Racing notebook: New ownership teaming with track operators is perfect match for Adams County Speedway

The crowd at Adams County Speedway should expect great things in the years to come with new owner Jeff DeLonjay teaming with track promoters Jim and Tammy Lieurance. | Addi Zanger photo

QUINCY — On paper, this appears to be a marriage made in dirt-track heaven. The union of new Adams County Speedway owner Jeff DeLonjay and track operators Jim and Tammy Lieurance should be an alliance that will benefit local fans and drivers alike for years to come. First of all, hats off to Jim and…

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Racing notebook: Weekend weather biggest concern ahead of Chad McCoy Memorial Race

Trevor Neville, of Mackinaw, Ill., won the Chad McCoy Memorial Race in 2023 at Adams County Speedway. | Muddy River Sports file photo

QUINCY — Those rumors about Jim Lieurance looking for a four-leaf clover, rabbit’s foot or some other good-luck charm have not been exaggerated.  The fate of Sunday night’s fourth annual Chad McCoy Memorial modified race at Adams County Speedway will likely depend on not only whether it rains, which is in the forecast, but how…

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Let the green flag drop: Adams County Speedway will have weekly racing in 2024

Adams County Speedway is planning to have weekly racing throughout the 2024 season, according to track promoters Jimmy and Tammy Lieurance and race director Nathan Anders. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Adams County Speedway officials are ushering in the new year with some good news for local dirt-track fans. There will be weekly racing on Sunday nights after all. Jimmy and Tammy Lieurance, co-promoters of the track, along with race director Nathan Anders, confirmed to Muddy River Sports the .295-mile race site at 8000…

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Adams County Speedway operators announce track will ‘definitely be open’ for 2024 season

Adams County Speedway promoters Jim and Tammy Lieurance plan to have five weekly classes running in 2024. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — The biggest news Sunday night from Adams County Speedway actually occurred off the track. Track operator Jim Lieurance said the facility would “definitely be open” for business in 2024. Lieurance said he felt it important to make that clear to fans, sponsors and drivers. Lieurance and his wife, Tammy, have operated the .29-mile…

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Dipping attendance to force Adams County Speedway operators to make schedule changes

Drivers pass in front of the grandstand during Sunday night's racing at Adams County Speedway. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Operators of Adams County Speedway said Sunday night there likely will be some scheduling changes due to low attendance during July. Jim and Tammy Lieurance, the husband-wife team that has operated .29-mile dirt track at 8000 Broadway since its 2022 re-opening, told Muddy River News the weekly series will probably be cut from…

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Adams County Speedway gearing up for Sunday’s season-opening night of racing

Denny Woodworth is the defending crate late model champion at Adams County Speedway. | Photo courtesy Aaron Beaston, Day Off Media

QUINCY — The wait is almost over. For the past six months, dirt-track race fans have been anticipating what Sunday night will bring at 8000 Broadway — the first green flag of the season at Adams County Speedway. “Everything is a go,” said Jimmy Lieurance, who with his wife, Tammy, will begin their second season…

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Meet-and-greet allows race fans to become as excited as drivers for upcoming Speedway season

Tanner Klingele will have his familiar No. 73 sport mod ready to roll when the Adams County Speedway season opens. | Photo courtesy Aaron Beaston

QUINCY — The excitement in Tanner Klingele’s voice made it perfectly clear the dirt-track racing season is drawing close. Klingele, who will be a contender in the rugged sport mod class at Adams County Speedway, was one of the drivers on hand Saturday at the first day of the annual preseason race show at the…

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Adams County Speedway sets date for opening night of racing

QUINCY — The countdown to the start of the 2023 dirt-track racing season is officially underway. Adams County Speedway operators Jim and Tammy Lieurance have announced opening night is scheduled for Sunday, April 2, which is now less than three months away. “We learned a lot last year and are anxious for year two,” Jim…

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Improvements on agenda for 2023 as Adams County Speedway closes remarkable season in return to racing

Austin Becerra won the HART series limited modifieds feature race on the final night of the 2022 season at Adams County Speedway. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — The curtain had barely fallen late Sunday night on the 2022 dirt-track season at Adams County Speedway when talk began about what lies ahead in 2023. “We have a busy offseason planned,” said Jim Lieurance, who along with his wife, Tammy, had just completed their first year of operating Adams County Speedway. The…

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Racing notebook: Adams County Speedway promoters working to find perfect starting time

Dave Wietholder will be chasing his first checkered flag at Adams County Speedway since May during Sunday night's action in the modifieds class. | Photo courtesy Lisa Wigoda

QUINCY — Jimmy Lieurance says Sunday night’s starting time at Adams County Speedway is a matter of “splitting the difference.” The first-year promoter will be trying for a starting time around 6:30 p.m. That decision follows last week’s scheduled 7:30 p.m. start, which combined with a delay caused by a power outage midway through the…

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