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Vinton, Iowa: Sunday night racing action was held at the Benton County Speedway despite afternoon showers that threatened the racing program. The rains stayed to the north allowing the racing to be held and a very fast program was held with the final checkered flag of the night waving at 7:52 pm. Tom Berry Jr. scored his second win of the season at the “Bullring” by topping a strong field of IMCA Modifieds in the Kiss Country 20 lap feature. Mark Schulte led the first half of the race until...more

147 drivers packed the pit area at the Benton County Speedway “The Bullring” on Sunday night for the Urbana 5 Memorial. The very special race night was run in memory of the five youngsters who perished in a tragic traffic accident in April of 2015, the kids were all avid race fans. The headliner of the night was the 25 lap Christie Door IMCA Sportmod feature. The Sportmod feature lineup included past National Champions and Supernational Champions, the Urbana 5 committee bolstered the winners...more

Vinton, Iowa: Fisher Towing & Recovery of Garrison, Iowa sponsored the Mid-Season Championships at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday night on a near perfect weather night for racing. The “Bullring” provided everything the race fan could ask for, great racing, close finishes and a thrilling rollover. The KISS Country Modifieds saw Kolin Hibdon charge to the front from a third row start and take command of the main event. Hibdon scored the win over one of the hottest drivers in the Midwest in...more

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

We were able be on the track today and have determined it will not meet our satisfaction by Wednesday night. We are postponing the IMCA Frost Buster to Sunday April 4th. Temperatures will be in the 70's and will allow us to provide the drivers and fans a good show. More details over the next 2 days. We'll be ADDING the IMCA SPORT COMPACTS to the show and will have Easter eggs for the kids! Racing will start at 5:00pm.

VINTON, Iowa (April 4) – The third time was a charm Sunday night for Jeff Larson. The Freeport, Ill., driver made the third visit of his IMCA Modified career to the Benton County Speedway and won for the first time at Vinton, taking the $2,000 checkers on Michael & Dowd Night at The Bullring. Larson stayed on the higher groove throughout the 25-lapper after passing pole starter Lucas Lamberies on the second circuit. He outran Cayden Carter following restarts on laps seven and 18. Carter,...more