Month: June 2015

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    GIBSON REPEATS IN LATE MODELS WHILE BALLARD AND KORSMO EARN FIRST WINS ON IOWA DONOR NETWORK NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS

    GIBSON REPEATS IN LATE MODELS WHILE BALLARD AND KORSMO EARN FIRST WINS ON IOWA DONOR NETWORK NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS

    (Cedar Rapids, IA)—The rainy weather earlier in the day gave way to a gorgeous night for racing for Iowa Donor Network night at Cedar Rapids’ Hawkeye Downs Speedway. It was week eight of the Hy-Vee Racing Series.

    Special guests of the Iowa Donor Network were treated to some great racing while drivers battled for extra purse and contingency awards in all divisions. NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver and Hawkeye Downs alum was also in the house in support of the Iowa Donor Network and also to race his late model.

    In Miller Time Hornets, Derek Parrott picked up his first win of 2015 and also was the first feature winner not named Chandler or Bohnsack in the division this season.  Parrott started inside row two, had the point by lap two and then outlasted Dallas Chandler to secure the win. Chandler started shotgun on the field and steadily worked through the pack but ran out of laps to draw closer than a couple car lengths at the checkers.

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    IOWA DONOR NETWORK NIGHT THIS FRIDAY!

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    IOWA DONOR NETWORK NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS SPEEDWAY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT

    NASCAR’S JOEY GASE WILL RACE AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS

     

     (CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)—This Friday night marks week eight of the HyVee Racing Series at Historic Hawkeye Downs Speedway -Iowa’s only full time paved racetrack.

    Hawkeye Downs Speedway is pleased to welcome The Iowa Network for their special night. Iowa Donor Network (IDN) is a non-profit organization that operates as a primary contact for organ, tissue and eye donation services for the state of Iowa. IDN also serves as the tissue recovery agency for the state and is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks. For more information on IDN visit their website at  www.iowadonornetwork.org

    In addition to using the night to raise awareness for their cause, IDN will also be welcoming friends and volunteers to celebrate with them as well as honoring some specific individuals during the night.

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    MARK IRONSIDE SCORES FIRST FEATURE WIN on 100.7 “THE FOX” NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS SPEEDWAY

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    MARK IRONSIDE SCORES FIRST FEATURE WIN on 100.7 “THE FOX” NIGHT AT HAWKEYE DOWNS SPEEDWAY

    (Cedar Rapids, IA)—A huge 100.7 “The Fox” Night crowd filled  the Hawkeye Downs Speedway  Grandstands and Bleachers Friday night and saw Mark Ironside, Brian Gibson, Dave McCalla, Nathan Ballard, and Dallas Chandler pick up feature wins. It was week seven of the Hy-Vee Racing Series.

    Dallas Chandler picked up his second feature win of the season in Miller Time Hornets. Chandler started outside row four and kept his car in the outside groove to take the lead on lap four.  Todd Ness posted an impressive run to finish second while Troy Scott crossed the strip in third.

    Nathan Ballard now has five wins in five starts in the Baron Motor Supply Hobby Stocks after grabbing the checkers Friday night. Ballard started in eighth, went to the work on the outside and scooted into the front slot on lap three. Braxton Franks posted his best run of the season finishing second and Matt Hudspeth also showed improvement finishing in third.

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    100.7 THE FOX FREE RACE COMING UP FRIDAY NIGHT

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    MECHANICS CHALLENGE AND “CHUCK A DUCK FOR A BUCK” ALSO ON THE CARD

     

     (CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)—It’s week seven of the HyVee Racing Series at Historic Hawkeye Downs Speedway -Iowa’s only full time paved racetrack. After inclement weather scrubbed last weeks’ action, drivers and crews are eager to get back on the track and what better way to do that than Fox Free Race Night.

    KKRQ-FM/ 100.7 “The Fox” presents its annual free race with the help of Dupaco and Midas. Free tickets are still available at eastern Iowa Dupaco locations, and at  the KKRQ Studios located at I-80 and Dubuque Street in Iowa City.

    Fans will want to get to Hawkeye Downs early for the best seats AND “Happy Hour at the ‘Downs” featuring 2-for-1 Tallboys until 7pm!

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