Illinois State Fairgrounds

1 mi./1.609 km. Dirt Oval located in Springfield, IL
Opened: 1910 | Track In Operation


Banking: 11°

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The following table contains a list of all known touring series or major events held at this speedway. Think we're missing one or have the results to it? Contact us!

Date	Sanction	Winner	Laps
17 September 1950	AAA Stock Car Series	Jay Frank	100
30 September 1952	AAA Stock Car Series	Frank Mundy
10 September 1961	USAC Stock Car Series	Len Sutton
26 August 1962	USAC Stock Car Series	Paul Goldsmith
25 August 1963	USAC Stock Car Series	Curtis Turner	100
30 August 1964	USAC Stock Car Series	Bobby Marshman	100
20 August 1965	USAC Stock Car Series	Bobby Isaac	100
19 August 1966	USAC Stock Car Series	Don White (IA)	100
20 August 1967	USAC Stock Car Series	Don White (IA)
18 August 1968	USAC Stock Car Series	Norm Nelson
17 August 1969	USAC Stock Car Series	Butch Hartman	100
23 August 1970	USAC Stock Car Series	Norm Nelson	100
16 May 1971	NASCAR Grand American	Buck Baker	100
20 August 1971	USAC National Midget Car Series	Jimmy Caruthers
20 August 1971	USAC National Midget Car Series	Les Scott
21 August 1971	USAC Stock Car Series	Jack Bowsher	100
22 August 1971	USAC National Dirt Championship	A.J. Foyt	100
4 July 1972	USAC Stock Car Series	Don White (IA)	100
18 August 1972	USAC National Midget Car Series	Larry Dickson
18 August 1972	USAC National Midget Car Series	Tom Bigelow
19 August 1972	USAC Stock Car Series	Al Unser	100
20 August 1972	USAC National Dirt Championship	Al Unser	100
18 August 1973	USAC Stock Car Series	Jack Bowsher	100
19 August 1973	USAC National Dirt Championship	Mario Andretti	100
17 August 1974	USAC Stock Car Series	Roger McCluskey	100
18 August 1974	USAC National Dirt Championship	Mario Andretti	100
16 August 1975	USAC National Dirt Championship	Al Unser	100
17 August 1975	USAC Stock Car Series	Butch Hartman	100
21 August 1976	USAC National Dirt Championship	Tom Bigelow	100
22 August 1976	USAC Stock Car Series	Ramo Stott	100
20 August 1977	USAC National Dirt Championship	Larry Rice	100
21 August 1977	USAC Stock Car Series	Ramo Stott	100
19 August 1978	USAC National Dirt Championship	Gary Bettenhausen	100
20 August 1978	USAC Stock Car Series	Sal Tovella	100
18 August 1979	USAC National Dirt Championship	Bobby Olivero	100
19 August 1979	USAC Stock Car Series	A.J. Foyt	100
15 June 1980	USAC Stock Car Series	Ramo Stott	100
17 August 1980	USAC Stock Car Series	Terry Ryan	100
19 August 1980	USAC National Dirt Championship	Pancho Carter	100
21 August 1980	World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Steve Kinser
21 September 1980	World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Danny Smith (OH)
21 September 1980	World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Steve Kinser
12 October 1980	USAC Stock Car Series	Joe Ruttman	100
24 April 1981	World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Steve Kinser
14 June 1981	USAC Stock Car Series	Dean Roper	59
15 August 1981	USAC Silver Crown Series	George Snider	100
16 August 1981	USAC Stock Car Series	Dean Roper	109
1 May 1982	World of Outlaws Budweiser Sprint Series	Sammy Swindell
2 May 1982	World of Outlaws Budweiser Sprint Series	Danny Smith (OH)
2 May 1982	USAC Silver Crown Series	Larry Dickson (OH)	100
6 June 1982	USAC Stock Car Series	Dean Roper	100
14 August 1982	USAC Silver Crown Series	Bobby Olivero	100
15 August 1982	USAC Stock Car Series	Bay Darnell	100
5 June 1983	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series USAC Stock Car Series	Dean Roper	100
20 August 1983	USAC Silver Crown Series	Gary Bettenhausen	100
21 August 1983	USAC National Midget Car Series	Arnie Knepper
21 August 1983	USAC Stock Car Series	Dean Roper	100
18 August 1984	USAC Silver Crown Series	Chuck Gurney	100
19 August 1984	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series USAC Stock Car Series	Bobby Jacks	100
19 August 1984	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Ken Schrader	25
17 August 1985	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Chuck Gurney	100
18 August 1985	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Johnny Parsons	25
18 August 1985	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Dean Roper	100
16 August 1986	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Jack Hewitt	100
17 August 1986	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Dean Roper	100
17 August 1986	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Chuck Gurney	25
13 September 1986	USAC Late Model Series	Ray Guss, Jr.
22 August 1987	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Jack Hewitt	100
23 August 1987	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Bob Keselowski	100
23 August 1987	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Kevin Olson (IL)
20 August 1988	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Steve Chassey	100
21 August 1988	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Stan Fox
21 August 1988	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Bob Keselowski	100
19 August 1989	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Chuck Gurney	100
20 August 1989	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Bob Keselowski	100
21 August 1989	USAC Jolly Rancher Candies National Midget Car Series	Rich Vogler
18 August 1990	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Chuck Gurney	100
19 August 1990	USAC National Midget Series	Stan Fox
19 August 1990	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Bob Brevak	100
17 August 1991	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Stevie Reeves	100
17 August 1991	USAC Copenhagen-Skoal National Midget Series	Chuck Gurney
18 September 1991	ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series	Bobby Bowsher	102
22 August 1992	USAC Copenhagen-Skoal National Midget Series	Stan Fox
22 August 1992	USAC Valvoline Silver Crown Series	Jimmy Sills	100
23 August 1992	ARCA SuperCar Series	Bobby Bowsher	100
21 August 1993	USAC True Value Silver Crown Series	Jack Hewitt	100
23 August 1993	ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series	Bob Keselowski	100
20 August 1994	USAC True Value Silver Crown Series	Jimmy Sills	100
21 August 1994	ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series	Bob Hill	100
19 August 1995	USAC True Value Silver Crown Series	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	100
19 August 1995	USAC Skoal National Midget Car Series	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	25
20 August 1995	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Billy Thomas	100
18 August 1996	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Tim Steele	104
14 September 1996	USAC Silver Crown Series	Chuck Gurney	100
14 September 1996	USAC Skoal National Midget Car Series	Brian Gerster	25
8 June 1997	Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Sammy Swindell	25
16 August 1997	USAC Silver Crown Series	Dave Darland
18 October 1997	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Tim Steele	106
7 June 1998	Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Andy Hillenburg (OK)	30
22 August 1998	USAC Silver Crown Series	Russ Gamester	100
23 August 1998	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Ken Schrader	100
21 August 1999	USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet Series	Dave Darland	100
22 August 1999	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Bill Baird	100
19 August 2000	USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet Series	Jack Hewitt	100
20 August 2000	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	104
18 August 2001	USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet Series	Paul White (TX)	100
19 August 2001	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	100
17 August 2002	USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Series	J.J. Yeley	100
18 August 2002	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	100
16 August 2003	USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Series	Dave Darland	100
17 August 2003	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	100
14 September 2003	Illinois Fall Nationals	Darrell Lanigan	40
21 August 2004	USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Series	Brian Tyler	100
22 August 2004	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Bill Baird	107
19 September 2004	Stacker 2 Xtreme DirtCar Series Illinois Fall Nationals	Brian Birkhofer	35
20 August 2005	USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Series	Brian Tyler	100
21 August 2005	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	100
18 September 2005	Stacker 2 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Illinois Fall Nationals	Scott Bloomquist	30
19 August 2006	USAC Silver Crown Series	Tracy Hines	100
19 August 2006	ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series	Norm Weaver	30
20 August 2006	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Justin Allgaier	100
1 October 2006	Illinois Fall Nationals	Darren Miller	30
18 August 2007	ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series	Frank Wilson, Jr.	30
18 August 2007	USAC K&N Silver Crown Championship	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	75
19 August 2007	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	100
16 August 2008	USAC K&N Silver Crown Championship	Brian Tyler	100
16 August 2008	ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series	Nick Gullatta	50
17 August 2008	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Frank Kimmel	102
22 August 2009	USAC K&N Silver Crown Championship	Cole Whitt	100
23 August 2009	ARCA RE/MAX Series	Parker Kligerman	103
22 August 2010	ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards	Patrick Sheltra	106
20 August 2011	USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series	Brian Tyler	100
21 August 2011	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Chad McCumbee	107
18 August 2012	USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series	A.J. Fike	100
19 August 2012	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Frank Kimmel	100
17 August 2013	USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	A.J. Fike	100
18 August 2013	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Brennan Poole	104
17 August 2014	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Kevin Swindell	100
7 September 2014	USAC Silver Crown Series	Kody Swanson	100
22 August 2015	USAC Silver Crown Series	Kody Swanson	100
23 August 2015	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	A.J. Fike	104
21 August 2016	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Justin Haley	102
19 August 2017	USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by Traxxas Bettenhausen 100	Justin Grant	100
20 August 2017	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Grant Enfinger	100
18 August 2018	USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by Traxxas Bettenhausen 100	Chris Windom	100
19 August 2018	Illinois Sportsman Nationals	Ethan Schnapp	20
19 August 2018	ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards	Christian Eckes	106
18 August 2019	ARCA Menards Series	Michael Self	102

A table of all seasons in which The Third Turn has point standings for this track. Click on each individual season to view all divisions and point standings. If we don't have points to a particular season and you do, please Contact us!

Constructed c.1853; first auto races 1910; reconstructed 1927.