Races for tonight April 20, 2012 have been cancelled. The Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick will be rescheduled, information will be released on the rescheduled event later this weekend.

Rain in Donnellson over night has left the racetrack very wet, and cool temps and no sun are making the drying process ver slow. We will make a decision at 1 p.m. about the racing action tonight at Lee County Speedway.

DONNELLSON, Iowa (April 19, 2012) – TA Auto & Tire has added money to the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mod purse for tomorrow night, April 20, to make the seventh and eighth place finishers each earn $100.

Our initial story was listed as the top eight spots were earning $100 or more, but it was an error, which was corrected with the post yesterday. Today, however, after some conversations, Tracy St. Clair decided he would put the money up to make the purse pay $100 for 6th, 7th and 8th.

The corrected and final purse payout for the IMCA Sport Mods is listed below.

There was a mistake in the story for this weekend’s event when talking about the sport mod payout for the Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick. It was in the story that the top eight positions would make at least $100. That is actually the top six positions. The payout listed below the story was correct, but the wording in the story was wrong. We appologize for the error.

Thanks
Dewain

Keokuk business challenges others to do same
DONNELLSON, Iowa – As we work toward the Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick, Friday, at Lee County Speedway, the first monetary pledge has come in to help the fight.

Tracy St. Clair, of TA Auto and Tire, in Keokuk, has pledge the first $100 to the fight against hunger. He has challenged all other businesses in the area to make a pledge to the fight as well.

Pledges can be made at the track, Friday, or can be made by mail as well. Feel free to send a monetary donation to Together WE Fight Hunger, c/o Lee County Speedway, 3535 Main St., Keokuk, IA 52632. If you send a check, please make it payable to Lee County Speedway. Put Hunger in the memo line!

Lee County Speedway would like to thank Tracy for being the first to step forward and make a very nice donation to help the needy in the tri-state area!

For more information on the event you can e-mail Dewain at promoter@leecountyspeedway.com or call 309-331-3804.

Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick set to be first event of 2012

This Friday has become the season opener for Lee County Speedway, come to the races with a few extra $ to donate to help local food pantries with the help of Hy-Vee!

DONNELLSON, Iowa (April 18, 2012) – The weather forecast for Friday has cleared up and it now calls for high chance of racing action finally getting underway at Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, Iowa.

Hy-Vee and Midwest Performance bring one of the biggest shows of the year to the facility, as they host the Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick. The race boasts a $1,000 to win and $200 to start 305 sprint car race and now a $500 to win Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mod race.

As well as being a sponsor for the night, Hy-Vee is also helping with one of the best parts of the event, the campaign to raise money to purchase necessities for area food pantries. Money donations will be taken throughout the night and for every $25 raised as part of the event, Hy-Vee will donate $10 more when food is purchased at either the Fort Madison or Keokuk Hy-vee. So that means Hy-Vee will make every $25 into $35 worth of nonperishable food items for food pantries in the area!

Many great sponsors have come on board to help make the event special! Including H&P Excavating, which will sponsor a dash to help set up the front three rows of the feature event. Each heat winner as well as the top cars in passing points will be used to fill the six car field for the H&P Excavating Dash. The pay for the H&P Excavating Dash is listed at the end of the story.
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For those of you wanting to keep up to date on the happenings at Lee County Speedway, check out the schedule page! We just updated it today with new night sponsors and special events. More events will come soon!

The Together WE Fight Hunger 25 for 35 in honor of Brian Hetrick will be one class bigger next weekend, as the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods have been added to the the April 20, line-up at Lee County Speedway.

Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mod drivers will be competing for $500 to win, with a complete purse to be announced later this week.

Hy-Vee and Midwest Performance are combining to bring the 305 Sprint Cars for $1,000 to win, $200 to start, which were and continue to be the headline act for the show, which honors Brian Hetrick, who passed away in 2008.

Also on the card will be Mod Lites, Coors Light IMCA Hobby Stocks and Sunline IMCA Sport Compacts.

Grandstand tickets will be $12, with seniors $10, students 11-17 $7 and Chilrden 10 and under free. Pit passes will be $25. Pit Gates will open at 5 p.m., with the grandstands opening at 5:30 p.m. Hot laps will start at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

For more information e-mail Dewain at promoter@hulettpublications.com or call 309-331-3804.

DONNELLSON, Iowa (April 13, 2012) – Races for tonight have been cancelled. We will start the season next Friday, April 20, with the Hy-Vee and Midwest Performance Together WE Fight Hunger 25-for-35 in honor of Brian Hetrick.