Cresco adds Highway 9 Series show June 21
The Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa, has added Thursday, June 21, as a Highway 9 Series race which will also be a track points night for Upper Iowa Speedway. This event will be during the Mighty Howard County Fair.
The track will be getting around 150 loads of new dirt added to the speedway surface this spring.
The Highway 9 Series will pay at least $800 to win for URA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods, $400 to win USRA Hobby Stocks, $300 to win 600 Mod-Lites and $200 to win Hornets. These races will be run with the same format as the Iron Man Challenge was but will not be Iron Man points races.
More information about the Highway 9 Series will be released later in 2018.
Pit passes for 2018 will stay at $25, grandstands for weekly races will be $12 for adults and 11 & under are free. For the Highway 9 Series events, grandstands are $15 and pit passes are $30 with a $20 entry fee for USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods.
The purse for the Highway 9 Series will be more than double that of a weekly purse. This is a series to help all racers make some more money.