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Vinton, Iowa: A beautiful July night greeted a nice crowd at the Benton County Speedway, “The Bullring” on Sunday night. Well over 100 cars took part in the fast paced racing program that saw the final checkered of the night wave before 9:30 pm. The KISS Country IMCA Modifieds saw a 20 car starting field take the green flag, Ethan Braaksma took off from his pole position start and went on to lead the first half of the main event. Tom Berry Jr. worked to the front from a 7th position start and...more

Vinton, Iowa: After a week off due to extreme heat and threat of storms the Benton County Speedway “ the Bullring” was back in action on Sunday night. The six regular weekly classes plus the American Iron Racing Series all raced on a perfectly prepared race track. The KISS Country IMCA Modifieds ran a very clean race with veteran racer Troy Cordes from Dunkerton scoring the win. Cordes worked his way to the front quickly from a fourth row start and raced with early leader Mike Burbridge for a...more

Vinton, Iowa: The Benton County Speedway hosted 114 race teams on a warm and sultry night that saw a great crowd witness a wildly entertaining night of racing. The Kiss Country IMCA Modifieds saw 21 drivers take the initial green flag with Austin Kuehl all the way from Cave Creek, Arizona lead several laps before BCS regular Troy Cordes took over the top spot. Cordes lead was short lived as one of Iowa's hottest Modified drivers took over the top spot. Tom Berry Jr advanced from a ninth...more

The Benton County Speedway “the Bullring” hosted the 2020 Season Championship races on Sunday night in front a very enthusiastic race crowd. The racing family rallied around one of it's own on Sunday night, with the devastating news coming early last week that long time BCS racer, Nate Chandler has been diagnosed with a very rare incurable stage 4 cancer. Chandler raced on Sunday night with his aggressive radiation and chemo treatments set to start on Monday. Chandler was truly a man on a...more

The 2020 racing season came to an end on Sunday night as the Benton County Speedway, “The Bullring” hosted the final stop of the season on the Dirt Knights IMCA Modified Tour. 27 drivers took the initial green flag with the feature field set by a redraw of the heat race qualifiers. The first two rows included BCS multi time track Champion, Troy Cordes, National Point leader Tom Berry Jr., Hogan Champion and many time Tour winner Cayden Carter and past IMCA Super Nationals Champion Jeff Aikey....more