~~~~~ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ~~~~~
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)