By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Wednesday, July 6th, 2011) — The old man’s still got it. ‘Mean’ Gene Marocco — one of a handful of hotshoes still piloting a car that sports a birthdate before the opening of the historic 64-year-old Rockford Speedway — navigated past a determined Bobby Frisch en route to victory lane on the second Wild Wednesday of the season at the quarter-mile oval.

Marocco only needed eight laps to drive through the field, using a squeeze move to snatch the lead away from the strong Frisch. From there, it was smooth sailing for the 71-year-old driver who had yet to visit the winner’s circle in 2011.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Monday, July 4th, 2011) — On a holiday night reserved for firework spectaculars, family entertainment, and military tributes, the Rockford Speedway encompassed all three as a trio of veterans put on a show of their own en route to the winner’s circle on the Fourth of July. Scott Lawver’s machine sponsored by Cornelier Fireworks put on the best display of all, going toe-to-toe with a determined Matt Lundberg in one of the best Bargain Hunter Sportsman main events in a while before emerging victorious.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Sunday, July 3rd, 2011) — ‘Better than most’ is all Jimmy McCune could say when asked to describe his Fourth of July weekend. The Toledo, Ohio hotshoe certainly wont forget this summer holiday anytime soon after inheriting the lead in tonight’s Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Car Series ‘Instant Jungle 50′, surviving a late restart with 14 laps remaining, and never looking back on the way to his second win in as many nights.

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Wednesday, June 29th, 2011) — Kris Nilson may have gotten a late start to his 2011 season but the Mtn Dew RoadRunner hotshoe is sure making up for lost time. The veteran put together a strong showing going wire-to-wire to grab the initial 25-lap Mtn Dew RoadRunner Super Summer Series headliner just four days after driving to victory lane in Saturday night’s main event.

Jerry Gille captures the Late Model feature at Rockford Speedway

By Jordan Kuehne

LOVES PARK, Ill. (Saturday, June 18th, 2011) — On a night of destruction, Jerry Gille admitted he had to survive an encounter with the outside wall to find his way through a narrow hole en route to the winner’s circle for the Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Models main event. With fans packed into the historic Rockford Speedway for the Kar Korner Original Trailer Race of Destruction, Gille wowed the crowd with his aggressive maneuvers amidst heavy traffic before the veteran tracked down Mark Hartline and made a late race pass for his second feature win of the season.