Mother Nature on Wild Wednesday at the Rockford Speedway, surviving Robinson's late race advances as inclement weather loomed close behind en route to the Mtn Dew RoadRunners Super Summer Series trophy.

With weather in the area, the racing was swift and eventful as Trevor Robinson grabbed his first career Bandits triumph while Kyle Voss claimed the Fender Division win in the Misfits feature. Young gun Cory Cootware collected the overall victory in the Misfits while Mary McBride's summer reign continued with a fourth consecutive Winged Women on Wheels checkered flag.

Deanna Chandler rolled to the INEX Bandoleros win as Josh Thiering closed out a Wednesday night full of action all over the speedway with a National Figure 8 League trophy.