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March 30, 2018
By Psycho Billy
April 13-14 ~ Illini 100
Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)

Today we would like to make an announcement to the entire racing community that we have chosen to cover the Illini 100.  When the March dates were postponed, that made a conflict with the Wheatland shows that we were also scheduled to cover and promote.  We will still continue to promote the Wheatland shows on our website but driver points will only be awarded at the Farmer City venue. 

We have several good sponsors for the Illini 100 which has led us down that path. Several years ago, Farmer City Raceway was awarded our "2016 Home Track" award as we made more trips there than to any other facility in the country.  Going back for this one puts a grand smile on our faces.

So let's talk about this 2018 show.  The WOOLMS are bringing the bad boys of racing along with a whole slew of ROY candidates into Illinois.  With new series director, Matt Curl, being an Illinois native, this is likely going to be the best show ever at ole FCR.  We would like to see all of our devout fans head on over to Farmer City as the racing season here in the Midwest gets rolling with 30 consecutive weekends of big late model special events. 

Night 1 will see a 25 lap affair as the Woo regulars battle the locals for that $6k to win.  Local Illinois stars such as Ryan Unzicker and Scott Schmitt are much more familiar with these tracks and these shorter race distances and have faired pretty good here in the past.  In 2016, Unzicker placed 2nd while Schmitt was 8th.  Pretty darn good in a national pro dirt racing series.  We expect more of the same.  However, with Josh Richards driving the Rocket house car, he swept both shows in '16.  Now with Brandon Sheppard behind the wheel (defending Woo points champion), he is the front runner to win the big 100 lapper.  The Saturday night flick will pay a cool, crisp $15 G's. 

Upcoming Woo Schedule
April 13 Farmer City, IL  $6k to win
April 14 Farmer City, IL  $15k to win
Apr 20  Meridian, MS  $10k to win
Apr 21  Meridian, MS  $10k to win
April 27  Maryville, TN  $10k to win
April 28  Maryville, TN  $10k to win

Current Woo Points (prior to Farmer City)
  1)  1B  Brandon Sheppard  296
  2)  17M  Dale McDowell  294
  3)  44  Chris Madden  292
  4)  0  Scott Bloomquist  290
  5)  1  Josh Richards  286
  6)  39  Tim McCreadie  286
  7)  49  Jonathan Davenport  284
  8)  7  Rick Eckert  280
  9)  18J  Chase Junghans  276
10)  25  Shane Clanton  274
11)  157  Mike Marlar  272
12)  28E  Dennis Erb Jr  270
13)  71  Hudson O'Neal  266
14)  1*  Chub Frank  264
15)  9  Devin Moran  260
16)  116  Brandon Overton  252
17)  20  Jimmy Owens  248
18)  25z  Mason Zeigler  248
19)  91  Tyler Erb  238
20)  14M  Morgan Bagley  236
21)  22*  Brian Shirley  236
22)  22F  Chris Ferguson  234  Rookie Candidate
23)  B1  Brent Larson  232  Rookie Candidate
24)  54  David Breazeale  230  Rookie Candidate
25)  72  Mike Norris  230 
26)  14  Darrell Lanigan  230
27)  C8  Timmy Culp  222  Rookie Candidate
28)  16  Tyler Bruening  222
29)  2H  Nick Hoffman  222
30)  84  Austin Smith  222
OTHERS
33) 31  Tyler Millwood  212  Rookie Candidate
35)  CJ1  Rusty Schlenk  210  Rookie Candidate
40)  75  Colton Flinner  192  Rookie Candidate

Lodging Ideas
Holiday Inn Express (LeRoy)
Days Inn (Farmer City)
Best Western Gateway Inn (Monticello)
Microtel Inn by Wyndham (Champaign)
America's Best Value (Champaign)
Drury Inn & Suites (Champaign)