Wichita’s Jeremy Campbell made the most of his maiden Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals voyage by collecting the $7,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 30-lap finale of the Sixth Annual event atop the high-banked half-mile clay oval. [...]
For the second year in a row, John Carney II kicked off the Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals by charging to the Friday night, 20-lap preliminary feature win. After racing from fourth to win his heat race [...]
Friday night August 4th, and Saturday August 5th, the stars and cars of winged sprint car racing will once again assault the Belleville High Banks for the 6th annual 305 Nationals sponsored by Melton Chevrolet, C&W Farm Supply Inc, and Belleville Hometown Lumber.
The first feature of the Monday night program came down to an old fashioned Kansas/Nebraska showdown on the Short Track. Steve Swarthout of Beatrice, Nebraska held the lead as the 18-car field clicked off the laps. Fairbury’s Lee Horky and Belleville’s Tyler Frye caught the leader with four laps left and shuffled Swarthout back to third-place on Lap 17
Four heat races and a redraw, for those who finished in the topthree spots in their heat races, placed 11 Time IMCA Stock Car National Champion Mike Nichols on the pole for the 50-lap grind. The Harlan, Iowa racer grabbed the lead at the outset and fended off challenges from Jamestown’s Austin Carter, Norfolk, Nebraska’s TeJay Mielke, and home towner Tyler Frye. Working high and low in the tight corners, Frye fought past those two cars as Nichols drove away from the field over the first sixteen circuits.
Monday night’s Pre-Fourth celebration on the High Banks had the bang and the bucks shared with racers and fans in Belleville. In customary fashion, the bomb blast during our Nation’s Anthem raised the blood pressure of everyone in Belleville
It wasn’t without some twists and turns along the way before Williams ultimately made what proved to be the race-winning pass in the final pair of corners of the United Rebel Sprint Series event and learned of the victory post-race when apparent winner Steven Richardson fell light at the scales.
John Carney II etched his name into the history books as a feature winner atop the storied ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval by topping Friday night’s 20-lap Fifth Annual Belleville Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals preliminary feature.
The storied Belleville High Banks fires back to life this weekend with the United Rebel Sprint Series-sanctioned Fifth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals. 44 Entries as of 8/2/2022 will compete for the $7,000-to-win and $1,000-to-start in Saturday night’s finale after vying for Friday’s $2,500-to-win and $350-to-start preliminary bout.
40 plus snarling, fire-breathing, sprint cars, will take to the worlds fastest high banked dirt track for over 70,000 dollars in prize money this Friday August 5th, and Saturday August 6th, at the Belleville High Banks Half Mile for the richest purse in 305 racing!
