Illinois State Fairgrounds

BETTENHAUSEN 96! DANNER BEATS THE FIELD & THE CLOCK TO WIN AT SPRINGFIELD

Winning the Bettenhausen 100 requires skill, speed, good timing, and good fortune. Briggs Danner had all of those traits in spades throughout Saturday afternoon’s 63rd running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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33 USAC SILVER CROWN CARS ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S SPRINGFIELD 100-MILER!

…Thirty-three USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars are entered for this Saturday’s 63rd running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt mile oval on August 22.

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KODY SWANSON BECOMES 4-TIME BETTENHAUSEN 100 WINNER AT SPRINGFIELD

…Kody Swanson joined the exclusive four-time Bettenhausen 100 winners club on Saturday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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40 USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY’S SPRINGFIELD 100-MILER!

Forty USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars are entered for this Saturday’s 62nd running of the Bettenhausen 100 Presented by Hunt Brothers Pizza at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt mile oval on August 16.

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USAC Big Cars Heading for Springfield

It’s less than two weeks until the rumble of USAC’s Silver Crown dirt championship will bounce off the massive Illinois State Fair grandstand, as the 62nd Bettenhausen 100 takes center stage Saturday, August 16.

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GRANT SWEEPS BETTENHAUSEN 100 AT THE SPRINGFIELD MILE

The Ione, California driver’s first career USAC Silver Crown victory of any kind arrived at the Springfield Mile in 2017. Three years later in 2020, Grant clinched his first USAC Silver Crown driving championship with a podium run at the historic dirt oval.

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Photo Gallery: 2023 Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds

Images from the 2023 edition of the Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds featuring the USAC Silver Crown Series courtesy of Mark Funderburk.

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Seavey Springs Forward Late to Win The Bettenhausen 100 At Springfield

You can’t win all day if you don’t start in the morning.

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60TH USAC BETTENHAUSEN 100 ARRIVES SATURDAY

There’s nothing much better than dirt mile season on the racing calendar. It’s a rare treat of high-speed racing courtesy of the USAC Silver Crown National Championship in front of the covered grandstands while the smell of deep fried Oreos and the sound of the Tea Cup ride fills the central Illinois air.

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