PEORIA — The Peoria Speedway is back on track for the 2021 racing season, its quarter-mile high-banked dirt oval down on Farmington Road busy once again. "It's the same Speedway," owner Brandon Dean ...

PEORIA — The Peoria racing community lost a beloved member when former Peoria Speedway owner Sherrie Hamilton crossed the finish line for the final time as she died at her home Wednesday morning.

PEORIA — Mike Chasteen Sr. crossed his final finish line as the Peoria car racing community lost one of its icons. Chasteen died on May 1 from a heart attack, at age 63, while on vacation in Nashville ...

July is full of activities. Here are five events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. Platinum-selling rock band, Falling In Reverse, will present their "Popular Monstour" at 6 ...

Racing fans and competitors alike should enjoy a multitude of upgrades to Peoria Speedway, as the quarter-mile dirt track on Farmington Road opens Saturday. For the first time in the 70-year history ...

PEORIA — Opie had a hot rod. Defending series champion Brian Shirley had an opportunity to pull close and pounce. The combination added up to a thrilling final 10 laps that culminated with Shirley ...

August is full of activities. Here are six events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. The 134th annual Brimfield Old Settlers Days festival will be held from Aug. 8-10 in ...

GLYNDON, Minn. - In 1955, Randy Lewis attended his first auto race at Peoria Speedway in Peoria, Ill. Fifty-one years and 1,081 racetracks later, Lewis was at Buffalo River Speedway. Lewis, the ...

PEORIA — From the front of the pack, Brian Shirley’s late model kicked up a whirlwind off a parched Peoria Speedway track surface Monday night. He then had little problem leaving his pursuers in the ...