Greenup keeps sights set on points title Aug 11, 2008
As recently as Aug. 2, Greenup held the advantage albeit by a three-point margin but his chances took a serious blow Wednesday night during an event at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind. We had a problem in the feature where my right rear shock was messed up, said Greenup via telephone from a Wisconsin vacation. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Spurs need late heroics to get past Suns Apr 20, 2008
The 61st season opener at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind. was postponed because of wet grounds and rain. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Auto Racing: Illiana adding Legends division Apr 19, 2008
April 19, 2008 Post-Tribune staff report The 2008 season at Illiana Motor Speedway should be a busy one for the Cannon family. The elder Cannon, Jeff, is working to get the Legends division going at the track. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Illiana getting set for 61st season Mar 31, 2008
This past weekend's weather wouldn't give you much of a clue, but Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville is less than a month away from kicking off its weekly season of Saturday night stock car racing ... Illiana Motor Speedway historical facts ... -- Renamed Illiana Motor Speedway before racing began in 1952. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Gerster sets track record, wins race at Illiana Sep 24, 2007
visited Illiana Motor Speedway on Saturday and set an all-time qualifying track record. Then he came back and won the evening's headliner -- the 30-lap Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series (HOSS) feature race, which highlighted the track's RaceFest program. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Saturday's local auto racing results Sep 24, 2007
Illiana Motor Speedway. Saturday's Results. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
SPORTS BRIEFS Aug 9, 2007
POSTPONED RACE RESCHEDULED: Speedway officials are hoping the third time is the charm as the CRA Supercar series invades the Illiana Motor Speedway this Saturday night for the sixth annual Elmer Musgrave Memorial 100, which was postponed from June 23 and then again on June 24 due to inclement weather. The Musgrave event is held in the memory and honor of the late Elmer Musgrave, who died at the age of 72 on Sept. 20, 2000. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Drivers clamored for a Pawl-prepared car May 24, 2007
Pawl's cars raced on tracks from the East Coast to the West Coast, on local tracks such as Illiana Motor Speedway or the track with the America's longest racing lineage, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. These places all had one thing in common. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Indiana Pushes Road Safety After Trooper's Death Apr 26, 2007
Avoiding tragedies behind the wheel put Merrillville police officers on the track at Illiana Motor Speedway Wednesday. They were weaving through cones in six obstacles, practicing the "skill of the chase."We do go to a lot of emergency runs and you have to know when to go hot and when to slow it down, said Officer Donnell Etienne. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
White and Rose -- a successful racing combo Apr 21, 2007
Driver Mike White and car owner Tom Rose have had a pretty good run since teaming up in 1995 for the late model stock car racing action at Schererville's Illiana Motor Speedway. Despite stories of its closing, Illiana is slated to open its gates for its 60th year of automobile racing Saturday night with the first green flag at 7 p.m. Late model, limited late model, Mid American sportsman, Turbo Stox and pure stock divisions again will be part of Illiana's weekly schedule. (Munster Times, IN)
Fan for life: Joe Pressnell's been going to the Illiana Motor Speedway races for 60 years Apr 21, 2007
It's black with a stripe of checkered flag running down each sleeve and lettering stitched across the back commemorating the Illiana Motor Speedway's 50th year of existence. There were only so many of those jackets manufactured in 1997, making each a coveted collector's item. (Northwest Indiana Times)
